Solutions Engineer — Data Streaming & Cloud Enablement

International Business Machines Corporation; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Global Sales is seeking a Solutions Engineer to bridge technical insights with client needs, driving data streaming initiatives from concept to go-live. You will collaborate with Account Executives to serve as the technical advisor, surfacing business needs and crafting designs that meet them.

You will facilitate discovery sessions, deliver workshops, and guide customers through hands-on deployments, enabling value realization and platform adoption across the customer ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1+ year of Solutions Engineering or similar work experience.
• Experience with Event-Driven architecture and Data Integration & Processing Technologies.
• First-hand exposure to Cloud Architecture, Migrations, Deployment & Application Development.
• Experience with Automation, GitOps and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Java, Python or SQL.
• Technical certifications in Cloud Development/Architecture and Data Eng. & Integration.
• Demonstrated self-starter attitude and willingness to learn complex problems.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Confidence presenting to developers, enterprise architects and executives.

Responsibilities

• Advance new and innovative Data Streaming use-cases from conception to Go-Live.
• Lead Technical Proofs of Concept and pilot projects.
• Conduct discovery and whiteboard sessions to design new use-cases.
• Deliver technical talks and workshops to share knowledge.
• Guide customers with hands-on help and best practices to mature deployments.
• Analyze customer consumption trends to identify optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering, acting as a product advocate across partners and customers.
• Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders and act as a trusted partner.

Skills

Communication

Self-starter

Problem solving

Public speaking

Mentoring

Java

Python

SQL

Education

Technical certifications - Cloud Developer/Architect

Tools

Kubernetes

GitOps

Kafka

Apache Flink

Data integration & processing tech

Job description

IBM Global Sales is seeking a Solutions Engineer to bridge technical insights with client needs, driving data streaming initiatives from concept to go-live. You will collaborate with Account Executives to serve as the technical advisor, surfacing business needs and crafting designs that meet them.

You will facilitate discovery sessions, deliver workshops, and guide customers through hands-on deployments, enabling value realization and platform adoption across the customer ecosystem.