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Head of Engineering Excellence

Inseriert am: 28.01.2021
EPAM is committed to providing our global team of more than 41,150 EPAMers with inspiring careers from day one. EPAMers think creatively and lead with passion and honesty. Our people are the source of our success. We value collaboration, work in partnership with our customers, and strive for the highest standards of excellence. In today’s market conditions, we’re supporting operations for hundreds of clients around the world remotely. No matter where you are located, you’ll join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.




DESCRIPTION

Are you a technologist at heart who understands the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) from requirements through to production? Do you know what good Engineering practices look like? Do you understand how the organisation and culture impacts the SDLC and how Do you have a passion for guiding and advising customers on how to organise and execute highly efficient organisation including SDLC? Are you trusted by customers to assess, design, plan and execute transformations at both organisational and technical levels to such an SDLC? Do you want to transform businesses, so they can benefit from next generation IT automation and are able to operate and grow successfully in the cloud-first IT world? If you answered yes to most of these questions, you might be our ideal candidate!



We have an opportunity to join EPAM at Director level to lead this work and help build a local team. You would be joining our team of cross-functional experts who work with highly skilled and engaged teams across the globe on Engineering Excellence and DevOps transformation opportunities. Our mission is to radically improve the performance of engineering organizations in these areas. We are open-minded, innovative and bold in our recommendations.

What You’ll Do



  • Help internal and external product engineering organizations to improve cost, quality, and time to market

  • Elicit relevant information through formal and informal interview, surveys, and system data analysis

  • Ideate and socialize solutions collaboratively through different workshops

  • Tailor and design crisp and clear message for executive how to execute change

  • Do service design and continuously improve our methodology and consulting offering

  • Conduct research in your domain expertise such as engineering, operations, organization, architecture, data, and product management

  • Do publications and presentations within and beyond the organization

  • Participate in pre-sale and sales activities: RFP responses, meeting with executives, proposals preparation, SOW development

  • Post Covid we expect this role could have up to 50% travel


Responsibilities



  • The ideal candidate:

    • Likely educated to degree level, or have equivalent in-work experience

    • Have 7+ years of software industry experience in one of the following function: Engineering, Infrastructure, Automation, Quality Assurance, Architecture, Data Science

    • Possesses a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, the culture and organisation around that

    • Is experienced with various software development agile methodologies such as SCRUM, XP, Kanban, SAFe, etc

    • Is fluent in technical engineering best practices such as test-driven development, pair programming, code review, continuous integration, trunk-based development, feature toggling, test automation, infrastructure as a code, etc

    • Has practical experience of workshop execution on the director and executive level

    • Is inquisitive or investigative by nature

    • Has the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and in local language

    • Is a collaborative team player



We offer



  • Competitive compensation depending on experience and skills

  • Knowledge-sharing across EPAM's global Tech Communities

  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

  • Relocation support as per EPAM relocation policies

  • EPAM Community with regular corporate and social events

  • Career growth, performance and compensation reviews


Additional



  • Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks

  • We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies

  • Due to the Swiss labour legislation we can only accept applicants who have a valid right to work in Switzerland

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