Lead Architect at Kyndryl | Ontario, CA | Rezi

Lead Architect at Kyndryl

Lead Architect

Kyndryl · Ontario, CA

1 months ago

Lead Architect

Kyndryl · Ontario, CA

a month ago
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About the Role

Kyndryl is seeking a passionate and driven IT/Cloud Consultant to join our team and break out of the hierarchy to rewrite the rules for what comes next. This is a ground-floor opportunity to make your mark with a brand-new platform with unstoppable growth potential.

Responsibilities

  • Own the target architecture for the enterprise Policy‑as‑Code platform, including OPA Control Plane (OCP) / Enterprise OPA (EOPA) Policy lifecycle management, versioning, distribution, and auditability, and CI/CD and Terraform Cloud Run Task integrations.
  • Define and govern architecture standards, patterns, and principles for PaC on Google Cloud Platform.
  • Lead architectural decision‑making and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) with full traceability.
  • Ensure designs are scalable, modular, cloud‑agnostic, and aligned with enterprise governance constraints.
  • Design and implement the PaC governance model, including policy ownership and domain boundaries, contribution, review, approval, and escalation workflows, enforcement modes, and promotion lifecycle.
  • Ensure alignment with financial services regulatory requirements and internal controls.
  • Support architecture and security governance forums, including preparation of required artefacts.
  • Architect a modular PaC framework, including reusable Rego libraries and shared data contracts, cloud abstraction layers, and standardized repository and bundle structures.
  • Define policy authoring, testing, enforcement, and release pipelines, including Rego unit and regression testing, CI/CD‑integrated validation and enforcement, and Terraform Cloud Run Task governance.
  • Ensure policy enforcement is deterministic, auditable, and production‑faithful.
  • Architect CI/CD and automation patterns using GitHub Actions, including reusable workflows and onboarding automation.
  • Define integration approaches for Terraform Cloud, Kubernetes admission control, centralized decision logging and observability, and external enterprise systems via secure data‑bridge patterns.
  • Ensure strong separation between policy logic and enterprise system integrations.
  • Define migration strategies to transition legacy Terraform Cloud / OPA policies into the new PaC framework with functional equivalence.
  • Oversee controlled rollouts and enforcement promotion strategies to minimize operational risk.
  • Lead knowledge transfer, documentation strategy, and operational readiness to enable client teams to independently operate the platform.
  • Provide technical leadership to platform engineers, policy engineers, and DevSecOps specialists.
  • Act as the primary technical escalation point for complex design or enforcement issues.
  • Translate business and compliance requirements into clear, actionable technical designs.
  • Foster strong collaboration between architecture, security, platform, and delivery teams.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego
  • Hands‑on knowledge of Enterprise OPA (EOPA) capabilities (impact analysis, decision logging, bundle lifecycle)
  • 5+ years of experience with Terraform and Terraform Cloud
  • Terraform Cloud Run Tasks (design, enforcement, governance)
  • 5+ years of experience with GitHub Actions (advanced workflows, reusable workflows, automation patterns)
  • Pipeline‑integrated validation and policy enforcement
  • 5+ years of experience with GCP in regulated environments
  • Kubernetes policy enforcement (OPA Gatekeeper)
  • 5+ years of experience policy decision logging, ingestion, analytics, and reporting
  • 5+ years of experience Designing immutable, auditor‑friendly evidence pipelines
  • Proven experience leading enterprise architecture designs in regulated industries
  • Strong understanding of governance models, segregation of duties, and audit and compliance requirements
  • Experience producing architecture artefacts: C4 diagrams, data flows, process flows, ADRs and architecture review submissions
  • Experience delivering cloud platforms for financial services or regulated enterprises
  • Familiarity with banking security posture expectations, compliance‑driven SDLC controls, and risk and control validation processes
  • Strong technical leadership and mentoring capabilities
  • Ability to influence without authority across multiple stakeholder groups
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfortable engaging architecture boards, security teams, and executive stakeholders
  • Experience with Terratest and infrastructure‑level policy validation
  • Experience with release automation and promotion pipelines
  • Experience with decision replay and regression analysis
  • Background in DevSecOps or platform engineering at scale
  • Experience designing policy frameworks used by multiple lines of business

Skills

  • Open Policy Agent (OPA)
  • Rego
  • Enterprise OPA (EOPA)
  • Terraform
  • Terraform Cloud
  • Terraform Cloud Run Tasks
  • GitHub Actions
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
  • OPA Gatekeeper
  • Policy Decision Logging
  • Terratest
  • DevSecOps
  • Platform Engineering

Location

  • Remote

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • 5+ years

Benefits

  • Flexible, supportive environment where well-being is prioritized
  • Investment in learning, training, and career growth
  • Be Well programs supporting financial, mental, physical, and social health
  • Access to cutting-edge learning opportunities

About the Company

  • 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 achieve progress the world depends on, with purpose.
  • We are committed to sustainable progress for our customers and supporting the communities where we work and live.

Equal Opportunity

  • We focus on ensuring all Kyndryls feel included and we welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
  • Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply.
  • Kyndryl gives you the ability to thrive and contribute to our culture of empathy and shared success.
  • That’s The Kyndryl Way.