Cloud Solution Architect

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

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.

Key Responsibilities

Advise clients on leading cloud practices and architectural approaches

Defines technical direction and roadmap for Cloud migrations and managing the implementation and technical solutions

Develop and coordinate cloud architecture across diverse areas including application development, identity and access management, network and data management, and security

Provide designs for engineers on the project on how to deliver programmatic elements of the implementation

Architect cloud-native, hybrid, or multi-cloud solutions to meet the client’s needs Own the content and lead workshops on technical topics with the client

Develop architectural artifacts to lead the delivery of a successful implementation

Engage with technical stakeholders of the client and third parties to understand how their systems work

Get closer to business stakeholders and shape solutions that deliver business outcomes Provide mentorship and coaching to technical team members

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

5-8 years overall Cloud architect experience

Understanding of the declarative capabilities of one or more cloud infrastructure providers (I.E. AWS, GCP, Azure) and the ability to build solutions based on these capabilities

Understanding of cloud security capabilities and risks

Extensive project experience migrating from legacy systems and deploying complex cloud-based solutions

Previous ownership of the technical solution architecture

Project experience architecting, implementing, and optimizing core infrastructure, networking, and cloud-based services for business teams or consumers

Experience in reviewing and implementing DevOps and Agile standards and practices Experience in configuring and tuning cloud-hosted solutions and platforms

Experience with container networking on Docker

Experience with Microservices, Functions, Event-driven / reactive programming, or other Cloud Native architectures

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

Ability to navigate complex organization politics, build trust and credibility with clients

Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex technical topics to senior stakeholders within the client

Being You

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, it’s how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But we’re not doing it single-handily : Our Kyndryl Inclusion Networks are only one of many ways we create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find and provide support and advice. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you – and everyone next to you – the ability to bring your whole self to work, individually and collectively, and support the activation of our equitable culture. That’s the Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter – wherever you are in your life journey. Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more. Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations. At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, we want you to succeed so that together, we will all succeed.