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IBM Delivery Consultant in Roma, Italy
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, you will work closely with IBM clients and partners to design, deliver, and optimize IBM Technology solutions that align with your clients' goals. In this role, you will apply your technical expertise to ensure world-class delivery while leveraging your consultative skills such as problem-solving issue- / hypothesis-based methodologies, communication, and service orientation skills. As a member of IBM Technology Expert Labs, a team that is client focused, courageous, pragmatic, and technical, you'll collaborate with clients to optimize and trailblaze new solutions that address real business challenges.
If you are passionate about success with both your career and solving clients' business challenges, this role is for you. To help achieve this win-win outcome, a 'day-in-the-life' of this opportunity may include, but not be limited to…
Solving Client Challenges Effectively: Understanding clients' main challenges and developing solutions that helps them reach true business value by working thru the phases of design, development integration, implementation, migration and product support with a sense of urgency .
Agile Planning and Execution: Creating and executing agile plans where you are responsible for installing and provisioning assets, testing, migrating to production, and day-two operations.
Technical Solution Workshops: Conducting and participating in technical solution workshops.
Building Effective Relationships: Developing successful relationships at all levels —from engineers to CxOs—with experience of navigating challenging debate to reach healthy resolutions.
Self-Motivated Problem Solver: Demonstrating a natural bias towards self-motivation, curiosity, initiative in addition to navigating data and people to find answers and present solutions.
Collaboration and Communication: Strong collaboration and communication skills as you work across the client, partner, and IBM team.
Required technical and professional expertise
- General IT Basics: Basic understanding of how computers and operating systems work
Familiarity with files, folders, and simple commands Basic networking awareness (what a network is, why it is used)
Mainframe / IBM Z Awareness Basic awareness of what a mainframe is and what it is used for.
Operating System Basics Ability, basic understanding of users, permissions, and system access. Willingness to learn z/OS concepts and tools
Programming and Logic Fundamentals, exposure to at least one programming or scripting language (e.g. COBOL, Java, Python, or similar — even at school level)
Data and Databases - Basic Level. Understanding that data is stored and processed by systems
Basic knowledge of tables or records Awareness of SQL or databases is a plus, not required
Linux and Open Systems - Introductory: Basic familiarity with Linux or command-line environments. Understanding that different operating systems exist Curiosity about Linux on IBM Z
Support and Operations Mindset: Ability to follow procedures and step-by-step instructions
Attention to detail and accuracy. Understanding the importance of system stability and reliability
Security Awareness: Basic understanding that systems must be protected. Awareness of passwords, access rights, and user roles. Willingness to follow security rules and guidelines
Documentation and Communication: Ability to read technical documentation, willingness to write simple notes or reports Basic English reading and communication skills Key Attitudes (More Important than Experience)
Strong motivation to learn, Reliability and sense of responsibility. Ability to work in a team
Interest in long-term technical growth
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.