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.
As a Senior Platform Engineer (Senior Associate) in Kainos, you’ll be responsible for leading with the design of significant components of a modern digital service platform including its automation, build, deployment and support. It’s a fast-paced environment and you’ll be trusted to make sound, reasoned decisions. You’ll do this whilst learning about new technologies and approaches, with talented colleagues that will help you to learn, develop and grow.
Your key responsibilities will include:
o Use of multiple configuration management, infrastructure provisioning and automation tools.
o Fluency in least one of the following: Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, Groovy.
o Designing, building, testing, automating, monitoring and supporting significant components within a modern digital service platform in production environments.
o Producing designs that are scalable, resilient, efficient, secure, cost-effective and minimise lock-in.
o Contributing to technical decisions and direction in a collaborative team environment, including architecture, estimation, product planning, user story/requirement creation and advocating MVP.
o Implementing modern Continuous Delivery processes for releasing software for releasing software to production.
o Applying industry best practices and patterns across infrastructure and application components e.g. security, elasticity, performance.
o Using AWS public cloud platforms to solve business problems
o Applying configuration management, infrastructure provisioning and container orchestration tooling to solve business problems.
o Using modern version control systems including git.
o Debugging complex problems across multiple servers, services and tools – you can find the needle in the haystack.
o Active Security Clearance is required for this role
At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field.
Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out.
We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.
At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people’s lives easier.
We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow.
Our two specialist business areas, Digital Services and the Workday Practice, work globally for clients across healthcare, commercial and the public sector to make the world a little bit better, day by day.
