Automation Software Engineer

About the job

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

Are you ready to join the team of software engineering experts at Kyndryl? We are seeking a talented Software Engineering Technical Specialist to contribute to our software engineering space and provide critical skills required for the development of cutting-edge products.

As an Automation Software Engineer, this team member will play a key role in driving the Automation First Framework. You will be a partner with operations and onboarding teams to identify areas where tasks should be automated, including their design and implementation. You will drive efforts to ensure that the automations enabled are efficient, highly available and supported. Key responsibilities may include:

• Responsible for evaluating and implementing orchestration, automation, and tooling solutions to ensure consistent processes and repetitive tasks are performed with a higher level of accuracy and reduced defects
• Advance the design, development, testing, and deployment of software applications and systems
• Drive the modification, documentation, and maintenance of software to ensure high reliability and availability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address advanced technical challenges and optimize application performance
• Analyze system requirements and deliver innovative technical solutions to enhance software quality and efficiency
• Complete code reviews and automated testing to maintain high-quality code standards
• Collaborate and co-create effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiative with business objectives

At Kyndryl, we value effective communication and collaboration skills. When you recognize opportunities for business change, you will have the ability to clearly and persuasively communicate complex technical and business concepts to both customers and team members. You’ll be the go-to person for problem-solving of customers’ business and technical issues. You have a knack for effectively identifying and framing problems, leading the collection of elements of information, and integrating this information to produce timely and thoughtful decisions. Your aim throughout, is to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and delivery of services through the use of technology and technical methods and methodologies.

Your continuous grooming of features/user stories to estimate, identify technical risks/dependencies and clearly communicate them to project stakeholders will ensure the features are delivered with the right quality and within timeline. You will maintain and drive the clearing of technical debt, vulnerabilities, and currency of the 3rd party components within the product.

As a Software Engineering Technical Specialist, you will also coach and mentor engineers to design and implement highly available, secure, distributed software in a scalable architecture. This is an opportunity to make a real impact and contribute to the success of Kyndryl's innovative software products. Join us and become a key player in our team of software engineering experts!

Your Future at Kyndryl

Every position at Kyndryl offers a way forward to grow your career. We have opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else, including hands-on experience, learning opportunities, and the chance to certify in all four major platforms. Whether you want to broaden your knowledge base or narrow your scope and specialize in a specific sector, you can find your opportunity here.

Who 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 Technical and Professional Expertise

6+ years of varied experience in software engineering in a professional environment such as Java or Python.

• Knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, NoSQL, and relational databases
• Knowledge of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
• Software engineering and development experience or related job
• Experience in application design, software development, and automated testing
• Previous experience with implementing large scale automations like self-healing, pod scaling, job retriggers, component-based testing
• Experience in object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environment and their frameworks, Github, Jenkins, Build and Deployment pipelines.
• Practical experience on implementation various system integration solutions, such as, APIs and Data integration layers (Batch & Real-Time) like Kafka, Solace.
• Proven understanding of cloud native principles: service discovery, circuit breakers, observability, distributed tracing, automation, and monitoring tools
• Experience in automation testing and documentation (i.e. automated, functional, and performance)
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
• Soft skills – analytical thinking, curiosity, continuous learning and improvement attitude

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Public Cloud certification is a plus
• Experience in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
• DevOps knowledge for highly available IT infrastructure.
• Experience in Agile software development methodologies and practices such as Scrum/Kanban, iterations, user stories
• Experience in designing and coding for automation and troubleshooting purposes across multiple platforms and languages such as Java, HTML5, JavaScript, and .NET
• Building live production APIs and services.
• Experience with relevant business domain related functions.
• Prior experience with Mainframe automation is a plus.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field