Role Overview:

This role is responsible for leading a Technical Development team or QA Team comprising 8-10 direct reports .  The role manages and mentors Developers/QA (people), define assists the Head of Solutiomn Delivery in defining and improving the Development SDLC (process), and contributes to the Solution Delivery Development strategies for projects & initiatives to ensure efficient software delivery (strategy). This role is also responsible for Design and Development activities:

Main Activities:

• Administration of Direct Reports (eg. Leave, Timesheet Approvals)
• Recruiting, selecting, and orienting team members
• Coaching, training and KPI setting for team members
• Assigning accountabilities and projects / initiatives to team members
• Succession Planning within Team
• Building a culture of delivery orientation and continuous improvement
• Ensuring a customer-centric approach fostering a positive customer experience

• Builds rapport up, down and across the organisation
• Establishes collaborative relationships to achieve objectives
• Displays empathy and tolerates diverse viewpoints
• Builds relationships with internal & external Customers

 Process 

• Inspecting and adapting processes to improve efficiency in delivering software releases
• Sets clear SDLC requirements / expectations
• Setting Development policies, standards, guidelines and tooling
• Capturing, tracking and reporting consistent development metrics across projects / initiatives and products
• Solicits and applies internal & external customer feedback
• Initiates / Drives Improvements to SDLC that result in benefits to Unico / Customers (eg. improved quality, improved efficiency)
• Champions best practices in Development processes;
• Undertaking reviews to ensure process compliance and escalate deviations

 Development

• Selection of appropriate Technology / Design Patterns / Frameworks
• Assists Solution Architect for complex Designs
• Development Activities conforms to Unico SDLC:-
  • Development & Unit Testing is of good standard / quality;
  • Uses appropriate Patterns & Standards, Code is secure, efficient & maintainable;
  • Adheres to SCM Branching Patterns, Code Merging is good;
  • Adheres to all other SDLC Processes as appropriate;
• Contributes to the Project's / Initiative's DevOps CI/ CD 
• • CI/CD development
  • Automated deployment scripts/code.
  • Automated environment provision/maintenance
  • Automated configuration of deployment elements
• Supports Production Application Systems by:
  • Troubleshooting defects
  • Analysing root causes of production defects
  • Providing support to the relevant support team
  • Break / Fix Development for Production Defects

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a Developer/QA in a technology environment
• Minimum of 2 years experience with Leading a Team of 4 - 8 Developers/QA in a technology environment
• Excellent knowledge of Development SDLC
• Experienced Senior Developer/Senior QA
• Inspired ambitious and high performing teams to continuously learn and grow