ABOUT US:

We’re Nominet – a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of the UK internet. While we’re best known for running .UK domains, our DNS expertise also underpins critical internet infrastructure that government services, including the NHS, rely on.
As a public benefit company, our work has a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve people’s lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

THE ROLE:

As the Head of Registry Engineering at Nominet, you will lead a core technology engineering team to deliver industry leading Registry Systems for the internet. This is a critical role with responsibility for engineering Nominet’s main line of business.
You will manage a highly skilled team who are experts in Registry Systems and full stack application development in Java.

This is a high impact role with a number of critical deliverables including:

• Transforming the Registry Engineering function and software development lifecycle and capabilities
• Measurable continuous improvement in Nominet’s platform and product reliability
• Realisation of economies of scale found through automation and repeatable practices
• Support and increase awareness of Nominet as a thought leader and demonstrable engineering excellence within key stakeholders and networking groups
• Align the Registry Engineering team and key stakeholders toward a common goal that drive results, and facilitates transformation and change

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Ensuring all Registry services are robust, scalable, and aligned with best practices in the industry.
• Strategic Direction - Work closely with the CTO, Enterprise Architecture and wider Technology Leadership Team to define the strategy for our Registry services.
• Software Design: Ensure that the design of our software meets current and future business needs. For example, loosely coupled micro or midi services separated by APIs and aligned to domain driven design principles.
• Software Engineering: Optimise the software development lifecycle in all stages for full automation. Transition to a continuous delivery model under pinned by world class DORA metrics for lead time, release frequency, mean time to recover and change failure rate
• Project Delivery: Deliver Registry project work on time, within budget and to the highest standards of quality. Manage risks and ensure that all solutions are rigorously tested to our high standards of quality.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure that all Registry services meet or exceed SLAs for uptime and performance. Lead the team in proactive monitoring, maintenance, and optimisation of Registry services to ensure their ongoing reliability and efficiency.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with other teams within the organisation, including Platforms, DNS, Site Reliability Engineering and Security to ensure Registry applications are fully integrated with our broader infrastructure and aligned with organisational goals.