Lead Platform Engineer and DevOps Leader (AWS/SRE)

Kainos; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer (Consultant) to lead teams in designing, automating, building and optimising modern digital service platforms. You’ll mentor colleagues, collaborate with engineering, testing, consulting, product management and security to deliver high-quality solutions.

You’ll champion DevOps practices, apply AWS and Kubernetes knowledge, and drive reliability through SRE tooling, monitoring and automation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams to design and operate modern digital service platforms.
• Strong AWS and Kubernetes experience with modern DevOps practices.
• SC Clearance or ability to obtain clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to design, automate, build, manage and optimise platforms in production.
• Mentor colleagues, share knowledge and foster a DevOps culture.
• Interact with customers and stakeholders to align solutions with needs.
• Drive reliability, monitoring, testing and continuous improvement.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Team mentoring

Effective communication

SC Clearance

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes CKAD

Job description

Kainos is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer (Consultant) to lead teams in designing, automating, building and optimising modern digital service platforms. You’ll mentor colleagues, collaborate with engineering, testing, consulting, product management and security to deliver high-quality solutions.

You’ll champion DevOps practices, apply AWS and Kubernetes knowledge, and drive reliability through SRE tooling, monitoring and automation.