Head of Platform Engineering
Recruiter
Coventry Building Society
Listed on
2nd July 2019
Location
Coventry
Salary/Rate
£69711 - £104566
Type
Permanent
Start Date
04 March 2019
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About The Role Overall Purpose of role: Provides leadership and sets the direction for the IT platform engineering function in respect to people, processes and technology. Key responsibilities include: Leads the strategy for the automation and delivery of infrastructure and environments as code, embracing tools, process and best practices frameworks.Leads senior managers of teams of infrastructure, environment and devops engineers, to create a set of key measures to assure quality and control of engineering capability and performance
Leads the adoption of cloud based technologies and services
Leadership and line management of the infrastructure engineering, environment support and devops resources
Define a technology roadmap with deliverables focused on the continued improvement of the functions capabilities and empowering a DevOps culture
Design and build platforms with appropriate levels of security, resiliency and agility
Create tools and automated workflow capabilities to enable our software engineers to test and promote code across the different environments and into production with maximum velocity
Work tirelessly to reduce or remove bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the Technology Delivery ecosystem
In collaboration with software engineering and colleagues in IT Service work to reduce or eliminate manual or repetitive tasks, improving the end to end health and performance of the IT ecosystem
Accountability for the design and delivery of environment support, infrastructure change, and associated tooling for code deployment and management.
Anticipates and reacts to major technology changes (internal and external) to ensure the Technology Delivery capability is enhanced in line with industry and market practices.
Work with Head of Software Development, Head of Enterprise Architecture and other IT functions to define and implement Development Operations and Agile working practices.
Provides shared services across the IT function to drive collaboration and automation across the Software and Infrastructure Development Life Cycle.
Manages the non-production environment estate to optimize the flow of change to production.
Manages to the agreed Governance and Risk frameworks within the span of control
Enables informed Executive decision making through accurate, consistent and timely management information, planning and reporting
Working within hybrid environments and able to strategise and execute across multiple teams About You Professional qualifications or essential experience required: Educated to degree level with additional Diploma or equivalent in IT
Experience of delivering high quality Executive reporting.
Experience of managing stakeholders at all levels.
Experience of managing at a senior level.
Experience of leading and delivering core platform services in previous roles
In-depth experience of infrastructure engineering, environment management, devops culture and technologies.
Strong knowledge of Cloud, DevOps, Containerisation, Configuration and Automation will be key to this roles success.
Strong Agile experience along with other software development methodologies and processes
Commercially aware - budget management, compliance and governance About The Company IT at the Coventry is changing; we are currently undertaking an exciting transformation project that will shape the future of the organisation. As we progress on our journey we are seeking talented individuals who are passionate about delivering an outstanding experience for both members and colleagues in an environment where you will have the opportunity to be part of the future success of the organisation and work in an environment where personal and professional development is taken seriously.
