About Us:
At IBM Consulting Client Innovation Center we provide cutting-edge technical and industry expertise to clients worldwide. Our locally-based Innovation Center focuses on driving innovation and accelerating the adoption of new technologies.
In this role you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers) where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.
Your Role:
As an Architect you'll be a key contributor in designing developing testing and supporting architectural solutions that empower clients on their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. You'll work with the latest technologies to build secure scalable and maintainable systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the execution of proof-of-concept projects to evaluate new technologies and solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architecture security and networking in an agile project-driven environment.
- Analyze validate and propose improvements to existing architectural strategies and practices.
- Facilitate discussions with stakeholders to define and align implementation strategies and roadmaps.
- Identify potential risks and define mitigation strategies supporting their implementation.
- Drive the development and improvement of processes procedures and best practices for technical excellence.
- Continuously learn and adopt new methodologies and technologies.
- Engage in technical reviews and discussions to foster innovation and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Must have a deep understanding of common integration patterns including message queuing publish-subscribe request-reply and event-driven architectures.
- Solid Experience in designing and implementing both real-time and batch data integration workflows is essential.
- Extensive experience with Azure Cloud and Azure integration services.
- Integration experience with Power BI
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes or OpenShift.
- Proficiency with Docker and containerization technologies including
- Docker Compose and Kubernetes integration.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Understanding of code quality and security analysis tools like Sonarqube.
Soft Skills:
- Exceptional communication and collaboration abilities.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proactive hands-on attitude with the ability to take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.
- Familiarity with other cloud platforms: AWS IBM or Google Cloud.
- Solid understanding of infrastructure as code.
- Experience with additional configuration management tools.
- Prior experience in mentoring junior architects or leading technical teams.
- Actively contribute to IT communities sharing knowledge and driving technical excellence.
- Certifications related to cloud platforms and security are a plus.