We currently have an exciting opportunity for anEngineering Manager to join our existing experienced team.
What do we look for in an Engineering Manager?
This role will manage the engineering resources and process to deliver Run/Maintain and Change.
Primary responsibility – manage the engineering resources to deliver run/maintain, reduce technical debt, integrate change from MVC pipeline and engineering coordination of find/fix/resolve for P1-P4 issues.
Responsibilities
* Manage the engineers conducting patching and updates, communicating potential impacts of any changes to the service delivery team (SiXworks service desk, HIMIST and customer) and managing any potential disruption to service;
* Coordinate with Technical Authority to identify existing technical debt and plans for remediation, including identification of additional specialist resource requirements;
* Work with the Product Owner to identify and size the work required to deploy changes from the MVC pipeline, including the development of the engineering plans required to prepare for and execute the changes;
* Manage engineering response to P1-P4 issues ensuring that the most appropriate resource is tasked to minimise the impact of any incident on performance;
* Adopt the role of Incident Manager for P1 and P2 incidents, initiate response processes and act as interface between the customer and the engineering teams. Ensure that all post-incidents actions are tracked and completed;
* Participate in the Change Approval Boards to represent the current status of the solution and the capacity for additional changes, providing an assessment of potential issues, mitigations and roll-back plans
About SiXworks
SiXworks is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting-edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments. We are unified in our mission to accelerate innovation and adoption of secure, digital technology to improve the operational agility of Defence and National Security. This is an exciting time for us, we have ambitious plans for continued growth and development, and we are seeking to add brilliant, experienced, motivated, and passionate people to our team to work with us on this journey.
Our team is a fusion of brilliance, featuring senior operational, technical, and business leaders from various industries and the armed forces. We're also powered by a league of extraordinary IT engineers, architects, developers, and project managers. Together, we're an unstoppable force of digital innovation!
SiXworks’ expertise includes Secure-by-Design, cloud computing, advanced network and infrastructure design, rapid application development, cross-security domain systems, multi-tenanted High-Performance Compute, multi-source data platforms, cyber vulnerability mitigation, and intelligence systems. We provide supplier-agnostic, technical, and business consultancy to customers while championing open-source and best-of-breed technologies.
What can we offer in return?
SiXworks offers a unique work culture around our core principles Agility, Security, Innovation, Quality, Collaboration and Inclusivity.
Together, these six principles form SiXworks' NORTH STAR, guiding the organisation towards success. This is reflected in the raft of benefits available to all our employees.
In addition to a competitive salary below are some of our benefits:
* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
* Private Medical Insurance.
* Life Assurance Scheme
* Professional Development opportunities.
* Cycle to Work scheme.
* Discretionary Bonus scheme
A word on UK Security Clearance
Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have, or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.
More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:
United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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