Software Architect, IBM Corporation, Durham, NC: Propose and design capabilities of the product that add business and technical value. Define technical direction for the product by designing the architecture across various components. Design interactions with third parties to enable business between the product and external partners. Provide architectural guidance to multiple teams so that they are able to deliver capabilities in a cohesive manner. Direct the subscription and entitlement management for marketplaces. Establish the goals and policies for delivering subscription solutions. Lead the team by identifying and achieving analytics goals, identify KPIs, event collection, A/B tests, analysis and interpretation of results and actions. Provide technical designs and approaches. Oversee sprint planning sessions, engage with squad leadership across development, offering management, and UX design to establish sprint goals. Assign engineers to appropriate tasks. Oversee the delivery of front and backend solutions of the squad, ensuring on time completion with quality. Work across teams to manage cross squad and cross team dependencies. Identify and manage risks, minimizing impacts to team deliverables. Conduct end of sprint retrospectives, providing expertise and experience to identify areas for improvement and actions. Oversee improvements to CI/CD development process, enabling efficiency in build and publishing procedures. Lead team in establishing and achieving automation, performance, and availability goals. Lead team in implementing robust operational monitoring and alerting in place that supports SLA commitments. Take leadership with customer issues and escalations. Oversee team resolution and manage direct communications with customer as needed. Perform technical interviews and onboard new employees. Utilize: Cloud application architecture and design, Subscription management and usage metering, Business Support System, Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes, API design and architecture, Continuous integration and deployment, Programming and software development. Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related (employer will accept three (3) years of post-secondary study plus one (1) year of IT experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree) and two (2) years of experience as a Technical Team Lead or related. Two (2) years of experience must include utilizing Cloud application architecture and design, Subscription management and usage metering, Business Support System, Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes, API design and architecture, Continuous integration and deployment, Programming and software development. Send resumes to recruitad@us.ibm.com. Applicants must reference Z253.