Senior Platform Engineer (DV Cleared)

Kainos; Budock Water; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Budock Water is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design of key components in a modern digital service platform. You will collaborate with various teams, ensure high-quality software delivery, and contribute to significant projects in Defence and National Security. Ideal candidates should have strong teamwork skills, experience in infrastructure management, and fluency in scripting languages like PowerShell or Python. This role offers opportunities for growth in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a multi-disciplinary team within a global company.
• Ability to communicate complex issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Significant expertise in infrastructure provisioning and automation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to build, test, and deploy software.
• Utilize latest technologies for user and business benefit.
• Ensure services are secure and performant in production.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Configuration management

Fluency in scripting languages

Automation tools

Education

Third level qualification in a related discipline

Tools

AWS

Azure

Git

Job description

Overview

Join Kainos and Shape the Future. At Kainos, we’re problem solvers, innovators, and collaborators—driven by a shared mission to create real impact. We transform digital services, deliver cutting-edge Workday solutions, and push the boundaries of technology as a team. We believe in a people-first culture where ideas are valued, growth is supported, and contributions matter. You’ll be part of a diverse, ambitious team that celebrates creativity and collaboration. Working within our Defence and National Security accounts, you’ll contribute to challenging and critically important projects across various cloud technologies.

Working within our Defence and National Security accounts you will be working on some of the most challenging and critically important projects working across various cloud technologies.

Role purpose

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS: As a Senior Platform Engineer (Senior Associate) in Kainos, you’ll lead 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 while learning about new technologies and approaches with talented colleagues who will help you learn, develop and grow.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of a team — collaborate with engineering, testing, consulting, product management, and security to build, test, and deploy software of the highest quality.
• Using technology for positive impact — employ latest technologies appropriately to maximise user and business benefit, with alignment to industry standards and best practices.
• Putting people first — support colleagues and facilitate an inclusive DevOps culture.
• Finding your voice — contribute as a respected voice within your team and with customers to ensure services are scalable, secure, reliable and performant.
• Supporting services through Live Operation — ensure services are available, secure, and performant in production, with continuous improvement after release.
• Becoming a Role Model — embody Kainos values and coach/mentor junior team members.
• Pushing the boundaries — develop specialisms through exposure to technology and consider pivots in your career direction.

Minimum (essential) requirements

• Strong teamwork and experience working in a multi-disciplinary team as part of a global company.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Significant expertise in: configuration management, infrastructure provisioning, and automation tools.
• Fluency in at least one of: PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, Groovy.
• Experience with multiple automation tools and at least one of: PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, Groovy.
• Experience designing, building, testing, automating, monitoring, and supporting significant components within a modern digital service platform in production environments.
• Producing designs that are scalable, resilient, efficient, secure, cost-effective and minimize lock-in.
• Contributing to technical decisions and direction in a collaborative team environment (architecture, estimation, product planning, user stories/requirements, MVP).
• Implementing modern Continuous Delivery processes for releasing software to production.
• Applying industry best practices across infrastructure and application components (security, elasticity, performance).
• Experience using public cloud platforms (AWS or Azure).
• Applying configuration management, infrastructure provisioning, and container orchestration tooling to solve business problems.
• Using modern version control systems, including Git.
• Debugging complex problems across multiple servers, services and tools.

Desirable

• Third level qualification (or equivalent) in a related discipline.
• Mid-level certification with a public cloud provider (AWS/Azure).
• Active participation in knowledge-sharing activities within the team and with wider non-technical audiences.
• Experience with cloud-native SaaS and PaaS technologies.
• Experience developing people — managing, mentoring and coaching junior staff.

Embracing our differences

At Kainos, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that reflects the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek talent from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team supports you throughout the process, and accommodations or adjustments are encouraged. If needed, we can tailor the recruitment process to individual needs.