This is a key leadership role within the IT and Change function, responsible for overall operation and governance of the IT department and reporting directly to the group IT Director.
You will be responsible for defining policy, process and working practices and for ensuring an effective IT Support service to the Group.
A full-time post, working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. Remote working, but occasional requirement to attend a site office.
Responsibilities include:
IT Service Delivery
Establishing, configuring and providing adoption assurance for service tooling
Oversight and co-ordination of incidents and requests on behalf of engineers within each subsidiary
Build relationships with senior leaderships within Group companies
Providing service reporting to senor leadership within each business
Delivery of Key IT Processes, in line with ISO27001 and ITIL, including:
Incident and Major Incident
Change Control
Access Control
Disaster Recovery Test Scheduling and Reporting
Service Desk Management
Information Security Audit
Capacity management
Vulnerability Management
Asset Management and SAM
Knowledgebase Management
Chairs the Businesses Monthly Governance meetings
Liaises with Group and subsidiary compliance teams to enable ongoing review of controls
Delivers the Group IT Risk Treatment Plan, updated the IT risk Register accordingly
Governance of MS Teams and SharePoint
Manages Vendors and Suppliers in line with the Group Supplier policy
Profile: Skills, experience, education
Skills
Strong technical awareness without being an expert
Excellent verbal, written, organisational communication skills
Strong background in ISO27001 and ITIL
Service leadership
Able to lead and mentor others who are not direct reports
Able to build relationships and engage with senior stakeholders
Customer service oriented
Knowledge of DR techniques and technologies
Strong awareness and experience of implementing IT Service management tools
Experience
5 years (or able to demonstrate excellent experience) of managing an IT Operation / Service Desk
Experience of working in a multi subsidiary business desirable
Experience of working within regulated industries preferred
Qualifications – Essential
Degree or equivalent
ITIL V4 Foundation
Qualifications – Desirable
ITIL V4 Create, Deliver, Support
ISO27001 Auditor
Formal training in people leadership
Role conditional on passing employee vetting process which includes a 5 year employment reference check, 3 year financial probity and basic criminal disclosure check.
We offer an unrivalled benefits package including flexible working arrangements, enhanced maternity & paternity, private medical insurance, medical cash plan, company sick pay, 5% matched pension, up to 27 days paid holiday (subject to length of service increments) plus bank holidays on top and option to top up by 5 days per year through our flexible leave scheme.
Kuro Health actively promotes equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from a wide range of candidates with the right mix of talent, skills and potential.
Sep 08, 2023
Full time
This is a key leadership role within the IT and Change function, responsible for overall operation and governance of the IT department and reporting directly to the group IT Director.
You will be responsible for defining policy, process and working practices and for ensuring an effective IT Support service to the Group.
A full-time post, working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. Remote working, but occasional requirement to attend a site office.
Responsibilities include:
IT Service Delivery
Establishing, configuring and providing adoption assurance for service tooling
Oversight and co-ordination of incidents and requests on behalf of engineers within each subsidiary
Build relationships with senior leaderships within Group companies
Providing service reporting to senor leadership within each business
Delivery of Key IT Processes, in line with ISO27001 and ITIL, including:
Incident and Major Incident
Change Control
Access Control
Disaster Recovery Test Scheduling and Reporting
Service Desk Management
Information Security Audit
Capacity management
Vulnerability Management
Asset Management and SAM
Knowledgebase Management
Chairs the Businesses Monthly Governance meetings
Liaises with Group and subsidiary compliance teams to enable ongoing review of controls
Delivers the Group IT Risk Treatment Plan, updated the IT risk Register accordingly
Governance of MS Teams and SharePoint
Manages Vendors and Suppliers in line with the Group Supplier policy
Profile: Skills, experience, education
Skills
Strong technical awareness without being an expert
Excellent verbal, written, organisational communication skills
Strong background in ISO27001 and ITIL
Service leadership
Able to lead and mentor others who are not direct reports
Able to build relationships and engage with senior stakeholders
Customer service oriented
Knowledge of DR techniques and technologies
Strong awareness and experience of implementing IT Service management tools
Experience
5 years (or able to demonstrate excellent experience) of managing an IT Operation / Service Desk
Experience of working in a multi subsidiary business desirable
Experience of working within regulated industries preferred
Qualifications – Essential
Degree or equivalent
ITIL V4 Foundation
Qualifications – Desirable
ITIL V4 Create, Deliver, Support
ISO27001 Auditor
Formal training in people leadership
Role conditional on passing employee vetting process which includes a 5 year employment reference check, 3 year financial probity and basic criminal disclosure check.
We offer an unrivalled benefits package including flexible working arrangements, enhanced maternity & paternity, private medical insurance, medical cash plan, company sick pay, 5% matched pension, up to 27 days paid holiday (subject to length of service increments) plus bank holidays on top and option to top up by 5 days per year through our flexible leave scheme.
Kuro Health actively promotes equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from a wide range of candidates with the right mix of talent, skills and potential.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you passionate about protecting Cyber Security?
Do you want to make a real difference in the fight against cybercrime in local government?
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community?
If so, we want you to join our team!
We seek a highly motivated and experienced Cyber Security & Networks Manager to join our team. Stevenage Borough Council are a leading local authority in Cyber Security in the UK and pilot cyber security standards for The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of Cyber Security in the public sector. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of cyber security principles and associated technology risk management. They will also have experience in managing and leading a team of IT professionals.
Accountable for Cyber security, you will identify and ensure the security of the council’s IT Applications and Digital Solutions. You will lead in evaluating new and existing projects, software and hardware products, and vendors, including examining vendor contracts and terms of service. You will support teams across the council to develop their understanding of security cyber risks. You will manage a small team of two Senior Network and Security Engineers
You will take the lead on cyber security and network for the Shared IT service, which supports over 1,000 users across Stevenage Borough Council and East Herts District Council and will put in place controls over security systems, such as firewalls, data protection controls, patching, encryption, vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
You will be responsible for achieving compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus, Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and Public Sector Network (PSN) and related government frameworks, including those of the National Cyber Security Centre, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
ABOUT YOU
The successful candidate will have
Ability to work in a high-pressure environment and make sound decisions in emergency situations while empathising with customers and responding sympathetically to
Extensive knowledge of all IT security aspects, including audit response, oversight, and scrutiny, ICO responses, Information Governance, Information Assurance, IT Asset Management policies, Quality Assurance, Test Strategies, PSN and PCI and other relevant compliance frameworks, Disaster recovery and Business continuity
Extensive experience working as part of a multidiscipline ICT team in a complex organisation, ideally a local authority.
OUR BENEFITS
Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pensions for dependants
Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements
Part-time and job share opportunities - all our full time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated
A variety of different types of paid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave
25 days holiday rising to 31 days (depending on Local Government service)
An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family, and relationship issues
Discounted health and fitness membership
Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be made on online - please visit https://bit.ly/45Yo0Ke
For an informal discussion about this role please contact
Name Matt Canterford
Job Title Assistant Director and Chief Technology Officer
Phone Number 07706 349657
Email matt.canterford@stevenage.gov.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications : 26 June 2023
Interviews will be held the week commencing: 3 July 2023
Please note that if we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the published closing date
Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and recruitment candidates to share this commitment. SBC shall take all reasonable steps to employ staff who are safe to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. For posts identified with regular contact with these groups applicants will be required to undertake a Value Based Interview. The council supports the legislative requirements for employing and maintaining safer staff and the guidance specified by Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board
Stevenage Borough Council is committed to Equal Opportunities for All. For further information please click https://www.stevenage.gov.uk/about-the-council/jobs-and-careers/equal-opportunities
Jun 05, 2023
Full time
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you passionate about protecting Cyber Security?
Do you want to make a real difference in the fight against cybercrime in local government?
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community?
If so, we want you to join our team!
We seek a highly motivated and experienced Cyber Security & Networks Manager to join our team. Stevenage Borough Council are a leading local authority in Cyber Security in the UK and pilot cyber security standards for The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of Cyber Security in the public sector. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of cyber security principles and associated technology risk management. They will also have experience in managing and leading a team of IT professionals.
Accountable for Cyber security, you will identify and ensure the security of the council’s IT Applications and Digital Solutions. You will lead in evaluating new and existing projects, software and hardware products, and vendors, including examining vendor contracts and terms of service. You will support teams across the council to develop their understanding of security cyber risks. You will manage a small team of two Senior Network and Security Engineers
You will take the lead on cyber security and network for the Shared IT service, which supports over 1,000 users across Stevenage Borough Council and East Herts District Council and will put in place controls over security systems, such as firewalls, data protection controls, patching, encryption, vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
You will be responsible for achieving compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus, Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and Public Sector Network (PSN) and related government frameworks, including those of the National Cyber Security Centre, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
ABOUT YOU
The successful candidate will have
Ability to work in a high-pressure environment and make sound decisions in emergency situations while empathising with customers and responding sympathetically to
Extensive knowledge of all IT security aspects, including audit response, oversight, and scrutiny, ICO responses, Information Governance, Information Assurance, IT Asset Management policies, Quality Assurance, Test Strategies, PSN and PCI and other relevant compliance frameworks, Disaster recovery and Business continuity
Extensive experience working as part of a multidiscipline ICT team in a complex organisation, ideally a local authority.
OUR BENEFITS
Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pensions for dependants
Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements
Part-time and job share opportunities - all our full time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated
A variety of different types of paid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave
25 days holiday rising to 31 days (depending on Local Government service)
An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family, and relationship issues
Discounted health and fitness membership
Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be made on online - please visit https://bit.ly/45Yo0Ke
For an informal discussion about this role please contact
Name Matt Canterford
Job Title Assistant Director and Chief Technology Officer
Phone Number 07706 349657
Email matt.canterford@stevenage.gov.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications : 26 June 2023
Interviews will be held the week commencing: 3 July 2023
Please note that if we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the published closing date
Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and recruitment candidates to share this commitment. SBC shall take all reasonable steps to employ staff who are safe to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. For posts identified with regular contact with these groups applicants will be required to undertake a Value Based Interview. The council supports the legislative requirements for employing and maintaining safer staff and the guidance specified by Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board
Stevenage Borough Council is committed to Equal Opportunities for All. For further information please click https://www.stevenage.gov.uk/about-the-council/jobs-and-careers/equal-opportunities
Senior Cloud Support Engineer x 2
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £37,308 - £40,806 (Grade 6)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203405, 203406
Job Description
Working with the Flood Warning and Informing service as part of an ICT Platform Team the role is expected to provide technical support of all live National Flood Service applications and cloud platforms within an ITIL framework and defined product and platform team operating model, to deliver an outstanding customer focused Agile service.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Extensive knowledge and experience of supporting and administering Office 365/SharePoint Online/Dynamics 365/ Web Applications/COTS packages
Proven experience of working within a Public Cloud environment.
Experience of supporting and maintaining Rest APIs.
Experience of working with Azure DevOps and Visual Studio
Proven experience of supporting and developing platforms and/or applications with the following technologies; Azure PaaS, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MS SQL and Power Shell.
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management – specifically Incident and Problem Management and Project Management skills to define, plan and control work streams within your remit.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Dec 08, 2022
Full time
Senior Cloud Support Engineer x 2
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £37,308 - £40,806 (Grade 6)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203405, 203406
Job Description
Working with the Flood Warning and Informing service as part of an ICT Platform Team the role is expected to provide technical support of all live National Flood Service applications and cloud platforms within an ITIL framework and defined product and platform team operating model, to deliver an outstanding customer focused Agile service.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Extensive knowledge and experience of supporting and administering Office 365/SharePoint Online/Dynamics 365/ Web Applications/COTS packages
Proven experience of working within a Public Cloud environment.
Experience of supporting and maintaining Rest APIs.
Experience of working with Azure DevOps and Visual Studio
Proven experience of supporting and developing platforms and/or applications with the following technologies; Azure PaaS, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MS SQL and Power Shell.
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management – specifically Incident and Problem Management and Project Management skills to define, plan and control work streams within your remit.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Senior Software Engineer ( Hybrid - Manchester )
Security Clearance: BPSS Pay Rate to Umbrella: £550 Umb CV Deadline: 21/04 AT 3pm Interview Process: MS Team Headcount: 1 Digital/Non Digital: Digital Contract Length: 4 Months Location: Hybrid – 2 days a week in Manchester office IR35: Inside Minimum Requirement: • Previous experience of working for a government department. • Familiarity with native Android application development • Familiar with WorkspaceONE/AirWatch • Familiar with Certificate Based Authentication • Familiar with integration with ADFS for SAML IdP. • Must be able to develop native iOS mobile applications using Swift • Must be able to develop REST APIs using NodeJS • Must be able to develop using test driven development • Must be able to develop against an API first architecture • Use strict content security policies and guard against common OWASP attacks. • Must be able to use Git • Able to lead and mentor both front-end and back-end developers • Must be familiar with developing native iOS applications • Familiar with using XCode 13.0 • Familiar with Swift 5.5 to support the development of iOS application or iOS 15+ • Familiar with setting up and configuring a CI/CD pipeline such as GitLab • Familiar with consuming REST APIs • Experience with consuming AppConfig (Managed Application Configuration) • Familiar with the packaging and delivery of applications using the Apple Custom App store • Familiar with tools such as Fast Lane and Test Flight to deliver apps
Apr 21, 2022
Contractor
Senior Software Engineer ( Hybrid - Manchester )
Security Clearance: BPSS Pay Rate to Umbrella: £550 Umb CV Deadline: 21/04 AT 3pm Interview Process: MS Team Headcount: 1 Digital/Non Digital: Digital Contract Length: 4 Months Location: Hybrid – 2 days a week in Manchester office IR35: Inside Minimum Requirement: • Previous experience of working for a government department. • Familiarity with native Android application development • Familiar with WorkspaceONE/AirWatch • Familiar with Certificate Based Authentication • Familiar with integration with ADFS for SAML IdP. • Must be able to develop native iOS mobile applications using Swift • Must be able to develop REST APIs using NodeJS • Must be able to develop using test driven development • Must be able to develop against an API first architecture • Use strict content security policies and guard against common OWASP attacks. • Must be able to use Git • Able to lead and mentor both front-end and back-end developers • Must be familiar with developing native iOS applications • Familiar with using XCode 13.0 • Familiar with Swift 5.5 to support the development of iOS application or iOS 15+ • Familiar with setting up and configuring a CI/CD pipeline such as GitLab • Familiar with consuming REST APIs • Experience with consuming AppConfig (Managed Application Configuration) • Familiar with the packaging and delivery of applications using the Apple Custom App store • Familiar with tools such as Fast Lane and Test Flight to deliver apps
Digital Solutions Global Ltd
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK
Top 10 U.S. Bank creating a tech hub in Central London!
We are recruiting for an exciting opportunity for a Senior C#/.Net Software Engineer for a top 10 U.S. bank that has expanded into The U.K. and Europe. The Bank has acquired an established UK institutional wealth management brand in London near St Pauls and are on a recruitment drive to build a tech hub to support development in U.K office hours.
Benefits:
Up to £100k base salary
10% bonus based on company and individual performance
Private Medical cover scheme
Health insurance against long term sickness
25 days holiday per year
15% pension contributions
Life insurance x 4 salary
Training scheme
Counselling service
Financial help
Legal support
Environment:
Hybrid working 3 days office, 2 days at home
Close to St Pauls
Highly technical at all levels including senior management
Agile methodology
Heavily invested in their people
Open culture with focus on helping their people to delivery high quality solutions
Projects:
Implementaion of UK Branch systems
Work with the business and develop iterative improvements of the investment apps
System modernisation & support
Help to build out the UK Team on an exciting expansion
Essential Skills:
C#/.Net, OO design principals
Containerized microservices (Docker, Kubernetes)
Agile (Scrum), CI/CD, GitLab
Desirable Skills:
Cloud experience highly desirable (ideally Azure)
Messaging experience desirable (IBM MQ, Rabbit, Kafka/Azure Event Hub etc.)
JScript (Node, Angular, React etc.) desirable
RDBMS (MS SQL, Oracle etc.) desirable
Person attributes:
Candidates with relevant technical exposure in the above or similar technologies along with Finance Industry expereince preferred although if you have the skills but no financial expereince you would be considerd.
The right candidate would be confident in joining a brand new, small team that has huge growth plans over the coming year and beyond. In addition you'll need to be confident supporting legacy systems until they are replaced with your new technology (containerised micro sevices etc.).
Position open to all qualified candidates with a valid UK work permit who is already based in the UK.
Apr 01, 2022
Full time
Top 10 U.S. Bank creating a tech hub in Central London!
We are recruiting for an exciting opportunity for a Senior C#/.Net Software Engineer for a top 10 U.S. bank that has expanded into The U.K. and Europe. The Bank has acquired an established UK institutional wealth management brand in London near St Pauls and are on a recruitment drive to build a tech hub to support development in U.K office hours.
Benefits:
Up to £100k base salary
10% bonus based on company and individual performance
Private Medical cover scheme
Health insurance against long term sickness
25 days holiday per year
15% pension contributions
Life insurance x 4 salary
Training scheme
Counselling service
Financial help
Legal support
Environment:
Hybrid working 3 days office, 2 days at home
Close to St Pauls
Highly technical at all levels including senior management
Agile methodology
Heavily invested in their people
Open culture with focus on helping their people to delivery high quality solutions
Projects:
Implementaion of UK Branch systems
Work with the business and develop iterative improvements of the investment apps
System modernisation & support
Help to build out the UK Team on an exciting expansion
Essential Skills:
C#/.Net, OO design principals
Containerized microservices (Docker, Kubernetes)
Agile (Scrum), CI/CD, GitLab
Desirable Skills:
Cloud experience highly desirable (ideally Azure)
Messaging experience desirable (IBM MQ, Rabbit, Kafka/Azure Event Hub etc.)
JScript (Node, Angular, React etc.) desirable
RDBMS (MS SQL, Oracle etc.) desirable
Person attributes:
Candidates with relevant technical exposure in the above or similar technologies along with Finance Industry expereince preferred although if you have the skills but no financial expereince you would be considerd.
The right candidate would be confident in joining a brand new, small team that has huge growth plans over the coming year and beyond. In addition you'll need to be confident supporting legacy systems until they are replaced with your new technology (containerised micro sevices etc.).
Position open to all qualified candidates with a valid UK work permit who is already based in the UK.
A Senior position within Future PLC’s Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) team means becoming accountable for the long term success of many elements of the SRE team platform. The role requires a strong technical background alongside a passion for exploration and new opportunities. A Senior SRE is not expected to provide any formal coaching, or leadership to others, but would be expected to support mentoring and be a positive influence for the growth of our team and our department.
As a Senior SRE you will also be responsible for providing technical oversight for Futures delivery infrastructure and the success of teams that rely on that infrastructure.
You will bring strong leadership skills applied in a technical context with a team of engineers. You will help steer your team towards a common technical vision. You’ll help analyze the current system, it’s strengths and limitations. You will participate in roadmap and project planning efforts and will have ownership for delivering it.
You’ll be participating in project management efforts as the teams execute on plans, and you’ll have a role in communicating progress and status to stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Lead by example - Provide technical leadership for several functional areas in the SRE team like monitoring, logging, security, and more.
Take ownership for SRE projects and drive them forward
Support SRE Leads in accountability for meeting Futures SLAs and SLOs
Collaborate closely with development and project team mates to deliver on our shared goals
Implement, evolve and maintain runbooks, automation and documentation to improve working practices and system operation
Attend events, conferences and workshops to maintain awareness of industry trends and support their adoption within the organisation
Design, build and operate highly resilient, performant and observable infrastructure that serves the changing business objectives
Collaborate with third-party suppliers and customers where required to support business requirements
Translate high level technical guidance into actionable direction for the teams and initiatives
Respond to out of hours incidents as part of a shared rotation
Identify and drive cost-optimisation.
Responsibilities:
Previous experience providing technical direction for a team of engineers
Experience in directing long term projects and collaborating with teammates on its delivery
Experience developing and reviewing complex technical requirements, and translating them into actionable tasks for engineers
Good understanding of the full SDLC process
Proficient with Infrastructure as Code tools for managing Azure resources (Terraform and ARM templates)
Experience with Deployment techniques (Blue/Green, Canary etc)
Is opinionated on what good looks like for delivering both software and infrastructure via CI/CD pipeline best practices
Expert knowledge on AzureDevOps pipelines
Observability at scale with tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics
Good understanding of Landing Zone architectural patterns (ideally Azure Cloud Adoption Framework)
Understanding of immutable infrastructure
Performance and Cost Optimisation from architectural and engineering perspective.
Good Understanding of IAAS and PAAS Azure services
Proficient with Configuration Management tools such as Ansible
Proficient with development languages such as C# or Javascript
Nov 09, 2021
Full time
A Senior position within Future PLC’s Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) team means becoming accountable for the long term success of many elements of the SRE team platform. The role requires a strong technical background alongside a passion for exploration and new opportunities. A Senior SRE is not expected to provide any formal coaching, or leadership to others, but would be expected to support mentoring and be a positive influence for the growth of our team and our department.
As a Senior SRE you will also be responsible for providing technical oversight for Futures delivery infrastructure and the success of teams that rely on that infrastructure.
You will bring strong leadership skills applied in a technical context with a team of engineers. You will help steer your team towards a common technical vision. You’ll help analyze the current system, it’s strengths and limitations. You will participate in roadmap and project planning efforts and will have ownership for delivering it.
You’ll be participating in project management efforts as the teams execute on plans, and you’ll have a role in communicating progress and status to stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Lead by example - Provide technical leadership for several functional areas in the SRE team like monitoring, logging, security, and more.
Take ownership for SRE projects and drive them forward
Support SRE Leads in accountability for meeting Futures SLAs and SLOs
Collaborate closely with development and project team mates to deliver on our shared goals
Implement, evolve and maintain runbooks, automation and documentation to improve working practices and system operation
Attend events, conferences and workshops to maintain awareness of industry trends and support their adoption within the organisation
Design, build and operate highly resilient, performant and observable infrastructure that serves the changing business objectives
Collaborate with third-party suppliers and customers where required to support business requirements
Translate high level technical guidance into actionable direction for the teams and initiatives
Respond to out of hours incidents as part of a shared rotation
Identify and drive cost-optimisation.
Responsibilities:
Previous experience providing technical direction for a team of engineers
Experience in directing long term projects and collaborating with teammates on its delivery
Experience developing and reviewing complex technical requirements, and translating them into actionable tasks for engineers
Good understanding of the full SDLC process
Proficient with Infrastructure as Code tools for managing Azure resources (Terraform and ARM templates)
Experience with Deployment techniques (Blue/Green, Canary etc)
Is opinionated on what good looks like for delivering both software and infrastructure via CI/CD pipeline best practices
Expert knowledge on AzureDevOps pipelines
Observability at scale with tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics
Good understanding of Landing Zone architectural patterns (ideally Azure Cloud Adoption Framework)
Understanding of immutable infrastructure
Performance and Cost Optimisation from architectural and engineering perspective.
Good Understanding of IAAS and PAAS Azure services
Proficient with Configuration Management tools such as Ansible
Proficient with development languages such as C# or Javascript
About Us: Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that ?everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well?; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living. This is a full-time permanent role, with hybrid working (at least two days in the office). You will be based at our office in Farringdon, London and will be required to travel to our office in Twickenham on Tuesdays for weekly team meetings. This role: We are recruiting for a Senior Windows Server Engineer to join the busy and dynamic Infrastructure Architecture Team. You will be joining at an interesting time in the growing team where you will be afforded the opportunity to make your mark on the Microsoft Active Directory and Server estate and ongoing transformation. You will lead on Microsoft Active Directory and Windows Server infrastructure operations and service delivery. Work with the Architecture Team as a technical lead specialist on Microsoft Active Directory and Windows Server-related projects, operations and service delivery. Contribute to Active Directory and Windows Server estate-related change management, continuous improvement and governance processes. What you'll need to succeed: Proven track record in a similar role supporting and maintaining Microsoft AD and Server environments with 300+ server VM?s on VMware vSphere. Advanced knowledge of Active Directory infrastructure design, delivery, management Strong Azure Active Directory management and administration Expert knowledge in Group Policy management and administration Windows Server 2016, 2019 and SQL server administration Strong custom PowerShell scripting and automation Microsoft 365 services and Endpoint Manager Extensive virtualised infrastructure administration and networking experience Digital certificates and certificate management Ability to create and maintain technical and design documents Change management processes Project management and delivery Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019 and Azure certifications Working in ITIL environments, preferably using ServiceNow To meet our commitment to providing safe, high-quality services to our customers we will complete a basic background check with the Disclosure and Barring service once an offer of employment is made. Interview dates: Please see attached job description and recruitment notes available for direct applicants. Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship. What?s in it for you? Our benefits include:- 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities An additional ?Beliefs day? once a year to have an extra a day off Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9% Life assurance cover 3 x your salary Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too Tenancy deposit ? interest free loan to help with rental deposits Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring programme and apprenticeships We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation About us Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document Our promise Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ?Serving people better every day? to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other?s wellbeing. Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together! We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
About Us: Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that ?everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well?; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living. This is a full-time permanent role, with hybrid working (at least two days in the office). You will be based at our office in Farringdon, London and will be required to travel to our office in Twickenham on Tuesdays for weekly team meetings. This role: We are recruiting for a Senior Windows Server Engineer to join the busy and dynamic Infrastructure Architecture Team. You will be joining at an interesting time in the growing team where you will be afforded the opportunity to make your mark on the Microsoft Active Directory and Server estate and ongoing transformation. You will lead on Microsoft Active Directory and Windows Server infrastructure operations and service delivery. Work with the Architecture Team as a technical lead specialist on Microsoft Active Directory and Windows Server-related projects, operations and service delivery. Contribute to Active Directory and Windows Server estate-related change management, continuous improvement and governance processes. What you'll need to succeed: Proven track record in a similar role supporting and maintaining Microsoft AD and Server environments with 300+ server VM?s on VMware vSphere. Advanced knowledge of Active Directory infrastructure design, delivery, management Strong Azure Active Directory management and administration Expert knowledge in Group Policy management and administration Windows Server 2016, 2019 and SQL server administration Strong custom PowerShell scripting and automation Microsoft 365 services and Endpoint Manager Extensive virtualised infrastructure administration and networking experience Digital certificates and certificate management Ability to create and maintain technical and design documents Change management processes Project management and delivery Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019 and Azure certifications Working in ITIL environments, preferably using ServiceNow To meet our commitment to providing safe, high-quality services to our customers we will complete a basic background check with the Disclosure and Barring service once an offer of employment is made. Interview dates: Please see attached job description and recruitment notes available for direct applicants. Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship. What?s in it for you? Our benefits include:- 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities An additional ?Beliefs day? once a year to have an extra a day off Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9% Life assurance cover 3 x your salary Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too Tenancy deposit ? interest free loan to help with rental deposits Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring programme and apprenticeships We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation About us Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document Our promise Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ?Serving people better every day? to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other?s wellbeing. Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together! We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Senior Security Ops Engineer Day rate: up to 750 Location: Fully remote Length of Contract: 6-12 Months (likely to extend due to size of transformation) Role Purpose: As a Security Operations Engineer, you will be a key figure in the Cyber Security team. Your focus will be on end-to-end management of security technologies across the organisation, as well as being a key person to demonstrate these capabilities, working with internal and external stakeholders, technical teams, project, and product managers to ensure that security objectives are achieved through the effective use of technologies and procedures. Role Responsibilities: You will be responsible for: The implementation, operation, and maintenance of security technologies, configurations, processes, and procedures across private and public cloud environments. Working with senior stakeholders to support a threat led approach to mitigating security risks. Working with third-party suppliers and vendors. Supporting the security design engineering function, day-to-day security operations, and incident response activities. Proposing improvements to existing security technologies, processes, and procedures. Work to achieve DevSecOps initiatives to ensure an integrated approach to security operations. Capture and share knowledge and learning's across the organisation. Key Skills and Experience: Strong understanding of network infrastructure such as VPNs, firewalls, switches, routers, LANs, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, vulnerability scanning, etc. Knowledge of Palo Alto firewalls and Prisma Access is desirable. Microsoft Sentinel and a good understanding of KQL and working knowledge of integrating custom connectors with Sentinel using APIs. M365 Threat Protection technologies including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. Azure Security technologies including but not limited to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Azure DDoS Protection, and other. AWS security technologies including but not limited to Shield, KMS, IAM, and CloudTrail. Microsoft 365 Information Protection technologies including MIP, Information Barriers, and Data Loss Prevention. Microsoft 365 compliance technologies including Advanced eDiscovery, Data Retention, and Insider Risk Management. Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management technologies and protocols, in particular Azure AD, Conditional Access, Identity Governance, SAML, OAUTH 2.0, MFA, and Role Based Access Control (RBAC). Strong understanding of cyber security concepts and systems/solutions such as MDM, IDM, EDR, DLP, SIEM. Strong understanding of operating systems including Windows 10/11, Mac OS, Windows Server, and Linux, along with associated security tooling and methods to further secure each operating system. Good IaaS and PaaS security skills and experience to secure virtual workloads (virtual machines, networks, WAF, DDoS, containers, key vaults, etc) in cloud environments including Microsoft Azure and AWS. DevSecOps experience to facilitate the automation of security operations activities, including the ability to work within an agile security team and be able to use tools such as Git, and integrate operations with CI/CD pipelines. Experience of interacting with APIs as part of security operations automation. Good scripting knowledge and skills, in particular Windows PowerShell, but also other languages such as Python and Bash. Knowledge of Kusto Query Language (KQL) desirable. Experienced and able to work with structured data including but not limited to CSV, JSON, SQL, XML, and YAML. Knowledge and understanding of security frameworks including CIS, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and UK Cyber Essentials. Microsoft certifications such as SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, AZ-500, and a willingness to undergo additional Microsoft certifications If the above opportunity looks to be of interest, please apply and I will be in touch asap! E: (url removed) GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Apr 17, 2024
Contractor
Senior Security Ops Engineer Day rate: up to 750 Location: Fully remote Length of Contract: 6-12 Months (likely to extend due to size of transformation) Role Purpose: As a Security Operations Engineer, you will be a key figure in the Cyber Security team. Your focus will be on end-to-end management of security technologies across the organisation, as well as being a key person to demonstrate these capabilities, working with internal and external stakeholders, technical teams, project, and product managers to ensure that security objectives are achieved through the effective use of technologies and procedures. Role Responsibilities: You will be responsible for: The implementation, operation, and maintenance of security technologies, configurations, processes, and procedures across private and public cloud environments. Working with senior stakeholders to support a threat led approach to mitigating security risks. Working with third-party suppliers and vendors. Supporting the security design engineering function, day-to-day security operations, and incident response activities. Proposing improvements to existing security technologies, processes, and procedures. Work to achieve DevSecOps initiatives to ensure an integrated approach to security operations. Capture and share knowledge and learning's across the organisation. Key Skills and Experience: Strong understanding of network infrastructure such as VPNs, firewalls, switches, routers, LANs, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, vulnerability scanning, etc. Knowledge of Palo Alto firewalls and Prisma Access is desirable. Microsoft Sentinel and a good understanding of KQL and working knowledge of integrating custom connectors with Sentinel using APIs. M365 Threat Protection technologies including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. Azure Security technologies including but not limited to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Azure DDoS Protection, and other. AWS security technologies including but not limited to Shield, KMS, IAM, and CloudTrail. Microsoft 365 Information Protection technologies including MIP, Information Barriers, and Data Loss Prevention. Microsoft 365 compliance technologies including Advanced eDiscovery, Data Retention, and Insider Risk Management. Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management technologies and protocols, in particular Azure AD, Conditional Access, Identity Governance, SAML, OAUTH 2.0, MFA, and Role Based Access Control (RBAC). Strong understanding of cyber security concepts and systems/solutions such as MDM, IDM, EDR, DLP, SIEM. Strong understanding of operating systems including Windows 10/11, Mac OS, Windows Server, and Linux, along with associated security tooling and methods to further secure each operating system. Good IaaS and PaaS security skills and experience to secure virtual workloads (virtual machines, networks, WAF, DDoS, containers, key vaults, etc) in cloud environments including Microsoft Azure and AWS. DevSecOps experience to facilitate the automation of security operations activities, including the ability to work within an agile security team and be able to use tools such as Git, and integrate operations with CI/CD pipelines. Experience of interacting with APIs as part of security operations automation. Good scripting knowledge and skills, in particular Windows PowerShell, but also other languages such as Python and Bash. Knowledge of Kusto Query Language (KQL) desirable. Experienced and able to work with structured data including but not limited to CSV, JSON, SQL, XML, and YAML. Knowledge and understanding of security frameworks including CIS, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and UK Cyber Essentials. Microsoft certifications such as SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, AZ-500, and a willingness to undergo additional Microsoft certifications If the above opportunity looks to be of interest, please apply and I will be in touch asap! E: (url removed) GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
JOB TITLE: Solutions Architect SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Edinburgh or Leeds HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site About this opportunity: We recognise our tremendous potential in helping Britain prosper. To do this, we need to unlock the great power in our data - which is where you come in. We are looking for an Architect with excellent skills to help to shape and define our solution landscape across the Insurance, Pensions and Investments business. We are building contemporary, services-driven architecture which creates opportunities to digitise & deliver excellent customer journeys, business outcomes and meets group strategic goals. We need to simplify and redefine our technology and data landscape. And we need to deliver a set of flexible, future-focused core platform capabilities to the benefit of all our customers. You can help shape this future. You will work directly with the Technology and Business Team inside in our Colleague lab to shape and help to define the Target Solution Architecture for Contact Centre of the Future - working across our digital estate to deliver a modern, AI-driven colleague and customer experience. You will act as technology evangelist, bringing to bear your experience and your enthusiasm to help build the modern technology-led organisation. About us 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 What you'll need Story-telling skills to describe our Target Architecture and get real buy-in to achieve it. The personality and relationship-building skills to energise our product and engineering communities The practical experience required to define the technology patterns, standards and practices we will use to guide our organisation The knowledge to be able to talk to and understand our customers, reaching solutions that meet their needs And any experience of these would be really useful Practical experience of designing and building cloud-based platforms at scale. You will know and understand the benefits and trade-offs of the various approaches to building out contemporary cloud-ready and cloud-native platforms. Understanding of Telephony and Contact Centre solutions - note that this does not require expertise in telephony infrastructure - purely the agent/colleague application technologies Understanding of domain driven design architectures - understanding where these are applicable and supporting practical steps towards asynchronous, events-based ways of working in this context A working knowledge of contemporary engineering practices 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. A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance 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.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
JOB TITLE: Solutions Architect SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Edinburgh or Leeds HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site About this opportunity: We recognise our tremendous potential in helping Britain prosper. To do this, we need to unlock the great power in our data - which is where you come in. We are looking for an Architect with excellent skills to help to shape and define our solution landscape across the Insurance, Pensions and Investments business. We are building contemporary, services-driven architecture which creates opportunities to digitise & deliver excellent customer journeys, business outcomes and meets group strategic goals. We need to simplify and redefine our technology and data landscape. And we need to deliver a set of flexible, future-focused core platform capabilities to the benefit of all our customers. You can help shape this future. You will work directly with the Technology and Business Team inside in our Colleague lab to shape and help to define the Target Solution Architecture for Contact Centre of the Future - working across our digital estate to deliver a modern, AI-driven colleague and customer experience. You will act as technology evangelist, bringing to bear your experience and your enthusiasm to help build the modern technology-led organisation. About us 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 What you'll need Story-telling skills to describe our Target Architecture and get real buy-in to achieve it. The personality and relationship-building skills to energise our product and engineering communities The practical experience required to define the technology patterns, standards and practices we will use to guide our organisation The knowledge to be able to talk to and understand our customers, reaching solutions that meet their needs And any experience of these would be really useful Practical experience of designing and building cloud-based platforms at scale. You will know and understand the benefits and trade-offs of the various approaches to building out contemporary cloud-ready and cloud-native platforms. Understanding of Telephony and Contact Centre solutions - note that this does not require expertise in telephony infrastructure - purely the agent/colleague application technologies Understanding of domain driven design architectures - understanding where these are applicable and supporting practical steps towards asynchronous, events-based ways of working in this context A working knowledge of contemporary engineering practices 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. A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance 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.
JOB TITLE: Solutions Architect SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Edinburgh or Leeds HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site About this opportunity: We recognise our tremendous potential in helping Britain prosper. To do this, we need to unlock the great power in our data - which is where you come in. We are looking for an Architect with excellent skills to help to shape and define our solution landscape across the Insurance, Pensions and Investments business. We are building contemporary, services-driven architecture which creates opportunities to digitise & deliver excellent customer journeys, business outcomes and meets group strategic goals. We need to simplify and redefine our technology and data landscape. And we need to deliver a set of flexible, future-focused core platform capabilities to the benefit of all our customers. You can help shape this future. You will work directly with the Technology and Business Team inside in our Colleague lab to shape and help to define the Target Solution Architecture for Contact Centre of the Future - working across our digital estate to deliver a modern, AI-driven colleague and customer experience. You will act as technology evangelist, bringing to bear your experience and your enthusiasm to help build the modern technology-led organisation. About us 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 What you'll need Story-telling skills to describe our Target Architecture and get real buy-in to achieve it. The personality and relationship-building skills to energise our product and engineering communities The practical experience required to define the technology patterns, standards and practices we will use to guide our organisation The knowledge to be able to talk to and understand our customers, reaching solutions that meet their needs And any experience of these would be really useful Practical experience of designing and building cloud-based platforms at scale. You will know and understand the benefits and trade-offs of the various approaches to building out contemporary cloud-ready and cloud-native platforms. Understanding of Telephony and Contact Centre solutions - note that this does not require expertise in telephony infrastructure - purely the agent/colleague application technologies Understanding of domain driven design architectures - understanding where these are applicable and supporting practical steps towards asynchronous, events-based ways of working in this context A working knowledge of contemporary engineering practices 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. A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance 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.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
JOB TITLE: Solutions Architect SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Edinburgh or Leeds HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site About this opportunity: We recognise our tremendous potential in helping Britain prosper. To do this, we need to unlock the great power in our data - which is where you come in. We are looking for an Architect with excellent skills to help to shape and define our solution landscape across the Insurance, Pensions and Investments business. We are building contemporary, services-driven architecture which creates opportunities to digitise & deliver excellent customer journeys, business outcomes and meets group strategic goals. We need to simplify and redefine our technology and data landscape. And we need to deliver a set of flexible, future-focused core platform capabilities to the benefit of all our customers. You can help shape this future. You will work directly with the Technology and Business Team inside in our Colleague lab to shape and help to define the Target Solution Architecture for Contact Centre of the Future - working across our digital estate to deliver a modern, AI-driven colleague and customer experience. You will act as technology evangelist, bringing to bear your experience and your enthusiasm to help build the modern technology-led organisation. About us 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 What you'll need Story-telling skills to describe our Target Architecture and get real buy-in to achieve it. The personality and relationship-building skills to energise our product and engineering communities The practical experience required to define the technology patterns, standards and practices we will use to guide our organisation The knowledge to be able to talk to and understand our customers, reaching solutions that meet their needs And any experience of these would be really useful Practical experience of designing and building cloud-based platforms at scale. You will know and understand the benefits and trade-offs of the various approaches to building out contemporary cloud-ready and cloud-native platforms. Understanding of Telephony and Contact Centre solutions - note that this does not require expertise in telephony infrastructure - purely the agent/colleague application technologies Understanding of domain driven design architectures - understanding where these are applicable and supporting practical steps towards asynchronous, events-based ways of working in this context A working knowledge of contemporary engineering practices 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. A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance 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.
JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer SALARY: £68,202-£75,780 per annum (plus benefits) LOCATION: Bristol HOURS: Full time - 35 hours per week WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in Bristol office site ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Consumer Servicing and Engagement Platform for a DevOps Engineer. As a DevOps Engineer in our central team, you will work in a highly collaborative way to drive efforts to build, support and improve our tools for Continuous Integration, automated testing, and release management within our public and private Cloud hosting platform. We expect that you will demonstrate and apply outstanding engineering practices to increase agility, improve quality and help reduce downtime in all our solutions. A DevOps is not a "thing you do" but a cultural change more than anything, you are also expected to drive this change and ensure that we embed agile and DevOps principles in everything we do. We want to see placement of these skills in context - why they matter, what value they bring, how to get the most from them, how to evolve them and spread them further within the organisation. It is also very important to understand and apply industry standard methodologies, foster collaborative working to provide solutions for complex business problems where no precedent may exist and ensure implementation of solutions where appropriate. Here's where you'll make a difference: You have can-do attitude, interest in exploring technologies beyond your core skills, willing to learn, highly motivated and with a passion for working with people, working in a strong collaborative way to drive efforts to create, build, support and improve our applications. You also enjoy working closely with the product and other engineering teams with lots of exciting new challenges. You will be a core contributor to ensure good quality and engineering practices are followed in accordance with engineering transformation strategy. Tools we commonly used to build automated release pipelines in LBG: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness, ArgoCD, GitOps NexusIQ, SonarQube Expert in Docker & Kubernetes. Bonus if you are CKAD certified. Hands on Cloud experience with both public Cloud experience - ideally with GCP, Azure ABOUT US 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 WHAT YOU'LL NEED We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge - it's what makes you amazing! As a minimum to be considered, we would like to see demonstrated core, hands-on experience the below: Cloud/DevOps experience Public cloud experience (utilising Terraform) with a similar sized organisation Experience in a similar sized company utilising DevOps practices in the Cloud Experience of managing applications running in a Cloud environment providing operational support, troubleshooting, tuning, upgrade & optimisation. Containerisation Kubernetes and Docker Programming/Scripting in: Java, Golang & JavaScript and/or Bash Source code repositories Particularly Git Software Development Life Cycle Full project life cycle experience (from inception through to production) and including: Continuous integration, Automated deployments, Build tools and technologies (i.e., maven, nm.) In addition, any of the below, would also be beneficial: Knowledge of fundamentals cloud architecture and security concepts Experience with a configuration and deployment management tools is an advantage, e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef 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 bonus award, subject to Group performance 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!
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer SALARY: £68,202-£75,780 per annum (plus benefits) LOCATION: Bristol HOURS: Full time - 35 hours per week WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in Bristol office site ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Consumer Servicing and Engagement Platform for a DevOps Engineer. As a DevOps Engineer in our central team, you will work in a highly collaborative way to drive efforts to build, support and improve our tools for Continuous Integration, automated testing, and release management within our public and private Cloud hosting platform. We expect that you will demonstrate and apply outstanding engineering practices to increase agility, improve quality and help reduce downtime in all our solutions. A DevOps is not a "thing you do" but a cultural change more than anything, you are also expected to drive this change and ensure that we embed agile and DevOps principles in everything we do. We want to see placement of these skills in context - why they matter, what value they bring, how to get the most from them, how to evolve them and spread them further within the organisation. It is also very important to understand and apply industry standard methodologies, foster collaborative working to provide solutions for complex business problems where no precedent may exist and ensure implementation of solutions where appropriate. Here's where you'll make a difference: You have can-do attitude, interest in exploring technologies beyond your core skills, willing to learn, highly motivated and with a passion for working with people, working in a strong collaborative way to drive efforts to create, build, support and improve our applications. You also enjoy working closely with the product and other engineering teams with lots of exciting new challenges. You will be a core contributor to ensure good quality and engineering practices are followed in accordance with engineering transformation strategy. Tools we commonly used to build automated release pipelines in LBG: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness, ArgoCD, GitOps NexusIQ, SonarQube Expert in Docker & Kubernetes. Bonus if you are CKAD certified. Hands on Cloud experience with both public Cloud experience - ideally with GCP, Azure ABOUT US 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 WHAT YOU'LL NEED We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge - it's what makes you amazing! As a minimum to be considered, we would like to see demonstrated core, hands-on experience the below: Cloud/DevOps experience Public cloud experience (utilising Terraform) with a similar sized organisation Experience in a similar sized company utilising DevOps practices in the Cloud Experience of managing applications running in a Cloud environment providing operational support, troubleshooting, tuning, upgrade & optimisation. Containerisation Kubernetes and Docker Programming/Scripting in: Java, Golang & JavaScript and/or Bash Source code repositories Particularly Git Software Development Life Cycle Full project life cycle experience (from inception through to production) and including: Continuous integration, Automated deployments, Build tools and technologies (i.e., maven, nm.) In addition, any of the below, would also be beneficial: Knowledge of fundamentals cloud architecture and security concepts Experience with a configuration and deployment management tools is an advantage, e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef 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 bonus award, subject to Group performance 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!
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Manchester, Lancashire
Ideal location - Manchester Salary - £27000 - 29000 Hours: Monday to Friday, pick up kit by 08:30 as local PUDO working on client site up till 17:30, overtime available Benefits: Car + Parking cards and Fuel cards + Pension + on call payment Start date - ASAP We have an exciting opportunity for a senior field service engineer to join a blue chip organisation on a permanent basis in Manchester. Senior Field Service Engineer will be required to fault find and repair a variety of IT equipment including Servers, PCs, Laptop, printer and point of sales systems (EPOS) at various Customer locations across the UK. Ensuring company processes, procedures and contractual requirements are followed whilst maintaining high levels of customer service. You must be an experienced time served "Field Service Engineer", a confident communicator at all levels and work well as part of a team. The position will report into Team Leader/Resource Managers (Field) but will also have critical relationships with Call Control and Technical vetting teams with Field Services. The role will involve: * Capable of working independently and remotely, required to perform on site troubleshooting on a wide range of products in a software or hardware environment. * Proficient in the installation, configuration and support of Server/Desktop/EPOS environment and in addition, be able to connect and install client software for various networking platforms at various customer locations in the UK. * Ability to follow documented procedures and adhere to safety and ESD precautions at all times. * Be able to demonstrate strong problem solving techniques with the ability to adapt and learn on the job. * Develop, grow and maintain professional working relationships with all internal stakeholders Call Control, Tech Vetting teams. * Ensure process, procedural and contractual agreements are being followed correctly. * Endeavour to provide all customers with the best level of customer service and support. * Complete documentation including Field Service Call reports and Customer Checksheets and ensure these are returned within SLA timescales. * Work proactively with call allocators to ensure SLA's are met in the most economic way. * Have a solid understanding of customers SLA requirement and use initiative to ensure the expectation is met and exceeded * Any additional activity as directed by Senior Management Key Experience * Have an excellent working knowledge of Server/PC architecture, knowledge of Windows Operating systems, break fix and troubleshooting of Servers, Desktops, EPOS, Laptops, and Printers. * Manufacturer recognised accreditations, ie HP/IBM/Dell. Both Server and Desktop. * At least 6 years customer facing IT industry experience. * Capable of working independently on a wide range of products. * Excellent communication skills. * Excellent proven organisational and customer service skills. * Able to work under pressure. * Able to maintain a consistent high standard of quality and professionalism. * Excellent Time management skills. * Team Player - ability to work as part of the team to deliver operational excellence. * Awareness of ITIL methodologies and best practice. * Previous employment in a similar role. * Ability to show flexibility to help the changing needs of the team. * Adhere to company standards and procedures at all times unless otherwise directed. * Maintain excellent customer relationships. * Maintain high levels of Punctuality, Communication, Attitude, Competence and Quality of Service * Maintain all appropriate Manufacturer Server Accreditations where app Senior Engineer main skills * MUST be able to obtain security clearances, BPSS & SC, (NPPV3 great to have but not essential) * X86 Server Hardware break fix Skills (can replace all components, upgrade Bios/firmware) * Laptop Hardware break fix skills (replace all components) * Must be able to hold Main vendor certifications on Servers & Laptops (Dell, HP, Lenovo) * Will form part of an on call rota covering 24*7*365 call outs Senior Engineer good to have experience/skills * Netapp - major advantage to hold this * Retail/Point of Sale (POS) Personal Attribute * Highly enthusiastic, approachable and self motivated to achieve targets. * Ability to prioritise workload effectively. * A Methodical and accurate approach to the job is critical. * Team focused - a genuine passion to deliver excellence through continuous development and improvement. * Be able to remain positive at all times and influence those around you. * Excellent communicator who can remain objective and focussed with Customers and Internal Agencies alike. * Good relationship management skills. * Previous Senior Field Engineer experience desirable. * Analytical, with exceptional attention to detail. * Innovative thinking, in terms of service quality and improvements * Full UK Driving Licence. 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Apr 17, 2024
Full time
Ideal location - Manchester Salary - £27000 - 29000 Hours: Monday to Friday, pick up kit by 08:30 as local PUDO working on client site up till 17:30, overtime available Benefits: Car + Parking cards and Fuel cards + Pension + on call payment Start date - ASAP We have an exciting opportunity for a senior field service engineer to join a blue chip organisation on a permanent basis in Manchester. Senior Field Service Engineer will be required to fault find and repair a variety of IT equipment including Servers, PCs, Laptop, printer and point of sales systems (EPOS) at various Customer locations across the UK. Ensuring company processes, procedures and contractual requirements are followed whilst maintaining high levels of customer service. You must be an experienced time served "Field Service Engineer", a confident communicator at all levels and work well as part of a team. The position will report into Team Leader/Resource Managers (Field) but will also have critical relationships with Call Control and Technical vetting teams with Field Services. The role will involve: * Capable of working independently and remotely, required to perform on site troubleshooting on a wide range of products in a software or hardware environment. * Proficient in the installation, configuration and support of Server/Desktop/EPOS environment and in addition, be able to connect and install client software for various networking platforms at various customer locations in the UK. * Ability to follow documented procedures and adhere to safety and ESD precautions at all times. * Be able to demonstrate strong problem solving techniques with the ability to adapt and learn on the job. * Develop, grow and maintain professional working relationships with all internal stakeholders Call Control, Tech Vetting teams. * Ensure process, procedural and contractual agreements are being followed correctly. * Endeavour to provide all customers with the best level of customer service and support. * Complete documentation including Field Service Call reports and Customer Checksheets and ensure these are returned within SLA timescales. * Work proactively with call allocators to ensure SLA's are met in the most economic way. * Have a solid understanding of customers SLA requirement and use initiative to ensure the expectation is met and exceeded * Any additional activity as directed by Senior Management Key Experience * Have an excellent working knowledge of Server/PC architecture, knowledge of Windows Operating systems, break fix and troubleshooting of Servers, Desktops, EPOS, Laptops, and Printers. * Manufacturer recognised accreditations, ie HP/IBM/Dell. Both Server and Desktop. * At least 6 years customer facing IT industry experience. * Capable of working independently on a wide range of products. * Excellent communication skills. * Excellent proven organisational and customer service skills. * Able to work under pressure. * Able to maintain a consistent high standard of quality and professionalism. * Excellent Time management skills. * Team Player - ability to work as part of the team to deliver operational excellence. * Awareness of ITIL methodologies and best practice. * Previous employment in a similar role. * Ability to show flexibility to help the changing needs of the team. * Adhere to company standards and procedures at all times unless otherwise directed. * Maintain excellent customer relationships. * Maintain high levels of Punctuality, Communication, Attitude, Competence and Quality of Service * Maintain all appropriate Manufacturer Server Accreditations where app Senior Engineer main skills * MUST be able to obtain security clearances, BPSS & SC, (NPPV3 great to have but not essential) * X86 Server Hardware break fix Skills (can replace all components, upgrade Bios/firmware) * Laptop Hardware break fix skills (replace all components) * Must be able to hold Main vendor certifications on Servers & Laptops (Dell, HP, Lenovo) * Will form part of an on call rota covering 24*7*365 call outs Senior Engineer good to have experience/skills * Netapp - major advantage to hold this * Retail/Point of Sale (POS) Personal Attribute * Highly enthusiastic, approachable and self motivated to achieve targets. * Ability to prioritise workload effectively. * A Methodical and accurate approach to the job is critical. * Team focused - a genuine passion to deliver excellence through continuous development and improvement. * Be able to remain positive at all times and influence those around you. * Excellent communicator who can remain objective and focussed with Customers and Internal Agencies alike. * Good relationship management skills. * Previous Senior Field Engineer experience desirable. * Analytical, with exceptional attention to detail. * Innovative thinking, in terms of service quality and improvements * Full UK Driving Licence. 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Head of Cyber and Information Security This position will be a hybrid role based out of London. Description Purpose of Role: The Head of Cyber & Information Security forms part of the senior leadership team within the Security function reporting directly to the Chief Security Officer (CSO) You will act as a trusted advisor to the CSO and C-Suite stakeholders across the UK and work with them to ensure the business is secure and compliant with the policies, standards and regulations set out in the Security Operating Model This is a highly operational and highly visible leadership role, as you will take overall charge of the UK's Cyber Defence and Security Operations teams. You will also have overall responsibility for Security Governance, Risk & Compliance and lead the Business Continuity and Crisis Management teams, working across the whole of the business to ensure we are resilient and prepared should business interruption occur. Team Description: We work in a heavily regulated environment and must secure one of the most visited websites in the UK, a very large retail channel and numerous back-office systems spread across both on premise datacenters and the Cloud. The Security function is comprised of 3 Team Groups Enterprise Security Security Architecture Security Design Engineering Security Consultancy Security Testing Cyber & Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Cyber Defence Security Operations Protective Security Physical Security Investigations Intelligence The Cyber & Information Security team form a key pillar in our security operating model - you will be responsible for leading the activities of the Cyber and Information security team, and you will be expected to get deeply involved in ensuring our key suppliers operate to the same high security standards we demand of ourselves. Key Accountabilities or Duties: Manage, develop & Lead the Cyber & Information Security teams Be a member of the Security SLT Identify, measure, control and report on security risks within information systems Accountable for the creation and upkeep of our documented security standards, policies, processes Manage the budget of the Cyber & Information Security Cost Centre Co-create the security strategy Manage operational teams that protect, defend and respond to threats Anticipate, influence and assist the organization to assess and rapidly adjust to changing threat conditions and trends both internally and externally Establish and maintain relationships with industry peers, other Group operating companies and external security organisations, working with Specialist consultants where appropriate Implement KPIs and metrics to measure our security performance and assess and track our exposure to risk Accountable for continuous improvement / maturity of our Cyber Defence team and ensuring our capabilities are operating at optimal levels to both identify threats and maintain effectiveness of the SOC Overall Accountability for overall leadership of the 24/7 SOC and the efficient response to Cyber attacks. Overall Accountability for Business Continuity and Crisis Management the UK Overall Accountability for ensuring we maintain or achieve certification to ISO22301/2700/27701/27002/PCI DSS/ WLA SCS2020 / NCSC CAF As part of the senior nature of this role, you'll be required to be available outside of normal office hours Skills & Experience: The successful individual will be one of the most important Information Security professional across the global organisation and will advise the most senior of our employees on Security Operations. As well as having the experience and influence to operate in this manner, you will have: At least five years' experience gained in a technically focussed security role Demonstrable experience of successful delivery in a technically focussed role Ability to articulate complex technical or sensitive issues to a wide audience is essential Experience of managing internet threats and risk mitigation Strong understanding of external and internal threat landscapes Broad experience of a wide range of security technologies and products Understanding of information security governance principles Ability to demonstrate an understanding of common security management principles (eg PCI-DSS) Bring the skills, experience and ability to adapt to be able to deliver any desired solution potentially using a wide variety of technologies that will help reduce security related risks Excellent communication skills Excellent judgement Line management experience Experienced in deploying security technology in a cloud environment. Cyber security incident management experience Desirable: Experience of working with AWS and Azure Working in a regulated environment
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
Head of Cyber and Information Security This position will be a hybrid role based out of London. Description Purpose of Role: The Head of Cyber & Information Security forms part of the senior leadership team within the Security function reporting directly to the Chief Security Officer (CSO) You will act as a trusted advisor to the CSO and C-Suite stakeholders across the UK and work with them to ensure the business is secure and compliant with the policies, standards and regulations set out in the Security Operating Model This is a highly operational and highly visible leadership role, as you will take overall charge of the UK's Cyber Defence and Security Operations teams. You will also have overall responsibility for Security Governance, Risk & Compliance and lead the Business Continuity and Crisis Management teams, working across the whole of the business to ensure we are resilient and prepared should business interruption occur. Team Description: We work in a heavily regulated environment and must secure one of the most visited websites in the UK, a very large retail channel and numerous back-office systems spread across both on premise datacenters and the Cloud. The Security function is comprised of 3 Team Groups Enterprise Security Security Architecture Security Design Engineering Security Consultancy Security Testing Cyber & Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Cyber Defence Security Operations Protective Security Physical Security Investigations Intelligence The Cyber & Information Security team form a key pillar in our security operating model - you will be responsible for leading the activities of the Cyber and Information security team, and you will be expected to get deeply involved in ensuring our key suppliers operate to the same high security standards we demand of ourselves. Key Accountabilities or Duties: Manage, develop & Lead the Cyber & Information Security teams Be a member of the Security SLT Identify, measure, control and report on security risks within information systems Accountable for the creation and upkeep of our documented security standards, policies, processes Manage the budget of the Cyber & Information Security Cost Centre Co-create the security strategy Manage operational teams that protect, defend and respond to threats Anticipate, influence and assist the organization to assess and rapidly adjust to changing threat conditions and trends both internally and externally Establish and maintain relationships with industry peers, other Group operating companies and external security organisations, working with Specialist consultants where appropriate Implement KPIs and metrics to measure our security performance and assess and track our exposure to risk Accountable for continuous improvement / maturity of our Cyber Defence team and ensuring our capabilities are operating at optimal levels to both identify threats and maintain effectiveness of the SOC Overall Accountability for overall leadership of the 24/7 SOC and the efficient response to Cyber attacks. Overall Accountability for Business Continuity and Crisis Management the UK Overall Accountability for ensuring we maintain or achieve certification to ISO22301/2700/27701/27002/PCI DSS/ WLA SCS2020 / NCSC CAF As part of the senior nature of this role, you'll be required to be available outside of normal office hours Skills & Experience: The successful individual will be one of the most important Information Security professional across the global organisation and will advise the most senior of our employees on Security Operations. As well as having the experience and influence to operate in this manner, you will have: At least five years' experience gained in a technically focussed security role Demonstrable experience of successful delivery in a technically focussed role Ability to articulate complex technical or sensitive issues to a wide audience is essential Experience of managing internet threats and risk mitigation Strong understanding of external and internal threat landscapes Broad experience of a wide range of security technologies and products Understanding of information security governance principles Ability to demonstrate an understanding of common security management principles (eg PCI-DSS) Bring the skills, experience and ability to adapt to be able to deliver any desired solution potentially using a wide variety of technologies that will help reduce security related risks Excellent communication skills Excellent judgement Line management experience Experienced in deploying security technology in a cloud environment. Cyber security incident management experience Desirable: Experience of working with AWS and Azure Working in a regulated environment
Payroll Transformation Manager/Senior Manager 80,000 - 105,000 + Bonus London / Manchester / Glasgow Our client, who are global leaders in technology, are offering an incredible opportunity for a Manager or Senior Manager that specialises in Payroll Transformation to set the direction and drive the business forward. Role Overview: Specialise in payroll or wider HR implementations in either; SuccessFactors / SAP HCM, Workday, Oracle, or other Cloud solutions as a Project/Engagement Manager. Leading workstreams during engagements by managing relationships with the client and owning the delivery and sign-off of client deliverables. Taking the lead on business development activities and pursuing new client opportunities. Facilitate delivery of large HR programmes by assisting with developing the project team. Looking for experience in: Designing and delivering payroll transformation programmes with remit across the end solution. Delivering HR transformations through cloud technologies (SuccessFactors, Workday, and/or Oracle). Delivering HCM functional designs including requirements gathering, gap analysis and process redesign. Delivery of HR Transformations building target operating models for complex organisations including service delivery, process reengineering and organisation design. Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law. Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
Payroll Transformation Manager/Senior Manager 80,000 - 105,000 + Bonus London / Manchester / Glasgow Our client, who are global leaders in technology, are offering an incredible opportunity for a Manager or Senior Manager that specialises in Payroll Transformation to set the direction and drive the business forward. Role Overview: Specialise in payroll or wider HR implementations in either; SuccessFactors / SAP HCM, Workday, Oracle, or other Cloud solutions as a Project/Engagement Manager. Leading workstreams during engagements by managing relationships with the client and owning the delivery and sign-off of client deliverables. Taking the lead on business development activities and pursuing new client opportunities. Facilitate delivery of large HR programmes by assisting with developing the project team. Looking for experience in: Designing and delivering payroll transformation programmes with remit across the end solution. Delivering HR transformations through cloud technologies (SuccessFactors, Workday, and/or Oracle). Delivering HCM functional designs including requirements gathering, gap analysis and process redesign. Delivery of HR Transformations building target operating models for complex organisations including service delivery, process reengineering and organisation design. Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law. Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website.
JOB TITLE: Senior Developer SALARY: £66,861 - £74,290 LOCATION(S): Dundee HOURS: Full-time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our offices. Our team We're on a journey to build the bank of the future, and we need your help! We've an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Senior Developer and play a leading role in helping to grow our Wealth and Pensions business. You'd be helping us bring together the strengths of Lloyds Banking Group with one of the UK's fastest growing financial services businesses and one of the leading retirement solutions providers in the UK - Embark Group. We're looking to bring a keen focus to our wealth and investment product offerings to help our customers achieve their financial goals. Through our acquisition of Embark, we'll seek to improve how we serve and support our customers through modern, easy to use, ground breaking technology. This opportunity is the next exciting piece of the jigsaw for LBG and you could be part of it! Core purpose of the role A Developer with a solid IT background and expert skills in Engineering. This is a leadership level role and will blend both deep domain and technical expertise and great passion for mentoring people in a "player-coach" model. They will also lead and participate in Engineering Guilds and Working Groups to actively promote the brand in LBG. Takes ownership for delivering a prescribed budget for own area of the organisation and/or conducts sophisticated analyses on budget progress in other areas while working within established systems. What you'll be involved in: You'll Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements, to deliver a plan for a small element of an organisational change programme with mentorship of a project/programme manager. Highlights shortcomings and suggests improvements in current IT Security processes. Developing prescribed solutions and generates new opportunities by managing relationships with customers (small and medium sized companies, retail clients, high net worth individual customers, etc.) to ensure their needs are met and/or supervises an account management team working within established systems. Delivers outcomes by managing others and working within established systems. You'll set short term objectives and helps manage the performance of direct reports by working within performance management systems. Explores issues and/or needs to establish potential causes, related issues and barriers. Defines, delivers, and adapts niche products/services to meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems. Delivers prescribed outcomes for a designated area, using risk management systems to ensure the organisation is not exposed to undue risks. What are we looking for in terms of skill? Front End HTML CSS Javascript React VUE Webpack Bootstrap Material UI Back end ASP.NET C#.NET Databases MS SQL Dev Ops Azure Mobile App Dev React Native (Any others are a bonus!) 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. If you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process, just let us know. If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you. 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.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
JOB TITLE: Senior Developer SALARY: £66,861 - £74,290 LOCATION(S): Dundee HOURS: Full-time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our offices. Our team We're on a journey to build the bank of the future, and we need your help! We've an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Senior Developer and play a leading role in helping to grow our Wealth and Pensions business. You'd be helping us bring together the strengths of Lloyds Banking Group with one of the UK's fastest growing financial services businesses and one of the leading retirement solutions providers in the UK - Embark Group. We're looking to bring a keen focus to our wealth and investment product offerings to help our customers achieve their financial goals. Through our acquisition of Embark, we'll seek to improve how we serve and support our customers through modern, easy to use, ground breaking technology. This opportunity is the next exciting piece of the jigsaw for LBG and you could be part of it! Core purpose of the role A Developer with a solid IT background and expert skills in Engineering. This is a leadership level role and will blend both deep domain and technical expertise and great passion for mentoring people in a "player-coach" model. They will also lead and participate in Engineering Guilds and Working Groups to actively promote the brand in LBG. Takes ownership for delivering a prescribed budget for own area of the organisation and/or conducts sophisticated analyses on budget progress in other areas while working within established systems. What you'll be involved in: You'll Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements, to deliver a plan for a small element of an organisational change programme with mentorship of a project/programme manager. Highlights shortcomings and suggests improvements in current IT Security processes. Developing prescribed solutions and generates new opportunities by managing relationships with customers (small and medium sized companies, retail clients, high net worth individual customers, etc.) to ensure their needs are met and/or supervises an account management team working within established systems. Delivers outcomes by managing others and working within established systems. You'll set short term objectives and helps manage the performance of direct reports by working within performance management systems. Explores issues and/or needs to establish potential causes, related issues and barriers. Defines, delivers, and adapts niche products/services to meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems. Delivers prescribed outcomes for a designated area, using risk management systems to ensure the organisation is not exposed to undue risks. What are we looking for in terms of skill? Front End HTML CSS Javascript React VUE Webpack Bootstrap Material UI Back end ASP.NET C#.NET Databases MS SQL Dev Ops Azure Mobile App Dev React Native (Any others are a bonus!) 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. If you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process, just let us know. If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you. 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.
Job Title: Senior Data Engineer Location: Preston- (Hybrid) - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Up to £48,000 - Depending on experience and skills What you'll be doing: Activities working directly with Customers to understand their requirements & data Development activities to support the embedding of MDM throughout BAE Systems Activities to support the development of data governance/data quality practices in support of MDM & other Data services throughout BAE Systems Activities supporting the operation of MDM tools throughout BAE Systems, providing advice & training as required Your skills and experiences: Essential: Experience of working with MDM tools (Semarchy, TIBCO EBX, Informatica), using datasets from multiple business domains Experience of working with customers on MDM projects to understand their requirements Experience of communicating complex technical processes to customers in an understandable way Experience of building data services including aspects of creating design specifications, data modelling/conditioning/integration, improving data quality, data governance, testing and deployment/support Recent experience of working with SQL, writing queries using multiple tables, and interpreting results Desirable: Experience working with ETL tools such as SSIS IT / Computer Science related degree or hands-on experience working in a Business Data/Master Data Management environment Benefits: You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The MDM Data team: The MDM team is a rapidly expanding team whose aim is to work with all areas of the business to embed MDM within the way BAE Systems operates. Working within the team provides challenging but rewarding work with opportunity for career development & learning new skills. As a team we interact with stakeholders from all areas of the organisation, delivering services that will support BAE Systems in moving towards its goals. We value integrity & communication skills as foundations for the technical skills which are key to the development of our product line. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation. Closing Date: 1st April 2024 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
Job Title: Senior Data Engineer Location: Preston- (Hybrid) - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Up to £48,000 - Depending on experience and skills What you'll be doing: Activities working directly with Customers to understand their requirements & data Development activities to support the embedding of MDM throughout BAE Systems Activities to support the development of data governance/data quality practices in support of MDM & other Data services throughout BAE Systems Activities supporting the operation of MDM tools throughout BAE Systems, providing advice & training as required Your skills and experiences: Essential: Experience of working with MDM tools (Semarchy, TIBCO EBX, Informatica), using datasets from multiple business domains Experience of working with customers on MDM projects to understand their requirements Experience of communicating complex technical processes to customers in an understandable way Experience of building data services including aspects of creating design specifications, data modelling/conditioning/integration, improving data quality, data governance, testing and deployment/support Recent experience of working with SQL, writing queries using multiple tables, and interpreting results Desirable: Experience working with ETL tools such as SSIS IT / Computer Science related degree or hands-on experience working in a Business Data/Master Data Management environment Benefits: You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The MDM Data team: The MDM team is a rapidly expanding team whose aim is to work with all areas of the business to embed MDM within the way BAE Systems operates. Working within the team provides challenging but rewarding work with opportunity for career development & learning new skills. As a team we interact with stakeholders from all areas of the organisation, delivering services that will support BAE Systems in moving towards its goals. We value integrity & communication skills as foundations for the technical skills which are key to the development of our product line. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation. Closing Date: 1st April 2024 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
C++ Software Engineer / Developer (Linux TCP/IP C++) Cambridge / WFH to £70k Are you a C++ technologist looking for an opportunity to progress your career whilst working on complex and interesting systems with continual learning opportunities? You could be joining a market leading software house that's remote access product is used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. As a C++ Software Engineer you will join the team responsible for the responsible for creating the client desktop software that forms a key part of the core remote access technology. You'll have exposure across the full development lifecycle from requirements analysis through to design, development and testing with a focus on backend C++ services that require scalability, large amounts of data and must be security compliant. As a more senior member of the team you'll be working on the most challenging and cutting edge projects. Location / WFH: There's a friendly and supportive team environment, you'll be able to work from home most of the time, meeting up with colleagues in the Cambridge office once a month. About You: You have strong C++ development skills You have a good knowledge of Linux OS, ideally with cross platform experience (i.e. Linux and Windows) You have an understanding of networking technologies, protocols e.g. TCP/IP, UDP, multicast and security principles You're collaborative with clear, concise communication skills You have a relevant degree e.g. Computer Science It would be great to have some experience with Linux Kernel, Cryptography or Flutter mobile development, but you can upskill on the job What's in it for you: As a C++ Software Engineer / Developer you'll get: Salary to £70k Bonus Pension Private Medical Care Life Assurance Travel Insurance Subsidised gym membership and a range of other perks Apply now or call to find out more about this C++ Software Engineer / Developer opportunity. At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
C++ Software Engineer / Developer (Linux TCP/IP C++) Cambridge / WFH to £70k Are you a C++ technologist looking for an opportunity to progress your career whilst working on complex and interesting systems with continual learning opportunities? You could be joining a market leading software house that's remote access product is used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. As a C++ Software Engineer you will join the team responsible for the responsible for creating the client desktop software that forms a key part of the core remote access technology. You'll have exposure across the full development lifecycle from requirements analysis through to design, development and testing with a focus on backend C++ services that require scalability, large amounts of data and must be security compliant. As a more senior member of the team you'll be working on the most challenging and cutting edge projects. Location / WFH: There's a friendly and supportive team environment, you'll be able to work from home most of the time, meeting up with colleagues in the Cambridge office once a month. About You: You have strong C++ development skills You have a good knowledge of Linux OS, ideally with cross platform experience (i.e. Linux and Windows) You have an understanding of networking technologies, protocols e.g. TCP/IP, UDP, multicast and security principles You're collaborative with clear, concise communication skills You have a relevant degree e.g. Computer Science It would be great to have some experience with Linux Kernel, Cryptography or Flutter mobile development, but you can upskill on the job What's in it for you: As a C++ Software Engineer / Developer you'll get: Salary to £70k Bonus Pension Private Medical Care Life Assurance Travel Insurance Subsidised gym membership and a range of other perks Apply now or call to find out more about this C++ Software Engineer / Developer opportunity. At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.
Senior Software Engineer (Java) Back end 1 day per week required in Central London office Up to £95K + 12% bonus + generous stock Travel The world's largest travel company are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their team. In terms of scale, you will make a real impact in the growth and development of our clients well known application / website which operates across nearly 50 markets, over 20 languages and nearly 500 million average monthly activities. The role: Given the nature of the company, you will be working in a fast-moving environment with a product and platforms that are growing and changing rapidly. Working closely alongside product managers and designers, as the Senior Software Engineer you will take part of the full process from software design, to code, to test, to deployment and back again. Most of their engineers release code to production every few days and we have a daily release cycle. The tech stack: Java, GraphQL, Kubernetes, SQL and NOSQL databases, and runs on AWS. It is not essential to have all but strong experience with Java for Backend is a must. Benefits include - Annual performance related bonus (12% bonus) - Generous stock (RSU) award upon joining, with additional awards annually - Regular salary reviews and excellent career growth opportunities - Full family private healthcare and dental - £1050 annual stipend for costs outside the office such as home office set up, gym membership etc Apply for this job We seek individuals from a diverse talent pool and encourage applicants from underrepresented groups to apply to our vacancies. Our commitment to fair recruitment processes means that we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of their lived experience or personal characteristics. We also invite applicants who meet most of the listed requirements, even if not all, to apply. If you require any adjustments to the application process, please let us know. Barclay Simpson acts as an Employment Agency for permanent positions and an Employment Business for temporary/contract engagements. Senior Software Engineer (Java) Banking 2 days per week required in Manchester up to £74k + View job & apply Application Security Engineer Location: Remote Salary: £60,000 + up to 20% bonus Job type: Permanent FTSE listed financial services firm is seeking a Security Engineer to work with their team of dev View job & apply Senior Software Engineer Backend Travel Portugal Remote Location: Portugal Remote Salary: Up to €75k + 12% bonus + generous stock Job type: Permanent Sector: Travel & Tourism Senior Software Engineer (Java) Back end Can be remote anywhere in Portugal Up to €75k + 12 View job & apply Software Engineer Government client Location: Yeovil Salary: Up to £45,000 Job type: Permanent Sector: Government/Public Sector Software Engineer Government client SC Clearance required up to £50k + bonus + fully company View job & apply Senior Software Engineer Location: Manchester Salary: up to £75,000 + other benefits Job type: Permanent Sector: Banking Senior Software Engineer (Java) Banking 2 days per week required in Manchester up to £75k + View job & apply Software Engineer Government client Location: Near Edinburgh, Scotland Salary: up to £45,000 Job type: Permanent Sector: Government/Public Sector Software Engineer Government client SC Clearance required up to £45k + bonus + fully company View job & apply Salary: Up to €110,000 + full company benefits Job type: Permanent Sector: Travel & Tourism Engineering Manager Travel Amsterdam - 3 days per week in central Amsterdam office Up to €1 View job & apply Senior Software Engineer Location: Oxford Salary: Up to £95K + 12% bonus + generous stock Job type: Permanent Sector: Travel & Tourism Senior Software Engineer (Java) Back end 1 day per week required in Oxford office Up to £95
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
Senior Software Engineer (Java) Back end 1 day per week required in Central London office Up to £95K + 12% bonus + generous stock Travel The world's largest travel company are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their team. In terms of scale, you will make a real impact in the growth and development of our clients well known application / website which operates across nearly 50 markets, over 20 languages and nearly 500 million average monthly activities. The role: Given the nature of the company, you will be working in a fast-moving environment with a product and platforms that are growing and changing rapidly. Working closely alongside product managers and designers, as the Senior Software Engineer you will take part of the full process from software design, to code, to test, to deployment and back again. Most of their engineers release code to production every few days and we have a daily release cycle. The tech stack: Java, GraphQL, Kubernetes, SQL and NOSQL databases, and runs on AWS. It is not essential to have all but strong experience with Java for Backend is a must. Benefits include - Annual performance related bonus (12% bonus) - Generous stock (RSU) award upon joining, with additional awards annually - Regular salary reviews and excellent career growth opportunities - Full family private healthcare and dental - £1050 annual stipend for costs outside the office such as home office set up, gym membership etc Apply for this job We seek individuals from a diverse talent pool and encourage applicants from underrepresented groups to apply to our vacancies. Our commitment to fair recruitment processes means that we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of their lived experience or personal characteristics. We also invite applicants who meet most of the listed requirements, even if not all, to apply. If you require any adjustments to the application process, please let us know. Barclay Simpson acts as an Employment Agency for permanent positions and an Employment Business for temporary/contract engagements. Senior Software Engineer (Java) Banking 2 days per week required in Manchester up to £74k + View job & apply Application Security Engineer Location: Remote Salary: £60,000 + up to 20% bonus Job type: Permanent FTSE listed financial services firm is seeking a Security Engineer to work with their team of dev View job & apply Senior Software Engineer Backend Travel Portugal Remote Location: Portugal Remote Salary: Up to €75k + 12% bonus + generous stock Job type: Permanent Sector: Travel & Tourism Senior Software Engineer (Java) Back end Can be remote anywhere in Portugal Up to €75k + 12 View job & apply Software Engineer Government client Location: Yeovil Salary: Up to £45,000 Job type: Permanent Sector: Government/Public Sector Software Engineer Government client SC Clearance required up to £50k + bonus + fully company View job & apply Senior Software Engineer Location: Manchester Salary: up to £75,000 + other benefits Job type: Permanent Sector: Banking Senior Software Engineer (Java) Banking 2 days per week required in Manchester up to £75k + View job & apply Software Engineer Government client Location: Near Edinburgh, Scotland Salary: up to £45,000 Job type: Permanent Sector: Government/Public Sector Software Engineer Government client SC Clearance required up to £45k + bonus + fully company View job & apply Salary: Up to €110,000 + full company benefits Job type: Permanent Sector: Travel & Tourism Engineering Manager Travel Amsterdam - 3 days per week in central Amsterdam office Up to €1 View job & apply Senior Software Engineer Location: Oxford Salary: Up to £95K + 12% bonus + generous stock Job type: Permanent Sector: Travel & Tourism Senior Software Engineer (Java) Back end 1 day per week required in Oxford office Up to £95
JOB TITLE: Quality Engineer SALARY: £68,202 to £75,780 LOCATION: Edinburgh HOURS: Full-time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this opportunity Insurance & Wealth Transformation has a vision to improve the support we provide to our customers throughout their financial lives, empowering them to make the right decisions on their long-term saving, investment, and retirement needs. We are doing this by providing clear, straightforward customer journeys, supported by flexible and resilient product platforms and services. You will be accountable for running and leading testing across our Monthly Release cycle, assuring the quality of delivery into these Releases and managing the raising of defects and backlog items for addressing either within the current Sprint or for prioritisation for future sprints. You will be working with a peer or reporting team of other Quality Engineers and will need to be detailed yet flexible as befits Agile delivery. What will you be doing with us? Leading, Innovating & working as part of an agile team Looking to automate testing where appropriate, updating and streamlining the test automation framework & coding standards deployed within the team. Use your experience of modern software development toolsets and demonstrate the ability to stretch into DevOps, Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines Defining and Leading Quality Engineering and Assurance work ensuring the highest quality of shippable products and quality artifacts. Develop yourselves with industry standards, methods and tooling used across our engineering teams and introduce new concepts, approaches and tooling 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. What you'll need Experience of test automation QE experience in shift left engineering using latest cutting edge technology earlier in the life cycle and set code review best practices on BDD scripts in both desktop applications and mobile applications. An understanding of Java / JavaScript/ NodeJS / Postman / TDD/BDD Best Practices or alternatively hands-on experience with Java programming and capable of building the test framework from the beginning. Previous experience of performance testing Using toolsets such as Selenium, UFT, ALM, Postman, Cloud based and Performance test tools, Continuous Integration Tools, Service virtualization with a focus on industry leading and open-source tooling Work "hands-on" alongside all other Engineering Disciplines Model the behaviours required to support the organisation's transformation to new ways of working 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.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
JOB TITLE: Quality Engineer SALARY: £68,202 to £75,780 LOCATION: Edinburgh HOURS: Full-time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this opportunity Insurance & Wealth Transformation has a vision to improve the support we provide to our customers throughout their financial lives, empowering them to make the right decisions on their long-term saving, investment, and retirement needs. We are doing this by providing clear, straightforward customer journeys, supported by flexible and resilient product platforms and services. You will be accountable for running and leading testing across our Monthly Release cycle, assuring the quality of delivery into these Releases and managing the raising of defects and backlog items for addressing either within the current Sprint or for prioritisation for future sprints. You will be working with a peer or reporting team of other Quality Engineers and will need to be detailed yet flexible as befits Agile delivery. What will you be doing with us? Leading, Innovating & working as part of an agile team Looking to automate testing where appropriate, updating and streamlining the test automation framework & coding standards deployed within the team. Use your experience of modern software development toolsets and demonstrate the ability to stretch into DevOps, Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines Defining and Leading Quality Engineering and Assurance work ensuring the highest quality of shippable products and quality artifacts. Develop yourselves with industry standards, methods and tooling used across our engineering teams and introduce new concepts, approaches and tooling 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. What you'll need Experience of test automation QE experience in shift left engineering using latest cutting edge technology earlier in the life cycle and set code review best practices on BDD scripts in both desktop applications and mobile applications. An understanding of Java / JavaScript/ NodeJS / Postman / TDD/BDD Best Practices or alternatively hands-on experience with Java programming and capable of building the test framework from the beginning. Previous experience of performance testing Using toolsets such as Selenium, UFT, ALM, Postman, Cloud based and Performance test tools, Continuous Integration Tools, Service virtualization with a focus on industry leading and open-source tooling Work "hands-on" alongside all other Engineering Disciplines Model the behaviours required to support the organisation's transformation to new ways of working 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.
Payroll Transformation Manager/Senior Manager 80,000 - 105,000 + Bonus London / Manchester / Glasgow Our client, who are global leaders in technology, are offering an incredible opportunity for a Manager or Senior Manager that specialises in Payroll Transformation to set the direction and drive the business forward. Role Overview: Specialise in payroll or wider HR implementations in either; SuccessFactors / SAP HCM, Workday, Oracle, or other Cloud solutions as a Project/Engagement Manager. Leading workstreams during engagements by managing relationships with the client and owning the delivery and sign-off of client deliverables. Taking the lead on business development activities and pursuing new client opportunities. Facilitate delivery of large HR programmes by assisting with developing the project team. Looking for experience in: Designing and delivering payroll transformation programmes with remit across the end solution. Delivering HR transformations through cloud technologies (SuccessFactors, Workday, and/or Oracle). Delivering HCM functional designs including requirements gathering, gap analysis and process redesign. Delivery of HR Transformations building target operating models for complex organisations including service delivery, process reengineering and organisation design. Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law. Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
Payroll Transformation Manager/Senior Manager 80,000 - 105,000 + Bonus London / Manchester / Glasgow Our client, who are global leaders in technology, are offering an incredible opportunity for a Manager or Senior Manager that specialises in Payroll Transformation to set the direction and drive the business forward. Role Overview: Specialise in payroll or wider HR implementations in either; SuccessFactors / SAP HCM, Workday, Oracle, or other Cloud solutions as a Project/Engagement Manager. Leading workstreams during engagements by managing relationships with the client and owning the delivery and sign-off of client deliverables. Taking the lead on business development activities and pursuing new client opportunities. Facilitate delivery of large HR programmes by assisting with developing the project team. Looking for experience in: Designing and delivering payroll transformation programmes with remit across the end solution. Delivering HR transformations through cloud technologies (SuccessFactors, Workday, and/or Oracle). Delivering HCM functional designs including requirements gathering, gap analysis and process redesign. Delivery of HR Transformations building target operating models for complex organisations including service delivery, process reengineering and organisation design. Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law. Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website.