Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

“In the Global Identity and Access Management team we work with colleagues across Europe and the USA to make frictionless experiences for customers, whilst making sure that our platforms are secure, reliable, and scalable. Our Identity and Access Management Platforms are at the heart of Sky, NOW and Peacock’s customer journeys.” – Allan Brierley, Senior Engineering Manager

What you’ll do:

• Driving improvements and adoption of test frameworks, following the principles of the open source movement
• Developing software to enhance the performance engineering capability of the tribe
• Contributing to the delivery and success of the Sky Global OTT solution
• Comfortable with taking full ownership of the non-functional test process, that includes ownership of the sign-off of release builds and in-depth issue investigation
• Performing non-functional testing within an agile software development environment with a view to aiding continuous delivery
• Building and designing real world test scenarios that are integrated into the continuous delivery pipeline

What you’ll bring:

• High level programming/scripting languages, (Python, Bash and Lua preferred but not essential)
• Working experience in Unix/Linux systems
• Be familiar with communication protocols/technologies, HTTP/HTTPS is essential
• Some experience with monitoring/visualization/time series database technologies is desirable e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk
• Knowledge and experience of containerisation e.g. Docker, Kubernetes or Rancher would be useful
• Working experience using version control e.g. git, subversion, mercurial

Group Technology Digital Transformation

Want to create a smooth and uninterrupted digital experience for millions of customers? Then our Group Technology Digital Transformation is the team for you. Agile, collaborative, data-driven and diverse, our team works on brilliant products like NOW and Peacock. That’s not even the best part. We get to build our own software and our work has a global stage. Our team also delivers exceptional customer experiences and defines digital first propositions in customer journeys across all channels.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Where you’ll work:

Leeds:

Our spacious tech hub is under a mile away from Leeds train station, with free water taxis available from Granary Wharf. There’s also plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark.

You can also blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, So we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.