**Your Role and Responsibilities**
- Architect in Mainframe Services and Transformation role is responsible for the architectural design of the Mainframe platform inserted in a Hybrid Cloud context.
- They provide new and complex high-quality offerings to clients in response to varying business needs
- They must be able to work in team in a complex organization
- They have excellent communication skills in order to maintain good relationships with both Local and Global Kyndryl teams.
**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**
- Previous professional experience of at least 5 years in the Mainframe area.
- In-depth Technical knowledge of Mainframe infrastructure: major Mainframe Subsystems and how they interact with each other zOS, DB2, CICS, IMS, MQ, RACF, Automation, Scheduling, Storage
- Deep knowledge on new technologies on Mainframe such as ZOWE, Operations Analytics, zOS Container extensions etc.
as well as zVM and zLinux with zVM as Hypervisor
- Knowledge with at least one compute virtualization platform: VMware, vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or KVM, OpenStack.
- Knowledge of at least one container orchestration platform: Kubernetes, Openshift.
- Deep knowledge on IBM Z Hardware and its life cycle IBM Z15, Z14, Z13
- Networks and system design principles
- IT Service Management concepts and principles
- Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
- Architectural Thinking.
Documentation skills.
Knowledgeable in the Solution Design Method
- MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills are also required for the development of key deliverables
- Fluent in Italian and English "
**Preferred Technical and Professional Experience**
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Financial and Project Management skills
- Application of standard architectural methods
- Ability to understand complex architectures and embedded systems
**Required Education**
Bachelor's Degree
**Preferred Education**
Bachelor's Degree
Kyndryl is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.
Kyndryl is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
**Other things to know**
**Primary Job Category**
Architect
**Role (Job Role)**
General Other IT Architect
**Employment Type**
Full-Time
**Contract Type**
Regular
**Position Type**
Professional
**Travel Required**
Up to 20% or 1 day a week
**Company**
(Y035) Kyndryl Italia S.P.A.
**Is this role a commissionable / sales incentive based position**
Yes