Role Summary
Be at the forefront of ICT improvements and transformation within the Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS). We are seeking a visionary leader to shape our future ICT and digital strategy, make further improvements to our infrastructure and ensure our ICT systems are resilient, reliable, and accessible to all staff 24/7.
This is a new role leading the development of an integrated ICT strategy and technology roadmap and overseeing the delivery of technology initiatives. This business-critical position will require you to work effectively with key stakeholders to create and implement an ICT strategy which aligns with our organisational goals and ambitions, ensures the integration and enhancement of our systems and improved user experience.
This role will require an ambitious, forward-thinking individual who has the technical knowledge, drive and passion to make a big difference. You will have a unique opportunity to make the role your own and bring your experience, ideas, influencing skills and technical expertise to our organisation. With challenging budgets, a creative and innovative approach is key, as is the exploration of potential funding sources.
Some of the things you’ll be doing
Strategic Leadership : Drive continuous improvement, culture change, and effective performance management. Act as the advocate for AF&RS’s digital vision, engaging leadership and representing AF&RS in local and national digital forums.
Expert Consultation : Offer expert guidance on ICT matters to senior stakeholders and the Fire Authority, enabling discussions on modern ICT and digital technology.
System Management : Ensure the efficiency, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of ICT systems and technology. Oversee external IT helpdesk providers and business continuity plans.
Infrastructure Enhancement : Drive continual improvements to the ICT infrastructure to ensure a solid foundation and enhanced user experience. Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement improvements, presenting robust business cases for investment.
Digital Horizon-Scanning : Stay updated on digital developments and evaluate new technologies potential benefits, risks, and affordability aligned with the ICT strategy.
Strategy Development : Lead the creation and implementation of AF&RS’s cohesive ICT and Digital Strategy, fostering innovative and integrated improvements.
Project Oversight : Oversee the successful delivery of all ICT, digital, and systems projects. Establish governance structures, aligning with the ICT strategy and legal compliance.
Change Management : Implement efficient change processes, improving service quality and business continuity while minimising disruption.
Risk Management: Proactively assess and monitor ICT-related risks across AF&RS, implementing effective controls and mitigations.
Resource Optimisation : Develop an appropriate ICT organisational structure, optimising internal and external resources to ensure delivery and an integrated approach.
Team Leadership : Provide training and mentoring to internal ICT staff, fostering a responsive and agile cross-functional team.
Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with stakeholders across AF&RS, building strong internal networks to maximise technology benefits.
Policy Implementation : Develop and implement up-to-date ICT policies ensuring robust controls across AF&RS. Liaise with internal data protection teams, ensuring ICT developments are compliant with relevant information legislation. Act as the Deputy Senior Risk Owner ensuring high-quality governance standards and compliance.
Training Alignment : Identify and evaluate ICT training aligned with the ICT strategy and budget requirements.
Budget Management : Manage ICT budgets aligned with the ICT strategy, forecasting and reviewing budgetary arrangements and exploring potential funding opportunities.
What we’ll need from you:
Essential:
Proven experience in senior ICT leadership role, driving digital transformation and strategy (ideally within the emergency services or public sector – but not essential).
Demonstrable experience in design, sourcing, transition, delivery and implementation of new technology and data capabilities.
Excellent up-to-date technical knowledge of ICT and the technology landscape.
Extensive knowledge of digital, data and technology regulations and best practice methodologies (e.g. ITIL, ISO) and performance benchmarking. You will also maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of ICT and the technology landscape.
Significant experience of leading and managing high performing teams (via direct or matrix management).
Proven experience of strategic service planning, business processes, developing, leading, and implementing IT/ICT strategies and change programs.
Experience of successfully managing high quality business-as-usual (BAU) ICT, while also inspiring, leading, and driving innovative solutions.
Proven experience of proactively managing business continuity and cyber security arrangements.
Significant experience of dealing with vendors and third parties including experience of procuring, negotiating, and robustly managing business-critical service contractors.
Degree level education, or equivalent, in business, computer science or a related field of study, or proven relevant business experience.
Professional ICT qualifications (such as ITIL or accredited status such as Chartered IT Professional CITP), or equivalent through a combination of proven relevant training, experience and evidenced continuing professional development.
Highly effective communication and influencing skills across the full breadth of written, verbal, presentation, and digital media. You will be able to engage, advise and explain technical matters in a non-technical way.
Adaptable, inclusive, and values-based leadership and people management skills.
Relationship building and collaboration skills with the ability to influence strategic thinking and approaches to complex service issues.
Strong analytical, research, numerical and decision-making skills, to deal with complex service delivery.
Ability to manage and prioritise high workloads, with pressing and conflicting deadlines.
Desirable:
Comprehensive budget-creation and budget-management experience including identifying and evaluating opportunities, negotiation, and delivering efficiencies.
Experience of working in a climate of transformation and/or continuous improvement and supporting others in uncertain times.
Experience of working for an emergency service or local authority.
Experience of Information and Data Governance and/or of being a Senior Risk Information Officer (SIRO) or Deputy SIRO.
Experience of portfolio and project management methodologies and tailoring these for significant ICT projects and organisational context.
Proven ICT risk management experience.
High level of political awareness and acuity to interact with senior stakeholders and elected Members.
Foundation or Practitioner level qualification in programme or project management.
What you can expect in return
27 days annual holiday (plus public holidays) rising to 31 days after 5 years, and 32 after 10 years of service
Local Government Pension - Defined Benefit Scheme
Flexible and hybrid working
Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Welfare and Wellbeing services
Staff Engagement Groups
Access to a Medical Intervention Scheme which can support staff to access private medical assessments and treatments
Access to Blue Light card with offers online and high street discounts
Use of the multi-gym, sports hall, restaurant, free parking, and beautiful open surroundings at our Headquarters in Portishead
Please note - as this post is based at our Headquarters which we share with Avon & Somerset Police, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a security clearance check & DBS check.
Further Information
If you would like to have an informal conversation with the hiring manager for this role please contact recruitment@avonfire.gov.uk to request this.
How to apply: The full job description can be found on our careers pages: Head of ICT | Yes You Can! The Avon Fire & Rescue Service Job . Once you have read the job description please submit a tailored CV demonstrating how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role.
Late applications will not be accepted. Please quote job reference number 1023 [JD number] on any communications. Thank you.
Avon Fire & Rescue Service is committed to securing equality of opportunity. W e welcome applications from all members of our community who are currently under-represented at Avon Fire & Rescue Service, particularly women, Disabled people and members of ethnic minority communities.
Dec 20, 2023
Full time
Role Summary
Be at the forefront of ICT improvements and transformation within the Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS). We are seeking a visionary leader to shape our future ICT and digital strategy, make further improvements to our infrastructure and ensure our ICT systems are resilient, reliable, and accessible to all staff 24/7.
This is a new role leading the development of an integrated ICT strategy and technology roadmap and overseeing the delivery of technology initiatives. This business-critical position will require you to work effectively with key stakeholders to create and implement an ICT strategy which aligns with our organisational goals and ambitions, ensures the integration and enhancement of our systems and improved user experience.
This role will require an ambitious, forward-thinking individual who has the technical knowledge, drive and passion to make a big difference. You will have a unique opportunity to make the role your own and bring your experience, ideas, influencing skills and technical expertise to our organisation. With challenging budgets, a creative and innovative approach is key, as is the exploration of potential funding sources.
Some of the things you’ll be doing
Strategic Leadership : Drive continuous improvement, culture change, and effective performance management. Act as the advocate for AF&RS’s digital vision, engaging leadership and representing AF&RS in local and national digital forums.
Expert Consultation : Offer expert guidance on ICT matters to senior stakeholders and the Fire Authority, enabling discussions on modern ICT and digital technology.
System Management : Ensure the efficiency, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of ICT systems and technology. Oversee external IT helpdesk providers and business continuity plans.
Infrastructure Enhancement : Drive continual improvements to the ICT infrastructure to ensure a solid foundation and enhanced user experience. Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement improvements, presenting robust business cases for investment.
Digital Horizon-Scanning : Stay updated on digital developments and evaluate new technologies potential benefits, risks, and affordability aligned with the ICT strategy.
Strategy Development : Lead the creation and implementation of AF&RS’s cohesive ICT and Digital Strategy, fostering innovative and integrated improvements.
Project Oversight : Oversee the successful delivery of all ICT, digital, and systems projects. Establish governance structures, aligning with the ICT strategy and legal compliance.
Change Management : Implement efficient change processes, improving service quality and business continuity while minimising disruption.
Risk Management: Proactively assess and monitor ICT-related risks across AF&RS, implementing effective controls and mitigations.
Resource Optimisation : Develop an appropriate ICT organisational structure, optimising internal and external resources to ensure delivery and an integrated approach.
Team Leadership : Provide training and mentoring to internal ICT staff, fostering a responsive and agile cross-functional team.
Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with stakeholders across AF&RS, building strong internal networks to maximise technology benefits.
Policy Implementation : Develop and implement up-to-date ICT policies ensuring robust controls across AF&RS. Liaise with internal data protection teams, ensuring ICT developments are compliant with relevant information legislation. Act as the Deputy Senior Risk Owner ensuring high-quality governance standards and compliance.
Training Alignment : Identify and evaluate ICT training aligned with the ICT strategy and budget requirements.
Budget Management : Manage ICT budgets aligned with the ICT strategy, forecasting and reviewing budgetary arrangements and exploring potential funding opportunities.
What we’ll need from you:
Essential:
Proven experience in senior ICT leadership role, driving digital transformation and strategy (ideally within the emergency services or public sector – but not essential).
Demonstrable experience in design, sourcing, transition, delivery and implementation of new technology and data capabilities.
Excellent up-to-date technical knowledge of ICT and the technology landscape.
Extensive knowledge of digital, data and technology regulations and best practice methodologies (e.g. ITIL, ISO) and performance benchmarking. You will also maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of ICT and the technology landscape.
Significant experience of leading and managing high performing teams (via direct or matrix management).
Proven experience of strategic service planning, business processes, developing, leading, and implementing IT/ICT strategies and change programs.
Experience of successfully managing high quality business-as-usual (BAU) ICT, while also inspiring, leading, and driving innovative solutions.
Proven experience of proactively managing business continuity and cyber security arrangements.
Significant experience of dealing with vendors and third parties including experience of procuring, negotiating, and robustly managing business-critical service contractors.
Degree level education, or equivalent, in business, computer science or a related field of study, or proven relevant business experience.
Professional ICT qualifications (such as ITIL or accredited status such as Chartered IT Professional CITP), or equivalent through a combination of proven relevant training, experience and evidenced continuing professional development.
Highly effective communication and influencing skills across the full breadth of written, verbal, presentation, and digital media. You will be able to engage, advise and explain technical matters in a non-technical way.
Adaptable, inclusive, and values-based leadership and people management skills.
Relationship building and collaboration skills with the ability to influence strategic thinking and approaches to complex service issues.
Strong analytical, research, numerical and decision-making skills, to deal with complex service delivery.
Ability to manage and prioritise high workloads, with pressing and conflicting deadlines.
Desirable:
Comprehensive budget-creation and budget-management experience including identifying and evaluating opportunities, negotiation, and delivering efficiencies.
Experience of working in a climate of transformation and/or continuous improvement and supporting others in uncertain times.
Experience of working for an emergency service or local authority.
Experience of Information and Data Governance and/or of being a Senior Risk Information Officer (SIRO) or Deputy SIRO.
Experience of portfolio and project management methodologies and tailoring these for significant ICT projects and organisational context.
Proven ICT risk management experience.
High level of political awareness and acuity to interact with senior stakeholders and elected Members.
Foundation or Practitioner level qualification in programme or project management.
What you can expect in return
27 days annual holiday (plus public holidays) rising to 31 days after 5 years, and 32 after 10 years of service
Local Government Pension - Defined Benefit Scheme
Flexible and hybrid working
Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Welfare and Wellbeing services
Staff Engagement Groups
Access to a Medical Intervention Scheme which can support staff to access private medical assessments and treatments
Access to Blue Light card with offers online and high street discounts
Use of the multi-gym, sports hall, restaurant, free parking, and beautiful open surroundings at our Headquarters in Portishead
Please note - as this post is based at our Headquarters which we share with Avon & Somerset Police, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a security clearance check & DBS check.
Further Information
If you would like to have an informal conversation with the hiring manager for this role please contact recruitment@avonfire.gov.uk to request this.
How to apply: The full job description can be found on our careers pages: Head of ICT | Yes You Can! The Avon Fire & Rescue Service Job . Once you have read the job description please submit a tailored CV demonstrating how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role.
Late applications will not be accepted. Please quote job reference number 1023 [JD number] on any communications. Thank you.
Avon Fire & Rescue Service is committed to securing equality of opportunity. W e welcome applications from all members of our community who are currently under-represented at Avon Fire & Rescue Service, particularly women, Disabled people and members of ethnic minority communities.
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
Balloch, West Dunbartonshire
ICT Infrastructure Engineer (M365)
Salary : £33,622 - £40,473 per annum
Contract: Permanent - Full Time, we are happy to talk part-time and flexible working
Location: Balloch – with hybrid working model in place
Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful and scenic landscapes in the world?
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park covers over 720 square miles of Scotland’s finest countryside which welcomes over 4 million visitors each year. From the stunning sea lochs and rugged coastline through the majestic glens and breath-taking Loch, Scotland’s first National Park truly is a magical place to live or visit and an incredible place to work.
The role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced ICT Infrastructure Engineer to join our small, dedicated team providing ICT support services for Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park. This is a rare opportunity to join a fast paced and high performing organisation at a truly exciting time for the Information Services team as we expand our use of Microsoft 365, look towards full Cloud adoption and being planning on our new Digital Strategy.
An experienced professional, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, you will have a proven track record in supporting, developing, and securing M365, Azure and Cloud based platforms, from user and app management to compliance and governance aspects as well as on site infrastructure (such as networking equipment, Microsoft Server, and VMware virtual environments)
As someone who has a background in both Microsoft 365 and Azure and on-premise technologies, you will understand how to organise and prioritise a varied workload to meet deadlines all while being confident, credible, proactive, and creative when driving quality improvement and good practice.
Responsibilities:
Provide administration and support of secure and efficient IT, telephony, data, and intranet systems, which support the business needs of the organisation, including M365, server 2016-19, networking, ICT Helpdesk (end-user support), cyber security, ongoing maintenance, system development and business continuity.
Lead the planning, implementation, administration, and development of the organisations M365 tenancy and applications.
Support the development & implementation of new technologies by advising on design concepts & changes, implementation strategies & deployment timelines.
Contribute with modern thinking regarding Infrastructure technologies to assist in the digitalization of the business.
Undertake defined support activities including performing Scheduled Maintenance (controlled upgrades and fixes), testing, problem diagnosis and Root-cause Analysis, resolving subsequent issues within agreed parameters.
Provide advice and information on matters relating to Information Services systems and software, and ICT\GIS team service delivery, and support the effective monitoring of all such systems and services.
Contribute to developing and supporting awareness initiatives, including training and the production of user guides, to promote more effective, efficient, and sustainable use of the organisation’s Information Services resources.
Assist with the provision of effective Information Services administration by maintaining key documents and records such as Asset Registers, Network Diagrams, Technical procedures, and configuration documents.
Document technical procedures and routines and assist in the production and publication of all Information Services service standards and make recommendations for policy or action.
Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as required.
Who we are looking for:
Your skills, abilities and experience should include:
Demonstrable relevant experience of working in a similar role
Experience of developing and supporting M365, including Azure AD, Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune, Autopilot and O365 Apps
Experience of developing and supporting M365 Power Platform services, such as Power BI and Power Automate.
Demonstrable technical ability
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
The ability to adapt and to learn new skills and technologies
A recognised computing or other relevant qualification at Degree level or equivalent, or equivalent relevant experience
Ideally, but not essential, you’ll also have:
Experience of Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a service
Strong knowledge of security solutions including firewalls, antivirus, intrusion detection, network monitoring and MDM systems
Strong knowledge and understanding of M365
Strong knowledge and understanding of Active Directory and Group policy
Relevant Microsoft Qualifications
Who we are and our values:
We offer flexible and remote working, with a generous pension scheme and annual leave allowance. Staff have access to wellbeing services and there is a strong focus on wellbeing throughout the organisation.
Being part of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority means being passionate about what you do, working hard to inspire and lead the way for others. We care about each other and are accessible and friendly treating each other with respect and understanding, we think about our planet with each decision we make. Together, we are the difference.
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority are proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience is vital in our success we want our business to be representative to the communities we work alongside. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Closing date: 3 January 2024.
Interview dates are set for: w/c 15 January 2024.
Dec 07, 2023
Full time
ICT Infrastructure Engineer (M365)
Salary : £33,622 - £40,473 per annum
Contract: Permanent - Full Time, we are happy to talk part-time and flexible working
Location: Balloch – with hybrid working model in place
Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful and scenic landscapes in the world?
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park covers over 720 square miles of Scotland’s finest countryside which welcomes over 4 million visitors each year. From the stunning sea lochs and rugged coastline through the majestic glens and breath-taking Loch, Scotland’s first National Park truly is a magical place to live or visit and an incredible place to work.
The role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced ICT Infrastructure Engineer to join our small, dedicated team providing ICT support services for Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park. This is a rare opportunity to join a fast paced and high performing organisation at a truly exciting time for the Information Services team as we expand our use of Microsoft 365, look towards full Cloud adoption and being planning on our new Digital Strategy.
An experienced professional, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, you will have a proven track record in supporting, developing, and securing M365, Azure and Cloud based platforms, from user and app management to compliance and governance aspects as well as on site infrastructure (such as networking equipment, Microsoft Server, and VMware virtual environments)
As someone who has a background in both Microsoft 365 and Azure and on-premise technologies, you will understand how to organise and prioritise a varied workload to meet deadlines all while being confident, credible, proactive, and creative when driving quality improvement and good practice.
Responsibilities:
Provide administration and support of secure and efficient IT, telephony, data, and intranet systems, which support the business needs of the organisation, including M365, server 2016-19, networking, ICT Helpdesk (end-user support), cyber security, ongoing maintenance, system development and business continuity.
Lead the planning, implementation, administration, and development of the organisations M365 tenancy and applications.
Support the development & implementation of new technologies by advising on design concepts & changes, implementation strategies & deployment timelines.
Contribute with modern thinking regarding Infrastructure technologies to assist in the digitalization of the business.
Undertake defined support activities including performing Scheduled Maintenance (controlled upgrades and fixes), testing, problem diagnosis and Root-cause Analysis, resolving subsequent issues within agreed parameters.
Provide advice and information on matters relating to Information Services systems and software, and ICT\GIS team service delivery, and support the effective monitoring of all such systems and services.
Contribute to developing and supporting awareness initiatives, including training and the production of user guides, to promote more effective, efficient, and sustainable use of the organisation’s Information Services resources.
Assist with the provision of effective Information Services administration by maintaining key documents and records such as Asset Registers, Network Diagrams, Technical procedures, and configuration documents.
Document technical procedures and routines and assist in the production and publication of all Information Services service standards and make recommendations for policy or action.
Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as required.
Who we are looking for:
Your skills, abilities and experience should include:
Demonstrable relevant experience of working in a similar role
Experience of developing and supporting M365, including Azure AD, Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune, Autopilot and O365 Apps
Experience of developing and supporting M365 Power Platform services, such as Power BI and Power Automate.
Demonstrable technical ability
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
The ability to adapt and to learn new skills and technologies
A recognised computing or other relevant qualification at Degree level or equivalent, or equivalent relevant experience
Ideally, but not essential, you’ll also have:
Experience of Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a service
Strong knowledge of security solutions including firewalls, antivirus, intrusion detection, network monitoring and MDM systems
Strong knowledge and understanding of M365
Strong knowledge and understanding of Active Directory and Group policy
Relevant Microsoft Qualifications
Who we are and our values:
We offer flexible and remote working, with a generous pension scheme and annual leave allowance. Staff have access to wellbeing services and there is a strong focus on wellbeing throughout the organisation.
Being part of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority means being passionate about what you do, working hard to inspire and lead the way for others. We care about each other and are accessible and friendly treating each other with respect and understanding, we think about our planet with each decision we make. Together, we are the difference.
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority are proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience is vital in our success we want our business to be representative to the communities we work alongside. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Closing date: 3 January 2024.
Interview dates are set for: w/c 15 January 2024.
The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
The mission of the King Edward VI Foundation (the “Foundation”) is to make Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK. A progressive, influential educational charity, King Edward VI Foundation’s reputation is underpinned by a long and distinguished history. King Edward’s School was established in 1552 by King Edward VI, part of the early growth of secular education in England. In the late 19th century, our five grammar schools and King Edward VI High School for Girls were an early step in extending secondary education for girls and boys.
The 21st century has brought the formation of the King Edward VI Academy Trust, a means of expanding from our original five grammar schools to a current family of eleven academies and two independent schools. Six of the academies are selective; five are comprehensive, some serving Birmingham’s most deprived communities. To serve the city’s children, we recognise that we need to provide a diverse range of schools: independent as well as Academies, selective and also comprehensive. And we believe that those schools need to be accessible to all, regardless of ethnic, religious and social background.
The further development of digital practices and use of technology is integral to the above, and the purpose of this role is to nurture and support this development via the organisation’s Single Central Enterprise Platform (SCEP), among other priorities. The SCEP, running on Microsoft 365, provides a solution to the organisation for collaboration and communication.
We are looking to appoint a well-qualified, experienced and highly motivated individual to join the central Digital and Technology team and fulfil this critical position to manage the organisation’s Single Central Enterprise Platform (SCEP), running on Microsoft 365.
Our schools have achieved great things by managing their individual digital initiatives, particularly during the pandemic. Now it is time for all parts of the organisation to work collectively in advancing and joining up its digital infrastructure and thereby contributing to the Foundation’s work towards achieving its objectives and realising its mission.
The person appointed will have extensive knowledge of using and configuring the latest M365 technologies in addition to managing, configuring and administrating a shared tenancy for a complex organisation, InTune, Sharepoint, Teams, OneDrive, Outlook and more. Experience of working in an educational environment is desirable. The person appointed must be committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the students at the school.
As a central support service, our working model must be driven by the needs of our schools. Therefore, please be aware that staff are required to take the majority of annual leave during non-term time.
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.
Principal responsibilities and duties
Be the central point of contact for all matters relating the Microsoft 365 Single Central Enterprise Platform (SCEP).
Be responsible for Exchange, End point manager, SharePoint online, Power Apps, Power Automate, Intune, O365 security compliance, DLP.
Monitor M365 and react accordingly to any data or cyber-security concerns.
Be responsible for ensuring that administrative rights of users are monitored and controlled appropriately.
Ensure effective change controls are implemented to allow the multiple organisations of the organisation to co-exist within a shared environment.
Responsibility for ensuring that the organisation’s email protection solutions are monitored and that any held/delayed emails are released within a timely manner.
The backup of M365 is automated using an external solution, however the post holder will be responsible for monitoring this service to assure compliance and disaster recovery readiness in the event of a critical incident.
Create policy documents for consumption across the organisation.
Ensure that the M365 SCEP meets and maintains compliance with the DfE’s Digital and Technology standards for schools and colleges.
Work closely and collaboratively with our schools, in particular the school-based technical leads to ensure the M365 SCEP meets operational needs.
Provide additional capacity to the Digital and Technology team with migrating schools to the M365 SCEP on an ad-hoc basis to
Work or support any work undertaken with any third-parties as required to deliver the responsibilities listed above.
As a central support service, our working model must be driven by the needs of our schools. Therefore, please be aware that staff are required to take the majority of annual leave during non-term time.
General responsibilities and duties
To develop a clear understanding of the Foundation’s vision, mission and strategic aims and to actively support these.
To remain up to date with the Foundation’s policies, procedures and code of conduct and always uphold these.
To remain committed to the safeguarding of all of our students.
To identify and undertake relevant training to enable continuing professional development, where resources allow.
To prepare for and proactively engage in the performance review cycle with your line manager.
To attend appropriate internal and external meetings, as directed by your line manager.
To undertake such other duties as are agreed as being in keeping with the general nature of the job and its grade.
The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced DBS check.
This job description reflects the current requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and develop due to changes in organisational and other circumstances, so the actual duties and responsibilities will vary from the particulars of this job description. Job descriptions will be updated or amended from time to time to reflect such changes.
Person Specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
Extensive knowledge of using and configuring latest M365 technologies
Experience and knowledge of managing, configuring and administrating a shared tenancy for a complex organisation, InTune, Sharepoint, Teams, OneDrive, Outlook
Experience of managing organisation wide IT projects and engaging with key stakeholders with the aim of standardisation, unification and simplification
Experience of contributing to a process improvement or change project
Experience of managing contracts with suppliers
Knowledge of infrastructure, software solutions, Microsoft Server technologies, networking, security and storage systems
Demonstrable experience of working in an IT /technical management environment within an educational organisational setting
Desirable
Education sector experience
Prior experience of working within a similar role
Practical experience of cloud migrations
Experience with wider infrastructure technologies
Skilled at providing training and support
Qualifications
Essential
University degree in computing or related or equivalent work experience
Desirable
Current and relevant Microsoft Certification
Competencies & Skills
Essential
Demonstrable experience of supporting a shared M365 environment
Technical IT skills
Strong communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Demonstrates a strong commitment to providing excellent customer service
Task delivery, accuracy, detail and completion
Good project management skills; systematic approach to problem solving
Demonstrable good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work well under pressure
Strong ability to work as a part of a team
Aptitude and attitude appropriate for development within the role.
Ability to deliver quality support and to deliver at pace
Flexible and proactive (ability to drive change)
Ability to influence and persuade others
Training & presenting skills
Ability to work flexible hours
Experience using Microsoft Learn to assimilate required knowledge
Desirable
Training & presenting skills
Ability to work flexible hours
Experience using Microsoft Learn to assimilate required knowledge
A full job description and an application pack for this post, can be found at: https://www.schoolsofkingedwardvi.co.uk/foundation/job-opportunities/
Jun 23, 2023
Full time
The mission of the King Edward VI Foundation (the “Foundation”) is to make Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK. A progressive, influential educational charity, King Edward VI Foundation’s reputation is underpinned by a long and distinguished history. King Edward’s School was established in 1552 by King Edward VI, part of the early growth of secular education in England. In the late 19th century, our five grammar schools and King Edward VI High School for Girls were an early step in extending secondary education for girls and boys.
The 21st century has brought the formation of the King Edward VI Academy Trust, a means of expanding from our original five grammar schools to a current family of eleven academies and two independent schools. Six of the academies are selective; five are comprehensive, some serving Birmingham’s most deprived communities. To serve the city’s children, we recognise that we need to provide a diverse range of schools: independent as well as Academies, selective and also comprehensive. And we believe that those schools need to be accessible to all, regardless of ethnic, religious and social background.
The further development of digital practices and use of technology is integral to the above, and the purpose of this role is to nurture and support this development via the organisation’s Single Central Enterprise Platform (SCEP), among other priorities. The SCEP, running on Microsoft 365, provides a solution to the organisation for collaboration and communication.
We are looking to appoint a well-qualified, experienced and highly motivated individual to join the central Digital and Technology team and fulfil this critical position to manage the organisation’s Single Central Enterprise Platform (SCEP), running on Microsoft 365.
Our schools have achieved great things by managing their individual digital initiatives, particularly during the pandemic. Now it is time for all parts of the organisation to work collectively in advancing and joining up its digital infrastructure and thereby contributing to the Foundation’s work towards achieving its objectives and realising its mission.
The person appointed will have extensive knowledge of using and configuring the latest M365 technologies in addition to managing, configuring and administrating a shared tenancy for a complex organisation, InTune, Sharepoint, Teams, OneDrive, Outlook and more. Experience of working in an educational environment is desirable. The person appointed must be committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the students at the school.
As a central support service, our working model must be driven by the needs of our schools. Therefore, please be aware that staff are required to take the majority of annual leave during non-term time.
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.
Principal responsibilities and duties
Be the central point of contact for all matters relating the Microsoft 365 Single Central Enterprise Platform (SCEP).
Be responsible for Exchange, End point manager, SharePoint online, Power Apps, Power Automate, Intune, O365 security compliance, DLP.
Monitor M365 and react accordingly to any data or cyber-security concerns.
Be responsible for ensuring that administrative rights of users are monitored and controlled appropriately.
Ensure effective change controls are implemented to allow the multiple organisations of the organisation to co-exist within a shared environment.
Responsibility for ensuring that the organisation’s email protection solutions are monitored and that any held/delayed emails are released within a timely manner.
The backup of M365 is automated using an external solution, however the post holder will be responsible for monitoring this service to assure compliance and disaster recovery readiness in the event of a critical incident.
Create policy documents for consumption across the organisation.
Ensure that the M365 SCEP meets and maintains compliance with the DfE’s Digital and Technology standards for schools and colleges.
Work closely and collaboratively with our schools, in particular the school-based technical leads to ensure the M365 SCEP meets operational needs.
Provide additional capacity to the Digital and Technology team with migrating schools to the M365 SCEP on an ad-hoc basis to
Work or support any work undertaken with any third-parties as required to deliver the responsibilities listed above.
As a central support service, our working model must be driven by the needs of our schools. Therefore, please be aware that staff are required to take the majority of annual leave during non-term time.
General responsibilities and duties
To develop a clear understanding of the Foundation’s vision, mission and strategic aims and to actively support these.
To remain up to date with the Foundation’s policies, procedures and code of conduct and always uphold these.
To remain committed to the safeguarding of all of our students.
To identify and undertake relevant training to enable continuing professional development, where resources allow.
To prepare for and proactively engage in the performance review cycle with your line manager.
To attend appropriate internal and external meetings, as directed by your line manager.
To undertake such other duties as are agreed as being in keeping with the general nature of the job and its grade.
The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced DBS check.
This job description reflects the current requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and develop due to changes in organisational and other circumstances, so the actual duties and responsibilities will vary from the particulars of this job description. Job descriptions will be updated or amended from time to time to reflect such changes.
Person Specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
Extensive knowledge of using and configuring latest M365 technologies
Experience and knowledge of managing, configuring and administrating a shared tenancy for a complex organisation, InTune, Sharepoint, Teams, OneDrive, Outlook
Experience of managing organisation wide IT projects and engaging with key stakeholders with the aim of standardisation, unification and simplification
Experience of contributing to a process improvement or change project
Experience of managing contracts with suppliers
Knowledge of infrastructure, software solutions, Microsoft Server technologies, networking, security and storage systems
Demonstrable experience of working in an IT /technical management environment within an educational organisational setting
Desirable
Education sector experience
Prior experience of working within a similar role
Practical experience of cloud migrations
Experience with wider infrastructure technologies
Skilled at providing training and support
Qualifications
Essential
University degree in computing or related or equivalent work experience
Desirable
Current and relevant Microsoft Certification
Competencies & Skills
Essential
Demonstrable experience of supporting a shared M365 environment
Technical IT skills
Strong communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Demonstrates a strong commitment to providing excellent customer service
Task delivery, accuracy, detail and completion
Good project management skills; systematic approach to problem solving
Demonstrable good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work well under pressure
Strong ability to work as a part of a team
Aptitude and attitude appropriate for development within the role.
Ability to deliver quality support and to deliver at pace
Flexible and proactive (ability to drive change)
Ability to influence and persuade others
Training & presenting skills
Ability to work flexible hours
Experience using Microsoft Learn to assimilate required knowledge
Desirable
Training & presenting skills
Ability to work flexible hours
Experience using Microsoft Learn to assimilate required knowledge
A full job description and an application pack for this post, can be found at: https://www.schoolsofkingedwardvi.co.uk/foundation/job-opportunities/
MBS have an exciting opportunity for an experienced IT Director to join our Colnbrook based team delivering IT services and infrastructure across our UK and European locations.
With a strong focus on customer service, you will be leading the decision-making process for scope and delivery of services to both internal and external customers. You will be responsible for providing network connectivity and software services and ensuring delivery of a scalable, secure, and resilient service.
In this role, you will be responsible for understanding the needs and developing the architecture of the company's information technology operations and infrastructure, including the creation and implementation of IT strategy, processes, services, and solutions to our users and customers across the different business units.
Part of this role will be the development of a business service to resell network services and you should have some experience of working with customers and developing a revenue generating service.
As IT Director, you will work closely with the senior management team to identify and prioritise technology initiatives that align with the company's goals in a fast pace and growing business.
You will also be responsible for developing and managing the IT budget and ensuring that all IT projects are completed on time and within budget limits.
The successful candidate will be agile, strategic as well as a good leader and communicator across all levels of the business. They will have a genuine drive to deliver high quality service, improve systems, resilience, and security across the business.
Mar 10, 2023
Full time
MBS have an exciting opportunity for an experienced IT Director to join our Colnbrook based team delivering IT services and infrastructure across our UK and European locations.
With a strong focus on customer service, you will be leading the decision-making process for scope and delivery of services to both internal and external customers. You will be responsible for providing network connectivity and software services and ensuring delivery of a scalable, secure, and resilient service.
In this role, you will be responsible for understanding the needs and developing the architecture of the company's information technology operations and infrastructure, including the creation and implementation of IT strategy, processes, services, and solutions to our users and customers across the different business units.
Part of this role will be the development of a business service to resell network services and you should have some experience of working with customers and developing a revenue generating service.
As IT Director, you will work closely with the senior management team to identify and prioritise technology initiatives that align with the company's goals in a fast pace and growing business.
You will also be responsible for developing and managing the IT budget and ensuring that all IT projects are completed on time and within budget limits.
The successful candidate will be agile, strategic as well as a good leader and communicator across all levels of the business. They will have a genuine drive to deliver high quality service, improve systems, resilience, and security across the business.
About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide.
It’s an exciting time to work for Guinness in our IT and Business Change Team. We’ve recently reviewed our operating model to ensure we have the right skills and the people we need to deliver our ambitious plans. In turn we are out to market for an exciting number of new roles.
We’re looking for a Solutions Architect to join us on a permanent, full-time basis. This role is based in our Oldham office however Guinness is currently trialling a hybrid working model based on 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.
About the role
You will be responsible for Leading and developing the Solution Architecture / System Design artifacts needed to effectively deliver the IT/IM Roadmap and change portfolio in line with the Guinness IT and business strategy including promoting the use of new technologies that deliver business benefit to Guinness.
As an organisation we are committed to investing in our people and in technology that will continue to support our strategic aims and enable continued business improvement through the implementation of our IT / IM Roadmap. Our Roadmap is exciting – it is based on the principle of Cloud first, establishing best practice processes and utilising out of the box functionality to deliver our digital transformation. Over the last 2 years our IT & Change teams have worked together to migrate our legacy CRM system to Dynamics 365 online, Finance system to Oracle cloud and implement Azure integration services. We now working on our technology roadmap for Asset Management & Repairs, as well as extending the use of the Oracle Platform for HR and L&D and continuing to extend our use of Microsoft Dynamics.
In this role you will:
Manage the Solution Architecture team within the IT Services and Change function.
Develop and govern Guinness’s IT/IM Roadmap and Enterprise Architecture (systems, applications, infrastructure, networks, security, and data) to ensure that it is aligned with the IT and Guinness business strategy.
Lead the documentation of the solution architecture / design across projects to enable internal and external development teams to deliver cost effective, timely and quality outcomes on both IT BAU and Change initiatives.
Manage Guinness wide architecture and design governance, ensuring that any significant deviations from Guinness’s architectural principles are formally agreed.
Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture repository / tooling to inform the Solution Architecture / Design of IT BAU and change projects.
Lead on best practice IT/IM architecture, innovation, reuse, delivery methodologies and new technologies that would benefit Guinness and its customers.
Lead on the procurement of new technologies demonstrating due diligence, rigor, scrutiny, and commercial awareness.
About you
You’ll have previous proven experience of developing an IT/IM Roadmap the aligns with the business strategy of a medium to large organisation that includes customer facing digital applications, cloud, and complex legacy IT estate.
Other role requirements include:
Proven experience of developing enterprise solution architectures and designs that are aligned with the business needs, budget and the IT/IM Roadmap.
Experience of using Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman), architectural principles, design patterns, enterprise architecture tools and artifact repositories.
Previous experience of leading enterprise / solution architecture & design teams to support effective IT development delivery.
Broad experience of a solution architecture across a range of technology solutions including ERP, CRM, ESB, Azure, Cloud, AI, IoT, RPA, etc.
Educated to level 6 (degree or equivalent) or higher in an IT/ STEM related degree discipline.
TOGAF or Zachman Certification
If you’re interested in finding out more about this exciting opportunity apply now and we will be in touch to discuss your application further.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Sep 20, 2022
Full time
About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide.
It’s an exciting time to work for Guinness in our IT and Business Change Team. We’ve recently reviewed our operating model to ensure we have the right skills and the people we need to deliver our ambitious plans. In turn we are out to market for an exciting number of new roles.
We’re looking for a Solutions Architect to join us on a permanent, full-time basis. This role is based in our Oldham office however Guinness is currently trialling a hybrid working model based on 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.
About the role
You will be responsible for Leading and developing the Solution Architecture / System Design artifacts needed to effectively deliver the IT/IM Roadmap and change portfolio in line with the Guinness IT and business strategy including promoting the use of new technologies that deliver business benefit to Guinness.
As an organisation we are committed to investing in our people and in technology that will continue to support our strategic aims and enable continued business improvement through the implementation of our IT / IM Roadmap. Our Roadmap is exciting – it is based on the principle of Cloud first, establishing best practice processes and utilising out of the box functionality to deliver our digital transformation. Over the last 2 years our IT & Change teams have worked together to migrate our legacy CRM system to Dynamics 365 online, Finance system to Oracle cloud and implement Azure integration services. We now working on our technology roadmap for Asset Management & Repairs, as well as extending the use of the Oracle Platform for HR and L&D and continuing to extend our use of Microsoft Dynamics.
In this role you will:
Manage the Solution Architecture team within the IT Services and Change function.
Develop and govern Guinness’s IT/IM Roadmap and Enterprise Architecture (systems, applications, infrastructure, networks, security, and data) to ensure that it is aligned with the IT and Guinness business strategy.
Lead the documentation of the solution architecture / design across projects to enable internal and external development teams to deliver cost effective, timely and quality outcomes on both IT BAU and Change initiatives.
Manage Guinness wide architecture and design governance, ensuring that any significant deviations from Guinness’s architectural principles are formally agreed.
Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture repository / tooling to inform the Solution Architecture / Design of IT BAU and change projects.
Lead on best practice IT/IM architecture, innovation, reuse, delivery methodologies and new technologies that would benefit Guinness and its customers.
Lead on the procurement of new technologies demonstrating due diligence, rigor, scrutiny, and commercial awareness.
About you
You’ll have previous proven experience of developing an IT/IM Roadmap the aligns with the business strategy of a medium to large organisation that includes customer facing digital applications, cloud, and complex legacy IT estate.
Other role requirements include:
Proven experience of developing enterprise solution architectures and designs that are aligned with the business needs, budget and the IT/IM Roadmap.
Experience of using Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman), architectural principles, design patterns, enterprise architecture tools and artifact repositories.
Previous experience of leading enterprise / solution architecture & design teams to support effective IT development delivery.
Broad experience of a solution architecture across a range of technology solutions including ERP, CRM, ESB, Azure, Cloud, AI, IoT, RPA, etc.
Educated to level 6 (degree or equivalent) or higher in an IT/ STEM related degree discipline.
TOGAF or Zachman Certification
If you’re interested in finding out more about this exciting opportunity apply now and we will be in touch to discuss your application further.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
An opportunity for an Application Support Specialist has arisen, to join a team of IT specialists who implement and maintain technology solutions which support the corporate and service objectives of both South Hams and West Devon Councils. Together, the team is responsible for all of the infrastructure, networking, application support and development, GIS, telephony, database administration and security.
We are looking to strengthen our team with a web developer who has php and Drupal experience to lead on a number of web related projects including rebuilding the Councils Intranet. There will also be an opportunity to develop front end forms and integrations using our Liberty Create Lo Code CRM and workflow platform. The potential also exists to develop your knowledge of .net, application support and database administration.
For an informal discussion please contact the Head of IT, Mike Ward at mike.ward@swdevon.gov.uk .
Sep 15, 2022
Full time
An opportunity for an Application Support Specialist has arisen, to join a team of IT specialists who implement and maintain technology solutions which support the corporate and service objectives of both South Hams and West Devon Councils. Together, the team is responsible for all of the infrastructure, networking, application support and development, GIS, telephony, database administration and security.
We are looking to strengthen our team with a web developer who has php and Drupal experience to lead on a number of web related projects including rebuilding the Councils Intranet. There will also be an opportunity to develop front end forms and integrations using our Liberty Create Lo Code CRM and workflow platform. The potential also exists to develop your knowledge of .net, application support and database administration.
For an informal discussion please contact the Head of IT, Mike Ward at mike.ward@swdevon.gov.uk .
At South West Water we believe that the strongest businesses are built on solid, stable foundations - with a vision and a culture that gives them the freedom to change, improve and innovate. We’re proud to be responsible for providing reliable, efficient and high-quality drinking water and wastewater services for the beautiful South West area. And we have huge ambitions. Not only are we committed to reaching net-zero by 2030, but we’ve also partnered with wildlife charities, National Parks and local partners to help ensure a better future for generations to come. So, if you want to be part of a diverse team where opportunities flow and fresh ideas are welcomed, #JustAddWater.
Are you looking for a role where you can use your experience to bring about real change within a proactive and environmentally conscious company?
We currently have an opportunity available for an Application Specialist to join our team working in Exeter with a mix of office-based working and home working. Joining us on a full-time, permanent basis, you will receive a competitive salary of £35,000 - £46,000 per annum plus excellent benefits, including a £3,000 relocation expenses allowance!
About the role:
As our Application Specialist, you will make sure critical applications, interfaces and databases are secure, resilient, highly available and cost-efficient to support key business processes, and can scale to allow planned growth and change. This includes the administration of databases including SQL Server and Oracle.
Our Application Assurance team sits within Corporate Applications alongside two other teams, Data and BI, and Solution Delivery. Alongside this the IT department supports:
· 3000 colleagues and external partners that use our systems
· 2500 Telemetry outstations collecting information about our assets
· 200 process control systems on our larger Drinking Water and Waste Water sites
· 300 physical and 1000 virtual servers
· 250 databases and over 100 software applications
· 2700 PCs and 1400 tablets and mobile phones
· 1200 network assets such as routers, switches, Microwave links
· Store and backup 3.5 Petabytes of data, equivalent to storing 780,000 movies!
As our Application Specialist you’ll benefit from working with over 100 experienced IT professionals within the department.
What you’ll be doing:
Administration of databases including SQL Server, Oracle and Progress - this could include taking backups, reviewing the efficiency of indexes and maintaining User Acceptance, Training or Development copies of the database to allow testing and development within the Department. Ensuring latest patches, hot fixes and Service Packs are installed to ensure supported and secure.
Receive, prioritise and escalate incidents when considered appropriate and necessary to maintain service level expectations - these could manifest into Emergency Changes (when the system is down), planned changes or P1 Incidents, and could also lead to a PRB being created, to investigate the route cause (our ambition should always be to prevent any future tickets being raised for the same reason - if practical)
Plan and undertake upgrades to critical platforms and support the transition of new and upgraded IT services into operational use - usually from other areas within IT i.e. as a result of a Project, but could be as a request from the Business e.g. annual Billing or new features being switched on
Maintain knowledge and skill levels appropriate to this specialist area - could be via formal training course or self-investment in personal development
What we are looking for:
Educated to degree level standard or able to demonstrate working to degree level
Experience with relevant operating systems, software and infrastructure, including Microsoft Server, Azure and AIX
Experienced in Database Administration for SQL Server and Oracle
Able to take personal responsibility to keep their business knowledge, IT governance and technical skills up to date
Demonstrate a strong customer service orientation, taking ownership to ensure the effective resolution of questions, requests and issues by the appropriate team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to influence change without direct authority through collaboration, diplomacy and persuasiveness
Adept at presenting complex information in straightforward terms to a range of audiences
What's in it for you:
We know that the support and commitment of our staff is key to our success so you will receive the opportunity for ongoing development and training for a long-term career with us. We’re one of the largest companies in the South West and are proud to have been awarded Investors in People recognition.
In return, we offer an excellent range of benefits including:
23 days holiday allowance rising to 27 days plus bank holidays
Relocation expenses allowance of up to £3,000
A discretionary Bonus
Competitive Contributory Pension
Access to the Company Sharesave Scheme
Various health benefits
Wellbeing support programmes
A range of Group Discounts
Cycle to Work scheme
Financial Support services
Training and Development Opportunities
And many more!
Closing Date: Wednesday 11th May 2022Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to a mandatory DBS check as part of the onboarding process.
Be yourself, we like it that way. Together, we will build a culture of belonging, where inclusion is instinctive. Diversity is our strength and a reflection of our communities. We care, we value everyone, we celebrate uniqueness. Our core values which are essential to our success are:
· Trusted - We do the right thing for our customers and stakeholders
.· Collaborative - We forge strong relationships working together to make a positive impact.
· Responsible - We keep our promises to our customers, communities, and each other.
· Progressive - We are always looking for new ways to improve and make life better.
Apr 20, 2022
Full time
At South West Water we believe that the strongest businesses are built on solid, stable foundations - with a vision and a culture that gives them the freedom to change, improve and innovate. We’re proud to be responsible for providing reliable, efficient and high-quality drinking water and wastewater services for the beautiful South West area. And we have huge ambitions. Not only are we committed to reaching net-zero by 2030, but we’ve also partnered with wildlife charities, National Parks and local partners to help ensure a better future for generations to come. So, if you want to be part of a diverse team where opportunities flow and fresh ideas are welcomed, #JustAddWater.
Are you looking for a role where you can use your experience to bring about real change within a proactive and environmentally conscious company?
We currently have an opportunity available for an Application Specialist to join our team working in Exeter with a mix of office-based working and home working. Joining us on a full-time, permanent basis, you will receive a competitive salary of £35,000 - £46,000 per annum plus excellent benefits, including a £3,000 relocation expenses allowance!
About the role:
As our Application Specialist, you will make sure critical applications, interfaces and databases are secure, resilient, highly available and cost-efficient to support key business processes, and can scale to allow planned growth and change. This includes the administration of databases including SQL Server and Oracle.
Our Application Assurance team sits within Corporate Applications alongside two other teams, Data and BI, and Solution Delivery. Alongside this the IT department supports:
· 3000 colleagues and external partners that use our systems
· 2500 Telemetry outstations collecting information about our assets
· 200 process control systems on our larger Drinking Water and Waste Water sites
· 300 physical and 1000 virtual servers
· 250 databases and over 100 software applications
· 2700 PCs and 1400 tablets and mobile phones
· 1200 network assets such as routers, switches, Microwave links
· Store and backup 3.5 Petabytes of data, equivalent to storing 780,000 movies!
As our Application Specialist you’ll benefit from working with over 100 experienced IT professionals within the department.
What you’ll be doing:
Administration of databases including SQL Server, Oracle and Progress - this could include taking backups, reviewing the efficiency of indexes and maintaining User Acceptance, Training or Development copies of the database to allow testing and development within the Department. Ensuring latest patches, hot fixes and Service Packs are installed to ensure supported and secure.
Receive, prioritise and escalate incidents when considered appropriate and necessary to maintain service level expectations - these could manifest into Emergency Changes (when the system is down), planned changes or P1 Incidents, and could also lead to a PRB being created, to investigate the route cause (our ambition should always be to prevent any future tickets being raised for the same reason - if practical)
Plan and undertake upgrades to critical platforms and support the transition of new and upgraded IT services into operational use - usually from other areas within IT i.e. as a result of a Project, but could be as a request from the Business e.g. annual Billing or new features being switched on
Maintain knowledge and skill levels appropriate to this specialist area - could be via formal training course or self-investment in personal development
What we are looking for:
Educated to degree level standard or able to demonstrate working to degree level
Experience with relevant operating systems, software and infrastructure, including Microsoft Server, Azure and AIX
Experienced in Database Administration for SQL Server and Oracle
Able to take personal responsibility to keep their business knowledge, IT governance and technical skills up to date
Demonstrate a strong customer service orientation, taking ownership to ensure the effective resolution of questions, requests and issues by the appropriate team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to influence change without direct authority through collaboration, diplomacy and persuasiveness
Adept at presenting complex information in straightforward terms to a range of audiences
What's in it for you:
We know that the support and commitment of our staff is key to our success so you will receive the opportunity for ongoing development and training for a long-term career with us. We’re one of the largest companies in the South West and are proud to have been awarded Investors in People recognition.
In return, we offer an excellent range of benefits including:
23 days holiday allowance rising to 27 days plus bank holidays
Relocation expenses allowance of up to £3,000
A discretionary Bonus
Competitive Contributory Pension
Access to the Company Sharesave Scheme
Various health benefits
Wellbeing support programmes
A range of Group Discounts
Cycle to Work scheme
Financial Support services
Training and Development Opportunities
And many more!
Closing Date: Wednesday 11th May 2022Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to a mandatory DBS check as part of the onboarding process.
Be yourself, we like it that way. Together, we will build a culture of belonging, where inclusion is instinctive. Diversity is our strength and a reflection of our communities. We care, we value everyone, we celebrate uniqueness. Our core values which are essential to our success are:
· Trusted - We do the right thing for our customers and stakeholders
.· Collaborative - We forge strong relationships working together to make a positive impact.
· Responsible - We keep our promises to our customers, communities, and each other.
· Progressive - We are always looking for new ways to improve and make life better.
Permanent | Full-time | All-year Round (52 weeks per year) Starting Salary c.£30,000 per annum depending on skills, knowledge and experience
The Felsted IT Services team is a critical and integral part of the Felsted community and the role of the IT Engineer is to manage the complex challenges of scale that are unique to Felsted’s technically intricate ecosystem. With the recent appointment of a Director of Digital Strategy, it is an exciting time to be joining Felsted and the ICT department.
The main duties of the role are to design, install and test hardware, software and networks and maintain the IT asset tracker plus partner with the leadership team on system forecasts and critical issues affecting the IT systems.
A degree in a Computer Science related area of study would be desirable, or equivalent practical experience, together with extensive knowledge and experience with OS administration, hardware systems, OS internals on Windows and *nix systems, as is knowledge of networks, networking security systems and infrastructure. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate problem-solving, collaborative and communications skills together with the ability to interpret and analyse information to create meaningful reports.
This role is a permanent position working Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm, all-year round. The post holder is required to work one Saturday per month during term-time and be on-call as per the department’s rota. The starting salary for this role is c.£30,000 per annum (depending on skills, knowledge and experience) plus there is a call-out allowance of £133.19 per month (£1,598.28 per annum). Further information and a full job description can be found within the ‘Role Information Pack’.
Benefits include free life assurance, uniform and parking; contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%); membership availability to the School’s healthcare scheme (via BUPA); free lunch on full days worked; free hot drinks supplied and lunch/dinner provided; annual salary reviews; free use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities; subsidised on-site Coffee Shop; and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers. More information on our rewards package can be found on our website felsted.org/employment-opps/rewards.
Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 160 teachers and 440 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.
We are rated ‘Excellent in every aspect' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 24 January 2022 at 9:00am.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit our website www.felsted.org/employment-opps to complete our online application process.
Felsted is committed to equal opportunities and maintaining a safe and secure environment for all pupils and a ‘culture of vigilance’ to safeguard and protect all in its care, and to all aspects of its ‘Safeguarding (Child Protection and Staff Behaviour) Policy’. All employees are subject to pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Jan 04, 2022
Full time
Permanent | Full-time | All-year Round (52 weeks per year) Starting Salary c.£30,000 per annum depending on skills, knowledge and experience
The Felsted IT Services team is a critical and integral part of the Felsted community and the role of the IT Engineer is to manage the complex challenges of scale that are unique to Felsted’s technically intricate ecosystem. With the recent appointment of a Director of Digital Strategy, it is an exciting time to be joining Felsted and the ICT department.
The main duties of the role are to design, install and test hardware, software and networks and maintain the IT asset tracker plus partner with the leadership team on system forecasts and critical issues affecting the IT systems.
A degree in a Computer Science related area of study would be desirable, or equivalent practical experience, together with extensive knowledge and experience with OS administration, hardware systems, OS internals on Windows and *nix systems, as is knowledge of networks, networking security systems and infrastructure. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate problem-solving, collaborative and communications skills together with the ability to interpret and analyse information to create meaningful reports.
This role is a permanent position working Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm, all-year round. The post holder is required to work one Saturday per month during term-time and be on-call as per the department’s rota. The starting salary for this role is c.£30,000 per annum (depending on skills, knowledge and experience) plus there is a call-out allowance of £133.19 per month (£1,598.28 per annum). Further information and a full job description can be found within the ‘Role Information Pack’.
Benefits include free life assurance, uniform and parking; contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%); membership availability to the School’s healthcare scheme (via BUPA); free lunch on full days worked; free hot drinks supplied and lunch/dinner provided; annual salary reviews; free use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities; subsidised on-site Coffee Shop; and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers. More information on our rewards package can be found on our website felsted.org/employment-opps/rewards.
Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 160 teachers and 440 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.
We are rated ‘Excellent in every aspect' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 24 January 2022 at 9:00am.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit our website www.felsted.org/employment-opps to complete our online application process.
Felsted is committed to equal opportunities and maintaining a safe and secure environment for all pupils and a ‘culture of vigilance’ to safeguard and protect all in its care, and to all aspects of its ‘Safeguarding (Child Protection and Staff Behaviour) Policy’. All employees are subject to pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Infrastructure Engineer / Infrastructure Specialist - £50,000 - £64,000 + 10% bonus Bristol - Onsite twice a week We're working with a fast-growing SAAS/Software business who are on the hunt for an experienced Infrastructure Specialist. You'll be responsible for providing operational and transformational improvements as well as the support and delivery of their internal infrastructure and client facing environments to provide a resilient and secure estate for their applications. The organisation has an external private cloud (VMWare) and external public cloud (Azure) hosting operations on behalf of its clients, as well as an internal physical and virtualised infrastructure which needs to be managed and planned. Day to day you'll be involved in: Ensuring the successful project delivery within agreed timelines and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into effective IT solutions. Leading the evaluation and selection of technologies, adhering to industry best practices. Implementing secure remote access solutions for internal staff and external partners Providing technical guidance and support to IT teams, acting as a final escalation point Collaborating with suppliers and third-party partners to ensure seamless integration of IT solutions. Ensuring meticulous documentation, maintaining compliance with established standards. Implementing best practice deployments, hardening, monitoring and capacity management Feeding into Data Security as a company-wide responsibility - ISO27001, SOC1/2 Assist with Cyber Security related practices and initiatives. Ensure highest standards of cyber security in the UK and overseas to ensure effective systems are in place both to protect against and to monitor for potential or actual data loss or security breaches. Technical skills required: Technically proficient with a hands-on background and skillset in ICT infrastructure, Storage, Servers, Networking Experience in managing physical and virtualised Microsoft Windows environments, including clustering Strong knowledge of Cisco Networking, firewalls Proven network experience An excellent understanding of Cyber Security practices Excellent knowledge of VMware and Azure Previously worked with Veam Windows security hardening, monitoring, and reporting Oversee server monitoring, capacity management, reporting and service provision Working with the ICT team to deliver a third party managed security team and SOC deployment Strong focus on security Experience / Qualifications required: A degree or equivalent in Computer Science or IT; demonstrable equivalent professional knowledge Experience within IT Infrastructure and Security Experience deploying within VMWare and Azure environments Experience working in a software vendor environment is advantageous This is a brilliant opportunity to join a rapidly growing company with a great culture where you can make a huge difference and where you can develop your career further whilst working with international FTSE clients. To apply for this role please send your CV asap
Mar 19, 2024
Full time
Infrastructure Engineer / Infrastructure Specialist - £50,000 - £64,000 + 10% bonus Bristol - Onsite twice a week We're working with a fast-growing SAAS/Software business who are on the hunt for an experienced Infrastructure Specialist. You'll be responsible for providing operational and transformational improvements as well as the support and delivery of their internal infrastructure and client facing environments to provide a resilient and secure estate for their applications. The organisation has an external private cloud (VMWare) and external public cloud (Azure) hosting operations on behalf of its clients, as well as an internal physical and virtualised infrastructure which needs to be managed and planned. Day to day you'll be involved in: Ensuring the successful project delivery within agreed timelines and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into effective IT solutions. Leading the evaluation and selection of technologies, adhering to industry best practices. Implementing secure remote access solutions for internal staff and external partners Providing technical guidance and support to IT teams, acting as a final escalation point Collaborating with suppliers and third-party partners to ensure seamless integration of IT solutions. Ensuring meticulous documentation, maintaining compliance with established standards. Implementing best practice deployments, hardening, monitoring and capacity management Feeding into Data Security as a company-wide responsibility - ISO27001, SOC1/2 Assist with Cyber Security related practices and initiatives. Ensure highest standards of cyber security in the UK and overseas to ensure effective systems are in place both to protect against and to monitor for potential or actual data loss or security breaches. Technical skills required: Technically proficient with a hands-on background and skillset in ICT infrastructure, Storage, Servers, Networking Experience in managing physical and virtualised Microsoft Windows environments, including clustering Strong knowledge of Cisco Networking, firewalls Proven network experience An excellent understanding of Cyber Security practices Excellent knowledge of VMware and Azure Previously worked with Veam Windows security hardening, monitoring, and reporting Oversee server monitoring, capacity management, reporting and service provision Working with the ICT team to deliver a third party managed security team and SOC deployment Strong focus on security Experience / Qualifications required: A degree or equivalent in Computer Science or IT; demonstrable equivalent professional knowledge Experience within IT Infrastructure and Security Experience deploying within VMWare and Azure environments Experience working in a software vendor environment is advantageous This is a brilliant opportunity to join a rapidly growing company with a great culture where you can make a huge difference and where you can develop your career further whilst working with international FTSE clients. To apply for this role please send your CV asap
IT Engineer needed to cover one of our clients Schools in the Hassocks area. Salary £25,000 + benefits. We are a leading managed service provider in the Education Sector and we are looking for an IT Engineer to join our very busy, expanding team supporting IT in the Hassocks Area. This is an exciting op portunity for an IT Engineer to join a highly recognized and always expanding IT solutions and managed service provider, working for a company that puts engineering excellence first. Our requirement is for a IT Engineer with some background in supporting infrastructures and Microsoft technologies, although induction and on-the-job training with our experienced on-site team will be provided. As a IT Engineer, you will be working in an educational environment with a team of dedicated professionals. Our team of experienced seniors will be supporting you either remotely or as a site visit, enabling you to further your career within the sector and provide an outstanding service to our clients. Your responsibilities will include: Under the guidance of the Network Manager: provide specialist ICT support that ensures the school establishes and maintains high quality learning facilities. Connect up and check hardware for normal operation. Set-up a suitable desktop environment for users of a standalone or networked PC. Install simple software applications as required. Perform basic set-up and checking of networked PC's. Perform basic maintenance task for user accounts. Use simple utilities to change information on the intranet. Provide a good level of technical expertise to all assigned customer networks, To use our ticket based system to manage and resolve problems. To identify areas of Growth within the school from a Technical and Engineering front and escalate this to the account manager. Ability to effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) technical information to the client and commercial information to the account manager. To do complete our regular checks on our client systems. Requirements Experience in a helpdesk or support environment. You will be willing to work in teams to resolve common problems, and also be part of our rollout project teams. Microsoft Server Skills are desirable. Professional and polished communication skills. Experience in the education sector is desirable but not essential. Must have a clean and valid DBS disclosure. Keen desire to learn and expand on your existing knowledge/ skills. Benefits and Opportunities We can offer you: An environment that is underpinned by a passionate, people driven company. It is our mission to support and develop our staff. Exceptional career development and advancement opportunities including Microsoft/Apple training. Opportunities to gain experience in high level IT projects. The potential to progress to the senior levels of our management team. A remuneration scale that encourages and rewards progression and improvement. 25 Days Holiday (loyalty service holiday scheme). Sage Benefits. If you are interested in this role and would like to find out more we would love to hear from you!
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
IT Engineer needed to cover one of our clients Schools in the Hassocks area. Salary £25,000 + benefits. We are a leading managed service provider in the Education Sector and we are looking for an IT Engineer to join our very busy, expanding team supporting IT in the Hassocks Area. This is an exciting op portunity for an IT Engineer to join a highly recognized and always expanding IT solutions and managed service provider, working for a company that puts engineering excellence first. Our requirement is for a IT Engineer with some background in supporting infrastructures and Microsoft technologies, although induction and on-the-job training with our experienced on-site team will be provided. As a IT Engineer, you will be working in an educational environment with a team of dedicated professionals. Our team of experienced seniors will be supporting you either remotely or as a site visit, enabling you to further your career within the sector and provide an outstanding service to our clients. Your responsibilities will include: Under the guidance of the Network Manager: provide specialist ICT support that ensures the school establishes and maintains high quality learning facilities. Connect up and check hardware for normal operation. Set-up a suitable desktop environment for users of a standalone or networked PC. Install simple software applications as required. Perform basic set-up and checking of networked PC's. Perform basic maintenance task for user accounts. Use simple utilities to change information on the intranet. Provide a good level of technical expertise to all assigned customer networks, To use our ticket based system to manage and resolve problems. To identify areas of Growth within the school from a Technical and Engineering front and escalate this to the account manager. Ability to effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) technical information to the client and commercial information to the account manager. To do complete our regular checks on our client systems. Requirements Experience in a helpdesk or support environment. You will be willing to work in teams to resolve common problems, and also be part of our rollout project teams. Microsoft Server Skills are desirable. Professional and polished communication skills. Experience in the education sector is desirable but not essential. Must have a clean and valid DBS disclosure. Keen desire to learn and expand on your existing knowledge/ skills. Benefits and Opportunities We can offer you: An environment that is underpinned by a passionate, people driven company. It is our mission to support and develop our staff. Exceptional career development and advancement opportunities including Microsoft/Apple training. Opportunities to gain experience in high level IT projects. The potential to progress to the senior levels of our management team. A remuneration scale that encourages and rewards progression and improvement. 25 Days Holiday (loyalty service holiday scheme). Sage Benefits. If you are interested in this role and would like to find out more we would love to hear from you!
Second Line Technician needed to cover one of our clients Schools in the Esher area. We are a leading managed service provider in the Education Sector, and are looking for a Second Line Technician to join our very busy, expanding team supporting IT in the Esher Area. This is an exciting op portunity for a Technician to join a highly recognized and always expanding IT solutions and managed service provider, working for a company that puts engineering excellence first. Our requirement is for an Technician with some background in supporting infrastructures and Microsoft technologies. You will be working in an educational environment with a team of dedicated professionals. Our team of experienced seniors will be supporting you either remotely or as a site visit, enabling you to further your career within the sector and provide an outstanding service to our clients. Your responsibilities will include: Under the guidance of the Network Manager: provide specialist ICT support that ensures the school establishes and maintains high quality learning facilities. Take a lead role supporting multiple remote sites personally, working solo. Connect-up and check hardware for normal operation. Set-up a suitable desktop environment for users of a standalone or networked PC. Install all software applications as required. Perform set-up and checking of networked PC's. Perform maintenance task for user accounts. Use simple utilities to change information on the intranet. Provide a good level of technical expertise to all assigned customer networks, To use our ticket-based system to manage and resolve problems. To identify areas of Growth within the school from a Technical and Engineering front and escalate this to the account manager. Ability to effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) technical information to the client and commercial information to the account manager. To do complete our regular checks on our client systems. Requirements Experience in a helpdesk or support environment. Microsoft Server Skills are desirable. Professional and polished communication skills. Experience in the education sector is desirable but not essential. Must have a clean and valid DBS disclosure. Keen desire to learn and expand on your existing knowledge/ skills. Benefits and Opportunities We can offer you: An environment that is underpinned by a passionate, people driven company. It is our mission to support and develop our staff. Exceptional career development and advancement opportunities including Microsoft/Apple training. Opportunities to gain experience in high level IT projects. The potential to progress to the senior levels of our management team. A remuneration scale that encourages and rewards progression and improvement. 25 Days Holiday (loyalty service holiday scheme). Sage Benefits. If you are interested in this role and would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
Second Line Technician needed to cover one of our clients Schools in the Esher area. We are a leading managed service provider in the Education Sector, and are looking for a Second Line Technician to join our very busy, expanding team supporting IT in the Esher Area. This is an exciting op portunity for a Technician to join a highly recognized and always expanding IT solutions and managed service provider, working for a company that puts engineering excellence first. Our requirement is for an Technician with some background in supporting infrastructures and Microsoft technologies. You will be working in an educational environment with a team of dedicated professionals. Our team of experienced seniors will be supporting you either remotely or as a site visit, enabling you to further your career within the sector and provide an outstanding service to our clients. Your responsibilities will include: Under the guidance of the Network Manager: provide specialist ICT support that ensures the school establishes and maintains high quality learning facilities. Take a lead role supporting multiple remote sites personally, working solo. Connect-up and check hardware for normal operation. Set-up a suitable desktop environment for users of a standalone or networked PC. Install all software applications as required. Perform set-up and checking of networked PC's. Perform maintenance task for user accounts. Use simple utilities to change information on the intranet. Provide a good level of technical expertise to all assigned customer networks, To use our ticket-based system to manage and resolve problems. To identify areas of Growth within the school from a Technical and Engineering front and escalate this to the account manager. Ability to effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) technical information to the client and commercial information to the account manager. To do complete our regular checks on our client systems. Requirements Experience in a helpdesk or support environment. Microsoft Server Skills are desirable. Professional and polished communication skills. Experience in the education sector is desirable but not essential. Must have a clean and valid DBS disclosure. Keen desire to learn and expand on your existing knowledge/ skills. Benefits and Opportunities We can offer you: An environment that is underpinned by a passionate, people driven company. It is our mission to support and develop our staff. Exceptional career development and advancement opportunities including Microsoft/Apple training. Opportunities to gain experience in high level IT projects. The potential to progress to the senior levels of our management team. A remuneration scale that encourages and rewards progression and improvement. 25 Days Holiday (loyalty service holiday scheme). Sage Benefits. If you are interested in this role and would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.
At Kpler, we simplify global trade information and provide valuable insights. Founded in 2014, our goal is to help over 10,000 organisations by offering the best intelligence on commodities, energy, and maritime through a single platform. Working at Kpler means you'll be a key player in turning complex data into strategic resources for our clients. Your role involves creating data-driven stories that empower clients in their industries. Your expertise helps Kpler navigate markets successfully. Your journey starts here, where innovation meets impact. Join our team of 500+ talented people from 35+ countries worldwide. Your future position The engineering division is composed of many crews who are either business or data oriented. Within this, our teams in Athens are responsible for scaling our MarineTraffic platform, which provides real-time and historical data on ship movements around the world. Leveraging a network of Automatic Identification System (AIS) receivers located primarily along coastlines, it tracks the positions of ships, offering a broad view of marine traffic globally. We are seeking an experienced Backend focused engineer to take ownership of major parts of our infrastructure of this platform and improve them to accommodate our growth. In this team, your mission is to: Work in project teams to grow the existing products and support the latest features that we have in development Contribute your insights across the team to help us re-architect existing systems for scale and extensibility Test your code to assure quality of new and existing functionality. Experiment with new frameworks and technologies and learn continuously Maintain visibility, monitoring and alerting mechanisms to guarantee SLAs and SLOs It will be a match if you Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent field. Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in PHP software development, ideally with frameworks such as CakePHP, Symfony, Laravel. Excellent command of written and spoken English Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful APIs Proficiency in Unit Testing Knowledge of relational database systems (MSSQL, PostgreSQL) Familiarity with CI/CD concepts, GitLab pipelines, quality monitoring tools such as SonarQube etc Proven experience with Git, Docker Familiar with Clean code, SOLID principles and software design patterns It will be even better if you have Knowledge of non-relational database systems (e.g. Redis) Experience with other technologies like Python and/or Typescript Familiarity with event streaming technologies like Kafka and MQTT Experience working with a Cloud environment such as AWS or GCP Familiarity with K8s and AWS EKS What you will get at Kpler: •We offer competitive compensation & benefits including work from home allowance, medical and life insurance, training and development allowance, paid volunteer work and more! • You'll get to work in a truly global work environment, with offices in 7 countries (UK, France, Belgium, Austria, US, Dubai and Singapore), we come from more than 50 countries and speak more than 20 languages •We have truly embraced the new age of workplace flexibility where you can chose to work fully remote, hybrid or onsite •You will get a company laptop and you can choose between Windows, Mac, or Linux •Global maternity (extended leave), parental, festival and compassionate leave policies aligned to the contemporary needs of the family, and individual choices And you REALLY want to join our Engineering team because • Interesting product & challenging technical problems to solve: our market is very specialized and quite complex! This means we build real algorithyms and there's some serious software engineering at work here! • Our growth is exponential: we build new features and products everyday! We frequently tackle brand-new business areas which means there's always everything to build and always an interesting problem to sink your teeth into! • We are at the cross-road of Software Engineering, Commodity, Energy and Finance. This creates an interesting cultural mix: We value the flexibility, collaboration and employee-centric approach that the Tech culture brings but we also value the pragmatism, hard-working and intellectual excellence expectation that often runs in the Finance and Energy worlds. • Team of 85+ talented Engineers working with the most modern tech stack Recruitment Process: Recruiter Screen: 30 minute video interview with a recruiter from hiring team Hiring Manager Interview: 45 minute video interview with the hiring manager, technical deep dive Technical Exercise : Task completed at home, 30 minute debrief with Senior Engineers to discuss Meet the Team: 30 minute video interview, an opportunity to see the fit and get to know your potential future team! We're a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions that tackle market challenges head-on. If you're driven by customer satisfaction and thrive on turning ideas into reality, then you've found your ideal destination. Are you prepared to embark on this exciting journey with us? we make things happen We act decisively and with purpose, and we like to go the extra mile. we build together We foster relationships and develop creative solutions to address market challenges with cool features and solutions. hey, how can i help you today? Being accessible and supportive to colleagues and clients with a friendly approach is essential. Our People Pledge Don't meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don't match 100% of the job requirements. Don't let the confidence gap stand in your way, we'd love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer. By applying, I confirm that I have read and accept the Staff Privacy Notice
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
At Kpler, we simplify global trade information and provide valuable insights. Founded in 2014, our goal is to help over 10,000 organisations by offering the best intelligence on commodities, energy, and maritime through a single platform. Working at Kpler means you'll be a key player in turning complex data into strategic resources for our clients. Your role involves creating data-driven stories that empower clients in their industries. Your expertise helps Kpler navigate markets successfully. Your journey starts here, where innovation meets impact. Join our team of 500+ talented people from 35+ countries worldwide. Your future position The engineering division is composed of many crews who are either business or data oriented. Within this, our teams in Athens are responsible for scaling our MarineTraffic platform, which provides real-time and historical data on ship movements around the world. Leveraging a network of Automatic Identification System (AIS) receivers located primarily along coastlines, it tracks the positions of ships, offering a broad view of marine traffic globally. We are seeking an experienced Backend focused engineer to take ownership of major parts of our infrastructure of this platform and improve them to accommodate our growth. In this team, your mission is to: Work in project teams to grow the existing products and support the latest features that we have in development Contribute your insights across the team to help us re-architect existing systems for scale and extensibility Test your code to assure quality of new and existing functionality. Experiment with new frameworks and technologies and learn continuously Maintain visibility, monitoring and alerting mechanisms to guarantee SLAs and SLOs It will be a match if you Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent field. Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in PHP software development, ideally with frameworks such as CakePHP, Symfony, Laravel. Excellent command of written and spoken English Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful APIs Proficiency in Unit Testing Knowledge of relational database systems (MSSQL, PostgreSQL) Familiarity with CI/CD concepts, GitLab pipelines, quality monitoring tools such as SonarQube etc Proven experience with Git, Docker Familiar with Clean code, SOLID principles and software design patterns It will be even better if you have Knowledge of non-relational database systems (e.g. Redis) Experience with other technologies like Python and/or Typescript Familiarity with event streaming technologies like Kafka and MQTT Experience working with a Cloud environment such as AWS or GCP Familiarity with K8s and AWS EKS What you will get at Kpler: •We offer competitive compensation & benefits including work from home allowance, medical and life insurance, training and development allowance, paid volunteer work and more! • You'll get to work in a truly global work environment, with offices in 7 countries (UK, France, Belgium, Austria, US, Dubai and Singapore), we come from more than 50 countries and speak more than 20 languages •We have truly embraced the new age of workplace flexibility where you can chose to work fully remote, hybrid or onsite •You will get a company laptop and you can choose between Windows, Mac, or Linux •Global maternity (extended leave), parental, festival and compassionate leave policies aligned to the contemporary needs of the family, and individual choices And you REALLY want to join our Engineering team because • Interesting product & challenging technical problems to solve: our market is very specialized and quite complex! This means we build real algorithyms and there's some serious software engineering at work here! • Our growth is exponential: we build new features and products everyday! We frequently tackle brand-new business areas which means there's always everything to build and always an interesting problem to sink your teeth into! • We are at the cross-road of Software Engineering, Commodity, Energy and Finance. This creates an interesting cultural mix: We value the flexibility, collaboration and employee-centric approach that the Tech culture brings but we also value the pragmatism, hard-working and intellectual excellence expectation that often runs in the Finance and Energy worlds. • Team of 85+ talented Engineers working with the most modern tech stack Recruitment Process: Recruiter Screen: 30 minute video interview with a recruiter from hiring team Hiring Manager Interview: 45 minute video interview with the hiring manager, technical deep dive Technical Exercise : Task completed at home, 30 minute debrief with Senior Engineers to discuss Meet the Team: 30 minute video interview, an opportunity to see the fit and get to know your potential future team! We're a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions that tackle market challenges head-on. If you're driven by customer satisfaction and thrive on turning ideas into reality, then you've found your ideal destination. Are you prepared to embark on this exciting journey with us? we make things happen We act decisively and with purpose, and we like to go the extra mile. we build together We foster relationships and develop creative solutions to address market challenges with cool features and solutions. hey, how can i help you today? Being accessible and supportive to colleagues and clients with a friendly approach is essential. Our People Pledge Don't meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don't match 100% of the job requirements. Don't let the confidence gap stand in your way, we'd love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer. By applying, I confirm that I have read and accept the Staff Privacy Notice
Would you like to be part of a fast-growing technology and engineering organisation that nurtures an open, collaborative learning environment? Are you passionate about technology, people and developing your coding skills? If this describes you, we're trying to create the best engineering consultancy in the UK and would love for you to be part of the journey. We draw on our reputation for outstanding delivery to allow our engineers to do the right thing for our clients, and not necessarily the easy thing. Innovation is in our DNA, and we encourage our engineers and consultants to work together to rethink conventional wisdom on how problems should be solved. Our engineers take a holistic approach that addresses technology, process, and structure to make a lasting impact. At Credera, you will work on diverse client projects, such as building modern data platforms and services using DevOps practices, including large, distributed workloads, batch and streaming data pipelines as well as high-quality monitoring. Working with architects, technology consultants and client stakeholders, you will help customers make use of the data available to them while gaining exposure to different industries, networks and latest technologies. As an Engineer at Credera, you will spend roughly 80% of your time on client work, with the remainder of your time spent working on internal projects as well as training and development. Consultancy to us is about customer delivery first, carried out by technically excellent people. Our aim is not to pigeonhole but rather upskill our engineers so they can learn and expand their expertise, as well as deliver on a variety of business-critical client projects. You are perceptive, personable, culturally sensitive and demonstrate a high degree of emotional intelligence. Being able to work collaboratively in a matrix organisation is essential, as is the ability to use cloud native products to build bespoke applications from scratch. You will have: Experience leading a team of 4+ engineers and acting as the technical owner a project Demonstrable experience of building and deploying microservice APIs in Java or .NET Experience creating and/or maintaining production software delivery pipelines using common CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.) Demonstrable experience of building data pipelines with Python and SQL Experience working with one or more of the main cloud providers (AWS, Azure or Google) Experience working with data platforms such as Data Lakes or Data Warehouses Have a drive for self-improvement and learning, including learning new programming languages Approach solving problems pragmatically Experience supporting and operating production systems Desirable skills: Experience of big data platforms (EMR, Databricks or DataProc) Experience structuring data for optimal performance Understanding of Data Security and Data Governance principles Experience of building automated data quality checks and metrics Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates etc.) Along with a great company culture, Credera provides an exceptional compensation package including a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan. Our consistent growth and entrepreneurial environment provide an excellent platform to embark upon an exciting career path, where your contribution really counts. You can also expect: A highly collaborative working environment and great rates of pay (including base salary and bonus potential). A range of flexible benefits for your well-being and lifestyle. One-to-one mentoring and hands-on experience for continuous growth and development. Personalised learning and development opportunities with a £2,000 annual training budget per employee. 25 days of holiday and the ability to flex up to 30 days. 2 CSR volunteering days to give back to the community. Learn More As a global consultancy with over 3000 consultants worldwide, and part of Omnicom Precision Marketing Group, we partner with industry-leading brands including FTSE 100 companies and government departments. Our mission is to create a positive impact for clients and our people , guided by our core values of integrity, tenacity, people-first, humility, and excellence. We prioritise well-being and offer diverse networks, such as LGBT+, CredCOLOUR, CredAbility, Women in Engineering, Asian Leader Circle, and Gender Diversity. Our commitment to well-being has earned us the Excellence in Well-Being Award 2022, and our inclusive culture has earned us the "Great Place to Work" award for five consecutive years. Ready to achieve your vision? We're here to help- contact us .
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
Would you like to be part of a fast-growing technology and engineering organisation that nurtures an open, collaborative learning environment? Are you passionate about technology, people and developing your coding skills? If this describes you, we're trying to create the best engineering consultancy in the UK and would love for you to be part of the journey. We draw on our reputation for outstanding delivery to allow our engineers to do the right thing for our clients, and not necessarily the easy thing. Innovation is in our DNA, and we encourage our engineers and consultants to work together to rethink conventional wisdom on how problems should be solved. Our engineers take a holistic approach that addresses technology, process, and structure to make a lasting impact. At Credera, you will work on diverse client projects, such as building modern data platforms and services using DevOps practices, including large, distributed workloads, batch and streaming data pipelines as well as high-quality monitoring. Working with architects, technology consultants and client stakeholders, you will help customers make use of the data available to them while gaining exposure to different industries, networks and latest technologies. As an Engineer at Credera, you will spend roughly 80% of your time on client work, with the remainder of your time spent working on internal projects as well as training and development. Consultancy to us is about customer delivery first, carried out by technically excellent people. Our aim is not to pigeonhole but rather upskill our engineers so they can learn and expand their expertise, as well as deliver on a variety of business-critical client projects. You are perceptive, personable, culturally sensitive and demonstrate a high degree of emotional intelligence. Being able to work collaboratively in a matrix organisation is essential, as is the ability to use cloud native products to build bespoke applications from scratch. You will have: Experience leading a team of 4+ engineers and acting as the technical owner a project Demonstrable experience of building and deploying microservice APIs in Java or .NET Experience creating and/or maintaining production software delivery pipelines using common CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.) Demonstrable experience of building data pipelines with Python and SQL Experience working with one or more of the main cloud providers (AWS, Azure or Google) Experience working with data platforms such as Data Lakes or Data Warehouses Have a drive for self-improvement and learning, including learning new programming languages Approach solving problems pragmatically Experience supporting and operating production systems Desirable skills: Experience of big data platforms (EMR, Databricks or DataProc) Experience structuring data for optimal performance Understanding of Data Security and Data Governance principles Experience of building automated data quality checks and metrics Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates etc.) Along with a great company culture, Credera provides an exceptional compensation package including a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan. Our consistent growth and entrepreneurial environment provide an excellent platform to embark upon an exciting career path, where your contribution really counts. You can also expect: A highly collaborative working environment and great rates of pay (including base salary and bonus potential). A range of flexible benefits for your well-being and lifestyle. One-to-one mentoring and hands-on experience for continuous growth and development. Personalised learning and development opportunities with a £2,000 annual training budget per employee. 25 days of holiday and the ability to flex up to 30 days. 2 CSR volunteering days to give back to the community. Learn More As a global consultancy with over 3000 consultants worldwide, and part of Omnicom Precision Marketing Group, we partner with industry-leading brands including FTSE 100 companies and government departments. Our mission is to create a positive impact for clients and our people , guided by our core values of integrity, tenacity, people-first, humility, and excellence. We prioritise well-being and offer diverse networks, such as LGBT+, CredCOLOUR, CredAbility, Women in Engineering, Asian Leader Circle, and Gender Diversity. Our commitment to well-being has earned us the Excellence in Well-Being Award 2022, and our inclusive culture has earned us the "Great Place to Work" award for five consecutive years. Ready to achieve your vision? We're here to help- contact us .
About BigHand BigHand offers technology solutions for busy legal professionals that provide data and insights to increase value and profits. Through technology, insight and experience, we deliver success for our clients future. We enable our clients to give their customers a better experience while empowering their people to be their best. We make big happen for our customers. We are a business driven by our values and have these at the centre of everything we do. Our BigHanders are dedicated to building a culture where we win together, we learn, we give back, we believe in each other and we find the fun. We are proud to have ranked in Great Places to Work top 50 "UK's Best Workplaces" list for 6 years. About the role BigHand is a leading software technology company with a big difference. It's not just what we do, but how we do it. We specialise in speech, task delegation, document creation and process improvement solutions that help our customers achieve more in less time. Our vision is to be the industry's preferred, most supportive, and helpful technology partner. We aim to achieve this by harnessing our genuine enthusiasm and skill for helping busy people be more effective. BigHand is on a journey of Cloud Native transition. This is a company level strategy to modernise the applications and infrastructure to better deliver secure BigHand SaaS products to be available where, when and on whatever device the customer desires. BigHand is a champion of Cloud Security and is now taking the next step to mature its DevSecOps practices. This strategy is driven by the need for fast delivery of new features and secure and cost-effective use of Azure services. What you'll do: As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will be working with a team of great engineers, delivery managers and architects on several topics i.e., Security Testing, Security (Test) Automation, Risk Analysis, Threat modelling, Security Research, and many others. You will help reduce the risk for the organisation by helping DevOps, Platform Engineering, Platform Operations, Architecture and Software Engineering teams to deliver secure products and cloud platforms and support companywide security initiatives including information security standards such as ISO27001 and SOC 2. You will help to create new strategic plans to be more efficient and work together with BigHand security and compliance departments. You will also coach your team members and improve their security knowledge You will contribute to the security research and bring new knowledge inside the company. You will act as a bridge from Security to other functions. You also will assist with the continuous improvement of the processes critical to the success of the team. You will align with other stakeholders in other domains. Actively promoting DevSecOps ways of working and best practices within the teams and company at large. Support the delivery of the Platform Security roadmap. Demonstrate excellent judgement in prioritising security efforts to mitigate the appropriate risks. Be a strong communicator and can translate security objectives to tech teams. Managing several security related items: Security requirements, Threat Modelling, Design Reviews, Secure Code Review, Penetration Tests, Security Trainings, Automated Test Security, Security Monitoring, Kubernetes Security. Work with DevOps/Platform Engineers, Software Developers, Architecture to plan, design, implement and deploy secure product and platforms according to the needs of the business. Working with other DevOps/Platform Engineers in providing templates and knowledge that facilitates smooth automation process through out a project lifecycle with security embedded in all phases. Continuously drive improvements in processes, tooling, and security architecture of the underlying infrastructure and capabilities. Work on everything from transitioning on-prem services into Azure cloud (PaaS and IaaS services), helping move to and maintain orchestrated container-based service architecture (Azure Kubernetes and Docker). Improve and secure modules in our Terraform & PowerShell module library. Create and maintain an enterprise grade security monitoring and alerting solutions of applications, networks, data and infrastructure services. Assist in the creation of reports/dashboards for usage and up-time. Manage and monitor security health of platforms to ensure that issues and risk are quickly identified and resolved. Collaborate with the IT operations and development teams to plan and execute system changes e.g., security and audit controls as required by the business or compliance requirements. Automate build and release manual activities using DevSecOps best practices. Create security guides and documentation for the development team to securely operate and maintain products. Participate in incident management. Prioritise incidents to help deliver within SLAs. Carry out strong diagnosis to discover root cause and resolutions. Provide out of hours support on a rota basis throughout the year. What we're looking for: BSc. in Computer Science or Engineering or significant job experience with a minimum 2-year Security Engineering or DevOps experience, with experience on APIs. Experienced in working in complex environments including on-prem and cloud. Analytic skills and ability to solve highly complex problems. Experience with OWASP testing Guide / Open-Source Security Testing Methodology. Experience implementing controls for ISO27001 and SOC 2 Experience with cryptography, X509 certificates, signatures, securing TLS/SSL parameters, and certificates. Familiarity with Secure Development Lifecycle practices and Agile development with Continuous Delivery / Integration combined with good experience of cloud security, SAST, DAST, IAST or RASP Excellent communication skills and organisational savvy, to steer peers toward solutions that carefully balance business, velocity, risk, compliance, and engineering concerns. Eagerness to challenge the status quo, balanced with a reasonable and methodical approach to effecting change. A growth mindset, continuous learner with a fun and positive attitude. Excellent understanding of information security principles, cloud security and best practices. Hands-on working experience implementing SIEM & SOAR Tools. Hands-on experience implementing WAF solutions. Hands-on working experience in privileged access management, vulnerability management, secure remote access, secrets management and access control. Hands-on experience in designing, implementing, testing, and securing APIs. Hands-on experience implementing security controls across data, infrastructure, and applications primarily in Azure. Hands-on working experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud services (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), Security, Networking and Azure DevOps Pipelines. Excellent working knowledge implementing security controls across all infrastructure, platforms, and applications. Excellent working knowledge of security scanning tools (Static Code Analysis, Dynamics Security Testing, Opensource and Container Scanning tools). Excellent working knowledge with Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) in an Azure world. Hands-on working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and programming and/or scripting language such as PowerShell, Bash, SQL, KQL. Hands-on knowledge on the usage of CI/CD processes including the integration of security & code quality tools. Hands-on knowledge in security logging, monitoring, and alerting tools. Hands-on knowledge in setup, maintaining and supporting Kubernetes environments using cloud providers specifically Azure. Hands-on experience of implementing BCP and Disaster Recovery solutions for services deployed on-prem or Azure Cloud. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with the ability to provide quick resolution to problems. Excellent knowledge of relevant Operations services and Agile methodologies Good working knowledge of Azure DevOps Boards. Good understanding of engineering and automation of container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker. Good working knowledge in building solutions on and developing integrations using Azure services. Ability to lead and manage complex project end-to-end from requirements, design, implementation, testing and supporting the solution. What we offer 25 days holiday (exc. bank holidays) + 3 BigHand days off between Christmas & New Year Various wellbeing benefits including private medical, vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Employee Resource Groups (ERG) Company-wide Wellness day, for our teams all across the globe to switch off and spend the day doing something to nourish their mental health Opportunities to give back with company volunteer events and individual volunteer days Career growth opportunities and study leave allowance Family benefits including enhanced parental leave, secondary caregiver leave and fertility support Financial benefits including pension scheme, life assurance, and salary sacrificing Cycle to Work Scheme and Tech Scheme Growing business with a global presence, flexible working, modern offices, and remote work options Our DEI Commitment . click apply for full job details
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
About BigHand BigHand offers technology solutions for busy legal professionals that provide data and insights to increase value and profits. Through technology, insight and experience, we deliver success for our clients future. We enable our clients to give their customers a better experience while empowering their people to be their best. We make big happen for our customers. We are a business driven by our values and have these at the centre of everything we do. Our BigHanders are dedicated to building a culture where we win together, we learn, we give back, we believe in each other and we find the fun. We are proud to have ranked in Great Places to Work top 50 "UK's Best Workplaces" list for 6 years. About the role BigHand is a leading software technology company with a big difference. It's not just what we do, but how we do it. We specialise in speech, task delegation, document creation and process improvement solutions that help our customers achieve more in less time. Our vision is to be the industry's preferred, most supportive, and helpful technology partner. We aim to achieve this by harnessing our genuine enthusiasm and skill for helping busy people be more effective. BigHand is on a journey of Cloud Native transition. This is a company level strategy to modernise the applications and infrastructure to better deliver secure BigHand SaaS products to be available where, when and on whatever device the customer desires. BigHand is a champion of Cloud Security and is now taking the next step to mature its DevSecOps practices. This strategy is driven by the need for fast delivery of new features and secure and cost-effective use of Azure services. What you'll do: As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will be working with a team of great engineers, delivery managers and architects on several topics i.e., Security Testing, Security (Test) Automation, Risk Analysis, Threat modelling, Security Research, and many others. You will help reduce the risk for the organisation by helping DevOps, Platform Engineering, Platform Operations, Architecture and Software Engineering teams to deliver secure products and cloud platforms and support companywide security initiatives including information security standards such as ISO27001 and SOC 2. You will help to create new strategic plans to be more efficient and work together with BigHand security and compliance departments. You will also coach your team members and improve their security knowledge You will contribute to the security research and bring new knowledge inside the company. You will act as a bridge from Security to other functions. You also will assist with the continuous improvement of the processes critical to the success of the team. You will align with other stakeholders in other domains. Actively promoting DevSecOps ways of working and best practices within the teams and company at large. Support the delivery of the Platform Security roadmap. Demonstrate excellent judgement in prioritising security efforts to mitigate the appropriate risks. Be a strong communicator and can translate security objectives to tech teams. Managing several security related items: Security requirements, Threat Modelling, Design Reviews, Secure Code Review, Penetration Tests, Security Trainings, Automated Test Security, Security Monitoring, Kubernetes Security. Work with DevOps/Platform Engineers, Software Developers, Architecture to plan, design, implement and deploy secure product and platforms according to the needs of the business. Working with other DevOps/Platform Engineers in providing templates and knowledge that facilitates smooth automation process through out a project lifecycle with security embedded in all phases. Continuously drive improvements in processes, tooling, and security architecture of the underlying infrastructure and capabilities. Work on everything from transitioning on-prem services into Azure cloud (PaaS and IaaS services), helping move to and maintain orchestrated container-based service architecture (Azure Kubernetes and Docker). Improve and secure modules in our Terraform & PowerShell module library. Create and maintain an enterprise grade security monitoring and alerting solutions of applications, networks, data and infrastructure services. Assist in the creation of reports/dashboards for usage and up-time. Manage and monitor security health of platforms to ensure that issues and risk are quickly identified and resolved. Collaborate with the IT operations and development teams to plan and execute system changes e.g., security and audit controls as required by the business or compliance requirements. Automate build and release manual activities using DevSecOps best practices. Create security guides and documentation for the development team to securely operate and maintain products. Participate in incident management. Prioritise incidents to help deliver within SLAs. Carry out strong diagnosis to discover root cause and resolutions. Provide out of hours support on a rota basis throughout the year. What we're looking for: BSc. in Computer Science or Engineering or significant job experience with a minimum 2-year Security Engineering or DevOps experience, with experience on APIs. Experienced in working in complex environments including on-prem and cloud. Analytic skills and ability to solve highly complex problems. Experience with OWASP testing Guide / Open-Source Security Testing Methodology. Experience implementing controls for ISO27001 and SOC 2 Experience with cryptography, X509 certificates, signatures, securing TLS/SSL parameters, and certificates. Familiarity with Secure Development Lifecycle practices and Agile development with Continuous Delivery / Integration combined with good experience of cloud security, SAST, DAST, IAST or RASP Excellent communication skills and organisational savvy, to steer peers toward solutions that carefully balance business, velocity, risk, compliance, and engineering concerns. Eagerness to challenge the status quo, balanced with a reasonable and methodical approach to effecting change. A growth mindset, continuous learner with a fun and positive attitude. Excellent understanding of information security principles, cloud security and best practices. Hands-on working experience implementing SIEM & SOAR Tools. Hands-on experience implementing WAF solutions. Hands-on working experience in privileged access management, vulnerability management, secure remote access, secrets management and access control. Hands-on experience in designing, implementing, testing, and securing APIs. Hands-on experience implementing security controls across data, infrastructure, and applications primarily in Azure. Hands-on working experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud services (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), Security, Networking and Azure DevOps Pipelines. Excellent working knowledge implementing security controls across all infrastructure, platforms, and applications. Excellent working knowledge of security scanning tools (Static Code Analysis, Dynamics Security Testing, Opensource and Container Scanning tools). Excellent working knowledge with Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) in an Azure world. Hands-on working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and programming and/or scripting language such as PowerShell, Bash, SQL, KQL. Hands-on knowledge on the usage of CI/CD processes including the integration of security & code quality tools. Hands-on knowledge in security logging, monitoring, and alerting tools. Hands-on knowledge in setup, maintaining and supporting Kubernetes environments using cloud providers specifically Azure. Hands-on experience of implementing BCP and Disaster Recovery solutions for services deployed on-prem or Azure Cloud. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with the ability to provide quick resolution to problems. Excellent knowledge of relevant Operations services and Agile methodologies Good working knowledge of Azure DevOps Boards. Good understanding of engineering and automation of container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker. Good working knowledge in building solutions on and developing integrations using Azure services. Ability to lead and manage complex project end-to-end from requirements, design, implementation, testing and supporting the solution. What we offer 25 days holiday (exc. bank holidays) + 3 BigHand days off between Christmas & New Year Various wellbeing benefits including private medical, vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Employee Resource Groups (ERG) Company-wide Wellness day, for our teams all across the globe to switch off and spend the day doing something to nourish their mental health Opportunities to give back with company volunteer events and individual volunteer days Career growth opportunities and study leave allowance Family benefits including enhanced parental leave, secondary caregiver leave and fertility support Financial benefits including pension scheme, life assurance, and salary sacrificing Cycle to Work Scheme and Tech Scheme Growing business with a global presence, flexible working, modern offices, and remote work options Our DEI Commitment . click apply for full job details
Job ID: AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch) Roles starting from June 2024 Are you passionate about collaborating with technology and business leaders to deliver cloud-based solutions? At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Amazon is continually evolving and is a place where motivated employees thrive and also where employee ownership and accountability lead to meaningful results. Amazon is a place where builders can build. Our internships offer exceptional opportunities for you to grow your technical and non-technical skills. From day one, you will be working with experienced engineers who love what they do. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us. Associate Solutions Architect Intern The Solutions Architects (SA) organization is a diverse team that focuses on helping customers build infrastructures and applications at scale using AWS solutions. Our solutions architects are passionate technologists with technical breadth and depth coupled with strong interpersonal skills. As an SA intern, you will receive AWS technical training, immerse yourself in cloud computing, develop business acumen, presentation delivery, and learn more about Amazon culture. You will work in a one on one project environment with the possibility of group projects, complete the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification, and attend professional development events. Amazon internships are full-time (38 hours/week) and normally run for 10-12 consecutive weeks with timelines dependent on country locations. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Work/Life Harmony Our team puts a high value on work-life harmony. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfilment AND WE encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. Mentorship & Career Growth Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future. Day in the life About the team Specialist Solutions Architect Team Specialists seek to advance the state-of-the art of AWS, leveraging their deep domain expertise to lead the most complex customer or partner engagements and develop the AWS business. They create mechanisms to learn and share the acquired knowledge, such as building communities and documentation that make these engagements repeatable and self-service. EMEA Student Programs Team We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: London, GBR BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Currently in your penultimate or final year of a degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Mathematics / Technology / Related science/technical field. Ideally completing this degree post-internship. Interest and aptitude to learn about and deliver cloud-based solutions to customers. Knowledge of one of the programming languages like Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, C#, or C++ OR the interest and technical ability to learn a programming language. Fluent English PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly. Knowledge of Networking fundamentals including Security, Storage or Databases (Relational and/or NoSQL), Operating Systems (Unix, Linux, and/or Windows) Experience with one or more of the following domains: systems administration (Linux/Window), network administration (DNS, IPsec, BGP, VPN, Load Balancing), or programming (Node.JS, Java, Ruby, C#, Python, or PHP). Fluency in any European language is a plus. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice () to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial (tel:). If calling from Ireland, please dial (tel:). Posted: February 5, 2024 (Updated about 7 hours ago) Posted: October 20, 2023 (Updated 3 days ago) Posted: October 25, 2023 (Updated 4 days ago) Posted: December 20, 2023 (Updated 9 days ago) Posted: July 24, 2023 (Updated 9 days ago) Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
Job ID: AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch) Roles starting from June 2024 Are you passionate about collaborating with technology and business leaders to deliver cloud-based solutions? At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Amazon is continually evolving and is a place where motivated employees thrive and also where employee ownership and accountability lead to meaningful results. Amazon is a place where builders can build. Our internships offer exceptional opportunities for you to grow your technical and non-technical skills. From day one, you will be working with experienced engineers who love what they do. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us. Associate Solutions Architect Intern The Solutions Architects (SA) organization is a diverse team that focuses on helping customers build infrastructures and applications at scale using AWS solutions. Our solutions architects are passionate technologists with technical breadth and depth coupled with strong interpersonal skills. As an SA intern, you will receive AWS technical training, immerse yourself in cloud computing, develop business acumen, presentation delivery, and learn more about Amazon culture. You will work in a one on one project environment with the possibility of group projects, complete the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification, and attend professional development events. Amazon internships are full-time (38 hours/week) and normally run for 10-12 consecutive weeks with timelines dependent on country locations. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Work/Life Harmony Our team puts a high value on work-life harmony. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfilment AND WE encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. Mentorship & Career Growth Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future. Day in the life About the team Specialist Solutions Architect Team Specialists seek to advance the state-of-the art of AWS, leveraging their deep domain expertise to lead the most complex customer or partner engagements and develop the AWS business. They create mechanisms to learn and share the acquired knowledge, such as building communities and documentation that make these engagements repeatable and self-service. EMEA Student Programs Team We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: London, GBR BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Currently in your penultimate or final year of a degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Mathematics / Technology / Related science/technical field. Ideally completing this degree post-internship. Interest and aptitude to learn about and deliver cloud-based solutions to customers. Knowledge of one of the programming languages like Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, C#, or C++ OR the interest and technical ability to learn a programming language. Fluent English PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly. Knowledge of Networking fundamentals including Security, Storage or Databases (Relational and/or NoSQL), Operating Systems (Unix, Linux, and/or Windows) Experience with one or more of the following domains: systems administration (Linux/Window), network administration (DNS, IPsec, BGP, VPN, Load Balancing), or programming (Node.JS, Java, Ruby, C#, Python, or PHP). Fluency in any European language is a plus. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice () to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial (tel:). If calling from Ireland, please dial (tel:). Posted: February 5, 2024 (Updated about 7 hours ago) Posted: October 20, 2023 (Updated 3 days ago) Posted: October 25, 2023 (Updated 4 days ago) Posted: December 20, 2023 (Updated 9 days ago) Posted: July 24, 2023 (Updated 9 days ago) Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
1. Job purpose We are looking for a sharp Senior Java Developer to play a key role in a small collaborative team building trading venues and associated infrastructure. We follow rapid development and deployment cycles for projects and share ownership of the entire codebase, so you will get great experience across a variety of exchange applications and financial product types. We care about the code that we write and we want a developer that is more interested in writing clean, maintainable, efficient code rather than a quick hack. Any former experience with specific cryptocurrencies, and/or related skills such as decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenisation, trading, matching engine, clearing and settlement as well as capital markets system integration will be a very useful complement to the above. 2. Key technology used: Primary Secondary Java 8+ Spring FIX Hibernate (Postgres) Sockets SVN / GIT Linux EPL (Esper) Maven JMS (ActiveMQ) AWS/Cloud deployment 3. Methodology Agile / Scrum Continuous integration Test automation TDD 4. Requirements Must have Nice to have Core Java SE High throughput, low latency systems Desire to learn Financial markets Passion for writing clean, re-usable code FIX UI/UX skills Blockchain Understanding of peer-to-peer networks Spring Passion for writing clean, re-usable code Hibernate Desire to learn Complex event processing / EPL Passion for writing clean, re-usable code SQL 5. Company culture We provide best of breed trading venue and post-trade solutions to global financial markets and have clients across the globe and across multiple asset types. We value keen, bright people who want to make a difference to a project and who want to learn and expand their abilities. Being a fast-growing, agile company, we are not stifled by the red tape that can tie up larger organisations and we are able to give staff the opportunity to contribute or to assume leadership for new approaches and initiatives - the only limitation will be your ambition!
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
1. Job purpose We are looking for a sharp Senior Java Developer to play a key role in a small collaborative team building trading venues and associated infrastructure. We follow rapid development and deployment cycles for projects and share ownership of the entire codebase, so you will get great experience across a variety of exchange applications and financial product types. We care about the code that we write and we want a developer that is more interested in writing clean, maintainable, efficient code rather than a quick hack. Any former experience with specific cryptocurrencies, and/or related skills such as decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenisation, trading, matching engine, clearing and settlement as well as capital markets system integration will be a very useful complement to the above. 2. Key technology used: Primary Secondary Java 8+ Spring FIX Hibernate (Postgres) Sockets SVN / GIT Linux EPL (Esper) Maven JMS (ActiveMQ) AWS/Cloud deployment 3. Methodology Agile / Scrum Continuous integration Test automation TDD 4. Requirements Must have Nice to have Core Java SE High throughput, low latency systems Desire to learn Financial markets Passion for writing clean, re-usable code FIX UI/UX skills Blockchain Understanding of peer-to-peer networks Spring Passion for writing clean, re-usable code Hibernate Desire to learn Complex event processing / EPL Passion for writing clean, re-usable code SQL 5. Company culture We provide best of breed trading venue and post-trade solutions to global financial markets and have clients across the globe and across multiple asset types. We value keen, bright people who want to make a difference to a project and who want to learn and expand their abilities. Being a fast-growing, agile company, we are not stifled by the red tape that can tie up larger organisations and we are able to give staff the opportunity to contribute or to assume leadership for new approaches and initiatives - the only limitation will be your ambition!
Senior Technical Product Manager page is loaded Senior Technical Product Manager Apply locations United Kingdom-Remote Location GBR-Staines-Flow GBR-London-The Bower time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R018730 Please Note: 1. If you are a first time user, please create your candidate login account before you apply for a job. (Click Sign In > Create Account) 2. If you already have a Candidate Account, please Sign-In before you apply. Job Description: is looking for a Staff Technical Product Manager to join our VMware Security Product Management team. You will be working on VMware's Firewall and Advanced Threat Prevention Products. This team is a fast-paced start-up environment where the successful candidate will wear many hats . You'll be part of a bright Product Management team that has an open communication, empowerment, innovation, teamwork and customer success culture. Responsibilities: -Function as the "the technical product evangelist" with customers and partners for the VMware Firewall and Advanced Security products - -Work closely with product management and architects to provide feedback on feature prioritization, product design, implementation, testing and maintenance. -Helps build and drive early customer betas. -Produce technical collateral, performance and ROI collateral, blogs and demo videos -Help define and produce reference architecture documentation. Required Skills: -Good knowledge of network security products -Great understanding of Cybersecurity tools and ecosystem -Technical depth and hands-on experience building demos and collateral -Speaking experience on security at industry forums and conferences Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law. If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence. Welcome! Thank you for your interest in Broadcom! We are a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
Senior Technical Product Manager page is loaded Senior Technical Product Manager Apply locations United Kingdom-Remote Location GBR-Staines-Flow GBR-London-The Bower time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R018730 Please Note: 1. If you are a first time user, please create your candidate login account before you apply for a job. (Click Sign In > Create Account) 2. If you already have a Candidate Account, please Sign-In before you apply. Job Description: is looking for a Staff Technical Product Manager to join our VMware Security Product Management team. You will be working on VMware's Firewall and Advanced Threat Prevention Products. This team is a fast-paced start-up environment where the successful candidate will wear many hats . You'll be part of a bright Product Management team that has an open communication, empowerment, innovation, teamwork and customer success culture. Responsibilities: -Function as the "the technical product evangelist" with customers and partners for the VMware Firewall and Advanced Security products - -Work closely with product management and architects to provide feedback on feature prioritization, product design, implementation, testing and maintenance. -Helps build and drive early customer betas. -Produce technical collateral, performance and ROI collateral, blogs and demo videos -Help define and produce reference architecture documentation. Required Skills: -Good knowledge of network security products -Great understanding of Cybersecurity tools and ecosystem -Technical depth and hands-on experience building demos and collateral -Speaking experience on security at industry forums and conferences Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law. If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence. Welcome! Thank you for your interest in Broadcom! We are a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.
Azure Senior Consultant - Appvia Location: London, UK About Us At Appvia, we're committed to helping our customers navigate their journey to Cloud and DevOps maturity. As a leading provider in the industry, we offer cutting-edge technologies and services to support our clients' cloud adoption journey. Our mission is to enable every company to deliver apps in the cloud. We dedicate ourselves to building a cloud infrastructure layer that allows platform engineering teams to manage, monitor and update with ease - at the same time, offering devs the flexibility to deploy their apps in the cloud without a hassle. We are passionate about driving value to our clients and have a desire to make their organisation succeed. About the role As a Senior Cloud Consultant, you will play a crucial role in guiding our customers on their journey to cloud and DevOps maturity. Leveraging your expertise in cloud technologies and best practices, you will work closely with clients to architect, implement, and optimise solutions tailored to their unique needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver exceptional value to our customers. Interview process - 3 stage Initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition Manager Interview with the Hiring Manager Leadership Final Interview Requirements About you You'll be passionate about new technology and automation, and experienced in working in an Engineering Team in Agile and DevOps best practices. You'll also be able to talk to us about your: Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment practices Ability to collaborate with people of all levels of technical ability Understanding of industry best practices Project Management experience Fantastic people skills, including the ability to motivate a team towards a common goal Responsibilities Collaborate with clients to assess their current infrastructure, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop tailored cloud and DevOps strategies. Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native solutions leveraging industry best practices and cutting-edge technologies. Lead the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices to streamline development and deployment processes. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. Engage with stakeholders to understand business requirements, prioritise initiatives, and ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Provide input to Statements of Work (SOW) and lead on small projects, ensuring deliverables are met within scope, budget, and timeline. Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing and DevOps, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and thought leadership initiatives. Skills Platform Engineering: Proficiency in designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and secure cloud platforms. Automation: Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). Container Orchestration: Knowledge of container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and their managed counterparts (e.g., EKS, AKS, GKE). Public Cloud Expertise: Understanding of cloud services, architecture, and best practices in one or more major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). DevOps Practices: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker). Experience Project Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading and delivering cloud migration, optimization, or transformation projects. Client-Facing Experience: Proven track record of engaging with clients, understanding their requirements, and delivering solutions that exceed expectations. Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and drive consensus. Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying abreast of industry trends, participating in professional development activities, and obtaining relevant certifications. Qualifications Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) at associate level is highly desirable e.g. Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate or AWS Solution Architect Associate. Why join Appvia? We are a self-funded, London based startup; providing businesses with a fast and secure way to deploy containerised applications into the cloud. We are on a mission to enable organisations to make cloud-based software delivery simple and efficient, whilst having the insights into costs, security and cadence. As a company that holds customers at the heart of everything we do, we are looking for candidates that want to make a real change to how Dev and Ops is working in the industry. With us our customers, like the UK's Home Office & Bank of England, are harnessing cloud-native technologies, limiting the challenges of infrastructure management and rapidly delivering digital products. What's on offer? We are generous - you'll be compensated fairly for your role (dependant on role this could mean a blend of salary, commission, stock options & company bonus) We celebrate you - you'll get the day-off for your Birthday, plus your 25 days annual leave and the 8 bank hols We win together - non commission based roles receive a company & individual performance based bonus We take health & wellbeing seriously - you'll get health Insurance including a dental element for yourself, and can choose to add family members to your policy. Life assurance, enhanced Employee Assist Programme, cycle to work scheme and a paid subscription to Headspace App We're mindful - you'll have flexibility to work from our dog-friendly Barbican office, your home or a combination of both - with flex hours to make work & home, work well We want you to grow - you'll be joining an exceptional team who will help you shape the career you're dreaming of, each Appvian has access to an individual training budget We're fun - we sponsor regular team socials, board game nights, Cloud Unplugged meetups and more! But don't just take our word for it, you can check out what our Appvians say about us on Glassdoor and by following us on LinkedIn, Twitter and TikTok.
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
Azure Senior Consultant - Appvia Location: London, UK About Us At Appvia, we're committed to helping our customers navigate their journey to Cloud and DevOps maturity. As a leading provider in the industry, we offer cutting-edge technologies and services to support our clients' cloud adoption journey. Our mission is to enable every company to deliver apps in the cloud. We dedicate ourselves to building a cloud infrastructure layer that allows platform engineering teams to manage, monitor and update with ease - at the same time, offering devs the flexibility to deploy their apps in the cloud without a hassle. We are passionate about driving value to our clients and have a desire to make their organisation succeed. About the role As a Senior Cloud Consultant, you will play a crucial role in guiding our customers on their journey to cloud and DevOps maturity. Leveraging your expertise in cloud technologies and best practices, you will work closely with clients to architect, implement, and optimise solutions tailored to their unique needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver exceptional value to our customers. Interview process - 3 stage Initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition Manager Interview with the Hiring Manager Leadership Final Interview Requirements About you You'll be passionate about new technology and automation, and experienced in working in an Engineering Team in Agile and DevOps best practices. You'll also be able to talk to us about your: Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment practices Ability to collaborate with people of all levels of technical ability Understanding of industry best practices Project Management experience Fantastic people skills, including the ability to motivate a team towards a common goal Responsibilities Collaborate with clients to assess their current infrastructure, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop tailored cloud and DevOps strategies. Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native solutions leveraging industry best practices and cutting-edge technologies. Lead the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices to streamline development and deployment processes. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. Engage with stakeholders to understand business requirements, prioritise initiatives, and ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Provide input to Statements of Work (SOW) and lead on small projects, ensuring deliverables are met within scope, budget, and timeline. Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing and DevOps, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and thought leadership initiatives. Skills Platform Engineering: Proficiency in designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and secure cloud platforms. Automation: Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). Container Orchestration: Knowledge of container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and their managed counterparts (e.g., EKS, AKS, GKE). Public Cloud Expertise: Understanding of cloud services, architecture, and best practices in one or more major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). DevOps Practices: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker). Experience Project Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading and delivering cloud migration, optimization, or transformation projects. Client-Facing Experience: Proven track record of engaging with clients, understanding their requirements, and delivering solutions that exceed expectations. Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and drive consensus. Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying abreast of industry trends, participating in professional development activities, and obtaining relevant certifications. Qualifications Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) at associate level is highly desirable e.g. Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate or AWS Solution Architect Associate. Why join Appvia? We are a self-funded, London based startup; providing businesses with a fast and secure way to deploy containerised applications into the cloud. We are on a mission to enable organisations to make cloud-based software delivery simple and efficient, whilst having the insights into costs, security and cadence. As a company that holds customers at the heart of everything we do, we are looking for candidates that want to make a real change to how Dev and Ops is working in the industry. With us our customers, like the UK's Home Office & Bank of England, are harnessing cloud-native technologies, limiting the challenges of infrastructure management and rapidly delivering digital products. What's on offer? We are generous - you'll be compensated fairly for your role (dependant on role this could mean a blend of salary, commission, stock options & company bonus) We celebrate you - you'll get the day-off for your Birthday, plus your 25 days annual leave and the 8 bank hols We win together - non commission based roles receive a company & individual performance based bonus We take health & wellbeing seriously - you'll get health Insurance including a dental element for yourself, and can choose to add family members to your policy. Life assurance, enhanced Employee Assist Programme, cycle to work scheme and a paid subscription to Headspace App We're mindful - you'll have flexibility to work from our dog-friendly Barbican office, your home or a combination of both - with flex hours to make work & home, work well We want you to grow - you'll be joining an exceptional team who will help you shape the career you're dreaming of, each Appvian has access to an individual training budget We're fun - we sponsor regular team socials, board game nights, Cloud Unplugged meetups and more! But don't just take our word for it, you can check out what our Appvians say about us on Glassdoor and by following us on LinkedIn, Twitter and TikTok.
Senior Platform Engineer - Services, Blockchain Monitoring, Automation ABOUT CLEARMATICS Clearmatics is a blockchain protocol engineering company that builds decentralised financial market infrastructures that are more open, efficient, and resilient than those serving legacy market structures of today. We have a bold vision for this new market infrastructure - enabling market participants to solve currently unaddressed problems of the real economy, including "missing markets" problems. We aim to achieve our vision through technologies that allow peer-to-peer trading and settlement within new markets, and with digital assets whose values track real-world risk factors that currently have no suitable expression in legacy markets. No matter the nature of a risk factor, whether macro-economic or relating to real-world metrics such as climate data, our mission is to make important risk factors tradable; by anyone, anywhere, without reliance on financial intermediaries. We are building this new infrastructure in collaboration with incredible trading and blockchain communities. Clearmatics was founded in 2015, and we have ever since been committed advocates of Open Source development, and active participants in the blockchain and cryptography research communities. We've also been an active participant and supporter of decentralised infrastructure initiatives. We're growing our team and are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join us and become part of our journey. This role requires thought leadership as well as the practical implementation of a platform-centric vision to support our engineering team, the increased automation of deployments and maintenance of websites, dashboards, metrics pipelines, and containerised applications. RESPONSIBILITIES You will be part of a specialist team that will apply Platform Engineering principles to architect, build and maintain frameworks, tools, and infrastructure that allow engineers to develop in a 'self-service' manner securely and efficiently. In this role you will: Contribute to the design and architecture for platform solutions that enable teams to own their project deployments Implement and support infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD solutions that are efficient, effective, secure, and maintainable Be responsible for multi-Cloud integration, management, and monitoring, with a particular emphasis on security and reliability Implement best-of-class performance and security monitoring and alerting infrastructures, including developing strategies to formulate and track SLOs and KPIs Conduct incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis Contribute to the deployment, administration, monitoring, and maintenance of our blockchain validator node infrastructure Continuously evaluate changed requirements, opportunities, new technologies, and different approaches Provide expertise, guidance, and advice across teams REQUIREMENTS 5+ years professional experience in Systems or Platform Engineering In-depth experience with critical Linux infrastructure and networks, including monitoring, diagnosing, and troubleshooting, in an environment that makes extensive use of cloud and virtualised services (AWS, GCP, Digital Ocean), automation, scripting, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code methodologies Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field Very strong scripting and programming skills (Shell, Python) in the context of systems automation and operations Experience developing REST APIs, backend services with database access (MySQL, PostreSQL), and automated pipelines Extensive experience with CI/CD tools and practices (GitHub CI, Travis CI, Jenkins etc.) Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code tools and related technologies: Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, EKS, GKE Extensive experience with monitoring and alerting in cloud based environments: Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, CloudWatch, Stackdriver BONUS POINTS Demonstrated involvement in Open source projects, blockchain-related communities and online spaces Interest and involvement in the Ethereum space that goes beyond crypto trading Our compensation is globally competitive and dependent on your skills and experience.
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
Senior Platform Engineer - Services, Blockchain Monitoring, Automation ABOUT CLEARMATICS Clearmatics is a blockchain protocol engineering company that builds decentralised financial market infrastructures that are more open, efficient, and resilient than those serving legacy market structures of today. We have a bold vision for this new market infrastructure - enabling market participants to solve currently unaddressed problems of the real economy, including "missing markets" problems. We aim to achieve our vision through technologies that allow peer-to-peer trading and settlement within new markets, and with digital assets whose values track real-world risk factors that currently have no suitable expression in legacy markets. No matter the nature of a risk factor, whether macro-economic or relating to real-world metrics such as climate data, our mission is to make important risk factors tradable; by anyone, anywhere, without reliance on financial intermediaries. We are building this new infrastructure in collaboration with incredible trading and blockchain communities. Clearmatics was founded in 2015, and we have ever since been committed advocates of Open Source development, and active participants in the blockchain and cryptography research communities. We've also been an active participant and supporter of decentralised infrastructure initiatives. We're growing our team and are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join us and become part of our journey. This role requires thought leadership as well as the practical implementation of a platform-centric vision to support our engineering team, the increased automation of deployments and maintenance of websites, dashboards, metrics pipelines, and containerised applications. RESPONSIBILITIES You will be part of a specialist team that will apply Platform Engineering principles to architect, build and maintain frameworks, tools, and infrastructure that allow engineers to develop in a 'self-service' manner securely and efficiently. In this role you will: Contribute to the design and architecture for platform solutions that enable teams to own their project deployments Implement and support infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD solutions that are efficient, effective, secure, and maintainable Be responsible for multi-Cloud integration, management, and monitoring, with a particular emphasis on security and reliability Implement best-of-class performance and security monitoring and alerting infrastructures, including developing strategies to formulate and track SLOs and KPIs Conduct incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis Contribute to the deployment, administration, monitoring, and maintenance of our blockchain validator node infrastructure Continuously evaluate changed requirements, opportunities, new technologies, and different approaches Provide expertise, guidance, and advice across teams REQUIREMENTS 5+ years professional experience in Systems or Platform Engineering In-depth experience with critical Linux infrastructure and networks, including monitoring, diagnosing, and troubleshooting, in an environment that makes extensive use of cloud and virtualised services (AWS, GCP, Digital Ocean), automation, scripting, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code methodologies Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field Very strong scripting and programming skills (Shell, Python) in the context of systems automation and operations Experience developing REST APIs, backend services with database access (MySQL, PostreSQL), and automated pipelines Extensive experience with CI/CD tools and practices (GitHub CI, Travis CI, Jenkins etc.) Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code tools and related technologies: Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, EKS, GKE Extensive experience with monitoring and alerting in cloud based environments: Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, CloudWatch, Stackdriver BONUS POINTS Demonstrated involvement in Open source projects, blockchain-related communities and online spaces Interest and involvement in the Ethereum space that goes beyond crypto trading Our compensation is globally competitive and dependent on your skills and experience.
Numerix is looking for a Senior Cloud Operations Manager - EMEA who will be responsible for overseeing and managing the operations of company's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud infrastructure and services. In this role, you are expected to stay up-to-date with the latest AWS developments and trends to make informed decisions and maximize the benefits of AWS for Numerix. You will play a critical role in ensuring the efficiency, reliability, and security of cloud-based systems and applications. Responsibilities: 1.Develop and implement strategies for the operation and maintenance of cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance. 2.Manage a team of cloud operations professionals, providing guidance, coaching, and performance feedback. 3.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement cloud-based solutions that meet business requirements. 4.Monitor and analyze cloud performance metrics and identify areas for improvement in scalability, efficiency, and cost optimization. 5.Oversee the implementation and maintenance of security measures, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. 6.Plan and execute disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for cloud-based systems. 7.Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and industry trends, providing recommendations for their integration into existing infrastructure. 8.Develop and maintain documentation related to cloud operations processes, procedures, and configurations. 9.Collaborate with stakeholders to define and enforce cloud operations best practices and standards. Requirements: 1.Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field (master's degree is a plus). 2.Minimum of 2 years of managing and leading cloud operations teams. 3.In-depth knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS); extensive experience in AWS infrastructure management, with a strong background in various AWS services. 4.Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, including native (serverless) AWS services, networking, storage, and security. 5.Strong understanding of AWS security and compliance best practices. 6.Experience with cloud deployment and automation tools, such as Docker, Terraform/CFT, or Ansible/TeamCity. 7.Proficiency in scripting and programming languages, such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash. 8.Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools, such as CloudWatch. 9.Knowledge of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices and frameworks. 10.Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to handle complex issues in a fast-paced environment. 11.Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Certifications 1. Required - AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Solution Architect Associate or Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification is highly desirable. 3.Plus - Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Location / TimeZone: 1. The role is open to EMEA w/ a preference for London 2. The role is expected to cover working hours for that timezone.
Mar 18, 2024
Full time
Numerix is looking for a Senior Cloud Operations Manager - EMEA who will be responsible for overseeing and managing the operations of company's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud infrastructure and services. In this role, you are expected to stay up-to-date with the latest AWS developments and trends to make informed decisions and maximize the benefits of AWS for Numerix. You will play a critical role in ensuring the efficiency, reliability, and security of cloud-based systems and applications. Responsibilities: 1.Develop and implement strategies for the operation and maintenance of cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance. 2.Manage a team of cloud operations professionals, providing guidance, coaching, and performance feedback. 3.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement cloud-based solutions that meet business requirements. 4.Monitor and analyze cloud performance metrics and identify areas for improvement in scalability, efficiency, and cost optimization. 5.Oversee the implementation and maintenance of security measures, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. 6.Plan and execute disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for cloud-based systems. 7.Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and industry trends, providing recommendations for their integration into existing infrastructure. 8.Develop and maintain documentation related to cloud operations processes, procedures, and configurations. 9.Collaborate with stakeholders to define and enforce cloud operations best practices and standards. Requirements: 1.Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field (master's degree is a plus). 2.Minimum of 2 years of managing and leading cloud operations teams. 3.In-depth knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS); extensive experience in AWS infrastructure management, with a strong background in various AWS services. 4.Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, including native (serverless) AWS services, networking, storage, and security. 5.Strong understanding of AWS security and compliance best practices. 6.Experience with cloud deployment and automation tools, such as Docker, Terraform/CFT, or Ansible/TeamCity. 7.Proficiency in scripting and programming languages, such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash. 8.Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools, such as CloudWatch. 9.Knowledge of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices and frameworks. 10.Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to handle complex issues in a fast-paced environment. 11.Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Certifications 1. Required - AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Solution Architect Associate or Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification is highly desirable. 3.Plus - Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Location / TimeZone: 1. The role is open to EMEA w/ a preference for London 2. The role is expected to cover working hours for that timezone.