Solutions Engineer: Data Streaming & Cloud Enablement

International Business Machines Corporation; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Global Sales unites innovation, collaboration, and deep technical expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. You will partner with account teams, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact across industries and geographies, supported by world-class onboarding and continuous learning.

As a Solutions Engineer, you will lead technical designs, run proofs of concept, conduct discovery sessions, and share

Qualifications

• 1+ years in Solutions Engineering or similar role.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, data integration, and data warehousing.
• Exposure to Cloud architecture, migrations, deployment, and application development.
• Experience with automation, GitOps, and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or SQL.
• Technical certifications in Cloud/Data Engineering & Integration.
• Strong self-motivation and desire to learn new things.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Comfort presenting to developers to C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Advance new data streaming use-cases from conception to Go-Live.
• Lead technical proofs of concept.
• Conduct discovery and whiteboard sessions to develop new use-cases.
• Deliver technical talks and workshops.
• Guide customers with hands-on help to mature deployment of Confluent technologies.
• Analyze consumption trends and identify optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering; advocate for customers across ecosystem.
• Build strong relationships with key customer stakeholders.

Skills

Solutions Engineering

Event-driven architecture

Data integration

Cloud deployment

Kubernetes

Java/Python/SQL

Cloud certifications

Self-starter

Presentation skills

Executive communication

Tools

Kafka

Apache Flink

Job description

IBM Global Sales unites innovation, collaboration, and deep technical expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. You will partner with account teams, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact across industries and geographies, supported by world-class onboarding and continuous learning.

As a Solutions Engineer, you will lead technical designs, run proofs of concept, conduct discovery sessions, and share