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Senior Platform Engineer (Senior Associate) at Kainos
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Join Kainos & Shape the Future
At Kainos, we’re problem solvers, innovators, and collaborators—driven by a shared mission to create real impact. Whether we’re transforming digital services for millions, delivering cutting-edge Workday solutions, or pushing the boundaries of technology, we do it together.
We believe in a people-first culture, where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions truly make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of a diverse, ambitious team that celebrates creativity and collaboration.
Ready to make your mark? Join us and be part of something bigger.
Main Purpose of the Role & Key Responsibilities
As a Senior Platform Engineer (Senior Associate) at Kainos, you’ll lead the design of significant components of a modern digital service platform, including automation, build, deployment, and support. This is a fast-paced environment where you’ll be trusted to make sound, reasoned decisions while learning about emerging technologies alongside talented colleagues.
Your Key Responsibilities Include:
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Collaborating with cross-functional teams – Work with engineering, testing, consulting, product management, and security teams to build, test, and deploy software of the highest quality.
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Technology for positive impact – Ensure the latest technologies are applied effectively to deliver maximum user and business benefits. Align with industry standards and best practices.
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Putting people first – Support colleagues and foster an inclusive DevOps culture through every action.
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Finding your voice – As a respected contributor to your team and customers, drive conversations and decisions that ensure services are scalable, secure, reliable, and performant.
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Live Operations Support – Once services are live, ensure they remain available, secure, and performant as users engage with them. Continuously refine and enhance these services.
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Pushing boundaries – Develop specialisms within technology, rotate career directions, and embrace innovation.
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Role modelling and mentorship – Embrace Kainos values to inspire others. Proactively coach and mentor junior colleagues, acting as an aspirational figurehead for teams.
Minimum (Essential) Requirements
- Proven team skills – Ability to collaborate effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment is crucial.
- Strong communication – Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to articulate technical issues clearly, including to non-technical stakeholders.
Technical Expertise Required:
- Configuration management, infrastructure provisioning & automation tools
- Fluency in at least one of:
- PowerShell
- Bash
- Python
- Ruby
- Go
- Groovy
- Eliminating configuration management and tooling (individual languages/certifications provided above, but expertise across both is expected)
Experience & Experience Mandatory:
- Designing, building, testing, and supporting significant components within a production-based modern digital service platform.
- Designing scalable, resilient, efficient, secure, and cost-effective systems that minimize vendor lock-in.
- Collaborative technical leadership – Ability to contribute to architecture, estimation, product planning, technical requirements, and MVP advocacy in team-based decision-making.
- Modern Continuous Delivery Implementation – Establishing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for production releases.
- Industry best practices – Apply standards in security, elasticity, and performance across infrastructure and application components.
- AWS Cloud Expertise – Knowledge of solving business challenges with AWS public cloud platforms.
- Advanced orchestration – Proficiency in configuration management, infrastructure provisioning, and container orchestration for problem-solving.
- Version control – Experience with Git and modern version control systems.
- Troubleshooting expertise – Ability to debug complex issues across multiple systems, services, and tools.
- Security clearance – Active Security Clearance is required and mandatory.
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Desirable (and Strengthened by)
- Third-level qualification (or equivalent) – Ideal in a related discipline.
- Public Cloud Certification – Mid-level credential from AWS or Azure.
- Knowledge sharing – Active contribution in team knowledge recall and communication with non-technical stakeholders.
- Cloud-optimized experience – Hands-on experience with cloud-native SaaS and PaaS technologies.
- Management & Mentorship – Effectiveness in mentoring, coaching, and supporting junior members within a technical context.
Embracing Our Differences
At Kainos, we champion diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’re committed to building a team reflective of the world, where everyone feels valued, respected, and eager to thrive. Talent from all backgrounds—regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any individual difference—is actively sought.
Our supportive Talent Acquisition team is ready to assist with adjustments at any stage. If you require accommodations, please don’t hesitate to connect. We want to ensure our recruitment process is tailored to your unique needs.
At this pay grade (Senior Associate), we acknowledge that your career journey is individual and personal. Rest assured, any accommodations will be accommodated on a private conversational basis to align the approach to your requirements.
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