This role involves managing a team working across multiple products, ensuring that the teams are delivering to the time scales provided and to a high standard. Being in this role involves being open to change and new ways of solving problems and having the ability to get involved in estimation and trouble shooting when required. Although this is not a hands-on role, experience of software development with good experience in cloud preferably AWS and the applicant should have deployed products to cloud with CI/CD automation in place.

• Responsibilities include

  • Ensure effective Design, creation, testing and documenting of new and amended software components from supplied specifications in accordance with agreed deployment and security standards and processes. 
  • Provision of support and guidance on portfolio, program and project management processes, procedures, tools and techniques. Support includes definition of portfolios, programs, and projects; advice on the development, production and maintenance of business cases; time, resource, cost and exception plans, and the use of related software tools. Tracking and reporting of program/project progress and performance are also covered, as is the capability to facilitate all aspects of portfolio/ program/ project meetings, workshops and documentation. 
  • Optimization of performance of people, including determination of capabilities, integration into teams, allocation of tasks, direction, support, guidance, motivation, and management of performance. 
  • Management of resources in order to plan, estimate and carry out programs of solution development work to time, budget and quality targets and in accordance with appropriate standards, methods and procedures (including secure software development). The facilitation of improvements by changing approaches and working practices, typically using recognized models, best practices, standards and methodologies. The provision of advice, assistance and leadership in improving the quality of software development, by focusing on process definition, management, repeatability and measurement. 
  • Overall resource management of the workforce to enable effective operation of the organization. Provision of advice on any aspect of acquiring resources, including employees, consultants and contractors. 

   

  Secondary Responsibilities

  • Work with the Management team to co-ordinate holidays, staff reviews, training plans and recruitment plans  
  • Maintain an accurate list of resource allocation and scheduled project completion dates 
  • Attend monthly meetings with the Delivery Management team 
  • Accurate and timely reporting on projects/program 

• Job requirements:

  • 12+ years of IT experience

    Must

    • Experience migrating products to Cloud with CI/CD in place.
    • Previous experience of tools like GitHub, Jenkins/Harness, SonarQube
    • Strong knowledge of AWS services and deployment patterns (Containers, Serverless, Databases)

    Should

    • Good knowledge with infrastructure security and governance
    • Worked with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Harness, Jenkins)

   

  Competencies

  • Technology focused, agnostic to tools, adaptable to change in technology
  • Work with architects to strategize and implement product vision
  • Mentor and guide the sprint teams on technical excellence
  • Read code and provide feedback
  • Review and architect high level and low-level designs
  • In depth knowledge on the software tools
  • Champion for automation of repeatable tasks
  • Recruitment and training
  • Manage attrition and drive merit-based promotions

• Generous Annual Leave – 20 days, plus public holidays, with the possibility to buy additional days
• Life Insurance – 3x times annual salary
• 65% Internal Mobility – Committed to the development & growth of our people
• Exposure to the latest technologies

We are one the UK’s largest tech companies, and our products sit at the heart of some of the country's best-known businesses. We’ve grown phenomenally quickly with a £275m turnover and 2,800 employees supporting over 25,000 customers. We hire for potential. We want to make sure we have the best people for the job and provide genuinely equal opportunities for our people to thrive. Our recruitment process is designed with inclusion and equity at its core.

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