IBM Cloud Pak Integration Consultant

Job Description

626290BR

Introduction

IBM Expert Labs is the professional services division of IBM software group.

In IBM Expert labs a software integration consultant works to understand the needs of our customers and then create high-quality solutions that have a meaningful impact. Using IBM integration software, you will be responsible for requirement gathering, design, implementation, configuration, building, tune and testing of IBM software solutions that solve Customer’s business problems.

Customers trust IBM Expert Labs Consultants. We are professional service consultants and experts in IBM Integration technologies, Business Automation and AI Ops Software, we consistently deliver high-quality, high-value solutions. We are looking for collaborative consultants, passionate about technology and want to make customers successful with IBM Software. As an Integration Consultant, you will use your technical expertise and previous experience to shape solutions and ensure delivery success. You will work closely with sales and customers to design high-value solutions, establishing long-lasting, trusting relationships that grow Expert Labs.

You will have the opportunity to work with small and large customers across a breadth of industries. You will have access to exciting learning opportunities and strong ties with the IBM Technology labs.

If you are enthusiastic about leading customers to achieve their business goals through automation, integration and modernisation of their IT landscape, IBM Expert Labs is the place to be.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Be a technical authority in IBM Business Integration technologies and ensure customer delivery projects are a success.
• To convert business requirements into an architecture and design that will become the blueprint for the customer’s solution.
• To support project management and stakeholders around the successful execution of design, development, and deployment tasks on project engagements.
• Help set and manage clients’ expectations to ensure that all customers are delighted with Expert Labs and successful with IBM software.
• Keep technical skills and industry knowledge up to date with the latest developments and customer trends.
• Act as a mentor/coach to help and grow others within Expert Labs.
• Be a recognised leader in IBM integration technologies.
• Support IBM sellers in identifying, scoping, estimating, and creating solution proposals for customers.
• Constantly look to generate new business by identifying opportunities in existing accounts.

Additional Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively as a key member of the technical leadership team to achieve corporate goals and objectives.
• Be an active member of the integration community and contribute articles, demos, lessons learnt and best practice.
• Identify new technology services and product sales opportunities for Expert Labs.
• Provides strategic advice on technology, feeding back into sales and product development.
• Identify and assist in the leveraging of new, potential areas of technology and/or industry which should be of interest to Expert Labs which will generate revenue.
• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills through professional preparation and presentation in all dealings with colleagues and customers.
• Be aware and willing to coach both internal and external stakeholders around key developments in Integration.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Demonstrative experience in designing, developing, configuring, and using IBM integration software in a professional services, consulting, or customer environment.
• Certification in CP4I (IBM Cloud Pak for Integration) and at least one of the following software products: ACE, MQ, DataPower or APIC.
• OpenShift administration skills.
• Written ACE + MQ High Level and Low-Level designs:
• securing ACE and ACE message flows
• securing message delivery in MQ (AMS)
• of ACE + MQ container configuration and CI/CD
• of ACE application design and pattern building
• implementing high availability in MQ (multi-instance, RDQM, Native-HA)
• implementing MQ Clustering techniques
• using F5 routing for MQ + ACE traffic
• using LDAP in ACE + MQ
• in building message flows, applications, libraries, and policies
• version migrations in MQ and ACE administration
• building Highly Available systems both on-premise and on Cloud
• designing systems for Disaster Recovery
• creating REST and SOAP Services and APIs
• using XML, YAML, JSON knowledge of ACE + MQ container application deployment best practices (Agile Integration Architecture).
• Knowledge of logging and monitoring in ACE + MQ.
• Knowledgeable of benefits and constraints of containers vs non-containerised deployments.
• Knowledgeable of benefits and constraints of Cloud vs on-prem deployments.
• Knowledge of ACE + MQ deployment in CP4I.

Preferred Technical And Professional Expertise

• Advise solution design for exposing services in DataPower covering service exposure, throttling, rate limiting, onboarding, and security including OAuth, JWT, etc. Specific focus on REST/JSON but not limited to this interface.
• Provide migration strategy for future API solutions e.g. API Connect.
• Detail solution benefits and considerations regarding API exposure, security and orchestration.
• Integration of DataPower with ACE and MQ.
• Publish desired interfaces as part of the wider service exposure piece including JSON-based REST and SOAP interfaces.
• Provide data design for cross-interface communication.
• Provide best practices for data transformation at the gateway layer.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Swagger and WSDL + ACE deployment.

About Business Unit

IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the power of IBM’s Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments—with complete software solutions for business and IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches, and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.

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.

Location Statement

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

Being You @ IBM

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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.