Senior Hybrid Cloud Platform Engineer for AI Services

Kyndryl Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyndryl in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) with a Platform Engineering focus to own end-to-end delivery for cloud platform modernisations across Azure, GCP, and AWS. You’ll design, deploy, and integrate platforms with AI engineers to ensure cohesive workstreams.

You’ll apply hands-on Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD), Terraform/Helm, and observability tooling in a security‑first delivery model, delivering scalable CI/CD pipelines and robust landing zones.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience in solution and platform architecture.
• Hands-on expertise with Azure, GCP, and/or AWS.
• Production experience with Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm).
• Hands-on experience implementing security end-to-end: CI/CD security tooling, Kubernetes namespace segmentation and managed identities, and secure access in landing zones and the hyperscaler.
• Hands-on experience with SSL/TLS certificate management, DNS zone administration, and secure network access to endpoints.
• Solid grasp of CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git & GitHub), and microservices/API architectures.
• Practical experience with observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
• Working knowledge of generative AI platforms: LLM hosting, LLM gateways, and MLOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Translate business challenges into target-state cloud platforms across Azure, GCP, and AWS.
• Build enterprise container platforms (Kubernetes) and GitOps-based delivery (ArgoCD).
• Build self-service developer environments and secure landing zones.
• Support platforms that host generative AI systems and ensure integration with AI workstreams.
• Own end-to-end delivery: CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm).
• Guide legacy app modernization, microservices migrations, and API integrations.
• Instrument platforms for observability and share best practices across core platforms.

Skills

Platform architecture

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

GitOps

Terraform

Helm

Security tooling

Observability

Education

Degree in CS/SE/IT

Tools

ArgoCD

Terraform

Helm

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Kyndryl in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) with a Platform Engineering focus to own end-to-end delivery for cloud platform modernisations across Azure, GCP, and AWS. You’ll design, deploy, and integrate platforms with AI engineers to ensure cohesive workstreams.

You’ll apply hands-on Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD), Terraform/Helm, and observability tooling in a security‑first delivery model, delivering scalable CI/CD pipelines and robust landing zones.