Introduction
As a Technology Sales Engineer (internally known as 'Brand Technical Specialist') within IBM Storage, you will co-create with clients and colleagues in one of the most trusted, respected, and awarded teams in its field. IBM Storage is a trusted leader in Cyber Resilience, Hybrid Cloud, and AI-driven data solutions. Our award-winning technology helps organizations protect, optimize, and seamlessly manage their data across multi-cloud environments.From day one, you'll benefit from industry-leading onboarding and continuous learning opportunities. Our commitment to your development ensures a clear path for career growth and long-term success.You'll work in a collaborative and innovative sales environment, surrounded by bright minds who are always willing to help and be helped. Your expertise and passion will drive meaningful client engagements-compelling organizations to invest in IBM's cutting-edge storage solutions.
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Your role and responsibilities
As a Brand Technical Specialist for IBM Fusion, you will work closely with IBM clients to understand their business challenges and showcase how IBM's industry-leading hybrid cloud and storage solutions deliver tangible value.
Leveraging your expertise in IBM Fusion, Red Hat OpenShift, and container-native storage, you will design and present innovative solutions that drive digital transformation.
In this role, you will be instrumental in building trusted client relationships, guiding them through complex technology decisions, and ensuring the successful adoption of IBM's hybrid cloud storage offerings.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Experience in OpenShift administration
- Expertise in software-defined storage administration within OpenShift or Kubernetes environments
- Knowledge of data protection for containerized applications (e.g., OADP, Velero)
- Proficiency in Linux administration, including installation, networking, and storage management
- Strong technical sales presentation skills
- Fluency in German and English
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Red Hat certifications (EX188, EX280)
- Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) concepts
- Development experience with containerized applications, including CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of GitOps methodologies
- Expertise in infrastructure automation using Ansible or Terrafor
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.
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 qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.
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