Client Engineering - Solution Architect - Washington, DC

Introduction
Technology sales at IBM is evolving its way of working to break beyond boundaries with innovative approaches. Preferring to ‘show’ vs. ‘tell’ Client Engineering co-creates with prospective customers in real-time on solutions to their hardest business challenges.

As a Solution Architect within Client Engineering you’ll be a key player in a multi-disciplinary team made up of Engineers Data Scientists Designers Developers and Business Strategists.  The brightest minds collaborating with clients as one team and contributing to experiential working sessions – the outputs of which produce minimal viable product (MVP) enterprise-scale solutions at lean start-up speed.

Excellent onboarding training will set you up for success whilst ongoing development will continue to advance your career through its upward trajectory. Our sales environment is fast-paced and supportive. Always part of a team you’ll be surrounded by leaders and colleagues who are always willing to help and be helped – as you support MVPs and proofs of concept (PoC) that compel clients to invest in IBM’s products and services.

Your Role and Responsibilities

s a Solution Architect within IBM Client Engineering you’ll help deliver unique client co-creation experiences to accelerate their enterprise transformation programs.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Technical Leadership: Act as the overall technical single point of contact for client-facing experiential engagements that encompass a broad range of public and hybrid cloud technologies.

• Solution Development: Utilize expertise in contemporary cloud AI and analytics skills to develop frameworks and integrated solutions that address prospective clients’ most challenging problems using products and services from IBM’s offerings.

• Solution Delivery: Manage all aspects of integrated solution delivery from identifying requirements to making technical decisions that impact the delivery of solutions ensuring they provide business value. Make sure that final proposals include provisions for security and reliability while meeting clients’ current and future needs.

• Solutions Architecture Ownership: Take ownership of the solutions architecture plan and participate as a hands-on builder and developer in client-facing engagements.

• Continuous Knowledge Expansion: Continually expand your knowledge in relevant areas including business industry technology and competitive benchmarks.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Communication and Presentation Skills: Ability to deliver compelling presentations instilling ‘trusted advisor’ confidence and credibility which quickly builds trust and mutual respect with diverse stakeholders from coders to the c-suite.

• Experience in Technical Domains: Expertise in diverse technical domains including application modernization business automation Site Reliability Engineering AIOps Edge Computing integration technologies and data engineering technologies.