Job Description

Introduction
IBM Application Consultants work directly with our clients on key initiatives. You will have the opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of their business issues and implement organizational strategies that drive adoption of change. We are looking for experts who can build credibility and trust with our clients and provide knowledge that addresses individual and unique business needs.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Hands-on Mainframer with rich technical expertise on mainframe, customer facing and pre-sales experience along with good understanding of new-age mainframe languages & tools. Should be presently hands-on in working on Mainframe. Should have deep interest and passion for technology.
• Expected to drive solution design, create technical learning roadmap, mentor people, anchor delivery of critical projects and independently execute POC and FOAK projects.
• Should be open for extensive short-term travel.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Solid knowledge of z-platform and z/OS technologies in terms of hardware and operating systems
• Application development and control of mainframe architecture, middle-ware and tooling.
• Hands on experience on IDz/RDz/Aqua and similar tools
• Solid exposure to CICS, and/or CICSplex and batch technology from technical development perspective,
• Strong Application programming experience in JCL, REXX, at least two traditional mainframe languages (COBOL, PL/1, Assembler etc.) and exposure to Java / Python / Spark / Scala
• Experience on and Debugging Tools & usage of APA / ADFz
• Database skills - DB2 on z/OS and datasharing along with any other non RDBMS (Preferably in IMS DB)
• Conversant with more than one SCM for z/OS
• Exposure to File transfer utilities and softwares, WebSphere MQ and queue sharing,
• Experience in Workload Schedulers
• Knowledge with Unicode, WebSphere Application Server on z/OS
• zLinux / ZOWE awareness
• Experienced in mainframe DevOps with DBB, GIT, UCDz, etc.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Exposure to SDLC and Agile
• Quality Process and Metrics analysis for Application migration

About Business Unit IBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that is the backbone of the world\'s economy. IBM Services partners with the world\'s leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, with its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to results-driven innovation and enduring excellence.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.


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