Application Consultant-Azure Cloud

Introduction

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.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Application Consultant/Azure Engineer, you will specialize in advising clients on application development methodologies and tools, focusing on Azure-based applications. You will collaborate with senior-level resources to execute projects, involving designing, building, and maintaining cloud environments. Your primary responsibilities will include: * Design Cloud Environments: Collaborate with senior-level resources to design, build, and maintain cloud environments for clients, ensuring alignment with their application development methodologies and tools. * Implement Monitoring Solutions: Implement monitoring solutions such as Operations Management Suite (OMS) and Application Insights to ensure uptime, access, control, and network security. * Manage Configurations: Manage configurations using Desired State Configuration (DSC), Chef, or Puppet to automate and maintain cloud environments. * Ensure Security and Uptime: Ensure uptime, access, control, and network security through automation and configuration management tools. * Deliver Client Solutions: Collaborate with clients to deliver solutions that meet their application development needs, leveraging expertise in Azure-based applications.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education
Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

* Cloud Environment Design: Exposure to designing, building, and maintaining cloud environments, with a focus on Azure-based applications. * Monitoring Solution Implementation: Experience working with monitoring solutions such as Operations Management Suite (OMS) and Application Insights to ensure uptime, access, control, and network security. * Configuration Management: Exposure to managing configurations using Desired State Configuration (DSC), Chef, or Puppet to automate and maintain cloud environments. * Automation and Security: Experience working with automation and configuration management tools to ensure uptime, access, control, and network security. * Azure Application Development: Exposure to application development methodologies and tools, with a focus on Azure-based applications.

Preferred technical and professional experience

* Cloud Security Knowledge: Exposure to cloud security best practices, compliance, and risk management is beneficial for this role. * DevOps Practices: Experience working with DevOps practices and tools, such as continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), is advantageous. * Scripting Skills: Familiarity with scripting languages, such as PowerShell or Python, can be helpful in automating tasks and workflows.

Years of Experience:
8-10