Job Description IT Senior Network Systems Engineer Our Client is a Bank based in the City of London, looking to recruit an IT Senior Network Systems Engineer ideally with at least 7 to 10 years of experience in IT, preferably from within the banking financial industry. You will be working in a small team managing the day-to-day technology infrastructure to ensure that the Bank can operate efficiently. The Client would like the following key skills: CCNP level networking Solarwinds - Service Desk Software experience Experience of Palo Alto firewalls Firemon - Network Security Devices and Policy Management Complex Switches experience is essential Experience of Avaya PABX systems Responsibilities: Responsible for the maintenance of the IT infrastructure of the Bank by providing first line support of software, hardware and networking, including installation, configuration and troubleshooting. Manage day to day operational aspects of a project and scope. Design, plan and deploy IT projects to enhance the existing IT infrastructure and any applications required by the bank. Provide End User Computing support for all staff. Coordinate between the London Users and Group IT Security on all requests for systems access, ensuring permissions are provided promptly and the Group Access Matrix Protocol is followed. Preserve the Assets of the Bank by implementing Disaster Recovery and backup procedures, ensuring compliance with Group requirements. Provide IT support for the smooth running of daily and periodic reports for the London Compliance team to ensure adherence to the Anti Money Laundering Provisions. Overall networking equipment monitoring (i.e., Network Switches, Firewall and other appliances) and support. Plan and carry out maintenance checks to ensure IT Operations and infrastructures are running smoothly and ensure daily routine task completeness. Maintain the AYAYA PABX system and ensure that the recording system is always operational. Technical Skills Required: Technical/Functional skills: Proficient in common operating systems: Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and above Redhat Linux based Operating System Software proficiency: VMWare v6.7 and above Veeam Backup and Replication Symantec Endpoint Protection Symantec Endpoint Encryption ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Microsoft Office 365 Networking (IT): Cisco Switches and Routers Palo Alto Firewalls LAN/WAN Routing Hardware: Dell PowerEdge Servers Dell PowerVault SAN Storage Project management: Data analysis Personal Skills (Soft Competencies): Strong interpersonal skills Strong written and verbal communication skills (in English) Strong stakeholder engagement Bachelor or Master's degree or professional qualification in relevant discipline (IT/Information Systems/Computer Science/Technology/Programming/Information Science/System Engineering/Computing). The salary for this role is in the range £70K - £80K. This is a 12 month FTC role. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.
Dec 03, 2024
Full time
Job Description IT Senior Network Systems Engineer Our Client is a Bank based in the City of London, looking to recruit an IT Senior Network Systems Engineer ideally with at least 7 to 10 years of experience in IT, preferably from within the banking financial industry. You will be working in a small team managing the day-to-day technology infrastructure to ensure that the Bank can operate efficiently. The Client would like the following key skills: CCNP level networking Solarwinds - Service Desk Software experience Experience of Palo Alto firewalls Firemon - Network Security Devices and Policy Management Complex Switches experience is essential Experience of Avaya PABX systems Responsibilities: Responsible for the maintenance of the IT infrastructure of the Bank by providing first line support of software, hardware and networking, including installation, configuration and troubleshooting. Manage day to day operational aspects of a project and scope. Design, plan and deploy IT projects to enhance the existing IT infrastructure and any applications required by the bank. Provide End User Computing support for all staff. Coordinate between the London Users and Group IT Security on all requests for systems access, ensuring permissions are provided promptly and the Group Access Matrix Protocol is followed. Preserve the Assets of the Bank by implementing Disaster Recovery and backup procedures, ensuring compliance with Group requirements. Provide IT support for the smooth running of daily and periodic reports for the London Compliance team to ensure adherence to the Anti Money Laundering Provisions. Overall networking equipment monitoring (i.e., Network Switches, Firewall and other appliances) and support. Plan and carry out maintenance checks to ensure IT Operations and infrastructures are running smoothly and ensure daily routine task completeness. Maintain the AYAYA PABX system and ensure that the recording system is always operational. Technical Skills Required: Technical/Functional skills: Proficient in common operating systems: Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and above Redhat Linux based Operating System Software proficiency: VMWare v6.7 and above Veeam Backup and Replication Symantec Endpoint Protection Symantec Endpoint Encryption ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Microsoft Office 365 Networking (IT): Cisco Switches and Routers Palo Alto Firewalls LAN/WAN Routing Hardware: Dell PowerEdge Servers Dell PowerVault SAN Storage Project management: Data analysis Personal Skills (Soft Competencies): Strong interpersonal skills Strong written and verbal communication skills (in English) Strong stakeholder engagement Bachelor or Master's degree or professional qualification in relevant discipline (IT/Information Systems/Computer Science/Technology/Programming/Information Science/System Engineering/Computing). The salary for this role is in the range £70K - £80K. This is a 12 month FTC role. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.
Head of Research Computing Platforms Apply Salary for this Role: From £87,400 with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Head of Research Computing Platforms Reports to: James Clements Closing Date: 08/Dec/.59 GMT Job Description: Head of Research Computing Platforms Reports to: Chief Information Officer This is a full-time, permanent position on Crick Terms and Conditions of Employment. Summary The Head of Research Computing Platforms will be part of the Information Technology Office (ITO) team and report directly to the Crick CIO. They will work closely with Crick scientists at all levels of the Institute to collaboratively plan and manage platforms that support the current and future needs of the Crick scientific community. The post holder will be responsible for the collaborative delivery of the platforms and services to science through directly managed teams and in liaison with the wider ITO organisation, working very closely with teams supporting Research Data Management and Research Software Engineering & AI to deliver a unified Scientific Computing function to the organisation. It is also expected that you will take an active role in working with the Crick partners and other relevant external contacts, in order to explore opportunities for collaborative development and/or sharing of resources. Key Responsibilities The Crick has recently installed the second wave of its scientific computing infrastructure, which currently provides 25PB of high-performance storage (with offsite backup and long-term archive) and over 12,000 cores of general-purpose compute, and multiple GPU clusters (H100, A100, L40) to support the varied needs of the organisation. The Head of Scientific Computing is accountable for the planning and delivery of the on-going development and growth of the scientific IT infrastructure, ensuring that the Institute develops a sustainable model of investment that takes into account both core and response mode funding; forecasting of future needs; effective data lifecycle management and opportunities to collaborate with external partners. They are additionally accountable for HPC applications, including training and support, delivered in collaboration with other teams across the organisation. Specific objectives include, but are not limited to, the following: Understand the scientific and research requirements of the Crick's scientific programmes to advise and work in partnership with researchers and the ITO team to deliver scientific computing platforms appropriately to meet their scientific program needs. This will include understanding the general scientific analysis, work-flows, data acquisition, data management and data processing needs of the Institute. Work with the scientific community, formally, by continuing to develop the existing governance structures, and informally, to provide process for allocation of research computing platform resources (storage and compute), so that existing resources are effectively distributed and a forecast of future requirements is developed. Continued development of the strategy for sustainable growth of the Crick's scientific computing platforms. Develop and articulate a plan for the growth of storage and compute capabilities for the 5 years, which, in addition to the research forecasts, takes into account external comparators and trends; the right mix of internal/external provision and the Crick's funding streams. Develop the Crick's strategy for world class data lifecycle management technology solutions and best practices. Work with colleagues across ITO to collaboratively deliver the technology components of the strategy and with researchers to deliver a successful adoption of the underpinning practices that are necessary to its successful implementation. Take the lead in developing a strategy for business continuity and disaster recovery of the scientific data and systems, ensuring that it reflects the needs of researchers. Develop evaluated options for presentation to researchers and Crick senior management. Establish an external advisory panel, to validate the Crick's strategies in points 3, 4 and 5, above, and to provide feedback and review of the quality of its implementation. Liaise with external groups to develop and/or leverage shared infrastructure for the benefit of Crick researchers and wider collaborations. Work with researchers to explore the use and articulate the value of new technology to store, analyse and present data. Provide support to researchers in their use and development of programmes and algorithms to analyse data, by provision of expertise to support Scientific Computing. As a commissioner of systems, develop strong relationships with the Infrastructure and Helpdesk team in order to jointly deliver solutions for the Institute. Recruit, maintain and motivate team members, to continue to develop a culture of professional excellence across your teams. Use the Crick's project and PMO approaches to support the effective and transparent delivery of projects. Manage the Scientific Computing revenue and capital budgets and support the CIO in management of the overall ITO budget. Provide reporting on the operational performance of Research Computing Platform services to the CIO, the IT Governance Committee and the Scientific Computing Steering Group, using the same tools as the rest of the department. Key Experience and Competencies The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: Bold, Imaginative, Open, Dynamic and Collegial, in addition to the following: Essential Proven experience in developing and managing large enterprise-scale HPC platforms in research or academic environments, with a focus on continuous professional development and industry certification. Strong leadership and experience in building teams to provide HPC support services and training. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with many teams, including those not under direct management. Understanding of scientific research processes, especially in bioinformatics, and their IT requirements. Expertise in data lifecycle management technology, particularly for big data such as image data and gene sequences. Familiarity with scientific applications such as CryoSPARC and Alphafold, and programming languages like R and Python. Experience managing teams to support large compute clusters and high-performance cluster file systems, with knowledge of technologies like Infiniband and job distribution systems. Appreciation of general IT services such as identity and access management, databases, web applications, and networking technologies. Awareness of enterprise Linux/macOS/Windows environments, virtualisation technologies such as vmware and oVirt, and public and private cloud platforms like AWS and OpenStack, and container technologies such as Kubernetes and Singularity. Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure and manage strategic documentation, budgets, and vendor relationships. Desirable Previous experience of working in a biomedical research environment. Experience in delivering IT services to support one of more of the following areas: Genomics, Structural Biology, Multi-omics, Image/Microscopy. About Us The Francis Crick Institute is an independent charity established to be a UK flagship for discovery research in biomedicine. Join us as we work to explore biology at all levels, from molecules through cells to entire organisms. Our mission is to understand more about how living things work to help improve treatment, diagnosis and prevention of human disease and achieve economic opportunities for the UK. In our institute, more than 2,000 staff and students use their wide-ranging knowledge and expertise to work across disciplines. We combine this rigour with an open and interactive culture. We're committed to bringing together people with varied research interests and expertise, including clinicians, physical scientists and applied scientists from our pharmaceutical partners, to achieve our increasingly ambitious goals. Please note: all offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom. Find out what benefits the Crick has to offer: For more information on our great pay and benefits package please click here: Pay and Benefits Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, pregnancy, age, disability, or civil partnership, marital or family status. We particularly welcome applications from people who are Minority Ethnic as they are currently underrepresented in the Crick at this level. Diversity is essential to excellence in scientific endeavour. It increases breadth and perspective, leading to more innovation and creativity. We want the Crick to be a place where everyone feels valued and where diversity is celebrated and seen as part of the foundation for our Institute's success. The Crick is committed to creating equality of opportunity and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We all share in the responsibility to actively promote dignity, respect . click apply for full job details
Dec 02, 2024
Full time
Head of Research Computing Platforms Apply Salary for this Role: From £87,400 with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Head of Research Computing Platforms Reports to: James Clements Closing Date: 08/Dec/.59 GMT Job Description: Head of Research Computing Platforms Reports to: Chief Information Officer This is a full-time, permanent position on Crick Terms and Conditions of Employment. Summary The Head of Research Computing Platforms will be part of the Information Technology Office (ITO) team and report directly to the Crick CIO. They will work closely with Crick scientists at all levels of the Institute to collaboratively plan and manage platforms that support the current and future needs of the Crick scientific community. The post holder will be responsible for the collaborative delivery of the platforms and services to science through directly managed teams and in liaison with the wider ITO organisation, working very closely with teams supporting Research Data Management and Research Software Engineering & AI to deliver a unified Scientific Computing function to the organisation. It is also expected that you will take an active role in working with the Crick partners and other relevant external contacts, in order to explore opportunities for collaborative development and/or sharing of resources. Key Responsibilities The Crick has recently installed the second wave of its scientific computing infrastructure, which currently provides 25PB of high-performance storage (with offsite backup and long-term archive) and over 12,000 cores of general-purpose compute, and multiple GPU clusters (H100, A100, L40) to support the varied needs of the organisation. The Head of Scientific Computing is accountable for the planning and delivery of the on-going development and growth of the scientific IT infrastructure, ensuring that the Institute develops a sustainable model of investment that takes into account both core and response mode funding; forecasting of future needs; effective data lifecycle management and opportunities to collaborate with external partners. They are additionally accountable for HPC applications, including training and support, delivered in collaboration with other teams across the organisation. Specific objectives include, but are not limited to, the following: Understand the scientific and research requirements of the Crick's scientific programmes to advise and work in partnership with researchers and the ITO team to deliver scientific computing platforms appropriately to meet their scientific program needs. This will include understanding the general scientific analysis, work-flows, data acquisition, data management and data processing needs of the Institute. Work with the scientific community, formally, by continuing to develop the existing governance structures, and informally, to provide process for allocation of research computing platform resources (storage and compute), so that existing resources are effectively distributed and a forecast of future requirements is developed. Continued development of the strategy for sustainable growth of the Crick's scientific computing platforms. Develop and articulate a plan for the growth of storage and compute capabilities for the 5 years, which, in addition to the research forecasts, takes into account external comparators and trends; the right mix of internal/external provision and the Crick's funding streams. Develop the Crick's strategy for world class data lifecycle management technology solutions and best practices. Work with colleagues across ITO to collaboratively deliver the technology components of the strategy and with researchers to deliver a successful adoption of the underpinning practices that are necessary to its successful implementation. Take the lead in developing a strategy for business continuity and disaster recovery of the scientific data and systems, ensuring that it reflects the needs of researchers. Develop evaluated options for presentation to researchers and Crick senior management. Establish an external advisory panel, to validate the Crick's strategies in points 3, 4 and 5, above, and to provide feedback and review of the quality of its implementation. Liaise with external groups to develop and/or leverage shared infrastructure for the benefit of Crick researchers and wider collaborations. Work with researchers to explore the use and articulate the value of new technology to store, analyse and present data. Provide support to researchers in their use and development of programmes and algorithms to analyse data, by provision of expertise to support Scientific Computing. As a commissioner of systems, develop strong relationships with the Infrastructure and Helpdesk team in order to jointly deliver solutions for the Institute. Recruit, maintain and motivate team members, to continue to develop a culture of professional excellence across your teams. Use the Crick's project and PMO approaches to support the effective and transparent delivery of projects. Manage the Scientific Computing revenue and capital budgets and support the CIO in management of the overall ITO budget. Provide reporting on the operational performance of Research Computing Platform services to the CIO, the IT Governance Committee and the Scientific Computing Steering Group, using the same tools as the rest of the department. Key Experience and Competencies The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: Bold, Imaginative, Open, Dynamic and Collegial, in addition to the following: Essential Proven experience in developing and managing large enterprise-scale HPC platforms in research or academic environments, with a focus on continuous professional development and industry certification. Strong leadership and experience in building teams to provide HPC support services and training. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with many teams, including those not under direct management. Understanding of scientific research processes, especially in bioinformatics, and their IT requirements. Expertise in data lifecycle management technology, particularly for big data such as image data and gene sequences. Familiarity with scientific applications such as CryoSPARC and Alphafold, and programming languages like R and Python. Experience managing teams to support large compute clusters and high-performance cluster file systems, with knowledge of technologies like Infiniband and job distribution systems. Appreciation of general IT services such as identity and access management, databases, web applications, and networking technologies. Awareness of enterprise Linux/macOS/Windows environments, virtualisation technologies such as vmware and oVirt, and public and private cloud platforms like AWS and OpenStack, and container technologies such as Kubernetes and Singularity. Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure and manage strategic documentation, budgets, and vendor relationships. Desirable Previous experience of working in a biomedical research environment. Experience in delivering IT services to support one of more of the following areas: Genomics, Structural Biology, Multi-omics, Image/Microscopy. About Us The Francis Crick Institute is an independent charity established to be a UK flagship for discovery research in biomedicine. Join us as we work to explore biology at all levels, from molecules through cells to entire organisms. Our mission is to understand more about how living things work to help improve treatment, diagnosis and prevention of human disease and achieve economic opportunities for the UK. In our institute, more than 2,000 staff and students use their wide-ranging knowledge and expertise to work across disciplines. We combine this rigour with an open and interactive culture. We're committed to bringing together people with varied research interests and expertise, including clinicians, physical scientists and applied scientists from our pharmaceutical partners, to achieve our increasingly ambitious goals. Please note: all offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom. Find out what benefits the Crick has to offer: For more information on our great pay and benefits package please click here: Pay and Benefits Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, pregnancy, age, disability, or civil partnership, marital or family status. We particularly welcome applications from people who are Minority Ethnic as they are currently underrepresented in the Crick at this level. Diversity is essential to excellence in scientific endeavour. It increases breadth and perspective, leading to more innovation and creativity. We want the Crick to be a place where everyone feels valued and where diversity is celebrated and seen as part of the foundation for our Institute's success. The Crick is committed to creating equality of opportunity and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We all share in the responsibility to actively promote dignity, respect . click apply for full job details
IT Senior Network Systems Engineer Our Client is a Bank based in the City of London, looking to recruit an IT Senior Network Systems Engineer ideally with at least 7 to 10 years of experience in IT, preferably from the banking financial industry. You will be working in a small team managing the day-to-day technology infrastructure to ensure that the Bank can operate efficiently. The Client would like the following key skills: CCNP level networking Solarwinds - Service Desk Software experience Experience of Palo Alto firewalls Firemon - Network Security Devices and Policy Management Complex Switches experience is essential. Experience of Avaya PABX systems Responsibilities: Responsible for the maintenance of the IT infrastructure of the Bank by providing first line support of software, hardware, and networking including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting. Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope. Design, plan, and deploy IT projects to enhance the existing IT infrastructure and any applications required by the bank. Provide End User Computing support for all staff. Coordinate between the London Users and Group IT Security on all requests for systems access, ensuring that permissions are provided promptly, regularly updated, and that the Group Access Matrix Protocol is followed. Preserve the Assets of the Bank by implementing Disaster Recovery and backup procedures, ensuring compliance with Group requirements. Provide IT support to ensure the smooth running of daily and periodic reports for the London Compliance team to ensure adherence to the Anti Money Laundering Provisions. Overall networking equipment monitoring (i.e. Network Switches, Firewall, and other appliances) and support. Plan and carry out maintenance checks to ensure IT Operations and infrastructures are running smoothly and ensure daily routine task completeness. Maintain the AYAYA PABX system and ensure that the recording system is always operational. Technical Skills Required: Proficient in common operating systems: Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and above Redhat Linux based Operating System Software proficiency: VMWare v6.7 and above Veeam Backup and Replication Symantec Endpoint Protection Symantec Endpoint Encryption ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Microsoft Office 365 Networking (IT): Cisco Switches and Routers Palo Alto Firewalls LAN/WAN Routing Hardware: Dell PowerEdge Servers Dell PowerVault SAN Storage Project management Data analysis Personal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills Strong written and verbal communication skills (in English) Strong stakeholder engagement Qualifications: Bachelor or Master's degree or professional qualification in a relevant discipline (IT/Information Systems/Computer Science/Technology/Programming/Information Science/System Engineering/Computing). The salary for this role is in the range £70K - £80K. This is a 12-month FTC role. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.
Nov 30, 2024
Full time
IT Senior Network Systems Engineer Our Client is a Bank based in the City of London, looking to recruit an IT Senior Network Systems Engineer ideally with at least 7 to 10 years of experience in IT, preferably from the banking financial industry. You will be working in a small team managing the day-to-day technology infrastructure to ensure that the Bank can operate efficiently. The Client would like the following key skills: CCNP level networking Solarwinds - Service Desk Software experience Experience of Palo Alto firewalls Firemon - Network Security Devices and Policy Management Complex Switches experience is essential. Experience of Avaya PABX systems Responsibilities: Responsible for the maintenance of the IT infrastructure of the Bank by providing first line support of software, hardware, and networking including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting. Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope. Design, plan, and deploy IT projects to enhance the existing IT infrastructure and any applications required by the bank. Provide End User Computing support for all staff. Coordinate between the London Users and Group IT Security on all requests for systems access, ensuring that permissions are provided promptly, regularly updated, and that the Group Access Matrix Protocol is followed. Preserve the Assets of the Bank by implementing Disaster Recovery and backup procedures, ensuring compliance with Group requirements. Provide IT support to ensure the smooth running of daily and periodic reports for the London Compliance team to ensure adherence to the Anti Money Laundering Provisions. Overall networking equipment monitoring (i.e. Network Switches, Firewall, and other appliances) and support. Plan and carry out maintenance checks to ensure IT Operations and infrastructures are running smoothly and ensure daily routine task completeness. Maintain the AYAYA PABX system and ensure that the recording system is always operational. Technical Skills Required: Proficient in common operating systems: Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and above Redhat Linux based Operating System Software proficiency: VMWare v6.7 and above Veeam Backup and Replication Symantec Endpoint Protection Symantec Endpoint Encryption ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Microsoft Office 365 Networking (IT): Cisco Switches and Routers Palo Alto Firewalls LAN/WAN Routing Hardware: Dell PowerEdge Servers Dell PowerVault SAN Storage Project management Data analysis Personal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills Strong written and verbal communication skills (in English) Strong stakeholder engagement Qualifications: Bachelor or Master's degree or professional qualification in a relevant discipline (IT/Information Systems/Computer Science/Technology/Programming/Information Science/System Engineering/Computing). The salary for this role is in the range £70K - £80K. This is a 12-month FTC role. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.
We have an exciting opportunity available for a Head of Research Computing Platforms to join one of the world s leading research Institutes at a crucial time in its evolution, and play a definitive role in shaping it for the future. You will join us on a full time , permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary starting from £87,400 per annum, with benefits, subject to skills and experience . The Crick s mission is discovery without boundaries; we don t limit the direction our research takes. We want to understand more about how living things work to help improve treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of human disease, and generate economic opportunities for the UK. Much of our research is both data- and compute-intensive and relies on advanced Scientific Computing systems, services, and skills. The Head of Research Computing Platforms role: The Head of Research Computing Platforms will be part of the Information Technology Office (ITO) team and report directly to the Crick CIO. They will work closely with Crick scientists at all levels of the Institute to collaboratively plan and manage platforms that support the current and future needs of the Crick scientific community. The post holder will be responsible for the collaborative delivery of the platforms and services to science through directly managed teams and in liaison with the wider ITO organisation, working very closely with teams supporting Research Data Management and Research Software Engineering & AI to deliver a unified Scientific Computing function to the organisation, as well as with Projects, Architecture, Infrastructure and Helpdesk functions. It is also expected that you will take an active role in working with the Crick partners and other relevant external contacts, in order to explore opportunities for collaborative development and/or sharing of resources. Responsibilities of our Head of Research Computing Platforms: These include but are not limited to: Understand the scientific and research requirements of the Crick s scientific programmes to advise and work in partnership with researchers and the ITO team to deliver scientific computing platforms appropriately to meet their scientific program needs. This will include understanding the general scientific analysis, work-flows, data acquisition, data management and data processing needs of the Institute. Work with the scientific community, formally, by continuing to develop the existing governance structures, and informally, to provide process for allocation of research computing platform resources (storage and compute), so that existing resources are effectively distributed and a forecast of future requirements is developed. Continued development of the strategy for sustainable growth of the Crick s scientific computing platforms. Develop and articulate a plan for the growth of storage and compute capabilities for the 5 years, which, in addition to the research forecasts, takes into account external comparators and trends; the right mix of internal/external provision and the Crick s funding streams. Develop the Crick s strategy for world class data lifecycle management technology solutions and best practices. Work with colleagues across ITO to collaboratively deliver the technology components of the strategy and with researchers to deliver a successful adoption of the underpinning practices that are necessary to its successful implementation. Take the lead in developing a strategy for business continuioty and disaster recovery of the scientific data and systems, ensuring that it reflects the needs of researchers. Develop evaluated options for presentation to researchers and Crick senior management. Establish an external advisory panel, to validate the Crick s strategies in points 3, 4 and 5, above, and to provide feedback and review of the quality of its implementation. Liaise with external groups to develop and/or leverage shared infrastructure for the benefit of Crick researchers and wider collaborations. Work with researchers to explore the use and articulate the value of new technology to store, analyse and present data. Provide support to researchers in their use and development of programmes and algorithms to analyse data, by provision of expertise to support Scientific Computing. As a commissioner of systems, develop strong relationships with the Infrastructure and Helpdesk team in order to jointly deliver solutions for the Institute. Recruit, maintain and motivate team members, to continue to develop a culture of professional excellence across your teams. Use the Crick s project and PMO approaches to support the effective and transparent delivery of projects. Manage the Scientific Computing revenue and capital budgets and support the CIO in management of the overall ITO budget. Provide reporting on the operational performance of Research Computing Platform services to the CIO, the IT Governance Committee and the Scientific Computing Steering Group, using the same tools as the rest of the department. Skills and experience we are looking for in our Head of Research Computing Platforms : Proven experience in developing and managing large enterprise-scale HPC platforms in research or academic environments, with a focus on continuous professional development and industry certification. Strong leadership and experience in building teams to provide HPC support services and training. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with many teams, including those not under direct management. An understanding of scientific research processes, especially in bioinformatics, and their IT requirements. Expertise in data lifecycle management technology, particularly for big data such as image data and gene sequences. Familiarity with scientific applications such as CryoSPARC and Alphafold, and programming languages like R and Python. Experience managing teams to support large compute clusters and high-performance cluster file systems, with knowledge of technologies like Infiniband and job distribution systems. Appreciation of general IT services such as identity and access management, databases, web applications, and networking technologies. Awareness of enterprise Linux/macOS/Windows environments, virtualisation technologies such as vmware and oVirt, and public and private cloud platforms like AWS and OpenStack, and container technologies such as Kubernetes and Singularity. Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure and manage strategic documentation, budgets, and vendor relationships. Closing date: 8th December 2024 If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Head of Research Computing Platforms, please click apply today, we d love to hear from you! All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.
Nov 14, 2024
Full time
We have an exciting opportunity available for a Head of Research Computing Platforms to join one of the world s leading research Institutes at a crucial time in its evolution, and play a definitive role in shaping it for the future. You will join us on a full time , permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary starting from £87,400 per annum, with benefits, subject to skills and experience . The Crick s mission is discovery without boundaries; we don t limit the direction our research takes. We want to understand more about how living things work to help improve treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of human disease, and generate economic opportunities for the UK. Much of our research is both data- and compute-intensive and relies on advanced Scientific Computing systems, services, and skills. The Head of Research Computing Platforms role: The Head of Research Computing Platforms will be part of the Information Technology Office (ITO) team and report directly to the Crick CIO. They will work closely with Crick scientists at all levels of the Institute to collaboratively plan and manage platforms that support the current and future needs of the Crick scientific community. The post holder will be responsible for the collaborative delivery of the platforms and services to science through directly managed teams and in liaison with the wider ITO organisation, working very closely with teams supporting Research Data Management and Research Software Engineering & AI to deliver a unified Scientific Computing function to the organisation, as well as with Projects, Architecture, Infrastructure and Helpdesk functions. It is also expected that you will take an active role in working with the Crick partners and other relevant external contacts, in order to explore opportunities for collaborative development and/or sharing of resources. Responsibilities of our Head of Research Computing Platforms: These include but are not limited to: Understand the scientific and research requirements of the Crick s scientific programmes to advise and work in partnership with researchers and the ITO team to deliver scientific computing platforms appropriately to meet their scientific program needs. This will include understanding the general scientific analysis, work-flows, data acquisition, data management and data processing needs of the Institute. Work with the scientific community, formally, by continuing to develop the existing governance structures, and informally, to provide process for allocation of research computing platform resources (storage and compute), so that existing resources are effectively distributed and a forecast of future requirements is developed. Continued development of the strategy for sustainable growth of the Crick s scientific computing platforms. Develop and articulate a plan for the growth of storage and compute capabilities for the 5 years, which, in addition to the research forecasts, takes into account external comparators and trends; the right mix of internal/external provision and the Crick s funding streams. Develop the Crick s strategy for world class data lifecycle management technology solutions and best practices. Work with colleagues across ITO to collaboratively deliver the technology components of the strategy and with researchers to deliver a successful adoption of the underpinning practices that are necessary to its successful implementation. Take the lead in developing a strategy for business continuioty and disaster recovery of the scientific data and systems, ensuring that it reflects the needs of researchers. Develop evaluated options for presentation to researchers and Crick senior management. Establish an external advisory panel, to validate the Crick s strategies in points 3, 4 and 5, above, and to provide feedback and review of the quality of its implementation. Liaise with external groups to develop and/or leverage shared infrastructure for the benefit of Crick researchers and wider collaborations. Work with researchers to explore the use and articulate the value of new technology to store, analyse and present data. Provide support to researchers in their use and development of programmes and algorithms to analyse data, by provision of expertise to support Scientific Computing. As a commissioner of systems, develop strong relationships with the Infrastructure and Helpdesk team in order to jointly deliver solutions for the Institute. Recruit, maintain and motivate team members, to continue to develop a culture of professional excellence across your teams. Use the Crick s project and PMO approaches to support the effective and transparent delivery of projects. Manage the Scientific Computing revenue and capital budgets and support the CIO in management of the overall ITO budget. Provide reporting on the operational performance of Research Computing Platform services to the CIO, the IT Governance Committee and the Scientific Computing Steering Group, using the same tools as the rest of the department. Skills and experience we are looking for in our Head of Research Computing Platforms : Proven experience in developing and managing large enterprise-scale HPC platforms in research or academic environments, with a focus on continuous professional development and industry certification. Strong leadership and experience in building teams to provide HPC support services and training. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with many teams, including those not under direct management. An understanding of scientific research processes, especially in bioinformatics, and their IT requirements. Expertise in data lifecycle management technology, particularly for big data such as image data and gene sequences. Familiarity with scientific applications such as CryoSPARC and Alphafold, and programming languages like R and Python. Experience managing teams to support large compute clusters and high-performance cluster file systems, with knowledge of technologies like Infiniband and job distribution systems. Appreciation of general IT services such as identity and access management, databases, web applications, and networking technologies. Awareness of enterprise Linux/macOS/Windows environments, virtualisation technologies such as vmware and oVirt, and public and private cloud platforms like AWS and OpenStack, and container technologies such as Kubernetes and Singularity. Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure and manage strategic documentation, budgets, and vendor relationships. Closing date: 8th December 2024 If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Head of Research Computing Platforms, please click apply today, we d love to hear from you! All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.
Details Reference number 338521 Salary £33,134 - £49,000 Base salary band is £33,134 - £38,000 with an additional DDaT allowance of £4,350 - £11,000 available. The final salary and allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Job grade Higher Executive Officer DDaT Senior Contract type Permanent Business area CH - Digital Services Type of role Digital Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Hybrid working available, but successful candidate must have the ability to attend our Cardiff office (weekly) to carry out remedial work on our physical server infrastructure. About the job Job summary The Linux and Storage team performs a key role in the IT Services area of Companies House. The team supports the infrastructure that runs both front end services and back-end databases that underpin the core business functions of Companies House i.e., company registration, dissolution, and the storage of company information, as required under the Companies Act. In this role, you will help support and develop the existing Companies House Linux and Storage infrastructure (on-site & cloud) ensuring availability, performance, and resilience to meet Companies House corporate targets. You will also be involved in the ongoing migration and subsequent support of Companies House services to Cloud. Companies House leads the way in providing an open and transparent company register. Our register is searched billions of times a year and valued at over £3 billion to the UK economy, supporting millions of business decisions every day. Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 Days Annual Leave, 8 Bank Holidays and 1 Privilege Day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 27%. At Companies House, hybrid working is about achieving an effective balance between working in the office and working from other appropriate locations. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. We currently expect those on hybrid contracts to attend their base office a minimum of one day a week but the exact degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities and should be agreed through discussions with your line manager. The majority of our digital teams are based in our Cardiff head office. Come and help us as we embark on a redesign of our digital services and culture! Job description This is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer Role where the successful candidate will possess the necessary skills to support and develop the Companies House Linux and Storage infrastructure. The role includes the following disciplines: Be part of a team that provides 8:30am to 5pm cover. Take part in a 24/7/365 on call rota. Respond to and resolve incidents to meet agreed targets. Proactively monitor system performance, taking preventative or corrective action where required, ensuring Change Management procedures are always adhered to. Provide root cause analysis to problems and propose/implement appropriate corrective actions. Take a proactive role in the project to migrate on-premise services to cloud Participate in configuration design and upgrade pathways for the existing infrastructure. Configure and install solutions to meet the business needs, ensuring agreed standards and the Companies House Change Management process is adhered to. Decommission redundant systems/hardware. Document existing and future systems/processes. Ensure the CMDB is kept up to date. Person specification We are looking for a Linux and Storage Engineer to join IT services. You will be responsible for supporting the organisation's internal and external facing systems with respect to the Linux and Storage estate. Ability to work as a member of a technical team who actively shares knowledge to help ensure all team members develop their skills and are kept up to date with any technical changes that could impact the team. Ability to work remotely from other team members and still be able to communicate effectively using the appropriate communication channel (telephone, Slack, email etc.) to resolve technical issues in a timely manner. Requires strong problem-solving skills, the ability to work well under pressure and prioritize work effectively. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization. Ability to engage effectively with 3rd party support/vendors to resolve technical issues where necessary. Approaches work according to the Companies House Values by being Adaptable, Bold, and Curious. Experience Experience of working with cloud computing technologies, specifically AWS. A knowledge of automation technologies such as Terraform, Ansible & Concourse. Linux administration, including virtualisation. Knowledge of SAN technologies. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Working Together Delivering at Pace Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Working knowledge of AWS cloud computing technologies, Linux administration and storage administration. Benefits Alongside your salary of £33,134, Companies House contributes £8,946 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Join us at Companies House and experience the difference of working within a culture that values you, not only as an employee, but as an integral part of our Companies House team. We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we're committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices. Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills. In your application form we'd like you to: Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements. Write a personal statement of 1250 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills outlined in the person specification. At sift candidates will be assessed against experience (detailed in person specification) and are asked to supply work history/personal statement and reference any transferable skills using the job description for reference. At interview candidates will be assessed against the behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles Behaviours and Strengths. We're committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement. What will the process look like? We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to attend a virtual interview. Read more information and guidance about Applying for Your New Job. Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and may include Strength based questions in the interview. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU . click apply for full job details
Feb 01, 2024
Full time
Details Reference number 338521 Salary £33,134 - £49,000 Base salary band is £33,134 - £38,000 with an additional DDaT allowance of £4,350 - £11,000 available. The final salary and allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Job grade Higher Executive Officer DDaT Senior Contract type Permanent Business area CH - Digital Services Type of role Digital Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Hybrid working available, but successful candidate must have the ability to attend our Cardiff office (weekly) to carry out remedial work on our physical server infrastructure. About the job Job summary The Linux and Storage team performs a key role in the IT Services area of Companies House. The team supports the infrastructure that runs both front end services and back-end databases that underpin the core business functions of Companies House i.e., company registration, dissolution, and the storage of company information, as required under the Companies Act. In this role, you will help support and develop the existing Companies House Linux and Storage infrastructure (on-site & cloud) ensuring availability, performance, and resilience to meet Companies House corporate targets. You will also be involved in the ongoing migration and subsequent support of Companies House services to Cloud. Companies House leads the way in providing an open and transparent company register. Our register is searched billions of times a year and valued at over £3 billion to the UK economy, supporting millions of business decisions every day. Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 Days Annual Leave, 8 Bank Holidays and 1 Privilege Day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 27%. At Companies House, hybrid working is about achieving an effective balance between working in the office and working from other appropriate locations. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. We currently expect those on hybrid contracts to attend their base office a minimum of one day a week but the exact degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities and should be agreed through discussions with your line manager. The majority of our digital teams are based in our Cardiff head office. Come and help us as we embark on a redesign of our digital services and culture! Job description This is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer Role where the successful candidate will possess the necessary skills to support and develop the Companies House Linux and Storage infrastructure. The role includes the following disciplines: Be part of a team that provides 8:30am to 5pm cover. Take part in a 24/7/365 on call rota. Respond to and resolve incidents to meet agreed targets. Proactively monitor system performance, taking preventative or corrective action where required, ensuring Change Management procedures are always adhered to. Provide root cause analysis to problems and propose/implement appropriate corrective actions. Take a proactive role in the project to migrate on-premise services to cloud Participate in configuration design and upgrade pathways for the existing infrastructure. Configure and install solutions to meet the business needs, ensuring agreed standards and the Companies House Change Management process is adhered to. Decommission redundant systems/hardware. Document existing and future systems/processes. Ensure the CMDB is kept up to date. Person specification We are looking for a Linux and Storage Engineer to join IT services. You will be responsible for supporting the organisation's internal and external facing systems with respect to the Linux and Storage estate. Ability to work as a member of a technical team who actively shares knowledge to help ensure all team members develop their skills and are kept up to date with any technical changes that could impact the team. Ability to work remotely from other team members and still be able to communicate effectively using the appropriate communication channel (telephone, Slack, email etc.) to resolve technical issues in a timely manner. Requires strong problem-solving skills, the ability to work well under pressure and prioritize work effectively. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization. Ability to engage effectively with 3rd party support/vendors to resolve technical issues where necessary. Approaches work according to the Companies House Values by being Adaptable, Bold, and Curious. Experience Experience of working with cloud computing technologies, specifically AWS. A knowledge of automation technologies such as Terraform, Ansible & Concourse. Linux administration, including virtualisation. Knowledge of SAN technologies. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Working Together Delivering at Pace Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Working knowledge of AWS cloud computing technologies, Linux administration and storage administration. Benefits Alongside your salary of £33,134, Companies House contributes £8,946 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Join us at Companies House and experience the difference of working within a culture that values you, not only as an employee, but as an integral part of our Companies House team. We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we're committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices. Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills. In your application form we'd like you to: Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements. Write a personal statement of 1250 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills outlined in the person specification. At sift candidates will be assessed against experience (detailed in person specification) and are asked to supply work history/personal statement and reference any transferable skills using the job description for reference. At interview candidates will be assessed against the behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles Behaviours and Strengths. We're committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement. What will the process look like? We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to attend a virtual interview. Read more information and guidance about Applying for Your New Job. Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and may include Strength based questions in the interview. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU . click apply for full job details
Job Description At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us. An exciting opportunity has become available to join Boeing Defence UK as a Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer / Linux Systems Administrator this role will be Hybrid working with primary offices in either in Bristol, UK or Milton Keynes, UK. This post is for an OpenShift Platform Engineer to join the Infrastructure Team and will be jointly responsible for the day to day support and maintenance of the Redhat OpenShift Container platform and the wider Redhat Linux server estate. The team provide support to multiple programmes of work, including Ministry of Defence Information Services (MoD IS). This is a hands-on role whereby the successful candidate will need to be highly proficient in Container platform technologies, Docker, Kubernetes, RHEL OpenShift 3&4 as well as multiple LINUX / UNIX operating systems (RHEL, HPUX, Solaris, CentOS) with an appreciation of other related Infrastructure technologies including networking, storage, Virtualization and HCI platforms. There will be the requirement to work with other teams to ensure the smooth delivery of Projects and identify opportunities for improvement through automation techniques. This includes monitoring the Service Management tool for Incidents, Problems, Service Requests and Change tasks to ensure we are improving the quality and adherence to contractual SLA and KPI requirements of the programme within Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) This role will be responsible for: Redhat OpenShift enterprise implementation and support. Ensuring availability, reliability, and performance of OpenShift/Container Platform Installation, maintenance, and configuration of production and non-production OpenShift environments. Perform patching, software implementations, and upgrades to Redhat OpenShift platforms. Support the delivery of automated Infrastructure Perform and automate patching and monitoring activities Work closely with other teams across the business to improve efficiency Fault diagnosis including problem statements and mitigation planning The successful candidate will be expected to be part of a 24x7 on-call team and provide extended hours support via a team Rota. Service and application Migration activities (RHEL & OCP) Provide input and design review to ensure best practice implementation of container platforms and automation toolchains Technical Experience and knowledge will be required in the following areas: Hands on experience with OpenShift upgrades, installations, and configuration. (ideally managed large scale migration and deployments) Hands on experience in Redhat OpenShift Administration activities. Knowledge of container monitoring tools and metrics. Ability to write scripts for OpenShift day to day task automation. OpenShift knowledge of OpenShift v 3.x & 4.x (Operators, registry, Networking and CICD on OpenShift) Troubleshooting and performance tuning experience. Experience of automation techniques and toolchains (Ansible, Ansible Tower, Gitlab Jenkins) Thorough understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and OpenShift Experience in a UNIX and Redhat RHEL7 & RHEL 8 administration role Desirable DevOps/CI/CD process architecture/engineering experience Redhat Certification RHSA or RHCE Redhat Certified Specialist in Containers & Kubernetes Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration Fluency in at least once scripting language such as Ruby, PowerShell, Python or Java. Experience of working within a secure and high availability environment Other information: SC eligibility is required. Hybrid Work Option (Virtual/Office): Yes with some travel in the UK Bristol site as required . All information provided will be checked and may be verified. Important information regarding this requisition: This position does not have sponsorship approval. This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing will not attempt to obtain Immigration and labour sponsorship for any applicants. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S. based payroll. PLEASE NOTE: The successful candidate will be expected to undergo a SECURITY CHECK/CLEARANCE Export Control Requirements: Not an export control position Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law. We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world's most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process.
Dec 19, 2022
Full time
Job Description At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us. An exciting opportunity has become available to join Boeing Defence UK as a Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer / Linux Systems Administrator this role will be Hybrid working with primary offices in either in Bristol, UK or Milton Keynes, UK. This post is for an OpenShift Platform Engineer to join the Infrastructure Team and will be jointly responsible for the day to day support and maintenance of the Redhat OpenShift Container platform and the wider Redhat Linux server estate. The team provide support to multiple programmes of work, including Ministry of Defence Information Services (MoD IS). This is a hands-on role whereby the successful candidate will need to be highly proficient in Container platform technologies, Docker, Kubernetes, RHEL OpenShift 3&4 as well as multiple LINUX / UNIX operating systems (RHEL, HPUX, Solaris, CentOS) with an appreciation of other related Infrastructure technologies including networking, storage, Virtualization and HCI platforms. There will be the requirement to work with other teams to ensure the smooth delivery of Projects and identify opportunities for improvement through automation techniques. This includes monitoring the Service Management tool for Incidents, Problems, Service Requests and Change tasks to ensure we are improving the quality and adherence to contractual SLA and KPI requirements of the programme within Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) This role will be responsible for: Redhat OpenShift enterprise implementation and support. Ensuring availability, reliability, and performance of OpenShift/Container Platform Installation, maintenance, and configuration of production and non-production OpenShift environments. Perform patching, software implementations, and upgrades to Redhat OpenShift platforms. Support the delivery of automated Infrastructure Perform and automate patching and monitoring activities Work closely with other teams across the business to improve efficiency Fault diagnosis including problem statements and mitigation planning The successful candidate will be expected to be part of a 24x7 on-call team and provide extended hours support via a team Rota. Service and application Migration activities (RHEL & OCP) Provide input and design review to ensure best practice implementation of container platforms and automation toolchains Technical Experience and knowledge will be required in the following areas: Hands on experience with OpenShift upgrades, installations, and configuration. (ideally managed large scale migration and deployments) Hands on experience in Redhat OpenShift Administration activities. Knowledge of container monitoring tools and metrics. Ability to write scripts for OpenShift day to day task automation. OpenShift knowledge of OpenShift v 3.x & 4.x (Operators, registry, Networking and CICD on OpenShift) Troubleshooting and performance tuning experience. Experience of automation techniques and toolchains (Ansible, Ansible Tower, Gitlab Jenkins) Thorough understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and OpenShift Experience in a UNIX and Redhat RHEL7 & RHEL 8 administration role Desirable DevOps/CI/CD process architecture/engineering experience Redhat Certification RHSA or RHCE Redhat Certified Specialist in Containers & Kubernetes Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration Fluency in at least once scripting language such as Ruby, PowerShell, Python or Java. Experience of working within a secure and high availability environment Other information: SC eligibility is required. Hybrid Work Option (Virtual/Office): Yes with some travel in the UK Bristol site as required . All information provided will be checked and may be verified. Important information regarding this requisition: This position does not have sponsorship approval. This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing will not attempt to obtain Immigration and labour sponsorship for any applicants. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S. based payroll. PLEASE NOTE: The successful candidate will be expected to undergo a SECURITY CHECK/CLEARANCE Export Control Requirements: Not an export control position Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law. We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world's most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process.
Location: London - Hybrid Type: Full-time/Permanent A Data FinTech client of ours are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the existing team and work on exciting, new technology including kubernetes as well as gaining exposure to data systems and supporting the company in building out their brand-new data platform. What you will be doing: You will design, operate and support the infrastructure, middleware and internal services, while seeking to improve their performance, availability, scalability, latency and efficiency You will be driving technical excellence across the business, following SRE best-practices You will be working alongside development teams to develop and design scalable and high available services and establish effective build framework for continuous deployment and self-service automation You will also work on incident resolution and engage with various teams (including 3rd parties) for support escalation. Experience you need: You need to be strong in Amazon AWS Cloud, including services such as: EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, IAM, Route 53, Auto Scaling Groups, Lambda, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation and Security Groups Having expertise with containerisation within Kubernetes and Docker and a familiarity with the pattern of Microservice Architecture will be needed. You'll also need to be able to define container configuration and troubleshoot You'll need to be experienced with configuration management technologies including Terraform and Ansible, as well as associated paradigms such as IaC and Immutable Infrastructure CI/CD - You need to be comfortable with build pipelines in e.g. TeamCity/ Jenkins/ Concourse You must have hands-on experience developing in one or more programming or scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, Python, JavaScript, Golang, Java), within an SCM environment (e.g. Bitbucket, GitHub). Networking - must have knowledge of routing & switching protocols as well as DNS, firewalling, load-balancing and global traffic management. Persistence technologies - you need to be familiar with database technologies (NoSQL/SQL) and broker/ queuing technologies, including knowledge of HA/ clustering. You need to be Familiar with various logging, monitoring and alerting platforms - expertise in the usage (and, desirably, the deployment) of e.g. ELK, Splunk, CloudWatch, to enable forensic log analysis and system tuning as well as data-driven performance analysis (i.e. SLI/ SLO) and capacity planning Linux & Windows systems administration in multiple distributions, including storage management (e.g. LVM, RAID) and security practices e.g. SSH, SSL/TLS, HMAC, IPS/IDS 3-4 years experience in a similar role is required Experience working within a FinTech company is desirable This is an exciting time within this company as they are embarking on a huge growth period across the entire business, particularly within the Data and Analytics function to support the development of their brand-new Data Platform.
Dec 01, 2022
Full time
Location: London - Hybrid Type: Full-time/Permanent A Data FinTech client of ours are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the existing team and work on exciting, new technology including kubernetes as well as gaining exposure to data systems and supporting the company in building out their brand-new data platform. What you will be doing: You will design, operate and support the infrastructure, middleware and internal services, while seeking to improve their performance, availability, scalability, latency and efficiency You will be driving technical excellence across the business, following SRE best-practices You will be working alongside development teams to develop and design scalable and high available services and establish effective build framework for continuous deployment and self-service automation You will also work on incident resolution and engage with various teams (including 3rd parties) for support escalation. Experience you need: You need to be strong in Amazon AWS Cloud, including services such as: EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, IAM, Route 53, Auto Scaling Groups, Lambda, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation and Security Groups Having expertise with containerisation within Kubernetes and Docker and a familiarity with the pattern of Microservice Architecture will be needed. You'll also need to be able to define container configuration and troubleshoot You'll need to be experienced with configuration management technologies including Terraform and Ansible, as well as associated paradigms such as IaC and Immutable Infrastructure CI/CD - You need to be comfortable with build pipelines in e.g. TeamCity/ Jenkins/ Concourse You must have hands-on experience developing in one or more programming or scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, Python, JavaScript, Golang, Java), within an SCM environment (e.g. Bitbucket, GitHub). Networking - must have knowledge of routing & switching protocols as well as DNS, firewalling, load-balancing and global traffic management. Persistence technologies - you need to be familiar with database technologies (NoSQL/SQL) and broker/ queuing technologies, including knowledge of HA/ clustering. You need to be Familiar with various logging, monitoring and alerting platforms - expertise in the usage (and, desirably, the deployment) of e.g. ELK, Splunk, CloudWatch, to enable forensic log analysis and system tuning as well as data-driven performance analysis (i.e. SLI/ SLO) and capacity planning Linux & Windows systems administration in multiple distributions, including storage management (e.g. LVM, RAID) and security practices e.g. SSH, SSL/TLS, HMAC, IPS/IDS 3-4 years experience in a similar role is required Experience working within a FinTech company is desirable This is an exciting time within this company as they are embarking on a huge growth period across the entire business, particularly within the Data and Analytics function to support the development of their brand-new Data Platform.
Salary 50,000 - 70,000 GBP per year Requirements: - Microservices - using Distributed Application Runtime (DAPR), hosted on Linux Docker images Data and API - JSON, JSON Schema, REST, OData, Graph, gRPC Secure programming - data protection, use of HSM and OpenSource cryptography, such as Lib Sodium Identity - .Net Claims based Identity OIDC / JWT and Identity Server / AD B2C / etc Cloud infrastructure - Storage: MongoDB, SQL, Redis Compute: Docker, Kubernetes (kubectl), Container Registries Network: Load balancers, Nginx Proxy, IP Routing, P2P Mesh SDK/Tooling - HTML/CSS/JS Web Assembly, Razor/Blazor other JS Frameworks Testing and performance - XUnit, Postman Responsibilities: - We are looking for people of purpose, with a can-do attitude, that can join in and thrive in a team with a sense of fun. You should be a clear written and spoken communicator with min 3 years C# .Net recent experience. For the senior roles, it's useful to have built a broader view of successful software development teams in small and startup environments. Given the nature of our platform, exposure to interacting with identity in development, a computing science or numerate engineering/science background, or some cybersecurity experience are also desirable. Technologies: - .NET Framework - C# - microservices - API - JBoss - Docker - Kubernetes - Cryptography - MongoDB - Load Balancing - JSON More: About Us We are SICCAR, and we're building a product to better connect and protect businesses and society. SICCAR is a blockchain-based enterprise data sharing platform that gives organisations full control over how data is shared and used across their business ecosystem. Our transformative technology is being applied to enable trust, resilience and security in high impact problems, sustainability, government and business. The platform is a .Net Microservices-based decentralised shared data protection system, based on our refined Blockchain solution which has been derived from Bitcoin cryptography and concepts. Through the use of our SDKs, the platform is easily used by our partners and solution providers - to build scenario-specific applications for interaction and sharing of data across multiple organisations in a controlled, verifiable, and provable manner. We're a team of innovative people of purpose, who want to change the world and have fun doing it - now seeking software professionals to join our small engineering team as we innovate and refine our platform to deliver on an exciting future roadmap. We use Azure DevOps to execute and build on our development programme in an Agile-based Sprint methodology. You will bring experience and expertise that will complement our current tech stack. Have a problem solving, can do, attitude and you're not afraid to speak your mind. You will take stories where you can apply your expertise in areas from enhancing underlying platform engineering, through to developing innovative technology features and customer specific deliverables. You will be learning and working with experts in exciting, decentralised data technologies and cryptography. Currently we are looking for Mid and Senior Software Engineers through to Autumn 22. Position and salary are based on experience. Come talk to us!
Nov 28, 2022
Full time
Salary 50,000 - 70,000 GBP per year Requirements: - Microservices - using Distributed Application Runtime (DAPR), hosted on Linux Docker images Data and API - JSON, JSON Schema, REST, OData, Graph, gRPC Secure programming - data protection, use of HSM and OpenSource cryptography, such as Lib Sodium Identity - .Net Claims based Identity OIDC / JWT and Identity Server / AD B2C / etc Cloud infrastructure - Storage: MongoDB, SQL, Redis Compute: Docker, Kubernetes (kubectl), Container Registries Network: Load balancers, Nginx Proxy, IP Routing, P2P Mesh SDK/Tooling - HTML/CSS/JS Web Assembly, Razor/Blazor other JS Frameworks Testing and performance - XUnit, Postman Responsibilities: - We are looking for people of purpose, with a can-do attitude, that can join in and thrive in a team with a sense of fun. You should be a clear written and spoken communicator with min 3 years C# .Net recent experience. For the senior roles, it's useful to have built a broader view of successful software development teams in small and startup environments. Given the nature of our platform, exposure to interacting with identity in development, a computing science or numerate engineering/science background, or some cybersecurity experience are also desirable. Technologies: - .NET Framework - C# - microservices - API - JBoss - Docker - Kubernetes - Cryptography - MongoDB - Load Balancing - JSON More: About Us We are SICCAR, and we're building a product to better connect and protect businesses and society. SICCAR is a blockchain-based enterprise data sharing platform that gives organisations full control over how data is shared and used across their business ecosystem. Our transformative technology is being applied to enable trust, resilience and security in high impact problems, sustainability, government and business. The platform is a .Net Microservices-based decentralised shared data protection system, based on our refined Blockchain solution which has been derived from Bitcoin cryptography and concepts. Through the use of our SDKs, the platform is easily used by our partners and solution providers - to build scenario-specific applications for interaction and sharing of data across multiple organisations in a controlled, verifiable, and provable manner. We're a team of innovative people of purpose, who want to change the world and have fun doing it - now seeking software professionals to join our small engineering team as we innovate and refine our platform to deliver on an exciting future roadmap. We use Azure DevOps to execute and build on our development programme in an Agile-based Sprint methodology. You will bring experience and expertise that will complement our current tech stack. Have a problem solving, can do, attitude and you're not afraid to speak your mind. You will take stories where you can apply your expertise in areas from enhancing underlying platform engineering, through to developing innovative technology features and customer specific deliverables. You will be learning and working with experts in exciting, decentralised data technologies and cryptography. Currently we are looking for Mid and Senior Software Engineers through to Autumn 22. Position and salary are based on experience. Come talk to us!
Post Production Engineer Are you an individual who is keen to develop in the technological, broadcasting sphere? If so, we would love to hear from you! We are currently looking for a Post Production Engineer to join our team who support a number of post-production facilities owned or operated by Red Bee Media within the London area. This client facing role deals with first line support calls, both directly from users and after referral from other support departments or responding to automated monitoring systems within the business. Some travel across London will be required. As a Post Production Engineer, you would be expected to have knowledge of post-production systems, technologies, workflows, and processes and should be aware of modern developments within the industry. It is important you're comfortable working both within a team as well as independently. The purpose of the role is to drive up and maintain stability of the assigned systems, and to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction. Job Responsibilities: Customer Issue handling Receive, 1st Line calls, accurately record, investigate and where possible diagnose and resolve If required escalate within the Post Production Engineering team whilst clearly communicating the situation with the stakeholders affected Escalate to the Senior Post Production Engineers for technical guidance, where needed Maintain records and logs of work done using the department service desk tools, on the installation, modification and repair of systems Perform regular checks of systems, and undertake routine scheduled maintenance on supported technologies Essential Requirements: Ability to work as part of a team supporting multiple sites efficiently and conscientiously A clear ability to multi-task in a complex dynamic environment with regularly changing priorities Deep understanding of customer service with the ability to view systems in terms of service provision rather than discrete technical components An understanding that the business of post-production will occasionally require the flexibility to work out-of-hours and take ownership of service affecting issues until a satisfactory resolution is reached Experience of working in a fast-moving modern post-production environment Experience of Post Production procedures and methods, familiar with online/offline workflows Excellent operational knowledge of standard Non-linear editing software including: Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro Knowledge & experience of shared storage and asset management systems, Avid ISIS Avid Interplay Knowledge and experience of Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems Understanding of QC processes Desirable Skills: ACSR Qualifications Knowledge of more specialized non-linear editing systems including: Digidesign Protools Discreet Flame Filmlight Baselight Blackmagic Resolve Knowledge of broadcast video formats, protocols, infrastructure and encoding standards Desirable to have familiarity with video & audio matrices, control systems & KVM Matrix systems Knowledge and experience of tape-based dubbing and format transfer principles and system with a good operational, setup and config knowledge of most formats of broadcast VTRs with experience of basic maintenance and fault finding desirable. Job Location: London (W12 7TP) Start Date: ASAP Contract Length: Until 31st March 2022 (Possibility of extension)
Dec 07, 2021
Contractor
Post Production Engineer Are you an individual who is keen to develop in the technological, broadcasting sphere? If so, we would love to hear from you! We are currently looking for a Post Production Engineer to join our team who support a number of post-production facilities owned or operated by Red Bee Media within the London area. This client facing role deals with first line support calls, both directly from users and after referral from other support departments or responding to automated monitoring systems within the business. Some travel across London will be required. As a Post Production Engineer, you would be expected to have knowledge of post-production systems, technologies, workflows, and processes and should be aware of modern developments within the industry. It is important you're comfortable working both within a team as well as independently. The purpose of the role is to drive up and maintain stability of the assigned systems, and to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction. Job Responsibilities: Customer Issue handling Receive, 1st Line calls, accurately record, investigate and where possible diagnose and resolve If required escalate within the Post Production Engineering team whilst clearly communicating the situation with the stakeholders affected Escalate to the Senior Post Production Engineers for technical guidance, where needed Maintain records and logs of work done using the department service desk tools, on the installation, modification and repair of systems Perform regular checks of systems, and undertake routine scheduled maintenance on supported technologies Essential Requirements: Ability to work as part of a team supporting multiple sites efficiently and conscientiously A clear ability to multi-task in a complex dynamic environment with regularly changing priorities Deep understanding of customer service with the ability to view systems in terms of service provision rather than discrete technical components An understanding that the business of post-production will occasionally require the flexibility to work out-of-hours and take ownership of service affecting issues until a satisfactory resolution is reached Experience of working in a fast-moving modern post-production environment Experience of Post Production procedures and methods, familiar with online/offline workflows Excellent operational knowledge of standard Non-linear editing software including: Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro Knowledge & experience of shared storage and asset management systems, Avid ISIS Avid Interplay Knowledge and experience of Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems Understanding of QC processes Desirable Skills: ACSR Qualifications Knowledge of more specialized non-linear editing systems including: Digidesign Protools Discreet Flame Filmlight Baselight Blackmagic Resolve Knowledge of broadcast video formats, protocols, infrastructure and encoding standards Desirable to have familiarity with video & audio matrices, control systems & KVM Matrix systems Knowledge and experience of tape-based dubbing and format transfer principles and system with a good operational, setup and config knowledge of most formats of broadcast VTRs with experience of basic maintenance and fault finding desirable. Job Location: London (W12 7TP) Start Date: ASAP Contract Length: Until 31st March 2022 (Possibility of extension)
Medallia is the pioneer and market leader in Experience Management. Our award-winning SaaS platform, Medallia Experience Cloud, leads the market in the understanding and management of experience for candidates, customers, employees, patients, citizens and residents.We are more than a software company. We want to be known as a company that does the right thing, no matter the challenge or controversy. We are committed to creating a culture that values every person and every experience. Individual life experiences shape the way we interact with the world, which is why we encourage people to bring their whole selves to work each day. The strength of our global workforce is the most significant contributor to our success.We believe: Every Experience Matters.Talent is Everywhere. All Belong HereAt Medallia, we hire the whole person.We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Infrastructure as Service team within the Medallia Cloud Services organization at Medallia. The team is responsible for building and maintaining the core infrastructure supporting Medallia's global network of data centers (colo-location and public cloud). We are directly responsible for managing thousands of servers, petabytes of flash, and hybrid storage and elastically scaling our infrastructure to meet the ever-increasing Medallia's Experience Cloud needs.The Systems Engineers on the team are responsible for maintaining the tools/systems described above. This includes troubleshooting problems with systems and services, regular deployment of new versions of the systems and their subcomponents, deployment/system validation and testing, service monitoring, standing up new services/tools, etc. The team works with many different internal Software Development teams to drive improvement of the systems/services within the team's scope. It is important to be able to work collaboratively and independently to investigate and document issues and create solutions to solve them at scale.Work in our development team and embrace the DevOps role to bring excellence to our software engineering teams. Requirements Experience with Docker and container orchestration technology like Kubernetes is a major plus.You have expertise with Linux/Unix systems and have used configuration management tools (such as Maven, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt);You have Shell scripting, Java, and Python programming experience;Experience with observability services, like Prometheus, is a plusWorking knowledge of the Linux storage stack, both block and file system a plusExperience with Minio, CEPH RadosGW, and S3 object storage is a plus.You have designed and/or delivered mission-critical services (preferably cloud-based services);You have experience deploying to application servers such as Tomcat, Nginx, or Websphere in enterprise environments, and working with both relational and NoSQL databases such as Hadoop etc.You have a strong desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment where you have a lot of responsibilities and see the immediate impact of your efforts; At Medallia, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it and recognize the value it brings to our customers and employees. Medallia is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Equal opportunity and consideration are afforded to all qualified applicants and employees. We won't unlawfully discriminate on the basis of gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by law. Apply Today Awards Diversity at Medallia As rated by current employees on Comparably As rated by current employees on Comparably
Dec 07, 2021
Full time
Medallia is the pioneer and market leader in Experience Management. Our award-winning SaaS platform, Medallia Experience Cloud, leads the market in the understanding and management of experience for candidates, customers, employees, patients, citizens and residents.We are more than a software company. We want to be known as a company that does the right thing, no matter the challenge or controversy. We are committed to creating a culture that values every person and every experience. Individual life experiences shape the way we interact with the world, which is why we encourage people to bring their whole selves to work each day. The strength of our global workforce is the most significant contributor to our success.We believe: Every Experience Matters.Talent is Everywhere. All Belong HereAt Medallia, we hire the whole person.We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Infrastructure as Service team within the Medallia Cloud Services organization at Medallia. The team is responsible for building and maintaining the core infrastructure supporting Medallia's global network of data centers (colo-location and public cloud). We are directly responsible for managing thousands of servers, petabytes of flash, and hybrid storage and elastically scaling our infrastructure to meet the ever-increasing Medallia's Experience Cloud needs.The Systems Engineers on the team are responsible for maintaining the tools/systems described above. This includes troubleshooting problems with systems and services, regular deployment of new versions of the systems and their subcomponents, deployment/system validation and testing, service monitoring, standing up new services/tools, etc. The team works with many different internal Software Development teams to drive improvement of the systems/services within the team's scope. It is important to be able to work collaboratively and independently to investigate and document issues and create solutions to solve them at scale.Work in our development team and embrace the DevOps role to bring excellence to our software engineering teams. Requirements Experience with Docker and container orchestration technology like Kubernetes is a major plus.You have expertise with Linux/Unix systems and have used configuration management tools (such as Maven, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt);You have Shell scripting, Java, and Python programming experience;Experience with observability services, like Prometheus, is a plusWorking knowledge of the Linux storage stack, both block and file system a plusExperience with Minio, CEPH RadosGW, and S3 object storage is a plus.You have designed and/or delivered mission-critical services (preferably cloud-based services);You have experience deploying to application servers such as Tomcat, Nginx, or Websphere in enterprise environments, and working with both relational and NoSQL databases such as Hadoop etc.You have a strong desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment where you have a lot of responsibilities and see the immediate impact of your efforts; At Medallia, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it and recognize the value it brings to our customers and employees. Medallia is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Equal opportunity and consideration are afforded to all qualified applicants and employees. We won't unlawfully discriminate on the basis of gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by law. Apply Today Awards Diversity at Medallia As rated by current employees on Comparably As rated by current employees on Comparably
Team: IT, IT & Change Location: Holborn Office County: Central London Ref: 14252 Closing Date: 17-Dec-2021 Have you previously or currently operated as a Head of Infrastructure and Environments or equivalent? Have you been part of large transformation programmes? Are you a committed and proactive leader who is able to champion exceptional IT delivery & service and environments capability build? If you have answered yes to these questions please read on. The successful role holder will be accountable for the end to end definition, design, build and governance of non-production on-prem and cloud environments used by Metro Bank. You will define and own the execution of environment strategies, policies, roadmaps and delivery excellence for Metro Bank to ensure quality of non-production environment provisioning supports the value streams and our wider change & transformation agenda. Most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid / remote working. Ask your recruiter for more details. So what would you be doing?... Ensure that the infrastructure is delivered in a manner that supports appropriate levels of resilience, performance and capacity Provide infrastructure services vision. Enable innovation and leverage IT trends that can create business value consistent with the bank's requirements and expectations Establish, deliver and refine the of IT Infrastructure Roadmap & IT Infrastructure Projects Work closely with IT Security stakeholders to ensure the security of IT Infrastructure and systems Define, design and roll out of the Environments Management strategy and associated processes including integration with the broader IT and Testing Strategy and integration of processes with Agile To build and lead a technical team to act as subject matter experts for all infrastructure and environment technologies You need to be this kind of person… Passionate about providing unparalleled levels of service and convenience for customers Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment Prepared to stick at something - we get nervous if someone has jumped from job to job as we want people who are prepared to learn and grow Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns. We always support colleagues to develop their skills. But to be successful in this job you really do need to already be able to do most of these wonderful things.. . Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders Have expert Environments knowledge: creation and maintenance of environments provisioning policy; env strategy; env planning, effort and cost estimations; environment usage planning; Waterfall, V-model and Agile SDLC understanding Strong People and Technical Management skills An advanced understanding of all areas of IT, best practices and emerging technologies Experience leading strategic technology initiatives to build and maintain key elements of infrastructure and associated project portfolio, including but not limited to data centre infrastructure management and evolution, mobility and remote access services, wireless networks, messaging and UC Infrastructure, WAN Extensive knowledge of data centre operations, telecommunications, network engineering, data center applications, client/server computing. Specific technologies of note include but not limited to Microsoft Server and Client operating systems and infrastructure applications, RedHat Enterprise Linux, Cisco and Juniper Networking, VMware, EMC a SANs Ability to translate strategic plans into specific objectives, and to create and execute project plans to achieve objectives A deep understanding of the interdependent relationship between infrastructure, information security and the applications/services they enable as well as the criticality of maintaining strong connections between the respective teams within IT Ability to see the "big picture" across such areas as private and public hosted infrastructure and services, identity management, security, telecommunications, enterprise storage and end user experience Demonstrated ability to apply technology solutions to business problems Must have strong organizational skills and multi-tasking capabilities and excellent written and spoken communication skills This role is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. This means that If you are successful in your application, we are required to carry out additional checks that will be repeated annually while you are in this role. For more information you can visit the FCA website or ask your recruiter who can explain further. IMPORTANT FOOTNOTE; Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that 'normal' office hours aren't always doable, and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet… why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates.. Good luck! #LI-Loveyourjobatlast #LI-REMOTE
Dec 02, 2021
Full time
Team: IT, IT & Change Location: Holborn Office County: Central London Ref: 14252 Closing Date: 17-Dec-2021 Have you previously or currently operated as a Head of Infrastructure and Environments or equivalent? Have you been part of large transformation programmes? Are you a committed and proactive leader who is able to champion exceptional IT delivery & service and environments capability build? If you have answered yes to these questions please read on. The successful role holder will be accountable for the end to end definition, design, build and governance of non-production on-prem and cloud environments used by Metro Bank. You will define and own the execution of environment strategies, policies, roadmaps and delivery excellence for Metro Bank to ensure quality of non-production environment provisioning supports the value streams and our wider change & transformation agenda. Most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid / remote working. Ask your recruiter for more details. So what would you be doing?... Ensure that the infrastructure is delivered in a manner that supports appropriate levels of resilience, performance and capacity Provide infrastructure services vision. Enable innovation and leverage IT trends that can create business value consistent with the bank's requirements and expectations Establish, deliver and refine the of IT Infrastructure Roadmap & IT Infrastructure Projects Work closely with IT Security stakeholders to ensure the security of IT Infrastructure and systems Define, design and roll out of the Environments Management strategy and associated processes including integration with the broader IT and Testing Strategy and integration of processes with Agile To build and lead a technical team to act as subject matter experts for all infrastructure and environment technologies You need to be this kind of person… Passionate about providing unparalleled levels of service and convenience for customers Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment Prepared to stick at something - we get nervous if someone has jumped from job to job as we want people who are prepared to learn and grow Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns. We always support colleagues to develop their skills. But to be successful in this job you really do need to already be able to do most of these wonderful things.. . Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders Have expert Environments knowledge: creation and maintenance of environments provisioning policy; env strategy; env planning, effort and cost estimations; environment usage planning; Waterfall, V-model and Agile SDLC understanding Strong People and Technical Management skills An advanced understanding of all areas of IT, best practices and emerging technologies Experience leading strategic technology initiatives to build and maintain key elements of infrastructure and associated project portfolio, including but not limited to data centre infrastructure management and evolution, mobility and remote access services, wireless networks, messaging and UC Infrastructure, WAN Extensive knowledge of data centre operations, telecommunications, network engineering, data center applications, client/server computing. Specific technologies of note include but not limited to Microsoft Server and Client operating systems and infrastructure applications, RedHat Enterprise Linux, Cisco and Juniper Networking, VMware, EMC a SANs Ability to translate strategic plans into specific objectives, and to create and execute project plans to achieve objectives A deep understanding of the interdependent relationship between infrastructure, information security and the applications/services they enable as well as the criticality of maintaining strong connections between the respective teams within IT Ability to see the "big picture" across such areas as private and public hosted infrastructure and services, identity management, security, telecommunications, enterprise storage and end user experience Demonstrated ability to apply technology solutions to business problems Must have strong organizational skills and multi-tasking capabilities and excellent written and spoken communication skills This role is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. This means that If you are successful in your application, we are required to carry out additional checks that will be repeated annually while you are in this role. For more information you can visit the FCA website or ask your recruiter who can explain further. IMPORTANT FOOTNOTE; Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that 'normal' office hours aren't always doable, and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet… why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates.. Good luck! #LI-Loveyourjobatlast #LI-REMOTE
