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
Kyndryl are the undisputed market leader of Mainframe modernization, providing Mainframe managed services globally with the largest, mainframe and i-series infrastructure management team in the world.
Not only that, Kyndryl’s collaboration has expanded our alliances, to partnering with AWS to help our joint customers accelerate their mainframe modernization initiatives. With these new services and existing alliance services partnering with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, we support and enable mainframe transformation projects across all three hyperscalers.
Are you passionate about solving complex problems? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? Then there’s a good chance you will love being a part of our Mainframe Application Modernisation team, where you will be able to see the immediate value of your work.
As a Mainframe Modernisation Expert, you will be at the forefront of designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge solutions. Your work will play a critical role in our business offering, you will deliver value to our customers faster than ever before, and your attention to detail and commitment to quality will be critical in ensuring success.
As a valued member of our team, you will define and use design documentation, functional programming specifications, and high level design documents to implement identified components. You will ensure implemented components are documented appropriately, unit tested, and ready for integration into the final product.
We will ask you to present and demonstrate implemented product features through playback sessions. As well as guiding and explaining features, functional objectives, or technologies that are being built, to our customers.
Your role will include providing fixes to defects identified during pre-production and post-production phases in the software development life cycle, and providing work estimates for assigned development work.
Your Future at Kyndryl
The career path ahead is full of exciting opportunities to grow and advance within the job family. With dedication and hard work, you can climb the ladder to event higher career opportunities, achieving coveted positions such as Customer Technical Advisors or Vice President of Practices. These roles not only offer the chance to inspire and innovate, but also bring with them a sense of pride and accomplishment for having reached the pinnacle of your career.
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 Experience
- Mainframe COBOL or Batch and either CICS or IMS with experience of the other
- Strong in Mainframe Batch COBOL, JCL, DB2 / IMS DB / IDMS and good exposure to any online systems (CICS or IMS)
- Experience in any one of the scripting Languages - REXX/CLIST, Python, ZOWE CLI
- Experience in Migration of COBOL applications or COBOL Version upgrades
- DevOps tools and experience
- Modernization Experience
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
- Experience in financial services application development is required. Or experience in health care/retail/logistics/travel and transport is a plus
Experience in any of these are a plus:
- PL/I and/or C application programming, Java and/or WebSphere Application Server development
- Adaptigent/OpenLegacy on zOS is advantage
- IBM MQ Series
- Integrating IBM Z with Azure, AWS or Google
Being You
Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, it’s how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But we’re not doing it single-handily: Our Kyndryl Inclusion Networks are only one of many ways we create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find and provide support and advice. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you – and everyone next to you – the ability to bring your whole self to work, individually and collectively, and support the activation of our equitable culture. That’s the Kyndryl Way.
What You Can Expect
With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter – wherever you are in your life journey. Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more. Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations. At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, we want you to succeed so that together, we will all succeed.
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