Monitoring Development & Integration Manager

Sky; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major broadcasting company in the UK seeks a professional to lead the development and integration of monitoring tools within their broadcast and media infrastructures. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, experience in systems reliability, and expertise with tools like DataMiner. This role offers a hybrid working environment along with a generous perks package, including private healthcare and pension plans.

Benefits

Generous pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Wide range of Sky VIP rewards

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a team of software engineers and developers.
• Deep understanding of operational approaches for monitoring solutions.
• Ability to align video monitoring with broader company goals.
• Demonstrated understanding of strategic objectives and driving initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate monitoring tools across broadcast infrastructures.
• Oversee lifecycle management of monitoring tools including upgrades.
• Direct strategic initiatives for monitoring across operational domains.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align monitoring capabilities.

Skills

Leadership and Team Management Skills

Expertise in Systems reliability and monitoring

Problem-Solving Prowess

Proficiency in C# and Python

Understanding of end-to-end video processing workflows

Tools

DataMiner

Grafana

Job description

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What you'll do

• Lead the development, customization, and integration of monitoring tools such as DataMiner across broadcast and media infrastructures.
• Oversee lifecycle management of monitoring tools, including upgrades, performance tuning, and vendor coordination.
• Contribute to the overall monitoring strategy, aligning tool development with business goals and operational priorities.
• Innovate and Improve: Push the boundaries of current video monitoring by researching and integrating the latest monitoring solutions and technological advancements to enhance operational efficiency and service excellence.
• Connecting strategy and analysis with development and platform operations, fostering alignment and shared ownership throughout the entire monitoring lifecycle—from requirement definition to solution design and implementation.
• Resource Management: Allocate resources effectively, manage budgets for video monitoring projects, and oversee the monitoring engineering team to ensure project goals are met on time and within budget.
• Lead Monitoring Initiatives: Direct strategic initiatives focused on defining and implementing monitoring requirements across operational domains, ensuring alignment with service reliability goals and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with the Product Team, Core Engineering Team, Video Engineering Team as well as Architects to align monitoring capabilities with market needs and the overall product architecture, ensuring seamless integration and performance scalability.

What you'll bring

• Leadership and Team Management Skills: Proven experience of leading a team of software engineers and software developers, fostering an environment of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and driving projects to successful completion.
• Expertise in Systems reliability and monitoring: Deep understanding of operational approaches, with a background in developing monitoring and observability solutions.
• Understanding of end-to-end video processing workflows, with a strong background in designing solutions for high-demand broadcast environments.
• Strategic Vision: Ability to see the bigger picture and align video monitoring strategies with broader company goals, driving innovation while maintaining practical project management and operational excellence.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of strategic objectives and proactively drives initiatives that align with and support the organizational vision.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C# and Python.
• Proven ability to translate a shared vision into a clear and actionable strategic roadmap, aligned with departmental goals.
• Problem-Solving Prowess: Skilled at navigating technical and process-related challenges and optimizing video monitoring to meet the demands of modern broadcasting while maintaining a coherent approach aligned with operational requirements.
• Deep expertise in real-time monitoring platforms such as DataMiner and Grafana, with a strong understanding of how to leverage these tools to ensure service visibility, reliability, and operational efficiency across complex infrastructures.
• Solid understanding of technologies and methodologies for real-time control, with the ability to design, build and support responsive monitoring strategies that ensure timely decision-making and operational agility.

Team overview

CONTENT TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Our Content Technology and Innovation team delivers high-quality content to homes, customer devices, businesses and commercial partners across our European markets. With over 2500 colleagues from around the world, we combine our strategic insights, engineering know-how and operational excellence to use the most innovative technologies to create and distribute our award-winning content

The rewards

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here's a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Inclusion & how you'll work

We are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space

Osterley

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

We'd love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.

But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way.

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