Tag: IBM

Job Vacancy: Telecom Business Operation Leader, IBM, Ghana
Are you a Bachelor’s Degree holder in IT or related courses with at least 5 years experience in Project Executive experience working multiple commercial outsourced accounts? Here is finally an opportunity to work put your abilities into work.

IBM is looking to add to their number of employees in Ghana and you could be the just the right fit!

The vacancy is open to qualified candidates residing in Ghana. Read on to find more about this job position.

Job description
- This role constructs partnerships between clients, team IBM, vendors, and subcontractor organizations and manages the implementation of these partnerships to address business opportunities for the IBM Corporation.
- Have equally balanced skills in five key general management areas of client relationship management, consultative selling, financial / business management, portfolio / program management and team / people management. Be the primary focal point and owner for all activities on a large complex contract.
- Accountable for meeting revenue, profit, and growth objectives and for improving overall customer satisfaction targets. Responsible to build and maintain strong client relationships at all levels with the objective of being a trusted business partner.
- Proactively work with client to identify their business objectives, priorities and directions, critical success factors and applies this knowledge to establish and implement an Account Strategy.
- They translate customer requirements into formal agreements, establishing specific solutions, and leading the efforts that culminate in client acceptance of the results.They have overall responsibility for their contractual cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables. They manage IBM resources and coordinates client resources to deliver services and solutions to support the client organization.
- They are recognized for business acumen by the customer set they support. The employee leads a functional/business unit.
Key Responsibilities
- Has successfully managed a Telecom Business Operations/Billing operations team for a commercial outsourced customer
- Sole customer interface to their TBO or Applications Operations group
- Manage TBO Team and their skills building
- Manage TBO Costs Quarter to Quarter both from capex and Open perspective
- Issue and Risk management of a TBO operations
- Service Level management of a TBO operations
- Outage management of a TBO operations
- Establish and execute a TBO governance structure
- Interface to customers Application Development team
Skills:

Environment:
Business unit, country, or international professional mastery related to operations, strategies, and objectives in leading edge or critical situations.

Communication/Negotiation:
Teamwork at highest levels. Plan and conduct complex negotiations reaching lasting agreements and commitments.

Problem Solving:
Anticipate, create and define innovative and visionary concepts in strategic environment.

Contribution/Leadership:
Develops and implements product, market, business, or technology strategies with executive review. Has vision of overall strategies. Contributes to policy making. Recognized as an expert and leader by members of a field, related functions, and multi -country organizations. Leads business unit, country, or international teams, conducts special projects, or manages functions or strategic departments.

Impact on Business/Scope:
Accountable for business unit, major country, or international projects or programs. Responsible for committing multiple resources and achieving customer satisfaction, cost, expense, revenue and other business measurements of critical importance. Responsible for quality output/value add for highly visible products, services and future business development.

Required

Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 5 years experience in Project Executive experience working multiple commercial outsourced accounts
- English: Fluent
Preferred

At least 10 years experience in Project Executive experience working multiple commercial outsourced accounts

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To apply kindly visit https://jobs3.netmedia1.com/cp/faces/job_summary?job_id=SO_DEL-0706903
February 25, 2015
Job Vacancy: Oracle Database Administrator for IBM
If you are a Bachelor’s Degree holder in IT or Computer Science with at least 6 years experience in Business Controls, time management and ability to multi task, get your CV ready, IBM calls.

The opening is vacant for qualified applicants residing in any part of Nigeria. As an Oracle Database Administrator, you are expected to carry out the following key functions:
- Implement and manages databases per defined standards and procedures
- Analyzes and provides recommendations on application logic and interfaces to improve database performance, capacity, and availability
- Identifies opportunities to optimize application data models for performance, manageability, scalability and availability
- Performs database administration activities such as storage management, backup and recovery using RMAN, and performance tuning
- Analyzes and resolves critical and complex database issues
- Ensures successful, daily backups and guaranteed recoverability
- Responds to monitoring alerts and high severity problem tickets, applying analytical, problem solving, and resolution skills to handle scenarios
- Define mechanisms to improve SQL performance
- Works with fellow database administrators in defining standards for backup and recovery, performance tuning, disaster recovery, high availability and monitoring
- Works with Infrastructure and development teams in delivering optimal database solutions throughout the life cycle
- Identifies tasks to be automated, developing scripts and supporting documentation
- Seeks and contributes to the continuous improvement of the databases and database environment
- Leads internal Infrastructure DBA projects
- Creates test and implementation plans
- Performs duties in such a way as to serve as an example to other DBAs in the department
- Maintains accurate and up to date documentation
- Performs research and evaluation of new database features and technology
Required Skills and Expertise
- Have worked on oracle 10g/11g RAC on Unix HP/Sun/Aix/Linux/Windows
- Experienced in the design and support of large Oracle and mission critical databases in a 24/7 environment
- Proven experience in troubleshooting complex Oracle database problems such as performance, corruption and recovery
- Understanding of Cloud based database strategies and configuration
- Intermediate knowledge of database internals and data structures, including defining init.ora parameters for optimum performance and understanding Oracle V$ system tables
- Proficient in designing advanced backup and recovery procedures using RMAN
- Experience in implementing and supporting complex architectures such as high availability, disaster recovery and scalability using utilities such as Oracle Dataguard
- Experience in managing Oracle databases on clustered hardware
- Experience with Oracle 10g/11g features such as Locally Managed Tablespaces, Transportable Tables and Automated Storage Management.
- Experience deploying and managing databases with enterprise monitoring and management tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager.
- Understanding of Oracle Real Application Clusters technology
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 6 years experience in Business Controls, time management and ability to multi task
- Ability to speak English language fluently
- Engineering
- At least 8 years experience in Business Controls, time management and ability to multi task
To apply logon to the job application page and hit the apply button. 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.
November 10, 2014
Job Vacancy: Data Solutions Sales Specialist, IBM, Lagos
What does your dream job look like? Does it include working for a globally recognized technology and innovation firm? IBM is about to make your dream a reality.

The tech-savvy company headquartered in US is looking to add a data solutions specialist to their branch in Lagos, Nigeria. Data Solutions Sales Specialist is responsible for developing Storage Brand/Product solutions that address client’s business needs (both industry and business) and delivers client value while supporting Storage brand specific business strategies.

Required
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 4 years experience in Unix Brand Sales in the Region
- At least 3 years experience in Implementing Account/Territory Planning
- At least 4 years experience in Leading Channel Development
- English: Fluent
Preferred
- At least 5 years experience in Unix Brand Sales in the Region
- At least 4 years experience in Implementing Account/Territory Planning
- At least 5 years experience in Leading Channel Development
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. You can apply directly for this job position on this page or read more about IBM here.
October 28, 2014
Job Vacancy! IBM is Looking for a Client Technical Advisor

IBM is currently in need of a Client Technical Advisor within Nigeria. IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY. It is one of the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 400,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. (Find out more about IBM).

The company announced recently that the position of a Client Technical Advisor has been thrown open to qualify candidates within Nigeria. Details are provided below.

Job description

Provide proactive technical counsel to CIO – Chief Information Officer and key IT executives on technical strategy, direction and projects
Improve and broaden client access to IBM’s global technical and innovation expertise
Increase the value that clients derive from application of new and existing technologies and accelerate innovation

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 5 years experience in Understanding Banking industry and business objectives
At least 5 years experience in Understanding client’s IT strategy and architectural goals
English: Fluent

Preference

At least 6 years experience in Understanding Banking industry and business objectives
At least 6 years experience in Understanding client’s IT strategy and architectural goals
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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.Apply Now or Read More About IBM

January 22, 2014