Job Description: We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented senior software engineer to join our global and dynamic software engineering team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in delivering solutions as per the roadmap of the products. This involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams to work towards achieving a common goal. As a software engineer you will be part of a globally distributed development team and strive towards continuous improvement of the software development process(es) in place. Key responsibilities: Work on strategic green field and brown field projects in Prime Brokerage, Post Trade Technology, Custody Platform for Digital Assets and Business as Usual requests. Propose improvements related to the development and support activity. Troubleshoot production system support issues. Software maintenance and upgrade. Should be able to liaise with different teams to re-solve/get dependencies on time. RESPONSIBILITIES Experience required: 3-5 years of experience working in software development. Knowledge and experience of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) activities. Java, SQL Server, Postgres, Angular, Spring, Docker. Unix shell scripting. Messaging (Kafka, JMS, Solace). Gitlab source control, CI/CD. DevOps. Experience of digital assets and technologies is desirable but not necessary. Any experience of Test-Driven Development or Behavior Driven Development is an advantage. Cloud technologies, deployment, design and any PostgreSQL/Sybase experience is a plus. Financial Services background and knowledge of trade lifecycle is a plus.
May 05, 2024
Full time
Job Description: We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented senior software engineer to join our global and dynamic software engineering team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in delivering solutions as per the roadmap of the products. This involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams to work towards achieving a common goal. As a software engineer you will be part of a globally distributed development team and strive towards continuous improvement of the software development process(es) in place. Key responsibilities: Work on strategic green field and brown field projects in Prime Brokerage, Post Trade Technology, Custody Platform for Digital Assets and Business as Usual requests. Propose improvements related to the development and support activity. Troubleshoot production system support issues. Software maintenance and upgrade. Should be able to liaise with different teams to re-solve/get dependencies on time. RESPONSIBILITIES Experience required: 3-5 years of experience working in software development. Knowledge and experience of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) activities. Java, SQL Server, Postgres, Angular, Spring, Docker. Unix shell scripting. Messaging (Kafka, JMS, Solace). Gitlab source control, CI/CD. DevOps. Experience of digital assets and technologies is desirable but not necessary. Any experience of Test-Driven Development or Behavior Driven Development is an advantage. Cloud technologies, deployment, design and any PostgreSQL/Sybase experience is a plus. Financial Services background and knowledge of trade lifecycle is a plus.
ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected. We welcome applications from candidates who meet some but not all of the criteria listed below. Are you a skilled and motivated IT professional with a background in application or integration development who is looking to work for a global organisation and help us deliver strategically aligned system integrations? We're currently looking for an Integration Engineer on a full time, permanent term contract basis to join an established team of integration specialists. This position sits within the Integration and Information COE team, based in our Glasgow office. The job: This role will directly contribute to the systems integration delivery within ACCA. We have an established integration platform which has been developed on MuleSoft. The role will be involved in the strategic development of the platform as well as delivering integration design and development of APIs both to internal and 3rd party systems. This is development focused role that will primarily support strategic projects. Your role as an Integration Engineer will require you to: Design and develop integration solutions aligning with best practise Enterprise Application Integration patterns and MuleSoft's API-Led Connectivity approach. Maintain & develop CICD automation pipelines. Provide technical quality assurance for API development. Provide input into API governance. Provide 3rd line support as required. Provide input as required into architectural governance. Work within projects as required. The Person: We are looking for someone who: Has a background in software development, with good programming skills, preferably Java focused. Either has experience of or a strong understanding of API development and design, preferably on the Mulesoft platform. Has experience in optimising code for performance. Has a passion for software development. Has good interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills. Has strong problem-solving skills. Has the curiosity to make a positive impact, both in our team, and in the wider ACCA ecosystem. A degree, or higher, in a computational or numerate subject, or experience in a related field. "Nice To Have" Skills and experience: The following is a selection of skills used across our projects. You do not need to have experience with any of these to apply or succeed in your application. Experience with one or more of Java / Spring, DataWeave, Node.JS, Maven, Python. Experience of working with DEVOPs CICD delivery automation. Experience of writing low level designs. Experience of working in a project environment and an understanding of project delivery methodologies such as AGILE or Waterfall. In Return: You will be joining a global organisation who are committed to making a difference in the world. We strive to provide an open and accepting environment where you are encouraged to share your ideas and opinions; enabling collective innovation and creativity, as well as supporting your professional and personal growth. Our Benefits We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and so have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include private healthcare, life assurance and income protection as well as a fantastic defined contribution pension scheme. We provide an employee assistance programme and are proud to offer a financial wellbeing tool called Nudge, to our employees. Our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefit plan to suit your needs, you can choose to add a number of benefits including extra holidays, PMI family cover, cycle to work, Travel and Gym loans and more! You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site and wellbeing centre platform. We are committed to equal opportunities across our recruitment activities and have a real commitment to ensuring the inclusion and well-being of all employees. We have a blended approach to working to support our employees to balance the needs of their job with other aspects of their life.
May 04, 2024
Full time
ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected. We welcome applications from candidates who meet some but not all of the criteria listed below. Are you a skilled and motivated IT professional with a background in application or integration development who is looking to work for a global organisation and help us deliver strategically aligned system integrations? We're currently looking for an Integration Engineer on a full time, permanent term contract basis to join an established team of integration specialists. This position sits within the Integration and Information COE team, based in our Glasgow office. The job: This role will directly contribute to the systems integration delivery within ACCA. We have an established integration platform which has been developed on MuleSoft. The role will be involved in the strategic development of the platform as well as delivering integration design and development of APIs both to internal and 3rd party systems. This is development focused role that will primarily support strategic projects. Your role as an Integration Engineer will require you to: Design and develop integration solutions aligning with best practise Enterprise Application Integration patterns and MuleSoft's API-Led Connectivity approach. Maintain & develop CICD automation pipelines. Provide technical quality assurance for API development. Provide input into API governance. Provide 3rd line support as required. Provide input as required into architectural governance. Work within projects as required. The Person: We are looking for someone who: Has a background in software development, with good programming skills, preferably Java focused. Either has experience of or a strong understanding of API development and design, preferably on the Mulesoft platform. Has experience in optimising code for performance. Has a passion for software development. Has good interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills. Has strong problem-solving skills. Has the curiosity to make a positive impact, both in our team, and in the wider ACCA ecosystem. A degree, or higher, in a computational or numerate subject, or experience in a related field. "Nice To Have" Skills and experience: The following is a selection of skills used across our projects. You do not need to have experience with any of these to apply or succeed in your application. Experience with one or more of Java / Spring, DataWeave, Node.JS, Maven, Python. Experience of working with DEVOPs CICD delivery automation. Experience of writing low level designs. Experience of working in a project environment and an understanding of project delivery methodologies such as AGILE or Waterfall. In Return: You will be joining a global organisation who are committed to making a difference in the world. We strive to provide an open and accepting environment where you are encouraged to share your ideas and opinions; enabling collective innovation and creativity, as well as supporting your professional and personal growth. Our Benefits We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and so have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include private healthcare, life assurance and income protection as well as a fantastic defined contribution pension scheme. We provide an employee assistance programme and are proud to offer a financial wellbeing tool called Nudge, to our employees. Our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefit plan to suit your needs, you can choose to add a number of benefits including extra holidays, PMI family cover, cycle to work, Travel and Gym loans and more! You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site and wellbeing centre platform. We are committed to equal opportunities across our recruitment activities and have a real commitment to ensuring the inclusion and well-being of all employees. We have a blended approach to working to support our employees to balance the needs of their job with other aspects of their life.
You might have thought that as Technology Partner of the Year 2023 our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you d be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we re insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we re ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we d love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat) Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week £120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEO Team Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and Advice Pedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023 Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury s, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background / Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People / HR Tech. About us: We are the UK s leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We re not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower , is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: It s so intuitive. It s built around how HR advice is actually provided. We re not fitting around the software; the software fits around us . Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you ll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers + Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team + Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives + Oversee the development lifecycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment + Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance + Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality + Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements + Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower platform + Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment + Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget + Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) + Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage + Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills + Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions + Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What s on Offer: + Life assurance + Pension + Holiday purchase scheme + Volunteering days + Long service awards + Contribution towards professional qualifications + Contribution towards membership fees + Employee assistance programme + Health cashback plan + And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
May 04, 2024
Full time
You might have thought that as Technology Partner of the Year 2023 our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you d be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we re insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we re ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we d love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat) Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week £120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEO Team Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and Advice Pedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023 Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury s, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background / Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People / HR Tech. About us: We are the UK s leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We re not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower , is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: It s so intuitive. It s built around how HR advice is actually provided. We re not fitting around the software; the software fits around us . Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you ll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers + Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team + Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives + Oversee the development lifecycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment + Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance + Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality + Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements + Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower platform + Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment + Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget + Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) + Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage + Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills + Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions + Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What s on Offer: + Life assurance + Pension + Holiday purchase scheme + Volunteering days + Long service awards + Contribution towards professional qualifications + Contribution towards membership fees + Employee assistance programme + Health cashback plan + And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
You might have thought that as "Technology Partner of the Year 2023" our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you'd be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we're insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we're ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we'd love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat)Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week£120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am - 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEOTeam Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and AdvicePedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury's, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background / Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People / HR Tech. About us: We are the UK's leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We're not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower , is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: "It's so intuitive. It's built around how HR advice is actually provided. We're not fitting around the software; the software fits around us". Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you'll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers+ Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team+ Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives+ Oversee the development lifecycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment+ Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance+ Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality+ Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements+ Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower platform+ Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years' experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment+ Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget+ Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)+ Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage+ Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus+ Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills+ Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions+ Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What's on Offer: + Life assurance+ Pension+ Holiday purchase scheme+ Volunteering days+ Long service awards+ Contribution towards professional qualifications+ Contribution towards membership fees+ Employee assistance programme+ Health cashback plan+ And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details.
May 04, 2024
Full time
You might have thought that as "Technology Partner of the Year 2023" our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you'd be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we're insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we're ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we'd love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat)Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week£120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am - 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEOTeam Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and AdvicePedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury's, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background / Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People / HR Tech. About us: We are the UK's leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We're not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower , is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: "It's so intuitive. It's built around how HR advice is actually provided. We're not fitting around the software; the software fits around us". Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you'll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers+ Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team+ Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives+ Oversee the development lifecycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment+ Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance+ Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality+ Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements+ Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower platform+ Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years' experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment+ Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget+ Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)+ Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage+ Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus+ Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills+ Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions+ Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What's on Offer: + Life assurance+ Pension+ Holiday purchase scheme+ Volunteering days+ Long service awards+ Contribution towards professional qualifications+ Contribution towards membership fees+ Employee assistance programme+ Health cashback plan+ And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details.
You might have thought that as Technology Partner of the Year 2023 our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you d be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we re insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we re ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we d love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat) Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week £120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEO Team Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and Advice Pedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023 Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury s, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background / Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People / HR Tech. About us: We are the UK s leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We re not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower , is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: It s so intuitive. It s built around how HR advice is actually provided. We re not fitting around the software; the software fits around us . Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you ll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers + Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team + Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives + Oversee the development lifecycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment + Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance + Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality + Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements + Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower platform + Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment + Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget + Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) + Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage + Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills + Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions + Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What s on Offer: + Life assurance + Pension + Holiday purchase scheme + Volunteering days + Long service awards + Contribution towards professional qualifications + Contribution towards membership fees + Employee assistance programme + Health cashback plan + And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
May 04, 2024
Full time
You might have thought that as Technology Partner of the Year 2023 our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you d be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we re insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we re ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we d love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat) Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week £120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEO Team Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and Advice Pedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023 Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury s, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background / Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People / HR Tech. About us: We are the UK s leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We re not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower , is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: It s so intuitive. It s built around how HR advice is actually provided. We re not fitting around the software; the software fits around us . Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you ll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers + Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team + Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives + Oversee the development lifecycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment + Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance + Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality + Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements + Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower platform + Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment + Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget + Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) + Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage + Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills + Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions + Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What s on Offer: + Life assurance + Pension + Holiday purchase scheme + Volunteering days + Long service awards + Contribution towards professional qualifications + Contribution towards membership fees + Employee assistance programme + Health cashback plan + And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
Your New Company I am delighted to be partnering with a truly innovative company who are driving new ideas and emerging tech within their sector, to improve the efficiencies and processes of their end-users within their specialist markets. My client is a fully remote company who is looking to engage an IT Operations Manager with extensive experience in IT management and cloud solutions, particularly within Azure and M365 frameworks. Previous experience in the public sector would be preferable and candidates who have worked with SAAS or on-demand software businesses would be ideal. As the IT Operations Manager, you will play a central role in driving the day-to-day operational excellence of my client's IT support services, leveraging the latest cloud technologies to propel their business forward. Your expertise in incident and problem management, IT technical change management, and cloud services management will be crucial to their success. Your New Role Initiate proactive strategies, prepare, and review KPIs to maintain the availability, performance, and security of live services, ensuring uninterrupted access and reliability for all users. Actively seek out opportunities for enhancement and collaborate across Service teams to support the Service Continuous Service Improvement Programme, elevating service performance, reducing costs, minimising technical debt, and strengthening security measures. Implement preventative maintenance tasks and ensure appropriate upgrade plans are in place to keep services current, while ensuring compliance with all standards and regulations. Support the development of the live services IT strategy, aligning it with organisational objectives to optimise systems and drive innovation. Develop and refine the IT Operations service, aligning it with strategic visions and future operational enhancements. Lead the effective management of Azure cloud services, ensuring operational excellence in cloud service delivery, efficient maintenance, and compliance with Disaster Recovery Plans. Manage internal and partnered application support functions, ensuring adherence to architecture standards and positively impacting the broader business strategy. Support new business initiatives and service improvements through effective reporting mechanisms, tracking progress and outcomes. Implement Waterfall and Agile methodologies, utilising Azure DevOps for comprehensive backlog management, pipeline integration, and Test Plans. What You'll Need To Succeed Demonstrable experience in managing complex IT operations, with a strong emphasis on cloud services and support management. Extensive hands-on experience with Azure and M365, ranging from architecture, design, build and test, to release and service management. A track record of enhancing IT service delivery, managing change portfolios, and upholding IT security protocols and build standards. Ability to translate IT capabilities into strategic business advantages. Skilled in navigating and influencing across organisational boundaries, fostering a collaborative environment. Experience managing internal staff and contract service providers, including Azure DevSecOps engineers, service architects, full stack software engineers, test engineers, delivery managers, scrum masters, and business analysts. Commitment to innovation, best practices, and maintaining high standards of compliance and security. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications are preferred. What You'll Get In Return This is almost a fully remote position, with potentially one or two days travel per month to shared work spaces in the East of England for team collaboration and meetings. You must be confident in managing a remote team and managing any challenges that arise from that. This opportunity offers a competitive salary of 50,000- 60,000 per annum plus excellent benefits (4x life assurance, market-leading pension, enhanced maternity leave, funding towards training and development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays). What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
May 04, 2024
Full time
Your New Company I am delighted to be partnering with a truly innovative company who are driving new ideas and emerging tech within their sector, to improve the efficiencies and processes of their end-users within their specialist markets. My client is a fully remote company who is looking to engage an IT Operations Manager with extensive experience in IT management and cloud solutions, particularly within Azure and M365 frameworks. Previous experience in the public sector would be preferable and candidates who have worked with SAAS or on-demand software businesses would be ideal. As the IT Operations Manager, you will play a central role in driving the day-to-day operational excellence of my client's IT support services, leveraging the latest cloud technologies to propel their business forward. Your expertise in incident and problem management, IT technical change management, and cloud services management will be crucial to their success. Your New Role Initiate proactive strategies, prepare, and review KPIs to maintain the availability, performance, and security of live services, ensuring uninterrupted access and reliability for all users. Actively seek out opportunities for enhancement and collaborate across Service teams to support the Service Continuous Service Improvement Programme, elevating service performance, reducing costs, minimising technical debt, and strengthening security measures. Implement preventative maintenance tasks and ensure appropriate upgrade plans are in place to keep services current, while ensuring compliance with all standards and regulations. Support the development of the live services IT strategy, aligning it with organisational objectives to optimise systems and drive innovation. Develop and refine the IT Operations service, aligning it with strategic visions and future operational enhancements. Lead the effective management of Azure cloud services, ensuring operational excellence in cloud service delivery, efficient maintenance, and compliance with Disaster Recovery Plans. Manage internal and partnered application support functions, ensuring adherence to architecture standards and positively impacting the broader business strategy. Support new business initiatives and service improvements through effective reporting mechanisms, tracking progress and outcomes. Implement Waterfall and Agile methodologies, utilising Azure DevOps for comprehensive backlog management, pipeline integration, and Test Plans. What You'll Need To Succeed Demonstrable experience in managing complex IT operations, with a strong emphasis on cloud services and support management. Extensive hands-on experience with Azure and M365, ranging from architecture, design, build and test, to release and service management. A track record of enhancing IT service delivery, managing change portfolios, and upholding IT security protocols and build standards. Ability to translate IT capabilities into strategic business advantages. Skilled in navigating and influencing across organisational boundaries, fostering a collaborative environment. Experience managing internal staff and contract service providers, including Azure DevSecOps engineers, service architects, full stack software engineers, test engineers, delivery managers, scrum masters, and business analysts. Commitment to innovation, best practices, and maintaining high standards of compliance and security. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications are preferred. What You'll Get In Return This is almost a fully remote position, with potentially one or two days travel per month to shared work spaces in the East of England for team collaboration and meetings. You must be confident in managing a remote team and managing any challenges that arise from that. This opportunity offers a competitive salary of 50,000- 60,000 per annum plus excellent benefits (4x life assurance, market-leading pension, enhanced maternity leave, funding towards training and development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays). What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Surrey or Hampshire / Hybrid / WFH £60,000 to £65,000 + £4-5,000 oncall / overtime, plus bonus excellent benefits and growth potential (fantastic employer) / Surrey or Hampshire - albeit 1, possibly 2 days per week in the office This role is a hybrid position and can be based in either their Dorking (Surrey) or Basingstoke (Hampshire) offices with the expectation of being in the office 4 - 6 times per month. The overall package is worth around £80-85k. A leading financial services company are recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to take a lead position within their infrastructure team, with a requirement to have a strong grounding in Azure and a DevOps focus, as they are slowly moving their environment over to an infrastructure that supports Azure. This is a great role working in a team where career progression is actively encouraged. Ideally you will possess core skills within Wintel / VMware technologies, have a DevOps appreciation and mindset. Any knowledge of Nutanix or the willingness to learn it as a new technology is well received. The primary day to day work for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Azure / DevOps focus will consist of: Individuals in the Senior Infrastructure Engineer position are responsible for designing system and infrastructure architectures spanning the whole range of hardware and software technologies in their designated field, using approved system engineering practices. They will develop and maintain the high-level design plan for the overall logical and technical IT architecture. They will provide technical leadership and consulting across the organisation, from strategic decision making to project level planning. They will gain organisational commitment for all high-level Infrastructure plans and initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans. They will work closely with decision makers throughout the organisation to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective information processing and communication technologies. They will benchmark, analyse, report on, and make recommendations for the improvement of the relevant IT Infrastructure and IT systems. They will apply proven analytical and problem-solving skills to help validate, verify, communicate, and resolve complex systems/software/networking/infrastructure applications and infrastructure issues. They are responsible for planning, designing and analysing the organisation's operating system(s), storage management, agents/instrumentation, systems management, security, network, web administration, database management, automation, and application technical stacks. Additionally, this position may require working knowledge of multiple computing/networking platforms (including physical, virtual, and cloud,) while ensuring high levels of data quality and availability. They are also responsible for capacity planning, backup and restore process design, performance analysis, and developing data disaster recovery plans. Principal Duties and Responsibilities for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Azure / DevOps role: Designs, builds and deploys solutions across the relevant infrastructure technologies, including Humana's Azure tenant. Designs automation of infrastructure as a service and capabilities including virtual networks, virtual machines, cloud services, web sites, data services, IOT, etc. Leads technical deployments that involve multiple IT teams and stakeholders. Develops and enhances the orchestration and automation of cloud enablement tools. Designs a highly scalable and redundant physical or virtual infrastructure to support the company's future growth. Provides innovative suggestions for complex implementation solutions. Creates documentation and implementation plans to allow support teams to build and manage the relevant environment. Develops and manages an infrastructure capacity plan. Required Skillset for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Azure / DevOps focus position: Possess significantly developed hands-on technical expertise in multiple key operating systems or subsystem areas. Strong Azure/Cloud exposure, with a DevOps mindset and focus. Have some experience in creating as well as using scripting and other tools to automate routine tasks - Ability to automate manual tasks using scripting languages (e.g. shell, python, perl, bash). Drive resolution of technical problems in a methodical and professional manner. Effectively summarise and clearly communicate software/hardware problems involving multiple support teams. Demonstrable related work experience (Wintel, VMWare) - any experience with Nutanix Converged technologies, including Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor or AHV. Windows OS Configuring & Trouble shooting 2016, 2019 and 2022 (nice to have). VMware Virtualisation 6.5+. AD / DNS / GPO configuration. ITIL Framework grounding (Incident, Change, etc). Any scripting knowledge is an advantage. Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Azure / DevOps focus - Surrey or Hampshire / Hybrid / WFH £60,000 to £65,000 + £4-5,000 oncall / overtime, plus bonus excellent benefits and growth potential (fantastic employer) / Surrey or Hampshire - albeit 1, possibly 2 days per week in the office
May 04, 2024
Full time
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Surrey or Hampshire / Hybrid / WFH £60,000 to £65,000 + £4-5,000 oncall / overtime, plus bonus excellent benefits and growth potential (fantastic employer) / Surrey or Hampshire - albeit 1, possibly 2 days per week in the office This role is a hybrid position and can be based in either their Dorking (Surrey) or Basingstoke (Hampshire) offices with the expectation of being in the office 4 - 6 times per month. The overall package is worth around £80-85k. A leading financial services company are recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to take a lead position within their infrastructure team, with a requirement to have a strong grounding in Azure and a DevOps focus, as they are slowly moving their environment over to an infrastructure that supports Azure. This is a great role working in a team where career progression is actively encouraged. Ideally you will possess core skills within Wintel / VMware technologies, have a DevOps appreciation and mindset. Any knowledge of Nutanix or the willingness to learn it as a new technology is well received. The primary day to day work for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Azure / DevOps focus will consist of: Individuals in the Senior Infrastructure Engineer position are responsible for designing system and infrastructure architectures spanning the whole range of hardware and software technologies in their designated field, using approved system engineering practices. They will develop and maintain the high-level design plan for the overall logical and technical IT architecture. They will provide technical leadership and consulting across the organisation, from strategic decision making to project level planning. They will gain organisational commitment for all high-level Infrastructure plans and initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans. They will work closely with decision makers throughout the organisation to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective information processing and communication technologies. They will benchmark, analyse, report on, and make recommendations for the improvement of the relevant IT Infrastructure and IT systems. They will apply proven analytical and problem-solving skills to help validate, verify, communicate, and resolve complex systems/software/networking/infrastructure applications and infrastructure issues. They are responsible for planning, designing and analysing the organisation's operating system(s), storage management, agents/instrumentation, systems management, security, network, web administration, database management, automation, and application technical stacks. Additionally, this position may require working knowledge of multiple computing/networking platforms (including physical, virtual, and cloud,) while ensuring high levels of data quality and availability. They are also responsible for capacity planning, backup and restore process design, performance analysis, and developing data disaster recovery plans. Principal Duties and Responsibilities for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Azure / DevOps role: Designs, builds and deploys solutions across the relevant infrastructure technologies, including Humana's Azure tenant. Designs automation of infrastructure as a service and capabilities including virtual networks, virtual machines, cloud services, web sites, data services, IOT, etc. Leads technical deployments that involve multiple IT teams and stakeholders. Develops and enhances the orchestration and automation of cloud enablement tools. Designs a highly scalable and redundant physical or virtual infrastructure to support the company's future growth. Provides innovative suggestions for complex implementation solutions. Creates documentation and implementation plans to allow support teams to build and manage the relevant environment. Develops and manages an infrastructure capacity plan. Required Skillset for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Azure / DevOps focus position: Possess significantly developed hands-on technical expertise in multiple key operating systems or subsystem areas. Strong Azure/Cloud exposure, with a DevOps mindset and focus. Have some experience in creating as well as using scripting and other tools to automate routine tasks - Ability to automate manual tasks using scripting languages (e.g. shell, python, perl, bash). Drive resolution of technical problems in a methodical and professional manner. Effectively summarise and clearly communicate software/hardware problems involving multiple support teams. Demonstrable related work experience (Wintel, VMWare) - any experience with Nutanix Converged technologies, including Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor or AHV. Windows OS Configuring & Trouble shooting 2016, 2019 and 2022 (nice to have). VMware Virtualisation 6.5+. AD / DNS / GPO configuration. ITIL Framework grounding (Incident, Change, etc). Any scripting knowledge is an advantage. Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Azure / DevOps focus - Surrey or Hampshire / Hybrid / WFH £60,000 to £65,000 + £4-5,000 oncall / overtime, plus bonus excellent benefits and growth potential (fantastic employer) / Surrey or Hampshire - albeit 1, possibly 2 days per week in the office
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer (SQL) SALARY: The salary banding for this role is £45,954 - £51,060 LOCATION: Leeds HOURS: 35 hours, full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this opportunity Our aim is to build a forward-thinking engineering capability that supports the business in delivering high quality, efficient and positive impact outcomes for customers. Our Software Engineers ensure the products we deliver are fit for purpose and meet the quality and standards that our customers expect. This role is within the Stockbroking Lab which supports Halifax Share Dealing LTD (HSDL) on a range of initiatives using agile tools and methodologies to deliver iterative change safely for the Group and our customers. Within the lab there are six feature teams working on initiatives through route to live. You'll be placed into one of these teams. Working collaboratively with the Customer Journey Manager, Product Owner, Technical Delivery Manager, and other team members you'll be delivering a variety of initiatives across the platform. As an engineer you'll need to be a proficient developer and be able to turn requirements into stories when delivering change across the application estate. You'll manage and merge changes, alongside the other feature teams, as we work towards releasing the changes into production and deliver value to our customers. What does an average week look like? Agile ceremonies such as the daily team Synchronisation, backlog planning and prioritisation sessions and retrospectives Collectively come together daily on Lab Synchronisation meeting to update on progress and issues/blockers Writing code for Oracle and SQL server databases Supporting build and test, supporting live planning and supporting any service incidents Productionising code via our DevOps pipeline Using your problem-solving skills to come up with innovative solutions! Why Lloyds Banking Group Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. If you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process, just let us know. What you'll need Proficiency in PL/SQL programming language is essential. Strong understanding of SQL and query performance tuning is a must Experience with shell scripting Experience in development tools such as Toad, SQL Developer and Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Experience with Microsoft DBMS. Strong problem-solving skills to identify and resolve issues related to code and database performance. Experience in managing source code with GitHub. Experience in DevOps tooling (Jenkins, Urban Code and SonarQube) And any experience of these would be really useful Developing in Microsoft technologies (.NET and ASP) would be beneficial. Understanding of agile tools to manage feature team activity (JIRA and Confluence) Able to understand business requirements and replay them into technical stories and see these through delivery as well as giving updates to non-technical parties. Be comfortable taking on tasks outside your engineering discipline to benefit your team and keep delivery on track. Happy to support the on-call rota for applications within your area of technical expertise. Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
May 04, 2024
Full time
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer (SQL) SALARY: The salary banding for this role is £45,954 - £51,060 LOCATION: Leeds HOURS: 35 hours, full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this opportunity Our aim is to build a forward-thinking engineering capability that supports the business in delivering high quality, efficient and positive impact outcomes for customers. Our Software Engineers ensure the products we deliver are fit for purpose and meet the quality and standards that our customers expect. This role is within the Stockbroking Lab which supports Halifax Share Dealing LTD (HSDL) on a range of initiatives using agile tools and methodologies to deliver iterative change safely for the Group and our customers. Within the lab there are six feature teams working on initiatives through route to live. You'll be placed into one of these teams. Working collaboratively with the Customer Journey Manager, Product Owner, Technical Delivery Manager, and other team members you'll be delivering a variety of initiatives across the platform. As an engineer you'll need to be a proficient developer and be able to turn requirements into stories when delivering change across the application estate. You'll manage and merge changes, alongside the other feature teams, as we work towards releasing the changes into production and deliver value to our customers. What does an average week look like? Agile ceremonies such as the daily team Synchronisation, backlog planning and prioritisation sessions and retrospectives Collectively come together daily on Lab Synchronisation meeting to update on progress and issues/blockers Writing code for Oracle and SQL server databases Supporting build and test, supporting live planning and supporting any service incidents Productionising code via our DevOps pipeline Using your problem-solving skills to come up with innovative solutions! Why Lloyds Banking Group Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. If you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process, just let us know. What you'll need Proficiency in PL/SQL programming language is essential. Strong understanding of SQL and query performance tuning is a must Experience with shell scripting Experience in development tools such as Toad, SQL Developer and Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Experience with Microsoft DBMS. Strong problem-solving skills to identify and resolve issues related to code and database performance. Experience in managing source code with GitHub. Experience in DevOps tooling (Jenkins, Urban Code and SonarQube) And any experience of these would be really useful Developing in Microsoft technologies (.NET and ASP) would be beneficial. Understanding of agile tools to manage feature team activity (JIRA and Confluence) Able to understand business requirements and replay them into technical stories and see these through delivery as well as giving updates to non-technical parties. Be comfortable taking on tasks outside your engineering discipline to benefit your team and keep delivery on track. Happy to support the on-call rota for applications within your area of technical expertise. Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
You might have thought that as "Technology Partner of the Year 2023" our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you'd be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we're insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we're ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we'd love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat)Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week£120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am - 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEOTeam Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and AdvicePedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury's, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background / Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People / HR Tech. About us: We are the UK's leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We're not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower , is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: "It's so intuitive. It's built around how HR advice is actually provided. We're not fitting around the software; the software fits around us". Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you'll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers+ Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team+ Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives+ Oversee the development lifecycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment+ Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance+ Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality+ Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements+ Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower platform+ Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years' experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment+ Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget+ Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)+ Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage+ Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus+ Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills+ Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions+ Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What's on Offer: + Life assurance+ Pension+ Holiday purchase scheme+ Volunteering days+ Long service awards+ Contribution towards professional qualifications+ Contribution towards membership fees+ Employee assistance programme+ Health cashback plan+ And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the
May 04, 2024
Full time
You might have thought that as "Technology Partner of the Year 2023" our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you'd be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we're insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we're ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we'd love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat)Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week£120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am - 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEOTeam Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and AdvicePedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury's, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background / Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People / HR Tech. About us: We are the UK's leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We're not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower , is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: "It's so intuitive. It's built around how HR advice is actually provided. We're not fitting around the software; the software fits around us". Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you'll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers+ Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team+ Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives+ Oversee the development lifecycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment+ Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance+ Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality+ Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements+ Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower platform+ Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years' experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment+ Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget+ Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)+ Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage+ Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus+ Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills+ Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions+ Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What's on Offer: + Life assurance+ Pension+ Holiday purchase scheme+ Volunteering days+ Long service awards+ Contribution towards professional qualifications+ Contribution towards membership fees+ Employee assistance programme+ Health cashback plan+ And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the
The Global Markets Division enables our clients to execute transactions in fixed income, equity, currency, commodity, and more exotic products all over the globe. We work with some of the largest, most sophisticated, and systemically important institutions in the world, from asset managers to governments to corporates you would see on the front page of the news. Our transactions range from simple equity and futures trades at high volume, to innovative and highly bespoke derivatives; all to deliver our clients the very best experience, execution, and outcomes. Margin Engineering owns the systems that enable Goldman Sachs to manage the risk on this trading activity every single day; one of the firm's competitive advantages. We process millions of trades & positions daily to calculate margin, reconcile portfolios, and deliver valuations & reporting to our clients and regulators in the most scalable, performant, reliable and efficient way possible. Our platform manages tens of millions of continually changing datapoints, hundreds of thousands of complex computations, and tens of thousands of user workflows daily. Our systems are at the front line during geopolitical and market-moving events. Our work protects the firm and its clients and makes the global financial markets safer and more transparent. Your impact will be to help us build, improve, and adapt this platform at rapid pace to constantly changing market and client demands. You will join a global team of talented and driven technologists who are continually innovating to deliver solutions for our clients and impact the firm's bottom line. This role will provide a unique opportunity to develop your technical skills and gain exposure to one of the firm's most complex and fascinating businesses. Learning, teamwork, partnering with stakeholders, product ownership, working with very large data, designs, technical expertise, and user experience; these are all aspects where you will build your skills and make your mark. Our technology stack consists of Java, AngularJS, React, BPMNs, RESTful web services, Elastic Search, MongoDB, Graph and DB2 databases and Slang/SecDB (GS-proprietary scripting language & risk-management DB). We use Git for Version Control and new development is increasingly cloud-native, either on or off-prem. A dedication to producing high-quality software, a mindset of relentless improvement, and a willingness to learn new languages, technologies, and the business, will all be key to your success in this role. HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL • A wide variety of projects are active. We have a long pipeline of proposed business solutions, and plenty of stretch opportunities for motivated people to grow • Participate in the analysis, design, development, testing and documentation of our Margin platform • Evolve the platform to meet business, client, regulatory, operational and technical needs • Participate in the entire SDLC from definition of requirements through deployment and support • Gain technical expertise and practical experience in managing mission-critical platforms from technical experts within and outside the team • Work closely with a global Business and Operations user-base across the Global Markets Division as well as Core Engineering teams • Excellent opportunity to gain strong domain knowledge across the firms' margin processing function across any type of trade executed by our clients • On a rotation basis, be involved in addressing questions, isolating and fixing problems as part of daily processing of the margin infrastructure SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR • Strong technical, analytical and communication skills; must be a self-starter • Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment working with a diverse set of colleagues and stakeholders across regions • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience • Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development • Demonstrable core Java skills; solid understanding of Object-oriented concepts and design patterns • Experience in design and architecture of various enterprise applications with considerations of performance, scalability, resilience, supportability etc. • Familiarity with CI/CD practices and the DevOps mindset • Experience with either relational databases, NoSQL DBs, or both • Exposure to RESTful web services • Cloud-native development/architecture (K8S, AWS, etc.) Preferred Qualifications • Knowledge of financial markets • UI skills a plus (JavaScript/Angular/React etc.) • Graph database experience • Big data technology stack such as Spark, HDFS, Apache Flink etc. • Data domain modelling • Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
May 04, 2024
Full time
The Global Markets Division enables our clients to execute transactions in fixed income, equity, currency, commodity, and more exotic products all over the globe. We work with some of the largest, most sophisticated, and systemically important institutions in the world, from asset managers to governments to corporates you would see on the front page of the news. Our transactions range from simple equity and futures trades at high volume, to innovative and highly bespoke derivatives; all to deliver our clients the very best experience, execution, and outcomes. Margin Engineering owns the systems that enable Goldman Sachs to manage the risk on this trading activity every single day; one of the firm's competitive advantages. We process millions of trades & positions daily to calculate margin, reconcile portfolios, and deliver valuations & reporting to our clients and regulators in the most scalable, performant, reliable and efficient way possible. Our platform manages tens of millions of continually changing datapoints, hundreds of thousands of complex computations, and tens of thousands of user workflows daily. Our systems are at the front line during geopolitical and market-moving events. Our work protects the firm and its clients and makes the global financial markets safer and more transparent. Your impact will be to help us build, improve, and adapt this platform at rapid pace to constantly changing market and client demands. You will join a global team of talented and driven technologists who are continually innovating to deliver solutions for our clients and impact the firm's bottom line. This role will provide a unique opportunity to develop your technical skills and gain exposure to one of the firm's most complex and fascinating businesses. Learning, teamwork, partnering with stakeholders, product ownership, working with very large data, designs, technical expertise, and user experience; these are all aspects where you will build your skills and make your mark. Our technology stack consists of Java, AngularJS, React, BPMNs, RESTful web services, Elastic Search, MongoDB, Graph and DB2 databases and Slang/SecDB (GS-proprietary scripting language & risk-management DB). We use Git for Version Control and new development is increasingly cloud-native, either on or off-prem. A dedication to producing high-quality software, a mindset of relentless improvement, and a willingness to learn new languages, technologies, and the business, will all be key to your success in this role. HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL • A wide variety of projects are active. We have a long pipeline of proposed business solutions, and plenty of stretch opportunities for motivated people to grow • Participate in the analysis, design, development, testing and documentation of our Margin platform • Evolve the platform to meet business, client, regulatory, operational and technical needs • Participate in the entire SDLC from definition of requirements through deployment and support • Gain technical expertise and practical experience in managing mission-critical platforms from technical experts within and outside the team • Work closely with a global Business and Operations user-base across the Global Markets Division as well as Core Engineering teams • Excellent opportunity to gain strong domain knowledge across the firms' margin processing function across any type of trade executed by our clients • On a rotation basis, be involved in addressing questions, isolating and fixing problems as part of daily processing of the margin infrastructure SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR • Strong technical, analytical and communication skills; must be a self-starter • Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment working with a diverse set of colleagues and stakeholders across regions • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience • Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development • Demonstrable core Java skills; solid understanding of Object-oriented concepts and design patterns • Experience in design and architecture of various enterprise applications with considerations of performance, scalability, resilience, supportability etc. • Familiarity with CI/CD practices and the DevOps mindset • Experience with either relational databases, NoSQL DBs, or both • Exposure to RESTful web services • Cloud-native development/architecture (K8S, AWS, etc.) Preferred Qualifications • Knowledge of financial markets • UI skills a plus (JavaScript/Angular/React etc.) • Graph database experience • Big data technology stack such as Spark, HDFS, Apache Flink etc. • Data domain modelling • Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps focus Surrey or Hampshire/Hybrid/WFH £60,000 to £65,000 + £4-5,000 oncall/overtime, plus bonus excellent benefits and growth potential (fantastic employer)/Surrey or Hampshire albeit 1, possibly 2 days per week in the office This role is a hybrid position and can be based in either their Dorking (Surrey) or Basingstoke (Hampshire) offices with the expectation of being in the office 4 - 6 times per month. The overall package is worth around £80-85k. A leading financial services company are recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to take a lead position within their infrastructure team: - with a requirement to be a senior technical engineer and lead by example. - a core element of this role is having the ability to affect technical change in their environment. - this can be as simple as leading new migrations, implementing new software or leading the support of their new Azure Cloud environment. - but you need to have the ability to articulate this and demonstrate what you have done and bring to the table. An understanding or appreciation of Azure and DevOps, is an advantage, but not essential as they are slowly moving their environment over to an infrastructure that supports Azure, although this will only be a small percentage of their estate and they have a hybrid on-prem/cloud (potentially around 20%) model. This is a great role working in a team where career progression is actively encouraged. Ideally you will possess core skills within Wintel/VMware technologies, have a DevOps appreciation and understanding, but this is definitely not a DevOps role. Any knowledge of Nutanix or the willingness to learn it as a new technology is well received and the ability to take on new technology and role with it is important. The primary day to day work for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps focus will consist of: Individuals in the Senior Infrastructure Engineer position are responsible for designing system and infrastructure architectures spanning the whole range of hardware and software technologies in their designated field, using approved system engineering practices. They will develop and maintain the high-level design plan for the overall logical and technical IT architecture. They will provide technical leadership and consulting across the organisation, from strategic decision making to project level planning. They will gain organisational commitment for all high-level Infrastructure plans and initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans. They will work closely with decision makers throughout the organisation to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective information processing and communication technologies. They will benchmark, analyse, report on, and make recommendations for the improvement of the relevant IT Infrastructure and IT systems. They will apply proven analytical and problem-solving skills to help validate, verify, communicate, and resolve complex systems/software/networking/infrastructure applications and infrastructure issues. They are responsible for planning, designing and analysing the organisations operating system(s), storage management, agents/instrumentation, systems management, security, network, web administration, database management, automation, and application technical stacks. Additionally, this position may require working knowledge of multiple computing/networking platforms (including physical, virtual, and cloud,) while ensuring high levels of data quality and availability. They are also responsible for capacity planning, backup and restore process design, performance analysis, and developing data disaster recovery plans. Principal Duties and Responsibilities for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps role: Designs, builds and deploys solutions across the relevant infrastructure technologies, including Humanas Azure tenant. Designs automation of infrastructure as a service and capabilities including virtual networks, virtual machines, cloud services, web sites, data services, IoT, etc. Leads technical deployments that involve multiple IT teams and stakeholders. Develops and enhances the orchestration and automation of cloud enablement tools. Designs a highly scalable and redundant physical or virtual infrastructure to support the companys future growth. Provides innovative suggestions for complex implementation solutions. Creates documentation and implementation plans to allow support teams to build and manage the relevant environment. Develops and manages an infrastructure capacity plan. Required Skillset for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps focus position: Possess significantly developed hands-on technical expertise in multiple key operating systems or subsystem areas. Have some experience in creating as well as using Scripting and other tools to automate routine tasks - Ability to automate manual tasks using Scripting languages (eg Shell, python, Perl, bash). Drive resolution of technical problems in a methodical and professional manner. Effectively summarise and clearly communicate software/hardware problems involving multiple support teams. Some Azure/Cloud exposure, with a DevOps understanding. Demonstrable related work experience (Wintel, VMWare) any experience with Nutanix Converged technologies, including Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor or AHV. Windows OS Configuring & troubleshooting 2016, 2019 and 2022 (nice to have). VMware Virtualisation 6.5+. AD/DNS/GPO configuration. ITIL Framework grounding (Incident, Change, etc). Any Scripting knowledge is an advantage. Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps focus Surrey or Hampshire/Hybrid/WFH £60,000 to £65,000 + £4-5,000 oncall/overtime, plus bonus excellent benefits and growth potential (fantastic employer)/Surrey or Hampshire albeit 1, possibly 2 days per week in the office
May 03, 2024
Full time
Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps focus Surrey or Hampshire/Hybrid/WFH £60,000 to £65,000 + £4-5,000 oncall/overtime, plus bonus excellent benefits and growth potential (fantastic employer)/Surrey or Hampshire albeit 1, possibly 2 days per week in the office This role is a hybrid position and can be based in either their Dorking (Surrey) or Basingstoke (Hampshire) offices with the expectation of being in the office 4 - 6 times per month. The overall package is worth around £80-85k. A leading financial services company are recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to take a lead position within their infrastructure team: - with a requirement to be a senior technical engineer and lead by example. - a core element of this role is having the ability to affect technical change in their environment. - this can be as simple as leading new migrations, implementing new software or leading the support of their new Azure Cloud environment. - but you need to have the ability to articulate this and demonstrate what you have done and bring to the table. An understanding or appreciation of Azure and DevOps, is an advantage, but not essential as they are slowly moving their environment over to an infrastructure that supports Azure, although this will only be a small percentage of their estate and they have a hybrid on-prem/cloud (potentially around 20%) model. This is a great role working in a team where career progression is actively encouraged. Ideally you will possess core skills within Wintel/VMware technologies, have a DevOps appreciation and understanding, but this is definitely not a DevOps role. Any knowledge of Nutanix or the willingness to learn it as a new technology is well received and the ability to take on new technology and role with it is important. The primary day to day work for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps focus will consist of: Individuals in the Senior Infrastructure Engineer position are responsible for designing system and infrastructure architectures spanning the whole range of hardware and software technologies in their designated field, using approved system engineering practices. They will develop and maintain the high-level design plan for the overall logical and technical IT architecture. They will provide technical leadership and consulting across the organisation, from strategic decision making to project level planning. They will gain organisational commitment for all high-level Infrastructure plans and initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans. They will work closely with decision makers throughout the organisation to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective information processing and communication technologies. They will benchmark, analyse, report on, and make recommendations for the improvement of the relevant IT Infrastructure and IT systems. They will apply proven analytical and problem-solving skills to help validate, verify, communicate, and resolve complex systems/software/networking/infrastructure applications and infrastructure issues. They are responsible for planning, designing and analysing the organisations operating system(s), storage management, agents/instrumentation, systems management, security, network, web administration, database management, automation, and application technical stacks. Additionally, this position may require working knowledge of multiple computing/networking platforms (including physical, virtual, and cloud,) while ensuring high levels of data quality and availability. They are also responsible for capacity planning, backup and restore process design, performance analysis, and developing data disaster recovery plans. Principal Duties and Responsibilities for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps role: Designs, builds and deploys solutions across the relevant infrastructure technologies, including Humanas Azure tenant. Designs automation of infrastructure as a service and capabilities including virtual networks, virtual machines, cloud services, web sites, data services, IoT, etc. Leads technical deployments that involve multiple IT teams and stakeholders. Develops and enhances the orchestration and automation of cloud enablement tools. Designs a highly scalable and redundant physical or virtual infrastructure to support the companys future growth. Provides innovative suggestions for complex implementation solutions. Creates documentation and implementation plans to allow support teams to build and manage the relevant environment. Develops and manages an infrastructure capacity plan. Required Skillset for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps focus position: Possess significantly developed hands-on technical expertise in multiple key operating systems or subsystem areas. Have some experience in creating as well as using Scripting and other tools to automate routine tasks - Ability to automate manual tasks using Scripting languages (eg Shell, python, Perl, bash). Drive resolution of technical problems in a methodical and professional manner. Effectively summarise and clearly communicate software/hardware problems involving multiple support teams. Some Azure/Cloud exposure, with a DevOps understanding. Demonstrable related work experience (Wintel, VMWare) any experience with Nutanix Converged technologies, including Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor or AHV. Windows OS Configuring & troubleshooting 2016, 2019 and 2022 (nice to have). VMware Virtualisation 6.5+. AD/DNS/GPO configuration. ITIL Framework grounding (Incident, Change, etc). Any Scripting knowledge is an advantage. Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Azure/DevOps focus Surrey or Hampshire/Hybrid/WFH £60,000 to £65,000 + £4-5,000 oncall/overtime, plus bonus excellent benefits and growth potential (fantastic employer)/Surrey or Hampshire albeit 1, possibly 2 days per week in the office
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
May 03, 2024
Full time
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
May 03, 2024
Full time
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
We are Global IT Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across UK, Europe and Australia. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role Title: WAF Engineer: DevOps Automation (F5 Focused) Location: Hybrid - 2 days onsite in Sheffield Duration: Until 30/11/24 Role Description: F5 WAF Engineer - in-depth knowledge of F5 BIG-IP and NGNIX+WAF(Not F5 Platform/network) As an Automation Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our IT infrastructure by designing, creating, and maintaining bespoke Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines tailored to specific project needs. This role will have an initial focus on leveraging F5 technologies alongside a broad spectrum of automation and DevOps practices to deliver our automation use cases; however once F5 automaton works have completed, works will progress to other WAF platforms and use cases. You will be responsible for the integration of CI/CD pipelines with solutions developed by other teams, Scripting, and the creation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) manifests using tools like Terraform and Ansible. Your expertise in Jenkins, JIRA, GitHub, Python, and other relevant technologies will be essential. You should have a solid background in building CI/CD pipelines and a comprehensive understanding of DevOps practices. The ideal candidate should not only have technical proficiency in data structures, automation technologies, API interactions, and cloud services, but also exhibit a strong drive to research, investigate, and collaborate effectively within the organization. Key Responsibilities Developing and Delivering Automation for F5 WAF Platform: In the first instance: Developing and delivering automation solutions specifically for our F5 Web Application Firewall (WAF) platform, aligned with our specific use cases. This involves Scripting, configuring, and deploying automation workflows that enhance security, manageability, and operational efficiency of the F5 WAF environment. CI/CD Pipeline Development: Create, enhance and implement new, customized CI/CD pipelines tailored for specific project use cases, ensuring efficient, automated workflows Pipeline Maintenance: Regularly update and maintain existing CI/CD pipelines to ensure they are efficient, secure, and up-to-date with the latest technology standards Integration of Solutions: Work collaboratively with other teams to integrate their solutions and tools into the CI/CD pipelines effectively, enhancing overall workflow and productivity. IaC Manifests Creation: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) manifests, predominantly using Terraform, to manage and provision IT infrastructure in a consistent and repeatable manner Tool Proficiency: Utilize and demonstrate expertise in tools such as Jenkins, JIRA, GitHub, and Python, effectively integrating them into the CI/CD processes Script Writing: Write and maintain scripts to automate various aspects of the infrastructure and deployment processes, improving efficiency and reducing the potential for human error. Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software development, operations, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration and implementation of DevOps practices Proactive Research and Collaboration: Eager to research and utilize company resources like Confluence, find relevant contacts, and reach out to other teams for unknowns. Prepared to independently investigate and resolve challenges. Required F5 Experiences - One or more of these F5 ASM/AWAF Knowledge & Experience: Understanding and practical experience with F5's Application Security Manager (ASM) and Advanced WAF (AWAF), including configuration, management, and troubleshooting of application security policies and web application Firewalls. F5 with API Gateway: Experience: Integrating F5 solutions with API Gateway technologies, demonstrating the ability to secure and manage APIs effectively. Experience in using F5 with Kong API Gateway; managing, and optimizing API traffic through F5 systems. F5 GTM and Proxy Technologies: Knowledge and experience with F5's Global Traffic Manager (GTM) as well as experience with Proxy technologies, including forward and reverse proxies Basic Certificate Management: Knowledge of SSL/TLS certificate management processes, including issuance, renewal, and deployment, within F5 environments. F5 AS3: Experience; Experience with AS3 (Application Services 3 Extension), for declarative automation and orchestration of F5 BIG-IP services. Proficiency in automating the deployment and management of F5 configurations using AS3 Key Experience - Ideal Candidate Profile Technical Expertise in CI/CD Tools: Proficiency in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis CI, GitLab CI, and Bamboo. Ability to configure, manage, and optimize these tools for various project requirements. Proficiency in Scripting Languages: Strong skills in Scripting languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell. Ability to write and maintain scripts to automate routine tasks and deployments Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Extensive experience in creating and managing infrastructure using code. Proficiency in IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet Data Structuring and Management: Advanced skills in managing data using formats like JSON, YAML, XML, and others. Capable of parsing, creating, and maintaining complex data structures for configuration and automation purposes. API Integration and Management: Expertise in querying, integrating, and managing APIs. Capable of constructing and executing API calls for data retrieval, updates, and inter-service communication. Version Control Systems: In-depth knowledge of version control systems like Git, including branching strategies, repository management, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines Containerization and Orchestration: Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or Docker Swarm. Understanding of containerized environments and their integration into CI/CD pipelines Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP; understanding of cloud-specific services and how to integrate them into CI/CD processes Monitoring and Logging: Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), or Splunk. Ability to set up and maintain monitoring and logging for applications and infrastructure Security Practices in DevOps (DevSecOps): Understanding of security practices in a DevOps environment. Familiarity with security scanning tools, implementing secure coding practices, and ensuring compliance with industry standards Agile and Scrum Methodologies: Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies. Ability to work in fast-paced, iterative development environments and adapt to changing requirements Networking and Security Fundamentals: Knowledge of networking concepts (eg, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S) and basic security concepts (eg, Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS). Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex systems and workflows to propose effective automation solutions. Collaboration and Communication: Excellent collaboration and communication skills. Ability to work effectively in a team and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Project Management Skills: Basic project management skills with the ability to manage timelines, dependencies, and deliverables in a cross-functional environment. Research and Investigative Skills: Motivated to self-educate and explore company resources and external knowledge bases.
May 03, 2024
Contractor
We are Global IT Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across UK, Europe and Australia. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role Title: WAF Engineer: DevOps Automation (F5 Focused) Location: Hybrid - 2 days onsite in Sheffield Duration: Until 30/11/24 Role Description: F5 WAF Engineer - in-depth knowledge of F5 BIG-IP and NGNIX+WAF(Not F5 Platform/network) As an Automation Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our IT infrastructure by designing, creating, and maintaining bespoke Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines tailored to specific project needs. This role will have an initial focus on leveraging F5 technologies alongside a broad spectrum of automation and DevOps practices to deliver our automation use cases; however once F5 automaton works have completed, works will progress to other WAF platforms and use cases. You will be responsible for the integration of CI/CD pipelines with solutions developed by other teams, Scripting, and the creation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) manifests using tools like Terraform and Ansible. Your expertise in Jenkins, JIRA, GitHub, Python, and other relevant technologies will be essential. You should have a solid background in building CI/CD pipelines and a comprehensive understanding of DevOps practices. The ideal candidate should not only have technical proficiency in data structures, automation technologies, API interactions, and cloud services, but also exhibit a strong drive to research, investigate, and collaborate effectively within the organization. Key Responsibilities Developing and Delivering Automation for F5 WAF Platform: In the first instance: Developing and delivering automation solutions specifically for our F5 Web Application Firewall (WAF) platform, aligned with our specific use cases. This involves Scripting, configuring, and deploying automation workflows that enhance security, manageability, and operational efficiency of the F5 WAF environment. CI/CD Pipeline Development: Create, enhance and implement new, customized CI/CD pipelines tailored for specific project use cases, ensuring efficient, automated workflows Pipeline Maintenance: Regularly update and maintain existing CI/CD pipelines to ensure they are efficient, secure, and up-to-date with the latest technology standards Integration of Solutions: Work collaboratively with other teams to integrate their solutions and tools into the CI/CD pipelines effectively, enhancing overall workflow and productivity. IaC Manifests Creation: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) manifests, predominantly using Terraform, to manage and provision IT infrastructure in a consistent and repeatable manner Tool Proficiency: Utilize and demonstrate expertise in tools such as Jenkins, JIRA, GitHub, and Python, effectively integrating them into the CI/CD processes Script Writing: Write and maintain scripts to automate various aspects of the infrastructure and deployment processes, improving efficiency and reducing the potential for human error. Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software development, operations, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration and implementation of DevOps practices Proactive Research and Collaboration: Eager to research and utilize company resources like Confluence, find relevant contacts, and reach out to other teams for unknowns. Prepared to independently investigate and resolve challenges. Required F5 Experiences - One or more of these F5 ASM/AWAF Knowledge & Experience: Understanding and practical experience with F5's Application Security Manager (ASM) and Advanced WAF (AWAF), including configuration, management, and troubleshooting of application security policies and web application Firewalls. F5 with API Gateway: Experience: Integrating F5 solutions with API Gateway technologies, demonstrating the ability to secure and manage APIs effectively. Experience in using F5 with Kong API Gateway; managing, and optimizing API traffic through F5 systems. F5 GTM and Proxy Technologies: Knowledge and experience with F5's Global Traffic Manager (GTM) as well as experience with Proxy technologies, including forward and reverse proxies Basic Certificate Management: Knowledge of SSL/TLS certificate management processes, including issuance, renewal, and deployment, within F5 environments. F5 AS3: Experience; Experience with AS3 (Application Services 3 Extension), for declarative automation and orchestration of F5 BIG-IP services. Proficiency in automating the deployment and management of F5 configurations using AS3 Key Experience - Ideal Candidate Profile Technical Expertise in CI/CD Tools: Proficiency in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis CI, GitLab CI, and Bamboo. Ability to configure, manage, and optimize these tools for various project requirements. Proficiency in Scripting Languages: Strong skills in Scripting languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell. Ability to write and maintain scripts to automate routine tasks and deployments Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Extensive experience in creating and managing infrastructure using code. Proficiency in IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet Data Structuring and Management: Advanced skills in managing data using formats like JSON, YAML, XML, and others. Capable of parsing, creating, and maintaining complex data structures for configuration and automation purposes. API Integration and Management: Expertise in querying, integrating, and managing APIs. Capable of constructing and executing API calls for data retrieval, updates, and inter-service communication. Version Control Systems: In-depth knowledge of version control systems like Git, including branching strategies, repository management, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines Containerization and Orchestration: Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or Docker Swarm. Understanding of containerized environments and their integration into CI/CD pipelines Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP; understanding of cloud-specific services and how to integrate them into CI/CD processes Monitoring and Logging: Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), or Splunk. Ability to set up and maintain monitoring and logging for applications and infrastructure Security Practices in DevOps (DevSecOps): Understanding of security practices in a DevOps environment. Familiarity with security scanning tools, implementing secure coding practices, and ensuring compliance with industry standards Agile and Scrum Methodologies: Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies. Ability to work in fast-paced, iterative development environments and adapt to changing requirements Networking and Security Fundamentals: Knowledge of networking concepts (eg, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S) and basic security concepts (eg, Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS). Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex systems and workflows to propose effective automation solutions. Collaboration and Communication: Excellent collaboration and communication skills. Ability to work effectively in a team and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Project Management Skills: Basic project management skills with the ability to manage timelines, dependencies, and deliverables in a cross-functional environment. Research and Investigative Skills: Motivated to self-educate and explore company resources and external knowledge bases.
You might have thought that as "Technology Partner of the Year 2023" our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you'd be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we're insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we're ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we'd love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat) Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week £120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am - 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEO Team Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and Advice Pedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023 Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury's, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background/Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People/HR Tech. About us: We are the UK's leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We're not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower®, is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower® is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: "It's so intuitive. It's built around how HR advice is actually provided. We're not fitting around the software; the software fits around us". Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower® SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you'll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers + Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team + Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower® platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives + Oversee the development life cycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment + Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance + Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality + Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements + Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower® platform + Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years' experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment + Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget + Strong understanding of software development life cycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) + Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage + Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills + Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions + Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What's on Offer: + Life assurance + Pension + Holiday purchase scheme + Volunteering days + Long service awards + Contribution towards professional qualifications + Contribution towards membership fees + Employee assistance programme + Health cashback plan + And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
May 03, 2024
Full time
You might have thought that as "Technology Partner of the Year 2023" our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you'd be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we're insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we're ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we'd love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat) Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week £120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am - 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEO Team Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and Advice Pedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023 Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury's, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background/Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People/HR Tech. About us: We are the UK's leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We're not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower®, is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower® is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: "It's so intuitive. It's built around how HR advice is actually provided. We're not fitting around the software; the software fits around us". Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower® SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you'll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers + Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team + Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower® platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives + Oversee the development life cycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment + Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance + Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality + Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements + Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower® platform + Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years' experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment + Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget + Strong understanding of software development life cycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) + Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage + Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills + Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions + Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What's on Offer: + Life assurance + Pension + Holiday purchase scheme + Volunteering days + Long service awards + Contribution towards professional qualifications + Contribution towards membership fees + Employee assistance programme + Health cashback plan + And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
May 03, 2024
Full time
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
You might have thought that as "Technology Partner of the Year 2023" our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you'd be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we're insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we're ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we'd love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat) Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week £120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am - 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEO Team Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and Advice Pedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023 Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury's, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background/Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People/HR Tech. About us: We are the UK's leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We're not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower®, is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower® is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: "It's so intuitive. It's built around how HR advice is actually provided. We're not fitting around the software; the software fits around us". Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower® SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you'll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers + Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team + Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower® platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives + Oversee the development life cycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment + Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance + Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality + Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements + Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower® platform + Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years' experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment + Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget + Strong understanding of software development life cycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) + Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage + Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills + Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions + Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What's on Offer: + Life assurance + Pension + Holiday purchase scheme + Volunteering days + Long service awards + Contribution towards professional qualifications + Contribution towards membership fees + Employee assistance programme + Health cashback plan + And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
May 03, 2024
Full time
You might have thought that as "Technology Partner of the Year 2023" our dev team would now be cruising along enjoying all the glory and mentally living on a deserted beach somewhere but you'd be wrong. Yes, we are all incredibly proud of our achievements, BUT we're insanely ambitious, full of new ideas, and we're ONLY JUST getting started. We want YOU to come and lead us and to help us to innovate faster & smarter. Are you ready for your next mission? If so, we'd love to hear from you Role Info: Software Development Director (Exec Team Seat) Remote Working with Ellesmere Port Office-Based Minimum 1 Day Per Week £120,000 - £140,000 Plus Benefits Package Including Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted Gym Memberships and More Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Operational Hours 8am - 7pm. Occasional Saturday work required. Reporting to: CEO Team Size: 12 Devs (UK Based) 4 QAs - (You will hire more!) Company: Leading Provider on HR Tech, Consulting and Advice Pedigree: British HR Awards - Technology Partner of the Year 2023 Clients Include: Currys, Wickes, Virgin Atlantic, Network Rail, BT Group, Sainsbury's, Post Office, Pret and More Your Background/Skills: Team Leadership, Software Project Delivery, Software, Automation Testing, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Platforms, Strategic Thinking, Building Software Products, B2B SaaS, People/HR Tech. About us: We are the UK's leading provider of Award-Winning HR technology, consulting and advisory services. We help build a positive culture where people can give their best to drive business success. We do this by taking the complexity out of the HR experience, making it simple, easy to access and agile. By combining cloud technology, data insight and expert guidance, we help our clients empower their leaders, engage their people and drive efficiency. We're not just another tech company or consulting business pretending to understand HR. We do know HR; we live and breathe it. Our Tech: Our award-winning employee relations case management system, empower®, is designed to transform how HR leaders and line managers manage people matters. Supported by HR experts and robust HR analytics, we simplify employee relations case management, enabling organisations to drive a positive culture, improve employee experiences, and empower HR leaders to drive an agile, thriving business. Empower® is a SaaS cloud platform that enables managers to own 90% of people matters and delivers 8 digit Annual Recurring Revenue. This is what leading retailer Iceland has to say: "It's so intuitive. It's built around how HR advice is actually provided. We're not fitting around the software; the software fits around us". Do you have experience leading software development teams? We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Development Director for our empower® SaaS platform. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of our market-leading platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our clients and delivers exceptional value. Where you'll add value: + Recruit, build and lead a high-performing team of developers and QA engineers + Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement with the development team + Define and execute the development roadmap for the empower® platform, aligned with product strategy and business objectives + Oversee the development life cycle, from technical design to development, testing, and deployment + Implement and maintain best practices for software development, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and code quality assurance + Champion automated testing practices and tools, driving efficiency and improving software quality + Partner closely with the Product Management function to understand user needs and translate them into technical requirements + Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to enhance the empower® platform + Contribute to the overall strategic direction of AdviserPlus, providing technical expertise and insights to the Executive Leadership Team About you: + Minimum 5 years' experience leading development teams in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment + Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects on time and within budget + Strong understanding of software development life cycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) + Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, is a significant advantage + Expertise in automated testing frameworks and tools is a bonus + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills + Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions + Passion for building high-quality, innovative software products What's on Offer: + Life assurance + Pension + Holiday purchase scheme + Volunteering days + Long service awards + Contribution towards professional qualifications + Contribution towards membership fees + Employee assistance programme + Health cashback plan + And more . Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
May 03, 2024
Full time
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
At EssenceMediacom we want to eradicate inequity . We don't tolerate it and when we see it, we act . We attract, support and develop our talent without bias and strive to foster the empathy, creativity and diversity of thought needed to drive meaningful change for our people, our clients, our industry and our society. WPP and GroupM have already made strong commitments to combat racial injustice . While we are part of this group, we know we have an individual responsibility as an employer and an industry leader to fight against racism . That's why we have pledged the following seven commitments . Even if you don't meet all the requirements, that's okay, and we encourage you to apply anyway to find out more about whether this is the right match for you. Did you know that m arginalised groups including women, people of colour and people with a disability are more likely to discount themself for a role if they don't feel they meet every requirement or understand the reasonable adjustment that can be made? This is why we encourage connection and conversation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity and information needed to find the right role, for them. If this role isn't quite right, you may be the perfect fit for another - so go ahead, apply and find out! The Client Sky Sky are o ne of the biggest advertisers in the UK and as a business span Entertainment, Sport, Cinema, Home Insurance, Broadband, Mobile and B2B services to mention a few verticals. We work closely with them across their digital strategy and manage the planning and buying across Display, Paid Social and Programmatic. Working on Sky is a challenging, fast - paced and innovative environment where standing still can be moving backwards ! We're here to help Sky navigate a constantly changing digital ecosystem and to create award winning work that grows their business. Boots Boots are one of the biggest retail clients in the UK. Their divisions span across Retail. No7 Company , Opticians and Hearingcare . Boots are an award-winning data-driven organisation. Working on Boots is a challenging and fast-paced environment, where you will be exposed from day 1 to leading technolog ies and data-driven strategies , delivered across a wide range of media implementations. The Role As a lead consultant within the data tech and analytics team, dedicated to two of our biggest clients, you will be expected to drive and lead the BI/engineering capability within that team, in development and automation of data solutions for clients. This is a hands-on role and you will be responsible for developing pipelines to helping us aggregate many data sources into a single view for the two clients. You will sit in a data/tech and analytics team, which is dedicated to our two largest clients, however you will also be part of the BI/engineering central community. Marketing industry data is often incomplete, inconsistent and stored in silos with access primarily through APIs and FTPs. It is therefore our responsibility to help create custom solutions for these two clients, who each have their own requirements for reporting. We need a creative, experienced and motivated individual to help lead this area within the team, building solutions for integrating data in to the GCP & BigQuery environments. What we think are 3 best things about the job You'll have access to the latest and greatest in cloud and dashboarding technologies . Continuous learning, autonomy & room for development with the best in the industry. You'll be working in a close knit, friendly team who are there to support you at every stage of your career. Who are you? You have extensive e xperience of working directly with clients and managing stakeholder expectations , having already been in a client - facing role previously, and are able to effectively engage with clients both from technical and non-technical disciplines. You have Cloud platform knowledge , hopefully with a GCP c ertification, or alternatively other C loud platform knowledge would be considered. You have s ignificant experienc e working with Python (R desirable) . Experience in : - B uilding pipelines from various data sources and especially APIs - Line management - DevOps tools: Github /Gitlab - W orking with digital marketing and/or web analytics data What we can offer you. - Company pension scheme - Private medical insurance - 25 days holiday (increases with length of service) - Life assurance - Permanent health insurance - WPP share options scheme - Discretionary bonus scheme - Free eyecare vouchers and money off glasses - Extensive training and development - Cycle to work scheme - Interest free travel loan - Free breakfast (cereal and fruit) - Smart shopper (online discount on a variety of products) Sounds good? We'd love to hear from you! About EssenceMediacom We are a global communications agency leading with breakthrough thinking, building explosive growth for brands, and helping our clients see the bigger picture. Our daring global network of 10,000 influencers help our clients breach traditional boundaries in media, uncover novel ideas, and unleash exponential growth. EssenceMediacom challenges conventional thinking to build, propel, and supercharge our clients' businesses at scale and lead our industry in critical areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability. EssenceMediacom understands that our people are tasked with big goals: building breakthrough growth for brands and leading with breakthrough thinking in our industry. Our people are at the heart of this work because their ideas will enable us to decode the intersections of people, content, and technology to bring our aspirations to life. Our success is down to our eclectic, diverse, and talented people. EssenceMediacom is a place for us to grow our careers and expand our horizons. EssenceMediacom is committed to building an agency culture that supports our people, puts diversity at the forefront of our operations, and creates opportunity for all. This collective culture will be our "new power" where ideas are freely exchanged, and collaboration is actively encouraged in a place where you can innovate in our hyperconnected world.
May 03, 2024
Full time
At EssenceMediacom we want to eradicate inequity . We don't tolerate it and when we see it, we act . We attract, support and develop our talent without bias and strive to foster the empathy, creativity and diversity of thought needed to drive meaningful change for our people, our clients, our industry and our society. WPP and GroupM have already made strong commitments to combat racial injustice . While we are part of this group, we know we have an individual responsibility as an employer and an industry leader to fight against racism . That's why we have pledged the following seven commitments . Even if you don't meet all the requirements, that's okay, and we encourage you to apply anyway to find out more about whether this is the right match for you. Did you know that m arginalised groups including women, people of colour and people with a disability are more likely to discount themself for a role if they don't feel they meet every requirement or understand the reasonable adjustment that can be made? This is why we encourage connection and conversation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity and information needed to find the right role, for them. If this role isn't quite right, you may be the perfect fit for another - so go ahead, apply and find out! The Client Sky Sky are o ne of the biggest advertisers in the UK and as a business span Entertainment, Sport, Cinema, Home Insurance, Broadband, Mobile and B2B services to mention a few verticals. We work closely with them across their digital strategy and manage the planning and buying across Display, Paid Social and Programmatic. Working on Sky is a challenging, fast - paced and innovative environment where standing still can be moving backwards ! We're here to help Sky navigate a constantly changing digital ecosystem and to create award winning work that grows their business. Boots Boots are one of the biggest retail clients in the UK. Their divisions span across Retail. No7 Company , Opticians and Hearingcare . Boots are an award-winning data-driven organisation. Working on Boots is a challenging and fast-paced environment, where you will be exposed from day 1 to leading technolog ies and data-driven strategies , delivered across a wide range of media implementations. The Role As a lead consultant within the data tech and analytics team, dedicated to two of our biggest clients, you will be expected to drive and lead the BI/engineering capability within that team, in development and automation of data solutions for clients. This is a hands-on role and you will be responsible for developing pipelines to helping us aggregate many data sources into a single view for the two clients. You will sit in a data/tech and analytics team, which is dedicated to our two largest clients, however you will also be part of the BI/engineering central community. Marketing industry data is often incomplete, inconsistent and stored in silos with access primarily through APIs and FTPs. It is therefore our responsibility to help create custom solutions for these two clients, who each have their own requirements for reporting. We need a creative, experienced and motivated individual to help lead this area within the team, building solutions for integrating data in to the GCP & BigQuery environments. What we think are 3 best things about the job You'll have access to the latest and greatest in cloud and dashboarding technologies . Continuous learning, autonomy & room for development with the best in the industry. You'll be working in a close knit, friendly team who are there to support you at every stage of your career. Who are you? You have extensive e xperience of working directly with clients and managing stakeholder expectations , having already been in a client - facing role previously, and are able to effectively engage with clients both from technical and non-technical disciplines. You have Cloud platform knowledge , hopefully with a GCP c ertification, or alternatively other C loud platform knowledge would be considered. You have s ignificant experienc e working with Python (R desirable) . Experience in : - B uilding pipelines from various data sources and especially APIs - Line management - DevOps tools: Github /Gitlab - W orking with digital marketing and/or web analytics data What we can offer you. - Company pension scheme - Private medical insurance - 25 days holiday (increases with length of service) - Life assurance - Permanent health insurance - WPP share options scheme - Discretionary bonus scheme - Free eyecare vouchers and money off glasses - Extensive training and development - Cycle to work scheme - Interest free travel loan - Free breakfast (cereal and fruit) - Smart shopper (online discount on a variety of products) Sounds good? We'd love to hear from you! About EssenceMediacom We are a global communications agency leading with breakthrough thinking, building explosive growth for brands, and helping our clients see the bigger picture. Our daring global network of 10,000 influencers help our clients breach traditional boundaries in media, uncover novel ideas, and unleash exponential growth. EssenceMediacom challenges conventional thinking to build, propel, and supercharge our clients' businesses at scale and lead our industry in critical areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability. EssenceMediacom understands that our people are tasked with big goals: building breakthrough growth for brands and leading with breakthrough thinking in our industry. Our people are at the heart of this work because their ideas will enable us to decode the intersections of people, content, and technology to bring our aspirations to life. Our success is down to our eclectic, diverse, and talented people. EssenceMediacom is a place for us to grow our careers and expand our horizons. EssenceMediacom is committed to building an agency culture that supports our people, puts diversity at the forefront of our operations, and creates opportunity for all. This collective culture will be our "new power" where ideas are freely exchanged, and collaboration is actively encouraged in a place where you can innovate in our hyperconnected world.
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress
May 03, 2024
Full time
Our client are a leading utilities and infrastructure business who are going through a periods of investment and growth. They are looking for a BA to add to their team Job Purpose: As a Business Analyst you will work as part of the IT team and take the lead on driving the various systems and products that are supported by IT forwards to enable the business to get the most from these systems. You will be responsible for identifying and delivering improvements to systems to refine our clients operations and to meet business requirements. Principal Accountabilities: Working in close collaboration with the business to drive positive change in systems development and usage Working across all business units and departments to understand their challenges Create, develop and deliver multiple product roadmaps for core applications by understanding and documenting business requirements Working closely with internal teams within IT including service desk, infrastructure and security, onshore and offshore software engineers Working closely with external third parties to deliver timely improvements for business requirements Proactively putting ideas forward to showcase how new ways of working and new features can aid the business and drive efficiencies Constructively challenge requirements to ensure the requested features are in line with the product strategy Working with the product backlog including working within our existing agile project management guidelines Occasionally visiting offices throughout the UK to deliver workshops and training to users Closely understanding users needs of the products and systems they use daily to help make more informed decisions about direction of travel Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to ensure everyone's needs are taken into account and balancing any conflicts that may arise Documenting business processes to deeply understand requirements Translating complex business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and Bugs to enable seamless communication between the technical teams Build strong working relationships throughout the group to influence change The Person Optional Qualifications & Professional Membership(s): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field or equivalent. Knowledge & Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or a similar role Solid knowledge of product management with deep experience throughout UX, Tech and Business domain Experience working in a fast paced agile environment Experience of agile project management principles and tooling Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle and modern DevOps principles Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all levels throughout the organisation Strong problem-solving capabilities and meticulous attention to detail. Awareness of conceptual data modelling to aid in discussions with both technical and non-technical users around where data should be mastered. Awareness of integration methods and techniques such as APIs Skills & Personal Qualities: Must be a self-starter and able to work under own initiative Must be a highly proactive person Must be an over communicator to ensure everyone is kept in the loop on progress