Senior Software Engineer, Sky

Salary not provided

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Java

Golang

Senior level

London

Broadband and telecommunications company

Job no longer available

Broadband and telecommunications company

1001+ employees

B2CB2BEntertainmentTelecommunicationsMedia

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Java

Golang

Senior level

London

1001+ employees

B2CB2BEntertainmentTelecommunicationsMedia

Company mission

To connect people with the very best entertainment, sports, news, arts and local, original content.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Excellent understanding of software engineering principles and practices covering areas such as (but not limited to) automation, testing, pipelines, containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker), and infrastructure (AWS, GCP)
Practical knowledge of security architecture, threat modelling, compliance-as-code, or similar approaches
Experience working with automated, CI/CD-driven, cloud-native contexts with the ability to coach and mentor others
Strong software engineer with experience across several different development languages e.g. Python, Java, Golang
Capability for planning and delivering work independently as well as managing teams/programmes when required using an agile approach while remaining focused on the business priorities
Good written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with a strong focus on collaboration

What the job involves

Responsible for building, configuring, deploying, maintaining and managing a variety of security tools, e.g., code scanning, cloud config scanning and container scanning, utilising an agile approach with the appropriate level of automation and testing, preferably focused on Test Driven Development (TDD) in a Cloud context (AWS, GCP)
Own initiatives from conception through to delivery while collaborating with Global OTT (Over The Top) Media Services teams and programme management to ensure security efforts are delivered and realised
Conduct proof of concepts of new tools or services focusing on innovation while collaborating with Global OTT Teams to provide security engineering advice and potential solutions
Provision and maintain infrastructure-as-code using industry best practices to deliver first party services to resident scrum teams
General ad-hoc security actions as and when required
Provide mentoring and coaching to members of the team

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Sky formed through the merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990, making it the UK's largest pay-TV company. After the acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in 2014, Sky Group was formed, transforming the UK company into Europe's leading entertainment and media group.

With the recent success of their original content, Sky doubled their investment into this space by 2024 with a brand new movie and TV studio being built. This is expected to create an additional £3 billion of production investment in UK creative sector in the first five years alone.

Sky's streaming service, Now TV, was launched in 2012 to compete with the rising tide of Netflix and, more recently, with Amazon's Prime Video. With pay-TV subscriptions dropping and the video streaming industry expected to grow by a further 20% by 2027, Sky has remained competitive by offering a range of deals, partnering with Netflix, and developing its own TV - Sky Glass, as it aims to keep up with consumer trends.