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# Forward Deploy Engineer

- **Company:** IBM
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Application Integration Architecture, Data Integration, Data Mapping, Data Transformation, Systems Development Life Cycle, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Agentic-AI, Enterprise Integration, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/20946C01F33D43CC940713B7B82B2453/job/

## About the Role

Required technical and professional expertise

 * Technical Architecture: Experience with designing and architecting production-ready products that embed Gen AI and Agentic AI capabilities, meeting security best practices and compliance standards.
 * Integration Expertise: Experience with defining integration architecture and data transformation across various end systems, including integration across different lines of business and data pipelines.
 * Agent Integration: Experience with integrating agents, assets, and assistants across various SDLC activities to produce output for the SDLC.
 * Data Pipeline: Experience with defining data integration pipelines with data mapping to support solution delivery and meet client needs.
 * AI Capabilities: Experience with Gen AI, Agentic AI, advanced Context Engineering, Spec Engineering, and Prompt Engineering to drive value-driven accelerated delivery.
 * Ability to transform business and domain requirements to AI enabled solutions.
 * Understanding AI applicability into business flows, IT flows and operational flows.

Preferred technical and professional experience

 * Advanced Context Engineering: Experience with advanced Context Engineering to drive value-driven accelerated delivery.

 * Spec Engineering Expertise: Experience with Spec Engineering to support solution delivery and meet client needs.

 * Prompt Engineering Skills: Experience with Prompt Engineering to drive value-driven accelerated delivery.

## Description

As a Forward Deployed Architect, you will work as a strategic partner to clients to ensure the successful adoption and scaling of enterprise-level technology. This role involves leading strategic discovery, designing and architecting production-ready products, and collaborating with clients to meet their business needs through solution delivery.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

 * Integration Architecture Design: Define the integration architecture and data transformation across various end systems, including defining the integration across different lines of business and data pipelines.

 * Agent Workflow Integration: Perform integration across various agent workflows to produce output for the SDLC, and integrate agents, assets, and assistants across various SDLC activities.

 * Data Pipeline Definition: Define a data integration pipeline with data mapping to support solution delivery and meet client needs.

This role can be performed from anywhere in the US.