Senior Platform Engineer - Birmingham

Hackajob Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to lead design of major components of a modern digital service platform, focusing on automation, build, deployment, and support.

You will collaborate with colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management, and security to deploy high-quality software, ensuring latest technologies are used to extract maximum user and business benefit while aligning with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Significant expertise with configuration management, infrastructure provisioning and automation tools.
• Fluency in at least one of Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go or Groovy.
• Experience designing, building, testing, automating, monitoring and supporting significant digital service platform components.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of major components of a modern digital service platform, including automation, build, deployment and support.
• Collaborate with engineering, testing, consulting, product management and security to deploy high-quality software.
• Ensure latest technologies are used to maximise user and business value while following industry standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

System design

Technical decisions

CD processes

Security best practices

Problem debugging

Mentoring

MVP advocacy

DevOps culture

Education

Third level qualification in a related discipline

Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Git

Groovy

Cloud

DevOps

Security

PaaS

Job description

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven ability of strong team skills, including working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate issues to technical and non-technical audiences
• Significant expertise in use of multiple configuration management, infrastructure provisioning, and automation tools
• Fluency in at least one of the following: Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, or Groovy
• Experience designing, building, testing, automating, monitoring, and supporting significant components within a modern digital service platform
• Experience producing designs that are scalable, resilient, efficient, secure, cost-effective, and minimize lock-in
• Experience contributing to technical decisions, architecture, estimation, product planning, and advocating for MVP
• Experience implementing modern Continuous Delivery processes for releasing software to production
• Experience applying industry best practices across infrastructure and application components (security, elasticity, performance)
• Proficiency using AWS public cloud platforms to solve business problems
• Experience applying configuration management, infrastructure provisioning, and container orchestration tooling
• Experience using modern version control systems including git
• Ability to debug complex problems across multiple servers, services, and tools
• Active Security Clearance is required
• Third level or equivalent qualification in a related discipline is desirable
• Mid-level certification with a public cloud provider (AWS/Azure) is preferred
• Experience managing, mentoring, and coaching junior staff is highly valued

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of significant components of a modern digital service platform, including automation, build, deployment, and support
• Work alongside colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management, and security to build and deploy high-quality software
• Ensure the latest technologies are employed appropriately to extract maximum user and business benefit while aligning with industry standards
• Support colleagues and facilitate an inclusive DevOps culture within the team
• Drive conversations and decisions to ensure services are scalable, secure, reliable, and performant
• Manage services through Live Operation, ensuring availability and performance once users start interacting with the system
• Proactively coach and mentor more junior members of the team as a role model for our values
• Continuously learn about new technologies and approaches to improve services and develop specialisms

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• Bash
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Git
• Groovy
• Support
• PowerShell
• Python
• Ruby
• Security
• PaaS

More:

We are problem solvers, innovators, and collaborators at Kainos, driven by a shared mission to create real impact through digital transformation and cutting-edge Workday solutions. We believe in a people-first culture where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions truly make a difference. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will join a diverse, ambitious team that celebrates creativity and collaboration in a fast-paced environment. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, actively seeking talented people from all backgrounds and providing a level playing field through a supportive recruitment process. Join us to shape the future of digital services while being part of something bigger.

last updated 40 week of 2026