Associate Engineering Manager - Infrastructure & Platform - Flutter UK&I (24 months), Hybrid
The UKI Infrastructure and Platform team provide core services to our product and technology teams to enable them to have delivery and execution independence.
Join the Flutter UKI Infrastructure and Platform team as an Associate Platform Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in supporting and contributing to the organization's technology infrastructure.
This position offers a valuable opportunity to kickstart your career in infrastructure management and gain hands-on experience in a dynamic environment. The team functions as a 24/7 operational support unit with on-call availability.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
• Demonstrates Knowledge of Infrastructure & Platforms Systems: Applies an understanding of primary engineering systems, successfully leveraging this knowledge to independently complete tasks with occasional guidance on the Flutter UKI platform infrastructure. This includes both the development of new platforms and the enhancement of existing ones to meet evolving business needs.
• Ensures that high performers are challenged and champion their development. Equally ensures that poor performers are managed accordingly.
• Take responsibility for ensuring every team member has 121s, clear objectives, performance reviews and career development plans.
• Responsible for measuring and achieving high levels of employee engagement, maximising retention of team members.
• Driving Improvement: Shows a keen ability to identify areas to improve processes, adopt new technologies, and enhance the reliability, performance, and security of the platform during task execution
• Automation Contributor: Recognizes and appreciates the advantages of automation solutions for minimizing dependence on manual processes, and promotes self service
• Enthusiasm and learning: Demonstrates a proactive and enthusiastic approach with a genuine willingness to learn. Actively seeks out new opportunities for skill development, and consistently engages in activities that contribute to growth
• Ownership: Displays excellent levels of focus and owns specific tasks assigned from within the team, including updating project documentation and administrative tasks
• Active Involvement: Actively engages with the team, contributing and collaborating on technical solutions, executing routine tasks and projects under supervision, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in completion.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with stakeholders to define project goals, scope, and deliverables. Develops and maintains project plans, timelines, and resource allocation. Communicates status externally
• Collaboration: Developing effective communication and collaboration with other teams, such as development and operations. You'll work closely with these teams on initiatives, embracing feedback with a positive attitude.
• Works with product owners, project managers, engineering managers, scrum teams to determine the business value of proposed projects and features
• Creates and maintains the team's Backlog (Prioritizes and sequences the Backlog according to business value or ROI)
• Ensures the team understands the wider context of their initiatives
• Trusted to drive the successful delivery of complex initiatives through effective planning, risk management and communication with the relevant stakeholders
• Works with key business customers, stakeholders, external technology partners and other groups within Flutter UK&I business to lead complex initiatives from concept to customers
Skills, Capabilities & Experience Required
• General knowledge of Platform Engineering Principals
• General knowledge of working with at least 3 of the following technologies
- Kubernetes/Docker
- Networking
- Cloud platforms
- Git
- CI/CD Systems
- Config/Infrastructure as Code
- Configuration Management (Chef, Ansible)
- General Linux operations.
- Infrastructure Specific Products (Virtualization, Storage technologies, Hardware appliances)
• Interest in the evaluation of new technologies and tooling.
• Enthusiasm and keen to learn attitude
• People and communication skills.
What you can expect:
An open and collaborative team who value and respect each other and that delivers quality products;
An autonomous environment where you are empowered to make decisions;
25 days of annual leave
Share save scheme
”Flexible Benefits” of your choice
Private health insurance (includes dental insurance and health assessments)
Thousands of courses online through ‘Udemy'
Ways of working:
Flexible working is our way of working! We're a diverse workforce and therefore a 'one size fits all' approach isn't necessarily best. Whatever your personal needs may be, let's have a chat and see how we can accommodate them.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only the suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.
By submitting your application online, you agree that your details will be used to progress your application for employment. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than two years, in order to consider you for prospective role within the company.