Ebe Kofi

About Ebe Kofi

Principal Solution Architect with 27 years in hybrid cloud, Observability and Automation for Next-Gen Networks, AI, telecom, and data science. Expert in driving business transformation and growth through advanced technology. Collaborates across multiple technologies to deliver secure and competitive (AIOps) solutions, offering comprehensive and innovative modular automation services. • Solve business challenges in hybrid cloud and AI-powered software. • Create IT architecture blueprints that adhere to enterprise principles.• Create protocols for the secure and cost-efficient migration and modernization of critical applications to the cloud.• Collaborate with multiple vendors to address issues related to devices and appliances. Provide continuous documentation of infrastructure and system modifications.Technical Expertise 1. Advance Vertical Network designing, 4G, 5G, RAN/CORE, Next-Gen Architecture, Broadcast Media, ATSC 3.0, Spectrum Convergence, NextGen TV. Edge Computing.2. OpenAI, Hybrid Cloud, Seamless computing, Data Design Solutions Hybrid Cloud infrastructure and platforms. Conduct enterprise design thinking workshops, lead technical discussions with SMEs, identify business challenges, and scope pilot use cases. Showcase hybrid cloud expertise in OCP, Kubernetes, Containers, IBM Cloud Paks, Watsonx, IBM Fusion Storage, OpenShift, Security, AWS, Azure, GCP, and VMware. Design solution architecture for customer POC. Deep Knowledge Agile Development: IBM Agile Champion, Development manager and Squad roles. Agile best practices, tooling, and processes. Testing methodologies, Test Automation, System test design, Integration test development and design, Defect analysis. Cloud Automation Manager, PureApplication Systems, WebSphere Application Server, Tivoli Provisioning Manager, DB2 UDB Regression testing. DB2 application development in Java, C, Perl, PHP. Recent work includes EJB, JSF, Zend framework, DB Design, and Administration.Technical leadership• Oversee Customer Proof of Concepts using Agile methodology as a scrum master.• Present IBM solutions to key stakeholders for adoption.• Communicate strategic perspectives to business and technical audiences.• Mentor architects and the technical community.

Experience

1. Principal Solution Architect

   IBM

   Jan 2025 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   As Principal Solution Architect - Accountable for developing technical solutions in support of Proofs of Value - from Use cases, solution design, Service delivery leveraging IBM Technology solutions that align with customer use cases to drive agility and fuel growth. I mostly work closely with advance technical and business teams to ensure feasibility and business relevance of the solution in question, and to continually evolve the solution as required. Expertise- Product delivery - Installation, troubleshooting, Integration, Architecture solutions, Software development- OpenShift, ODF, Ansible,AI on Openshift, Open Data hub, VMWare, Multi-cluster management etc - Cloud Paks, Watsonx.gov, Watsonx Platform. Fusion, spectrum protect plus and many ibm technologies.

Education

• North Carolina State University

  Master of Science - MS, Information Technology

Skills

• Cloud Computing
• Integration
• Continuous Delivery
• Big Data Analytics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cyber-Security
• Microservices
• Agile Application Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Paas
• Saas
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Azure
• Iot
• M2m
• 3gpp2
• IT Infrastructure Management
• Vmware Infrastructure
• Data Science
• Gigabit Lte
• Sdn/Nfv
• Lte Advanced Pro
• Application Delivery with Dc/Os
• 5g
• Industrial Iot
• Amazon Ec2
• Microsoft Azure
• Sql Azure
• Google Cloud Platform