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Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Infrastructure Specialist for Cloud Data Platform Managed Services, you will utilize your hands-on administrative skills to install, configure, and manage Data/BigData components on Cloud platforms. You will deliver data platform managed services in hybrid cloud environments, focusing on performance tuning, cost optimization, and understanding the scope of management for PaaS and SaaS services. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Install and Configure Data Products: Deliver data services by installing and configuring data products, services, and operations using the Data Platform Managed Services methodology. • Performance Tuning and Optimization: Leverage expertise in hybrid cloud environments to optimize performance, reduce costs, and understand the scope of management for PaaS and SaaS services. • Client Interaction and Support: Collaborate heavily with clients, business partners, and cloud providers to conclude projects that meet customer requirements. • Data Operations Support: Provide support for data operations, demonstrating an understanding of Data service management and the ability to perform hands-on manual and automated configuration. • Service Delivery: Deliver operational services, ensuring the successful implementation of data platform managed services.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Cloud Data Platform Administration: Exposure to installing, configuring, and managing Data/BigData components on Cloud platforms, including technologies like Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Snowflake, Informatica, Talend, DataStage, Cognos, Tableau, Power BI, Scylla, Splunk, and NoSQL DBs. • Hybrid Cloud Environment Expertise: Experience working with hybrid cloud environments, including performance tuning, cost optimization, and understanding the scope of management for PaaS and SaaS services. • Data Product Installation and Configuration: Exposure to delivering data services by installing and configuring data products, services, and operations using the Data Platform Managed Services methodology. • Data Operations and Service Management: Experience working with data operations, including understanding Data service management and performing hands-on manual and automated configuration. • Cloud Provider Collaboration: Exposure to interacting with cloud providers in support of delivering data platform managed services.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Cloud Security Knowledge: Exposure to cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks is beneficial for delivering secure data platform managed services. • Advanced Analytics Tools: Familiarity with advanced analytics tools like Scylla, Splunk, and NoSQL DBs can enhance data operations and service management capabilities. • Multi-Cloud Expertise: Experience working with multiple cloud providers can be advantageous in supporting the delivery of data platform managed services.