Platform Engineering Architect

KyndrylNorth HollandOn-siteFull-time3 weeks ago

Kyndryl is seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Architect to lead the architecture and evolution of enterprise-grade platforms spanning Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes, Internal Developer Platforms, AI/GPU infrastructure, automation, and developer self-service. The role requires 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud automation, platform engineering, or enterprise architecture, with strong expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, and automation frameworks.

What you'll do

Lead the architecture and evolution of enterprise-grade platforms spanning Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes, Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), AI/GPU infrastructure, automation, and developer self-service
Transform complex infrastructure capabilities into standardized, reusable, governed and self-service platforms
Develop reusable automation capabilities for infrastructure provisioning and Day-2 operations
Design automation frameworks using Ansible, Terraform, VMware vRA/vRO/Aria, Chef, AWS and ServiceNow
Establish composable automation patterns that can be reused across multiple technology platforms and enterprise environments
Drive reduction of bespoke automation through standardized and governed engineering patterns
Design enterprise CI/CD and application lifecycle architectures
Establish build-once/promote-everywhere, ephemeral environment and automated rollback capabilities
Integrate source control, build, deployment and infrastructure automation into standardized delivery pipelines
Promote engineering practices that improve deployment consistency, repeatability and operational governance
Design and evolve AI-powered automation solutions for infrastructure and IT operations
Apply RAG, historical operational data, SOPs, tool integration and contextual decision-making to automation use cases
Explore autonomous incident remediation and AI-assisted operational workflows
Establish architecture standards, reusable reference architectures and engineering patterns
Ensure platform solutions meet enterprise security, compliance, scalability and operational requirements
Work closely with engineering, application, cloud, security and operations teams to drive platform adoption

What you need

Must-have

Platform-as-a-ProductGolden PathsBackstageDeveloper PortalsKubernetesAKSVKSDocker

Nice-to-have

AI infrastructureGPU platformsAI/ML platform engineering

Soft skills

Engineering leadershipStakeholder managementPlatform product thinking

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