.(0126) International Business Machines, S.A. – Madrid, MadridAs a Solution Architect, you'll be a pivotal team member who connects the client's technical functional and implementation requirements with a solution design and proposal. You'll work closely with clients and sellers to build solutions based on meeting the client's business outcomes and known best practices for the technology and industry. In this fast-paced role, you'll design and construct a work breakdown structure leading to the rough order of magnitude, price, and statement of work. A successful Solution Architect will demonstrate a natural bias towards self-motivation and navigating data and people to find answers and present solutions that ensure world-class delivery.If you are passionate about success with both your career and solving clients' business challenges, this role is for you. A 'day-in-the-life' of this opportunity may include, but not be limited to:End-to-End Technical Guidance: Providing expert end-to-end technical guidance to lead discovery discussions with prospective clients, assess architecture needs for projects, and work with technical leads and sellers to create proposals.Finding the Best Architectural Outcomes: Leading client workshops; influencing client stakeholders at all levels to find the best architectural outcomes that align with business and technology strategies and initiatives into actionable roadmaps with clear direction on execution to ensure business value and ROI.Maintaining Solution Review Boards: Developing and contributing to the solution review boards for proposals including oversight for technology assurance, quality, and risk evaluation.Building Successful Relationships: Establishing and maintaining personal relationships at all levels – from engineers to CIOs – with experience in navigating challenging debates to reach healthy resolutions.Working in the Automation team, you will work with the IBM Automation suite of products like: API Connect, IIB, APP Connect, Data Power, or Event Streams. Also Instana Observability, Turbonomic, and Apptio