Within the Communications & Infrastructure group, DNE (Digital Network Enabler) is a multi-sided platform (MSP) that offers every team and every individual in Sky Technology an open and flexible software development platform to rapidly digitise activities in their functional area. We are looking for a promising and seasoned Software Engineering Manager who leads a team of Software Developers, Testers, Businesss Analysts and Solution Designers. This team is key for the development of use cases to be onboarded on DNE platfrom.

What you’ll do:

Report into Head of Department DNE Platform and be responsible for a group of Solution Designers, Software Developers, Business Analysts and QAs of various experience levels. The team members will include both perm and temp staff based in the UK or at offshore location.

Responsible for defining software pratices: TDD (Test driven development); right from Design, Development, Testing, Automation testing; ensuring tools and processes required to keep the benchmark high.

Owning the software life cycle and release management.

You will have a rigorous understanding of agile techniques and principles, able to answer the question of why they make a difference

Be broadly responsible for both people management, and the “how” we deliver against our business goals from an in-house software engineering perspective.

Devise Talent strategy (hiring, progression, industry visibility, training and development, reward, budgets, etc.)

Build resourcing roadmap and ramp up or ramp down the team as appropriate. Devise critical metrics for supplier performance management and provide regular business reporting.

Be a confident technical leader with experience in a fast-paced environment balancing Agile delivery methodologies against business drivers.

Be experienced in leading a team in an evolving and dynamic environment, ideally in Telecom industry where software is always-on, and customer experience is always more than a consideration

Be a committed teammate who demonstrates outstanding communication, interpersonal skills and consistent high energy levels, who recognises the importance of people in technology solutions.

What you’ll bring:

Experienced in leading Telecom software development team.

Experienced in TDD. Passionate about Agile principles and are excited to embed them across the organization

Good understanding Microservices based platforms, experienced in building automated network and digital transformation experience.

Experienced in release management and software life cycle management.

Experienced in setting up testing practices, testing strategy and solid understanding of variety of automated testing is a crucial requirement.

Experience developing & motivating those in your team by providing clear direction, opportunities for learning & direct coaching.

An understanding of deadlines, budget constraints and scope of delivery and experience working with the business partners to ensure the right balance between these are met, setting expectations a handling risks early.

Solid experience in building and streamlining a broad staffing supply chain able to fulfil resourcing requirements with short lead times.

An understanding of how to make design, development and testing better: improving delivery predictability and speed, operational awareness and responsibility.

Knowledge of handling operational risks ensuring plans are in place for mitigation or resolution.

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

Comms Group: we are responsible for the Strategy, Architecture, Design, and Operations of all Telecom services provided by Sky across the Group (UK&I, Germany and Italy). We deliver 4G/5GMobile, Broadband and Fixed Line services using cutting edge technologies and modern operational paradigms such as SRE and Agile. From High scale routing, Network Automation, Telco Cloud, SDN/NFV to Software Development and Data science for predictive operations, we embrace modern technologies, practices, tools with strong focus on people development to provide the stability and performance that our customers depend on.

Where you’ll work:

Brick Lane

Our Brick Lane office is in the heart of the East End of London. It’s part of a vibrant and diverse community; close to street food, cafes and shops.

The closest tube station is Aldgate East and Liverpool Street is about a 10-minute walk.

Inclusion:

Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. 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.

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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.