Principal Solutions Advisor - DB2 for z/OS

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Summary:

The Principal Solutions Advisor will provide expert level technical support in the field for DB2 Tools for z/OS. The Advisor will represent the customers' needs to the development team to ensure development roadmaps support clients' needs. Serves as the lab advocate to ensure the customer's expectations are set correctly related to technical issues on the software. Assists sales in presenting and demonstrating these products and/or solutions to customers and support/drive POCs and POTs as well as providing deployment support and education as needed. The Principal Solutions Advisor will lead, mentor and train other Solutions Advisors and Sales Engineers as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Expert technical knowledge of multiple Rocket products within a lab, including new releases, new products and interfaces

Proven success of partnering well across multiple functions and disciplines

Understand and articulate complex and challenging business problem(s) customers are trying to solve for, to identify the right technology to bring forward to large customers

Lead and deliver highly complex technical product training

Interact with lab and product support to research and respond to detailed questions from prospective and current customers

Deliver proof of concept and proof of technologies to large customers

Ensure that clients' needs have been met and that product/solution is fulling functioning according to specifications

Share customer feedback to product management in a variety of customer environments

Identify opportunities for additional customer technology enhancements though mastery of mainframe solutions

Deliver services that allow for successful proof of concept and post-sales deployment

Manage multiple large projects simultaneously from start to finish

Handle objectives professionally, answers questions quickly and coherently, deals with complex challenges assertively and persuasively

Mentor junior level Solutions Advisors, junior LSE, and SE team members

Required Qualifications:

10+ years of relevant experience

Expert technical knowledge of DB2 for z/OS utilities and the concepts of database administration, backup and recovery, data maintenance, and DB2 for z/OS application performance

Previous consulting experience required

Previous technical software sales experience required

Strong interpersonal/ relationship management skills

Time management skills

Self-motivated, and disciplined to work remotely with limited supervision

Strong work ethic and committed to client's success

Advanced communication skills required to keep all internal stakeholders updated on the progress of each opportunity

Confident and dynamic speaker

Attendance at conferences and customer events to promote the technology may be required
• LI-MM1
• LI-Remote

Information Security:

Information security is everyone's responsibility. A fundamental principle of information security at Rocket Software is that all individuals in the organization have a responsibility for the security and protection of company information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.

Diversity, Inclusion & Equity:

At Rocket we are committed to an inclusive workplace environment, where every Rocketeer can thrive by bringing their full selves to work. Being a Rocketeer means you are part of our movement to continually drive inclusivity, diversity and equity in our workforce.

The base salary range for this role is $132,055.00 - $165,068.75 /year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

What Rocket Software can offer you in USA:

Extensive paid time off programs (paid holidays, sick, and unlimited vacation time)

Healthcare coverage options to fit you (and your family's) needs

Retirement savings, with matching contributions by Rocket Software

Life and disability coverage

Leadership and skills training opportunities

Two paid work days for off-site training

EOE M/F/Vet/Disability. Rocket Software Inc. 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, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: *** or send an email to ***. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Thousands of companies around the world depend on Rocket to solve their most challenging business problems by helping them run their critical infrastructure, business processes, and data, as well as extending the value of these assets to take advantage of cloud and mobile computing, advanced analytics, and other future innovations. From the clothes we wear to the cars we drive, Rocket solutions power the back-end systems that thousands of brands interact with every day. At Rocket, software has always been about people-not just ones and zeroes. We're people solving problems for other people, and we strive to treat our customers, partners, and fellow Rocketeers with humanity. Founded in 1990, Rocket Software is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with 31 offices around the world.