Forward Deployed Engineer – Mainframe Modernization & Cloud Transformation

At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people—Kyndryls—that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress.

We are seeking a highly skilled Forward Deployed Engineer to play a critical role in a large-scale Mainframe Modernization and Cloud Transformation Program focused on modernizing and migrating legacy mainframe workloads to cloud-native architectures using the Kyndryl Agentic Framework (KAF) . Combining deep mainframe expertise with modern cloud-native engineering skills, this hands-on engineering role requires strong problem-solving skills and the ability to bridge legacy mainframe technologies with modern cloud platforms and software engineering practices.

What you'll do:

• Legacy Mainframe Expertise: Deep hands-on experience analyzing and understanding business logic across COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, and VSAM environments.
• Java & Spring Ecosystem: Proven proficiency developing and enhancing cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring Batch.
• Cloud-Native & Microservices Architecture: Strong experience translating legacy processes into RESTful APIs, microservices, service-oriented, and event-driven architectures.
• Database Modernization: Solid experience migrating DB2 and VSAM access patterns into modern relational, NoSQL, or cloud-native data access layers.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Hands-on experience packaging, deploying, and managing applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• AWS & CI/CD Engineering: Proven experience supporting operational readiness and cloud deployments on AWS, alongside building and troubleshooting automated CI/CD pipelines.

Full details and application on the official Kyndryl careers page.