Mod Solution Architect

Kyndryl

1d • $179,760 - $409,800

About The Position

Kyndryl is hiring a hands-on, client-facing Modernization Architect for its Global Modernization Center of Excellence. The role turns complex enterprise application modernization and agentic AI opportunities into clear architectures, implementation roadmaps, and working demos, pilots, MVPs, and reference implementations. The architect remains involved from opportunity scoping and solution design through delivery, advising senior client leaders and guiding teams toward measurable business outcomes.

The position covers modernization across public and private cloud, applications, infrastructure, agentic software development life cycles, and platform engineering. The architect collaborates with sales, consulting, legal, delivery, engineering, and specialist teams, and contributes to technical proposals, estimates, statements of work, and client engagements. The role requires deep expertise in at least one of five areas: public cloud applications, edge and software-defined networks, mainframe modernization, cloud platform engineering, or private cloud. Global travel of at least 25% is expected.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a comparable discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 8 years of hands-on experience in solution architecture, software engineering, or technical consulting focused on application architecture and modernization.
• Deep expertise in at least one specialization: public cloud applications, edge and software-defined networks, mainframe modernization, cloud platform engineering, or private cloud.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience delivering production-grade agentic AI applications.
• Advanced expertise with open-source agentic frameworks such as LangChain/LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent.
• Deep Python proficiency.
• Experience integrating AI agents with enterprise systems, including CRMs, ERPs, APIs, and data lakes.
• Experience with vector databases, embedding pipelines, and practical RAG architectures.
• Strong client-facing advisory, pre-sales, live-demo, and technical storytelling skills for engineering and executive audiences.
• Working knowledge of responsible AI, data privacy requirements, and enterprise security standards, applied across pursuit and delivery.
• Global travel availability of at least 25%.

Nice To Haves

• TypeScript/Node.js experience.
• Relevant certifications in the chosen specialization; certification examples include AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, networking, IBM Z, Kubernetes, DevOps, or FinOps credentials listed in the posting.
• Background in engineering consulting or professional services.
• Experience contributing to large-scale modernization or transformation programs.
• Experience in both consultative solutioning and delivery settings.
• Industry experience in Financial Services, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, or the Public Sector.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI governance and AI risk-management frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead client discovery and AI readiness assessments to identify application modernization and agentic AI use cases.
• Translate ambiguous business needs into technical architectures and implementation roadmaps.
• Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and architecture reviews with business and technical stakeholders.
• Advise senior client leaders on modernization and agentic AI adoption.
• Design cloud-native and AI-native target architectures using microservices, APIs, containers, and cloud-native patterns to modernize legacy and monolithic applications.
• Define modernization solutions spanning application, infrastructure, agentic SDLC, and platform engineering expertise across public and private cloud.
• Build agentic proofs of concept, pilots, MVPs, and reference implementations that demonstrate business value.
• Own technical solution definition, including scope, PoC framing, assumptions, dependencies, and baselines.
• Estimate effort, cost, risk, timeline, and team composition using Kyndryl’s solution calculator and related tools.
• Develop statements of work, RFP responses, and technical proposal content, and contribute to commercial inputs.
• Lead technical due diligence and verify proposed solutions are feasible and deliverable.
• Partner with sales, consulting, legal, delivery, engineering, and COE teams to structure deliverable engagements.
• Provide technical leadership from pursuit through implementation to protect solution fidelity and client success.
• Engage Cloud, Mainframe, Network & Edge, and other specialists when solutions span multiple domains.
• Stay current with AI, application, and cloud technologies through ongoing learning and certification.
• Travel globally at least 25% to meet clients, lead workshops, and work with delivery teams.
• Share patterns and reusable assets within the COE.

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage.
• Disability benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid leave and paid time off.
• Discretionary annual bonus program, subject to applicable plan terms; sales-commission-eligible roles participate in a sales commission plan in lieu of the annual discretionary bonus program.
• Employee learning programs and access to industry certifications.
• Company-wide volunteering and giving platform.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior