Apptio - Application Architect

Introduction
As an IBM Application Architect you directly help clients transform their business  and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms.  You are a technical leader serving as a liaison among business partners technical resources and project stakeholders.

Your Role and Responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Application Architect to design and implement innovative cloud-based solutions that meet the evolving needs of our organization. As an Architect you will be responsible for leading cloud architecture initiatives overseeing technical execution and ensuring that our cloud applications are scalable secure and aligned with business objectives. The ideal candidate has deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) microservices DevOps practices and cloud-native application development.
Key Responsibilities:
Cloud Architecture Design: Be able to assess the organization’s current infrastructure applications and business requirements to determine the optimal cloud architecture and lead the design and development of scalable secure and cost-effective cloud architectures for the next-gen platform. Translate business requirements into functional cloud solutions.
Design Scalable Solutions: Create architectures that can scale seamlessly to accommodate growth and fluctuating workloads leveraging services like auto-scaling serverless computing and distributed databases while ensuring application reliability and resiliency that meets the minimum requirements of redundancy fault tolerance and high availability for our commercial and government customers.

DevOps & Automation: Champion DevOps practices enabling continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) infrastructure as code (IaC) and automated monitoring across cloud environments.
Security & Compliance: Implement robust security measures ensuring applications meet industry and internal IBM standards and compliance requirements (GDPR HIPAA etc.).
Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Monitor and optimize the performance reliability and scalability of cloud applications and infrastructure.
Application Modernization: Drive modernization efforts for legacy applications leveraging cloud-native architectures microservices containers and serverless technologies.
Technical Leadership: Provide hands-on leadership and technical direction to development teams ensuring adherence to architectural best practices and guiding teams in implementing cloud solutions.
Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including software engineers IT operations product managers and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.
Innovation & Best Practices: Stay up to date with the latest cloud technologies tools and best practices. Drive continuous improvement and innovation within the team.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Education in computer science Engineering Information Technology or a related field.

Experience:
10+ years of experience in software architecture and cloud application development.
5+ years of experience as a cloud architect with expertise in cloud platforms like AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Technical Skills:
Strong understanding of cloud architecture patterns and best practices.
Expertise in cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes Docker microservices and serverless computing.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python Java .NET or Go.
Deep knowledge of DevOps tools (Terraform Jenkins Git Ansible) and CI/CD processes.
Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation.
Strong understanding of cloud security principles identity management and access control.
Certifications: Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Azure Solutions Architect Expert Google Professional Cloud Architect) are a plus.

Soft Skills:
Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Proven ability to work in a collaborative cross-functional environment.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise