Technical Architect

Your Role And Responsibilities

Technical Architect, IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY and various unanticipated client sites throughout the US (Up to 100% telecommuting permitted):

• Lead the design, modernization, and implementation of scalable, secure, and resilient hybrid cloud and containerized infrastructure platforms.
• Define and lead the technical architecture strategy for hybrid cloud, container orchestration (Kubernetes, RedHat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu), and virtualized environments (VMware, Nutanix, RedHat).
• Architect secure and scalable infrastructure across private, public, and hybrid cloud ecosystems.
• Evaluate, design, and implement solutions for computing, storage, networking, identity, and availability zones across global regions.
• Design and implement Kubernetes, RedHat OpenShift clusters across multi-cloud and on-prem environments, including CI/CD integration, policy enforcement, and workload orchestration.
• Define governance, observability, and security patterns for containerized workloads.
• Lead Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform, Ansible, GitOps, GitHub, PowerShell, and Python.
• Enable self-service infrastructure capabilities through automation frameworks and developer platforms.
• Partner with DevSecOps, SRE, Infrastructure Operations, Security, and Datacenter Operation teams to scope, define, size, and execute application onboarding, modernization, and consolidation initiatives.
• Mentor engineering teams and influence enterprise architecture (EA) roadmaps.
• Ensure High Availability, Disaster Recovery (DR), cost optimization complies with the standards.
• Manage vendor relationships and support sales teams during RFI/RFP phases; conduct proofs-of-concept (POCs) and customer demos.
• Utilize: Hybrid Cloud, AWS, Azure, Red Hat Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Python, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Stack.

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related and five (5) years of experience as a Consultant Architect, Virtualization Architect, Senior Cloud Architect or related.
• Five (5) years of experience must include utilizing Hybrid Cloud, AWS, Azure, Red Hat Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Python, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Stack.