Engineering Lead

Permanent

Location: Leeds, Hybrid working - 2 days a week on site (some flexibility in this)

• As the Engineering Lead you will be responsible for working with architecture, infrastructure, engineering, platform and information security teams ensuring consistency of engineering best practices.
• You will be directly responsible for the software and test engineers; in the role you will mentor and coach individuals throughout the engineering function as well as working collaboratively across the delivery and platform teams.
• Lead a team and community of engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship and ensuring alignment with delivery goals, ways of working and industry best practices.
• Ensure alignment to Agile delivery team ways of working and best practices: Champion Agile engineering best-practices, processes, and tools in support of DevOps and Platforms
• Ensure secure code by design: Ensure DevSecOps practices are Embedded into the software and infrastructure pipelines.
• Review and implement improvements to existing code review practices and tooling
• Ensure coding practices are aligned to APIM and observability/monitoring tooling
• Responsible for ensuring all engineering compliance, risks and issues are understood and highlighted to senior management as they arise
• Collaborate with Cloud/DevOps engineers to refactor Azure DevOps (ADO) projects, update CI/CD pipeline templates as necessary, and configure pull request templates to ensure code quality and security.
• Keeping abreast of advancement in Engineering practices and recommending change where required
• Detailed/Low-Level Design: Participate in design workshops to ensure that engineering needs are met.

What we are looking for:

Experience:

• Strong practical technical background in the following Core Tech: Azure Cloud, Azure DevOps, Observability tooling Azure Data Platform, .NET/C#, PowerShell, Power Platform, Terraform, YAML, Dynamics 365, SharePoint Online, Office365.
• Proven experience of leading engineering teams and communities in a commercial environment.
• Experience of using Azure DevOps
• Experience of working within a variety of project delivery methodologies incl. agile and waterfall

Skills:

• Ability to engage and challenge at all levels; strong influencing skills coupled with tenacity and resilience.
• Good coaching and development skills - the ability to help develop and grow engineering communities.
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Working as part of a team, contributing to achieving team targets
• The ability to work effectively across several concurrent projects
• Can operate at both a big picture and a detail level with ability to act as an agent for change for both

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Certified Software Engineering Master (SEMC)/Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) or equivalent.
• Any relevant Microsoft Engineering or Developer certifications, such as:
  • AZ-400 - Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
  • AZ-104 - Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification
• Proven web applications development experience - C#, .NET, .NET Core, Asp.NET, MVC, web API, Blazor, TSQL, Bootstrap, JavaScript

If you are interested and looking or your next role, please apply with a copy of your CV or email (see below)