Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Senior Software Developer with 12+ years experience

Provides technical direction and advises management on new and proposed software projects. Develops strategies and long-term plans for researching new or projected operating systems and complete software architecture and provides recommendations.

• 15+ years of experience in Architecting and developing Large Scale Enterprise Applications
• Provides technical direction and advises management on new and proposed software projects.
• Develops strategies and long-term plans for researching new or projected operating systems and complete software architecture and provides recommendations to senior and executive management.
• Conceptualizes, researches, analyzes and proposes new software architecture designs and evaluates and recommends enhancements to existing software architecture. Evaluates proposed hardware architecture for software impact and provides recommendations on integrating designs with existing architecture.
• Designs, researches and develops components of software architecture.
• Coordinates and/or provides technical direction on integration of new highly complex technologies with overall software architecture. Ensures that newly designed or revised databases comply with company standards for design, maintenance, modification and efficiency.
• Troubleshoots and resolves or recommends highly creative solutions for highly complex software problems that impact software and/or systems architecture.
• Provides technical direction on product planning for complete software systems.
• Participates in presenting technical plans and proposals to various technical and non-technical groups and provides recommendations.

• Must have a broad, strong technical knowledge which encompasses Software Development, Dev-Ops, CI/CD/Release automation, Security
• Comprehensive knowledge of overall software architecture and related databases. Expertise in Java/J2EE, SQL (DB2, Oracle) , NoSQL , Big Data, Kubernetes, Operators, React/Angular, Hyperscalers
• Deployment architecture for enterprise grade cloud env (public / private)
• Proven experience in designing & architecting - HA. fault tolerant, scalable systems.
• Designing for PSR (performance, scalability, reliability.
• In-depth knowledge of system software engineering methodologies, principles and practices.
• Comprehensive knowledge of software development tools and Agile Methods
• Extensive Experience with automation/configuration management using either Chef, Puppet or an equivalent.
• Experience in application security, transaction management and design patterns
• Should be able to evaluate open-source tools & technologies, recommend suitable tools based on the requirements.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Expert in management of critical customer situations with the ability to avoid escalations, acting as De-escalation Architect where required.
• Ability to lead and coordinate multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Ability to conceptualize and interpret new architecture designs.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve highly complex software problems that require highly creative solutions.
• Ability to research, analyze and interpret highly complex technical data for comprehension at various organizational levels and provide recommendations.

• Comprehensive knowledge of related software languages (Java, C++, Scripting languages & tools (performance, benchmark, profiling)
• Search technologies like Lucene, Solr, Elastic Search, etc