IBM Hiring for Senior Cloud Architect at Ahmedabad, India Full Time

Introduction

Software Developers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design, code, test, and provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today – planes and trains take off on time, bank transactions complete in the blink of an eye and the world remains safe because of the work our software developers do. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client, software development is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM, you will use the latest software development tools, techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As Build Labs Cloud Architect, you are responsible for defining platform and technology roadmaps, application, system and infrastructure requirements, architectural assessments, client system design, networking, security and high availability, lead system migrations and modernizations, design IT operating models for cloud – for ISV partners and global market leaders. You will work with a team of engineers with expertise in market-leading cloud platforms and technologies to implement these migrations, applications and systems. To succeed, you are a trusted advisor to ISV and partners, and consult and provide guidance as they move their technologies and offerings including IBM software solutions across multi-cloud platforms. This role interfaces with C-suite leadership, sales, business development, marketing, services, product offering, development and other IBM delivery organizations and leaders to ensure successful outcomes and drive revenue growth. Candidates must be comfortable working independently in a dynamic and rapidly evolving agile work environment. This is an opportunity for you to help IBM and external partners succeed in growing cloud presence.

As a Cloud Architect on the Build Labs team, you will:

• Assist partners in defining, designing, implementing and deploying cloud native applications, systems and infrastructure across multiple clouds

• Ensure security compliance to enterprise, industry and regulated standards

• Instill and drive enterprise grade, modern software engineering, CI/CD, and cloud native best practices within your team

• Effectively lead projects with multiple technical teams and IBM Partners across geographies

• Capture best practices for cloud native applications, infrastructure and systems, create reusable automation assets, frameworks and define standards, create documentation like articles, tutorials, and hands-on workshops & demos

• Demonstrate your passion to understand and learn new technologies, to innovate and improve quality of service

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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in software development.

• At least 3-5 years of experience in architecting cloud solutions including capacity to go hands-on and implement complex solutions.

• Experience with cloud native open-source technologies including Linux, containers, Kubernetes, OpenShift.

• Must have one or more of the following customer facing roles in work history: professional services, technical sales, ISV or business partner focal, customer solutions architect.

• Successful completion of a delivered customer project as a lead developer or architect.

• Comfortable interacting with ISV, partner and/or external customer, leading design and implementation in collaboration with lead architects and CTOs.

• Experience in application modernization/migrating to public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google, IBM etc.).

• Understanding of automating cloud deployments.

• Knowledge of reference architectures, industry standards and business controls for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and standardization.

• Leadership experience in a fast-growing team.

Background & experience:

• Must exhibit excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

• BS in Software Engineering or comparable field of study.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with Edge Computing, Industrial Control Systems (ISC) and Industrial IoT (IIoT).

• Experience in IBM software solutions across multi-cloud providers and Red Hat OpenShift platforms.

• Experience with Enterprise Agile (like LeSS or SAFe) and/or IBM Garage method.

• Experience using reference frameworks and best practices for application and microservices design, e.g. 12-factor app.

• Experience in domain driven architectural standards and patterns for system, security, and application development.

• Experience in regulated industries and market ecosystems, such as Industry 4.0, 5G/Edge, Financial Services, or Clean Energy.

• Expertise in Serverless, Service Mesh, Integration, Network, Security, Storage, Privacy and Compliance requirements.

• Experience as a client, ISV or partner solutions architect.

• Experience with VM Hypervisors like KVM, VMWare or Hyper-V.

• Experience with High Availability, Site Reliability & Disaster Recovery plans.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) using Terraform and Ansible and Everything as Code using GitOps.

About Business UnitIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

Your Life @ IBMAre you craving to learn more? Prepared to solve some of the world’s most unique challenges? And ready to shape the future for millions of people? If so, then it’s time to join us, express your individuality, unleash your curiosity and discover new possibilities.

Every IBMer, and potential ones like yourself, has a voice, carves their own path, and uses their expertise to help co-create and add to our story. Together, we have the power to make meaningful change – to alter the fabric of our clients, of society and IBM itself, to create a truly positive impact and make the world work better for everyone.

It’s time to define your career.

About IBMIBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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