Engineering Manager - DNS Product

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid, a minimum of 20% in the office per month 

About Us

We’re Nominet – a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of the UK internet. While we're best known for running .UK domains, our DNS expertise also underpins critical internet infrastructure that government services, including the NHS, rely on.

As a public benefit company, our work has a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve people’s lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

The Role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our DNS Product, delivering an integrated Domain Name System product for our customers. This is a key role with responsibility for the full development lifecycle of one of Nominet’s new product offerings.

You will manage a highly skilled team who are a combination of deep experts in the Domain Name System (DNS) itself or software engineers who develop custom applications that support the DNS product stack.

The role will require a combination of leading by example at a technical level in addition to working effectively with Enterprise Architecture and Product Management to ensure any solution meets customer needs.

What You'll Be Doing

Management of DNS Product Engineering Team:

• Manage, mentor and develop a high-performing team to achieve department and organisational goals, fostering a collaborative, inclusive and innovative environment
• Plan and allocate resources effectively to meet business needs
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development

Technical Leadership:  

• Excellent understanding of DNS technologies needed to deliver a working, tested high quality software product
• Provide technical expertise, guide the design, implementation, and operation of our DNS product and associated services 

Software Integration:

• Manage the integration of open source and Nominet developed components into a working solution using a fully automated continuous delivery approach

Development lifecycle:

• Develop, test and certify software builds against different cloud and on-premise infrastructures

Engineering Excellence:

• Work closely with the Head of DNS Engineering, Enterprise Architecture Team and Product team to engineer a leading integrated DNS product for recursive and authoritative DNS.
• Ensure that our DNS product stack is engineered in line with strategy
• Ensure software is secure by design and fit for distribution in high cyber threat environments.

Project Delivery:

• Deliver DNS product work in line with the strategy, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality.
• Manage risks and ensure that all solutions are rigorously tested to our high standards of quality.

About You

• Established Engineering Manager with expertise in DNS and DNS protocol
• An authentic, positive people manager adept at guiding and motivating teams
• A natural problem solver with the mindset for excellence across the entire software development lifecycle – design, engineering and operations 

Required Skills

• Expertise in DNS: Experience with DNS protocols (such as DNSSEC, DoH/T/Q), and nameserver implementations such as those by ISC, NLNetLabs, and OpenXchange.
• DNS Security Knowledge: Deep understanding of DNS security practices,

including DNSSEC, DDoS mitigation, and related technologies

• Programming experience with more than one programming language, typically

C, C++, C#, Scala, Java, Python

• Networking Fundamentals: Strong knowledge of networking principles,

including IP addressing, routing, and load balancing, as they relate to DNS

• Knowledge of using BGP to deliver DNS services via IPAnycast
• Comfortable working with highly secure environments
• Hands-on experience with large scale distributed systems, web applications and cloud platforms

What We Offer

• Early Finish Friday – Working week of 34 hours with full-time pay. (Finish at midday on Friday) 
• 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to purchase an additional 5 days 
• Bupa private healthcare + Employee Assistance Programme 
• Electric vehicle scheme with on-site charging points 
• Rewards platform with access to discounts at hundreds of shops, restaurants etc. 
• Medicash discounts on routine healthcare including optical, dental and much more 
• Company and individual performance-based annual bonus 

We're passionate about creating a workplace where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered. Somewhere we can benefit from all forms of diversity and discover the true value in our differences. If there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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Nominet is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of the internet and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment by participating in the relevant security and screening processes. All roles working for Nominet will be subject to a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.