Storage Consultant

Introduction

IBM Systems Expert Labs is a Professional Services Team under IBM Technology Expert Labs.

IBM Technology Expert Labs has the proven expertise to help leaders plan, design and implement the essential IT infrastructure for what comes next. We offer a wide range of IT infrastructure services for IBM Power Systems, IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE systems, and IBM Storage & Software Defined Infrastructure. Technology Expert Labs – Systems’ consultants perform IT infrastructure services for clients on site, helping them solve business challenges, gain new skills and discover best practices. Expert Lab has a global presence and can deploy its consultants around the world.

• As a Storage Consultant, the role involves providing specialised storage services around the world. The Expert Labs specialist is a highly skilled expert with a deep knowledge of IBM's Storage Software portfolio and hardware products
• The Expert Labs consultant assume overall technical responsibility for the success of solution construction, implementation and system integration in a technology, industry or business specialty
• You deliver new and complex high-quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements
• You have deep skill and strong hands-on skills in ONE or MORE of the following subject matter areas: Enterprise Storage, IBM DS8000, IBM Flash System Products, SAN Networking and Tape products, Spectrum Protect, Spectrum Scale
• Exposure to Containers and Kubernetes technology
• Should be ready to travel (once or twice a month)
  
  
  

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Has deep technical skills and experience in solutions that support the key focus areas for the team.
• Provide technical expertise for the Client engagements and responsible for designing and deploying the solution.
• Collaborate with the technical consultants across other geos to create new assets
• Conduct technology Sessions / workshops on Focus Areas
• Work on PoCs for clients and other IBM Teams
  
  
  

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum of 7+ years of functional experience in the Storage and Backup Domain
• Extensive understanding of Storage concepts including Storage Architecture, Fiber Channel
• Hands-On experience in managing multi-vendor Enterprise Class Storage Systems (Block, NAS, SAN Switches) such as IBM DS8000 Series / EMC VMAX / HDS VSP / IBM SAN Volume Controller / IBM A9000 / Spectrum Scale
• Experience with Hybrid Storage Solutions
• Must have experience in Storage Automation and understanding of scripting day to day tasks
• Experience in Disaster Recovery Planning and Deployment including Storage Replication, Point in time Copy
• Good Communication Skills both written and Verbal
• Experience in Storage Performance Troubleshooting
• Must be an innovative thinker who can take any business problem and quickly come up with a way to sketch out architecture block diagrams using IBM and open source technologies
  
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Expertise

• Proven soft skills, analytical skills, team player, excel skills and end user support
• Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with creative approach to work
• Intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management
• Experience on Backup Solutions
• Well versed with IBM or other vendors SRM Solutions
• Certified on Brocade/Cisco SAN
• Certified on IBM / Other Vendor Storage Systems
• Industry experience in Banking /Telecom/ Manufacturing
  
  
  

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

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About IBM

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Location Statement

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Being You @ IBM

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