IBM CP I Technical Architect

About the Role

TAWANTECH is seeking an IBM CP I Technical Architect to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is responsible for designing, architecting, and overseeing the implementation of enterprise integration solutions using IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I). The architect will establish scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing integration architectures to enable seamless connectivity across enterprise applications, services, and external systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise integration architecture using IBM CP4I.
• Design end-to-end integration solutions covering API-led, event-driven, and service-oriented architectures.
• Develop architecture blueprints, solution designs, integration patterns, and technical standards.
• Define integration strategies for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, performance, and disaster recovery.
• Design and implement solutions leveraging IBM Cloud Pak for Integration components, including IBM API Connect, IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE), IBM MQ, IBM Event Streams, IBM Aspera, and IBM DataPower Gateway.
• Establish API management and governance frameworks, and design secure communication and data exchange.
• Design and deploy CP4I solutions on Red Hat OpenShift, defining containerization, orchestration, and microservices integration strategies.
• Manage environment architecture across development, testing, staging, and production, including deployment strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
• Establish integration security architecture, implementing OAuth , OpenID Connect, mutual TLS, and certificate management.
• Lead technical teams, review solution architecture and technical designs, and provide guidance on complex integration issues.
• Define monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational support frameworks, and establish performance and capacity management standards.

Technical Expertise

The role requires deep technical expertise in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration components and related technologies. This includes defining integration patterns, message flows, API policies, and messaging standards, as well as understanding Kubernetes architecture, networking, storage, and security.

Security and Governance

The architect will be responsible for defining API governance, access controls, encryption, and audit requirements. Ensuring compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory requirements is a core aspect of this position.

Leadership and Collaboration

This position involves providing technical leadership and working closely with enterprise architects, infrastructure, cybersecurity, application, and business teams. The architect will support project delivery, technical estimation, and vendor management, while also troubleshooting complex integration and messaging issues.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant technical architecture role.
• Demonstrated experience with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration components.
• Proficiency in designing and deploying solutions on Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, security, and infrastructure requirements.