GenAI Architect - Application Architect

IBM; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 117,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a GenAI Architect - Application Architect to lead information architecture and analytics solutions. You will design centralized or distributed systems, oversee the information lifecycle, and apply taxonomy and BI expertise to meet business needs. Strong emphasis on data security, privacy, and scalable performance.

The role requires a Bachelor's Degree, with Master’s preferred. Expect collaborative, client‑facing work within a hybrid/onsite environment and growth

Qualifications

• Data Management across business requirements to design and storage.
• Lifecycle management from acquisition to archiving.
• Analytics solutions knowledge including BI and taxonomy understanding.
• System design to meet user requirements and performance goals.
• Security and privacy considerations across information handling.

Responsibilities

• Design centralized or distributed systems addressing user requirements and storage needs.
• Oversee the full information management lifecycle from acquisition to archiving.
• Apply analytics solutions expertise to meet business needs with BI and taxonomy focus.
• Ensure systems meet performance expectations and are scalable and robust.
• Address user requirements through effective information management and design.

Skills

Data Management

Information Lifecycle Management

Analytics Solutions

System Design

Information Security

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Information Architect specializing in Analytics Solutions Portfolio, you will focus on managing all aspects of data and information from business requirements to logical and physical design. You will span the full information management lifecycle, covering acquisition, cleanse, transform, classify, storage, presentation, distribution, security, privacy, and archiving.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Design Centralized Systems: Design centralized or distributed systems that address user requirements and perform efficiently and effectively, considering databases, file systems, and storage management.
• Develop Information Management Lifecycle: Oversee the full information management lifecycle, ensuring data is properly acquired, cleansed, transformed, classified, stored, presented, distributed, secured, and archived.
• Cover Analytics Solutions Portfolio: Focus on the Analytics Solutions Portfolio, applying expertise in document imaging, knowledge and content management, taxonomies, and business intelligence to meet business needs.
• Ensure Efficient Performance: Ensure designed systems perform efficiently and effectively, meeting user requirements and business needs.
• Address User Requirements: Address user requirements and business needs through effective information management and system design.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Data Management Expertise: Experience with managing all aspects of data and information from business requirements to logical and physical design, including databases, file systems, and storage management.
• Information Lifecycle Management: Experience in overseeing the full information management lifecycle, covering acquisition, cleanse, transform, classify, storage, presentation, distribution, security, privacy, and archiving.
• Analytics Solutions Knowledge: Experience with document imaging, knowledge and content management, taxonomies, and business intelligence, with a focus on the Analytics Solutions Portfolio.
• System Design and Performance: Experience designing centralized or distributed systems that address user requirements and perform efficiently and effectively.
• Information Security and Privacy: Experience ensuring data security, privacy, and archiving, meeting business needs and user requirements.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Database Design Expertise: Experience with relational, hierarchical, and object-oriented databases, including database modeling and schema design. Familiarity with database management systems and data modeling tools.
• Taxonomy Development Knowledge: Experience with developing and implementing taxonomies and classification systems to support information management and analytics solutions.
• Business Intelligence Exposure: Exposure to business intelligence tools and technologies, including data visualization and reporting, to support analytics solutions and business decision-making.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Job Title

GenAI Architect - Application Architect

Projected Minimum Salary per year

117,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

219,000.00

Position type

Professional

Up to 20% or 1 day a week

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

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