Client Engineering - Platform Engineer: Mainframe

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Platform Engineer within IBM Client Engineering, you'll play a key role in delivering unique client co-creation experiences to accelerate their transformation. You'll be involved in all aspects of integrated solutions, from identifying requirements to making technical decisions that impact the business case. Your role as a Platform Engineer will be to work with cross-functional teams to realize the full potential of our hybrid cloud and AI solutions to prove business value to our clients.

We are committed to your success. If this role aligns with your career goals, your day to day contributions will help both your career and our clients to thrive. Here's what a typical day might look like:

• Leverage contemporary hybrid cloud skills (e.g., AI, analytics, DevOps, DevSecOps, IaC, automation, security, networking, and storage) with deep industry expertise and an understanding of your clients' businesses.
• Define and communicate the unique value of IBM's technology, both technically and commercially.
• Participate in client sessions that include a range of public and hybrid cloud technologies, such as Red Hat OpenShift, IBM Cloud Paks, and Kubernetes.
• Support the solutions architecture plan and be a hands-on "builder" during client-facing engagements.
• Advice on solution architecture to align with platform best practices, with a focus on our clients target environment to ease transition to deployment.
• Work with deployment teams to transition platform assets and information to provide seamless transitions for our clients

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum ten years of z/OS application development experience with compiling, deploying, and running COBOL for batch, CICS, IMS, and JCL.
• Hands-on experience with a wide range of IBM z/OS components that include RACF, z/OS DB2, VSAM, IMS DB, IMS TM, MQ, z/OSMF, Linux on Z
• Knowledge of modern z/OS application analysis, development and debugging tools, such as Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence (ADDI), IBM Developer for Z/OS (IDz), VSCode (Z Open Editor), z/OS Debugger
• Practical knowledge and direct experience working with z/OS application development, testing, and deployment.
• Proven track record in participating and leading customer-facing technical discussions while handling objections
• Understanding and practical application of Agile best practices.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Five years of experience with PL1 and Assembler application development and COBOL applications interacting with Assembler
• Experience in packing, deploying, and running on Java on z/OS, interoperability of COBOL and Java applications in z/OS and SMPE Installation
• Experience with z/OS development and test tools such as z Development and Test (zD&T)
• Experience using SaaS services in IBM Cloud
• Experience in developing collaborative client relationships at all levels within organizations.
• Experience working in dynamic team environments and cross-functionally with teams such as Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success.