Dhiren Mocktar

Advisory Ibm Zstack Client Architect @IBM

GB

An IBM Z Architect is a leader in the definition and architecture of an end-to-end solution, including the IBM Z platform. A Z Architect advocates for the client and guides the technical team during construction. The Z Architect defines the structures of solutions and architectures to address client business strategy & problems; understands client needs and business constraints, works in levels of abstraction, applies industry knowledge, and leverages appropriate business elements and IT to address those needs; ensures the viability of the proposed solutions - conducting solution assurance assessments; identifies and mitigates potential risks to the success of the project; pro-actively mediates resolutions to project conflict; and documents architectural decisions across the above elements. The Z Architect\'s work is focused on the front end of the solution lifecycle: listening to stakeholders, understanding their business problem, their requirements, making trade-offs between the business requirements, constraints of the system, and concerns of the various stakeholders and systematically forming more detailed definitions of the structures of a solution - an architecture incrementally