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With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that's passionate about driving innovation and making a difference. **Your role and responsibilities** As a Delivery Consultant specializing in Expert Labs for GDPS on Z, you will provide clients with world-class services to optimize their GDPS system performance. Your expertise will help clients identify areas for improvement and leverage new features and functions.

Your primary responsibilities will include: - Analyze System Health: Analyze clients' GDPS system health to identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations for optimization. This involves assessing system performance, identifying potential issues, and developing strategies to address them. - Provide Best Practices Guidance: Offer guidance on best practices for optimizing GDPS product performance, helping clients to improve their overall system efficiency and effectiveness. - Identify New Features and Functions: Identify new features and functions available in GDPS and advise clients on how to leverage them to achieve their business objectives. **Required technical and professional expertise** IBM Expert Labs organization is seeking an IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (IBM GDPS®) IT Delivery Consultant with expertise in IBM Z and Storage technology and products to lead and deliver pre-sales and post-sales client engagements that enable the adoption of IBM GDPS®. Ideal candidates will have demonstrated a successful history of implementing IBM GDPS® engagements, be familiar with sysplex architectural methods, can independently assess IT infrastructures, evaluate gaps in best practices and create IBM GDPS® solution recommendations for client environments while displaying excellent collaboration and communication with Clients, Sellers, Business Partners and Colleagues by delivering reports to clients. You will work with customers, IBM Sales, and Business Partners to position, scope, and deliver IBM GDPS® which is a collection of system recovery offerings on the IBM Z® platform, each of which uses services, clustering technologies, and server and storage replication and automation. Candidates must possess a strong background in executive consulting or technical sales and knowledge of IBM's GDPS® portfolio. You will be responsible for developing and delivering IBM GDPS® solution design, architecture, and implementation of IBM GDPS® solutions which may include: Setting up, configuring and cloning z/OS LPARs and sysplexes Configuring and customizing GDPS® functional capabilities Designing and customizing NetView automation, REXX and JCL to support IBM GDPS® environment.

Assisting with customer IBM GDPS® deployment testing, providing technical guidance and skills transfer to customer personnel for IBM GDPS® related topics. Producing planning and implementation reports and documentation. Installation, configuration, and testing GDPS scripts, procedures and actions. This role requires a strong knowledge of the IBM Systems Z hardware and software ecosystem, DS8K Hardware and implementation, focusing on IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS®). Strong z/OS, Parallel Sysplex, Networking and Automation skills are required.

Implementation of isolated environments with IBM CyberVault technology. **Preferred technical and professional experience** - Advanced GDPS Product Knowledge: Experience with in-depth understanding of GDPS product functionality, including system performance, potential issues, and optimization strategies, to provide expert guidance to clients. - Expert Labs Familiarity: Experience working with Expert Labs for GDPS on Z, delivering high-quality services to optimize system performance and drive client success. - System Performance Optimization: Experience in analyzing complex system performance issues, identifying areas for improvement, and developing effective optimization strategies to achieve business objectives. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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.