Application Architect - Azure Cloud

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As an Application Architect specializing in Azure Cloud, you will serve as the lead architect for project delivery, solutioning, and client-facing activities. Your primary responsibility will be to define and implement architecture for omnichannel systems of engagement, ensuring it aligns with software architecture fundamentals and Azure-specific services.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Lead Architecture Definition: Define and implement architecture for omnichannel systems of engagement, aligning with software architecture fundamentals and Azure-specific services.
• Solution Delivery: Deliver solutions that meet client needs, leveraging expertise in API and Microservices-based architecture, cloud native development principles, containers, and serverless computing fundamentals.
• Client-Facing Activities: Effectively communicate the benefits of Azure services to clients, mapping existing components/functionalities to Azure-specific services to ensure a smooth transition to the cloud.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and guidance on Azure services, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages to inform project delivery and solutioning.
• Architecture Alignment: Ensure architecture aligns with software architecture fundamentals and Azure-specific services, leveraging expertise in Node.js, Spring boot, Spring Cloud, or Netflix OSS technologies.

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Cloud Native Development Principles: Experience with cloud native development principles, containers, and serverless computing fundamentals to deliver scalable and efficient solutions.
• API and Microservices Architecture: Experience in implementing API and Microservices-based architecture using Node.js, Spring boot, Spring Cloud, or Netflix OSS technologies to design and develop omnichannel systems of engagement.
• Azure Services Expertise: Experience working with Azure services, understanding their advantages and disadvantages, and ability to map existing components/functionalities to Azure-specific services for seamless cloud transition.
• Software Architecture Fundamentals: Experience with software architecture fundamentals to define and implement architecture for omnichannel systems of engagement, aligning with Azure-specific services.
• Technical Leadership in Azure: Experience in providing technical leadership and guidance on Azure services to inform project delivery and solutioning.

• Good Understanding of Angular.js: A good understanding of Angular.js, scripting technologies like JavaScript and CSS is beneficial for this role.
• Scripting Technologies Knowledge: Familiarity with scripting technologies like JavaScript and CSS is a plus.