IT | Dixons Carphone

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E-shops are rolling because of us

Our IT department counts over 160 heads that work with technologies like PHP, JavaScript, Oracle, Linux/Windows or Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse. During our highest peak, our platform can process up to 6.7 orders per second and our websites are visited by a quarter of the UK inhabitants. We often attend various specialized conferences—either as participants or speakers, sharing our knowledge and experience. We also organize several IT community meet-ups in Brno and our colleagues are very supportive of that as well.

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Our Office

Located in the centre of Brno, the CoE is well-situated, well-equipped, and very pleasant to work at.

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Available positions

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RTE/Agile Coach

We are looking for a skilled technically oriented colleague who will be acting as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) and our Agile Coach for the Development team in Brno. The long-term split between both roles is expected 50:50, but it can vary depending on the actual needs and situation.Our Development department follows the SAFE framework in Portfolio configuration and all complex changes are introduced via the Release trains including multiple teams from 3 different locations. The Release Train Engineer is the key role at a Program level and facilitate all the processes and ceremonies in the Agile Release Train. You will be part of bigger RTE community working closely with the development teams in Brno and ensuring the trains are synchronised and on track.The Agile coach is the main role for ensuring all teams have an appropriate level of understanding the agile principles and is responsible for coaching, mentoring and teaching the Scrum Masters and engineers in agile methodologies. They are also expected to help with difficult/complex situations during the ceremonies and with implementation of agile principles.

Delivery & Agile Lead

We are looking for a skilled and motivated colleague with the technical background to own and manage the delivery aspect of our engineering teams. The Development department follows the SAFE Framework and all major changes are delivered through the Portfolio and Program levels. The position will be responsible for the team of Scrum Masters, Release Train engineers (RTE) and Agile Coach to ensure all the teams deliver the value according to the agreed objectives and goals and following the agile principles. Role will work closely with other leaders on proposing and implementing the improvements into the structure, sizing and processes connected with Ways of Working.

Site Reliability Engineer

Multicultural development team working on a SOA e-commerce platform which serves as a basis for one of the most popular online shops with electronics in UK – Currys and PC World. The platform handles more than 7,000,000 unique visitors per day and processes 8 orders per second during the busiest season. You will be a part of the application management function and you will also be in constant contact with our Architecture team and Tech leads as well. Your main responsibility would be contribution on the improvement of our e-commerce platform and looking into new technologies and approaches.

Security Business Consultant

The ever changing retail market, with multichannel capabilities driven by evolving technologies and interactive customer-focused applications is an attractive target for attackers. Reporting to the Head of Information Security Strategy, the role of the Information Security Business Partner will be responsible for representing the Security Management Office (“SMO”) in matters of risk management and Information Security to the Dixons Carphone Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Brno.The role will provide Information Security advisory and consulting services to the business unit and will require a strong background in risk management. As such, an in-depth understanding of relevant regulations and legislation that affect the operations of Dixons Carphone is required. Moreover, the holder will be required to support with the development and execution of the security strategy and be a central point of contact for senior business stakeholders within the relevant business unit(s) for information security and risk management issues and queries.Knowledge of industry recognised security frameworks and regulations such as ISO 27001, ISF SOGP, DPA and PCI-DSS is essential to aid in the communication of compliance and associated risks to key stakeholders. In addition to being a subject matter expert in all things information security, the job holder will work closely with Information Security Assurance teams and act as mentor and coach to members of the wider SMO.

Linux System Administrator

Dixons Carphone is Europe's leading specialist electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company. The current Brno infrastructure team is expanding to become playing much wider role within Group IS organization to arrange IT Infrastructure Shared Services function be responsible for building the organisation's non prod & prod (eCommerce platform) servers, databases, storage and end user infrastructure to meet business requirements, adhering to company’s technical standards and security policies. This infrastructure comprises multiple Infrastructure as a Service offerings that include compute, storage, network, security, backup, load balancing, operating systems, orchestration, automation – some particular services for the particular type of environments are provided in cooperation with suppliers/vendors. Why should you choose our team? Linux System administration team currently consist of 11 members and supporting mission critical eCommerce platform (Prod and all Non-Prod env’s). As Brno infrastructure team is expanding its responsibility to take new ownership for the infrastructure services for Non-Prod environments across all company’s platforms we are just extending our senior team to offer an opportunity for skilled people to bring their experience to work.

Technical Lead

Dixons Carphone is Europe's leading specialist electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company.Our Brno development team is working on SOA e-commerce platform – e-shops PC World and Currys belongs to most visited websites in UK. 7 000 000 unique customers visit the websites during peak and we deal in average with 8 orders per second.Why should you choose our team? Technical Lead is the most important technical position within our development teams with a responsibility for one product team and subsequent applications. We are looking for a strongly technical-oriented colleague with good communication and leadership skills who will be able to lead a team of the engineers, establish the best practices in programming and processes, gain the deep knowledge of our existing IT systems and will own architectural decisions as well as will contribute to the overall platform roadmap.Technical Lead is closely cooperating with Product Owner, our Architecture and business teams and propose the appropriate solution to deliver required functionality. He/she also ensures the result meets all the standards and fit into the platform strategy.

JavaScript Developer

Multicultural development team working on a SOA e-commerce platform serving as a basis for one of the most popular online shops with electronics in the UK – Currys and PC World. The platform handles more than 7,000,000 unique visitors per day and processes 8 orders per second during the peak season.We are continuously improving the platform and looking for new challenges. Currently we are working on complete automation of checkout process, we focus on test automation improvements and we are preparing for the next steps in continuous integration. We are agile with the vision of becoming a multichannel leader on the EU market.

Senior/Principal Developer

Senior/Principal Developer is a key position within our development team with direct influence on the applications and the whole platform. We are looking for a technical-oriented colleague who will be able to technically lead a team of developers, establish the best practices, gain deep knowledge of our IT systems and contribute to the architectural decisions as well as the platform roadmap.Each time a new challenge comes, Senior/Principal Developer is in close touch with our Architecture and business team and proposes the appropriate solution to deliver the required functionality. They also ensure that the result meets all standards and fits into the overall strategy.

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