Aws Infrastructure/cloud 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.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Lead the builds of CloudFormation templates, Chef cookbooks, and scripts to automate and deploy AWS resources and configuration changes.
- Collaborate and help build utilities and tools for internal use that enable AWS Engineers to operate safely at high speed and wide scale.
- Leverage day-to-day experiences to provide the voice of the customer to internal AWS teams.
- Assist customers in architecting advanced cloud-based solutions on AWS and help with designing migration strategies for existing workloads from data centers to the cloud.
- Ensure that industry best practices for security, data backup, and user management are enforced within architecture designs.
- Liaise technically between customers, Cloud Engineers, and vendor support teams.
- Conduct internal trainings for the internal support team on new cloud services and their use cases.
- Assist SMEs during critical incidents as required.
- Document customer environment architecture and maintain updated versions post periodic reviews.
- Document the technical framework and workflow of the architecture.

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 experience as an AWS Architect
- Experience in a technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as public cloud IaaS, PaaS platforms.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, GitHub.
- Hands-on multi-tier architecting skills.
- Sound knowledge of Infrastructure design (Compute, Storage, Network).
- Good knowledge of cloud security practices.
- Linux & Windows Hands-on Expertise.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
- AWS Solutions Architect - Associate / Professional

**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