The Role

Your role: Bring your specialist knowledge and experience to a company managing 50% of the world s MIPS and play a critical role in our modernization mission. You ll be in good company among our global community of experts leading the future of mainframe modernization. Experts who share knowledge openly and collaborate freely. In this role, you ll design, build and maintain the high-volume business logic that runs on the mainframe. At the same time you ll play a key role in refactoring legacy code to enable modern cloud and mobile applications to seamlessly interact with the mainframe s core data.

Key Responsibilities

- Automation & Configuration Management
- Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation workflows for large-scale, multi-environment deployments.
- Build reusable automation frameworks to standardize provisioning, configuration, and patching processes.
- Optimize existing Ansible scripts and convert manual processes into automated pipelines.
- Implement automated compliance, drift detection, and self-healing mechanisms where feasible.
- DevOps Engineering
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as VS Code, Azure DevOps or GitHub.
- Manage end-to-end release automation, branch strategies, artifact management, and deployment orchestration.
- Work closely with Development, QA, and Cloud teams to ensure reliable, fast, and secure software delivery.
- Integrate security controls into DevOps workflows.
- Cloud & Infrastructure Operations
- Support infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools such as Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
- Manage deployments across hybrid cloud/on-prem environments (Azure, Windows, Linux-based systems).
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions for automated environments.
- SQL Engineering & SME-Level Expertise
- Serve as the subject matter expert for SQL performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, partitioning, and data modelling.
- Automate database deployment and maintenance tasks, including schema updates, replication setup, and backup routines.
- Troubleshoot complex SQL-related issues and support application teams with optimized data access patterns.
- Develop automation to support DB upgrades, migrations, and baseline enforcement.
- Collaboration, Governance & Best Practices
- Partner with architecture, security, and delivery teams to define automation standards and reusable templates.




- Promote and enforce best practices in DevOps, SQL engineering, and infrastructure automation.
- Maintain detailed technical documentation, SOPs, and runbooks.
- Provide mentorship to junior engineers and support cross-team technical enablement.

What you will do

Maintain Performance: Monitor the architecture and identify opportunities to optimize code to maintain and enhance mainframe performance.

Debug and Test: Debug, troubleshoot, and analyze complex system interactions to keep mission-critical applications running.

Develop for the Future: Bridge the gap; as an instrumental player in modernization, you will extract business logic from legacy systems for migration or integration with cloud-based services.

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 Skills & Qualifications Technical Skills

- Solid hands-on expertise in Ansible (playbooks, roles, inventories, AAP/Tower, Ansible Galaxy).
- Solid experience with CI/CD tools (VS Code, Ansible, Azure DevOps).
- Proficiency in scripting languages: Python, Powershell, Bash, YAML.
- Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows administration and server hardening.
- Expert-level SQL skills: Query tuning , Index optimization, Stored procedures & triggers, Data architecture fundamentals, Cross-platform (PostgreSQL, SQL Server preferred).
- Experience with IaC tools (Ansible, VS Code) is a plus.
- Familiarity with cloud environments (Azure preferred). Understanding of networking fundamentals, firewalls, load balancers, and VPNs.
- Soft Skills
- Solid analytical mindset for troubleshooting complex automation & SQL issues.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.




- Ability to work independently and deliver with minimal supervision.
- High ownership, accountability, and structured problem-solving ability.
- Experience Requirements
- 5 9 years of total experience for L3/L4 levels.
- Proven experience in automation engineering, DevOps practices, and SQL tuning.
- Exposure to enterprise-scale environments, multi-team collaboration, and production-grade automation.

Preferred Skills:

- Red Hat Ansible Automation Certification
- Azure DevOps Certifications
- Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD) certification
- SQL database certifications (Microsoft, PostgreSQL)

Being You

The Kyn in Kyndryl means kinship, which represents the robust bonds we have with each other, our customers and our communities. We focus on ensuring all Kyndryls feel included and we welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Even if you don t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We believe in growth, and we re excited to see what you can bring. At Kyndryl, employee feedback has told us that our number one driver of employee engagement is belonging. That sense of belonging being a valued, respected, trusted member of the team is fundamental to our culture and fueling great experiences for our customers. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you the ability to thrive and contribute to our culture of empathy and shared success. That s The Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

Your career with us isn t just a job it s an adventure with purpose. We offer a dynamic, hybrid-friendly culture that supports your well-being and empowers you to grow. From your very first day, you ll dive into impactful work that powers the systems our customers rely on every day. You won t just contribute you ll make a difference, tackling meaningful projects that sharpen your skills and fuel your growth. We re here to champion your journey. With powerful tools to chart your career path, personalized development goals aligned with your ambitions, and continuous feedback to keep you inspired and on track, you ll have everything you need.

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