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Offering Solution Architect (Mainframe)

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Job description


·  Job Description:

About DXC Technology

DXC Technology (DXC: NYSE) is the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, helping clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. Created by the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology serves nearly 6,000 private and public sector clients across 70 countries.  The company’s technology independence, global talent and extensive partner network combine to deliver powerful next-generation IT services and solutions. DXC Technology is recognized among the best corporate citizens globally. For more information, visit www.dxc.com

Role Summary

The Offering Solution Architect’s (OSA) primary role is to design competitive, deliverable, and profitable solutions that enable DXCs’ clients to meet their business objectives. The OSA brings a combination of technical and digital subject matter expertise in application transformation and hybrid cloud, knowledge in at least one industry segment, the ability to work in a high performing team, and the ability to collaborate with clients.

Essential Skills/Qualifications:

Key Skills:

·  Mainframe Infrastructure with Systems Programming background.
·  Mainframe solution design and development of cost models
·  Mainframe service Delivery management knowledge and experience
·  Pre-Sales experience - Handling RFP, RFS responses for large infrastructure bids.
·  Mainframe software estimation preferred.

Technology:

·  Mainframe Hardware - zSeries (z15,z14,z13,z12EC/BC, etc)
·  Storage: DS8000, TS7700
·  IBM Software - z/OS, CICS, DB2, zVM, zLinux, IMS, IDMS, RACF, JCL
·  ISV (Third Party Products) - CA, Compuware, BMC, ASG, Monitoring and scheduling tools, etc.

General

·  In depth knowledge of IBM zSystems hardware, software and Clustering technologies such as Parallel Sysplex, including data sharing technologies
·  In depth knowledge of mainframe storage technology
·  Expertise in technologies that mitigate risk such as disaster recovery and high availability
·  Understanding of technologies that provide improved availability and disaster recovery such as GDPS and replication
·  Experience with mainframe integration solutions using transaction managers such as CICS and WebSphere, connecting applications to Database technologies such as DB2 using JDBC and other connectors
·  Experience configuring z/VM for Linux on IBM z Systems
·  Deep understanding of security zones and network architecture
·  Proficiency in solutions design and requirements definition disciplines leveraging model driven design based tools and techniques including conceptual solution component models, business process models, use cases, etc.
·  Provide fully costed solution architecture to meet client and prospective client requests.
·  Responsible for working with the client to obtain the solution requirements for the infrastructure.
·  Responsible for presenting cost estimates for the mainframe solution implementation process and ongoing production support of the solution
·  Ensures infrastructure solution design fulfills functional and technical requirements and can consistently meet progress against service level agreements (SLAs.)
·  Responsible for presenting cost estimates for the mainframe solution implementation process and ongoing production support of the solution
·  Ensures infrastructure solution design fulfills functional and technical requirements and can consistently meet progress against service level agreements (SLAs.)

Desirable Skills/Qualifications:

General

·  Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization (e.g., executive, management, individual contributors)
·  Good interpersonal skills for communicating with management, employees and third parties, including other legal counsels
·  Good presentation skills
·  Good analytical and problem solving skills
·  Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team, and time management skills
·  Ability to persuade and influence others on the best approach to take
·  Positive outlook, strong work ethic, and responsive to internal and external customers and contacts
·  May require in-depth knowledge of networking, computing platform, storage, database, security, middleware, network and systems management, and related infrastructure technologies and practices

A complimentary skill in one of the following areas:

·  Public cloud: AWS, Azure, Google
·  Storage technologies, EMC, HP….
·  Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
·  VMware systems

DXC Technology is committed to the development of a fully inclusive workforce. All applications for employment are assessed purely on merit, against the capabilities and competencies required for the role.

DXC Technology does not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnic origin, race, faith or sexual orientation.

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