R&D Software Architect (f/m/x)

Introduction
Are you passionate about software quality? The IBM development team working on the IntelliMagic products is looking for an experienced Software Architect to help us ensure the quality of our software.

The team develops AIOps software that processes and analyzes terabytes of data per day in order to provide meaningful insight into the performance of hardware middleware and applications in IBM Z and distributed environments. IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS empowers mainframe sites to prevent service disruptions before they occur and utilize measurement data insights to lower costs and optimize business applications.

Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM is seeking an experienced Software Architect. Software Architects define the product/solution architecture and describe how elements of the technologies interoperate in the solution/product architecture.
Key Responsibilities:

• They are responsible for defining the product/solution roadmap in line with business unit strategy.
• They have analytical ability and creativity in anticipating trends knowledge of leading-edge products/technology and industry in order to effectively participate on business unit and IBM Architectural Boards.
• They also keep the development community up-to-date about standards bodies and technologies that may be employed to create IBM’s solutions/products.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• You have completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a science field.
• You have z/OS skills (TSO ISPF JCL REXX)
• You have programming skills in Java C/C++
• You can understand and expand complex code and provide ideas for improvement.
• You enjoy keeping up with and applying new developments.
• You feel responsible for the quality of your work and deliver robust and maintainable code.
• You think conceptually about the technical design and look for structural solutions.
• You are customer-oriented. With all design decisions and implementation choices you consider the possible impact on the user.
• You strive to make the user experience the best possible.
• You communicate openly and friendly with colleagues and external contacts.
• You speak fluent English and German or are willing to learn the latter through an intensive course.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
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