Head of Engineering Practice

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A Head of Engineering Practice is required to support the Head of Digital Delivery to set up and lead the Engineering Practice (including Development, DevOps/SRE, Test/QA, Infrastructure and Technical Leadership), work with counterparts in the organisation to build cross-community ways of working, support the organisation's strategy to increase digital capability and assure delivery of digital services and provide technical direction and coaching, work and assist in setting contemporary engineering standards and working practices. You will be a technologist with extensive & deep experience of building complex systems and services using different delivery methodologies and you will be required to undertake effective knowledge transfer to a permanent position when filled. There will be extensive travel between London, Newcastle and Manchester.

Essential Skills and Experience:

*Be a technologist with extensive & deep experience of building complex systems and services using different delivery methodologies.

*Have extensive experience of leading and continuously improving large Software Engineering

*Work and assist in setting contemporary engineering standards and working practices.

*Have extensive and deep experience in full stack system development.

*Have extensive and deep experience in Architecture and Solutions design

*Have extensive and deep experience in Production Operations and "3rd level" Operational Support.

*Have a good practical working knowledge of a broad range of technologies (open source and proprietary) used over the last 20 years.

*Have extensive experience of leading and continuously improving large Software Engineering

*Be able to communicate effectively with and understand developers, testers and architects, with ability to build credible relationships at senior levels within a complex organisation.

*Be able to deliver products within specific time-scales and working alongside multiple senior stakeholders.

*Be able to work with other Service Practice Leads and Heads of Practice to build cross-community ways of working to support delivery priorities and effectively deliver common goals.

*Have the ability to build credible relationships at senior levels within a complex organisation.

*Undertake effective transfer knowledge to permanent position when filled

*Be able to work with other Service Practice Leads and Heads of Practice to build cross-community ways of working to support delivery priorities and effectively deliver common goals.

*Extensive development experience, in open source and legacy technologies across a range of products, developing on cloud-based environments.

*Experience of using version control systems such as Git and Jenkins, open source technologies such as Java, Javascript, Node.js, SQL and non SQL databases such as Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB.

*Experience of using test-driven development tools such as JUnit or Jasmine.

*Evidence of experience of contributing to or influencing organisational transformation

*Evidence of experience of technical services business development

*Evidence of experience of working in waterfall environments and understanding of constraints and requirements when working with or interfacing with legacy systems

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.