Head of Engineering Sustainability Tech ??90K Remote
- Recruiter
- GradBay
- Location
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Bourne End
South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- 70000.00 - 90000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 07 Dec 2022
- Closes
- 26 Dec 2022
- Job Title
- Director
- Category
- Scientific and Pharmaceutical
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The BusinessEstablished in 2009 this tech start–up works with leading research organisations around the world to help them identify, capture and report the impact of their work, this is achieved through a range of services including training workshops, consultancy services and it's unique proprietary platform which tracks the environmental impact of research projects.
The JobYou will join the company as the Head of Engineering, responsible for server management, planning how the product vision will be achieved maintaining latest technology trends and disaster recovery plans.
Job Breakdown• Lead IT architecture vision, design and documentation• Handle high & low level system architectures and interfaces for the company's SaaS products• Develop new AWS microservices and serverless architecture with the few legacy deployments through API endpoints• Grow the new architecture API to cover the legacy functionality, implementing scaffold that merely translates requests and responses between end–users and the legacy deployments• Smoothly migrate the legacy software architecture of the company to the new Cloud–native microservices/serverless architecture• Improve infrastructure maintenance, e.g. security, network traffic and load balancing• Improve deployment processes & CI/CD, Security and Compliance• Configuration of CI/ Puppet to facilitate simplified and rapid deployment of new code to the production environment• Creation and regularly update of documentation to illustrate how the environments are set up• Weekly KPI reporting to the Senior Management Team on team productivity, resource usage
Candidate Requirements• Min of 3 years' experience in server management experience • Knowledge and experience with AWS, Terraform, Docker containers, Git, node JS, SQL, Postgres, ElasticSearch• Understanding of the Software as a Service model in the online environment• Multidisciplinary experience overseeing Development, Program Management and Test• Well organized, strong attention to planning, documentation, team coordination and focus on quality standards and productivity • Ability to build rapport and coordinate at all levels (internally and externally)• Strong communication skills and excellent presentation skills • Proactive and independent (at times remote) working required• Experienced with Agile, SAFe or DevOps methodologies is desired• Proven experience in engineering and software architecture design• Experience working at a SaaS vendor