Cloud Architect

Job description

Job Description
Cloud Architect is an exemplary technical leader in your areas of practice. They bring deep experience and strategic insight spanning from Architecture, Design and Development leadership to open source client facing solution skills which are among the best in the industry. This role is crucial to realizing cutting edge Hybrid Cloud Capabilities and Solutions for clients worldwide specially using open source technologies.

The role would involve working with highly skilled infrastructure architects and deployment specialists in taking up challenging internal IBM projects in order to develop and execute complex solutions for IBM clients worldwide.

In conjunction with IBM Distinguished Engineers and other key leaders, the Cloud Architect would also provide guidance to the larger global Community of Practice (CoP) in their area and drive important community supported projects.You will prioritize building critical intellectual capital that may eventually be leveraged by the wider IBM audience through development of best in class reusable assets often using bleeding edge technologies on “First of a Kind” project

The success of this role would be benchmarked globally with industry peers. Excellent practice and knowledge on Cloud based software development and tools, consummate thought leadership, constant innovation and contribution to development of industry standards would be some of the key result areas in addition to meeting business metrics for the respective areas.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise:
·  Must be certified from one or more of open source Cloud technologies (OpenStack, OpenShift, CloudForms, Ansible, etc.)
·  Knowledge of other Cloud Providers e.g. IBM, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or VMware will be preferred. Exposure and good understanding in core tenants to be considered when designing, developing & deploying to a Cloud. Confident enough to leverage Cloud Platforms. Good Understanding on how to get started on Cloud Platforms. Able to identify the appropriate Cloud Platform products to use for popular architectural patterns. Good understanding on managing applications at scale and how Cloud could address each of the problems faced when designing for distributed scalable applications that are deployed across regions, Microservices, Decoupling, Self-healing, Testing & Security compliance.
·  Bachelors degree (or above) in Computer Science or related fields.
·  Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience:

Lead the Design, Implementation, and Expansion of Organization's Enterprise Computing and Cloud Computing Solutions providing High Performance Services using open source technologies with a focus on one or more of:
·  Cloud Management Platforms - Design and implement a robust cloud management implementation including orchestration and catalog capabilities.
·  Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services - Design and implement cloud infrastructure services to support rapid application deployment.
·  Compliance - Integrate compliance and data regulatory requirements into all solutions.
·  Large-scale distributed systems architecture, Eventual consistency, Relational and non-relational databases (no-SQL).
·  Multi-tier architectures: Load Balancers, Caching, Web Servers, Application Servers, Networking and Databases.
·  Loose coupling and Stateless Systems, Content Delivery Networks and System performance tuning.
·  Networking concepts including routing tables, access control lists, firewalls, NAT, HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, OSI model.
·  Information and application security concepts including public key encryption, remote access, access credentials, and certificate-based authentication.
·  Knowledge of Software development
Auto req ID

221039BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Technical Architect
State / Province

LONDON, CITY OF
Primary job category

Architect
Company

(8660) IBM United Kingdom Limited
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

GTS
Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree
City / Township / Village

LONDON
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Must be certified from one or more of Cloud technologies (OpenStack, OpenShift, CloudForms, Ansible, etc.)
·  Knowledge of other Cloud Providers e.g. IBM, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or VMware will be preferred. Exposure and understanding in core tenants to be considered when designing, developing & deploying to a Cloud. Confident enough to leverage Cloud Platforms.
·  Identify the appropriate Cloud Platform products to use for popular architectural patterns. Managing applications at scale and how Cloud could address each of the problems faced when designing for distributed scalable applications that are deployed across regions, Microservices, Decoupling, Self-healing, Testing & Security compliance.
Country/Region

United Kingdom
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  Cloud Management Platforms - Design and implement a robust cloud management implementation including orchestration and catalog capabilities.
·  Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services - Design and implement cloud infrastructure services to support rapid application deployment.
·  Compliance - Integrate compliance and data regulatory requirements into all solutions.
·  Large-scale distributed systems architecture, Eventual consistency, Relational and non-relational DB (no-SQL).
·  Multi-tier architectures: Load Balancers, Caching, Web Servers, Application Servers, Networking and DB.
·  Loose coupling and Stateless Systems, Content Delivery Networks and System performance tuning.
·  Networking concepts including routing tables, access control lists, firewalls, NAT, HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, OSI model.
·  Information and application security concepts including public key encryption, remote access, access credentials, and certificate-based authentication.
·  Knowledge of Software development
Secondary Job Category

Other Architect
Eligibility Requirements

NA
Position Type

Professional
Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire