Software Engineering Manager (.NET)

Job description

Software Engineering Manager (.NET)

Salary national circa £50,000

London circa £60,000

Are you a passionate Software Engineering Manager (.NET) with ambitions to drive the best technology and development practices among a large community of developers?

We are currently recruiting for a Software Engineering Manager (.NET) to be a part of our General Insurance (GI) Platform team. If you have a strong technical background using .Net, MS SQL and MVC/Razor Frameworks and have experience in the provision of platform as a service within cloud environments, we would love to hear from you!

A bit about the job:

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a multimillion-pound investment platform that is being developed and enhanced for the future, it has a very high profile and the system supports the General Insurance (GI) business from a technology perspective.

As a .NET Software Engineering Manager, you will lead the Engineering Community as we embark on building the GI platform of the future. There will be plenty of variety in this role, as you will have exposure across the full software development lifecycle and be expected to have experience of software design. To enable you to define and implement best development practices across the community who use Agile Scrum/Kanban frameworks. You will take the lead and diagnose problems, work with the team to find solutions and implement corrective actions to ensure the successful execution of projects and deliveries, as well as supporting the critical project to service transition phase and associated early lifecycle support, including management, and reporting of defects.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

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Well-versed in modern development practices including Agile, continuous deployments, DevOps and either Azure, AWS or Google Cloud, with experience developing across a wide variety of programming and scripting Languages (PowerShell, Terraform, ARM or equivalent programming experience). Experience in the configuration & management of CI/CD tooling, ideally using Azure DevOps and/or Jenkins

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Comfortable with helping to solve problems and deal with difficulties in line with standards, process and other guidelines within Aviva, applying technical knowledge/expertise and work in a collaborative environment, to create new solutions and delivery approaches as well as reviewing coding practices for quality and standards

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Able to use technical skills to review estimates for accuracy delivered by Delivery team. Along with working to identify and mitigate risks related to integration, performance, and compatibility

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Demonstrate leadership skills with a passion for developing others through mentoring and coaching as well as directing lead engineers as we adopt new delivery approaches and standards

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Experience of stakeholder management including at a senior level, be able to effectively collaborate with a small Leadership team as well at times work autonomously with good problem-solving skills

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

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Salary between national circa £50,000 and London circa £60,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

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Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.

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Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.

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29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

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Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products , and other retailer discounts

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Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme

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Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave

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Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work

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Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others

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We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Lacey Lane Mckoy a call on 07385425912 or send an email to  lacey.lane-mckoy@aviva.com