Bilingual Mainframe Technical Lead (Financial Industry Focus)

Work is primarily conducted in Japanese, so Japanese language proficiency is required. While you may refer to English technical documentation, English communication is not frequently required in day-to-day operations.

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■ Responsibilities

• Maintenance and operations of mainframe environments (z/OS)
• Technical proposals and delivery support for clients
• Training and mentoring of team members (approx. 5 people)
• Technical leadership and progress management of projects

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■ Work Style

• Remote work available
• Expected to work on-site 2-3 times per week

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■ Key Highlights

#1: Grow as a Mainframe Specialist
Rich opportunities to work on mainframe projects compared to other companies, allowing you to deepen your technical expertise.

#2: Leadership with Autonomy
Engage in a wide range of responsibilities including proposals, mentoring, and delivery support.

#3: Gain Financial Industry Knowledge
Work in a highly stable industry, ideal for building a long-term career.

#4: Flexible Work Style
Hybrid work model with 2-3 days of office attendance per week, supporting work-life balance.

#5: Exposure to Diverse Technologies
While focused on mainframes, the role also offers future opportunities to expand into AI, cloud, and other infrastructure domains.

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■ Message from the Team

Our team plays a critical role in supporting clients in the financial industry through mainframe technologies. We value not only technical expertise but also teamwork and mentorship, creating an environment where members learn from each other.

In this role, you'll be responsible for mission-critical systems and contribute to clients' business goals through proposals-including modernization initiatives that integrate AI with mainframes. It's a highly rewarding and challenging position.

We welcome you to start with a casual interview.
Looking forward to your application!

Who You Are

■ Required (MUST)

• Over 3 years of experience working with mainframe systems
• Knowledge of z/OS

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■ Preferred (WANT)

• Experience in mainframe software/hardware version upgrades (approx. 1-2 years)
• Experience in maintenance and operations (approx. 1-2 years)
• Team leadership experience (leading a team of around 5 members for 1-2 years)
• Experience in projects within the financial industry (approx. 1-2 years)

Being You

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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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Client-provided location(s): Tokyo, Japan, Flexible / Remote

Job ID: Kyndryl-R-47404

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-28T18:34:52