Application Architect-IBM Cloud

Introduction

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 for IBM Cloud, you will analyze and translate IT requirements into components of a modernized solution using modernization frameworks. You will leverage your expertise in legacy asset analysis, code restructuring, and refactoring to deliver solutions on IBM Cloud based platform components and services.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Design Modernized Solutions: Analyze and translate IT requirements into components of a modernized solution using modernization frameworks, ensuring effective legacy asset analysis, code restructuring, and refactoring.
• Develop Business Rules: Extract business logic into executable business rules applicable for IBM Kubernetes Services (IKS) and IBM PaaS, enabling efficient integration and service exposure mechanisms.
• Enhance Digital Assets: Reuse and enhance digital modernization assets, methods, and collateral to drive solution delivery and methodology.
• Collaborate on Hybrid Cloud Environments: Work with delivery and engagement teams to develop and test applications in hybrid cloud environments, ensuring seamless integration and reuse of components.
• Lead Legacy Platform Integration: Integrate and expose legacy platforms with IKS-based platforms, leveraging expertise in one or more legacy platforms and service exposure mechanisms.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Legacy Asset Analysis Expertise: Experience with analyzing and translating IT requirements using modernization frameworks into components of a modernized solution, including legacy asset analysis, code restructuring, and refactoring.
• IBM Cloud Platform Knowledge: Experience with IBM Cloud based platform components and services, including IBM Kubernetes Services (IKS) and IBM PaaS.
• Code Conversion and Refactoring: Experience with code conversion and business logic extraction into executable business rules applicable for IKS and IBM PaaS.
• Hybrid Cloud Environment Development: Experience with development and testing of applications in hybrid cloud environments, including integration and service exposure mechanisms.
• Legacy Platform Integration: Experience with one or more legacy platforms, IKS based platform and integration and service exposure mechanisms to interface components for reuse by Systems of Engagement.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Legacy Platform Familiarity: Experience with multiple legacy platforms is beneficial, enabling effective integration and service exposure mechanisms with IKS-based platforms.
• Advanced Code Restructuring: Knowledge of advanced code restructuring and refactoring techniques is advantageous, allowing for efficient modernization of legacy assets.
• Hybrid Cloud Testing: Familiarity with testing applications in hybrid cloud environments is desirable, ensuring seamless integration and reuse of components.

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, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.