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Facilitate team ceremonies; planning, stand-ups, estimation, retrospectives and reviews
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Guide sessions to shape upcoming work and deliverables
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Work with the Systems Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering and project Managers to plan and schedule work
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Resource and capacity planning
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Remove impediments and blockers for the team
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Facilitate inter-team communication to identify and resolve dependencies
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Ability to adapt frameworks and processes into a best fit for the team
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Ensure all work items meet the definition of ready
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Assist backlog contributors (Stakeholders) in writing work items and refine stories so that they meet the definition of Ready
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Delivering against both the MMT standards for quality, and the team-level Definition of Done
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Escalating concerns or risks that may impact project success
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Encouraging a lean approach to work
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Ability to motivate teams in the pursuit of deadlines
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Encourage and foster closer collaboration between the team and other areas of the business
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Help the team to continuously improve how they work
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Be able to discuss pipelines, infrastructure and some cloud technologies at a technical level
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Leading and creating a performant engineering team
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Reporting status of work items and sprint to stakeholders
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Accountable for the delivery of work items within the team
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Accountable for the quality of delivery and decisions
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Accountable for the budget of work items
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Accountable for the billability of the team
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Line management and performance reviews of team members
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Drive root cause analysis through the use of appropriate tools and techniques
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Supporting the team in building long term plans
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Delivery management or scrum master experience.
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Previous knowledge of relevant technologies: Azure, IaaS, PaaS, Serverless, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps.
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The ability to mentor team members
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Previous experience leading a DevOps function
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Strong empathy and the capacity to react calmly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
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Proven ability to deliver projects on time and to an agreed level of quality within budget
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Line management experience of DevOps Engineers with a team size of 5-10, from 1-2-1s to performance management
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Demonstrable understanding of Azure DevOps
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Demonstrable understanding of Azure – IaaS, PaaS, Serverless
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Demonstrable understating of Kubernetes and related technologies
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You’re able to clearly articulate complex ideas, practice active listening, and aim for efficient but collaborative discussions to meet deadlines
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You have the ability to gain technical respect from the engineering team members
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Detailed understanding of software development processes, waterfall and agile; and be able to appreciate when each might be applicable. You use your influence and stakeholder management skills to have a wide-reaching impact within and beyond the engineering team, with particular experience working with a project team external to the engineering team
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Strong empathy and the capacity to react calmly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
