Senior Streaming Solutions Architect — Confluent

IBM; United States; Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Learning resources

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Resident Solution Architect - Confluent to guide customers in modernizing data platforms using streaming architectures. The role focuses on Kafka, Confluent, Spark, and Kubernetes, with hands-on deployment and strong client collaboration across multiple industries.

You will lead workshops, produce design patterns, and help optimize production deployments while traveling up to 25% to meet with clients and teams across the United States.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing, building, and operating in-production Big Data, stream processing, and/or enterprise data integration solutions, ideally using Apache Kafka
• Experience with Linux (RedHat and Debian)
• Cloud provider experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) for high-throughput systems
• JVM tuning and troubleshooting
• Experience with distributed data systems (Snowflake, Databricks), container orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD tools like Terraform/Ansible
• Proficiency in Java
• Excellent communication and consulting skills
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

Responsibilities

• Consult directly with customers to provide architecture, design, and operations expertise leveraging Kafka, Confluent products, Spark, Flink, Kubernetes, and databases
• Develop best practices, gather product feedback, and help customers overcome operational challenges
• Build strong customer relationships and deliver exemplary results quickly
• Help customers build a state-of-the-art streaming data infrastructure and optimize deployments
• Lead hands-on implementation of production-ready deployments
• Write or edit documentation and knowledge base articles based on customer experiences
• Participate in community and industry events

Skills

Customer engagement

Architectural knowledge

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Kafka

Confluent

Spark

Flink

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

Java

Job description

IBM is seeking a Resident Solution Architect - Confluent to guide customers in modernizing data platforms using streaming architectures. The role focuses on Kafka, Confluent, Spark, and Kubernetes, with hands-on deployment and strong client collaboration across multiple industries.

You will lead workshops, produce design patterns, and help optimize production deployments while traveling up to 25% to meet with clients and teams across the United States.