Essential Skills:

• Hands-on expertise in designing and building fault-tolerant scalable and secure enterprise-class distributed automation systems with business-facing APIs/Web UIs, spanning multiple domains including Network Provisioning, Security, Change Management, DNS/IPAM, Performance Management and Observability/Monitoring, across public/private/hybrid cloud environments
• Expertise in the discovery and documentation of business requirements and the release of business value covering the desired automation system behaviour, and high-level system design required for automation development, using Event Storming and User Story Mapping workshops. Skilled in producing detailed functional descriptions of end-to-end intra and inter-domain automated workflow specifications using standard documentation such as UML, and knowledge of describing desired system behaviour using test-driven development practices such as Behaviour Driven Design.
• Specification of standards governing the implementation of APIs to promote consistency, enhanced business and end-user experience, and simplified cross-domain integration using popular stateless architecture styles such as REST and standards such as Open API

Desired Skills:

• Experience of developing scalable enterprise-class code in one or more popular programming languages such as C#, Java, or Python including an understanding of software development approaches to solve complex business problems such as Domain Driven Design, and experience of working with persistence technologies such as relational and/or document databases, and experience of microservice architecture.
• Experience working within a product-focused software team, ideally in a Technical Product Ownership role, with overall responsibility for stakeholder management and the full life-cycle of feature development and quality assurance which includes automated unit, functional, integration and regression test strategies, software development practices and flow through multiple environment stages
• Experience of networking technologies and network capability development as applicable to the development of network connectivity services, in one or more domains such as Datacenter LAN, WAN, and associated technologies. An ability to speak bilingually with network engineering/architecture experts and software engineers is an advantage.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps.
• Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives.
• Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process.

To drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.