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Senior Application Modernization and Optimization Architect/Engineers bring 8-10-plus years of experience designing, developing, and optimizing IT applications, and workloads in legacy and multi-cloud platforms (experience in multi-cloud or at least one of the major cloud platforms - e.g., IBM, AWS, MS Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Experience in application performance engineering across a broad range of technologies, applying application performance optimization methods and techniques to structure solution designs in collaboration with our clients' senior application and performance architects.
Senior Application Architects/Engineers bring a minimum of 8-10-plus years of experience designing, developing, and migrating IT applications, and workloads to cloud platforms (experience in multi-cloud or at least one of the major cloud platforms - e.g., IBM, AWS, MS Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Experience in application modernization across a broad range of technologies, applying modern engineering methods and techniques to structure solution designs in collaboration with our clients' senior application and cloud architects. The Senior Application Architect is expected to lead application modernization discovery engagement, create a client specific modernization approach and work with the key client stakeholders to create a modernization roadmap and high-level business case. In addition, the Senior Application Architect may be expected to define and execute the modernization detailed plan and continue to guide the client through the entire program. As deep subject matter experts, recognized inside and outside Kyndryl, they build strong, enduring relationships with senior client executives based on innovation, trust, and service excellence. They are regarded as a leader in the practice across our offerings, methods and technology design competencies. They are accountable for structuring and delivering highly complex, multi-disciplined design engagements that deliver lasting and measurable value to clients. They lead the positioning and adoption of emerging technologies, strategies and processes in their client's organizations. In addition to their subject matter expertise, they have strong leadership skills and further the evolution of intellectual capital assets and developing practice resources. Individual must be able to demonstrate excellent communication (written and verbal) to be able to run dialogues with clients at all levels of the IT organization.Experience:• Experience working as a lead senior application architect for an IT professional services firm or similar background in an IT architecture leadership role in a large enterprise, focused on application modernization and migration to the cloud• Broad knowledge of modern engineering technologies including application discovery, disposition analysis, pattern matching, affinity analysis and cloud landing zones. Experience in the areas of IT and/or cloud technology architecture, service management and/or resiliency is a plus• Broad expertise in application modernization remediation techniques, re-platforming, re-engineering, re-architecting (microservices/APIs), containerization, automation, etc.• Architecture and design method champion to gather and analyze requirements, design, and implement specific solutions. Expert level understanding of conceptual, logical and physical design stages• Led detailed design sessions to outline implementation tasks• Experience advising senior business and technical leaders to adopt innovative ways to drive enterprise digital transformation efforts • Know how to apply consulting techniques (such as issues-based consultant, architecture frameworks and methods) in a range of business/IT solution contextsKey skills:• Sales engagement across opportunity identification, deal shaping and solution architecture• Broad design expertise across all IT technical domains and capabilities• Excellent communication and documentation skills to articulate the solution architecture and roadmap at executive levels• In depth understanding IT applications, workloads, and modern engineering methods such as DevSecOps, automation and resiliency• Must have executed complex application rationalization and modernization projects• Deep understanding of application architecture, design principles and best practices• Mentoring and coaching of practitioners• Ability to storyboard presentations to gain client commitment and buy-in• Assemble and lead a team of application architects and engineers with engagement management oversight• Competencies and depth in IT strategy, technical architecture, solution architecture, and automationResponsibilities:• Routinely required to be involved in selling ranging from initial client exploratory meeting, gathering requirements, structuring solution bid, and ramping up the team for execution• Structure, lead and facilitate various design meetings and workshops, be the face of Kyndryl to client leadership, discuss common architecture patterns and reference models, coordinate to ensure the right technical skills are on the team• Establish the solution architecture approach, structure and lead requirements analysis, outline key architectural decisions, plan for milestones, manage engagement outcomes, and oversee project team members to manage toward engagement outcomes• Analysis of client current state, define key outcomes, define/revise IT strategy, design conceptual solutions, plan and execute design and implementation work (with support from technical specialists), while accounting for time, cost and quality targets• Educate, mentor and coach architects on frameworks and approaches• Engage with executive to articulate the value of Kyndryl solutions• Contribute to Kyndryl knowledge base and methods with technique papers, work product descriptions, architectural decisions, guiding principles, documents, and code assets#DiceKyndrylVacancy expired!