This role will be based in Australia with occasional travel within AustraliaWe’re Civica and we make software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the World. From local government to central (federal) government, to education, to health and care, over 5000 public bodies across the globe use our software to help provide critical services to over 100 million citizens.Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work across the globe supporting the needs of citizens and those that service them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we’re at a pivotal point on our journey to realise that aspiration.As a company, we’re passionate about what we do and the citizens we help to serve. If you too would like to champion the use of technology in public services, to improve outcomes for citizens and public sectors organisations, then Civica is the right place for you. We will help you unlock the best version of yourself, achieve growth in your career whilst making a real difference to people and communities.RequirementsAs an Engineering Manager (Platform) at Civica, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers that design, build and maintain Civica’s cloud-based platforms. You will ensure that the team has the people, processes and tools to excel at delivering services for our customers. You’ll be involved in the technical detail, helping the team to find solutions to technical problems. You’ll co-ordinate activities with stakeholders and other teams, proactively remove blockers, and help plan work, making sure that the team delivers impact for the citizens that we serve. If you enjoy challenging, multi-faceted roles that allow you to excel in technical contribution as well as people and project management, this role would be a good fit.Key Responsibilities:
- Working with the team to deliver systems that are performant, reliable, secure, and scalable
- Facilitating fast and effective communication within your team and with other teams
- Thinking strategically, proposing team roadmaps that feed into larger organisational roadmaps
- Delivering high-quality, high-impact results
- Growing individuals and improving team performance
- Establishing psychological safety and trust within your team and with other teams
- Building relationships with colleagues across Civica
- Experience managing one or more platform teams in a fast-paced environment
- Experience working with stakeholders to set and manage priorities
- Agile methodologies & DevOps concepts and practices
- Designing, building and maintaining cloud platforms
- Are comfortable with ambiguity
- Enjoy mentoring colleagues
- Are able to both collaborate closely, and work independently
- Can communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues, including senior management
- AWS & Azure platforms
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Datadog
- Github
- Azure DevOps