Principal Engineer (Head of Engineering)

Principal Engineer (MBTP Head of Engineering)

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The MBTP Principle Engineer (Head of Engineering) will lead on the engineering performance management, oversight and engineering strategy for the Migration and Borders Technology Portfolio (MBTP). As the driving force behind a push to consistent methods of designing, building, deploying and running software and engineered systems you will also take a leadership role in supporting our engineering delivery teams as an SME; you may be expected to take charge of engineering across an ensemble of teams, or in a particular area of the business, to help build our cross department engineering community, and to contribute to the development of our department wide software engineering guidance and standards.

As a Principal Engineer your work will also have an external focus, feeding insight into project/Programme management so that appropriate resourcing, deployment and build decisions can be made as well as assurance of teams/processes such that engineering in their area is up to required quality standards. You will be the central point of contact for engineers in your area, ensuring the systems produced are sustainable and meet DDaT (Data, Digital and Technology) strategy.

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

• Supporting implementation against strategy; leading multiple engineering teams in line with our architecture and professions.
• Supporting the development of a strong technical talent pool; coaching and mentoring as necessary.
• Ensuring the engineering activities undertaken in teams across Migration and Borders are following suitable standards.
• Supporting technical decision making, feeding into roadmaps and overall strategy for the Engineering function. Presenting decisions up and down the organisation clearly.
• Coordinating with other engineering leads across the Migration and Borders supplier landscape and internal to form an overall community, acting as the central point of contact in your area and leading collaborative efforts.

Due to business requirements this post is full-time, compressed hours and flexible working are available.

🚨 Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Monday 27th November 2023

🚨 Please note this role is based in the office three days a week in either Croydon, Manchester or Sheffield

🚨 What you'll bring... 🚨

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for developing high quality engineering outcomes and working with high performing and leading-edge technology and teams. You will need to be able to provide the following key functions within the role:

• Providing leadership for engineering quality, including developing quality frameworks, performance engineering, security management, test and code quality coverage, metrics and observability.
• Leading the adoption and subsequent evolution of engineering standards within the Migration and Borders Technology Portfolio.
• Develop a culture of Engineering Performance Management and then measure, report, and manage change.
• Creating a community of engineering within Migration and Borders and participating across wider engineering delivery in the Home Office.

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🚀 What we offer 🚀

Salary:  National: £69,200 min - £76,120 max.

London: £73,200 min - £80,520 max. 

This post is eligible for an additional skill allowance up to £13,700 per annum

Alongside your salary of £69,200 (min), Home Office contributes £18,684 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. - https://tinyurl.com/t4khauds

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 26.6% and 30.3%, depending upon salary

🚨 Please find more information here - Benefits - Home Office Careers - https://careers.homeoffice.gov.uk/benefits

🚨 Video - Employee Benefits - https://tinyurl.com/ypzjre3t

📢 Please note for this role you will require a SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years and have the right to live and work in the UK without the need for sponsorship. ⚠

💜 Some of the benefits our employees love 💜

• A Civil Service pension with employer contribution rates of between 26.6% and 30.3%, depending upon salary.
• Season ticket loans and rental deposit loans
• Cycle to work and payroll giving
• Employee discounts - including a huge number of retailers (via the Edenred platform), Microsoft Home Use programme and gym membership
• A variety of staff recognition schemes including thank you vouchers
• Health and wellbeing initiatives including monthly mindfulness sessions
• Staff support networks
• Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
• Maternity and adoption support leave (paternity leave) of 2 weeks full pay
• Up to 5 days paid leave for volunteering
• Study leave and support for studying for a qualification or other accredited development relevant to your role

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