Application Architect- Apptio (Required locations)

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious we are a team dedicated to creating the world’s leading AI-powered cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

IBM Intelligent Automation powered by AI addresses challenges by helping People become more productive Businesses more scalable and Systems more resilient. We combine human skills with automation and AI to enhance team productivity and improve decision making. We help companies digitize and intelligently automate and connect their business processes and systems end-to-end to improve business outcomes at scale. We assure that all of the applications and systems businesses rely on are always on and perform cost effectively to deliver the best possible user experience.

IBM’s product and technology landscape includes Research Software and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM where growth and innovation thrive.

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Application Architect to design and implement innovative cloud-based solutions that meet the evolving needs of our organization. As an Architect you will be responsible for leading cloud architecture initiatives overseeing technical execution and ensuring that our cloud applications are scalable secure and aligned with business objectives. The ideal candidate has deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) microservices DevOps practices and cloud-native application development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Architecture Design: Be able to assess the organization’s current infrastructure applications and business requirements to determine the optimal cloud architecture and lead the design and development of scalable secure and cost-effective cloud architectures for the next-gen platform. Translate business requirements into functional cloud solutions.

• Design Scalable Solutions: Create architectures that can scale seamlessly to accommodate growth and fluctuating workloads leveraging services like auto-scaling serverless computing and distributed databases while ensuring application reliability and resiliency that meets the minimum requirements of redundancy fault tolerance and high availability for our commercial and government customers.
• DevOps & Automation: Champion DevOps practices enabling continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) infrastructure as code (IaC) and automated monitoring across cloud environments.
• Security & Compliance: Implement robust security measures ensuring applications meet industry and internal IBM standards and compliance requirements (GDPR HIPAA etc.).
• Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Monitor and optimize the performance reliability and scalability of cloud applications and infrastructure.
• Application Modernization: Drive modernization efforts for legacy applications leveraging cloud-native architectures microservices containers and serverless technologies.
• Technical Leadership: Provide hands-on leadership and technical direction to development teams ensuring adherence to architectural best practices and guiding teams in implementing cloud solutions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including software engineers IT operations product managers and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.
• Innovation & Best Practices: Stay up to date with the latest cloud technologies tools and best practices. Drive continuous improvement and innovation within the team.

*Must sit in one of the following locations: Bellevue WA San Jose CA Boston MA or Austin TX