IBM Senior Z Mainframe Architect

IBM Computing; Council of the City of Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Australia is seeking an IBM Z Client Architect to define and architect end-to-end solutions. You will engage with clients, ensuring architectural viability and addressing project challenges. Strong consulting and communication skills are essential. The role involves understanding client needs and creating effective solutions, advocating for client needs internally, and guiding implementation teams. This position offers a collaborative environment for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Strong consulting, communication, and executive‑level presentation skills.
• Proven capability to build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Expertise in architecting end‑to‑end solutions.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and complex hybrid environments.
• Skills in guiding clients toward full value realization.

Responsibilities

• Understand client needs and align them with IBM Z solutions.
• Create effective end‑to‑end architecture using IBM Z.
• Ensure architectural viability and conduct assessments.
• Identify and resolve project risks and conflicts.

Skills

Consulting skills

Communication skills

Executive-level presentation

Collaboration skills

Job description

Introduction

As an IBM Z Client Architect within IBM you'll lead the definition and architecture of end-to-end solutions that include the IBM Z platform.

Considered the go-to expert, you'll understand your client's broad technical strategy and challenges and will be able to eloquently articulate the benefit of IBM Z solutions that results in value optimization for them. You'll advocate for clients and guide technical teams to ensure planning, builds and deployments run smoothly and delight customers.

Excellent onboarding and an industry leading learning culture will set you up for positive impact and success, whilst ongoing development will advance your career through an upward trajectory. Our sales environment is collaborative and experiential. Part of a team, you'll be surrounded by bright minds and keen co‑creators - always willing to help and be helped - as you apply passion to work that will compel our clients to invest in IBM's products and services.

Your role and responsibilities

Applying excellent communication and empathy, you'll act as a trusted strategic advisor to some of the world's most transformational enterprises and culturally influential brands, as they rely on your expertise and our technology to solve some of their hardest problems.

With your focus on the front‑end of the solution lifecycle, you'll be a master at listening to stakeholders, grasping their business challenges and requirements, and forming more detailed definitions of new architectural structures that will make up their best‑fit, value‑adding solutions.

We're committed to success. In this role, your achievements will drive your career, team, and clients to thrive. A typical day may involve:

• Understanding client needs and aligning them with IBM Z solutions.
• Creating effective end‑to‑end architecture using IBM Z.
• Ensuring architectural viability and conducting assessments.
• Identifying and resolving project risks and conflicts.

Required technical and professional expertise

Client Leadership & Engagement

• Strong consulting, communication, and executive‑level presentation skills.
• Proven capability to build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with senior stakeholders.

Solution Architecture

• Expertise in architecting end‑to‑end solutions.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and complex hybrid environments.
• Ability to provide architectural governance, solution design leadership, and technical direction.

Deployment

• Skills in guiding clients toward full value realization.
• Ability to support implementation teams with technical oversight and issue resolution.

Technical Leadership

• Ability to represent architectural perspective across sales, technical, and cross‑functional teams.
• Strong collaboration skills to coordinate with technical sales, specialists, and business units.
• Capability to advocate for client needs internally and provide actionable feedback to offering management.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Knowledge of IBM Z and how it fits in Hybrid cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Redhat OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxONE.

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.