DevOps Solution Architect - Azure/AWS in Constanţa

Team Leadership (advanced) Management (advanced) DevOps (advanced) Our people love the exciting and meaningful work they do, the cutting-edge resources and technology they have access to, the benefits we offer and the great community we’ve built. Want to join them?Salary offered: 20 000 - 34 000 PLN gross per month (contract of employment)We work fully remotely in Kainos but we might require you to visit our Gdansk office occasionally for team activities or company events.For candidates based in 3city – our Gdansk office is open so if you prefer to work from the office or in a hybrid model, you are welcome to do so. We adjusted the office so it follows all pandemic restrictions.Some of our projects might require traveling to the customer site in the UK. If you would be willing to travel to the UK, it would be crucial for you to have easy access to the airport. We would of course cover your traveling expenses.As a DevOps Solution Architect, you will be responsible for leading multi-skilled agile teams to design and deliver high-quality solutions on a public cloud that delight our customers. As a technical leader in Kainos, you will work with customer architects and talented colleagues to design, automate, build and support modern digital service platforms. You will estimate effort and advise on the impact of technical decisions surrounding technology choices. You will lead with the creation of policy and standards, provide assurance across Kainos delivery projects and share knowledge with/mentor those around you. You will continually be learning about new technologies and looking to the future for how we adopt them for customer benefit.Your key responsibilities will include:Championing a DevOps culture - you will lead colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management and security capabilities to design solutions of the highest quality which meet all non-functional requirements – you will do all that it takes to ensure Kainos delivery projects are successful.Championing technology for positive impact – you will keep apprised of the latest technologies/tools and champion their use for the benefit both within and outside of Kainos.Developing Kainos as a business – you contribute to technology strategy and help Kainos to identify, qualify and win new opportunities.Providing Leadership – you will provide technical leadership – typically across projects - which may sometimes require you to be hands-on and on others to take difficult, but necessary decisions.Being opinionated – as a respected leader, you will offer your opinions and critique with a view to improving the quality of our solutions. You won’t wait to be asked, you will proactively share knowledge through internal Kainos forums and more widely in the industry.Being a role model – you will support your colleagues and reconcile the needs of the individual with the needs of the team, you will embody the Kainos values. You will be the person people look up to – people trust your decisions because they are transparent and justified. You will be passionate and committed to ensuring Kainos projects are successful.Putting people first & developing others – you will manage, coach and develop a small number of senior staff, with a focus on managing employee performance and assisting in their career development.Minimum requirements:Excellent verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to simply and clearly communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.Excellent prioritisation and time management skills, with the ability to work across a number of major projects simultaneously.We all work in teams here in Kainos – a proven ability of strong team leadership skills across teams and fostering a DevOps culture.We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing senior members of your team and the wider community.Demonstrable personal ownership of:Delivering all aspects of modern digital service platforms in production environmentsPrioritizing non-functional concerns for customers and incorporating them into the platform designMaking effective – and sometimes difficult - decisions within fast-moving delivery environments and owning the outcomesSignificant expertise in:Using multiple public cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) to build solutions across a variety of problem domains and integrating native SaaS and PaaS offerings into your solution.Understanding of whole solution architecture concepts.Utilizing the latest Continuous Delivery techniques for releasing operationally ready software to production.Demonstrable experience in:Using the latest container orchestration platforms including Kubernetes.Applying cloud Native tooling and approaches.Pro-actively developing business within an account with sales and account managers.Proven experience being accountable for all sizes of technology delivery challenges, e.g. project, multi-team programme.Developing and contributing to businesses cases promoting public cloud adoption.Desirable:Obtained certification with a public cloud provider (AWS/Azure).Obtained certification with another respected professional body (CNCF).Actively shares their thoughts and views on technology both internally and externally.Use of automation tooling and proficiency in one of the following: Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, Groovy.What we offer:Company share scheme plan.Private medical insurance at Medicover.Multisport card.Group life insurance.3000 Pounds for refer-a-friend scheme.Reimbursement of the costs of purchasing a chair and desk to be used in the home office.Access to Pluralsight online training.Core hours (starting work between 8 am and 10 am).WHO YOU ARE:Our vision is to enable outstanding people to create digital solutions that have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our values aren't abstract; they are the behaviours we expect from each other every day and underpin everything that we do. We expect everyone to display our values by being determined in how obstacles are overcome; honest when dealing with others; respectful of how you treat others; creative to find solutions to complex problems and cooperative by sharing information, knowledge and experience. These values, applied collectively, help to produce an outstanding Kainos person, team and culture.