{"id":2670,"date":"2026-06-01T11:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:41:12","slug":"new-role-watsonx-common-core-services-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/2026\/new-role-watsonx-common-core-services-architect\/","title":{"rendered":"New Role: watsonx Common Core Services Architect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/watsonx.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2673 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/watsonx.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a decade leading IBM Cloud&#8217;s Observability architecture, I&#8217;m taking on a new challenge as watsonx Common Core Services Architect. I&#8217;ll be driving modernization initiatives across foundational services that power watsonx, Data Platform, and Software Hub products.<\/p>\n<p>This was a difficult decision: I&#8217;m incredibly proud of what the Observability team has accomplished together. But this is one of those rare opportunities that&#8217;s too good to pass up. Running towards something exciting, not away from an amazing team.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to getting my hands dirty in the code again, learning a completely new aspect of the IBM business, and working closely with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/trent-gray-donald-1656b92\/\">Trent Gray-Donald<\/a>. Change is both scary and exciting, and this feels like exactly the right kind of challenge.<\/p>\n<p>To my Observability colleagues: thank you for everything. The strong team and culture we&#8217;ve built together is something I&#8217;m deeply proud of, and knowing it will continue to thrive means I&#8217;m ready for my next chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a decade leading IBM Cloud&#8217;s Observability architecture, I&#8217;m taking on a new challenge as watsonx Common Core Services Architect. I&#8217;ll be driving modernization initiatives across foundational services that power watsonx, Data Platform, and Software Hub products. This was a difficult decision: I&#8217;m incredibly proud of what the Observability team has accomplished together. But this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/2026\/new-role-watsonx-common-core-services-architect\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Role: watsonx Common Core Services Architect&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2670"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2675,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670\/revisions\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}