System p Engineer

Since Berbee?s formation in 1993, we have become a proven partner to businesses in need of information technology solutions. We continue to set the standard for uncompromising client support and technical leadership, and our relationships with IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft provide our clients with category-leading platforms and products. Whether it's hardware, software, networking, services, or support, we provide knowledge, skills, and expertise through principled partnerships with our clients.

In 2006, Berbee was awarded an IBM Leadership Award which is presented to less than 1% of all business partners that excel across all IBM disciplines including sales, services, and client satisfaction. As an IBM Premier Business Partner, Berbee provides a one-stop shop for design, implementation, and support services for systems, storage, and software technologies. We are one of a very small number of partners across the U.S. that is certified to design, sell, install, and support solutions across all IBM eServer brands.

Located in the Greater O?Hare business district, Berbee Chicago is amongst the major forces driving the economy of the Northeastern Illinois region. Situated just minutes from the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, the Chicago office is in the vicinity of exceptional dining and entertainment venues. With easy access to the highway and public transportation, our employees can conveniently reach the center of the city to take part in live theater, world class shopping, professional sports, a variety of fine restaurants, museums and much more.

Responsibilities:

The incumbent of this position will:
? Develop an understanding of clients? environment and consistently cross-sell Berbee services.
? Assist with pre-sales process, develop proposals, and develop technical documentation.
? Provide billable engineering services at client locations to fulfill contract specifications.
? Instruct, help develop and mentor less-seasoned technical staff when appropriate.
? Plan, coordinate, and implement storage systems and related software.
? Plan and implement system upgrades, ensuring change management procedures and methodologies are implemented and followed.
? Recommend purchase of products or services necessary to support the test and production operating environments.
? Monitor multiple project priorities and ensures that appropriate management is apprised of the operation status of projects.
? Provides business and technical consultation and support to clients, project managers, product developers, users and other technical units.
? Develop an education plan to grow skills consistent with client needs.

Qualifications:

? Five years of AIX administration, including Logical Paritioning (LPAR) using the IBM Hardware Management console is required.
? Three years of AIX performance tuning and troubleshooting is required.
? Proficiency with RedHat Enterprise or SUSE Linux is required.
? SAN: Experience with Cisco, McData or Brocade fabrics is desired.
? Experience with Tivoli Storage Manager server and client administration is desired
? Knowledge of EMC, IBM, Hitachi or NetApp SAN Storage is desired.
? Solid understanding of networking and distributed computing concepts, including the principles of network routing and client/server programming.
? Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience acceptable.
? Strong interpersonal and presentation skills including consulting skills.
? Ability to travel up to 50% as needed.
? Strong oral and written communication skills.

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