Data Specialist-Operations Specialist

About the Role

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Data Specialist, this role focuses on supporting Data Managed Services through operational delivery. The Data Specialist ensures the stability, performance, and reliability of data pipelines, bringing practical operational awareness to diagnose and resolve runtime issues.

Primary Responsibilities

• Data Pipeline Monitoring: Performing structured monitoring of data pipelines to ensure stability and performance.
• Troubleshooting Issues: Diagnosing and resolving runtime issues within production environments through controlled remediation.
• Operational Maintenance: Maintaining the ongoing operational continuity and reliability of the data ecosystem, complementing Data Engineers in their responsibilities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Technical And Professional Expertise

• Data Pipeline Knowledge: Exposure to data pipelines, including their stability, performance, and reliability, to perform structured monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Operational Awareness: Experience working with modern data platforms and cloud ecosystems to diagnose and resolve runtime issues.
• Troubleshooting Skills: Ability to perform controlled remediation within production environments to resolve issues.
• Data Ecosystem Maintenance: Exposure to maintaining operational continuity and reliability of data ecosystems, complementing data engineers in their responsibilities.
• Runtime Issue Resolution: Experience with diagnosing and resolving runtime issues without requiring advanced engineering ownership.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Exposure to advanced data platforms and cloud ecosystems to diagnose and resolve runtime issues.
• Experience working with cloud ecosystems to maintain operational continuity and reliability of data ecosystems.
• Ability to perform controlled remediation within production environments to resolve runtime issues.

Qualifications

Preferred Education: Master's Degree