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Job description / Role
Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.
Your Role and Responsibilities
• This role defines a high level enterprise-wide IT Architecture leader focusing on the mapping of I/T integration capabilities to business needs.
• The focus is on defining the relationships, flows and implementation of business (processes/activities/functions, information), applications, data and technology in the enterprise and the transitional process necessary for implementing technology in response to changing business needs.
• The employee guides functional objectives or technologies with a focus on innovation and the client’s transformative journey.
• Have a detailed understanding of Orchestration, Automation and integration.
• Help clients understand the differentiated capabilities of cloud solutions in the context of fitness for purpose to solve key client challenges –and guide them to these solutions where right answer.
Requirements
Skills:
• Provide a holistic view of enterprise solutions, including a sound appreciation of operational costs, security, performance engineering, application development and systems management. These skills should be aligned to Hybrid Cloud within the enterprise.
• Hybrid Cloud include but is not limited to Traditional IT & Cloud services such as IBM Cloud and AWS along with the following technologies: Containers , Hypervisors , SaaS offerings , PaaS offerings, external & internal integrations, IT Monitoring, DevOps, and Business Automation ,
Environment:
• Professional knowledge related to incumbent’s function/business unit and its processes.
Communication/Negotiation:
• Advise other professionals and CX-Levels.
• Effectively utilize group dynamics. Negotiate to define approaches and goals.
Problem Solving:
• Recognize complex problems related to functional objectives.
• Analyze situations and implement solutions, or develop new system elements, procedures or processes.
• Creativity and judgment applied to developmental work on different projects within the business environment.
Contribution/Leadership:
• Provides ongoing technical /operational guidance to lead professional work teams, conducts special projects, or manages department(s) (national or international).
• Understand department/ functional mission and vision.
• Defines and decides objectives within specified business concept or project and may have responsibility for tools and assigned resources.
• Utilizes expertise to directly influence people outside department or function. Sometimes no precedent exists.
Impact on Business/Scope:
• Accountable for business unit results and for activities and involving multi-functional teams. Activities are subject to business measurements, and impact customer satisfaction.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a technical job role.
• Minimum 5 years Technical architect skills including expertise in applying tools and methods.
• Knowledge in any of the evolving technologies (Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Integration, BPM, Business Automation, IT Monitoring, DevOps) mandatory.
• Knowledge (certification preferred) in Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (Togaf, Zachman etc)
• Deep knowledge of how solutions portfolios fit into client’s overall enterprise architecture.
About the Company
For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region's technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.
Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.
Reinvention is a keyword in the company's history and, today, IBM is much more than a "hardware, software, services" company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company.