As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) specializing in the Azure data platform, 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.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) specializing in the Azure data platform, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of our data services hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Leveraging your strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IAC), you will design, implement, and maintain scalable and resilient architectures that power our data solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence, automate workflows, and optimize service delivery, ultimately enabling our customers to derive maximum value from their data

Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable architectures for data services on the Azure platform, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IAC) principles and tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or BICEP. Develop and implement robust Native automation solutions to streamline provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and incident response processes, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing manual intervention.Establish and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to detect performance issues, anomalies, and potential failures in real-time, enabling proactive resolution and minimizing service disruptions.

Collaborate with Azure service teams to optimize resource utilization, improve performance, and ensure cost-effectiveness across data solutions, leveraging Azure best practices and tools.Drive continuous improvement initiatives through post-incident analysis, root cause identification, and implementation of preventive measures to enhance system reliability and stability.Champion security best practices and compliance requirements within Azure data services, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations.Act as a subject matter expert and provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration.

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:

• Minimum 7+ years of overall IT experience with at least 3-5 years in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or related roles.
• Proven experience in designing and maintaining highly available, scalable, and resilient architectures for data platforms on Microsoft Azure.
• Extensive knowledge of Azure core services, including Azure Network components, Azure Monitor, and Azure Policies.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools such as BICEP, PowerShell, ARM templates, and/or Terraform.
• Hands-on experience in building, maintaining, and troubleshooting Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify root causes of complex system issues.
• Experience with Azure Data Services, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Databricks.
• Sound understanding of cloud-native technologies and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience:

• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Microsoft Azure certifications, such as Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect, or Azure DevOps Engineer, are a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.

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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