Senior Engineer 1

The competencies for Senior Engineer 1 in Operations are outlined below. Before reviewing them, it is helpful to review how to use these competencies.

Technical

Support systems and performs technical processes

Examples:

  • Has advanced knowledge and at least one area of expertise across business critical systems
  • Defines and updates specific support processes for use by the rest of the team

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Perform the technical processes for Ops

Examples:

  • Viewed as having deep knowledge and expertise in performing technical processes
  • Develop processes for others to follow

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Communication

Handling requests from users

Examples:

  • Regularly picks up user requests that are unfamiliar or have no clear process, and does the work needed to help the user (or escalates to the people who can)

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Incident Management

Examples:

  • Recognises and performs the key tasks that need to happen during an incident, comfortable organising reviews and writing reports, and seeks and suggests improvements

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Documenting new information

Examples:

  • clearly laid out, step by step, gets feedback before releasing it
  • Clear communication

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Delivery

Ownership of tasks & prioritisation

Examples:

  • Identifies and owns more complicated tasks and processes, is able to take them through to completion, seeking all necessary guidance, without heavy involvement from leadership and is responsible for training the team in them
  • Regularly collaborates with technical and business stakeholders

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Helps other teams onboard new services with Operations

Examples:

  • Helps onboard new services and reviews documentation, suggests improvements and works with teams to define better processes and procedures for the team

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Leadership

Helps the team learn and grow

Examples:

  • Regularly goes out of their way to learn new skills and processes, and encourages team to learn and participate in their own knowledge sharing

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Ownership of personal development

Examples:

  • Push their own learning into areas they are not necessarily familiar with, considered within team to be a subject matter expert in one or more areas within their job role

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Responds to change

Examples:

  • Actively promotes and has input into change
  • Supports the team in adapting to changes as they happen

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Improves and promotes team visibility between departments

Examples:

  • Promoting Operations at internal tech events

Proficiency: Working knowledge

Team values

Examples:

  • Helps encourage team to follow team values, uses their standing in the team to make a positive difference

Proficiency: Working knowledge