Architect

LightEdge Solutions

IBM Architect responsible for architecting and operationalizing IBM Power Systems environments. Creating solutions for enterprise workloads and ensuring alignment with best practices.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeDes Moines • Iowa • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, architect, and develop maintenance guidelines for IBM Power Systems environments, following industry and vendor best practices.
Develop, deploy, and provide for administration around IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) environments, ensuring scalability, availability, and performance.
Architect IBM AIX and IBM i deployments, including supporting system builds, upgrades, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
Design and support integration with POWER hardware, Fibre Channel networking, and enterprise storage (FlashSystem, Pure Storage) systems to ensure reliable and high-throughput connectivity. Ensure secure and performant backup procedures utilizing BRMS & FSFC on VTL-backed infrastructure.
Architect PowerVM, VIOS, and PowerVC tooling to manage virtualized IBM Power environments efficiently. Utilizing HMC, vHMC, and PowerCMC as integral management components is a must.
Serve as top escalation contact for implemented architectures, recognizing that all Operations personnel are ultimately responsible for ensuring a great client experience.
Ensure IBM environments are designed for security, resilience, and rapid recovery in the event of cyber incidents or system outages. Experience configuring and utilizing PowerHA, DB2 Mirror, and LPM preferred.
Maintain architecture diagrams, system documentation, and operational standards to support governance, audits, and knowledge sharing. Ensure automation is in place supporting repeatable, consistent deployments.
Work closely with infrastructure, networking, automation, storage, security, and operations teams to ensure consistent, secure, and supportable solutions.
Assist the Sales team as an IBM Power subject-matter expert during customer engagements and solution design discussions when needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience
10+ years of hands-on experience with IBM Power Systems environments
Proven experience developing and administering **IBM PowerVS** environments
Strong expertise with **IBM AIX and IBM i** architecture and administration
Experience with **POWER hardware**, **Fibre Channel networking**, and enterprise storage
Hands-on experience administering **PowerVC**
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Design, architect, and develop maintenance guidelines for IBM Power Systems environments, following industry and vendor best practices.
Develop, deploy, and provide for administration around IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) environments, ensuring scalability, availability, and performance.
Architect IBM AIX and IBM i deployments, including supporting system builds, upgrades, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
Design and support integration with POWER hardware, Fibre Channel networking, and enterprise storage (FlashSystem, Pure Storage) systems to ensure reliable and high-throughput connectivity. Ensure secure and performant backup procedures utilizing BRMS & FSFC on VTL-backed infrastructure.
Architect PowerVM, VIOS, and PowerVC tooling to manage virtualized IBM Power environments efficiently. Utilizing HMC, vHMC, and PowerCMC as integral management components is a must.
Serve as top escalation contact for implemented architectures, recognizing that all Operations personnel are ultimately responsible for ensuring a great client experience.
Ensure IBM environments are designed for security, resilience, and rapid recovery in the event of cyber incidents or system outages. Experience configuring and utilizing PowerHA, DB2 Mirror, and LPM preferred.
Maintain architecture diagrams, system documentation, and operational standards to support governance, audits, and knowledge sharing. Ensure automation is in place supporting repeatable, consistent deployments.
Work closely with infrastructure, networking, automation, storage, security, and operations teams to ensure consistent, secure, and supportable solutions.
Assist the Sales team as an IBM Power subject-matter expert during customer engagements and solution design discussions when needed. 🎯 Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience
10+ years of hands-on experience with IBM Power Systems environments
Proven experience developing and administering **IBM PowerVS** environments
Strong expertise with **IBM AIX and IBM i** architecture and administration
Experience with **POWER hardware**, **Fibre Channel networking**, and enterprise storage
Hands-on experience administering **PowerVC**
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills Apply Now 📊 Check your resume score for this job Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply. Check Resume Score 🌐 Worldwide Built by Lior Neu-ner. I'd love to hear your feedback — Get in touch via DM or support@remoterocketship.com Search Search Jobs by country Search jobs by city Search jobs by job title Search entry-level jobs Search junior-level jobs Search senior-level jobs Search jobs by tech stack Search jobs by contract type Search remote internships Search remote part-time jobs Remote jobs Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Sales People Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Software Engineers Anywhere in the World Resources Advice Tips for finding remote jobs Interview questions and answers Resume examples Cover letter examples Post a job Affiliates Privacy policy Terms of service Job board SEO course AI Apply Copilot OpenClaw job finder Jobs by Country Remote jobs anywhere in the world (Worldwide remote jobs) Remote jobs United States Remote jobs Australia Remote jobs Brazil Remote jobs Canada Remote jobs France Remote jobs Ireland Remote jobs Germany Remote jobs Netherlands Remote jobs Spain Remote jobs UK Popular Jobs Remote data analyst jobs Remote customer support jobs Remote executive assistant jobs Remote marketing jobs Remote product designer jobs Remote product manager jobs Remote project manager jobs Remote recruiter jobs Remote sales jobs Remote software engineer jobs Jobs by Type Remote full-time jobs Remote part-time jobs Remote contract jobs Remote internship jobs Remote entry-level jobs Remote jobs with no experience required Remote junior jobs (1-3 years of experience) Digital nomad jobs Remote jobs with no degree required Freelance remote jobs Temporary remote jobs Remote jobs hiring now Stay at home mom jobs

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Hard Skills & Tools

IBM Power SystemsIBM PowerVSIBM AIXIBM iPowerVMVIOSPowerVCPowerHADB2 MirrorLPM

Soft Skills

troubleshootingdocumentationcommunication