About this role
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 passionate about delivering exceptional service and helping customers achieve meaningful business outcomes through technology? Join Kyndryl as a Site Reliability Engineer, where you will play a critical role in ensuring our customers receive high-quality, reliable technology services within agreed contractual frameworks and service levels. In this customer-centric role, you will be accountable for the end-to-end delivery, performance, and continual improvement of services provided to the customer. You will lead and coordinate teams of technical professionals to deliver reliable information technology services across systems, software, applications, cloud platforms, infrastructure, and networked environments, ensuring solutions remain aligned with evolving customer business needs. As a Kyndryl Site Reliability Engineer, you will be integrated within the customer account structure and serve as a trusted customer-facing leader. Your understanding of Kyndryl services, contractual commitments, and customer business priorities will enable you to identify opportunities for service improvement, address operational challenges, and deliver solutions that improve customer outcomes. You will work closely with Kyndryl Delivery Partners, Architects, SREs, technical teams, subject matter experts, vendors, and customer stakeholders to ensure clear ownership and accountability for service delivery. You will provide leadership and direction to the teams responsible for delivering, managing, maintaining, supporting, and deploying IT services.
You will oversee incidents, problems, changes, service requests, risks, and escalations, ensuring issues are addressed effectively and customers receive timely, transparent communication. You will monitor SLAs, KPIs, service performance, operational risks, and customer satisfaction, driving root-cause analysis and continual service improvement to maintain reliable and efficient services.
Collaboration will be central to your success. You will partner with customers and Kyndryl teams to design, deliver, operate, and continually improve secure, reliable, available, and maintainable services. Through a "one team with the customer" approach, you will build strong relationships, promote accountability, and ensure Kyndryl continues to be recognized as a trusted technology and service delivery partner.
If you are ready to lead high-performing teams, strengthen customer relationships, drive operational excellence, and continually improve the services our customers depend on, join Kyndryl as a Site Reliability Engineer and help shape the future of technology service delivery. Your Future at Kyndryl
Kyndryl's global footprint provides opportunities to work with customers and collaborate with colleagues around the world. As a Kyndryl Site Reliability Engineer, you will have opportunities to expand your expertise across service management, customer engagement, emerging technologies, automation, cloud, applications, infrastructure, and digital transformation while continuing to develop your leadership and delivery management capabilities.
Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies. Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment.
Who You Are Required Skills and Experience You’re good at what you do and possess the experience to prove it. Equally important, you have a growth mindset and are committed to driving your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused, prioritizing customer success, service quality, and measurable business outcomes. You are open and borderless, naturally inclusive and collaborative in how you work with customers, colleagues, and partners.
• 5+ years of experience leading service delivery teams and delivering high-quality IT services to enterprise customers. • Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Delivery Lead, or similar customer-facing IT service management role. • Strong knowledge of Kyndryl capabilities, managed services, technology platforms, service delivery models, and strategic technology partners. • Demonstrated experience managing SLAs, KPIs, service performance, customer satisfaction, operational risks, and contractual commitments. • Experience leading teams through incident, problem, change, request, and escalation management, including root-cause analysis and corrective action planning. • Ability to partner effectively with Kyndryl Delivery Partners, Architects, SREs, technical teams, vendors, and customer stakeholders to achieve positive customer and business outcomes. • Working knowledge of AIOps, automation, operational analytics, and continual service improvement, with an innovation-oriented mindset. • Strong customer-facing skills with the ability to lead service reviews, governance meetings, escalations, and regular performance discussions. • Proven ability to lead and develop delivery resources, promoting collaboration, accountability, professional growth, and a "one team with the customer" philosophy. • Strong organizational, communication, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills with the ability to operate effectively in complex enterprise environments. Preferred Skills and Experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience. • ITIL, PMP, Six Sigma, Agile, or related service/project management certification. • Experience working within large enterprise managed services or global customer environments. • Experience managing multiple technology services across infrastructure, cloud, network, security, applications, or workplace services. • Experience identifying and implementing service improvements, automation opportunities, operational efficiencies, and risk-reduction initiatives. • Strong executive-level communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate technical and operational issues into clear business impacts and recommendations.
The compensation range for the position in the U.S. is- $73,440 to $139,680 based on a full-time schedule. Your actual compensation may vary depending on your geography, job-related skills and experience. For part time roles, the compensation will be adjusted appropriately. The pay or salary range will not be below any applicable state, city or local minimum wage requirement. There is a different applicable compensation range for the following work locations:
California (San Francisco Bay Area): $88,080 to $167,520 California (All Other) : $80,760 to $153,600 Colorado: $73,440 to $139,680 Massachusetts: $73,440 to $153,600 New York City : $88,080 to $167,520 Washington: $80,760 to $153,600 Washington DC: $80,760 to $153,600
This position will be eligible for Kyndryl’s discretionary annual bonus program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Kyndryl’s applicable plans. You may also receive a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off.
Note: If this is a sales commission eligible role, you will be eligible to participate in a sales commission plan in lieu of the annual discretionary bonus program.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
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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