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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. Databricks Solution Architect to define and lead the end-to-end architecture for a large data modernization program. You will bring deep expertise across cloud-based engineering, Databricks platform, data migration, data modeling, data architecture, data engineering, and reporting, and connect governed data products to ML, GenAI, and advanced AI solutions across hyperscalers. 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