What are the responsibilities and job description for the Expert Labs Solution Architect – Power position at IBM?
Introduction
At IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you’ll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact.Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You’ll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that’s passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.
Your Role And Responsibilities
The IBM Technology Expert Labs organization is looking for an IBM Power Solution Architect with expertise in the IBM Power hardware product line, IBM i, AIX and Licensed Program Products (LPPs).
The Solution Architect will collaborate with the client, business partner, and sellers to understand client requirements, and conduct discovery activities to define and create services solutions to address client needs. You will utilize your in-depth knowledge of leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to influence clients. You are responsible for building a scope with activities and corresponding assumptions and estimating the level of effort. The Solution Architect creates the client-facing proposal content and the detailed work breakdown structure.
You will work in a fast-paced environment, working on multiple projects with multiple sellers and clients
Preferred Education
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
At IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you’ll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact.Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You’ll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that’s passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.
Your Role And Responsibilities
The IBM Technology Expert Labs organization is looking for an IBM Power Solution Architect with expertise in the IBM Power hardware product line, IBM i, AIX and Licensed Program Products (LPPs).
The Solution Architect will collaborate with the client, business partner, and sellers to understand client requirements, and conduct discovery activities to define and create services solutions to address client needs. You will utilize your in-depth knowledge of leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to influence clients. You are responsible for building a scope with activities and corresponding assumptions and estimating the level of effort. The Solution Architect creates the client-facing proposal content and the detailed work breakdown structure.
You will work in a fast-paced environment, working on multiple projects with multiple sellers and clients
Preferred Education
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- 5 years of experience in IBM Power hardware product line, IBM i, AIX and Licensed Program Products (LPPs):
- PowerHA
- Power server migrations and OS upgrades
- VIOS
- PowerVM
- VM Recovery Manager
- PowerVS
- PowerVC
- Security (LDAP, PowerSC, RBAC, SSO)
- Performance and capacity planning (Db2 for i, SQL, PEP 2.0)
- Very strong individual planning and project management skills
- Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Self-starter, ability to learn independently
- Demonstrated communication skills in a customer facing environment at all levels of technical, management and executives
- Understand technical requirements to craft work scopes, work breakdown structures, labor estimates, and manage risk.
- Experience working with IBM Partners, IBM Sales and Client Teams
- Bachelors Degree
Salary : $144,000 - $268,000