Technology Solutions Specialist

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What the role involves

Some of our Technology Solutions Specialists develop proof of concepts, design, develop, build, test and implement systems to solve our clients' business and IT problems. As an Technology Solutions Specialist you will be a hands-on professional and you will develop an in-depth understanding of our products, offerings and services. The term 'Technology Solutions Specialist' is fairly all encompassing. In reality it can involve any aspect of IT including Business Analysis, Application Development, Database Design, Package Customisation and Implementation, Testing, Support, Networking and Junior Project management. You may also find yourself working alongside our sales teams, providing technical project knowledge and guidance to support the work that they do with our clients. In terms of where you role would fit within the development of a solution for a client, the IT Architect will design the solution initially. This will then be passed to you to make it work. Therefore, as you can imagine, you will build and develop in-depth skills and knowledge of the products, offerings and services you're working with and turn high level visions and architectures into fully functioning solutions.

Other Technology Solutions Specialists work as Client Technical Professionals and are responsible for establishing long term relationships with everyone in our customers - from senior executives to technical specialists. The Client Technical Professional will provide trusted technical advice and assist customers in solving their business challenges with high quality and innovative technical solutions. This often requires strong technical leadership and integration with the extended IBM team. An ability to communicate the technical and financial value of the IBM solution is key to the success of the Client Technical Professional.

What we look for

Great Technology Solutions Specialists tend to be people who want to know how things work and who have a desire to fix things that don't! You will need a keen interest in business and technology and be prepared to develop your knowledge to fully understand technical products and solutions. You will need to be a clear communicator as you must be able to relate technical concepts to non-technical people.

You need to be logical in your work, have excellent problem solving, team working and interpersonal skills. Technical expertise and previous relevant work experience is unnecessary as we will provide you with all the technical training required.