SMPO Delivery Consultant (Scheduling)

Introduction

At IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you'll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact.Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You'll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that's passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Delivery Consultant specializing in Technology Expert Labs for IBM's zTPS, you will provide clients with world-class services to optimize the configuration, deployment, adoption, usage, and analysis of their zModernization and zTransaction Processing System (zTPS) software products. This role involves delivering expert consulting services to help clients achieve maximum value from their zTPS investments.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• The Scheduling Subject Matter Expert Specialist candidate will require expertise in the mainframe (z/OS) environment. The applicant will be required to perform scheduling migration services with IBM Z Workload Scheduler and demonstrate problem solving skills in replacing competitive scheduling products. The position requires a person with excellent communication skills and competitive scheduling migration experience is a plus.

The candidate will require IBM Z Workload Scheduler experience. The candidate must have a strong working knowledge of IBM Z Workload Scheduling databases and monitoring the workload via ISPF and the Dynamic Workload Console. The candidate will be required to investigate and analyze information to draw conclusions regarding migration paths and activities as well as the ability to write and maintain documentation. The position requires to work as a team member with internal employees, project managers, contractors and customer employees.

Experience with other Mainframe schedule packages (CA/Broadcom Workload Automation (CA-7 or ESP edition), BMC Control-M/R, ASG Zeke/Zebb) is desired.

Required technical and professional expertise

• 5+ Years Mainframe (OS/390, z/OS) and proficient with TSO/ISPF, Job Control Language (JCL)

• 5+ Years IBM Z Workload Scheduler experience

• Excellent communication skills

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with migrating other Mainframe scheduling tools to IBM Z Workload Scheduler

• Basic z/OS System Programming knowledge/skills

• Technical pre-sales experience

• System Administration scheduling experience with Open systems (Windows, UNIX, Linux)

• Dynamic Workload Console navigation and installation experience

• Workload Automation Programming Language experience

• Project Management experience

• REXX Programming experience

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.