Storage Partner Technical Specialist

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - its 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 youve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the worlds most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your role and responsibilities :

An IBM Partner Technical Specialist is a technical expert who helps clients, sales teams, and business partners understand and use IBMs products and services. They also work with partners to integrate IBMs technology into their solutions.

Your role and responsibilities

• Influence customer/business/service partners technical strategy to include IBMs technology
• Embed IBMs technology into customer/business/service partners reference architectures, practices, and solutions
• Help business/service partners sales and technical teams demonstrate IBMs technology to their clients
• Business-Tech Alignment: Experience aligning business goals with tech solutions.
• Stakeholder Consensus Building: Strong interpersonal and communication skills for achieving consensus among stakeholders.

Required education

• Bachelors Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise storage solutions.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and supporting storage systems, including SAN, NAS, and cloud-based storage.
• Knowledge of integrating storage solutions with servers and virtualized environments (e.g. KVM, VMware, Hyper-V).
• Specific Knowledge: Hands-on experience with IBM Storage products (e.g., IBM Flash System, IBM DS8000, IBM Storage SW like Ceph, Fusion etc)
• Familiarity with related technologies such as NVMe, RAID, and data deduplication.
• Understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
• Expertise in storage cybersecurity, including immutable backups and ransomware protection.
• Tools and Methodologies: Experience managing and monitoring storage systems using tools like IBM Storage Insights, Spectrum Control, or similar industry tools.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• OpenShift, VMware ESXi and other Infrastructure as service platforms
• Strong Understanding of data resilience strategies (HA/DR/Backup/Replication/Cyber resilience)