Application Consultant - DevOps (m/w/d) in Frankfurt am Main

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 specializing in DevSecOps, you will analyze clients' IT environments to achieve better efficiency using DevOps tools and methodologies. You will design and propose DevSecOps automation adoption roadmaps, architect DevSecOps tooling infrastructure, and provide mentorship to DevOps Engineers. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Analyze Client Environments: Technically analyze clients' IT environments to identify areas for improvement and propose DevSecOps solutions to increase efficiency.
• Design DevSecOps Roadmaps: Prepare gap analysis documents and design proposed DevSecOps automation adoption roadmaps for clients, covering both Dev and Ops requirements.
• Architect Tooling Infrastructure: Define the DevSecOps tooling infrastructure and interface requirements for integrated tool sets and platforms.
• Mentor DevOps Engineers: Provide guidance and support to DevOps Engineers in solution delivery, build, test, deploy lifecycle activities, and application performance management.
• Research Emerging Technologies: Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and market trends to inform project and solution offering development activities.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• DevSecOps Analysis Experience: Experience with analyzing IT environments to identify areas for improvement and proposing DevSecOps solutions to increase efficiency.
• DevSecOps Roadmap Development: Experience in designing and proposing DevSecOps automation adoption roadmaps, covering both Dev and Ops requirements.
• Tooling Infrastructure Architecture: Experience with defining DevSecOps tooling infrastructure and interface requirements for integrated tool sets and platforms.
• Technical Mentorship: Experience in providing guidance and support to engineers in solution delivery, build, test, deploy lifecycle activities, and application performance management.
• Emerging Technology Evaluation: Experience with evaluating emerging technologies, industry trends, and market trends to inform project and solution offering development activities.

• C1 proficiency in German - spoken and written

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Research and Evaluation Skills: Experience with researching emerging technologies, industry trends, and market trends to inform project and solution offering development activities, including evaluating their potential impact on DevSecOps practices.
• Technical Leadership: Experience in providing mentorship and guidance to DevOps Engineers in solution delivery, build, test, deploy lifecycle activities, and application performance management, with a focus on DevSecOps best practices.
• DevSecOps Tooling Expertise: Experience with defining DevSecOps tooling infrastructure and interface requirements for integrated tool sets and platforms, including hands-on experience with various DevSecOps tools and technologies.