Senior Cloud Engineer

Kyndryl; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyndryl in Chennai, India, is seeking a senior Cloud Architect/Engineer to design and lead scalable cloud solutions on GCP, including hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

You will drive IaC with Terraform and Deployment Manager, govern security and governance, mentor teams, and collaborate with global delivery and pre-sales to deliver transformation programs.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of IT experience in large enterprise settings.
• 3–5+ years deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Hands-on with IaC tools Terraform and Deployment Manager.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud solutions on GCP.
• Lead deployments, migrations, and ensure HA/DR and reliability.
• Provide L3 support, incident resolution, and governance frameworks.
• Mentor engineers and define SOPs and playbooks.

Skills

GCP Core Services

Cloud Architecture

IaC (Terraform)

DevOps

Networking & Security

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Global Delivery Experience

Tools

Terraform

Deployment Manager

GKE

BigQuery

Job description

Job Responsibilities

1. Cloud Architecture & Engineering

• Design scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud solutions on GCP.
• Define cloud standards, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Lead GCP deployments, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), cloud migrations, and ensure HA/DR, scalability, and reliability.

2. Operations, Security & Governance

• Provide L3 support, incident resolution, and root cause analysis.
• Establish monitoring, SLAs/SLOs, operational runbooks, and governance frameworks.
• Implement IAM, network security, encryption, and zero‑trust architectures while ensuring audit, regulatory, and compliance adherence.

3. Advisory & Innovation

• Act as a trusted advisor, leading solution reviews, workshops, and stakeholder discussions.
• Support pre‑sales, estimations, and proposal development.
• Drive automation, DevOps, FinOps, adoption of new GCP services, and delivery improvements through reusable frameworks and best practices.

4. Leadership & Capability Development

• Mentor engineers and architects through training, knowledge sharing, and certification programs.
• Define SOPs, playbooks, and documentation standards to strengthen team capabilities and operational excellence.

Qualifications

Required Technical & Professional Skills

• Strong expertise in GCP core services (Compute, Networking, Storage, IAM, GKE, BigQuery)
• Experience in cloud architecture, migrations, and cloud-native development
• Hands‑on with IaC tools (Terraform, Deployment Manager)
• Knowledge of DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, automation)
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and governance
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical capability
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to lead large‑scale transformation programs
• Experience working in global delivery or consulting environments

Experience

• 8–12+ years overall IT experience
• 3–5+ years deep expertise in GCP
• Experience in enterprise cloud transformation projects

Preferred Technical & Professional Skills

• Google Cloud Certified – Professional Cloud Architect
• Google Cloud Certified – Professional DevOps Engineer / Data Engineer

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.

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.