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Introduction

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Your role and responsibilities

As an IBM Z System Programmer, you will be responsible for assisting with the underlying system programming support of the environment where IBM Z applications are developed and/or deployed. You will assist with the configuration, operation and planning of the base operating system (z/OS, z/VM, and understanding of Linux), middleware (CICS, IMS, DB2, MQ), and software products, including the integrating and testing of software solutions.

Your primary responsibilities: 

  • Installing and supporting the upgrade of customers base operating system and software products including testing of applications.
  • Supporting the recommendations made to the customers regarding potential impacts.
  • Working with team members to schedule and implement installs and maintenance around the needs of business and assisting with problem determination and resolution.
  • Assisting the Technical Lead with soliciting, analyzing, and understanding customers’ business requirements and implementing assigned tasks on a timely basis.
  • Creating personal development plan and maintaining acquired level of knowledge across key skills and technologies used in the hardware or software environments assigned.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in systems programming
  • Demonstrated experience in software installations
  • Demonstrated communication skills in a customer facing environment
  • Fluent in verbal and written communication in English
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • 4+ years of working experiences with z/OS or other operating systems on z
  • Master’s degree in computer science

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio  designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


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