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I am an Engineering Manager at Rightmove leading 3 teams consisting of Database Engineers, Core Infrastructure Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers. We are responsible for the infrastructure that Rightmove runs on.I am passionate about building great teams, driving continuous improvement and helping teams on their journey of transferring their skills from on premise to cloud. Currently focused on a number of large, complex migrations from on premise data centres to Google Cloud Platform. My role at Rightmove is varied and includes:- Collaborating with cross functional teams to design and deploy the migration plan for microservices from on premise databases to databases in Google Cloud. - Building good relationships with a large number of suppliers ensuring contracts are kept up to date and services are in support. - Working with database suppliers to define technical requirements for databases in the cloud ensuring the optimal configurations are implemented.- Defining and managing proof of concepts, both on premise and in Google Cloud for any new technologies being considered.- Creating an environment where engineers have the opportunity and space to learn, helping them up-skill in cloud technologies and infrastructure as code. - Implementing best practices for database backups, disaster recovery and protecting personal data in all databases. - Yearly and quarterly planning, ensuring the teams are aware of the company vision and how the projects relate to the company OKRs. - Involved in recruiting new employees across multiple teams. - Regular one to ones with each Engineer to build good relationships and encourage open conversations.- Discussing career goals with engineers and work with them to create career development plans, setting SMART objectives to help them work towards reaching their goals. My career at Rightmove started as a Database Engineer and progressed to Database Manager and then Engineering Manager. I have over 20 years experience of supporting Oracle databases and also in depth knowledge of Couchbase, Vertica, CockroachDB and PostgreSQL databases. I am a certified Scrum Master and have introduced some parts of this framework to the teams which has had a positive impact on the way we work.I have previously worked at the City Of London supporting Oracle Applications 11i and worked on projects replacing mainframe systems with Oracle databases.I also worked at Dell for 4 years implementing a new order entry system throughout Europe.

Listed skills include Databases, Oracle, Sql, Oracle Database Administration, and 4 others.