Infrastructure 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. 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

• Deep understanding of various infra components such as Compute, Storage & Network and arrive at best fit architecture for various infra platforms within the enterprise.

• Strong delivery experience in assessing business needs, capacity management, infra resource sizing and technical framework.

• Skills in migration of IT infrastructure platforms (On-premise / Cloud / Hybrid).

• Skills in infra design of Data centers, connectivity, migration and Management.

• Ability to write architecture / design documents and review design documents provided by Project teams

• Knowledge and understanding of industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs.

• Knowledge of infrastructure elements and requirements related to infra virtualization, Software-defined Infrastructure, Private/Public cloud / container platforms.

• Skills in Infrastructure implementation, integration, migration and infra management tools.

• Ability to identify and resolve performance issues and bottlenecks.

• Ability to manage individual infrastructure components and IT services to ensure they meet current and future demands

• Expert level OEM certifications on Infrastructure (Compute/Storage/Network) preferred.

• Sharp technical skills to solve issues.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Preferably the candidate should have working / hands-on experience with Enterprise Architecture (EA) tools like Mega Hopex, Avolution ABACUS, Planview, Orbus iServer, etc.

Job Profile

• Set up technical standards and governance structure for the enterprise.

• To provide technology architecture expertise and guidance across multiple business divisions & technology domains.

• Assist business strategy and accordingly drive technology strategy from an architecture perspective.

• Setting up technical standards, formulation of Enterprise Architecture (EA) Governance Framework.

• Driving technology strategy from an architecture perspective, across a portfolio of applications in the Bank, for resource optimization and Risk mitigation.

• Translating business requirements into specific system, application or process designs, including working with business personnel and executives to identify functional requirements.

• Define/ maintain Target Architectures in Roadmaps.

• Lead and/or assist efforts to scope and architect major change programs, leading strategic options analysis & proposing end-to-end solutions & highlighting trade-offs.

• Review ongoing designs of major programs to identify strategic opportunities and resolve design issues during delivery.

• Identify key technology enablers to optimize IT investment.

• Develop highly complex solutions that exemplifies quality optimization regarding reliability, availability, scalability, manageability, flexibility, usability/ reusability, and high performance.

• Deliver Architecture solutions in a Banking environment at the highest-level technical expertise.

• Lead other IT Architects to provide effective consulting on complex projects including RFP technical evaluations for various business domain.

• Lead multifunctional teams in successful application of methodologies and architecture modelling tools.

• As an architect the person would be responsible for suggestion and implementation of new technologies.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders in IT infra domain, IT-vendors, and other architects to achieve enterprise business goals.

• Create Secure IT Infrastructure Architecture and roadmap that result in strong business IT alignment, driving latest suitable technology adoption and usage of technology across the enterprise.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders in IT infra domain, IT-vendors, and other architects to achieve enterprise business goals.

• Reviewing infra implementations to ensure alignment against business/design goals, Disaster recovery and BCP.

• Design / Review Enterprise Infrastructure to meet industry best practices, Regulatory & security compliance and high-level performance.

• Reviewing changes to IT infrastructure (Compute / Storage / Network) and its impact analysis.

• Evaluating new Infrastructure technologies and advising Bank on its Pros/Cons

• Supporting security architecture review of IT infrastructure designs

• Representing Digital platforms/services in solution architecture governance forums Providing technical input and know-how to architecture governance processes and forums for various Infrastructure projects

• Analyze and forecast capacity requirements to ensure IT resources can handle current and future demands

• Work with various departments to align IT Infrastructure Capacity with business objectives and future needs

• Lead the definition, design, and documentation of technical environments, including network infrastructure, cloud solutions, and virtualization technologies.

• Develop architectural standards and processes to ensure consistency and compliance across the organization's infrastructure.

• Deploy solution architectures, conduct analysis, and institute solution-testing criteria to ensure proper functioning and performance.

• Implement security measures, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and protecting sensitive data.

• Work closely with various teams, including development, operations, and security, to align infrastructure with business needs and technical requirements.

• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and evaluate them to improve system performance and efficiency.

• Skilled at identifying and resolving issues, ensuring high availability and performance of the infrastructure.

• Serve as subject matter experts, guide teams on infrastructure design principles, and mentor junior staff.

• In essence, role in ensuring that an organization's technology infrastructure is robust, secure, and aligned with its business needs.

Educational Qualification

BE/ BTech in (Computer Science/ Computer Science & Engineering/ Information Technology/ Software Engineering/ Electronics & Communications Engineering or equivalent degree in relevant discipline) or MCA or MTech/ MSc in (Computer Science/ Computer Science & Engineering/ Information Technology/ Electronic & Communications Engineering) from recognized University/ Institute.

Desirable:

MBA as an additional qualification is preferred

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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