Kainos

About the Company

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.

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Company Name

Kainos

Job Title

Platform Technical Architect (AWS)

Job Description

When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday.

You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team.

At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.

Main purpose of the role & responsibilities in the business:

As a Platform Technical Architect (Consultant) in Kainos, you’ll be responsible for leading teams developing high quality solutions on public cloud which delight our customers.  As a technical leader on a project, you’ll work with customer architects to design, automate, build and support modern digital service platforms, advising on estimated effort and technical implications of user stories and decisions. It’s a fast-paced environment and you’ll be trusted to make sound, reasoned decisions as you continually learn and apply new technologies and approaches with talented colleagues.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

Working as part of a wider team - You’ll provide leadership working alongside colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management and security capabilities to design solutions of the highest quality which meet all non-functional requirements.
Using technology for positive impact – You’ll keep appraised of the latest technologies and ensure we employ them appropriately for maximum user and business benefit.
Being objectively opinionated – As a respected voice within Kainos and beyond, you’ll offer your opinion and critique to improve our solutions. You’ll proactively share knowledge internally within Kainos and more widely in industry.
Developing Kainos as a Business – You help Kainos to qualify and win new opportunities.
Providing technical leadership – You’ll provide technical leadership on delivery and support projects which may sometimes require you to be hands-on and to take difficult, but necessary decisions.
Being a role model – You’ll support your colleagues and foster a DevOps culture in all that you do by embodying the Kainos values. You’ll be the person people look up to – people trust your decisions because they are transparent and justified. You’ll be passionate and committed to ensuring Kainos projects are successful.
Putting people first & developing others – You’ll manage, coach and develop a small number of staff, with a focus on managing employee performance and assisting in their career development. You’ll also provide direction and leadership for your colleagues as you solve challenging problems together.
Being Adaptable – You’ll mould yourself to customer engagements and stretch to learn new skills as needs arise; through this you’ll be supported by talented colleagues across Learning & Development and Architecture.

Minimum (essential) Requirements

Strong verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to simply and clearly communicate technical design in conversation, documentation and presentation to a technical and non-technical audience.
We all work in teams here in Kainos – You’ll need a proven experience of team leadership and supporting a DevOps culture in delivering complex projects.
We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community.
Demonstrable personal ownership of:
Building and operating modern digital service platform (or significant portions thereof) including architecture, estimation, planning, non-functional requirements and Continuous Improvement activities using modern agile techniques.
Implementing robust security controls and monitoring solutions across infrastructure and application components.
Making effective decisions within fast-moving delivery environments.
Significant expertise in:
Designing, building, testing, automating, monitoring and supporting modern digital service platforms in production environments.
Utilizing the latest Continuous Delivery techniques for releasing operationally ready software to production.
Use of automation tooling and proficient in one of the following: Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, Groovy.
Using public cloud platforms - including SaaS or PaaS offerings - to solve business problems (AWS or Azure).
Demonstrable experience in:
Using the latest container orchestration platforms including Kubernetes.
Applying configuration management, infrastructure provisioning and automation tooling to solve business problems.

DESIRABLE

Third level – or equivalent - qualification in a related discipline.
Obtained certification with a public cloud provider (AWS/Azure).
Obtained certification relating to a particular area of specialisation e.g. Kubernetes CKAD.
Experience of Cloud Native Tooling and Approaches.
Active participation in both internal and external communities of practice.

So what are you waiting for? Let’s write the next incredible chapter of our story together.

Embracing our differences

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.

The Home, United Kingdom

On site

28-02-2025

Company Name

Kainos

Job Title

Platform Solution Architect (AWS)

Job Description

When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday.

You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team.

At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.

Main purpose of the role & responsibilities in the business:

As a Platform Solution Architect (Manager) in Kainos, you’ll be responsible for leading multi-skilled agile teams to design and deliver high quality solutions on public cloud which delight our customers.  As a technical leader in Kainos, you’ll work with customer architects and talented colleagues to design, automate, build and support modern digital service platforms. You’ll estimate effort and advise on the impact of technical decisions surrounding technology choices.  You’ll lead with the creation of policy and standards, provide assurance across Kainos delivery projects and share knowledge with/mentor those around you. You’ll continually be learning about new technologies and looking to the future for how we adopt them for customer benefit.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

Championing a DevOps culture - You’ll lead colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management and security capabilities to design solutions of the highest quality which meet all non-functional requirements – you’ll do all that it takes to ensure Kainos delivery projects are successful.
Championing technology for positive impact – You’ll keep appraised of the latest technologies/tools and champion their use for benefit both within and outside of Kainos.
Developing Kainos as a business – You contribute to technology strategy and help Kainos to identify, qualify and win new opportunities.
Providing Leadership – You’ll provide technical leadership – typically across projects - which may sometimes require you to be hands-on and on others to take difficult, but necessary decisions.
Being opinionated – As a respected leader, you’ll offer your opinions and critique with a view to improve the quality of our solutions. You won’t wait to be asked, you’ll proactively share knowledge through internal Kainos forums and more widely in industry.
Being a role model – You’ll support your colleagues and reconcile the needs of the individual with the needs of the team, you will embody the Kainos values. You’ll be the person people look up to – people trust your decisions because they are transparent and justified. You’ll be passionate and committed to ensuring Kainos projects are successful.
Putting people first & developing others – You’ll manage, coach and develop a small number of senior staff, with a focus on managing employee performance and assisting in their career development.

Minimum (essential) Requirements

Excellent verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to simply and clearly communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
Excellent prioritisation and time management skills, with the ability to work across a number of major projects simultaneously.
We all work in teams here in Kainos – a proven ability of strong team leadership skills across teams and fostering a DevOps culture.
We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing senior members of your team and wider community.
Demonstrable personal ownership of:
Delivering all aspects of modern digital service platforms in production environments
Prioritizing non-functional concerns for customers and incorporating them into the platform design
Making effective – and sometimes difficult - decisions within fast-moving delivery environments and owning the outcomes
Significant expertise in:
Using multiple public cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) to build solutions across a variety of problem domains and integrating native SaaS and PaaS offerings into your solution.
Understanding of whole solution architecture concepts.
Utilizing the latest Continuous Delivery techniques for releasing operationally ready software to production.
Demonstrable experience in:
Using the latest container orchestration platforms including Kubernetes.
Applying cloud Native tooling and approaches.
Pro-actively developing business within an account with sales and account managers.
Proven experience being accountable for all sizes of technology delivery challenges, e.g. project, multi-team programme.
Developing and contributing to businesses cases promoting public cloud adoption.
Due to the nature of this role, the successful applicant must have or be eligible for SC Clearance

DESIRABLE

Third level – or equivalent - qualification in a related discipline.
Obtained certification with a public cloud provider (AWS/Azure).
Obtained certification with another respected professional body (CNCF).
Actively shares their thoughts and views on technology both internally and externally.
Use of automation tooling and proficient in one of the following: Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, Groovy.

So what are you waiting for? Let’s write the next incredible chapter of our story together.

Embracing our differences

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.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

On site

07-03-2025