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Our client is an established software and hardware company in the "Endpoint Management" arena providing innovative, market-leading solutions, they are looking for a Level 2 Support Technician to work remotely or in their offices based in Theale. The position requires daily customer, business partner and internal team interaction. Keeping track of customer cases in the helpdesk program and utilising this system to delegate, engage your peers and maintain a high-level of customer satisfaction in managing support issues is a routine activity. Job Description • Be part of a growing team of Engineers providing excellent support to our client's customers and partners • Use of remote tools to assist customers in troubleshooting problems • Provide technical best practices for partners and customers • Work through technical issues at an advanced operating system level • Build and maintain customer, partner, and team relationship • Manage technical issues, solutions, and sales opportunity • Manage case escalation to maintain forward movement on customer issues • Ensure clear, professional communication between their teams and the customer • Create and maintain documentation for KB articles • Continue education by attending training sessions and reading technical documentation • Manage technical escalations based on issue severity and customer response • Some travel might be required for this position • Collect/review logs provided by tier one Engineers and identify/resolve issues • Effectively communicate with customers about issue discoveries, resolutions and escalations Our client encourages growth and wants to see a strong desire to learn and a "can do" attitude in their employees. You will be working with an experienced, motivated team willing to share their knowledge and experience to help you expand your skillset and succeed in reaching your goals. Technical Qualifications • Prior Technical Support or Solution Engineer required • Working knowledge of Linux Operating Systems • Linux systems; concept of Linux OS design and file structure • Knowledge of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, etc. • Working knowledge of Windows Operating Systems • Advanced troubleshooting of Terminal Services, Windows Virtual Desktop, Citrix, VMWare Horizon environments • Working knowledge of BASH shell and scripting • Other Linux native languages are a plus • Basic knowledge/understanding of SQL • Ability to build/maintain test and lab environments • Working knowledge of hypervisors • SXI/vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Virtualbox • Ability to demonstrate, troubleshoot, install, configure, and optimize Operating System • Knowledge of (SoC) hardware, and ability to troubleshoot complex issues with video output and peripherals • Happy to work shifts • Must be able to speak German Personal Skills • Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to communicate effectively with Engineers, Sales Teams, and Management • A team player who is influential and builds good working relationships across all levels • Flexibility, integrity, and creative problem-solving skills are imperative to be successful in this role • Positive work ethic • Ability to listen effectively and show patience while working with customers • Ability to learn new technologies quickly • Ability to work independently under minimal supervision • Ability to take effective notes • Ability to multitask effectively and work under pressure Index Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. "Due to the high volume of applications we currently receive, we are unable to respond to all candidates. If you do not hear from a Consultant within 5 working days unfortunately you have been unsuccessful on this occasion"...... click apply for full job details

About the role: Corporate reporting Support the production of the Annual Report/Annual Performance/Sustainability Report including researching and writing engaging content, timetable management and collating materials for the report (i.e. photography). Work with the assurance team to ensure accuracy of data and information Research and communicate evolving best-practise reporting requirements Work with the leakage and regulatory teams to coordinate and write monthly leakage narrative for the website, ensuring compliance with section 19 regulatory reporting requirements Collaborate with the sustainability team to write and produce the Environment, Social and Governance statement, giving investors a 'one stop shop' for key ESG metrics Stakeholder communication Work with the Head of Corporate Engagement and Events to deliver the Our finances explained booklet to help stakeholders, our people and interested customers better understand our finances and operational priorities. Ensure consistency with our overarching corporate narrative, using content from the Annual Report, and work with teams across the business to increase distribution and engagement with the content, i.e. through new starter induction packs/internal communications to employees and customer service centres Digital engagement Working with content owners, ensure 'corporate' web content is up-to-date and reflects evolving strategic narrative Write compelling and accessible web content aligned with strategic narrative, and which addresses the needs of stakeholders Corporate events and awards Support the Corporate Engagement and Events Manager to deliver event logistics for events such as the Annual Stakeholder Review and recognition awards, and ensure responsibilities are delivered on time and to budget. Assist in the development of presentations for events, including ensuring consistency of messaging and working with the brand team to ensure compliance with style guidelines Oversee tracker of Thames Water involvement in industry events to ensure value for money and increase reputational benefits Manage purchase orders for the team To be successful you will have the following skills and experience: Excellent writing skills and meticulous attention to detail. Proficient using excel and a robust approach to data management - i.e. managing accurate and GDPR compliant invitation and RSVP lists for events and ensuring the accuracy of statements in our reports Confident working with senior management and working in collaboration with teams across businesses What's in it for you: Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme. This includes an annual pay review, season ticket loans, voucher scheme giving you money off in major retail outlets, loyalty awards for continuous service plus much more, including our referral scheme, where you can receive £750 for helping someone get a permanent position within the company. We're also proud to be here for our local community, offering everyone two days paid volunteer leave a year, as well as proudly supporting a lot of local events and charities. About us: Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to millions of customers by supplying 2.7 billion litres of world-class water to around 10 million homes. As our world changes, the need to take care of our most precious resource is greater than ever, both locally and globally. That's why, at Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open. We're passionate about providing world-class tap water, now and for the future. We're also turning waste into power, self-generating 20% of the energy we use and, in turn, doing our bit for the planet. We're reducing plastic waste by celebrating our tap water and rolling out an ambitious water fountain project. We're using our voice to lobby for change and partnering with WaterAid to provide clean water to the world's poorest communities. Together, we're building a better future for our customers, our region and our planet. Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you'll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We're also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader, welcoming individuals from all walks of life and leading the way with award-winning mental health and well-being strategy...... click apply for full job details

Domain Architect - Microsoft Stack-Reading Heard of us? We're an award-winning bank; backing people to fulfil life's hopes and dreams. Now is your chance… Enterprise Architecture is a high performing, high profile team. Skills within the team cover Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Technical Architecture and Design. We have worked hard to establish ourselves as trusted advisors; providing the correct balance of knowledge and challenge which supports our business and leaders make the right decisions on technology balancing tactical needs with strategic imperatives. We attract talent; by being fully immersed in our business, influencing and understanding our short, medium and long term aspirations. We develop our people; to ensure they fulfil their hopes and dreams, whilst continuing to meet the needs and expectations of our dynamic business. Reporting to the Lead Technical Architect you will work with colleagues across IT & Business to champion improvements to how we plan, design, configure, deploy and manage the our use of Microsoft tooling to the benefit of our organisation and our customer base. What would your day look like? As a Domain Architect you will be an expert in your field. You will work to bring your experience to bear on our technology strategy, defining technical direction within roadmaps, guiding technical design and implementation of streams within your field and assisting with problem resolution to realise delivery and build depth of knowledge where necessary. You will work alongside our Solution Architects, Domain Architects and Technical Architects to consult on best use of Microsoft Azure and 365 technology and tooling, enabling consolidation of our technical estate onto an Azure native platform. You will use your practical experience of Azure and 365 implementation to guide our development, built and technology partners in anticipating and resolving issues and exploiting the Microsoft stack to its full. Using your expertise you will enable Aldermore to be an intelligent customer of the full Microsoft stack, enabling us to keep pace with technology and product changes and drive the organisation to gain maximum benefit from the platforms and services available. What do we expect of you? Technical expert on Microsoft Azure and 365 tooling. Expert on Industry and Microsoft direction/roadmaps, Technical implementation and configuration, Business models and business utilisation/benefits. Hands on experience of deployment and management. Champion the ability for systems to integrate with Azure and Office 365 Coordinate the activities of others (internal staff, client staff, subcontractors, associates and staff from collaborating and/or competing suppliers) and will be expected to manage stakeholder expectations and requirements Ensuring solutions designed meet security and governance standards and comply with FCA/PRA guidelines. Ability to articulate the benefits and value proposition of Cloud Proven success in building and migrating applications to the cloud Significant experience in infrastructure architecture, Active Directory and networking Strong experience in migration of applications and infrastructure to Azure and development in Azure Stack Experience of Solution design, data/information architectures and technical architectures Experience of development and configuration of systems in the Office 365 stack Experience and in-depth understanding of Active Directory, Azure, Office 365, DNS and other Windows core services. Collaborate with and, where required, instruct 3rd party development partners and resource on the design and delivery of an IT solution Partners with other solution architects to provide a consensus based scalable and adaptable architectural solution including peer review of solution architecture deliverables Presents and evaluates project designs at a technology governance forum to ensure architectural and strategic fit Experience working in a regulated environment and implementing appropriate Governance, Risk and Compliance processes Excellent verbal and written communication skills Demonstrated ability to build consensus among diverse stakeholders What can you expect of us? A friendly and flexible culture, synonymous with our proposition to our Customers. A smart yet comfortable working environment, well located for the daily commute and those lunchtime errands. A growing organisation that defines itself as being nimble, lean and strong. A drive for continuous improvement, for which you will be empowered to get behind from day one. A visible and approachable ExCo; who you will very likely to bump into whilst making your morning coffee. And of course you will be compensated competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential. Still Curious? A lot can happen in a year! In 2019 the Group was formed; bringing together two very successful businesses, under the one umbrella. Whilst our parent company operates internationally from their HQ in South Africa, we are a UK-based financial services specialist that supports our customers across a range of products and services, with hubs throughout the UK, including London, Reading, Manchester and Cardiff. We also celebrated our 10th Birthday and fundamentally 10 years of helping those with ideas; by saying yes to our customers. We've propelled entrepreneurs on their journeys; we've given first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; and we've opened up the lending market to many. As for what the next 12 months has to offer; we are embarking upon the delivery of our Purpose; a Purpose that underpins our next 3 to 5 years as a growing business. Join us today and we will make the same Promises to you as an employee, as we do to each of our Customers. We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by HR. Where a DBS check or CIFAS check is identified as necessary, all application forms, job adverts and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that an application for a DBS certificate or a CIFAS check will be submitted in the event of the individual being offered the position. The bank is an equal opportunities employer ...... click apply for full job details

1st Line Support Engineer - Technical Support Specialist - IT Technician - IT Support Engineer - French Speaking IT Support Engineer - IT Support - PC - Laptop - Hardware - Software - French Speaking - Reading - Berkshire - Up £25,000 pa + Bens for a fast growing and established software house based in Reading. My client is publicly traded on the NYSE and are the world's most recognized brands, setting high standards for quality and service in automotive fixed operations. Currently seeking a French Speaking 1st Line Technician to provide Technical Support for all Essential Diagnostic projects and any other Service Technology systems that have been agreed to support to ensure that equipment problems are diagnosed and rectified. Responsibilities: Deliver technical support for Dealers to identify and resolve problems with PC/Laptop hardware/software and associated equipment Resolve queries from customers, suppliers and installers liaising with other team members as necessary Perform troubleshooting using decision tree to determine which piece of equipment is faulty and escalate the problem to the appropriate supplier Skills: Experience in a technical support function (Tier 2) 1st Line Support Engineer with previous Helpdesk/Call centre experience Experience solving general networking issues Candidates much be fluent in French My client is looking for a talented Technical Support Specialist - French Speaking 1st Line Support IT Technician to join an established in house team at their offices in Reading, Berkshire and are looking to pay a salary of up to £25,000 pa + Bens that include Pension, 25 Days Holiday, Life Assurance + Excellent Opportunities for Career Progression. We are currently recruiting for this 1st Line Support Engineer - Technical Support Specialist - French Speaking IT Technician role with immediate effect and considering all potential candidates immediately so, APPLY NOW! Who is Reflex Computer Recruitment? Reflex, established since 1990, is a successful independent IT Recruitment Consultancy. We are a proud member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and we strongly believe in ethical recruitment building long term relationships with both clients and candidates. We are ideally qualified to offer clients the best possible solution in fulfilling their computer personnel requirements; whether they are regional, national or international...... click apply for full job details

Job description As part of our Managed Voice Services business, my client are continually developing a range of voice service offerings for both partners and customers. The Voice Systems Engineer will primarily be responsible for providing the ongoing day to day support and maintenance of core Voice Infrastructure which enables us to deliver and operate these services. Key responsibilities: Duties will include, but are not restricted to the following: - Provide operational support and maintenance of the BroadWorks Hosted VoIP platform and estate of Polycom handsets, including managing software upgrades / patches and working with vendors to address anyissues - Operational support and maintenance of the voice infrastructure; covering SIP carrier, Sonus Softswitch, Telsis IN, Acme Packet Oracle SBCs and PSTNgateways. - Provide support to the Service Delivery Team by performing server-side provisioning tasks on the Sonus, Telsis IN, SBCs and the BroadWorks platform, which includes adding customer-specific gateways and custom number routing - Provide in-depth fault diagnosis for customer faults escalated by Support teams, excellent SIP skillsrequired. - Advising on product features and limitations / identifyingworkarounds - Liaising with 3 rd party vendors and operators' support channels, reporting and managingfaults - Participate in the departmental on-call rota in order to provide support for the voice infrastructure outside of core officehours - Assist with number portability process andprovisioning - Adherence Solutions Limited ISO09001 and ISO27001 certificationstandards: - Compliance with policies andprocedures - Handling and protection of information - Reporting of security Person specification The ideal candidate will be a bright and enthusiastic individual who is dedicated to achieving great results, they will ideally have the following skills, attributes and experience: Technical: - In-depth knowledge of SIP messaging, call flows and analysis of packetcaptures - Knowledge of TCP/IP and commonly used protocols: HTTP, DHCP, DNS,FTP - Experience of ISUP/ISDN protocols, call flows and analysis of signallingtraces - Competency in Linux commandline - VoIP Security and Qualityawareness Candidates should be able to demonstrate having gained previous experience in providing support in the following areas or similar technologies: - BroadSoftBroadWorks - Unix administration /VMWare - AcmePacket / OracleSBCs - Carrier Interconnects SIP. - Customer SIP PBXTrunking - VOIP handsets (Poly, Cisco) provisioning and bootprocess - Telsis Intelligent Network (IN) Platform orsimilar - Sonus Softswitch Platforms EMS, PSX, GSX, SGX,DSI Experience gained in the following technologies would also be desirable, however are not essential: - Databases SQL , Oracle and querylanguages - Any scripting experience e.g...... click apply for full job details

The Opportunity As an Organisation we are very much 'cloud first' and Azure is our home. We are specifically seeking to hire an Application Security Architect to establish and permeate a Secure SDLC and ' secure by design' approach and practice throughout all our software engineering teams. The successful candidate must have a good combination of technical, architecture and communication skills. They will work across a wide portfolio of applications, both legacy and new, covering a variety of development stack, software, services, API's and systems. Embedded in our Software Engineering team, s/he will provide in depth and practical secure development expertise to engineering, InfoSec, Data, IT and other teams. They will lead in the creation of secure software design, build and delivery standards, policies and procedures and they will provide security advice to colleagues. They will be monitoring, in conjunction with our Security Analysts, the security health of our Application estate, as well as our external attack surface (Cloud and OnPrem), as well as producing reports and continuously recommending improvements in our software security practices and controls, external and internal. The role will involve: Core Responsibilities Design secure software development and delivery systems with objectives like speed, scalability, robustness, zero-trust, automation and supportability at the core. Ensure that the application estate is built, deployed/delivered and operated securely, according to industry standards, as well as our own. Provide expert software security advice (design, coding, testing, etc) to the Software Engineering community, to InfoSec, DevOPS and other colleagues. Do research and regularly consult with colleagues Deliver secure software development training (e.g. OWASP Top10) Co-work with Security Analysts and other colleagues on software vulnerabilities and security issues: determine scope, severity and potential impact, recommend next steps, follow through with risk treatment and mitigation. Escalate issues, appropriately, to various teams and levels of authority inside the organisation. Act as the first Point of Contact (POC) for all application / software security issues, vulnerabilities, events, anomalies, incidents and investigations. Additional Responsibilities Use primary and secondary data to produce analysis and reports, regular and ad-hoc. Present to senior and executive management on the status of our application estate and on the progress of our security plan. About You You will have: Advanced understanding and demonstrable practical experience with the SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle), e.g. in a Developer, SDET, Senior Tester/QA analyst, Application Architect, Product/API designer or similar role. - minimum 5 years of experience required; coding experience in more than one language from: C/C++/C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Angular, React, etc. Good experience working with (understanding, preventing and remedying) security issues in software architecture, software development, e.g. static and/or dynamic code analysis and tools, software dependency checking, OWASP Top10 testing, application threat modelling, SEI CERT C / J, etc. Good experience working in an Agile software development environment, with classic applications as well as microservices, using modern code processing and continuous integration and delivery tools (e.g. GitHub, Jenkins, Bamboo, etc) Good expertise in taking security policy statements and translating them into actual, implementable, security controls and techniques that can make our software applications demonstrably more secure and robust. Good understanding of common information security management standards, frameworks, and laws / regulations: e.g. BSIMM, ISO 27001, GDPR, etc. Experience of open source security tools and how they could be used in an enterprise About Us Landmark Information Group is a portfolio of leading property-related data and technology businesses at the forefront of innovation and thought leadership. It delivers award-winning solutions to estate agency, conveyancing, surveying, lender valuations, environmental consultancy, and Governments. Capabilities range from property search provision, expert opinion and interpretation to conveyancing case-management, floor-planning software, valuation modelling and a property listings portal. Clients are served through market leading applications and services that connect businesses, government departments and consumers together - reducing risk, creating transparency and saving both time and money for all parties. As the UK's largest custodian of land, property and environmental data in the UK, using a combination of AI, machine learning and domain experts to provide marketing leading and trusted interpretation. Our data, backed by technology innovation and entrepreneurialism, make Landmark uniquely placed to lead the next wave of digital transformation in the markets we are passionate about. What it's like to work at Landmark: We're a friendly, dynamic and supportive team. We encourage passion, ambition and collaboration, both in our performance as a team and individually. New ideas are encouraged. We actively promote involvement in the development and direction of our products and services, as well as finding more efficient ways to work. We also love a good work social and team building events. As well as this we offer: Competitive salary 25 days' holiday, with optional 5 days unpaid leave per year Free parking Annual lifestyle allowance of £300 to put towards an activity of your choice Cycle to Work scheme and Gym Flex scheme Internal coaching/mentoring system throughout your time here Focus on training and career progression Happy to talk about flexible working Free fruit, biscuits, tea and coffee...... click apply for full job details

Senior DSP Engineer job available in Reading, Berkshire A leading engineering company that designs satellite communication systems are seeking a capable Senior DSP Engineer to join their very exciting team in Reading, Berkshire. This organisation is up and coming and are looking to grow at a fast rate and this requirement for a Senior DSP Engineer has come about due to the expansion on a new division within the business. Job Details: As a Senior DSP Engineer you be responsible for designing and implementing digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms using MATLAB and you will also be responsible architecture decisions. Job requirements: A BSc, MSc or PhD in Electrincal, Communications, Microwave or a related engineering discipline. To have a strong background in DSP development/architecture Experience in algorithm development ideally using MATLAB Previous experience in any of the following would be beneficial but NOT essential: Satellite Communications, RF Engineering, Software Defined Radio, or Wideband Digitization. This Senior DSP Design Engineer job in Reading, Berkshire is a fantastic opportunity to work on ground-breaking technology...... click apply for full job details

To lead the team responsible for developing, provisioning and supporting enterprise Microsoft 365, Microsoft Authentication Services (AAD), Dynamics and other cloud-based Application Services. Job summary/key responsibilities This role is a technical Agile Delivery Lead role, reporting into the Head of the Cloud Services. The role will require the post-holder to demonstrate exceptional technical management as well as team leadership skills heading up a team of Sytsem Administrators and Support Engineers. It is essential that the Delivery Lead is an expert in Agile delivery in order to develop and mature the capability of their teams to provide the vital Cloud based services. As Cloud Services are at the front of IT strategy, the post-holder will be required to develop, grow and manage the centre of excellence of an area which is technically challenging and fast moving. The spread of Cloud services are key to the ability, its ALB and its end-users to perform every day activities, means that the post holder will be be responsible for a wide range of services which are at the very heart of IT provision. One of the main focuses of this role will be to maintain the capability which will support the current, urgent platform services (e,g, Microsoft 365) which is heavily reliant upon across all its operations. This will involve significant focus on the manpower and capability of the team and is likely to require very close liaison with suppliers, other market partners and also recruitment. This post holder must then develop and mature the teams into a lean and agile operational engine, which will be at the forefront IT delivery, as more and more new projects consume cloud services. * Reporting to the Head of the Cloud Centre of Excellence, the role will be responsible for establishing and leading the Application Services technical teams * 'Cloud First' is a strategic decision by to move as many new IT services as possible into the Cloud and this role is key in establishing the capability to deliver against this objective. This has not been done before and as such the role-holder will lead activities and a function that are newly established * The post holder will be required to develop strong relationships with peers and project managers across the Business as well as with other Delivery Leads and GIO process owners to ensure the smooth running of application services and the provisioning of services. * The post holder will be accountable for the performance of the services delivered by the team and the availability and performance of the Application Services. * The post holder will lead a highly technical team which is fully accountable for the effective delivery and development of enterprise Microsoft 365 Services within including (but not limited to) Office365, EOL, SPOL, POL, Teams, Yammer, Dynamics and Power Platform tools. The post requires strong leadership skills, and the ability to remain calm under pressure; the capability to lead and motivate people across different locations; and proven experience of IT incident management. * The post-holder will keep up to date with industry trends, and challenge teams and suppliers to ensure that maintenance schedules and the technology landscape reflect industry best practice and best value for the Authority. * Leading a team required to provide 24x7 technical response to service affecting incidents, the post requires a strong technical understanding of the Cloud platforms to be able to deal with escalations and make judgement calls to support the team. * The post-holder will work closely with the Cloud Architect - Application Services for the purposes of architectural direction. Knowledge and skills The Application Services Delivery Lead will have recognised expertise in Cloud Service delivery, including the technology involved, current developments, the most commonly available products, and the delivery of these services within a technical and business environment. Recognised technical experience in Cloud technologies - especially enterprise Microsoft 365 or relevant qualificiations in Cloud technologies. Recognised technical experience in security management and knowledge and experience of securing O365 Platforms and related tools. Stakeholder management at Exec and Ministerial level - this post holder will need to hold briefing sessions with the most senior members of the organisation and with Ministers, therefore excellent communication skills are required, to go along with deep technical understanding. The post holder will be working on a daily basis with technical teams and suppliers, so will need to be conversant with all the technical complexities of the solutions. They will also need to be able to explain, persuade and update business stakeholders and the wider organisation and beyond with respect to Cloud Centre of Excellence matters. The Application Services Delivery Lead will have an expert-level and broad knowledge of ICT cloud technologies with an excellent understanding of how enterprise Microsoft 365, Dynamics and AAD services relate to other areas of ICT and how they impact on other business functions. The Delivery Lead will have previous experience of business transformation using Microsoft 365 and Dynamics products. Experience in the effective delivery and development of enterprise Microsoft Authentication and 365 Services including (but not limited to) AAD, Office365, Exchange Online, Sharepoint, Project, Teams, Yammer, Dynamics and Power Platform tools The Delivery Lead will have extensive and solid experience of delivering ICT application platform services, to policy and procedural standards, for a large, complex ICT delivery organisation. This will include expert knowledge of licencing and best practice implementations. Considerable, evidenceable experience managing wide-ranging and complex services in Microsoft 365, Dynamics and other Application Services platforms - including service level management and incident resolution. It is essential that the Delivery Lead is an expert in Agile delivery in order to develop and mature the capability of their multi-discipline team to provide the vital Cloud based services. They will have considerable experience in running Agile teams, championing Scrums and other Agile delivery metholodogies. Evidence of significant experience of operational, contractual and commercial management of complex services in a multi supplier outsourced environment as the technical owner responsible for these services.In order to deal with a wide range of suppliers and internal stakeholders, the post holder will need to be able to display technical gravitas and strong organisational and business awareness. Experience of representing a broad technical operational function at senior / executive level to enable strategic decision making by executive and non-technical stakeholders Experience of influencing senior stakeholders, suppliers and other senior members within and outside the DDTS structure to enable decision making on cloud services Establishing official and operative goals for the organisation/units and to establish a system of measuring effectiveness of goal attainment. Experience of establishing and monitoring procedures to control and regulate employee tasks and activities within a diverse function. Experience of establishing official and operative goals for the organisation/units and to establish a system of measuring effectiveness of goal attainment. People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. People Source specialise in technology recruitment across niche markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas...... click apply for full job details

Our client is looking for a permanent Application Security Architect to establish and permeate a Secure SDLC and 'secure by design' approach and practice throughout all our software engineering teams. The right candidate must have a good combination of technical, architecture and communication skills. They will work across a wide portfolio of applications, both legacy and new, covering a variety of development stack, software, services, API's and systems. Embedded in our Software Engineering team, s/he will provide in depth and practical secure development expertise to engineering, InfoSec, Data, IT and other teams. They will lead in the creation of secure software design, build and delivery standards, policies and procedures and they will provide security advice to colleagues. They will be monitoring, in conjunction with our Security Analysts, the security health of our Application estate, as well as our external attack surface (Cloud and OnPrem), as well as producing reports and continuously recommending improvements in our software security practices and controls, external and internal. The role will involve: Design secure software development and delivery systems with objectives like speed, scalability, robustness, zero-trust, automation and supportability at the core. Ensure that the application estate is built, deployed/delivered and operated securely, according to industry standards, as well as our own. Provide expert software security advice (design, coding, testing, etc) to the Software Engineering community, to InfoSec, DevOPS and other colleagues. Do research and regularly consult with colleagues Deliver secure software development training (e.g. OWASP Top10) Co-work with Security Analysts and other colleagues on software vulnerabilities and security issues: determine scope, severity and potential impact, recommend next steps, follow through with risk treatment and mitigation. Escalate issues, appropriately, to various teams and levels of authority inside the organisation. Act as the first Point of Contact (POC) for all application / software security issues, vulnerabilities, events, anomalies, incidents and investigations. Please apply for the role if you can advanced understanding and demonstrable practical experience with the SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle), e.g. in a Developer, SDET, Senior Tester/QA analyst, Application Architect, Product/API designer or similar role. You experience will include: Coding in more than one language from: C/C++/C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Angular, React. Working with (understanding, preventing and remedying) security issues in software architecture, software development, e.g. static and/or dynamic code analysis and tools, software dependency checking, OWASP Top10 testing, application threat modelling, SEI CERT C / J and good experience working in an Agile software development environment, with classic applications as well as microservices, using modern code processing and continuous integration and delivery tools (e.g. GitHub, Jenkins, Bamboo, etc) taking security policy statements and translating them into actual, implementable, security controls and techniques that can make our software applications demonstrably more secure and robust. An understanding of common information security management standards, frameworks, and laws / regulations: e.g. BSIMM, ISO 27001, GDPR, etc. Experience of open source security tools and how they could be used in an enterprise This role will allow 1 or 2 days a week working remotely with the rest being office based. The role is fully remote working while the COVID 19 measures are in place. It's a great role with great career and professional development opportunities. Please apply with your word CV for more information. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. Bowerford Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy...... click apply for full job details

Our client is looking for a Senior Security Operations Analyst to assess the effectiveness of security and risk management controls, to detect security issues, events and incidents. The analyst will be able to recommend appropriate and proportional actions to keep their data and operations, as well as our customers' data, safe. The successful candidate must have the ability to analyse disparate pieces of technical and non-technical information, from a variety of sources and in many formats, in order to quickly and accurately assess the scope, severity and potential impact of a security issue or vulnerability, or event, or incident and to work with other internal teams to take appropriate action on a timely basis and, at times, under pressure. The role will real-time monitor security systems, telemetry and threats supplied by various tools and systems: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (NIDS/NIPS, HIDS/HIPS), Log Monitoring, Traffic Inspection, Anomaly detection.. The Analyst will Monitor, react to, investigate and respond to all real or perceived information security and cyber related events, issues, incidents, threat and attacks within desired time scales. You will determine the severity of alerts and security vulnerabilities, assess potential impacts, recommend next steps, follow through with risk treatment and mitigation. You will successful candidate will have Experience securing and monitoring On-premise and Cloud based, as well as SaaS / hybrid, environments (applications, infrastructure, operations, processes, etc). Expertise in taking policy statements and translating them into actual, implementable, security controls that can be monitored, audited and constantly improved. Ability to judge their effectiveness and recommend improvements. Good understanding and demonstrable hands on experience with operating systems and tools (Linux/Unix preferred) and fundamental Internet technologies (routing, switching, DNS, etc), in an enterprise or service provider environment. Scripting and automation: Good ability to read and understand logs and alerts, to use specialist tools and programming / scripting languages (Python, Shell, PowerShell, etc), to automate tasks. Good, practical, knowledge of information security and cyber risk management technologies, tools, applications and systems, for both Cloud (preferred) and On-Premise. Understanding of common information security management standards, frameworks, and laws / regulations: e.g. CIS Top20, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST 800-53, BSIMM, etc; GDPR, etc. This is a very interesting and rewarding role working with a talented team. Please send in your word document CV to apply and more information. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. Bowerford Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy...... click apply for full job details

Our client is looking for a permanent Application Security Architect to establish and permeate a Secure SDLC and 'secure by design' approach and practice throughout all our software engineering teams. The right candidate must have a good combination of technical, architecture and communication skills. They will work across a wide portfolio of applications, both legacy and new, covering a variety of development stack, software, services, API's and systems. Embedded in our Software Engineering team, s/he will provide in depth and practical secure development expertise to engineering, InfoSec, Data, IT and other teams. They will lead in the creation of secure software design, build and delivery standards, policies and procedures and they will provide security advice to colleagues. They will be monitoring, in conjunction with our Security Analysts, the security health of our Application estate, as well as our external attack surface (Cloud and OnPrem), as well as producing reports and continuously recommending improvements in our software security practices and controls, external and internal. The role will involve: Design secure software development and delivery systems with objectives like speed, scalability, robustness, zero-trust, automation and supportability at the core. Ensure that the application estate is built, deployed/delivered and operated securely, according to industry standards, as well as our own. Provide expert software security advice (design, coding, testing, etc) to the Software Engineering community, to InfoSec, DevOPS and other colleagues. Do research and regularly consult with colleagues Deliver secure software development training (e.g. OWASP Top10) Co-work with Security Analysts and other colleagues on software vulnerabilities and security issues: determine scope, severity and potential impact, recommend next steps, follow through with risk treatment and mitigation. Escalate issues, appropriately, to various teams and levels of authority inside the organisation. Act as the first Point of Contact (POC) for all application / software security issues, vulnerabilities, events, anomalies, incidents and investigations. Please apply for the role if you can advanced understanding and demonstrable practical experience with the SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle), e.g. in a Developer, SDET, Senior Tester/QA analyst, Application Architect, Product/API designer or similar role. You experience will include: Coding in more than one language from: C/C++/C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Angular, React. Working with (understanding, preventing and remedying) security issues in software architecture, software development, e.g. static and/or dynamic code analysis and tools, software dependency checking, OWASP Top10 testing, application threat modelling, SEI CERT C / J and good experience working in an Agile software development environment, with classic applications as well as microservices, using modern code processing and continuous integration and delivery tools (e.g. GitHub, Jenkins, Bamboo, etc) taking security policy statements and translating them into actual, implementable, security controls and techniques that can make our software applications demonstrably more secure and robust. An understanding of common information security management standards, frameworks, and laws / regulations: e.g. BSIMM, ISO 27001, GDPR, etc. Experience of open source security tools and how they could be used in an enterprise This role will allow 1 or 2 days a week working remotely with the rest being office based. The role is fully remote working while the COVID 19 measures are in place. It's a great role with great career and professional development opportunities. Please apply with your word CV for more information. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. Bowerford Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy...... click apply for full job details

The client: An exciting, growing, robotics startup based in the Reading area. They have been growing steadily throughout the last two years and now due to customer demand they are expanding again. The ideal candidate: Degree qualified Robotics Software Engineer with commercial experience developing robotic devices, confident programming in Python or C++ but ideally both. You will be passionate about all things robotics and know ROS inside and out. You will be keen to join a growing team, work in a collaborative agile environment and enjoy taking on new challenges and problem solving. The Role : You'll be involved in the full lifecycle of software development, from architectural design and planning, through to the delivery of well-designed, testable and efficient code. We're a close-knit team with a passion for robotics and new tech. Responsibilities will include: Write well-designed, testable code. Integrate software components into a fully functional software system; Develop automated software test plans and quality assurance procedures; Document and maintain software functionality Your skills set: Proficiency in Robotics Operating System Experience as a Software Engineer/Developer on robotics projects Proficiency in Python and/or C++; Good understanding or proven experience in key robotics areas: motion planning, SLAM, manipulators (FK, IK, Robot arms), wheel/drive control, computer vision, autonomous intelligent systems, OpenCV, OMPL; Desirable: Understanding of networked systems and protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, other) Embedded systems, simulators (Gazebo), deploying code on hardware Flexibility in working hours and remote working is available for the right candidates along with a salary of up to £45,000...... click apply for full job details

Reporting directly to the Head of Software Engineering. You will be responsible for ensuring our systems run smoothly and are monitored constantly, responding to technical issues as they arise. You will provide and Identify technical solutions for both in house developers, clients and partners. You will keep the infrastructure up to date as the stack evolves. You will identify, implement and automate to enable better digital solutions in a shorter time-frame. A strong Junior or Mid-Level Engineer would be ideal for this role. However, excellent Senior Engineers will also be considered. WHAT YOU WILL DO: Design and implement our containerisation effort, using technologies like Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, and VSTS. Deliver CI, CD and Testing services for the development teams. Manage the daily operational requirements of our 100+ virtual Linux servers on a VMWare stack. Build and configure new server platforms for projects and the automated tooling to do so. Utilise monitoring tools like Zabbix and New Relic, to pro-actively identify and resolve (potential) problems. Troubleshoot issues across the entire stack - hardware, software, application and network. Support our development teams. Create and shape the design of our future infrastructure. Ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of our infrastructure. Document current and future processes and policies and making them repeatable. WHO YOU ARE: Relevant IT education (Bachelor/Master). Knowledge of configuration and provisioning (Terraform, Ansible). Sharing DevOps best practices, leading by example. Experience with Agile/Scrum/Kanban is an advantage. Experience with RDBS support is a plus. Working experience with configuring and managing Linux servers. Experience with debugging a complex multi-server application. Understanding of network protocols - TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, etc. Experience with the management of networks and routers. Independence, flexibility and good communication skills. Utilising best practises of Infrastructure as Code & Configuration as Code. Open mindset to explore best solutions to reduce operational risk. Scripting and programming skills. Knowledge of RESTful API's, Java, Git and Docker. WHAT DO WE OFFER YOU: An attractive salary and pension. Flexible working, the ability to work from home occasionally. Currently everyone is WFH 100% Working with high profile clients, and awesome colleagues Challenging, impactful projects. Professional development...... click apply for full job details

Software Developer 51Degrees provides fast, real time digital data services. We count the world's best-known businesses amongst our customers and collaborators, and we take pride in listening to our customers, challenging them if we think we have some better ideas and options and then delivering solutions that are simple and technically intuitive. Position: Software Developer Location: Central Reading, close to Reading Railway Station Job Type: Full Time, Permanent Hours: 9.00am-5.30pm Salary: c£40,000 per annum Benefits: Company pension, 28 days holiday (pro rata), 3 optional training days (pro rata), discretional annual bonus. About the role: Sitting within our highly skilled Product team, you will be responsible for creating quality, high performing code, you will design and produce technical solutions to address business need. This is a critical role where you will be expected to communicate complex technical issues in a simple way and always look for the simplest solution to a business / customer problem. Based in our modern, central Reading office, you will sit amongst a team of 4 other Developers and report to the Operations Director. Responsibilities: • Batch data processing and aggregation in .NET • End user APIs in various languages • Cloud services in .NET and Azure • Data entry systems in .NET web technologies • Assisting other team members in their understanding of 51D technologies and products. • Contribute to open source repositories via Git and associated packages in PyPy, NuGet, Maven, Composer and NPM among others. • Monitor on-line forums (like GitHub issues) and 51D web site to promote 51D and its products. • Produce one article a month on a technical subject agreed with colleagues • Out of hours technical support on a rota basis About you: • Minimum 4 years experience of software development ideally in web environment. • Minimum 4 years experience with C/C++, Python, Perl, C#, Java and PHP web technologies. • Experience with Go Language would be an added advantage • Experience of Linux and Windows operating systems. • High volume web site development with demonstrations available. • Authoring and signing off detailed requirements documents. • Personal accountability for the success of a software project. You may have experience of the following: Software Developer. Web Developer, Developer, C#, Mobile Application Developer, SQL, Programmer, Dev Ops Engineer, Software Development Engineer, etc...... click apply for full job details