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.

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

• 8+ years of experience in deploying, scaling, and managing Kubernetes clusters on Azure.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals, including pods, services, deployments, and stateful sets.
• In-depth knowledge of AKS networking, including VNET integration, ingress controllers, service meshes (e.g., Istio), and Azure Container Networking Interface (CNI).
• Proficiency with Helm charts for managing Kubernetes applications and deployments.
• Proven experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates for defining and managing Azure resources.
• Hands-on experience with Bicep, Azure's concise IaC language, for creating modular and reusable templates.
• Good knowledge of best practices in IaC, including modular design, parameterization, and resource reuse.
• Proficiency in configuring and managing Azure Pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Experience with multi-stage pipelines, including build, release, and rollback strategies for applications on AKS.
• Ability to deploy containerized applications to AKS directly through Azure Pipelines.
• Expertise in setting up automated testing and continuous deployment practices for quality and reliability.
• Strong scripting skills with PowerShell or Azure CLI for custom automation tasks and configuration.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics for monitoring and troubleshooting AKS and other Azure resources.
• Knowledge of Azure security tools, including Azure Active Directory (AAD) integration for AKS, network security groups (NSGs), and role-based access control (RBAC) for secure and compliant deployments.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Experience with service meshes like Istio, Linkerd, or Open Service Mesh (OSM) on AKS for improved traffic management and security.
• Expertise in developing reusable, modular IaC templates with a strong emphasis on code quality and parameterization.
• Familiarity with Terraform or other IaC tools in addition to ARM and Bicep.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or other CI/CD tools for integrating with Azure.
• Knowledge of DevOps best practices, including blue-green deployments, canary releases, and progressive delivery.
• Skills in optimizing AKS workloads for cost and performance, including autoscaling strategies and resource allocation.

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.

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