Delivery Consultant

IBM; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Solutions Architect who will play a critical role in designing and implementing technical solutions that meet client needs. Successful candidates will have a Master's degree and strong experience with IBM technologies, ensuring successful project delivery and client satisfaction. This mid-senior level position focuses on collaboration, communication, and technical expertise for complex B2B projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with IBM technologies like Sterling Data Exchange products.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Strong technical documentation and architectural diagram skills.

Responsibilities

• Connect client requirements with solution design and proposals.
• Lead and manage client proposals, including pricing and project scope.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Capacity Planning

Data Security Protocols

Documentation

Technical Architecture

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

IBM Sterling Integrator

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

Job description

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Introduction

Successful candidates will have demonstrated experience in analyzing complex technical situations, anticipating potential problems and future trends, and assessing opportunities and risks while developing and implementing plans and creating solution deliverables for client contracts. As a team leader, the IBM Solution Architect guides other professionals and assumes overall technical responsibility for the successful design, solution construction, implementation, and system integration of IBM B2B projects. The position requires significant knowledge across multiple platforms, processes, or architectures.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Solution Architect, you'll be a pivotal team member who connects the client's technical, functional, and implementation requirements with a solution design and proposal. You'll work closely with clients and sellers to build solutions based on meeting the client's business outcomes and known best practices for the technology and industry. In this fast-paced role, you'll design and construct work breakdown structures leading to the rough order of magnitude, pricing, and statement of work. A successful Solution Architect will demonstrate a natural bias towards self-motivation and navigating data and people to find answers and present solutions that ensure world-class delivery.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Direct experience with IBM Sterling Data Exchange (SDE) products and technologies such as IBM Sterling Integrator (B2BI), Sterling File Gateway (SFG), IBM Standards Processing Engine (SPE), IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender (ITX/A), IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP), Sterling External Authentication Server (SEAS), IBM Control Center (ICC/D), Gentran, Connect Direct/Enterprise, IBM Partner Engagement Manager (PEM/PCM). Strong experience with capacity planning (HA/DR), scalability, performance, and load testing.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical architectures, creating solution blueprints, integration architecture diagrams, and data flow designs.
• Expertise in designing scalable, resilient, and secure systems, including implementing data security protocols (PGP, SSL/TLS) and authentication/authorization frameworks (LDAP, SSO, OAuth).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in engaging with clients, product managers, and business analysts; excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience working with cross-functional teams, leading technical workshops, and explaining complex architectures in business terms.
• Ability to produce and maintain clear and concise technical documentation, solution specifications, and governance artifacts.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience with IBM WebSphere family, Cognos, IBM Cloudant, IBM Cloud Paks, and Instana.
• Experience with DevOps, implementing automated build and release pipelines (e.g., Ansible, ArgoCD, Chef, Rancher).
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized deployments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud) and hybrid architectures.
• Knowledge of communication and data handling protocols (AS2, HTTPS, FTPS/SFTP, Web Services/SOAP/REST) and industry data standards (ACH, ANSI X12, EDIFACT, HIPAA, RosettaNet, SWIFT, TRADCOMS).
• IBM Certified Solution Architect (Sterling B2B Integrator) and relevant Cloud certifications (AWS Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, etc.).

Senioriry level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Sales and Business Development

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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