Modernization Architect

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses.  We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people—Kyndryls—that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.

The Role

Your Role

Every large enterprise is sitting on decades of business-critical applications and a rare chance to reinvent them with agentic AI. As a Modernization Architect at Kyndryl, you’ll be the person who turns that chance into reality.

You’ll step into a client’s toughest modernization challenge, turn ambiguity into a clear architecture and roadmap, and build the working demo, pilot, or MVP that proves the value. Then you’ll stay with it, guiding delivery teams and advising senior executives, until the promised outcomes are delivered. Your work will span everything from focused engineering pilots to large-scale agentic factories.

This is a hands-on, client-facing leadership role in Kyndryl’s Global Modernization Center of Excellence. It’s built for architects who like to build, enjoy being in the room with decision-makers, and want their work to show up in real business results.

What You’ll Do

Discover and shape the opportunity

• Lead client discovery and AI readiness assessments to uncover high-value application modernization and agentic AI use cases.

• Turn ambiguous business needs into clear technical architectures and implementation roadmaps.

• Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and architecture reviews that align business and technical stakeholders.

• Advise senior client leaders on modernization and agentic AI adoption, with solution narratives that resonate with both executive and technical audiences.

Architect and build

• Design target-state cloud-native and AI-native architectures, using microservices, APIs, containers, and cloud-native patterns, to modernize legacy and monolithic applications.

• Define modernization solutions that combine 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 measurable business value.

Scope, estimate, and win

• Own technical solution definition, including scope, PoC framing, assumptions, dependencies, and baselines.

• Prepare estimates for effort, cost, risk, timeline, and team composition using Kyndryl’s solution calculator and related tools.

• Develop SOWs, RFP responses, and technical proposal content, and contribute to commercial inputs.

• Lead technical due diligence and confirm that proposed solutions are feasible and deliverable.

Deliver and grow

• Partner with sales, consulting, legal, delivery, engineering, and COE teams to structure sound, 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 a solution spans multiple domains.

• Stay ahead of advances in AI, application, and cloud technologies through continuous learning and certification.

Your Future at Kyndryl

Every position at Kyndryl is an opportunity to be part of something bigger. We’re committed to your growth and development—because when you succeed, we succeed. In this role, you’ll gain exposure to global projects, cutting-edge technologies, and strategic initiatives that shape the future of businesses worldwide. Your career path doesn’t stop here. Whether you want to deepen your expertise, broaden your skills, or move into leadership, we’ll support you with learning programs, mentorship, and opportunities to take on new challenges. At Kyndryl, your future is yours to shape.

Who You Are

You’re good at what you do, and you have the track record to show for it. Just as important, you keep learning and you help the people around you grow too. You put client success first, and you work in an open, inclusive way across teams, geographies, and partners.

Required Technical and Professional Experience

• 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 of the five specialization areas above.

• At least two years of hands-on experience delivering production-grade agentic AI applications.

• Advanced expertise with leading open-source agentic frameworks such as LangChain/LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent.

• Deep Python proficiency; TypeScript/Node.js experience is a plus.

• 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.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• 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.

Being You

The “Kyn” in Kyndryl means kinship, which represents the strong 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. Our Be Well programs are thoughtfully designed to support your financial, mental, physical, and social health—because we know that when you feel your best, you do your best.

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 to thrive and evolve. You’ll develop in-demand skills to grow your career and achieve your ambitions with access to cutting-edge learning opportunities—from certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon to coaching and hands-on experiences. And through it all, you’ll be part of a culture that values empathy, restless learning, and a devotion to shared success.

We want you to thrive here—and we’re committed to helping you do just that. Ready to make an impact? Join us and help shape what’s next.

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