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Introduction

 

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Your role and responsibilities

 

Do you have a passion for learning and applying modern software engineering practices? Are you excited to use these practices to deliver and manage mission critical services at scale? Are you a quick thinker? If so, please read on.

 

Above all, we are looking for applicants, who will thrive in an open, vibrant, flexible, fun-spirited, collaborative environment and desire creative freedom and an opportunity to work on a high performing team!

 

As the Database Specialist for z/OS, this position is responsible for enabling a wide variety of IBM, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Global System Integrators (GSIs) technical development and testing activities involving database such as Db2, IMS, PostgreSQL and others for z/OS and related products. Primary responsibility will be implementing and managing database instances for z/OS and how ISVs/GSIs can maximize the benefit their solutions derive for z/OS and related products. This role also requires teaming with other members of the IBM Z ISV Center to ensure synergy between database for z/OS and the rest of the z/OS and Z platform offerings as part of ISVs/GSIs solutions. The expected tasks and activities include, but are not limited to product installation, operation, planning, maintenance, ISVs/GSIs partners’ system product support, developing intellectual capital, workshops, demos and other.

Job Duties:

  • Set up and configure internal and external database instances (Oracle, DB2 UDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB)
  • Advise IBM and ISVs/GSIs teams on solutions that include databases for z/OS and related products.
  • Assisting the Technical Lead with soliciting, analyzing, and understanding customers’ business requirements and implementing assigned tasks on a timely basis.
  • Work with more experienced team members and/or management, installing and supporting the upgrade of ISVs/GSIs’ base database products including testing of applications; supporting the recommendations made to the partners 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.
  • Creating personal development plans and maintaining acquired level of knowledge across key skills and technologies used in z/OS, databases and related products.

 

About the Team

IBM Z ISV Center team provides infrastructure and platform as a service offerings to global ISVs/GSIs and the technical community. We have Z hardware and software Subject Matter Experts that collaborate with IBM Development and IBM Z partners to provide leading edge solutions on IBM Z and LinuxONE for clients.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • 2-3 years of experience in setup and configuration of database instances (e.g. Oracle, DB2 UDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB)
  • Proven effective communication skills, teamwork
  • Highly self-motivated and resourceful, Aptitude to learn and apply knowledge quickly
  • Fluent in English
  • Readiness to work flexible hours, if necessary
  • Client-focused, strong commitment to customer service

Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Working knowledge of IBM Z, IBM LinuxONE, and databases
  • Experience creating a data sharing environment
  • Able to effectively partner, collaborate, and influence others in a highly matrixed organization on a cross-functional team to achieve goals
  • Present technical topics to customers in variety of settings, including meetings, conferences, face to face, and virtual
  • Self-motivated and action-oriented, able to think and work strategically, able to plan, prioritize and work with a complex schedule of events and activities in a fluid environment.

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 500 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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