Introduction
Joining the IBM Technology Expert Labs teams means you'll have a career delivering world-class services for our clients. As the ultimate expert in IBM products, you'll bring together all the necessary technology and services to help customers solve their most challenging problems. Working in IBM Technology Expert Labs means accelerating the time to value confidently and ensuring speed and insight while our clients focus on what they do best-running and growing their business.
Your Role and Responsibilities
At IBM, architects are the guiding entity in delivering value to the customer with our strategic initiatives and provide industry-leading solutions. They work to understand needs and create high-quality solutions that make meaningful impact. They possess knowledge of market leading technologies along with industry and business skills to influence outcomes. They are leaders, who take responsibility for an end-to-end solution delivery, starting from requirement gathering through solution architecture design to successful implementation and deployment.
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We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative Architect for the Cloud Pack platform-based solutions, who'll join our IBM Data & AI Software services organization, the Technology Expert Labs, in the beautiful city of Kraków, Poland. As individual contributor this position will work directly with cross functional teams, product management, support and engineering to build and transform data systems at big, enterprise customers. We're looking for someone who's detail-oriented, team-oriented, self-directed and adaptable to new development environments and changing business requirements. The perfect candidates will also be able to demonstrate a proven track record of innovation by providing exemplary project examples.
A 'day-in-the-life' of this opportunity may include, but not be limited to:
- Design and Implementation: Design and guide various Cloud Pack platform installations, i.e. Cloud Pack for Data installations for clients, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security. Develop and maintain solution designs documentation and deliverables
- Create solution blueprint, estimates, gap analysis, and conceptual designs/customer demos as well as provide a post go-live support. Implement solutions within defined architectural guardrails, principles and framework
- Engage at one or more multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks, and meeting deadlines. Collaborate with clients, project managers, and other team members to ensure successful project delivery
- Actively involve in customer proposals and support business development activities
- Be the central point of connect across various teams working on the solution - the client teams, IBM, the IBM's partners
- Act as a mentor to junior engineers and guide them i.e. on Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Technology Expert Labs is a team that is client focused, courageous, pragmatic, and technical. You'll collaborate with clients to optimize and trail blaze new solutions that address real business challenges.
Excellent onboarding and industry-leading learning culture will set you up for a positive impact, while advancing your career. Our culture is collaborative and experiential. As part of the team, you will be surrounded by bright minds and keen co-creators-always willing to help and be helped-as you apply passion to work that will positively impact the world around us.
What we offer:
- Working for a top 5 IT company according to Forbes 2022 best employers ranking
- International and prestigious projects
- Highly skilled teams of experts
- Wide range of IBM trainings and certificates
- Access to Udemy, Harvard Business Review, O'Reilly, Interskill, IBM AI Skills Academy
And what is more:
- Contract of employment
- Competitive compensation - salary range, depending on your skills and experience
- Private medical care and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sport, charity & other networking groups
- Summer / winter camps for children
- Discounts with IBM employee badge
- Referral Bonus Program
- No dress code
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- BS. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering/STEM
- Strong (5 years) knowledge of hybrid cloud platforms, including design, performance tuning, and troubleshooting of operating systems, databases, virtual platforms and distributed applications
- Experience in creating solution design, estimates, customer demos
- Demonstrates strong analytical thinking and creative approach to problem-solving
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Familiarity with one of IBM Cloud Pack products - i.e. Cloud Pak for Data, Cloud Pak for Business Automation and underlying RedHat OpenShift Cloud Platform
- Component of innovation - 3x exemplary projects
- Knowledge sharing opportunities, like speaking at conferences, techtalks, meetups, blogging
- Knowledge in second European language on communicative level