Manager: Agile DevSecOps Tooling - ESO

About the Role

The UK has set out its ambition to be net zero by 2050 and the energy industry is responding – together we are building a cleaner, greener Britain.

We are now looking for a Manager: Agile DevSecOps Tooling who has deep experience of Agile DevSecOps and the tooling that enables this. The role entails defining our tooling strategy, working cross-functionally to assess and publish approved toolsets (tailored to technology stacks and varying product sizes), evaluating and publishing tool horizon scanning through to incubation and delivery, automating provisioning of toolsets based on end user personas and their needs, acting as a product manager for tooling to drive success and valuable outcomes for end users.

Reporting directly to the Agile DevSecOps Transformation Senior Manager, this role’s key objective is to manage our strategic toolset to enable our Agile DevSecOps transformation across digital to deliver at pace 

This role can be based from Wokingham or Warwick, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.

About us

As Great Britain’s electricity system operator (ESO), we sit at the heart of the electricity system, using our outstanding engineering and commercial expertise to balance electricity supply and demand. Ultimately, we keep the electricity flowing directly to where it’s needed, second by second.

Becoming the Future System Operator
In 2021, government and Ofgem jointly consulted on proposals for an expert, impartial Future System Operator (FSO) with responsibilities across both the electricity and gas systems, to drive progress towards net zero while maintaining energy security and minimising costs for consumers. In October 2023, the Energy Act 2023 was passed, legislating for this Future System Operator to be created.  

The ESO, including all of its existing roles, will be at the heart of the new Future System Operator. We will be taking on additional roles across vectors and sectors to create an organisation with a whole energy system mindset; enabling us to identify solutions to our energy system that are more sustainable, secure, and affordable for all.  

The FSO will be set up as a public corporation with operational independence from government – bringing parties together to support optimised decision making and action. As now, it will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements. It is anticipated that the new organisation will be up and running in 2024.

The time to act on climate change is now. As part of our team, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.
 

Key Accountabilities

• Tooling strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive tooling strategy that harmonises tools (e.g. software) used across the business and aligns to our Agile DevSecOps outcomes.
• Tool evaluation: Lead the tooling CoE and run a cross-functional committee to evaluate, incubate and recommend tools to meet business needs and improve efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness.
• Maintenance and optimisation: Continuous maintenance, upgrades, and optimisation of existing tools to ensure they meet performance, resilience and security requirements.
• Lifecycle & product management: Lead the full lifecycle of the tools including design, set-up/migrate, operate, retire/sunset. Play a product management role to drive the success, make strategic decisions, align cross-functional teams, and bring value to end users.
• Onboarding & training: Onboard and train users on tools and ensure integration with service management platforms. Create and publish reusable & self-service assets to allow end users to discover and provision tools themselves.
• Compliance: Ensure all tools and underlying systems related to the tools continuously meet regulatory & compliance requirements.
• Integration: Lead team activities to integrate tools seamlessly across various products, platforms and systems (e.g. integrate and automate tools within CI/CD pipelines).
• Continuous improvement: Ongoing review of KPIs to track success of tools, course corrective activities and ongoing improvements to teams / users of the tools.

About You

• Experience with Agile DevOps/DevSecOps methodology, capabilities and toolsets, such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Cloudbees Jenkins, Jfrog Artifactory & Xray, OpenShift, Argo CD, Tekton, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, etc.
• Knowledge of tooling integration and activation points within E2E DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines.
• Ability to review tooling requests and make strategic decisions cross-functionally based on fit for purpose, strategy and adherence to requirements.
• Ability to manage the lifecycle of tools (including new/migration, design, onboard, operate, retire/sunset).
• Ability to simplify and automate tooling decisions, self-service, and onboarding/maintenance of tools whilst ensuring minimum disruption to the users of the tools.
• Ability to lead onshore & offshore team members and optimise flow.
• Experience in working with incident and change management processes.
• Communicates effectively (both written and oral) to a wide range of stakeholders and able to understand and translate requirements from stakeholders.
• Knowledge and ability to work in agile methodologies Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile
• Technical leadership and the ability to be hands on and contribute technically
• Knowledge of using ALM tools / configurations (e.g. within Jira / ADO boards)

What You'll Get

A competitive salary between £65,000 – 85,000 – dependent on experience and capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance, 28 days annual leave as standard, and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.

You will also have access to a comprehensive benefits package tailored to support your well-being and professional success. From a competitive salary to flexible work arrangements, we promote your work-life balance. Enjoy fit for purpose wellbeing and lifestyle offerings, ongoing skill development aligned to our Purpose and Values, and be part of a supportive community that values your individuality and where you can belong.

More Information

This role closes on 09/04/2024 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. 

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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