Hiring for Enterprise Solution Architect (IBM Z & IBM i) – Pre-Sales Location: Kuala Lumpur (near by public transport)
Role Mission
Own the end-to-end architecture for enterprise solutions, turning business priorities into secure, resilient and commercially viable outcomes. Build practical modernization roadmaps, provide clear design authority, and protect mission‑critical workloads while enabling change.
Core Responsibilities
- Set the target architecture – Define principles, reference patterns and modernization roadmaps for IBM Z, IBM i and connected platforms
- Lead solution design – Translate business and non-functional requirements into end-to-end designs, estimates and technical decisions
- Govern delivery – Chair design reviews and guide implementation from discovery through migration and operations
- Protect enterprise outcomes – Assure availability, performance, security, compliance, resilience and cost effectiveness
- Align the ecosystem – Bring together business, application, infrastructure, security, cloud, vendors and delivery teams
Requirements
- 10+ years in enterprise IT, including 5+ years in solution or enterprise architecture roles
- Proven architecture and delivery leadership in IBM Z and/or IBM i environments
- Hands‑on understanding of availability, disaster recovery, security, performance and capacity planning
- Track record of explaining trade‑offs and securing decisions with executives and governance forums
- IBM Z – z/OS and Linux on IBM Z; middleware, data services, storage, backup, resilience, performance and security
- IBM i – IBM i / AS400 on Power Systems; application hosting, high availability, disaster recovery and operational modernization
- Hybrid cloud integration – Connecting core platforms with public/private cloud via APIs, messaging, data movement, networking and identity
- Enterprise and solution architecture, roadmaps, standards, patterns and design governance
- Risk & economics: security, compliance, continuity, capacity, licensing and total‑cost trade‑offs
- Delivery leadership: discovery, estimation, migration and transition to operations
Advantageous Experience
- Turning legacy constraints into pragmatic, cloud‑enabled outcomes
- Application and data modernization on IBM Z or IBM i
- zCloud patterns and cloud‑adjacent services
- API, messaging or data‑replication integration with hybrid cloud
- DevSecOps, automation, observability and FinOps practices
- Regulated‑industry delivery and complex vendor ecosystems