Associate Director, Brandbank Technology

Job ResponsibilitiesÂ

Be the Subject Matter Expert on the services within your domain and how they interact. This includes their purpose within the business, the technologies and protocols they use, how and where they are deployed, how they communicate with other services including those from third parties and other domains, and the security standards in place.Â

Accountable for ensuring up-to-date documentation and appropriate knowledge sharing is in place for the above services and setting standards for skill levels within development rolesÂ

Work with the Architecture, PMO and Product Leadership functions on designing the solutions that will impact your domain, ensuring that your Senior Developers are engaged appropriatelyÂ

Help the development teams across your domain to provide high level estimates and solutions for projects to guide prioritisation and resource assignment. Where appropriate, participate in sprint ceremonies to provide additional information or guidance to all attendees.Â

Work with the Architects, other Domain Technical Leads and Senior Developers to define coding best practice and standards and provide guidance and governance to developers across your domain to ensure best practice and standards are adhered to. Engage with senior IT stakeholders at third party suppliers to ensure they work to comparable standards where appropriate.Â

Accountable for the efficient and smooth running of the code review process across your domain, directly involving yourself when required for the most high-risk or complex codeÂ

Work with other IT functions as appropriate to identify and adopt best practice and contribute towards the delivery of a mature CI/CD/Automation capability, including working with Product Owners to ensure appropriate prioritisation of workÂ

Act as an Agile advocate within your domain, working with the Domain IT Manager, Scrum Masters and Senior Developers to drive the correct behaviours and attitudesÂ

Be available, on a best endeavors basis, to support Senior Developers in the resolution of Severity 1 and 2 incidents for applications owned by your domain between 7am and 10pm local time on local working days as well as providing retrospective feedbackÂ

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Role Requirements E=essential, P=preferredÂ

E - Excellent hands-on technical skills across some or all of the Brandbank technology stack, specifically:Â

.NET and C#Â

ASP.NET, MVCÂ

WPFÂ

SQL Server, TSQLÂ

PHPÂ

E - Excellent hands-on technical skills with the following key technologies:Â

Javascript, Typescript, React, jQuery, Knockout, HandlebarsÂ

Unit Testing (NUnit, MSTest, Moq)Â

GITÂ

XML, JSONÂ

E - Good experience with the following Microsoft Azure resources:Â

App and API ServicesÂ

Storage (Blobs, Tables and Queues)Â

Service BusÂ

Functions and Logic AppsÂ

Cosmos DBÂ

E - Excellent understanding of data and database designÂ

E - Excellent understanding of Agile software design & full systems development lifecycleÂ

E - Excited by technology, with up-to-date understanding of the latest technologies and a desire to learn new technologiesÂ

E - Proven track record in working individually or as part of a team to deliver software solutions to meet customer needsÂ

E - Thorough and detailed approach with the ability to identify appropriate user/business solutionsÂ

E - High experience of code reviews and coding standardsÂ

E - Good oral and written communication skills including problem solving, prioritizing and interpersonal relationship buildingÂ

E - Proven ability to facilitate group discussion and build consensusÂ

E - Ability to effectively lead, influence and provide governance over software development teamsÂ

Full time