Earning Criteria

• Must be an Kyndryl Employee
• Project Experience - Demonstrated all 11 SRE skills at deep level: System Thinking for Reliability, Software Engineering, Deploy and Release Services, Automation, Monitoring & Event Management, Troubleshooting, Data-driven/ scientific approach to fact-finding, Mathematical and statistical models to assess trends, Tools & Technology across the SDLC life cycle, Organizational Knowledge, Strong communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
• Giveback - Enhanced and maintained IBM's technical vitality through giveback, through mentoring others (3 Mentees required), teaching, speaking at events, development of Intellectual capital and assets, presentations, and voluntary work for the Profession.
• Kyndryl Experience - Successfully completed at least 1 project for Kyndryl in the SRE role, demonstrating breadth of SRE experience.
• Project History - Provide a chronology of additional projects where SRE skills have been applied.
• Specialty Credential - Certify on a cloud platform to demonstrate knowledge and ability to use a specific modern technology. The Specialty credential needs to be different from the evidence provided for Level-1 (by role or platform).
• Interview - Complete an interview with certification Board reviewer(s) to respond to questions on the applicants experience as an SRE.
• Achieved SRE Certification by the approval of the profession Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• L2 SRE profession certification is valid for 4 years after which time candidates must apply for the next level OR re-certify to maintain credentials.