Kainos Birmingham, United Kingdom

Overview

Kainos is seeking a Principal Platform Architect to lead the delivery of cloud platforms and solutions enabling business transformation that delights customers and positively impacts users worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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).
• Provide leadership as part of multi-disciplinary agile teams, building a shared understanding of outcomes, technical landscape, and complexity to help teams make informed decisions.
• Foster and build relationships with senior stakeholders to establish architectural principles and strategic direction of the platform being delivered, including understanding functional and non-functional needs.
• Play a leading role in the Kainos Platforms Capability, driving technology direction and advancement, and guide others in the capability to support their career journeys.
• Collaborate to establish development of blueprints and standards, foster customer relationships, contribute to account strategies, and share subject-matter knowledge as a technology ambassador for Kainos.

Minimum (essential) Requirements

• 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.

Desirable

• 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.

Embracing our differences

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field.

Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Information Services

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