DevOps Solution Architect (Manager)

Kainos; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Principal Platform Architect to lead cloud platform delivery and enable business transformation. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, fostering stakeholder relationships and driving technology advancement. This role requires strong technical leadership, cloud expertise, and a passion for developing others in the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform delivery for large-scale cloud transformations.
• Ability to manage teams and stakeholders effectively.
• Proven capability in cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of cloud platforms and solutions for business transformation.
• Establish relationships with senior stakeholders to define architectural principles.
• Drive technology direction and advancement within Kainos Platforms Capability.

Skills

Platform delivery experience

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms expertise

Technical leadership

Coaching and development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Our people love the exciting and meaningful work they do, the cutting-edge resources and technology they have access to, the benefits we offer and the great community we’ve built. Want to join them?

Main purpose of the role & responsibilities in the business:

As a Principal Platform Architect (Principal) for Kainos, you’ll be accountable for leading the delivery of cloud platforms and solutions enabling business transformation which delight our customers and positively impact the lives of users worldwide. As a technologist you will be inquisitive and will embrace new technology.

You will provide leadership as part of multi-disciplinary agile teams building a shared understanding of the outcomes the solution must deliver, the technical landscape and complexity surrounding you and your teams' designs to help teams make informed decisions.

You’ll foster and build relationships with senior stakeholders to establish architectural principles, strategic direction of platform being delivered including a firm understanding of functional and non-functional needs.

You will play a leading role in the Kainos Platforms Capability, driving technology direction and advancement. You will also guide others in the capability to support their career journeys, you too will be supported on your career journey, enabling you to achieve your ambitions.

As a technical leader, you will collaborate with colleagues to establish development of blueprints and standards, foster customer relationships, contribute to account strategies and actively share your subject matter knowledge, act as a technology ambassador for Kainos.

• Proven experience of leading the delivery of platforms underpinning large scale cloud transformation (e.g. migration to cloud environments, modernisation of applications harnessing cloud, deployment of web-based applications).
• You will have experience leading and making technology decisions including execution of delivery driving positive customer outcomes.
• Experienced in building and fostering relationships with stakeholders including at executive and C-level senior stakeholders, translating technology information as appropriate to drive effective decision making.
• Have experience with public cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, GCP (spanning IaaS, PaaS and SaaS)
• We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing members of your team and wider community.
• Have pro-actively developed business across an account with sales and account managers.
• Experience in managing others, setting objectives, giving feedback and leading performance reviews.
• Actively sharing thoughts and views on technology.
• Experience of helping to bring challenging projects back on track.
• Previous accountability in creation and promotion of new products or services to meet the organisational strategy.
• Have participated in technology communities.

WHO YOU ARE:
Our vision is to enable outstanding people to create digital solutions that have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our values aren't abstract; they are the behaviours we expect from each other every day and underpin everything that we do. We expect everyone to display our values by being determined in how obstacles are overcome; honest when dealing with others; respectful of how you treat others; creative to find solutions to complex problems and cooperative by sharing information, knowledge and experience. These values, applied collectively, help to produce an outstanding Kainos person, team and culture.

About the company

Kainos Group plc is a software company headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland that develops information technology solutions for businesses and organisations particularly in the public, healthcare and financial services sectors.

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