ABOUT US The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a world where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to make their difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and create our vital woods and trees.
THE ROLE The Chief Technology Officer will lead the Digital Enablement team, responsible for the planning and delivery of our long-term technology strategy, which underpins delivery of the Trust’s broader strategic goals. You’ll be in the driving seat of our digital transformation through Microsoft Dynamics, Dataverse and beyond, and you’ll manage our technology operations and projects, mitigating risks and managing budgets, while looking for opportunities to improve what we do through technical solutions.
THE CANDIDATE With substantial experience of creating a high-performance culture that drives delivery whilst building collaboration, inclusion and continuous improvement, you’ll be an inspirational and compelling expert, with experience of leading change and transformation and an understanding of digital trends and technologies, and how these might relate to the Woodland Trust’s work and vision
You’ll be an experienced Enterprise Architect, able to support, coach, mentor and develop teams to embrace new ways of working and the adoption of new technologies. You’ll have detailed knowledge and hands on experience with the Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem, agile product development, and experience in driving innovation in partnership with internal colleagues and external consultants.
Our Organisational Nature enables us to better understand what it means to be part of the Woodland Trust, empowering us to make an impact, every day. We want you to be able to role model our values; ‘Grow Together’, ‘Focus’, ‘Explore’ and ‘Make it Count’ to ensure each of us plays our part in helping to protect, restore and create our woods and trees.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Joining the team you will be making your contribution to tackling the nature and climate crisis. In return, we recognise and value our people. You'll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance, good holiday allowance and the opportunity to work flexibly from home.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION At the Woodland Trust, we want to reflect and represent the full richness of diversity in the UK. Fewer of our employees are Black, Asian or minority ethnic; disabled; from lower socio-economic backgrounds or under 25; so we are particularly keen to receive your application if you are from one or more of these groups. We can also discuss anything you may need to achieve your full potential at any stage of the process. We assess your application solely on your demonstrated suitability for the job. Nothing else.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. If you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible
Jun 05, 2023
Full time
ABOUT US The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a world where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to make their difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and create our vital woods and trees.
THE ROLE The Chief Technology Officer will lead the Digital Enablement team, responsible for the planning and delivery of our long-term technology strategy, which underpins delivery of the Trust’s broader strategic goals. You’ll be in the driving seat of our digital transformation through Microsoft Dynamics, Dataverse and beyond, and you’ll manage our technology operations and projects, mitigating risks and managing budgets, while looking for opportunities to improve what we do through technical solutions.
THE CANDIDATE With substantial experience of creating a high-performance culture that drives delivery whilst building collaboration, inclusion and continuous improvement, you’ll be an inspirational and compelling expert, with experience of leading change and transformation and an understanding of digital trends and technologies, and how these might relate to the Woodland Trust’s work and vision
You’ll be an experienced Enterprise Architect, able to support, coach, mentor and develop teams to embrace new ways of working and the adoption of new technologies. You’ll have detailed knowledge and hands on experience with the Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem, agile product development, and experience in driving innovation in partnership with internal colleagues and external consultants.
Our Organisational Nature enables us to better understand what it means to be part of the Woodland Trust, empowering us to make an impact, every day. We want you to be able to role model our values; ‘Grow Together’, ‘Focus’, ‘Explore’ and ‘Make it Count’ to ensure each of us plays our part in helping to protect, restore and create our woods and trees.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Joining the team you will be making your contribution to tackling the nature and climate crisis. In return, we recognise and value our people. You'll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance, good holiday allowance and the opportunity to work flexibly from home.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION At the Woodland Trust, we want to reflect and represent the full richness of diversity in the UK. Fewer of our employees are Black, Asian or minority ethnic; disabled; from lower socio-economic backgrounds or under 25; so we are particularly keen to receive your application if you are from one or more of these groups. We can also discuss anything you may need to achieve your full potential at any stage of the process. We assess your application solely on your demonstrated suitability for the job. Nothing else.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. If you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible
2023 – will this be the year that you become part of a pioneering new ICT Enterprise and Technical Architecture Team with the Highland Council?
The Highland Council are seeking four new ICT Technical Design Leads to establish a vibrant and dynamic team. Supported by the ICT Service Lead, the new ICT Enterprise and Technical Architecture Team members will effectively understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions. The team will make its vision and presence known across the council, working proactively to provide a range of innovative solutions from integration/middleware technologies and strategies.
We believe that our people are our most important asset. Each team member will bring their individual IT strengths, whether it be architecture, design, enterprise or a combination of all. Strong interaction, creativity and working collaboratively will be key to success and the team will be high performing, positively impacting across all services, bringing efficiencies through delivery of the Council’s ICT and Digital Strategies.
There is opportunity for hybrid working with a flexible base in any of Highland Council hub offices although regular team working in person in HQ or our Castle Wynd office in Inverness is also a requirement of the post so there is an expectation of weekly attendance in Inverness.
The Highland Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing within the workplace
If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding career with an opportunity to be noticed for the difference you make, then apply today. Our generous terms and conditions of employment make the Council an excellent choice for long term employment in the Highlands and we pride ourselves on caring for our staff.
To find out more about our dynamic and forward-thinking new team, or for an informal chat about the job roles, please contact our ICT Transformation Manager Allan Henderson on 07814 231 300 or Allan.Henderson3@highland.gov.uk
Please APPLY ONLINE . If you are unable to apply online and wish to request an offline application pack, please calll 01955 608279 quoting the post reference number above.
Please find the Job Description below.
The Highland Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce. inclusion and wellbeing within the workplace.
As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.
Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
Jan 17, 2023
Full time
2023 – will this be the year that you become part of a pioneering new ICT Enterprise and Technical Architecture Team with the Highland Council?
The Highland Council are seeking four new ICT Technical Design Leads to establish a vibrant and dynamic team. Supported by the ICT Service Lead, the new ICT Enterprise and Technical Architecture Team members will effectively understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions. The team will make its vision and presence known across the council, working proactively to provide a range of innovative solutions from integration/middleware technologies and strategies.
We believe that our people are our most important asset. Each team member will bring their individual IT strengths, whether it be architecture, design, enterprise or a combination of all. Strong interaction, creativity and working collaboratively will be key to success and the team will be high performing, positively impacting across all services, bringing efficiencies through delivery of the Council’s ICT and Digital Strategies.
There is opportunity for hybrid working with a flexible base in any of Highland Council hub offices although regular team working in person in HQ or our Castle Wynd office in Inverness is also a requirement of the post so there is an expectation of weekly attendance in Inverness.
The Highland Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing within the workplace
If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding career with an opportunity to be noticed for the difference you make, then apply today. Our generous terms and conditions of employment make the Council an excellent choice for long term employment in the Highlands and we pride ourselves on caring for our staff.
To find out more about our dynamic and forward-thinking new team, or for an informal chat about the job roles, please contact our ICT Transformation Manager Allan Henderson on 07814 231 300 or Allan.Henderson3@highland.gov.uk
Please APPLY ONLINE . If you are unable to apply online and wish to request an offline application pack, please calll 01955 608279 quoting the post reference number above.
Please find the Job Description below.
The Highland Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce. inclusion and wellbeing within the workplace.
As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.
Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide.
It’s an exciting time to work for Guinness in our IT and Business Change Team. We’ve recently reviewed our operating model to ensure we have the right skills and the people we need to deliver our ambitious plans. In turn we are out to market for an exciting number of new roles.
We’re looking for a Solutions Architect to join us on a permanent, full-time basis. This role is based in our Oldham office however Guinness is currently trialling a hybrid working model based on 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.
About the role
You will be responsible for Leading and developing the Solution Architecture / System Design artifacts needed to effectively deliver the IT/IM Roadmap and change portfolio in line with the Guinness IT and business strategy including promoting the use of new technologies that deliver business benefit to Guinness.
As an organisation we are committed to investing in our people and in technology that will continue to support our strategic aims and enable continued business improvement through the implementation of our IT / IM Roadmap. Our Roadmap is exciting – it is based on the principle of Cloud first, establishing best practice processes and utilising out of the box functionality to deliver our digital transformation. Over the last 2 years our IT & Change teams have worked together to migrate our legacy CRM system to Dynamics 365 online, Finance system to Oracle cloud and implement Azure integration services. We now working on our technology roadmap for Asset Management & Repairs, as well as extending the use of the Oracle Platform for HR and L&D and continuing to extend our use of Microsoft Dynamics.
In this role you will:
Manage the Solution Architecture team within the IT Services and Change function.
Develop and govern Guinness’s IT/IM Roadmap and Enterprise Architecture (systems, applications, infrastructure, networks, security, and data) to ensure that it is aligned with the IT and Guinness business strategy.
Lead the documentation of the solution architecture / design across projects to enable internal and external development teams to deliver cost effective, timely and quality outcomes on both IT BAU and Change initiatives.
Manage Guinness wide architecture and design governance, ensuring that any significant deviations from Guinness’s architectural principles are formally agreed.
Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture repository / tooling to inform the Solution Architecture / Design of IT BAU and change projects.
Lead on best practice IT/IM architecture, innovation, reuse, delivery methodologies and new technologies that would benefit Guinness and its customers.
Lead on the procurement of new technologies demonstrating due diligence, rigor, scrutiny, and commercial awareness.
About you
You’ll have previous proven experience of developing an IT/IM Roadmap the aligns with the business strategy of a medium to large organisation that includes customer facing digital applications, cloud, and complex legacy IT estate.
Other role requirements include:
Proven experience of developing enterprise solution architectures and designs that are aligned with the business needs, budget and the IT/IM Roadmap.
Experience of using Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman), architectural principles, design patterns, enterprise architecture tools and artifact repositories.
Previous experience of leading enterprise / solution architecture & design teams to support effective IT development delivery.
Broad experience of a solution architecture across a range of technology solutions including ERP, CRM, ESB, Azure, Cloud, AI, IoT, RPA, etc.
Educated to level 6 (degree or equivalent) or higher in an IT/ STEM related degree discipline.
TOGAF or Zachman Certification
If you’re interested in finding out more about this exciting opportunity apply now and we will be in touch to discuss your application further.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Sep 20, 2022
Full time
About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide.
It’s an exciting time to work for Guinness in our IT and Business Change Team. We’ve recently reviewed our operating model to ensure we have the right skills and the people we need to deliver our ambitious plans. In turn we are out to market for an exciting number of new roles.
We’re looking for a Solutions Architect to join us on a permanent, full-time basis. This role is based in our Oldham office however Guinness is currently trialling a hybrid working model based on 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.
About the role
You will be responsible for Leading and developing the Solution Architecture / System Design artifacts needed to effectively deliver the IT/IM Roadmap and change portfolio in line with the Guinness IT and business strategy including promoting the use of new technologies that deliver business benefit to Guinness.
As an organisation we are committed to investing in our people and in technology that will continue to support our strategic aims and enable continued business improvement through the implementation of our IT / IM Roadmap. Our Roadmap is exciting – it is based on the principle of Cloud first, establishing best practice processes and utilising out of the box functionality to deliver our digital transformation. Over the last 2 years our IT & Change teams have worked together to migrate our legacy CRM system to Dynamics 365 online, Finance system to Oracle cloud and implement Azure integration services. We now working on our technology roadmap for Asset Management & Repairs, as well as extending the use of the Oracle Platform for HR and L&D and continuing to extend our use of Microsoft Dynamics.
In this role you will:
Manage the Solution Architecture team within the IT Services and Change function.
Develop and govern Guinness’s IT/IM Roadmap and Enterprise Architecture (systems, applications, infrastructure, networks, security, and data) to ensure that it is aligned with the IT and Guinness business strategy.
Lead the documentation of the solution architecture / design across projects to enable internal and external development teams to deliver cost effective, timely and quality outcomes on both IT BAU and Change initiatives.
Manage Guinness wide architecture and design governance, ensuring that any significant deviations from Guinness’s architectural principles are formally agreed.
Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture repository / tooling to inform the Solution Architecture / Design of IT BAU and change projects.
Lead on best practice IT/IM architecture, innovation, reuse, delivery methodologies and new technologies that would benefit Guinness and its customers.
Lead on the procurement of new technologies demonstrating due diligence, rigor, scrutiny, and commercial awareness.
About you
You’ll have previous proven experience of developing an IT/IM Roadmap the aligns with the business strategy of a medium to large organisation that includes customer facing digital applications, cloud, and complex legacy IT estate.
Other role requirements include:
Proven experience of developing enterprise solution architectures and designs that are aligned with the business needs, budget and the IT/IM Roadmap.
Experience of using Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman), architectural principles, design patterns, enterprise architecture tools and artifact repositories.
Previous experience of leading enterprise / solution architecture & design teams to support effective IT development delivery.
Broad experience of a solution architecture across a range of technology solutions including ERP, CRM, ESB, Azure, Cloud, AI, IoT, RPA, etc.
Educated to level 6 (degree or equivalent) or higher in an IT/ STEM related degree discipline.
TOGAF or Zachman Certification
If you’re interested in finding out more about this exciting opportunity apply now and we will be in touch to discuss your application further.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER / LONDON - HYBRID / UP TO £90,000 / GREAT BENEFITS Exciting new opportunity for an experienced Software Development Manager to join a dynamic, growing organisation. As the Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for managing a team while designing and creating new applications that fit with our team standards to execute and deliver projects efficiently and on time. The Gateway is a mission critical, payment processing solution built by a small, agile team. It is Java based and becoming cloud-native by implementing key features as micro services. The Gateway team is pushing the frontiers of payments technology and is in the process of operationalizing and scaling the product. Our team works hard, covers for one another, and maintains work-life balance. We own our results and we take pride in ownership of everything we do. We need help! Changing the world isn t easy, and we have a lot of work ahead of us. From new product features, to automation, to supporting micro services, there are a lot of opportunities for us to grow, and we re looking for great people to come along for the ride. What s on offer? Highly competitive salary between £70,000 - £90,000 ( dependent on experience) Annual company bonus Hybrid working (2 days per week in the London office) Industry leading pension scheme 25 days holiday plus bank holidays - with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays Life assurance & Income protection Discounts & perks platform Employee wellbeing How you'll make an impact: The Software Development Manager will play an important role in the design and analysis of software projects with a high level of technical experience. For this role, we need someone excited about solving problems and being able to juggle multiple items in a day, taking joy in being very efficient in driving items through a pipeline process. Primary responsibilities are to solve current reported problems and find opportunities to resolve those with long term solutions. Other responsibilities may include planning, design, development and testing software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products. Our goal is that about 50% of your responsibility is to provide technical leadership, direction, guidance, and support for the members of your team and about 50% of the role will be development. Other responsibilities include: Manage a small team of highly motivated developers and Systems Analysts Be in position to quickly and effectively resolve customer reported issues; taking ownership of the support process and collaborating with others on best solutions, effectively being a positive force for other teams by allowing focused development to continue. Become product domain expert and develop techniques to help team members gain expertise Contribute to the development and maintenance of the application architecture and ensures all development conforms to defined standards Analyze, design, program, debug and modify software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or internet related computer programs Support technological aspects of a software development project so that the end product meets business & technology requirements and is delivered on-time and on-budget Culturally, you're A highly motivated manager and engineer who loves working on small, high performing teams. Someone who cares deeply for team results, checks your ego at the door and takes pride in owning results. A mentor who is capable at guiding the technical development of less experienced developers at the functional, component architectural levels Technically, you Are comfortable working on front-end web code, back end services, data stores, and infrastructure systems Have experience writing modern software deployed in the cloud Are comfortable with encryption schemes, modern APIs, and front-end frameworks Have worked on agile teams to deliver software iteratively Experience you'll bring: BS in an engineering field OR can make us feel intensely confident that you don t need one. 4+ years of experience managing team members 4+ years of experience with Java 2+ years of experience with cloud solutions - Azure, Google, Amazon 4+ years experience working on agile teams to deliver software iteratively Experience with designing and architecting applications Experience with continuous integration/continuous delivery Excellent overall knowledge of Enterprise Level technologies Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills What s Next? If you have the necessary skills and are keen to join a leading business then please APPLY TODAY for immediate consideration.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER / LONDON - HYBRID / UP TO £90,000 / GREAT BENEFITS Exciting new opportunity for an experienced Software Development Manager to join a dynamic, growing organisation. As the Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for managing a team while designing and creating new applications that fit with our team standards to execute and deliver projects efficiently and on time. The Gateway is a mission critical, payment processing solution built by a small, agile team. It is Java based and becoming cloud-native by implementing key features as micro services. The Gateway team is pushing the frontiers of payments technology and is in the process of operationalizing and scaling the product. Our team works hard, covers for one another, and maintains work-life balance. We own our results and we take pride in ownership of everything we do. We need help! Changing the world isn t easy, and we have a lot of work ahead of us. From new product features, to automation, to supporting micro services, there are a lot of opportunities for us to grow, and we re looking for great people to come along for the ride. What s on offer? Highly competitive salary between £70,000 - £90,000 ( dependent on experience) Annual company bonus Hybrid working (2 days per week in the London office) Industry leading pension scheme 25 days holiday plus bank holidays - with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays Life assurance & Income protection Discounts & perks platform Employee wellbeing How you'll make an impact: The Software Development Manager will play an important role in the design and analysis of software projects with a high level of technical experience. For this role, we need someone excited about solving problems and being able to juggle multiple items in a day, taking joy in being very efficient in driving items through a pipeline process. Primary responsibilities are to solve current reported problems and find opportunities to resolve those with long term solutions. Other responsibilities may include planning, design, development and testing software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products. Our goal is that about 50% of your responsibility is to provide technical leadership, direction, guidance, and support for the members of your team and about 50% of the role will be development. Other responsibilities include: Manage a small team of highly motivated developers and Systems Analysts Be in position to quickly and effectively resolve customer reported issues; taking ownership of the support process and collaborating with others on best solutions, effectively being a positive force for other teams by allowing focused development to continue. Become product domain expert and develop techniques to help team members gain expertise Contribute to the development and maintenance of the application architecture and ensures all development conforms to defined standards Analyze, design, program, debug and modify software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or internet related computer programs Support technological aspects of a software development project so that the end product meets business & technology requirements and is delivered on-time and on-budget Culturally, you're A highly motivated manager and engineer who loves working on small, high performing teams. Someone who cares deeply for team results, checks your ego at the door and takes pride in owning results. A mentor who is capable at guiding the technical development of less experienced developers at the functional, component architectural levels Technically, you Are comfortable working on front-end web code, back end services, data stores, and infrastructure systems Have experience writing modern software deployed in the cloud Are comfortable with encryption schemes, modern APIs, and front-end frameworks Have worked on agile teams to deliver software iteratively Experience you'll bring: BS in an engineering field OR can make us feel intensely confident that you don t need one. 4+ years of experience managing team members 4+ years of experience with Java 2+ years of experience with cloud solutions - Azure, Google, Amazon 4+ years experience working on agile teams to deliver software iteratively Experience with designing and architecting applications Experience with continuous integration/continuous delivery Excellent overall knowledge of Enterprise Level technologies Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills What s Next? If you have the necessary skills and are keen to join a leading business then please APPLY TODAY for immediate consideration.
Head of Enterprise Architecture Join our mission at the forefront of technological innovation and leadership. We're seeking a visionary Head of Enterprise Architecture to spearhead the transformative journey of our client's IT landscape within the vibrant Professional Services Department of IT Services. This pivotal role promises not just a job but a career-defining opportunity to sculpt the digital future of this esteemed institution. Title: Head of Enterprise Architecture Location: Hybrid 1 - 2 days a week in London Office Start Date. ASAP Duration Permanent role. Salary: c 90,000 - 100,000 pa annum plus superb pension generous holiday. Imagine stepping into a world where your expertise directly influences the seamless integration and strategic application of information and technology across our diverse campuses. Located at central London offices, this role offers Hybrid working with unparalleled flexibility and scope. As the Head of Enterprise Architecture, you'll be the linchpin in developing a coherent and strategic IT framework that propels our client towards achieving its ambitious objectives. Your role is instrumental in nurturing a culture of transparency, efficiency, and innovation within the IT organisation, ensuring their technology investments deliver real value and align with their strategic ambitions. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Information Services, your leadership will be crucial in cultivating an Enterprise Architecture Function that stands as a beacon of excellence and strategic foresight. Your responsibilities will span the creation and nurturing of the Enterprise Architecture function and programme, leading its strategy, vision, and guiding principles to foster a robust IT ecosystem that champions equity, effectiveness, and economy. Your thought leadership will guide the client through the digital maze, aligning technology with their strategic vision to unlock new opportunities and navigate disruptive forces. With a focus on enabling, rather than constraining, you will champion the delivery of actionable, signature-ready recommendations that resonate at the highest levels of decision-making. The essence of your role encapsulates a harmonious blend of strategy and practical execution. From overseeing the development of business, information, solutions, and technical architectures to working closely with the Head of Information Security to fortify their digital fortress, your impact will be both profound and pervasive. We invite candidates who boast a Bachelor's degree (or higher) in a relevant field, coupled with a rich tapestry of experience that spans at least 15 years in IT and business/industry, including significant leadership responsibilities. You will need to have a proven track record as a hands-on Architect (either a Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect, Cloud Architect or Data Architect), and you should be well-equipped with expertise across various disciplines, from architecture to operations, underpinned by a demonstrable track record of steering complex organisations through strategic and operational evolutions. If you're driven by the challenge of shaping the future, possess an innovative mindset, and have the skills to bridge technology with business outcomes, we want to hear from you. Embrace the opportunity to lead, influence, and innovate in a role that transcends traditional IT boundaries, offering a canvas to design the digital blueprint of our future. Dare to be part of something bigger. Apply now to become the Head of Enterprise Architecture and architect the change you wish to see. Send your CV to (url removed) Services Advertised are those of an Employment Agency.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Head of Enterprise Architecture Join our mission at the forefront of technological innovation and leadership. We're seeking a visionary Head of Enterprise Architecture to spearhead the transformative journey of our client's IT landscape within the vibrant Professional Services Department of IT Services. This pivotal role promises not just a job but a career-defining opportunity to sculpt the digital future of this esteemed institution. Title: Head of Enterprise Architecture Location: Hybrid 1 - 2 days a week in London Office Start Date. ASAP Duration Permanent role. Salary: c 90,000 - 100,000 pa annum plus superb pension generous holiday. Imagine stepping into a world where your expertise directly influences the seamless integration and strategic application of information and technology across our diverse campuses. Located at central London offices, this role offers Hybrid working with unparalleled flexibility and scope. As the Head of Enterprise Architecture, you'll be the linchpin in developing a coherent and strategic IT framework that propels our client towards achieving its ambitious objectives. Your role is instrumental in nurturing a culture of transparency, efficiency, and innovation within the IT organisation, ensuring their technology investments deliver real value and align with their strategic ambitions. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Information Services, your leadership will be crucial in cultivating an Enterprise Architecture Function that stands as a beacon of excellence and strategic foresight. Your responsibilities will span the creation and nurturing of the Enterprise Architecture function and programme, leading its strategy, vision, and guiding principles to foster a robust IT ecosystem that champions equity, effectiveness, and economy. Your thought leadership will guide the client through the digital maze, aligning technology with their strategic vision to unlock new opportunities and navigate disruptive forces. With a focus on enabling, rather than constraining, you will champion the delivery of actionable, signature-ready recommendations that resonate at the highest levels of decision-making. The essence of your role encapsulates a harmonious blend of strategy and practical execution. From overseeing the development of business, information, solutions, and technical architectures to working closely with the Head of Information Security to fortify their digital fortress, your impact will be both profound and pervasive. We invite candidates who boast a Bachelor's degree (or higher) in a relevant field, coupled with a rich tapestry of experience that spans at least 15 years in IT and business/industry, including significant leadership responsibilities. You will need to have a proven track record as a hands-on Architect (either a Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect, Cloud Architect or Data Architect), and you should be well-equipped with expertise across various disciplines, from architecture to operations, underpinned by a demonstrable track record of steering complex organisations through strategic and operational evolutions. If you're driven by the challenge of shaping the future, possess an innovative mindset, and have the skills to bridge technology with business outcomes, we want to hear from you. Embrace the opportunity to lead, influence, and innovate in a role that transcends traditional IT boundaries, offering a canvas to design the digital blueprint of our future. Dare to be part of something bigger. Apply now to become the Head of Enterprise Architecture and architect the change you wish to see. Send your CV to (url removed) Services Advertised are those of an Employment Agency.
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer - Maritime Systems Are you a seasoned software engineer with a passion for leading innovative developments? Do you have a knack for tackling complex problems and driving software engineering processes to excellence? If so, we invite you to consider joining Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK), a pioneering company shaping the future of maritime systems. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team at AEUK. This role has become available due to our commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions in maritime technology. Our team specializes in creating advanced software for maritime combat systems, mine countermeasures, off-board unmanned systems, command and control systems, acoustics/sonar, and software safety. This position plays a crucial role in achieving our business strategy, focusing on software development for naval innovation. As a Senior Software Engineer at AEUK, you will lead and mentor software development teams, leveraging your expertise to drive projects to success. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into software solutions. Your day-to-day activities will include software development using languages such as C++, Java, and others, system design using UML/Enterprise Architect, unit testing, HMI design and development, and configuration management. You'll collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and may require occasional travel between our sites for testing and integration. The ideal candidate for this role will possess the following key capabilities: Proven leadership in software development projects. Experience in leading teams of software engineers, either functionally or in a line management capacity. A degree or equivalent qualification in software engineering or a related discipline. Strong knowledge and understanding of software engineering, with a preference for familiarity with military systems, particularly maritime systems. Understanding of Open Systems Architectures and Principles. Significant experience with Software Engineering Lifecycle processes and tools. Problem-solving skills and the ability to critically review results and methods for quality assurance. Ability to expand knowledge into new domain areas, collaborate across domains, and see the bigger picture. Excellent communication skills, including the delivery of presentations. Exceptional written skills, especially in technical report writing and the ability to communicate with both expert and non-expert stakeholders. Ideally, experience in one or more of the following domain areas: Maritime Combat Systems, equipment and software integration, mine countermeasures, off-board unmanned systems, command and control systems, acoustics/sonar, and software safety (DEF STAN 00-56 & IEC 61508 or equivalent). Why Atlas Elektronik UK? Atlas Elektronik UK is renowned for its innovative underwater systems for the Royal Navy and export customers. Our work on data conversion into actionable knowledge and capabilities challenges the status quo, offering a winning advantage on the frontline. We take pride in our open and stimulating workspace, fostering creativity and integrity in our people. With competitive remuneration, flexible working, and a generous pension scheme, we prioritize our employees' well-being. Our continuous investment in in-house test and integration facilities has supported our growth in supplying submarine and ship systems to UK and global markets. If you're ready to contribute to groundbreaking maritime systems and advance your career in a supportive environment, AEUK is the place for you. You ll also get a package that includes: To be completed as appropriate for the level of role. Include: • Competitive salary • Career Development and Training • Pension with up to 1.5X employer contributions • 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days after 5 years employment and 30 days after 10 years) • Dental Cover and Employee Assistance Programme • Flexible working patterns At Atlas Elektronik UK, we support our staff to create work-life balance and encourage applications from individuals who are looking for part time or condensed hours as well as full time opportunities. The successful candidate must be able to achieve full SC (Security Clearance).
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer - Maritime Systems Are you a seasoned software engineer with a passion for leading innovative developments? Do you have a knack for tackling complex problems and driving software engineering processes to excellence? If so, we invite you to consider joining Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK), a pioneering company shaping the future of maritime systems. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team at AEUK. This role has become available due to our commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions in maritime technology. Our team specializes in creating advanced software for maritime combat systems, mine countermeasures, off-board unmanned systems, command and control systems, acoustics/sonar, and software safety. This position plays a crucial role in achieving our business strategy, focusing on software development for naval innovation. As a Senior Software Engineer at AEUK, you will lead and mentor software development teams, leveraging your expertise to drive projects to success. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into software solutions. Your day-to-day activities will include software development using languages such as C++, Java, and others, system design using UML/Enterprise Architect, unit testing, HMI design and development, and configuration management. You'll collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and may require occasional travel between our sites for testing and integration. The ideal candidate for this role will possess the following key capabilities: Proven leadership in software development projects. Experience in leading teams of software engineers, either functionally or in a line management capacity. A degree or equivalent qualification in software engineering or a related discipline. Strong knowledge and understanding of software engineering, with a preference for familiarity with military systems, particularly maritime systems. Understanding of Open Systems Architectures and Principles. Significant experience with Software Engineering Lifecycle processes and tools. Problem-solving skills and the ability to critically review results and methods for quality assurance. Ability to expand knowledge into new domain areas, collaborate across domains, and see the bigger picture. Excellent communication skills, including the delivery of presentations. Exceptional written skills, especially in technical report writing and the ability to communicate with both expert and non-expert stakeholders. Ideally, experience in one or more of the following domain areas: Maritime Combat Systems, equipment and software integration, mine countermeasures, off-board unmanned systems, command and control systems, acoustics/sonar, and software safety (DEF STAN 00-56 & IEC 61508 or equivalent). Why Atlas Elektronik UK? Atlas Elektronik UK is renowned for its innovative underwater systems for the Royal Navy and export customers. Our work on data conversion into actionable knowledge and capabilities challenges the status quo, offering a winning advantage on the frontline. We take pride in our open and stimulating workspace, fostering creativity and integrity in our people. With competitive remuneration, flexible working, and a generous pension scheme, we prioritize our employees' well-being. Our continuous investment in in-house test and integration facilities has supported our growth in supplying submarine and ship systems to UK and global markets. If you're ready to contribute to groundbreaking maritime systems and advance your career in a supportive environment, AEUK is the place for you. You ll also get a package that includes: To be completed as appropriate for the level of role. Include: • Competitive salary • Career Development and Training • Pension with up to 1.5X employer contributions • 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days after 5 years employment and 30 days after 10 years) • Dental Cover and Employee Assistance Programme • Flexible working patterns At Atlas Elektronik UK, we support our staff to create work-life balance and encourage applications from individuals who are looking for part time or condensed hours as well as full time opportunities. The successful candidate must be able to achieve full SC (Security Clearance).
Software Developer in Test (SDET) - Cypress/JavaScript 3 days onsite / 2 days remote. An exciting opportunity for a Software Developer in Test (SDET) to join our client based, a dynamic and well-established consultancy based in Reading who operate a hybrid remote/office based working policy. The SDET role They are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to empower their QA department. In this role, you will be a part of the testing excellence group that build test and execution necessary to efficiently test a diverse set at all stages of development, from concept through post-launch. This requires the ability to build long-term vision testing skills while simultaneously being able to pivot to meet the immediate needs of their customers. Skills required Good experience on working with Scripting languages such as JavaScript and Typescript Hands on experience in using tools Such as Cypress and Playwright. Good experience in CI Tools such as Jenkins, Microsoft Azure. Good experience in version control tools such as GIT, GitHub, or Azure DevOps Well versed with Test Management tools. For eg HP QC, Jira, Zephyr, Xray and Bugzilla. Understanding of various testing methodologies and categories. Possess a good knowledge of enterprise application architecture and technologies including web, web services, Client Server, and databases. Ability to effectively interact with Manager, Team Leader, fellow team members and product stakeholders. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a great company with an excellent culture, please send your CV in the first instance and if relevant you will be contacted with full role and company information.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Software Developer in Test (SDET) - Cypress/JavaScript 3 days onsite / 2 days remote. An exciting opportunity for a Software Developer in Test (SDET) to join our client based, a dynamic and well-established consultancy based in Reading who operate a hybrid remote/office based working policy. The SDET role They are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to empower their QA department. In this role, you will be a part of the testing excellence group that build test and execution necessary to efficiently test a diverse set at all stages of development, from concept through post-launch. This requires the ability to build long-term vision testing skills while simultaneously being able to pivot to meet the immediate needs of their customers. Skills required Good experience on working with Scripting languages such as JavaScript and Typescript Hands on experience in using tools Such as Cypress and Playwright. Good experience in CI Tools such as Jenkins, Microsoft Azure. Good experience in version control tools such as GIT, GitHub, or Azure DevOps Well versed with Test Management tools. For eg HP QC, Jira, Zephyr, Xray and Bugzilla. Understanding of various testing methodologies and categories. Possess a good knowledge of enterprise application architecture and technologies including web, web services, Client Server, and databases. Ability to effectively interact with Manager, Team Leader, fellow team members and product stakeholders. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a great company with an excellent culture, please send your CV in the first instance and if relevant you will be contacted with full role and company information.
D365 Power Platform Architect - Permanent - Remote in the UK - Must have full right to work in the UK - Up to £75k per annum + benefits VIQU have partnered with a leading IT service provider who is currently seeking an experienced D365 Power Platform Architect to join their team in Birmingham. Key Responsibilities of the D365 Power Platform Architect Deliver Dynamics 365 CE & Power Platform consultancy best practice, working with on-premise (CE) and cloud deployments. Lead workshops, requirement gathering activity with customers Write design documents. Demonstrate Dynamics Sales, Customer Service, Field Service and Marketing module capabilities Deliver Dynamics CRM solution customisation and configurations, workflows and reporting. Troubleshoot, analysing and where possible resolving issues where solution is not working as designed. Use Power platform to build power apps, power pages, flows and reports. Provide technical consultancy on new projects, enhancements and change requests. Deliver technical design to extend Dynamics 365 or Power Platform using plugins. Modify existing and configure new functions in line with customer requirements As a Dynamics Consultant you will use your own initiative to configure, test and deploy processes to specifications devised by the business consultants and project managers in a precise and efficient manner to specific deadlines Support customers solutions by investigating, reviewing and resolving issues raised. Ensuring customer satisfaction in delivering support. Liaising with our Partners and Microsoft technical support on issues within the product that are impacting customer solutions. Supporting the Sales team with pre-sales scenarios technical scenarios. Provide "art of the possible" on Dynamics and Power Platform for our customers. Advise our customers on possibilities of automating their existing processes using Dynamics and Power Platform Essential Experience required of an Enterprise Architect Proven experience delivering on premise and online Microsoft Dynamics 365 Power Platform and CE solutions Experience in compiling Functional Design Documents and conducting Fit/Gap analysis Extensive knowledge of supporting tools/applications within the Microsoft stack and their capabilities alongside Dynamics 365. Experience with .Net, JavaScript, HTML, Json, SQL is beneficial. Experience in data migration and data management in projects Configuring and delivering MS Dynamics solutions to a wide range of markets. Good knowledge of out of box configuration of Dynamic CE as well as writing and build additional functionality where required. Excellent stakeholder engagement and management needed Ability and willingness to travel as required Excellent verbal and written communication skills Benefits: 25 days annual Leave Employee assistance programmes (EAP) Growth and development of your career Pension scheme Income protection Awards/incentives/bonuses To discuss this exciting opportunity in more detail, please APPLY NOW for a no obligation chat with your VIQU Consultant. Additionally, you can contact Storm Robertson , by exploring the VIQU IT Recruitment website.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
D365 Power Platform Architect - Permanent - Remote in the UK - Must have full right to work in the UK - Up to £75k per annum + benefits VIQU have partnered with a leading IT service provider who is currently seeking an experienced D365 Power Platform Architect to join their team in Birmingham. Key Responsibilities of the D365 Power Platform Architect Deliver Dynamics 365 CE & Power Platform consultancy best practice, working with on-premise (CE) and cloud deployments. Lead workshops, requirement gathering activity with customers Write design documents. Demonstrate Dynamics Sales, Customer Service, Field Service and Marketing module capabilities Deliver Dynamics CRM solution customisation and configurations, workflows and reporting. Troubleshoot, analysing and where possible resolving issues where solution is not working as designed. Use Power platform to build power apps, power pages, flows and reports. Provide technical consultancy on new projects, enhancements and change requests. Deliver technical design to extend Dynamics 365 or Power Platform using plugins. Modify existing and configure new functions in line with customer requirements As a Dynamics Consultant you will use your own initiative to configure, test and deploy processes to specifications devised by the business consultants and project managers in a precise and efficient manner to specific deadlines Support customers solutions by investigating, reviewing and resolving issues raised. Ensuring customer satisfaction in delivering support. Liaising with our Partners and Microsoft technical support on issues within the product that are impacting customer solutions. Supporting the Sales team with pre-sales scenarios technical scenarios. Provide "art of the possible" on Dynamics and Power Platform for our customers. Advise our customers on possibilities of automating their existing processes using Dynamics and Power Platform Essential Experience required of an Enterprise Architect Proven experience delivering on premise and online Microsoft Dynamics 365 Power Platform and CE solutions Experience in compiling Functional Design Documents and conducting Fit/Gap analysis Extensive knowledge of supporting tools/applications within the Microsoft stack and their capabilities alongside Dynamics 365. Experience with .Net, JavaScript, HTML, Json, SQL is beneficial. Experience in data migration and data management in projects Configuring and delivering MS Dynamics solutions to a wide range of markets. Good knowledge of out of box configuration of Dynamic CE as well as writing and build additional functionality where required. Excellent stakeholder engagement and management needed Ability and willingness to travel as required Excellent verbal and written communication skills Benefits: 25 days annual Leave Employee assistance programmes (EAP) Growth and development of your career Pension scheme Income protection Awards/incentives/bonuses To discuss this exciting opportunity in more detail, please APPLY NOW for a no obligation chat with your VIQU Consultant. Additionally, you can contact Storm Robertson , by exploring the VIQU IT Recruitment website.
Role: Sr. Enterprise Architect Location: Perth/Glasgow/Aberdeen Duration: 6 months (Hybrid - Max 50% Time In The Office) Job Description: This role is for an experienced Enterprise Architect to work on the Digital Programme that is building the technology estate that supports Transmission business. This programme is moving us from a limited set of capabilities to a modern, could-based, application portfolio that will enhance our operations in all areas. The focus of this role will be on building out the Technology Baseline model, developing capability and system roadmaps aligned to our Technology Strategy, guiding solution delivery and supporting planning into the next investment period for the Transmission business. The role will report to the Lead Architect as part of the Transmission Architecture Team. Skills/Experience Required: The role will operate across several programme streams, responsible for definition and agreement of roadmaps and guiding solution designs to align with them. This will involve guiding Solution Architects Embedded in our delivery teams and collaborating with analysts and technical specialists. Business areas will include customer and stakeholder engagement, at & maintenance work management and control room operations. Any relevant experience in these topics will be advantageous. A structured and methodical approach (eg, TOGAF) to solutioning, and the ability to lead discussions and influence stakeholders who are used to operating with less structured approaches. Experience of capability-based modelling and developing future scenarios in an EA Modelling tool. The ability to present content at both a strategic level, and to deliver more focused design decisions, with the authority that comes from a deep and broad technical knowledge. Experience of working in procurement process to specify requirements through tenders and evaluate supplier proposals. Examples of balancing long-term strategic objectives with immediate business imperatives and contributing to roadmap changes in line with that. Join our client as to begin career! All personal data you submit to us will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice which you can find on our website. Email: (see below)
Apr 18, 2024
Contractor
Role: Sr. Enterprise Architect Location: Perth/Glasgow/Aberdeen Duration: 6 months (Hybrid - Max 50% Time In The Office) Job Description: This role is for an experienced Enterprise Architect to work on the Digital Programme that is building the technology estate that supports Transmission business. This programme is moving us from a limited set of capabilities to a modern, could-based, application portfolio that will enhance our operations in all areas. The focus of this role will be on building out the Technology Baseline model, developing capability and system roadmaps aligned to our Technology Strategy, guiding solution delivery and supporting planning into the next investment period for the Transmission business. The role will report to the Lead Architect as part of the Transmission Architecture Team. Skills/Experience Required: The role will operate across several programme streams, responsible for definition and agreement of roadmaps and guiding solution designs to align with them. This will involve guiding Solution Architects Embedded in our delivery teams and collaborating with analysts and technical specialists. Business areas will include customer and stakeholder engagement, at & maintenance work management and control room operations. Any relevant experience in these topics will be advantageous. A structured and methodical approach (eg, TOGAF) to solutioning, and the ability to lead discussions and influence stakeholders who are used to operating with less structured approaches. Experience of capability-based modelling and developing future scenarios in an EA Modelling tool. The ability to present content at both a strategic level, and to deliver more focused design decisions, with the authority that comes from a deep and broad technical knowledge. Experience of working in procurement process to specify requirements through tenders and evaluate supplier proposals. Examples of balancing long-term strategic objectives with immediate business imperatives and contributing to roadmap changes in line with that. Join our client as to begin career! All personal data you submit to us will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice which you can find on our website. Email: (see below)
C# DEVELOPER /AZURE -DEVOPS CONSULTANT - CONTRACT - REMOTE We are looking for a Lead Microsoft Applications developer to help support and deliver a number of solutions to our customers using the Microsoft stack of Technologies. The role will involve working on well-established System Integration projects delivering mission critical Enterprise solutions to our customers. You will be joining an experienced team and helping to deliver key change controls within the account to delivering both innovation and business value. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the next generation cloud ready integration framework which is currently being developed inhouse by the Integration team. The role will provide an excellent environment for learning new technologies and working with skilled resources and growing your career. Candidates must have the following Strong Developer experience on C# Azure, Logic Apps Database experience SQL Server Data Factory / Data Warehousing / ETL Skills required: Experience of developing technology solutions for large, complex business change programmes Experience of working on MS Azure Platform Experience of MS DevOps (VSTS) Experience of setting up a Continuous delivery and Integration pipeline including automated testing and deployment using Azure Devops. Knowledge of Power Apps application development. Knowledge of Power Automate development Azure SQL Server (OLTP). Developing API's using logic apps, azure functions and azure API-management. Knowledge of Azure components including Azure Storage, Azure Key Vault, Logic Apps, Azure Automation, Azure Batch and Azure Service bus. C# and PowerShell Knowledge of using version control systems e.g. Git. Automated Testing using BDD and TDD approach. Provisioning automated secure cloud Infrastructure using tools such as ARM Templates/ Terraform. KNOWLEDGE Understanding of Agile, Scrum and Kanban methodologies. Passion for automation of Infrastructure. Repeatable patterns, pipelines, and security integrations. Government Digital Services framework and service design standards. Microsoft Azure platform and associated infrastructure architecture. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microservices , web services, including JSON and XML. Variety of databases and programming languages, e.g. SQL Server, .NET, C#, Java. Latest information technologies including their pros and cons in the context of large organisations. Integration Architectures and patterns, including knowledge of Enterprise Service Bus. Working knowledge of data warehousing, data lakes, data migration and Big Data. Good secure coding standards such as OWASP. Auditing and monitoring approaches and tools. Please apply via this ad in the first instance or send a CV with covering note or contact me on (phone number removed) or (url removed) Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Apr 18, 2024
Contractor
C# DEVELOPER /AZURE -DEVOPS CONSULTANT - CONTRACT - REMOTE We are looking for a Lead Microsoft Applications developer to help support and deliver a number of solutions to our customers using the Microsoft stack of Technologies. The role will involve working on well-established System Integration projects delivering mission critical Enterprise solutions to our customers. You will be joining an experienced team and helping to deliver key change controls within the account to delivering both innovation and business value. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the next generation cloud ready integration framework which is currently being developed inhouse by the Integration team. The role will provide an excellent environment for learning new technologies and working with skilled resources and growing your career. Candidates must have the following Strong Developer experience on C# Azure, Logic Apps Database experience SQL Server Data Factory / Data Warehousing / ETL Skills required: Experience of developing technology solutions for large, complex business change programmes Experience of working on MS Azure Platform Experience of MS DevOps (VSTS) Experience of setting up a Continuous delivery and Integration pipeline including automated testing and deployment using Azure Devops. Knowledge of Power Apps application development. Knowledge of Power Automate development Azure SQL Server (OLTP). Developing API's using logic apps, azure functions and azure API-management. Knowledge of Azure components including Azure Storage, Azure Key Vault, Logic Apps, Azure Automation, Azure Batch and Azure Service bus. C# and PowerShell Knowledge of using version control systems e.g. Git. Automated Testing using BDD and TDD approach. Provisioning automated secure cloud Infrastructure using tools such as ARM Templates/ Terraform. KNOWLEDGE Understanding of Agile, Scrum and Kanban methodologies. Passion for automation of Infrastructure. Repeatable patterns, pipelines, and security integrations. Government Digital Services framework and service design standards. Microsoft Azure platform and associated infrastructure architecture. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microservices , web services, including JSON and XML. Variety of databases and programming languages, e.g. SQL Server, .NET, C#, Java. Latest information technologies including their pros and cons in the context of large organisations. Integration Architectures and patterns, including knowledge of Enterprise Service Bus. Working knowledge of data warehousing, data lakes, data migration and Big Data. Good secure coding standards such as OWASP. Auditing and monitoring approaches and tools. Please apply via this ad in the first instance or send a CV with covering note or contact me on (phone number removed) or (url removed) Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Senior Solutions Architect - Application Company: A leading financial services corporation is recruiting a Senior Solutions Architect with solid domain architectural capabilities within application architecture as our client embarks on a digital transformation programme moving into Azure. To be selected, you must have previous hands on development experience with detailed knowledge of object-oriented design principles, coding practices, micro services architecture and RESTful API services to assist our client move into a cloud focused environment (Azure). Our client is entering a crucial phase of their digital simplification programme and requires the Senior Solutions Architect to direct the business of new strategic and emerging technology trends. This permanent role paying up to £90,000 + 25% bonus on a hybrid basis to be located in Wolverhampton or Chatham. Role overview/responsibilities: Responsible for enhancing and accelerating projects while ensuring the logical and physical architecture for a project aligns with the standards and reference architectures defined by the technical domain and enterprise architects; to deliver the architectural design of technology solutions, the solution architect must utilize knowledge of defined reference architectures, technology trends, and implementation experience in order to translate a business need into a solution blueprint that represents an end-to-end technical solution. Design and lead the implementation of solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements. Take ownership of Application Architecture to support the Groups Enterprise Architecture function (utilizing LeanIX and other tooling). Demonstrate experience using software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, application modelling techniques and application security industry best practices. Demonstrate strong knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, Multi-tenancy, Virtualisation, Orchestration and Elastic Scalability). Provide Architectural oversight for applications or integrations hosted within cloud platforms such as Azure / AWS / SaaS and PaaS platforms Analyze the business-IT Application environment (run, grow and transform the business) to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement (systems of record, differentiation and innovation). Demonstrate knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes. Essential skill set: Recent experience acting as Senior Solution Architect / Lead Solution Architect within Development, Data or Application focused environment. Experience/Certification in TOGAF version 9.2 or above is essential. Details knowledge of Cloud-based solutions in Azure is essential Detailed knowledge of SQL (Structured Query Language) and NoSQL Programming is essential. Detailed knowledge of application architecture in Java or .NET is essential. Detailed knowledge of object-oriented design principles, coding practices, micro services architecture and RESTful API services is essential. Detailed knowledge for developing/documenting Architecture Roadmaps, Standards & Patterns, and Business problems, including Scope, Functional and Non-functional Requirements, Solution Design and detailed architecture Blueprints is essential. Salary expectations: £90,000 + 25% bonus / Flexible working / 30 Days Holiday / Medical Cover / Life Cover / 13% Pension / Flexible Benefits Senior Solutions Architect - Application
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Senior Solutions Architect - Application Company: A leading financial services corporation is recruiting a Senior Solutions Architect with solid domain architectural capabilities within application architecture as our client embarks on a digital transformation programme moving into Azure. To be selected, you must have previous hands on development experience with detailed knowledge of object-oriented design principles, coding practices, micro services architecture and RESTful API services to assist our client move into a cloud focused environment (Azure). Our client is entering a crucial phase of their digital simplification programme and requires the Senior Solutions Architect to direct the business of new strategic and emerging technology trends. This permanent role paying up to £90,000 + 25% bonus on a hybrid basis to be located in Wolverhampton or Chatham. Role overview/responsibilities: Responsible for enhancing and accelerating projects while ensuring the logical and physical architecture for a project aligns with the standards and reference architectures defined by the technical domain and enterprise architects; to deliver the architectural design of technology solutions, the solution architect must utilize knowledge of defined reference architectures, technology trends, and implementation experience in order to translate a business need into a solution blueprint that represents an end-to-end technical solution. Design and lead the implementation of solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements. Take ownership of Application Architecture to support the Groups Enterprise Architecture function (utilizing LeanIX and other tooling). Demonstrate experience using software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, application modelling techniques and application security industry best practices. Demonstrate strong knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, Multi-tenancy, Virtualisation, Orchestration and Elastic Scalability). Provide Architectural oversight for applications or integrations hosted within cloud platforms such as Azure / AWS / SaaS and PaaS platforms Analyze the business-IT Application environment (run, grow and transform the business) to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement (systems of record, differentiation and innovation). Demonstrate knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes. Essential skill set: Recent experience acting as Senior Solution Architect / Lead Solution Architect within Development, Data or Application focused environment. Experience/Certification in TOGAF version 9.2 or above is essential. Details knowledge of Cloud-based solutions in Azure is essential Detailed knowledge of SQL (Structured Query Language) and NoSQL Programming is essential. Detailed knowledge of application architecture in Java or .NET is essential. Detailed knowledge of object-oriented design principles, coding practices, micro services architecture and RESTful API services is essential. Detailed knowledge for developing/documenting Architecture Roadmaps, Standards & Patterns, and Business problems, including Scope, Functional and Non-functional Requirements, Solution Design and detailed architecture Blueprints is essential. Salary expectations: £90,000 + 25% bonus / Flexible working / 30 Days Holiday / Medical Cover / Life Cover / 13% Pension / Flexible Benefits Senior Solutions Architect - Application
Are you ready to join an award-winning team crafting digital experiences for the likes of HMV, YO!, Optibac & De Beers. This is an exciting opportunity to join Ridgeway Digital - a leading digital agency in an exciting hybrid role. If you have relevant experience within a Senior C# ASP .Net Developer role, we'd love to hear from you! Role info: Senior C# ASP .Net DeveloperWitney, Oxfordshire Based / Hybrid Working 2-3 days from home£55,000 - £68,000 Depending on ExperiencePlus Great Benefits & Perks Product / Service: We build Mid to Enterprise CMS systems, eCommerce platforms, Web ApplicationsClients: HMV, YO!, Optibac, De Beers, Oxford Brookes University and more Your Skills: Dev background - solid experience with ASP.NET MVC / C development vs software dev experienceDigital agency experiencePlatform experience at the right level (e.g. Kentico, Sitecore, Umbraco, Optimizely) About us: We are Ridgeway. Founded in 2010, we are extremely proud to be recognised as an award-winning, leading and accredited UK Microsoft Gold Partner, Kentico Xperience Gold Partner with Quality Expert status, and Kontent Premium Partner. Our main studio is based in Witney, Oxfordshire, and our team of experts continue to this day to practise our founding partners focus and ethos. Whether it be a mid-tier web or enterprise level eCommerce solution, we curate purposeful and performant digital online experiences that deliver commercial impact. We work together and learn from each other to craft award-winning digital projects for our clients that ultimately make their customers happy. We adopt a robust collaborative approach with all our clients to capture and explore ideas, unearth key goals, and provide honest direction. Cultural fit is incredibly important to us as when we're aligned everything in the world feels just that little bit better, so we're building a new delivery team around our trusted values: Integrity - we do the right thingCollaborative - we work togetherConfident - we demonstrate our expertiseAttentive - we pay attention to detail and are supportiveInquisitive - we do not make assumptions The .Net Web App Developer Opportunity: As Senior C# ASP .Net Developer, you will form a strong partnership with a Project Manager. In this role, you will split your time between technical leadership and oversight, technical pre-sales support and small development tasks. We continuously find new and innovative ways to tackle problems using a variety of technologies including Microsoft Azure, DevOps, .NET Core, headless CMS and React, come join us on our journey. Key Responsibilities: + Partner with a Project Manager to lead and mentor a team of developers within a Project Team+ Interpret project requirements and providing technically robust solutions in-line with our project delivery approach+ Function as a cross-project consultant, providing advice and making autonomous decisions regarding technical approach+ Be an active participant in client workshops, specification writing, detailed effort estimation and collaboration with key teams to define the solution architecture+ Input into the assessment and application of new and existing technology used to ensure we continue to optimise use of the right tools+ Technical pre-sales and consultancy About you: Essential: + Previous experience in a Solution / Technical Architect or Senior Developer role for at least four years+ Extensive commercial experience of developing mobile first ASP.Net CMS and ecommerce websites+ Experience of integrating back-end APIs with JavaScript-based application frameworks, e.g. Next.js,+ Demonstrable experience of technically scoping, architecting, and leading projects+ Previously defined and written detailed functional and technical specifications for medium and large-scale solutions (£200k+)+ Familiarity with the Kentico DXP platform, Kontent.ai, and/or alternative enterprise CMS and headless platforms+ Experience providing detailed task breakdowns and accurate estimation for the technical areas of website delivery+ Organised, self-motivated and ambitious with great leadership skills+ Excellent communication, consulting and client-facing skills+ Demonstrable experience of using version control systems Desirable: + Experience scoping and integrating with 3rd party platforms using RESTful API patterns, e.g. ERP, CRM, PIMs, fulfilment etc+ Experience with .NET coding patterns and practises+ Experience with, hosting environment aspects such as IIS, Azure App Services, security, caching, and CDN's+ Experience with building automated continuous integration and deployment pipelines with Azure DevOps+ Commercial experience of developing mobile first React-based CMS and/or ecommerce websites ideally using a framework such as Next.js What's on Offer: + 25-30 days leave+ Private medical+ Contributory pension+ EV leasing+ Hybrid working with at least 2 days in the office+ And more ! Your Experience / Background / Previous Roles May Include:Solutions Engineer, Enterprise Architect, Solutions Consultant, Technical Architect, Enterprise Solutions Architect, Data Architect, Application Architect, eCom Platform Solutions, CMS Architect, Digital Consulting, ASP.Net Senior Developer, Web Applications Developer, Kentico, Sitecore, Umbraco, Optimizely. Sound like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed by our talent partner Recruitment Revolution on the basis of their legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to their Data Privacy Policy & Noti
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Are you ready to join an award-winning team crafting digital experiences for the likes of HMV, YO!, Optibac & De Beers. This is an exciting opportunity to join Ridgeway Digital - a leading digital agency in an exciting hybrid role. If you have relevant experience within a Senior C# ASP .Net Developer role, we'd love to hear from you! Role info: Senior C# ASP .Net DeveloperWitney, Oxfordshire Based / Hybrid Working 2-3 days from home£55,000 - £68,000 Depending on ExperiencePlus Great Benefits & Perks Product / Service: We build Mid to Enterprise CMS systems, eCommerce platforms, Web ApplicationsClients: HMV, YO!, Optibac, De Beers, Oxford Brookes University and more Your Skills: Dev background - solid experience with ASP.NET MVC / C development vs software dev experienceDigital agency experiencePlatform experience at the right level (e.g. Kentico, Sitecore, Umbraco, Optimizely) About us: We are Ridgeway. Founded in 2010, we are extremely proud to be recognised as an award-winning, leading and accredited UK Microsoft Gold Partner, Kentico Xperience Gold Partner with Quality Expert status, and Kontent Premium Partner. Our main studio is based in Witney, Oxfordshire, and our team of experts continue to this day to practise our founding partners focus and ethos. Whether it be a mid-tier web or enterprise level eCommerce solution, we curate purposeful and performant digital online experiences that deliver commercial impact. We work together and learn from each other to craft award-winning digital projects for our clients that ultimately make their customers happy. We adopt a robust collaborative approach with all our clients to capture and explore ideas, unearth key goals, and provide honest direction. Cultural fit is incredibly important to us as when we're aligned everything in the world feels just that little bit better, so we're building a new delivery team around our trusted values: Integrity - we do the right thingCollaborative - we work togetherConfident - we demonstrate our expertiseAttentive - we pay attention to detail and are supportiveInquisitive - we do not make assumptions The .Net Web App Developer Opportunity: As Senior C# ASP .Net Developer, you will form a strong partnership with a Project Manager. In this role, you will split your time between technical leadership and oversight, technical pre-sales support and small development tasks. We continuously find new and innovative ways to tackle problems using a variety of technologies including Microsoft Azure, DevOps, .NET Core, headless CMS and React, come join us on our journey. Key Responsibilities: + Partner with a Project Manager to lead and mentor a team of developers within a Project Team+ Interpret project requirements and providing technically robust solutions in-line with our project delivery approach+ Function as a cross-project consultant, providing advice and making autonomous decisions regarding technical approach+ Be an active participant in client workshops, specification writing, detailed effort estimation and collaboration with key teams to define the solution architecture+ Input into the assessment and application of new and existing technology used to ensure we continue to optimise use of the right tools+ Technical pre-sales and consultancy About you: Essential: + Previous experience in a Solution / Technical Architect or Senior Developer role for at least four years+ Extensive commercial experience of developing mobile first ASP.Net CMS and ecommerce websites+ Experience of integrating back-end APIs with JavaScript-based application frameworks, e.g. Next.js,+ Demonstrable experience of technically scoping, architecting, and leading projects+ Previously defined and written detailed functional and technical specifications for medium and large-scale solutions (£200k+)+ Familiarity with the Kentico DXP platform, Kontent.ai, and/or alternative enterprise CMS and headless platforms+ Experience providing detailed task breakdowns and accurate estimation for the technical areas of website delivery+ Organised, self-motivated and ambitious with great leadership skills+ Excellent communication, consulting and client-facing skills+ Demonstrable experience of using version control systems Desirable: + Experience scoping and integrating with 3rd party platforms using RESTful API patterns, e.g. ERP, CRM, PIMs, fulfilment etc+ Experience with .NET coding patterns and practises+ Experience with, hosting environment aspects such as IIS, Azure App Services, security, caching, and CDN's+ Experience with building automated continuous integration and deployment pipelines with Azure DevOps+ Commercial experience of developing mobile first React-based CMS and/or ecommerce websites ideally using a framework such as Next.js What's on Offer: + 25-30 days leave+ Private medical+ Contributory pension+ EV leasing+ Hybrid working with at least 2 days in the office+ And more ! Your Experience / Background / Previous Roles May Include:Solutions Engineer, Enterprise Architect, Solutions Consultant, Technical Architect, Enterprise Solutions Architect, Data Architect, Application Architect, eCom Platform Solutions, CMS Architect, Digital Consulting, ASP.Net Senior Developer, Web Applications Developer, Kentico, Sitecore, Umbraco, Optimizely. Sound like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Application notice We take your privacy seriously. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed by our talent partner Recruitment Revolution on the basis of their legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to their Data Privacy Policy & Noti
Role Title: Cyber Recovery Technical Architect Duration: 6 Months Location: Canary Wharf/Hybrid (2-3 days on site) Rate: up to 640/d - Umbrella only Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation? Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Role purpose / summary Responsible for analysis technology application solutions for applications to meet business requirements in line with RFT and Group IT Strategies and Architectures Understanding of Cyber Enterprise Recovery Solutions following NIST Cyber Security Model - Protect, Detect Respond, Recover like Vault, Air gapped, immutable backups etc Create more Cyber Resilience Approach to data protection by modernizing and automating recovery and business continuity strategies Build roadmap for Cyber Resilience Recovery Solutions and strengthen our resilience capabilities Apply a risk-based approach to test Response and Recovery capabilities, utilising intelligence-led disruption events and scenarios to inform planning and testing requirements Align RFT application recovery approach to central recovery testing, that is applied across different approved disruption Events Validates both the aggregation of multiple individual plan tests, and the necessary mobilisation capabilities Testing of Individual capabilities and contingencies. Validates that individual recovery plans operate as expected for the designed use case Collaborating with application product delivery teams to ensure that those solutions are fit for purpose and support them with architecture related challenges through delivery Contribute to project scope and objectives, to ensure feasibility of implementation - consulting with all relevant stakeholders as required Working with the relevant Technology and Change Project Managers and CTO Enterprise Architects - responsible for ensuring that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the original solution Support the development of systems strategies and roadmaps for the supported business area Provide ad-hoc consultancy as required to the business on technical matters Key Skills/ requirements Responsible for creating technology solutions for applications to meet business requirements in line with RFT and company Strategies and Architectures. Work with supply chain (including external) as appropriate to produce initial costs, and throughout the development lifecycle. Evaluation of technologies, recommending and advising on strategic improvements Leverage Cyber-Resilience reference architecture for specific Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) requirements to ensure business continuity during data integrity threats and breaches, and to complement and enhance existing or standard Disaster Recovery architectures Accelerate bank's ability to recover at scale to re-establish a BAU Technology Environment following a material Cyber Event Ensure proper validation, testing (Table Top, Simulated, Scenario, Level, Scale Testing) and user sign-off of all deliverable for prioritised Applications Assist Scale Technology Testing Programme for Data Integrity and Cyber Disruption Create and validate Integrated Recover Plans for all Business Services Implement Data Integrity and Cyber Recovery Planning during the development or change if IT Services Examining architectural changes projects make to new and existing services, to ensure they are built to meet the business and operational resilience requirements, of the Business Services that consume them. Works with project managers and sourcing managers to advise on supplier and cost options, and to ensure that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented and considered in any RFI/RFPs process, or in the creation and evaluation of proof-of-concept solutions Takes responsibility for ensuring that solutions adhere to architectural and quality standards and policies and reduce duplication across RFT and the wider Group. Optimising use of infrastructure and licenses to drive down total cost of ownership Support Cyber Resilience Solution Architect in providing advice and guidance to business stakeholders in shaping the portfolio of technology solutions, and the estimating process for initiatives being provided to business stakeholders and AEs representing m+ investments. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Apr 18, 2024
Contractor
Role Title: Cyber Recovery Technical Architect Duration: 6 Months Location: Canary Wharf/Hybrid (2-3 days on site) Rate: up to 640/d - Umbrella only Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation? Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Role purpose / summary Responsible for analysis technology application solutions for applications to meet business requirements in line with RFT and Group IT Strategies and Architectures Understanding of Cyber Enterprise Recovery Solutions following NIST Cyber Security Model - Protect, Detect Respond, Recover like Vault, Air gapped, immutable backups etc Create more Cyber Resilience Approach to data protection by modernizing and automating recovery and business continuity strategies Build roadmap for Cyber Resilience Recovery Solutions and strengthen our resilience capabilities Apply a risk-based approach to test Response and Recovery capabilities, utilising intelligence-led disruption events and scenarios to inform planning and testing requirements Align RFT application recovery approach to central recovery testing, that is applied across different approved disruption Events Validates both the aggregation of multiple individual plan tests, and the necessary mobilisation capabilities Testing of Individual capabilities and contingencies. Validates that individual recovery plans operate as expected for the designed use case Collaborating with application product delivery teams to ensure that those solutions are fit for purpose and support them with architecture related challenges through delivery Contribute to project scope and objectives, to ensure feasibility of implementation - consulting with all relevant stakeholders as required Working with the relevant Technology and Change Project Managers and CTO Enterprise Architects - responsible for ensuring that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the original solution Support the development of systems strategies and roadmaps for the supported business area Provide ad-hoc consultancy as required to the business on technical matters Key Skills/ requirements Responsible for creating technology solutions for applications to meet business requirements in line with RFT and company Strategies and Architectures. Work with supply chain (including external) as appropriate to produce initial costs, and throughout the development lifecycle. Evaluation of technologies, recommending and advising on strategic improvements Leverage Cyber-Resilience reference architecture for specific Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) requirements to ensure business continuity during data integrity threats and breaches, and to complement and enhance existing or standard Disaster Recovery architectures Accelerate bank's ability to recover at scale to re-establish a BAU Technology Environment following a material Cyber Event Ensure proper validation, testing (Table Top, Simulated, Scenario, Level, Scale Testing) and user sign-off of all deliverable for prioritised Applications Assist Scale Technology Testing Programme for Data Integrity and Cyber Disruption Create and validate Integrated Recover Plans for all Business Services Implement Data Integrity and Cyber Recovery Planning during the development or change if IT Services Examining architectural changes projects make to new and existing services, to ensure they are built to meet the business and operational resilience requirements, of the Business Services that consume them. Works with project managers and sourcing managers to advise on supplier and cost options, and to ensure that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented and considered in any RFI/RFPs process, or in the creation and evaluation of proof-of-concept solutions Takes responsibility for ensuring that solutions adhere to architectural and quality standards and policies and reduce duplication across RFT and the wider Group. Optimising use of infrastructure and licenses to drive down total cost of ownership Support Cyber Resilience Solution Architect in providing advice and guidance to business stakeholders in shaping the portfolio of technology solutions, and the estimating process for initiatives being provided to business stakeholders and AEs representing m+ investments. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
End Date Thursday 18 April 2024 Salary Range £78,849 - £87,610 We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary . Job Description Database Engineer - Data Resilience Lloyds Banking Group London - hybrid working two days per week in the office & rest from home. Salary & Benefits: £78,849 to £96,371 per annum, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices & flexibility to suit your to ensure a good work-life balance. About us: Data is at the heart of Lloyds Banking Group; enabling the delivery of innovative financial services to our 26 million customers and help Britain prosper. A resilient organisation instils confidence and trust with customers, staff and regulators, reduces risk and protects Group from regulatory censure and fines. The Data Resilience team is a new chapter within the Chief Data and Analytics Office. We have the responsibility to facilitate the identification, end-to end data flow mapping, and assessment of IBS critical technical assets to establish the Data Resilience position and proactively mitigate Group exposure to data loss or corruption events. Background: Disruptions are inevitable and regulators expect Financial Institutions to take the necessary steps to protect data and recover from severe but plausible data loss or corruption events, such as a cyber-attack, to meet IBS impact tolerance thresholds. Data Resilience purpose is to proactively protect the integrity, availability, and security of our data to mitigate the risk of disruption to the Group s Important Business Services. The Data Resilience team have 3 main objectives to achieve this: Identify & define assets that are critical to the delivery of Important Business Services. Map the end-to-end data flow of critical assets from source to consumer of each Important Business Service Assess resilience maturity of critical assets to identify gaps that could impact the Group s ability to maintain service within ITOL. About the Role As the Data Resilience Data Engineer, you'll focus on ensuring IBS critical data is stored, handled, and processed effectively to maintain the availability, confidentiality and integrity and fulfil the Group s Important Business Services. This will safeguard our critical data and associated assets from vulnerabilities and threats that could lead to a compromise of the integrity and availability leading to customer harm. The role requires ambitious individuals with a proactive, can-do attitude and solution-oriented approach to deliver at pace. Key Responsibilities: Be the technical data reliability point of contact for data resilience. Provide input and direction on database resilience assessments to identify gaps that could lead to IBS Impact Tolerance thresholds being breached. Develop database optimisation initiatives to drive improvement and guidance for Operational Resilience and change frameworks. Oversee the development of database controls and collaborate with platform teams and Chief Security Office to remediate security gaps. Embed proactive database hygiene, including ROT data, compression rates, effective maintenance plans and compaction & reorganisation across IBS critical applications. Ensure Data Resilience Information Asset Register (IAR) for databases is accurately maintained. Perform horizon scanning and provide input to group policies and procedures. Review backup and recovery procedures for IBS critical databases Support and grow team members in database domains of data resilience. Present data resilience database gaps to peers and senior stakeholders. What we're looking for; We'd welcome applicants from diverse cultural and technological backgrounds, however financial services exposure will be important for this position. We will need to see evidence of the following in your CV; Career experience working as a Senior Database Administrator, including Oracle, MS SQL, (DB2 and IMS desirable) Knowledge of traditional Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, zOS, F5) Experience in Data Fabric and Data Mesh concepts, including Systems of Record, Engagement and Insight strategies Experience in database management and optimisation, i.e. reorganisation and rebuild. Strong knowledge of database backup and recovery procedures Experience of incident response (triage, classification, investigation, and escalation) Proficient in database encryption at rest, in transit and in memory Financial Services experience and exposure to some but not all; payments, cards, pensions, insurance, markets, trade & settlement, logon customer journeys. Solid verbal and written communication skills to discuss and describe the target architecture with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Its great if you have: Knowledge of Extract, Transform & Load (ETL), Disaster Recovery or back-up and restore domains. Public cloud data management experience including Databricks, MongoDB, CockcroachDB, GCP Dataproc, BigQuery. Experience in Data Mesh Enterprise Data Hub (EDH) and Warehouse (EDW) Prior experience working of supporting or remediating resilience issues on assets such as batch, messaging queues, third party data connections, data recovery & backup, data vaulting, data integrity. About working for us. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. We re disability confident. So, if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?Apply today and find out more At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
End Date Thursday 18 April 2024 Salary Range £78,849 - £87,610 We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary . Job Description Database Engineer - Data Resilience Lloyds Banking Group London - hybrid working two days per week in the office & rest from home. Salary & Benefits: £78,849 to £96,371 per annum, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices & flexibility to suit your to ensure a good work-life balance. About us: Data is at the heart of Lloyds Banking Group; enabling the delivery of innovative financial services to our 26 million customers and help Britain prosper. A resilient organisation instils confidence and trust with customers, staff and regulators, reduces risk and protects Group from regulatory censure and fines. The Data Resilience team is a new chapter within the Chief Data and Analytics Office. We have the responsibility to facilitate the identification, end-to end data flow mapping, and assessment of IBS critical technical assets to establish the Data Resilience position and proactively mitigate Group exposure to data loss or corruption events. Background: Disruptions are inevitable and regulators expect Financial Institutions to take the necessary steps to protect data and recover from severe but plausible data loss or corruption events, such as a cyber-attack, to meet IBS impact tolerance thresholds. Data Resilience purpose is to proactively protect the integrity, availability, and security of our data to mitigate the risk of disruption to the Group s Important Business Services. The Data Resilience team have 3 main objectives to achieve this: Identify & define assets that are critical to the delivery of Important Business Services. Map the end-to-end data flow of critical assets from source to consumer of each Important Business Service Assess resilience maturity of critical assets to identify gaps that could impact the Group s ability to maintain service within ITOL. About the Role As the Data Resilience Data Engineer, you'll focus on ensuring IBS critical data is stored, handled, and processed effectively to maintain the availability, confidentiality and integrity and fulfil the Group s Important Business Services. This will safeguard our critical data and associated assets from vulnerabilities and threats that could lead to a compromise of the integrity and availability leading to customer harm. The role requires ambitious individuals with a proactive, can-do attitude and solution-oriented approach to deliver at pace. Key Responsibilities: Be the technical data reliability point of contact for data resilience. Provide input and direction on database resilience assessments to identify gaps that could lead to IBS Impact Tolerance thresholds being breached. Develop database optimisation initiatives to drive improvement and guidance for Operational Resilience and change frameworks. Oversee the development of database controls and collaborate with platform teams and Chief Security Office to remediate security gaps. Embed proactive database hygiene, including ROT data, compression rates, effective maintenance plans and compaction & reorganisation across IBS critical applications. Ensure Data Resilience Information Asset Register (IAR) for databases is accurately maintained. Perform horizon scanning and provide input to group policies and procedures. Review backup and recovery procedures for IBS critical databases Support and grow team members in database domains of data resilience. Present data resilience database gaps to peers and senior stakeholders. What we're looking for; We'd welcome applicants from diverse cultural and technological backgrounds, however financial services exposure will be important for this position. We will need to see evidence of the following in your CV; Career experience working as a Senior Database Administrator, including Oracle, MS SQL, (DB2 and IMS desirable) Knowledge of traditional Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, zOS, F5) Experience in Data Fabric and Data Mesh concepts, including Systems of Record, Engagement and Insight strategies Experience in database management and optimisation, i.e. reorganisation and rebuild. Strong knowledge of database backup and recovery procedures Experience of incident response (triage, classification, investigation, and escalation) Proficient in database encryption at rest, in transit and in memory Financial Services experience and exposure to some but not all; payments, cards, pensions, insurance, markets, trade & settlement, logon customer journeys. Solid verbal and written communication skills to discuss and describe the target architecture with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Its great if you have: Knowledge of Extract, Transform & Load (ETL), Disaster Recovery or back-up and restore domains. Public cloud data management experience including Databricks, MongoDB, CockcroachDB, GCP Dataproc, BigQuery. Experience in Data Mesh Enterprise Data Hub (EDH) and Warehouse (EDW) Prior experience working of supporting or remediating resilience issues on assets such as batch, messaging queues, third party data connections, data recovery & backup, data vaulting, data integrity. About working for us. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. We re disability confident. So, if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?Apply today and find out more At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Role Title:Cyber Security Assurance Specialist Key Role Responsibilities Review new business proposals and provide specialist advice on security issues and implications. Set policies, standards and guidelines for how the organisation conducts security operations across the business and ensures alignment. Develop & establish supplier chain security agreements / contracts / questionnaires and manage completion and disengagement. Lead reviews of governance practices with appropriate and sufficient independence from management activity. Develop policies, standards, processes, guidelines for ensuring appropriate security standards are in place and are adhered to. Ensure architectural security principles are applied during project design to reduce risk. Drives adoption and adherence to policy, standards and guidelines. Design, architect and deliver security aspects within projects and provide expert assurance for secure implementation. Lead and support product security activities, including technical reviews and assessments of product security architectures and designs across a diverse range of complex infrastructure, data and application systems. Ensure timely and robust incident management resolution, including major incident response coordination and management. Deputise for the Senior IT Security Manager as and when required. Education, Qualifications & Training Achieved one or more relevant qualification / certification (i.e. CISSP, CISA, CISM Knowledge & Experience Expert knowledge of security data tools, information security controls, security best practice and management strategies. Experience of designing control maturity tests and conducting control maturity assessments. Experience of overseeing and leading remediation of security assessments, technical testing, and vulnerability analysis including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, and NIST CSF. Experience in incident response and overseeing improvement actions such as development and tuning of security monitoring, alerting, and reporting. Technical knowledge and broad hands-on experience of working with security technologies such as the Microsoft XDR stack, vulnerability management tools (Nessus and Rapid 7), EDR platforms, SIEMs (Splunk / Azure Sentinel), Powershell automation etc. Previous exposure to enterprise networking and infrastructure technologies Role Specific Skills & Behaviours Ability to work supportively and collaboratively with colleagues across Technology & transformation as well as the wider business. Ability to effectively coordinate and manage major incident responses. Ability to work under pressure and maintain customer service ethic. Ability to be creative. Ability to present complex security solutions and situations to those without technical knowledge. Ability to formulate effective and appropriate recommendations based on sound technical knowledge. Ability to confidently challenge deadlines, priorities and suggest alternative ways of achieving targets. Meticulous documentation skills used for service descriptions and in service/asset management tooling and knowledge bases. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Customer focused - always assessing the impact and urgency for customers as the priority. Able to develop the skills and competencies of others. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Role Title:Cyber Security Assurance Specialist Key Role Responsibilities Review new business proposals and provide specialist advice on security issues and implications. Set policies, standards and guidelines for how the organisation conducts security operations across the business and ensures alignment. Develop & establish supplier chain security agreements / contracts / questionnaires and manage completion and disengagement. Lead reviews of governance practices with appropriate and sufficient independence from management activity. Develop policies, standards, processes, guidelines for ensuring appropriate security standards are in place and are adhered to. Ensure architectural security principles are applied during project design to reduce risk. Drives adoption and adherence to policy, standards and guidelines. Design, architect and deliver security aspects within projects and provide expert assurance for secure implementation. Lead and support product security activities, including technical reviews and assessments of product security architectures and designs across a diverse range of complex infrastructure, data and application systems. Ensure timely and robust incident management resolution, including major incident response coordination and management. Deputise for the Senior IT Security Manager as and when required. Education, Qualifications & Training Achieved one or more relevant qualification / certification (i.e. CISSP, CISA, CISM Knowledge & Experience Expert knowledge of security data tools, information security controls, security best practice and management strategies. Experience of designing control maturity tests and conducting control maturity assessments. Experience of overseeing and leading remediation of security assessments, technical testing, and vulnerability analysis including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, and NIST CSF. Experience in incident response and overseeing improvement actions such as development and tuning of security monitoring, alerting, and reporting. Technical knowledge and broad hands-on experience of working with security technologies such as the Microsoft XDR stack, vulnerability management tools (Nessus and Rapid 7), EDR platforms, SIEMs (Splunk / Azure Sentinel), Powershell automation etc. Previous exposure to enterprise networking and infrastructure technologies Role Specific Skills & Behaviours Ability to work supportively and collaboratively with colleagues across Technology & transformation as well as the wider business. Ability to effectively coordinate and manage major incident responses. Ability to work under pressure and maintain customer service ethic. Ability to be creative. Ability to present complex security solutions and situations to those without technical knowledge. Ability to formulate effective and appropriate recommendations based on sound technical knowledge. Ability to confidently challenge deadlines, priorities and suggest alternative ways of achieving targets. Meticulous documentation skills used for service descriptions and in service/asset management tooling and knowledge bases. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Customer focused - always assessing the impact and urgency for customers as the priority. Able to develop the skills and competencies of others. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
End Date Thursday 18 April 2024 Salary Range £86,964 - £102,310 We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE: Lead Platform Engineer SALARY: £86,964 - £102,310 for outside London and £100,657 - £118,420 LOCATION(S): Leeds, Edinburgh & London HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our office site. About this opportunity: The Cloud team is on the journey to create the next generation technical platform for Lloyds Banking Group that will be at the core of one of the UK's biggest financial service transformations. We're looking for an Engineering Lead to join our Azure Engineering team within the Cloud Native engineering Lab. The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable Lloyds Banking Group to become the biggest Fintech in the UK. We're seeking a highly experienced, motivated and innovative hands-on Engineering Lead to play a pivotal role in leading and shaping the technical direction of our Azure platform. The ideal candidate will have experience in software engineering and architecture, a passion for technology and commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions. You'll have worked hands-on and broadly with Azure technologies and bring T-shaped expertise in a particular field such as Kubernetes, Networking, API, Databases, Virtual Machines or Serverless. Why Lloyds Banking Group: We re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we re shaping finance for good. We re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. What will you be doing with us? You ll lead or contribute to the architectural design of cloud platform technologies and products across our ecosystem. You ll be able to get hands-on and contribute code on a regular basis - leading by example. Be proficient in leading technical conversations with stakeholders of varying levels of technical background, including Senior Management and other Subject Matter Experts Be a great collaborator across internal, external, and 3rd party teams Drive best-in-class approaches to automation and security Have the ability to provide education and mentorship covering cloud engineering topics to support different teams on those topics, and drive upskilling Be an SME in a particular aspect of cloud engineering or product category. Why Lloyds Banking Group: We re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we re shaping finance for good. We re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. What you ll need: SME/Advanced skills in at least one of: Azure Kubernetes Service & Istio, Azure Networking, Azure Databases, Azure API Management, Azure Native VM technologies, Azure Virtualisation Service (certifications desirable). Strong experience of security configuration management via guardrails (Org Policy, Azure Policy, OPA) Strong experience of writing and contributing Terraform/ARM/Bicep to curate cloud infrastructure for enterprise Great understanding of Cloud Native engineering principles and experience of delivering systems based on them. Experience of building DevSecOps approach to infrastructure as code and application CI/CD Understanding of cloud security best practises and principles for enterprise Usage of enterprise Secret Management solutions including Azure Key Vault and Hashicorp Vault Appreciation of network security fundamentals - WAF/WAP/Firewalls and ingress/egress patterns Experience of Terraform Cloud and Azure DevOps or Harness.io (desirable) About working for us: Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
End Date Thursday 18 April 2024 Salary Range £86,964 - £102,310 We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE: Lead Platform Engineer SALARY: £86,964 - £102,310 for outside London and £100,657 - £118,420 LOCATION(S): Leeds, Edinburgh & London HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our office site. About this opportunity: The Cloud team is on the journey to create the next generation technical platform for Lloyds Banking Group that will be at the core of one of the UK's biggest financial service transformations. We're looking for an Engineering Lead to join our Azure Engineering team within the Cloud Native engineering Lab. The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable Lloyds Banking Group to become the biggest Fintech in the UK. We're seeking a highly experienced, motivated and innovative hands-on Engineering Lead to play a pivotal role in leading and shaping the technical direction of our Azure platform. The ideal candidate will have experience in software engineering and architecture, a passion for technology and commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions. You'll have worked hands-on and broadly with Azure technologies and bring T-shaped expertise in a particular field such as Kubernetes, Networking, API, Databases, Virtual Machines or Serverless. Why Lloyds Banking Group: We re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we re shaping finance for good. We re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. What will you be doing with us? You ll lead or contribute to the architectural design of cloud platform technologies and products across our ecosystem. You ll be able to get hands-on and contribute code on a regular basis - leading by example. Be proficient in leading technical conversations with stakeholders of varying levels of technical background, including Senior Management and other Subject Matter Experts Be a great collaborator across internal, external, and 3rd party teams Drive best-in-class approaches to automation and security Have the ability to provide education and mentorship covering cloud engineering topics to support different teams on those topics, and drive upskilling Be an SME in a particular aspect of cloud engineering or product category. Why Lloyds Banking Group: We re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we re shaping finance for good. We re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. What you ll need: SME/Advanced skills in at least one of: Azure Kubernetes Service & Istio, Azure Networking, Azure Databases, Azure API Management, Azure Native VM technologies, Azure Virtualisation Service (certifications desirable). Strong experience of security configuration management via guardrails (Org Policy, Azure Policy, OPA) Strong experience of writing and contributing Terraform/ARM/Bicep to curate cloud infrastructure for enterprise Great understanding of Cloud Native engineering principles and experience of delivering systems based on them. Experience of building DevSecOps approach to infrastructure as code and application CI/CD Understanding of cloud security best practises and principles for enterprise Usage of enterprise Secret Management solutions including Azure Key Vault and Hashicorp Vault Appreciation of network security fundamentals - WAF/WAP/Firewalls and ingress/egress patterns Experience of Terraform Cloud and Azure DevOps or Harness.io (desirable) About working for us: Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
End Date Thursday 25 April 2024 Salary Range £86,964 - £158,581 We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE :Streaming Injestion Engineer SALARY : £85,255 - £100,300 LOCATION : Manchester HOURS : Full-time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Our team We're the Data Movement Lab building and managing the future centralised nervous system, using the power of our existing batch technologies centred on IBM s Infosphere DataStage stack, alongside our emerging cloud strategy and streaming analytics capability to get closer to our customers. This will be the backbone of our Event data processing hub. Our goal is to democratise Lloyds Bank s dataset. We re currently supporting 1 000 s of processes across the Bank, acting as the Enterprise Data Integration function within the Bank for Retail, Insurance, Risk, Fraud, Customer Insight, Commercial and Corporate businesses. Core Purpose of the role Our team is looking for a hardworking and adaptable Lead Engineer with depth of knowledge in the Data Domain. A technical leader with data engineering expertise, a growth mind-set and a dedication to technical leadership. As an engineering lead for the Lab, you will lead a large and diverse agile engineering teams, building pipelines patterns and frameworks that enable data to be efficiently and effectively processed at scale. You will work alongside the Product Owner in the development of technical roadmaps supporting the strategy of the Products and Services, ensuring that engineers capabilities are aligned to the plans. As a key member of our agile development community, you'll evolve our data capabilities whilst embracing the best industry standards. What you ll be involved in Work hand-in-hand with your Product Owner counterpart in a 'two-in-a-box' model to jointly lead the Lab team providing a great value proposition to your stakeholders from across the company. Lead a multi-disciplinary team by blending both deep domain and technical expertise across a number of component and feature teams who build, deploy and maintain capabilities and services enabling earlier value release for our customers. Within the framing of a reference architecture and strategy, set the technical direction and roadmap for the Lab, ensuring software is built consistently using relevant patterns and these patterns and practices are propagated across the wider community. Ensure all Engineering work in the Lab is carried out in line with the Bank standards and that teams are aware of, make decisions within and assist in the implementation and operation of the security, cyber, risk and control management framework. Be part of the broader Data & Machine Learning engineering leadership team driving and supporting initiatives outside the core Lab and Platform as part of the leadership and engineering community Hire and grow engineering talent as well as coaching and mentoring colleagues to enable them to reach their full potential. Essential skills and experience: Strength in collaboration as Data & Machine Learning Platform requires its Labs and Programmes to collaborate in building end-to-end Data products and services across LBG; so, collaboration needs to be a key part of your DNA. An experienced technical leader, able to inspire and encourage the best from their teams, with a passion for coaching and mentoring of less experienced software engineers. Able to show capability to change, evolve and to learn new tools and techniques and help and encourage others to do likewise. Expertise in proto-typing, building, deploying, and maintaining large scale data solutions. Extensive software engineering background with one or more programming languages in a complex technology environment Technical know-how of ETL Tooling and Streaming and how they fit with cloud technologies experience and delivering data engineering solutions. Experience in end-to-end delivery of software products using Agile and DevOps, with capabilities such as GitHub, Jenkins and UrbanCode methodologies, demonstrating engineering excellence and a passion for automation Additionally, data domain technology experience including: Database technology such as Teradata, Oracle, Hadoop, DB2 and familiarity with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and HBase Expertise in Container & Virtualization/Hypervisor technologies such as K8,firecracker/gVisor/ cloud hypervisor/kata-containers Expertise in Cloud Native technologies including networking & security is a plus Experience with Linux kernel technologies such as kernel modules, cgroups/namespaces, eBPF, XDP, etc Excellent experience in at least one programming language: Java, Scala, Python, GO Expertise in Language Runtimes / VMs (JVM/WASM, etc Why Lloyds Banking Group Like the modern Britain we serve, we re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
End Date Thursday 25 April 2024 Salary Range £86,964 - £158,581 We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE :Streaming Injestion Engineer SALARY : £85,255 - £100,300 LOCATION : Manchester HOURS : Full-time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Our team We're the Data Movement Lab building and managing the future centralised nervous system, using the power of our existing batch technologies centred on IBM s Infosphere DataStage stack, alongside our emerging cloud strategy and streaming analytics capability to get closer to our customers. This will be the backbone of our Event data processing hub. Our goal is to democratise Lloyds Bank s dataset. We re currently supporting 1 000 s of processes across the Bank, acting as the Enterprise Data Integration function within the Bank for Retail, Insurance, Risk, Fraud, Customer Insight, Commercial and Corporate businesses. Core Purpose of the role Our team is looking for a hardworking and adaptable Lead Engineer with depth of knowledge in the Data Domain. A technical leader with data engineering expertise, a growth mind-set and a dedication to technical leadership. As an engineering lead for the Lab, you will lead a large and diverse agile engineering teams, building pipelines patterns and frameworks that enable data to be efficiently and effectively processed at scale. You will work alongside the Product Owner in the development of technical roadmaps supporting the strategy of the Products and Services, ensuring that engineers capabilities are aligned to the plans. As a key member of our agile development community, you'll evolve our data capabilities whilst embracing the best industry standards. What you ll be involved in Work hand-in-hand with your Product Owner counterpart in a 'two-in-a-box' model to jointly lead the Lab team providing a great value proposition to your stakeholders from across the company. Lead a multi-disciplinary team by blending both deep domain and technical expertise across a number of component and feature teams who build, deploy and maintain capabilities and services enabling earlier value release for our customers. Within the framing of a reference architecture and strategy, set the technical direction and roadmap for the Lab, ensuring software is built consistently using relevant patterns and these patterns and practices are propagated across the wider community. Ensure all Engineering work in the Lab is carried out in line with the Bank standards and that teams are aware of, make decisions within and assist in the implementation and operation of the security, cyber, risk and control management framework. Be part of the broader Data & Machine Learning engineering leadership team driving and supporting initiatives outside the core Lab and Platform as part of the leadership and engineering community Hire and grow engineering talent as well as coaching and mentoring colleagues to enable them to reach their full potential. Essential skills and experience: Strength in collaboration as Data & Machine Learning Platform requires its Labs and Programmes to collaborate in building end-to-end Data products and services across LBG; so, collaboration needs to be a key part of your DNA. An experienced technical leader, able to inspire and encourage the best from their teams, with a passion for coaching and mentoring of less experienced software engineers. Able to show capability to change, evolve and to learn new tools and techniques and help and encourage others to do likewise. Expertise in proto-typing, building, deploying, and maintaining large scale data solutions. Extensive software engineering background with one or more programming languages in a complex technology environment Technical know-how of ETL Tooling and Streaming and how they fit with cloud technologies experience and delivering data engineering solutions. Experience in end-to-end delivery of software products using Agile and DevOps, with capabilities such as GitHub, Jenkins and UrbanCode methodologies, demonstrating engineering excellence and a passion for automation Additionally, data domain technology experience including: Database technology such as Teradata, Oracle, Hadoop, DB2 and familiarity with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and HBase Expertise in Container & Virtualization/Hypervisor technologies such as K8,firecracker/gVisor/ cloud hypervisor/kata-containers Expertise in Cloud Native technologies including networking & security is a plus Experience with Linux kernel technologies such as kernel modules, cgroups/namespaces, eBPF, XDP, etc Excellent experience in at least one programming language: Java, Scala, Python, GO Expertise in Language Runtimes / VMs (JVM/WASM, etc Why Lloyds Banking Group Like the modern Britain we serve, we re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Solutions Architect - Mid and Senior Role type: Full Time - Permanent Location: Hybrid/Remote (must be close to transport links and able to travel if required between Bristol, Manchester, Leeds and London) Applicants Must be eligible for SC Clearance Our client is an expanding Cloud consultancy who deliver Tech/Digital transformation programmes within both the public and private sectors. Due to significant growth, we are looking for accomplished Mid-Senior/Lead level Solutions Architects with experience gained the healthcare/medical/pharmaceutical sector to be part of a down-to-earth team, with a passion for delivering successful outcomes for customers. You will have a broad understanding of applications, software, infrastructure, and other technology components. You will act as a trusted advisor, drawing on previous experience of engagements, deliveries, designs, blueprints, and strategies. You will work alongside core business functions and build or enhance go-to-market propositions whilst identifying new opportunities to grow. We would expect the successful candidates experience to cover some of the following - Recent experience working an Architect the healthcare/medical/pharmaceutical sector - ESSENTIAL Knowledge across a range of existing and modern technologies including, cloud computing (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), on-premise application hosting & infrastructure For the senior role you will possess strong Leadership Qualities Experience designing, building, migrating, refactoring, or operating impactful IT systems - either on premise or in the Cloud Working knowledge of Cloud native architectures Azure Certifications Experience with design tools such as Visio, Lucid Chart, LeanIX, Ardoq, SparxEA Knowledge of a modern programming languages and/or Scripting, Infrastructure as Code etc. Working knowledge of a modern Cloud Native database and integration technologies Working knowledge of one or more business platforms such as ERP, CRM, HR, Payroll In-depth working knowledge in a technology domain such as distributed Internet-scale web or mobile applications, DevOps, Serverless, Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning, enterprise workloads (SAP, VMware, Windows etc.), high-performance databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), complex networking implementations, highly secured workloads etc. Working knowledge or TOGAF, Agile or Scaled Agile methodologies Benefits - 10% Performance related bonus Flexible & remote working Private Healthcare via our partner Vitality Health Training & Certifications Regular events & meetups You will be provided with training and the opportunities to grow your career within an exciting and ever evolving industry Annual Leave 28 days per annum (+ Bank Holidays) Enhanced Company Sick Pay If you are interested in the role and would like to apply, please do so by clicking the link, or contacting Jackie Dean at Jumar for immediate consideration. We take great pride in representing socially responsible clients who not only prioritise diversity and inclusion but also actively combat social inequality. Together, we have the power to make a profound impact on fostering a more equitable and inclusive society. By working with us, you become part of a movement dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Solutions Architect - Mid and Senior Role type: Full Time - Permanent Location: Hybrid/Remote (must be close to transport links and able to travel if required between Bristol, Manchester, Leeds and London) Applicants Must be eligible for SC Clearance Our client is an expanding Cloud consultancy who deliver Tech/Digital transformation programmes within both the public and private sectors. Due to significant growth, we are looking for accomplished Mid-Senior/Lead level Solutions Architects with experience gained the healthcare/medical/pharmaceutical sector to be part of a down-to-earth team, with a passion for delivering successful outcomes for customers. You will have a broad understanding of applications, software, infrastructure, and other technology components. You will act as a trusted advisor, drawing on previous experience of engagements, deliveries, designs, blueprints, and strategies. You will work alongside core business functions and build or enhance go-to-market propositions whilst identifying new opportunities to grow. We would expect the successful candidates experience to cover some of the following - Recent experience working an Architect the healthcare/medical/pharmaceutical sector - ESSENTIAL Knowledge across a range of existing and modern technologies including, cloud computing (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), on-premise application hosting & infrastructure For the senior role you will possess strong Leadership Qualities Experience designing, building, migrating, refactoring, or operating impactful IT systems - either on premise or in the Cloud Working knowledge of Cloud native architectures Azure Certifications Experience with design tools such as Visio, Lucid Chart, LeanIX, Ardoq, SparxEA Knowledge of a modern programming languages and/or Scripting, Infrastructure as Code etc. Working knowledge of a modern Cloud Native database and integration technologies Working knowledge of one or more business platforms such as ERP, CRM, HR, Payroll In-depth working knowledge in a technology domain such as distributed Internet-scale web or mobile applications, DevOps, Serverless, Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning, enterprise workloads (SAP, VMware, Windows etc.), high-performance databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), complex networking implementations, highly secured workloads etc. Working knowledge or TOGAF, Agile or Scaled Agile methodologies Benefits - 10% Performance related bonus Flexible & remote working Private Healthcare via our partner Vitality Health Training & Certifications Regular events & meetups You will be provided with training and the opportunities to grow your career within an exciting and ever evolving industry Annual Leave 28 days per annum (+ Bank Holidays) Enhanced Company Sick Pay If you are interested in the role and would like to apply, please do so by clicking the link, or contacting Jackie Dean at Jumar for immediate consideration. We take great pride in representing socially responsible clients who not only prioritise diversity and inclusion but also actively combat social inequality. Together, we have the power to make a profound impact on fostering a more equitable and inclusive society. By working with us, you become part of a movement dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce.
End Date Thursday 25 April 2024 Salary Range £86,964 - £158,581 We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE :Data Virtualisation Engineer SALARY : £85,255 - £100,300 LOCATION : Manchester HOURS : Full-time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Our team We're the Data Movement Lab building and managing the future centralised nervous system, using the power of our existing batch technologies centred on IBM s Infosphere DataStage stack, alongside our emerging cloud strategy and streaming analytics capability to get closer to our customers. This will be the backbone of our Event data processing hub. Our goal is to democratise Lloyds Bank s dataset. We re currently supporting 1 000 s of processes across the Bank, acting as the Enterprise Data Integration function within the Bank for Retail, Insurance, Risk, Fraud, Customer Insight, Commercial and Corporate businesses. Above all, we re a family friendly organisation who focus on delivery, not time at your desk. A mature, flexible work environment, flexible start/finish hours and agile working practices. We care about your mental health and want to enable a good work-life balance. What you ll be involved in: Work hand-in-hand with your Product Owner counterpart in a 'two-in-a-box' model to jointly lead the Lab team providing a great value proposition to your stakeholders from across the company. Lead a multi-disciplinary team by blending both deep domain and technical expertise across a number of component and feature teams who build, deploy and maintain capabilities and services enabling earlier value release for our customers. Within the framing of a reference architecture and strategy, set the technical direction and roadmap for the Lab, ensuring software is built consistently using relevant patterns and these patterns and practices are propagated across the wider community. Ensure all Engineering work in the Lab is carried out in line with the Bank standards and that teams are aware of, make decisions within and assist in the implementation and operation of the security, cyber, risk and control management framework. Be part of the broader Data & Machine Learning engineering leadership team driving and supporting initiatives outside the core Lab and Platform as part of the leadership and engineering community Hire and grow engineering talent as well as coaching and mentoring colleagues to enable them to reach their full potential. Essential skills and experience: Strength in collaboration as Data & Machine Learning Platform requires its Labs and Programmes to collaborate in building end-to-end Data products and services across LBG; so, collaboration needs to be a key part of your DNA. An experienced technical leader, able to inspire and encourage the best from their teams, with a passion for coaching and mentoring of less experienced software engineers. Able to show capability to change, evolve and to learn new tools and techniques and help and encourage others to do likewise. Expertise in proto-typing, building, deploying, and maintaining large scale data solutions. Extensive software engineering background with one or more programming languages in a complex technology environment Technical know-how of ETL Tooling and Streaming and how they fit with cloud technologies experience and delivering data engineering solutions. Experience in end-to-end delivery of software products using Agile and DevOps, with capabilities such as GitHub, Jenkins and UrbanCode methodologies, demonstrating engineering excellence and a passion for automation Additionally, data domain technology experience including: Teradata, Oracle, Hadoop, DB2 and familiarity with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and HBase Expertise in Cloud Native technologies including networking & security is a plus Understanding how to integrate data from disparate sources including databases, APIs, flat files and cloud services into a virtualized environment. Strong SQL skills are beneficial to support business use cases for querying and manipulating data within virtualized environments. Knowledge of ETL processes and tools to extract data from various sources, transform it as needed, and load it into the virtualized environment. Excellent experience in at least one programming language: Java, Scala, Python, G Why Lloyds Banking Group Like the modern Britain we serve, we re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
End Date Thursday 25 April 2024 Salary Range £86,964 - £158,581 We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE :Data Virtualisation Engineer SALARY : £85,255 - £100,300 LOCATION : Manchester HOURS : Full-time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Our team We're the Data Movement Lab building and managing the future centralised nervous system, using the power of our existing batch technologies centred on IBM s Infosphere DataStage stack, alongside our emerging cloud strategy and streaming analytics capability to get closer to our customers. This will be the backbone of our Event data processing hub. Our goal is to democratise Lloyds Bank s dataset. We re currently supporting 1 000 s of processes across the Bank, acting as the Enterprise Data Integration function within the Bank for Retail, Insurance, Risk, Fraud, Customer Insight, Commercial and Corporate businesses. Above all, we re a family friendly organisation who focus on delivery, not time at your desk. A mature, flexible work environment, flexible start/finish hours and agile working practices. We care about your mental health and want to enable a good work-life balance. What you ll be involved in: Work hand-in-hand with your Product Owner counterpart in a 'two-in-a-box' model to jointly lead the Lab team providing a great value proposition to your stakeholders from across the company. Lead a multi-disciplinary team by blending both deep domain and technical expertise across a number of component and feature teams who build, deploy and maintain capabilities and services enabling earlier value release for our customers. Within the framing of a reference architecture and strategy, set the technical direction and roadmap for the Lab, ensuring software is built consistently using relevant patterns and these patterns and practices are propagated across the wider community. Ensure all Engineering work in the Lab is carried out in line with the Bank standards and that teams are aware of, make decisions within and assist in the implementation and operation of the security, cyber, risk and control management framework. Be part of the broader Data & Machine Learning engineering leadership team driving and supporting initiatives outside the core Lab and Platform as part of the leadership and engineering community Hire and grow engineering talent as well as coaching and mentoring colleagues to enable them to reach their full potential. Essential skills and experience: Strength in collaboration as Data & Machine Learning Platform requires its Labs and Programmes to collaborate in building end-to-end Data products and services across LBG; so, collaboration needs to be a key part of your DNA. An experienced technical leader, able to inspire and encourage the best from their teams, with a passion for coaching and mentoring of less experienced software engineers. Able to show capability to change, evolve and to learn new tools and techniques and help and encourage others to do likewise. Expertise in proto-typing, building, deploying, and maintaining large scale data solutions. Extensive software engineering background with one or more programming languages in a complex technology environment Technical know-how of ETL Tooling and Streaming and how they fit with cloud technologies experience and delivering data engineering solutions. Experience in end-to-end delivery of software products using Agile and DevOps, with capabilities such as GitHub, Jenkins and UrbanCode methodologies, demonstrating engineering excellence and a passion for automation Additionally, data domain technology experience including: Teradata, Oracle, Hadoop, DB2 and familiarity with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and HBase Expertise in Cloud Native technologies including networking & security is a plus Understanding how to integrate data from disparate sources including databases, APIs, flat files and cloud services into a virtualized environment. Strong SQL skills are beneficial to support business use cases for querying and manipulating data within virtualized environments. Knowledge of ETL processes and tools to extract data from various sources, transform it as needed, and load it into the virtualized environment. Excellent experience in at least one programming language: Java, Scala, Python, G Why Lloyds Banking Group Like the modern Britain we serve, we re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical? For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions. It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you? What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical? For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions. The Enterprise Applications team at AWE are looking to hire a Senior Application Manager (Siemens NX/Teamcenter) who will be accountable to the Head of Enterprise Applications for delivering value for money services that meet AWE Business requirements utilising internal and external resources to deliver to agreed Service Levels and assuring that the methodologies around IS Supplier relationships are met. Extract additional value, either in provided services or financially and provide visibility to AWE of the success of these contracts. To participate in the development of long-term strategy for the future direction of AWEs Information Services. Resource manager for the Operational Applications team working with suppliers and IS customers. IS Operations Group Resource Manager for Internal (FTE s) and External (Managed Services). Location - Reading area Salary - £58,640 - £75,000 per annum AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include: Market leading contributory pension scheme Generous holiday entitlement (270 hours a year including bank holidays, plus every other Friday off) Flexible working hours Salary sacrifice scheme Consideration for either full time or part time hours. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply) Key Accountabilities: Delivers stakeholder needs, understands the Business and Programme requirements and describes how the team s work delivers stakeholder needs. Makes decisions identifies issues, problems and opportunities. Uses data and insights to make pragmatic decisions to meet Application team s objectives. Drives team (internal or external) results, sets challenging objectives for self and team and works to achieve or exceed goals. Shows drive to make a difference to the team, individuals, and the leadership community. Engages and directs people to commit to the work and to the organisation, facilitates and encourages communication both within own team and other teams. Supports people to deliver, effectively allocates responsibility, develops, and motivates the team to deliver. Supports diversity within a team, works effectively with individuals of diverse cultures, interpersonal styles, abilities, motivations and backgrounds. Seeks and delivers continuous improvement, guides, influences and directs the team to understand, embrace and deliver change. Delivers objectives through the team, sets individual objectives and provides coaching, resources and feedback to help employees to meet these. Ensures that account is taken of any relevant statutory or external regulations, standards and codes of good practice. Takes accountability for the conduct of all relevant supply contracts. Markets the service and benefits and maintain a positive public relations profile with customers. Provide high quality representation and develops constructive relationships with senior management, external suppliers, competitors and customers. Overall direction is received from the Head of Enterprise Applications; however, a high degree of independent judgment and decision making is required in order to achieve AWE stated objectives. Accountable for the Application services budget (circa. £3M for CY17) including the provisioning of 3rd party support contracts. Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player. Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system. Key Responsibilities: Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) guidance on functionality of Teamcenter/NX, working with the business to understand their requirements and translate these into technical requirements that can be delivered by the team. Review and integrate all application requirements, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality, and operations requirements. Review and integrate technical architecture requirements. Provide input into final decisions regarding hardware, network products, system software, and security. Encourage teams in the implementation of the company/local procedures and systems of work to safeguard people, Quality, Security and the environment including compliance with the requirements of current legislation. Services delivered to agreed Service Level agreements / contracts. Licence compliance against signed / agreed contracts / agreements. Active management and delivery to an agreed budget of circa £3M. Monthly forecasting, reporting and explanation of actuals. Development of teams and individuals. The safety of all staff within the functional area organisation unit. Responsibility for the management and development of Value for Money services. Oversee resourcing of the Operational Applications teams. The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs. The ideal candidate will have: 10+ years of Siemens Teamcenter/NX administration experience in large environments Proficiency in Teamcenter/NX system performance tuning and troubleshooting. Participation in a minimum of 2-3 implementations of Teamcenter/NX systems. Ability to take ownership of work activities and bring them to a timely and efficient conclusion. Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical multi-functional teams across regions. Proven problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. Led the implementation of Teamcenter/NX systems across multiple technical landscapes. All Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us. Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical? For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions. It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you? What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical? For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions. The Enterprise Applications team at AWE are looking to hire a Senior Application Manager (Siemens NX/Teamcenter) who will be accountable to the Head of Enterprise Applications for delivering value for money services that meet AWE Business requirements utilising internal and external resources to deliver to agreed Service Levels and assuring that the methodologies around IS Supplier relationships are met. Extract additional value, either in provided services or financially and provide visibility to AWE of the success of these contracts. To participate in the development of long-term strategy for the future direction of AWEs Information Services. Resource manager for the Operational Applications team working with suppliers and IS customers. IS Operations Group Resource Manager for Internal (FTE s) and External (Managed Services). Location - Reading area Salary - £58,640 - £75,000 per annum AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include: Market leading contributory pension scheme Generous holiday entitlement (270 hours a year including bank holidays, plus every other Friday off) Flexible working hours Salary sacrifice scheme Consideration for either full time or part time hours. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply) Key Accountabilities: Delivers stakeholder needs, understands the Business and Programme requirements and describes how the team s work delivers stakeholder needs. Makes decisions identifies issues, problems and opportunities. Uses data and insights to make pragmatic decisions to meet Application team s objectives. Drives team (internal or external) results, sets challenging objectives for self and team and works to achieve or exceed goals. Shows drive to make a difference to the team, individuals, and the leadership community. Engages and directs people to commit to the work and to the organisation, facilitates and encourages communication both within own team and other teams. Supports people to deliver, effectively allocates responsibility, develops, and motivates the team to deliver. Supports diversity within a team, works effectively with individuals of diverse cultures, interpersonal styles, abilities, motivations and backgrounds. Seeks and delivers continuous improvement, guides, influences and directs the team to understand, embrace and deliver change. Delivers objectives through the team, sets individual objectives and provides coaching, resources and feedback to help employees to meet these. Ensures that account is taken of any relevant statutory or external regulations, standards and codes of good practice. Takes accountability for the conduct of all relevant supply contracts. Markets the service and benefits and maintain a positive public relations profile with customers. Provide high quality representation and develops constructive relationships with senior management, external suppliers, competitors and customers. Overall direction is received from the Head of Enterprise Applications; however, a high degree of independent judgment and decision making is required in order to achieve AWE stated objectives. Accountable for the Application services budget (circa. £3M for CY17) including the provisioning of 3rd party support contracts. Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player. Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system. Key Responsibilities: Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) guidance on functionality of Teamcenter/NX, working with the business to understand their requirements and translate these into technical requirements that can be delivered by the team. Review and integrate all application requirements, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality, and operations requirements. Review and integrate technical architecture requirements. Provide input into final decisions regarding hardware, network products, system software, and security. Encourage teams in the implementation of the company/local procedures and systems of work to safeguard people, Quality, Security and the environment including compliance with the requirements of current legislation. Services delivered to agreed Service Level agreements / contracts. Licence compliance against signed / agreed contracts / agreements. Active management and delivery to an agreed budget of circa £3M. Monthly forecasting, reporting and explanation of actuals. Development of teams and individuals. The safety of all staff within the functional area organisation unit. Responsibility for the management and development of Value for Money services. Oversee resourcing of the Operational Applications teams. The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs. The ideal candidate will have: 10+ years of Siemens Teamcenter/NX administration experience in large environments Proficiency in Teamcenter/NX system performance tuning and troubleshooting. Participation in a minimum of 2-3 implementations of Teamcenter/NX systems. Ability to take ownership of work activities and bring them to a timely and efficient conclusion. Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical multi-functional teams across regions. Proven problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. Led the implementation of Teamcenter/NX systems across multiple technical landscapes. All Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us. Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.