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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Platform Engineer (DV Cleared) - **Company:** Kainos - **Location:** Budock Water, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Component-Based Software Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Continuous Delivery, Software Debugging, DevOps, Groovy, Python (Programming Language), Platform as a Service (PAAS), Windows PowerShell, Ruby, Git, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Software Version Control, Golang - **Published:** September 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840621602-senior-platform-engineer-dv-cleared ## About the Role * 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., * 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. ## Description 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. 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