Application Consultant-Business Functions

Introduction
IBM Application Consultants work directly with our clients on key initiatives. You will have the opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of their business issues and implement organizational strategies that drive adoption of change. We are looking for experts who can build credibility and trust with our clients and provide knowledge that addresses individual and unique business needs.

Your Role and Responsibilities
In this role you will:

• Provide end-to-end technical guidance and expertise; creatively applying cloud infrastructure and platform services to help solve business problems; and communicating these approaches to different business audiences in designated industries.
• Represent and facilitate architecture in discovery discussions with prospective clients assess architecture needs for projects work with Development leads and System Analysts to provide solutions.
• Upon commencement of engagements co-lead client workshops with System Analysts; influencing participants from all levels of our clients’ organization to find the best outcomes and arrive at the architecture that will support the engagement.
• Work with clients and IBM teams to identify business problems and provide innovative solutions to them while evangelizing and accelerating the adoption of current and future .NET Core a nd technologies.
• Use exceptional communication skills and with input from product management development and architecture thought leaders work to deliver high quality end-to-end Solutions at Scale in response to the identified business requirements from our clients.
• Explore and develop new technical skills and industry practices while absorbing professional knowledge quickly and using demonstrated interpersonal skills to be an effective ambassador for .NET Core.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 8 years of overall experience in .NET Core and T-SQL
• 8 years of experience in creating web application using front-end technologies: HTTP HTML JavaScript CSS.
• Architecting and developing cloud-native applications including development of APIs and microservices on containers.
• Experience in Git version control.
• Experience in Database design and maintenance.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Familiarity with retail and e-commerce
• Understanding of containerization and microservices architectures such as K8s Docker Container etc.
• Experience with AWS GCP or Azure.