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Data Engineer   Start date:                            ASAP Location :                              London, White City (role would support remote working if preferred) Closing date:                       Sunday 15 Aug 2021 First stage (online task):    w/c 16 Aug 2021 First stage (interview):        w/c 23 Aug 2021 Salary:                                   £40,000 - £50,000 (depending on experience and qualification)   Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised   The Role Ark Schools prides itself on having a sector-leading approach to information systems and data analysis.  With ambitious plans to embed advanced analytical practices, we are looking for a Data Engineer to help us maintain, develop and optimise our data architecture, pipeline and flows so that they continue to support the network’s analytics and reporting needs. This is a fantastic opportunity if you would like to: Take on a key role in defining and delivering Ark’s data and analytics platform, enabling us to fully leverage the value of the data we hold for our c.28,500 students across 38 schools Be pivotal in supporting the organisation to move towards advanced analytical practices Work for an organisation that exists to make sure that all children, regardless of their background, have access to a great education and real choices in life If preferred, the role would be suitable for remote/flexible working, with periodic travel to Ark’s central office in West London (c.2 days per week). About you We encourage applications from those working within – and outside – the education sector.  Applicants should: Have 2+ years’ experience in a data engineer or similar BI role, and have attained a Graduate degree (or relevant professional experience) in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field Have awareness of best practice and emerging data systems Have advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases (e.g. Postgres) Be able to demonstrate a successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets Be able to quickly understand and become familiar with new data sets – particularly if new to education Be aligned with the Ark Schools' vision and values Our offer If you join us you will receive: 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service A choice of pension schemes including a defined benefit scheme, which means you build up a guaranteed amount in your pension for every year of your employment Personalised learning and development. We are committed to providing high-quality professional learning throughout your career with us and offer a variety of training sessions and experiences designed to meet your needs Access to the Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bicycle and gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym   To view our detailed job pack please click   here . How to Apply Apply with a CV and cover letter on our online recruitment portal. Applications to be submitted by  Sunday 15 Aug 2021 but please note : we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised   Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Ark Schools are committed to attracting, developing and retaining a diverse workforce, with a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.  

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Principal Engineer to join our team. This role will be based at our state-of-the-art Headquarters in Southampton, however, all our people, where they can, are currently working from home. As such, we are open to applications that can deliver work remotely where appropriate. In return, you will receive a competitive salary .   Ordnance Survey (OS) provides national mapping services for Great Britain and is a world-leading provider of geospatial solutions. OS location data and expertise has helped governments make smarter decisions, businesses gain valuable data insight, and everyone experience the world outside for over 225 years.   We offer fantastic benefits in return for joining us as our Principal Engineer:   - Competitive salary plus performance-related bonus - Competitive pension - 37 hour working week (with flexible working options) - 25 days annual leave (30 days after five years), plus bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas - A suite of excellent additional benefits   About the role:   We have an opportunity for a highly motivated Principal Engineer to join our Technology & Design department in developing the next generation cloud-based systems, that drive our world-leading geospatial and business applications. Providing organisational and technical leadership to our forward-thinking agile teams, you will influence strategic direction across our Data Engineering domain.   Having a thirst for knowledge and the ability to think creatively are highly valued in OS’s engineering culture and ethos. You will be working with a wide variety of techniques and technologies, such as Azure DevOps, Azure Cloud Services, Azure Data Platform, FME, and ESRI technology stacks.   Providing industry-leading expertise, informing, and enabling the strategic objectives of OS, you will lead the software development of complex and high-profile projects, working with senior stakeholders across the business to develop roadmaps to address strategy.   Your organisation-wide thought leadership, training, and direction will facilitate collaboration with senior business stakeholders, and allow you to influence, shape, design and challenge roadmaps and objectives. Through collaboration with project and delivery managers, you will also track the progress of technical delivery.   What we’re looking for in our Principal Engineer:   - Industry-leading skills in software engineering & best practice (e.g. SOLID, Agile, TDD, BDD) - Expert knowledge in one or more of the following: Azure DevOps, Azure SQL, C#, Python, Javascript - Good knowledge and understanding of system development in Azure cloud environments - Demonstrable ability to lead, coach and mentor engineering teams - Excellent track record in collaborating with senior business stakeholders - Proven track record in leading complex software development projects - Proven track record in the development of technical strategies - Experience working with Geospatial data, ESRI or FME (desirable)   Our growing Technology and Design team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer-centric design and technology services.   If you would like to be part of this, please click apply now to be considered as our Principal Engineer – we’d love to hear from you!   Closing Date: Sunday 28th March 2021

This position is eligible for remote working opportunities within the United Kingdom.  About AlphaSights AlphaSights provides global investment and business professionals with on-demand access to business expertise across all industries and geographies. Through AlphaSights, decision makers from investment management, private equity, management consulting, and corporates connect with a dynamic network of industry experts that provide qualitative and quantitative market insights, industry expertise, and execution support. Leveraging cutting-edge technology and our global team of 1,000+ professionals in nine offices on three continents, we support our clients 24/7 around the globe. AlphaSights regularly ranks as one of the fastest-growing companies in the world. Learn more at  alphasights.com . The role: An engineering team lead within one of AlphaSights’ innovation areas, working in close partnership with innovation area specialists, product, design, data, and other software engineers to drive technical innovation. Our innovation areas in London span a range of subjects, from Finance & Analytics to User Engagement, and we’ll be more than happy to go through them in detail as part of the interview process. What you’ll do: As an engineering team lead, you will be responsible for defining technical direction, and providing technical mentorship and guidance to other members of the team. You will be focussed on the technical planning, quality of work, productivity and striving to increase the impact of the team’s work, with the expectation that up to 50% of your time will be spent programming. As a lead, you will be empowered to make independent decisions for the team and will learn how to handle complex management and leadership situations. Who you are:  Skilled, humble, driven, transparent  An experienced software engineer looking to level up in their career Likely to have been working as an software engineer for 5+ years Expert in at least one software programming language Doesn’t have to be in our tech stack Independent learner, with track record of teaching/mentoring other engineers  Great communicator Solid understanding of modern software engineering practices Continuous delivery Cloud technology Testing approaches Functional programming Tech stack (previous experience not required): Kotlin (new services), Ruby , Python (for data processing) are officially supported back end languages React is officially supported on the front end language Our software is hosted on AWS Kubernetes is used for application deployment, scaling, and management Continuous Integration CircleCI , Spinnaker , ECR Learn more about Tech at AlphaSights in this video and through our engineering website . 

This position is eligible for remote working opportunities within the United Kingdom.  About AlphaSights AlphaSights provides global investment and business professionals with on-demand access to business expertise across all industries and geographies. Through AlphaSights, decision makers from investment management, private equity, management consulting, and corporates connect with a dynamic network of industry experts that provide qualitative and quantitative market insights, industry expertise, and execution support. Leveraging cutting-edge technology and our global team of 1,000+ professionals in nine offices on three continents, we support our clients 24/7 around the globe. AlphaSights regularly ranks as one of the fastest-growing companies in the world. Learn more at  alphasights.com . The Engineering Manager Role AlphaSights' Engineering Managers are technical team leaders early in their management experience.  They are still honing their management skills with the support of more senior technical leadership, but excel at unlocking their team’s potential for high quality delivery.  They manage both the technical and the people side of their teams; being both a career mentor as well as a technical mentor for their developers. They spend a majority of their time ensuring the technical excellence of their team, unblocking their team for maximum delivery, and communicating the team’s needs and progress to the rest of the organization.  As an engineering manager you are expected to be able to write and optimize code, as well as ensure that your developers can do the same. You'll work closely with a variety of people in the business to arrive at the best solution, immediately see the impact of your work, and get feedback directly from users. We are seeking engineering managers looking to grow their experience and expertise, and experienced engineering leaders that are looking to expand their career into technical management.  In either case, you should be skilled as an individual contributor as well as interested in running (and building) technical teams and holding them accountable to an incredibly high standard.  You should be comfortable working across multiple technical languages, be excited to learn new technologies, and experienced providing technical mentorship to your teams.   You will: Manage a team (or subset of a team depending on experience level) of software engineers, including task planning and code reviews Technically manage (and typically build) large areas of our product and service ecosystem Work with Product Owners to flesh out business requirements and ensure that the team is solving the right problems to help the business Ensure that the team adheres to high standards and practices sustainable engineering Help your team grow from both a technical and career perspective. Follow an agile methodology for rapid, nimble delivery.   What We Look For: Have at least 4 years of professional development experience, and have served as a technical lead (or manager) for at least a year. Enjoy mentoring other team members, including code reviews and tech talks Can balance deep work with cross team collaboration Enjoy writing code in a variety of languages Constantly learn from and mentor other engineers   What You Can Expect You would join a dynamic, multinational, and diverse team who enjoy solving interesting problems in a collaborative environment We have self-taught engineers as well as graduates from top Computer Science and Engineering schools Your co-workers will include motivated recent graduates as well as experienced industry leaders from companies such as Google and Amazon This position is eligible for remote working opportunities within the United Kingdom.  Don't worry if your experience or background doesn't match all of these areas, we believe a broad spectrum of experience provides great perspective on solving problems in new and innovative ways and we’d love to hear from you.  

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) have awarded funding to the CRUK City of London (CoL) Centre to create a CRUK Radiation Research Unit (RRU). The unit will feature an ambitious research programme for radiation oncology and radiation biology called RadNet. This network, is CRUK’s largest ever investment in radiotherapy research, is aimed to accelerate the development of advanced radiotherapy techniques, challenging the boundaries of this mainstay treatment through world-first exploratory projects. We are seeking a Principal Database Architect (Engineer) whose main objective is to create and manage a complex and comprehensive electronic database. The post holder will be based at UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering and will be expected to regularly visit the partner institutions (Barts, King’s and the Crick, and their respective clinical sites). The database will be created by collating multi-parametric electronic data from specific cohorts of patients with cancer who have undergone radiotherapy, from several UK hospitals. Data will be accessed by multi-disciplinary researchers within the RadNet consortium to answer clinical research questions using developed analytical tools. The post holder will liaise with the RadNet community to manage an efficient and effective platform. This is an ambitious undertaking that requires a highly skilled individual with expertise, drive and vision to bring to fruition. This position is initially funded till 31st October 2024.in the first instance. Candidates must have a Bachelors degree in a computational, mathematical, physical sciences or engineering subject or equivalent experience. A Masters in Data Science, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Health Informatics or Computing related field is desirable. Advanced experience with data processing, management and statistical packages such as SQL, R, STATA, Python and BASH with the ability to elicit and validate requirements as well as scripting, debugging and improving scripts and experience of Mac / PC / Linux system administration. Job Description & Person Specification can be access through the 'How to Apply' link.   For informal enquiries about the role please contact Prof Gary Royle (g.royle@ucl.ac.uk) For enquiries regarding the application process, please contact the City of London Radnet project manager Michelle Craft at m.tu@ucl.ac.uk

Job Title: Engineering Director,  EMEA   Department: Engineering   Manager: CTO   Location: Andover     We are seeking an Engineering Director with an action-oriented mindset and a focus on exceeding expectations, who operates with vision and integrity. The Engineering Director can expect to play an active role in the development and completion of projects, plan and monitor work schedules, work with multiple and diverse teams and represent  CloudPay’s  culture and values. Some responsibilities also include aligning engineering activities and projects with company goals and objectives, providing expert guidance and support, approving newly-developed policies from various departments, and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.   To be successful as a Director of Engineering, you should have exceptional leadership, communication and project management skills, years of management experience, and a belief in developing the skills and talents of others. Ideal candidates will have experience in identifying and navigating organizational changes, a keen interest in international trends in engineering and leadership, and an above average emotional intelligence.     Package and Benefits:   -   Competitive annual salary   -   24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays   -   4% pension contribution   -   Life assurance x4   -   Private medical insurance   -   Personal and professional development opportunities   -   Friendly working environment       Attributes and Experience Required:     Requirements   People & Team management skills   Proven experience in managing distributed agile software development teams   Exceptional operational and organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through   Able to demonstrate strong data-driven decision making and prioritization skills   Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience communicating with up to C-level   Ability to work efficiently and intensely while juggling multiple priorities   Action-Oriented Mindset   Up-to-date knowledge of the industry   Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience   At least 8 year(s) of working experience as  Technical Director or similar roles leading multiple teams   Desirable   Experience with complex, ambitious and high growth businesses that rely on a robust operational infrastructure to succeed     Daily Duties and Main Responsibilities Will Include:   Technology: Manage the interface between the technology team and the rest of the business, ensuring that priorities are aligned against the needs of the business, teams are unimpeded in their delivery needs and timelines are understood and driven-towards   Implement:  Best practice agile engineering methods, ceremonies and mindsets. Provide guidance and coaching to PH  CloudPay  teams. Ensure effective collaboration with other  CloudPay  teams globally   Recruitment:  Responsible for engineering hires and support other departments as necessary   Performance Management: Track team key OKRs/metrics and report to the CTO   Team Management and Co-ordination: Serve as the hub of a continuously evolving set of  programmatic operations, staff infrastructure, and partner network. Be the “glue” that holds various parts of  CloudPay  together during this critical growth stage   Continually drive & champion inspection & adaptation of processes and technologies to improve overall business effectiveness   Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to address issues and drive results     About  CloudPay   CloudPay  provides managed global payroll services to multinational companies through a single, unified SaaS solution. By delivering end-to-end managed payroll services through an innovative platform,  CloudPay  ensures consistent and compliant payroll around the globe while reducing operating costs and manual processes.   The  CloudPay  solution is backed by deep industry expertise earned over 20+ years delivering services to more than 2,400 multinational entities.  CloudPay’s  solution guarantees accurate payroll processing across 120+ countries in more than 25  languages.    To learn more, visit  cloudpay.net .      

Deputy Security Adviser Ofgem is committed to making a positive difference for energy consumers through effective regulation of the market and close working with suppliers to ensure sustainable energy for consumers and businesses in the UK. Job Description   Background and role Working closely with the security colleagues and UK Intelligence Community, you will understand the key threats to the department and wider government and use this information to assess the risks to departmental business. You will support senior security colleagues to determine how to manage security risks affecting all business areas. Building a network of security contacts across the organisation and working closely with and advising staff in your department’s technology, HR and estates teams to ensure their security needs are met.  You will act as liaison and intelligent customer, supporting senior security colleagues in owning and requesting the delivery of critical security services from a central hub (Cluster Security Unit) and actively engaging to ensure service standards are maintained. You will build a network of Security Business Partners across the department to ensure that local security advice is available as needed so that projects and services consider security from the outset. With your expertise we can be sure that the security needs of the department will be met. You will play an important role in delivering education and awareness among colleagues to make sure that security is embedded holistically across the organisation as an important part of everyone’s day-to-day role. We are aiming to recruit people from diverse backgrounds to make sure we have a wide range of skills to strengthen our security capability across government. We value the fact that our different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences and ways of working create a more effective team. Each one of us has a part to play in helping government to keep the UK secure. The most important aspect of the requirement is that candidates have a good understanding of, or keen interest in, security of government assets and people. If you have a passion for security and are driven by the challenge of leading through influence, at both the strategic and operational levels of security, this role is for you. This challenge is likely to be simulating and unique in many ways. If you are keen to expand your skills and experience in the sector, we can offer the training you need to support your development. Your key responsibilities will include: Supporting senior security staff in acting as an intelligent customer, requesting services from the Cluster Security Unit and supporting the Chief Security Officer through governance structures to ensure the security requirements of your department are being met; Providing support in monitoring the services delivered by the Cluster Security Unit to ensure they meet the agreed service level defined in the Service Level Agreements. Review of Service Level Agreements to ensure the services provided meet the needs of the department; Providing advice to colleagues on departmental security issues, including the management of security risks; Delivering education and awareness training on security matters to staff across the organisation; Being a role model for the security community and modelling Civil Service values to foster and develop the profession across government; Acting as a security professional, championing and sharing best practice through the community and embedding government security culture within the department, across technology, operations and suppliers. You must demonstrate that you have recent and relevant skills and experience in: Understanding of security and risk, as well as a willingness to develop knowledge in these areas as appropriate whilst recognising future risks and strategically planning to mitigate them; Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at all levels of an organisation whilst projecting credibility and self-assurance; Ability to form excellent relationships within your department and with the wider security community;  It would also be beneficial if you demonstrate any of the following skills or experience:  Experience of managing contracts and acting as an intelligent customer; Background in cyber security, physical security, personnel security, technology, risk management or data professions.  Security clearance:  The successful candidate will need to hold Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance or be willing to undergo the process.  Competencies We’ll assess you against these competencies during the selection process: Collaborating and partnering Establish relationships with a range of stakeholders to support delivery of business outcomes; Readily share resources to support higher priority work, showing pragmatism and support for the shared goals of the organisation; Act as a team player, investing time to generate a common focus and genuine team spirit.  Achieving Commercial Outcomes Work with colleagues to engage effectively and intelligently with delivery partners in order to define and/or improve service delivery; Seeing the Big Picture Be alert to emerging issues and trends which might impact or benefit your own and the team’s work Leading and communicating Communicate in a straightforward, honest and engaging manner with all stakeholders and stand ground when needed; Continually communicate with staff, helping to clarify goals and activities and the links between these and Departmental strategy. Delivering at pace Regularly monitor work against milestones or targets and act promptly to keep work on track and maintain performance   To apply, please go to: https://ofgemli.webitrent.com/ofgemli_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC106GF.display_srch_all?WVID=57179634Hs     Closing date: 20th August 2018.  Ofgem is an equal opportunities employer. Protecting consumers and powering the future of the energy debate.