Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world's leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people-Kyndryls-that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.

The Role

Infrastructure Architects are the key link between Kyndryl and our clients. You're in a technical leadership role, uniting and guiding stakeholders from clients, governance, and project executives to delivery and sometimes even the vendors who work with the client. You'll be there from the start of a project - understanding what's needed and figuring out the best technical solution. And you'll be there at the finish, delivering the right product on time and within budget.

As an Infrastructure Architect, you'll draw upon the full breadth of your talent and experience. This is a technical leadership role, so we want you to bring your vision, knowledge, and leadership to each project. To the client, you're the subject matter expert - consulting early, gathering inputs, understanding what they need from our solution. You define what Kyndryl can do to meet this solution. You design the best solution for the job. And finally, you're the tech leader for implementation.

Responsibilities

• Participate and lead architecture workshops, working directly with technical teams from AWS enterprise customers and partners to provide unique solutions to our customers individual needs for their application deployment.

• Lead the builds of CloudFormation templates, Chef cookbooks and scripts to automate and deploy AWS resources and config changes.

• Collaborate and help build utilities and tools for internal use that enable you and your fellow AWS Engineers to operate safely at high speed and wide scale.

• Assists customers architect advanced cloud-based solutions onAWSand help with designing migrating strategies for existing workloads from Data centers to the cloud. -

• Perform periodic architecture reviews and suggest further improvements to enhance application performance, Cost Optimizationetc

• Document the technical framework and workflow of the architecture.

• Experience in delivering immutable infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet andCloudFormationetc.

• Experience inDevSecOpsimplementation projects as SRE/lead (designing DevOps solutions, setting up CI/CD pipelines, infra-automation, monitoring tools etc.).

• Source Code Management, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using tools like AWS DevOps, Terraform, Jenkins, Chef etc.,

• Setup/configure CI/CD pipeline leveraging AWS native services or traditional DevOps tools (e.g.Terraform, Chef, Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory.

• Strong skills in implementing pipelines and integrating tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions, JIRA, Argo, Go, Urban Code,ElK,jfrog, Slack, Selenium, SonarQube or other equivalent tools

• Terraform, CI/CD, Automation,GitOps, GKE Automation,AnthosConfigMgmt, GCVE Automation

• Ability to automate infrastructure, platform deployments, and configuration workflows using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines,GitOpspractices, Anthos Config Management, and GCVE automation frameworks.

At Kyndryl we support all major cloud platforms, so you'll get the chance to use everything you know - and then some. You'll also become expert at knowing when and how to call on other SMEs outside your wheelhouse. Thinking your way around pre-existing limitations will grow your creativity and flexibility. You'll learn a lot here, and if you want to work toward certifications there are plenty of opportunities.The rewards for all this are many. You'll get to influence, create, and deliver something from start to finish. You will have the power to delight our clients.

Your future at Kyndryl
This role opens the door to many career paths, both vertical and horizontal, and there may be opportunity to travel. It's a great chance for database administrators or other techs to break into the cloud. It's also a solid path to become enterprise or chief architect or a distinguished engineer! Whatever you see for yourself, you'll find the opportunity here.

Who You Are

You're good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important - you have a growth mindset keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused - someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, you're open and borderless - naturally inclusive in how you work with others.

Required Technical and Professional Experience

• Solid understanding of Data Center mainly Systems, Storage, Networking & Security, Application & Databases

• Understanding of Systems and Solutions Architecture

• Hands-on experience & learning with Data Center technologies, Cloud Software, and interoperability

• 8+ Experience in technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as public cloud IaaS, PaaS platforms - GCP primarily & AWS Secondary

• Hands-on experience in cloud-native architecture design, implementation of distributed, fault-tolerant enterprise applications for Cloud (GCP / AWS)

• Hand on (Terraform/Ansible/GitHub, AWSCodePipeline, Puppet, Chef) experience

• Hands-on multi-tier architecting skills.

• Sound knowledge of Infrastructure design (Compute, Storage, Network) on GCP / AWS

• Hands-on cloud security (GCP / AWS)

• Linux & Windows Hands on Expertise

• Strong knowledge & Hands-on scripting language: YAML, Python, Shell, Bash,Powershelletc

• Expertise in Build tools like Jenkins to build re-usable release pipelines, release and configuration management tools like Chef/Puppet/Ansible platforms

• Experience in at least one configuration management tool (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Maven etc.)

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Certifications Required - GCP

• Professional Cloud Architect

• Professional Cloud Security Engineer

• Cloud Developer / DevOps Engineer

• Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Jenkinsetc

• Certifications Required - AWS

• AWS Solutions Architect - Professional

• Optional certifications:

• AWS Developer Associate, AWS DevOps Professional, AWS Specialty

• Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Jenkinsetc

• MS Project or other Project Management software

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• .Ability to interact confidently with stakeholders of all levels

Being You

The Kyn in Kyndryl means kinship, which represents the strong bonds we have with each other, our customers and our communities. We focus on ensuring all Kyndryls feel included and we welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We believe in growth, and we're excited to see what you can bring. At Kyndryl, employee feedback has told us that our number one driver of employee engagement is belonging. That sense of belonging - being a valued, respected, trusted member of the team - is fundamental to our culture and fueling great experiences for our customers. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you the ability to thrive and contribute to our culture of empathy and shared success. That's The Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

Your career with us isn't just a job-it's an adventure with purpose. We offer a dynamic, hybrid-friendly culture that supports your well-being and empowers you to grow. Our Be Well programs are thoughtfully designed to support your financial, mental, physical, and social health-because we know that when you feel your best, you do your best.

From your very first day, you'll dive into impactful work that powers the systems our customers rely on every day. You won't just contribute-you'll make a difference, tackling meaningful projects that sharpen your skills and fuel your growth.

We're here to champion your journey. With powerful tools to chart your career path, personalized development goals aligned with your ambitions, and continuous feedback to keep you inspired and on track, you'll have everything you need to thrive and evolve. You'll develop in-demand skills to grow your career and achieve your ambitions with access to cutting-edge learning opportunities-from certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon to coaching and hands-on experiences. And through it all, you'll be part of a culture that values empathy, restless learning, and a devotion to shared success.

We want you to thrive here-and we're committed to helping you do just that. Ready to make an impact Join us and help shape what's next.

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