Application Architect-Microservices

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.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

As an Application Architect specializing in Microservices, you will bring technical hands-on experience with Microservices Architecture Style and related patterns to design and build scalable software solutions. You will utilize your expertise in leading technology stacks, such as Spring/Spring Cloud, to develop innovative microservices-based systems. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Design Microservices Architecture: Develop and implement microservices architecture using industry-leading technology stacks like Spring/Spring Cloud, focusing on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Build Microservices: Apply hands-on experience with Java, RESTful APIs, API Gateway, and microservices communications to build and deploy high-quality microservices.
• Implement Data Storage: Utilize expertise in RDBMS/NoSQL databases to design and implement data storage solutions that meet business requirements.
• Apply DevOps Methodologies: Leverage knowledge of DevOps methodologies and tools to ensure seamless integration and deployment of microservices.
• Ensure Interoperability: Ensure smooth communication between microservices, utilizing expertise in microservices communications and API Gateway.

• Helps in Legacy Modernization Solution Design and delivery through following: leads and builds Modernization architecture solution from legacy platform (Java backend) into modern platform (Cloud on-prem/off-prem) through modular design by understanding application component as System of Engagement (SOE), System of Insight (SOI), System of Integration (SOI), System of Records (SOR).
• SME and highly experienced in identifying application module-based SOE, SOI, SOR and lead modernization design as continuous modernization, modular modernization.
• Leads the team to design Modernization strategy and identify the need for API, Microservices creation vs. language conversion, Database conversion. Leads the team to adopt continuous modernization instead of big bang approach.
• Leads and SME in Modernization methodology and can lead the Design thinking workshop, method tailoring as Client environment and Client industry.
• SME by providing significant contribution to Modernization Project manager on technical elements of WBS, estimation, Modernization risk, dependencies, Minimum viable product (MVP). SME on at least two modernization assessment and execution tools.

• Deep knowledge on AWS platform, service catalogue and candidate should have a capability to map client platform and application deployment requirement into AWS platform specific services and configuration.
• Required Skills: - AWS Cloud Microservices, Middleware integration, Mobile Integration, CRM Integration, well versed with enterprise Architectural implementation.Nice to have Knowledge of Java/Spring boot