Want to do the best work of your life?

With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make

your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where
you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place
to work. 

“We securely authenticate and identify users accessing Sky's protected products
and services. Our team is responsible for the reliability and scalability of the Identity
Platform. Come join our team and help with some of the most exciting projects we’ve
ever worked on” - Senior Performance Engineer

What you'll do:

- Drive improvements and adoption of test frameworks, following the principles of the
open source movement
- Develop software to enhance the performance engineering capability of the tribe
- Performing non-functional testing within an agile software development
environment with a view to aiding continuous delivery
- Building and designing real world test scenarios that are integrated into the
continuous delivery pipeline
- Maintaining health of test environment and test injection infrastructure
- Simulating failures and chaos testing to prove highly available and heavily resilient
systems (circuit breakers, kill switches, active-active)

What you'll bring:

- High level programming/scripting languages, (Python, Bash and Lua preferred but
not essential)
- Working experience in Unix/Linux systems
- Be familiar with communication protocols/technologies, HTTP/HTTPS is essential
- Some experience with monitoring/visualization/time series database technologies is
desirable e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk
- Knowledge and experience of containerisation e.g. Docker, Kubernetes or Rancher
would be useful
- Ability to recommend performance enhancing changes to the platform to improve
reliability 

Team Overview:
OTT: Our team develops and supports technologies for Sky, globally. No matter the
device, the time or the place, we make sure that engaging large, diverse audiences
with premium entertainment is possible. Our vision is to deliver the world’s best
entertainment. 

The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of
rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband

Where you'll work

Leeds:
Our spacious tech hub is under a mile away from Leeds train station, with free water
taxis available from Granary Wharf. There’s also plenty of parking in the surrounding
streets and at the nearby CitiPark.
You can also blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis and stay fit at our
subsidised gym. 

Inclusion:
Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for
Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This
means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the
potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so
we're happy to discuss flexible working.
And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us
to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team
who will be happy to support you. 

Why wait? 
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to
hear from you. 
To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job
you love to talk about.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a
criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the
nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer. 

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