Senior Lead, Infrastructure & Cloud Architecture

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 Architects at Kyndryl enjoy an innovative culture, an expectation of creativity, and unprecedented opportunities for personal and professional growth. Here, you can break free of entrenched corporate culture to help shape a fresh perspective and move beyond legacy infrastructure to create something new and different. Enjoy working as part of a team, not part of a bureaucracy and invent solutions that don’t exist yet for global clients across industries. You’ll be able to explore and leverage career-building opportunities across industries and markets with the cloud skills you have, and seize the opportunity to keep adding more. Main responsibilities: • This role involves understanding cloud discount structures and being able to advise on architecture that optimizes efficient spend. The individual in this role should have knowledge of the Well-Architected Framework (WAF) and extensive experience in developing and delivering cloud solutions on all major cloud environments. • This individual should have a strong history of designing and implementing cloud infrastructure to support business application solutions that meet efficiency, performance, and business objectives. • Responsible for the overall success of the technical solution from construction, implementation and system integration in a technology, industry, or business specialty. • Deliver new and complex high-quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements. • Structure, lead and facilitate various design meetings and workshops, be the face of Kyndryl to the client, dive into deep technical topics, discuss common architecture patterns and reference models, coordinate to ensure the right technical skills are on the team • Establish the solution architecture approach, structure, and lead requirements analysis, outline key architectural decisions, plan for milestones, manage engagement outcomes, and oversee cloud engineer assignments to manage toward engagement outcomes • Analysis of client current state, define key outcomes, define/revise IT strategy, design conceptual solutions, plan and execute design and implementation work (with support from technical specialists), while accounting for time, cost and quality targets • Work with business analysts and application developers to understand infrastructure, automation and operational requirements and build a backlog • Educate, mentor and coach engineers and architects on frameworks and approaches • Prepare and lead technical presentations or demonstrations to gain client commitment • Contribute to architecture knowledge base and methods with technique papers, work product descriptions, architectural decisions, guiding principles, documents, and code assets • Lead architecture reviews to capture learnings and update methodologies and assets • Lead regular technology lunch and learns to disseminate architecture knowledge If you are hired, the anticipated compensation range for the position $122,870 to $233,450 is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate compensation may vary depending on your geography, job-related skills and experience. For part time roles, the compensation will be adjusted appropriately. If this is a sales role, you may be eligible for additional incentive compensation opportunities. For non-sales roles, you may be eligible for Kyndryl’s Growth Driven Profit-Sharing plan. Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies. Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment. Who You Are 10 Years of Hands on Experience in deploying hybrid/public cloud loud technology via automated pipelines following DevSecOps and SRE principles • 10 years of deploying solutions on various patterns (IaaS, serverless, PaaS and SaaS) Integrated platforms such as Functions, Lambda, VM, DB’s, AKS/EKS, Azure Stack HCI, ARC, Edge computing • 8 years of Strong Experience with Infrastructure as code tools or scripting (e.g., Terraform, Cloudformation, bicep/ARM templates,Python, Bash) and automation (e.g., Ansible) • 5 years of building programmable compute, storage, network and security controls via code and configruations • Broad design expertise to apply automation coding pipelines across VPC design, IAM definition, OS tuning/configuration, Kubernetes, database tuning/configuration, DevOps toolchains, provisioning automation, service management, operations, and security • Hands on DevOps and CI/CD automation tools such as Git, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, and cloud native scripting such as CloudFormation and ARM templates • Must have worked on Agile projects and understand Scrum, kanban methodoligies • Deep understanding of design best practices for at least one cloud provider • Work independently with minimal supervision and Able to demonstrate consistent passion, drive and energy in the face of ambiguity/resistance • Hands on Experience working as a lead architect for an IT professional services firm or similar background in an IT architecture leadership role in a large enterprise • Architecture & design method champion to gather and analyze requirements, design, and implement specific solutions. Expert level understanding of conceptual, logical, and physical design stages • Led detailed design sessions to outline a backlog of implementation tasks managed through an agile process and backlog management including stand-ups, grooming, and retrospectives • Know how to apply consulting techniques (such as issues-based consultant, architecture frameworks and methods) in a range of business/IT solution contexts • Understanding of DevOps, Agile, Scrum construct to identify inefficiencies for cloud adoption through readiness assessments and development of strategies and approaches to optimize the implementation of cloud resources and capabilities • Hands on knowledge or ability with technology implementation across one or more domains: IT infrastructure, Converged & Hyper Converged Infrastructure, Cloud, Storage, Networking (Cloud and Non-Cloud), Enterprise Monitoring, IT Operations and Governance Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise : • Expert level Certifications in one or more cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP) with IaC preferred. • Excellent communication & documentation skills to articulate the solution architecture and roadmap at executive levels • Knowledge of web services, API, REST, and RPC • Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration and management platform e.g., OpenShift or equivalent implementation • Broad knowledge of major cloud technologies including virtualization, containers, networking etc. on different cloud platforms and additional knowledge or experience in the areas of IT and/or cloud technology architecture, service management and / or resiliency • In depth understanding of security controls and implementations in the cloud • Familiarity with the logging and monitoring tools like ELK, Splunk, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail a plus • Experience configuring databases and messaging services a plus • Cloud storage knowledge of services like S3, Blob storage, Swift, Rubrik, Cohesity etc., a plus • Mentoring and coaching of engineers • Ability to storyboard presentations to gain client commitment and buy-in • Assemble and lead a team of architects and engineers with engagement management oversight • Competencies and depth in IT strategy, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, and automation 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. Our employee learning hub gives you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications and accreditations, including Microsoft University, AWS Cloud Center of Excellence, Udemy, and the Harvard Business Review. 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