Technology Zone - IBM Z Site Reliability Engineer

Your role and responsibilities

The Global Sales unit is looking for an IBM Z Site Reliability Engineer, to provide, configure, automate and deploy IBM Z and Linux ONE based demonstration environments in support of IBM Technology Zone.

Responsibilities include:

• Planning and configuration of mainframe HW
  • LPAR Definitions, IO configurations, CPU, Network, Storage allocations (CKD)
• Using z/OS as a management tool to deploy LPARs
• Planning, installing, configuring, and implementing z/OS, zVM
• Planning, installing, configuring, and implementing zLinux, KVM and Guests
• Securing IBM Z and Linux ONE and implementing service level upgrade and patches.
• Configure and implement both ECKD and SCSI DASD
• Configure, implement TCPIP stacks using OSA/ROCE Adapters
• Install and maintain middle ware products
• Implement automated deployments of IBM Z and Linux ONE operating systems
  • OS deployments, configurations and security hardening
• Integrate mainframe with IBM Technology Zone

As an SRE in IBM Consulting, you'll serve as a leader in defining solutions for clients. You'll identify insights and tasks that can be automated. You'll have the opportunity to identify points of improvement in technical processes and propose new ways to do it through automation, help our customer to resolve their pain points and, through co-creation, define solutions that allow improving the efficiency of their operations. Your primary responsibilities include: Strategic Design and Analysis of Distributed Systems: Design, analyze, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems. Proactive Reliability Management and Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotation, engage with product teams to fix production outages, and carry forward action items to improve ongoing reliability. Empowering Tools and Automation for Enhanced Reliability: Develop effective tooling, alerts, and response to both identify and address reliability risks including automatic problem detection and mitigation.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Minimum 3 years of experience managing IBM Z hardware
• 2 - 5 years Red Hat Enterprise Linux engineering experience
• 2 - 5 years experience as a z/OS systems programmer
• Experience with z/OS, z/OS UNIX System Services, SMP/E, TCPIP, RACF, JCL, ISPF, SMS, z/OSMF, and other standard z/OS components/products
• Experience with programming languages, such as REXX,
• Experience with Redhat OCP
• Familiar with DIRMAINT and RACF
• Experience with Bash and other scripting.
• Knowledge of IBM mainframe technologies including z/VM, z/OS, KVM
• Understanding of IODF, IOCDS, FICON, control units and standard z/OS configuration best practices
• Familiar with System z hardware
• Familiar with software development lifecycle
• Good communication skills both written and oral are required as the individual must interface with application developers, support teams, software vendors and management staff

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience or familiarity with Ansible, OpenShift
• IBM Z TKE Experience
• SUSE and Ubuntu Experience a plus
• High level assembler, and python

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.

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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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.