IBMi Strategic Solution Architect

Programmers.ai; Jaipur; Híbrido; INR 3.000.000 - 5.400.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Onsite client visits

Descripción de la vacante

Programmers.ai in Jaipur seeks an experienced IBM i Strategic Solutions Architect to serve as a senior technical advisor for major IBM i clients, onsite with select accounts and guiding modernization initiatives. You will lead architecture discussions, mentor offshore teams, and drive API-enabled integrations while balancing business priorities with technology strategy; occasional US travel is expected.

This is a client-facing, consultative role requiring deep IBM i expertise and a proven

Formación

• Extensive IBM i ecosystem experience including architecture, modernization, and integration.
• Ability to communicate complex IBM i concepts to business stakeholders.
• Strong client-facing, consultative approach with offshore collaboration.

Responsabilidades

• Act as a senior IBM i technical advisor and trusted partner for selected strategic accounts.
• Develop strong working relationships with client architects, technology leaders, and key stakeholders.
• Visit strategic clients approximately once per quarter and work onsite for 3-4 days.
• Understand the client's IBM i environment, applications, architecture, technical challenges, roadmap, and business priorities.
• Participate in architecture discussions, technical discovery sessions, and modernization planning.
• Proactively bring ideas and recommendations to clients instead of waiting for requirements.
• Assess existing IBM i application architecture and recommend improvements.
• Provide architectural guidance around modernization, integration, APIs, DevOps, databases, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Help clients evaluate modernization opportunities while protecting their existing investment in IBM i.
• Provide technical leadership for complex IBM i initiatives and architecture decisions.
• Guide teams on modernization of legacy RPG and COBOL applications where appropriate.
• Work closely with offshore architects, technical leads, developers, and delivery teams.
• Translate client strategy and onsite discussions into clear technical direction for offshore teams.
• Conduct architecture and solution reviews with the offshore team.
• Mentor senior IBM i developers and technical leads.
• Help offshore teams better understand the client's business, architecture, and long-term technology direction.
• Act as a bridge between client stakeholders and offshore engineering teams.

Conocimientos

IBM i

Herramientas

RPG

COBOL

DB2 for i

APIs/REST

DevOps/CI-CD

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

• Role: IBMi Strategic Solution Architect
• Employment: Full Time
• Experience: 10 to 19 Years
• Salary: Not Disclosed
• Location: Jaipur

Experience Required: 10 to 19 Years

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced IBM i Strategic Solutions Architect based in the United States who can serve as a senior technical advisor for some of our largest and most strategic IBM i clients.

This person will work closely with client technology and business teams, spend time onsite with strategic accounts, understand their IBM i landscape and future priorities, and identify opportunities where we can provide additional value.

This is not just an architecture or delivery role. We are looking for someone who can build strong relationships with clients, understand their technology challenges, proactively recommend solutions, and help us grow strategic IBM i accounts.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Client Engagement

• Act as a senior IBM i technical advisor and trusted partner for selected strategic accounts.
• Develop strong working relationships with client architects, technology leaders, and key stakeholders.
• Visit strategic clients approximately once per quarter and work onsite for 3-4 days.
• Understand the client's IBM i environment, applications, architecture, technical challenges, roadmap, and business priorities.
• Participate in architecture discussions, technical discovery sessions, and modernization planning.
• Proactively bring ideas and recommendations to clients instead of waiting for requirements.

IBM i Architecture & Modernization

• Assess existing IBM i application architecture and recommend improvements.
• Provide architectural guidance around application modernization, integration, APIs, DevOps, databases, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Help clients evaluate modernization opportunities while protecting their existing investment in IBM i.
• Provide technical leadership for complex IBM i initiatives and architecture decisions.
• Guide teams on modernization of legacy RPG and COBOL applications where appropriate.

Offshore Team Leadership

• Work closely with offshore architects, technical leads, developers, and delivery teams.
• Translate client strategy and onsite discussions into clear technical direction for offshore teams.
• Conduct architecture and solution reviews with the offshore team.
• Mentor senior IBM i developers and technical leads.
• Help offshore teams better understand the client's business, architecture, and long-term technology direction.
• Act as a bridge between client stakeholders and offshore engineering teams.

Technical Background

The ideal candidate should have strong experience across the IBM i ecosystem, including:

• IBM i / AS400 architecture
• RPG, RPGLE, ILE RPG and Free-Format RPG
• DB2 for i / SQL
• CL / CLLE
• COBOL experience or good architectural understanding of COBOL applications
• IBM i application architecture and integration
• APIs, REST services and modern integration patterns
• IBM i modernization strategies
• DevOps and CI/CD concepts for IBM i
• Application analysis, impact analysis and dependency understanding
• Security, performance and system architecture concepts
• Integration of IBM i applications with distributed/cloud applications

Experience with modern UI, Java/.NET integration, cloud integration, AI-assisted modernization, or IBM i modernization products/tools would be an advantage.

What We Are Looking For

Beyond Technical Expertise, The Individual Must Be

• Strongly client-facing and comfortable interacting with senior client technology leaders.
• Able to communicate complex IBM i concepts in simple business language.
• Consultative rather than purely delivery-focused.
• Proactive in finding problems and opportunities.
• Comfortable conducting technical discovery sessions independently.
• Capable of challenging existing approaches constructively and recommending alternatives.
• Strong at working with distributed US and offshore teams.
• Comfortable mentoring architects, leads, and developers.
• Commercially aware and able to recognize account-growth opportunities without behaving like a salesperson.
• Willing and able to travel within the US regularly.

Ideal Profile

We are looking for someone who has spent significant time in the IBM i ecosystem but has also evolved beyond traditional RPG development.

The right person should be comfortable having conversations such as:

• Where is the client going with IBM i over the next 3–5 years?
• What applications should remain on IBM i?
• What should be modernized?
• Where can APIs replace tightly coupled integrations?
• Where can automation or DevOps improve delivery?
• What technical debt is creating business risk?
• Where can AI or modern development approaches improve the IBM i development lifecycle?
• What additional capabilities can our team bring to solve the client's larger technology challenges?

Skills And Knowledge

• IBMi