Your new company You will be working for a large powerhouse of an organisation who are well-know both within their industry and on a wider scale. Your new role In this role, you will be responsible for enhancing developer productivity, managing inner-sourcing processes, implementing process improvements, and maintaining effective communication and advocacy. You will also focus on engineering metrics, coaching, and managing developer tooling with a strong focus on DevOps and process automation. Keep up to date with best practices in software development and deployment. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the latest automation and enablement techniques and patterns. Play a key part in the introduction of process automation and software tooling across the organisation, providing technical expertise and shaping the solution. Contribute to technical direction and have the expertise to make decisions, identify areas of technical risk or concern, and suggest actions to mitigate them. Drive automation best practices. Enhance developer productivity through tools and process improvements. Develop and monitor key engineering metrics to measure and improve the performance and effectiveness of the development team. Manage and optimise developer tools to ensure they meet the needs of the development team. Ability to own and manage end-to-end development and deployment plans to ensure the team delivers on time and to budget. Build scalable and informative documentation in the form of references, guides, and code examples. Solid understanding of cloud-based solutions and how they can best be utilised. What you'll need to succeed Experience with designing and building system integrations using APIs and middleware. Experience working with connected systems and deployments. Strong experience with Azure infrastructure such Application gateway, express routes, API management service. Ability to interpret, discuss and contribute to architecture approaches and solution designs. Experience working in an Agile development team (Scrum or Kanban). Ability to select and use the most appropriate tools, technologies, and languages for the job. Team-oriented, with a willingness to work as part of a collaborative environment. Skilled in software testing methodologies and a keen advocate of unit, integration and UI tests. What you'll get in return A contract role paying up to £450 per day that's outside IR35. The role is based in Milton Keynes with hybrid working on offer. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk