Are you looking for your next Web Development opportunity? Do you have proven experience with C++, HTML or Python? Do you want to join a dynamic team focused on Organisational Development & Innovation? Your new employer is looking for you to embark on delivering digital projects for an initial 18 month fixed term contract! Your offering as a Web Developer? Your starting salary will be subject to experience, within the range of £39,000 - £42,000 (with additional benefits including 19% employer pension contributions) Your new organisation offers a flexible hybrid working environment, ideally 3 days per week on site. Your responsibilities in your new Web Developer opportunity? As the perfect fit for this Web Developer vacancy, you'll be playing a pivotal role in developing, maintaining, and upgrading software applications that support the various operations and services within the organisation. You will contribute by; Defining, delivering, and supporting projects and online services related to digital initiatives. Coordinating the implementation of projects within the Digital Pillars framework, advocating for agile technology and immersive technology with a focus on end-user design at all levels. Playing a crucial role in the development, maintenance, and upgrading of software applications that support various operations and services. Does this sound like the ideal Web Developer Job for you? If you have proven experience in; Developing within one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, HTML/CSS and Python. Implementing online and web platforms Microsoft 365 development tools and technologies, including but not limited to SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, and Azure services. Identifying and enabling the successful delivery of innovative software solutions and digital opportunities Desirable to possess a Degree (or equivalent) in Software Engineering, Computer Science etc. Apply now! Are you a Web Developer but this role doesn't quite fit? Eligo are a leading Technology recruitment consultancy specialising in IT Contracts within the Public Sector . Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us for a confidential chat about how we can secure you your perfect new post job . Eligo Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Mar 28, 2024
Full time
Are you looking for your next Web Development opportunity? Do you have proven experience with C++, HTML or Python? Do you want to join a dynamic team focused on Organisational Development & Innovation? Your new employer is looking for you to embark on delivering digital projects for an initial 18 month fixed term contract! Your offering as a Web Developer? Your starting salary will be subject to experience, within the range of £39,000 - £42,000 (with additional benefits including 19% employer pension contributions) Your new organisation offers a flexible hybrid working environment, ideally 3 days per week on site. Your responsibilities in your new Web Developer opportunity? As the perfect fit for this Web Developer vacancy, you'll be playing a pivotal role in developing, maintaining, and upgrading software applications that support the various operations and services within the organisation. You will contribute by; Defining, delivering, and supporting projects and online services related to digital initiatives. Coordinating the implementation of projects within the Digital Pillars framework, advocating for agile technology and immersive technology with a focus on end-user design at all levels. Playing a crucial role in the development, maintenance, and upgrading of software applications that support various operations and services. Does this sound like the ideal Web Developer Job for you? If you have proven experience in; Developing within one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, HTML/CSS and Python. Implementing online and web platforms Microsoft 365 development tools and technologies, including but not limited to SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, and Azure services. Identifying and enabling the successful delivery of innovative software solutions and digital opportunities Desirable to possess a Degree (or equivalent) in Software Engineering, Computer Science etc. Apply now! Are you a Web Developer but this role doesn't quite fit? Eligo are a leading Technology recruitment consultancy specialising in IT Contracts within the Public Sector . Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us for a confidential chat about how we can secure you your perfect new post job . Eligo Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Role: Senior Field Engineer (Server) Salary: £29k + Car + Pension + On Call Allowance+ private medical/ dental insurance + many more Location: Greater Manchester MUST BE UK BASED AND SC ELIGIBLE. NO SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED The Senior Field Service Engineer will be responsible for diagnosing and repairing various IT equipment such as servers, PCs, laptops, printers, and point of sale systems (EPOS) at different customer sites throughout the UK. They will ensure adherence to company processes, procedures, and contractual obligations while upholding excellent customer service standards. Candidates should possess extensive experience as a Field Service Engineer, effective communication skills, and the ability to collaborate within a team environment. Reporting to Team Leader/Resource Managers (Field), this role will also involve critical interactions with Call Control and Technical vetting teams within Field Services. Key responsibilities include: Independently and remotely troubleshooting a wide range of products in both software and hardware environments. Proficiency in installing, configuring, and supporting Server/Desktop/EPOS environments, as well as installing client software for various networking platforms at different customer sites across Greater Manchester Adherence to documented procedures and safety precautions, including ESD protocols. Demonstrating effective problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt and learn on the job. Cultivating professional relationships with internal stakeholders such as Call Control and Tech Vetting teams. Ensuring compliance with processes, procedures, and contractual agreements. Striving to provide exceptional customer service and support to all CDW customers. Completing necessary documentation such as Field Service Call reports and Customer Checksheets within SLA timescales. Proactively collaborating with call allocators to meet SLAs in a cost-effective manner. Understanding and exceeding customer SLA requirements through initiative. Performing any additional tasks as directed by Senior Management. Requirements: Possess an exceptional understanding of Server/PC architecture, proficiency in Windows Operating systems, and adeptness in troubleshooting and resolving issues with Servers, Desktops, EPOS, Laptops, and Printers. Hold a valid UK Driving Licence. Must be eligible for SC clearance. Hold recognized manufacturer accreditations, such as HP/IBM/Dell/ Lenovo, for both Server and Desktop. Have a minimum of 6 years of customer-facing experience in the IT industry. Demonstrate the ability to work independently across a diverse range of products. Exhibit outstanding communication skills. Showcase proven organizational and customer service competencies. Perform effectively under pressure. Maintain consistently high standards of quality and professionalism. Display excellent time management abilities. Collaborate effectively as part of a team to achieve operational excellence. Possess awareness of ITIL methodologies and best practices. Previous experience in a similar role is preferred. Show flexibility in adapting to the evolving needs of the team. Adhere strictly to company standards and procedures unless directed otherwise. Foster and nurture excellent customer relationships. Uphold high levels of punctuality, communication, attitude, competence, and service quality. Ensure maintenance of all relevant Manufacturer Server Accreditations, where applicable. If you're ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic team within a leading IT MSP, apply now and embark on an exciting career journey!
Mar 28, 2024
Full time
Role: Senior Field Engineer (Server) Salary: £29k + Car + Pension + On Call Allowance+ private medical/ dental insurance + many more Location: Greater Manchester MUST BE UK BASED AND SC ELIGIBLE. NO SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED The Senior Field Service Engineer will be responsible for diagnosing and repairing various IT equipment such as servers, PCs, laptops, printers, and point of sale systems (EPOS) at different customer sites throughout the UK. They will ensure adherence to company processes, procedures, and contractual obligations while upholding excellent customer service standards. Candidates should possess extensive experience as a Field Service Engineer, effective communication skills, and the ability to collaborate within a team environment. Reporting to Team Leader/Resource Managers (Field), this role will also involve critical interactions with Call Control and Technical vetting teams within Field Services. Key responsibilities include: Independently and remotely troubleshooting a wide range of products in both software and hardware environments. Proficiency in installing, configuring, and supporting Server/Desktop/EPOS environments, as well as installing client software for various networking platforms at different customer sites across Greater Manchester Adherence to documented procedures and safety precautions, including ESD protocols. Demonstrating effective problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt and learn on the job. Cultivating professional relationships with internal stakeholders such as Call Control and Tech Vetting teams. Ensuring compliance with processes, procedures, and contractual agreements. Striving to provide exceptional customer service and support to all CDW customers. Completing necessary documentation such as Field Service Call reports and Customer Checksheets within SLA timescales. Proactively collaborating with call allocators to meet SLAs in a cost-effective manner. Understanding and exceeding customer SLA requirements through initiative. Performing any additional tasks as directed by Senior Management. Requirements: Possess an exceptional understanding of Server/PC architecture, proficiency in Windows Operating systems, and adeptness in troubleshooting and resolving issues with Servers, Desktops, EPOS, Laptops, and Printers. Hold a valid UK Driving Licence. Must be eligible for SC clearance. Hold recognized manufacturer accreditations, such as HP/IBM/Dell/ Lenovo, for both Server and Desktop. Have a minimum of 6 years of customer-facing experience in the IT industry. Demonstrate the ability to work independently across a diverse range of products. Exhibit outstanding communication skills. Showcase proven organizational and customer service competencies. Perform effectively under pressure. Maintain consistently high standards of quality and professionalism. Display excellent time management abilities. Collaborate effectively as part of a team to achieve operational excellence. Possess awareness of ITIL methodologies and best practices. Previous experience in a similar role is preferred. Show flexibility in adapting to the evolving needs of the team. Adhere strictly to company standards and procedures unless directed otherwise. Foster and nurture excellent customer relationships. Uphold high levels of punctuality, communication, attitude, competence, and service quality. Ensure maintenance of all relevant Manufacturer Server Accreditations, where applicable. If you're ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic team within a leading IT MSP, apply now and embark on an exciting career journey!
What you'll be doing: Design and development of embedded software entities, from specification through to release into service Support to electronic circuit designers for computing architecture aspects Architecture design and coding of complex software problems including, but not limited to, digital signal processing, TCP/IP, data recording solutions Translation of requirements into design detail Undertake design review activities at various levels Support other software engineers as appropriate Verification of components and sub-systems using a combination of simulation, analysis, test, and assurance techniques Able to follow the engineering lifecycle and contribute to progress and design reviews Support system integration activities Your skills and experiences: Extensive experience in low-level software design and implementation in C / C++ Degree, or equivalent experience, in Electronic Engineering Sound understanding of one or more microprocessor architectures CEng or equivalent level of capability, or working towards CEng status Experience of complex system integration, both hardware and software Benefits: You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The Maritime Services team: Working in a highly skilled team developing a major upgrade to the UK's lightweight torpedo. A mixed hardware and software team developing electronics & low-level software for DSPs & FPGAs.
Mar 28, 2024
Full time
What you'll be doing: Design and development of embedded software entities, from specification through to release into service Support to electronic circuit designers for computing architecture aspects Architecture design and coding of complex software problems including, but not limited to, digital signal processing, TCP/IP, data recording solutions Translation of requirements into design detail Undertake design review activities at various levels Support other software engineers as appropriate Verification of components and sub-systems using a combination of simulation, analysis, test, and assurance techniques Able to follow the engineering lifecycle and contribute to progress and design reviews Support system integration activities Your skills and experiences: Extensive experience in low-level software design and implementation in C / C++ Degree, or equivalent experience, in Electronic Engineering Sound understanding of one or more microprocessor architectures CEng or equivalent level of capability, or working towards CEng status Experience of complex system integration, both hardware and software Benefits: You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The Maritime Services team: Working in a highly skilled team developing a major upgrade to the UK's lightweight torpedo. A mixed hardware and software team developing electronics & low-level software for DSPs & FPGAs.
Role: Senior Field Engineer (Server) Salary: £29k + Car + Pension + On Call Allowance+ prvate medical/ dental insurance + many more Location: Stoke- on- Trent (M6 Corridor) MUST BE UK BASED AND SC ELIGIBLE. NO SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED The Senior Field Service Engineer will be responsible for diagnosing and repairing various IT equipment such as servers, PCs, laptops, printers, and point of sale systems (EPOS) at different customer sites throughout the UK. They will ensure adherence to company processes, procedures, and contractual obligations while upholding excellent customer service standards. Candidates should possess extensive experience as a Field Service Engineer, effective communication skills, and the ability to collaborate within a team environment. Reporting to Team Leader/Resource Managers (Field), this role will also involve critical interactions with Call Control and Technical vetting teams within Field Services. Key responsibilities include: Independently and remotely troubleshooting a wide range of products in both software and hardware environments. Proficiency in installing, configuring, and supporting Server/Desktop/EPOS environments, as well as installing client software for various networking platforms at different customer sites in the UK. Adherence to documented procedures and safety precautions, including ESD protocols. Demonstrating effective problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt and learn on the job. Cultivating professional relationships with internal stakeholders such as Call Control and Tech Vetting teams. Ensuring compliance with processes, procedures, and contractual agreements. Striving to provide exceptional customer service and support to all CDW customers. Completing necessary documentation such as Field Service Call reports and Customer Checksheets within SLA timescales. Proactively collaborating with call allocators to meet SLAs in a cost-effective manner. Understanding and exceeding customer SLA requirements through initiative. Performing any additional tasks as directed by Senior Management. Requirements: Possess an exceptional understanding of Server/PC architecture, proficiency in Windows Operating systems, and adeptness in troubleshooting and resolving issues with Servers, Desktops, EPOS, Laptops, and Printers. Hold a valid UK Driving Licence. Must be eligible for SC clearance. Hold recognized manufacturer accreditations, such as HP/IBM/Dell/ Lenovo, for both Server and Desktop. Have a minimum of 6 years of customer-facing experience in the IT industry. Demonstrate the ability to work independently across a diverse range of products. Exhibit outstanding communication skills. Showcase proven organizational and customer service competencies. Perform effectively under pressure. Maintain consistently high standards of quality and professionalism. Display excellent time management abilities. Collaborate effectively as part of a team to achieve operational excellence. Possess awareness of ITIL methodologies and best practices. Previous experience in a similar role is preferred. Show flexibility in adapting to the evolving needs of the team. Adhere strictly to company standards and procedures unless directed otherwise. Foster and nurture excellent customer relationships. Uphold high levels of punctuality, communication, attitude, competence, and service quality. Ensure maintenance of all relevant Manufacturer Server Accreditations, where applicable. If you're ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic team within a leading IT MSP, apply now and embark on an exciting career journey!
Mar 27, 2024
Full time
Role: Senior Field Engineer (Server) Salary: £29k + Car + Pension + On Call Allowance+ prvate medical/ dental insurance + many more Location: Stoke- on- Trent (M6 Corridor) MUST BE UK BASED AND SC ELIGIBLE. NO SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED The Senior Field Service Engineer will be responsible for diagnosing and repairing various IT equipment such as servers, PCs, laptops, printers, and point of sale systems (EPOS) at different customer sites throughout the UK. They will ensure adherence to company processes, procedures, and contractual obligations while upholding excellent customer service standards. Candidates should possess extensive experience as a Field Service Engineer, effective communication skills, and the ability to collaborate within a team environment. Reporting to Team Leader/Resource Managers (Field), this role will also involve critical interactions with Call Control and Technical vetting teams within Field Services. Key responsibilities include: Independently and remotely troubleshooting a wide range of products in both software and hardware environments. Proficiency in installing, configuring, and supporting Server/Desktop/EPOS environments, as well as installing client software for various networking platforms at different customer sites in the UK. Adherence to documented procedures and safety precautions, including ESD protocols. Demonstrating effective problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt and learn on the job. Cultivating professional relationships with internal stakeholders such as Call Control and Tech Vetting teams. Ensuring compliance with processes, procedures, and contractual agreements. Striving to provide exceptional customer service and support to all CDW customers. Completing necessary documentation such as Field Service Call reports and Customer Checksheets within SLA timescales. Proactively collaborating with call allocators to meet SLAs in a cost-effective manner. Understanding and exceeding customer SLA requirements through initiative. Performing any additional tasks as directed by Senior Management. Requirements: Possess an exceptional understanding of Server/PC architecture, proficiency in Windows Operating systems, and adeptness in troubleshooting and resolving issues with Servers, Desktops, EPOS, Laptops, and Printers. Hold a valid UK Driving Licence. Must be eligible for SC clearance. Hold recognized manufacturer accreditations, such as HP/IBM/Dell/ Lenovo, for both Server and Desktop. Have a minimum of 6 years of customer-facing experience in the IT industry. Demonstrate the ability to work independently across a diverse range of products. Exhibit outstanding communication skills. Showcase proven organizational and customer service competencies. Perform effectively under pressure. Maintain consistently high standards of quality and professionalism. Display excellent time management abilities. Collaborate effectively as part of a team to achieve operational excellence. Possess awareness of ITIL methodologies and best practices. Previous experience in a similar role is preferred. Show flexibility in adapting to the evolving needs of the team. Adhere strictly to company standards and procedures unless directed otherwise. Foster and nurture excellent customer relationships. Uphold high levels of punctuality, communication, attitude, competence, and service quality. Ensure maintenance of all relevant Manufacturer Server Accreditations, where applicable. If you're ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic team within a leading IT MSP, apply now and embark on an exciting career journey!
Nigel Wright Recruitment
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
THE OPPORTUNITYMy client, a dynamic IT solution consultancy with ambitious growth plans for the upcoming year, is seeking to expand its Service Desk Support Team by adding a new IT Support Engineer.This role focuses on providing exceptional IT services within a heavily focussed Microsoft 365 environment. You will be providing solutions to clients across different sectors. It entails addressing various tasks, including troubleshooting 1st and 2nd line issues and offering support for 3rd line fixes. Additionally, there is the chance to participate in broader project-based endeavours. Salary : £30,000 - £35,000Location : Newcastle - Upon - TyneHybrid working : No, this role is based on site 5 days a week. Working Hours : Monday - Friday : 9am - 5pm THE ROLEThe role of the IT Support Engineer is central, calling for a candidate who excels in problem-solving, thrives in customer communication, and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of IT systems. This role goes beyond mere technical proficiency, highlighting the significance of interpersonal skills and a comprehensive grasp of IT infrastructure.Key Responsibilities: Client Support: Engage with clients to deliver comprehensive troubleshooting for hardware, software, and mobile devices. Provide technical expertise through various channels such as phone, email, and remote assistance. Issue Resolution: Take ownership of support queries, ensuring swift and effective resolution while managing the entire process through the Autotask Service Desk system. Documentation and Reporting: Thoroughly document service actions, closed calls, resolutions, and maintain accurate records of clients' IT infrastructure. Project Management: Conduct software and hardware audits, manage licenses, and actively participate in projects, either independently or collaboratively within a team. Infrastructure Management: Perform system administration on client infrastructure and servers, manage corporate anti-virus and firewall solutions, conduct patch management for both desktops and servers, and proactively identify opportunities to enhance and secure clients' infrastructure. YOUR SKILLS / EXPERIENCEThe successful candidate will be able to demonstrate: Wide-ranging Technical Expertise: Proven experience in IT Support Engineer roles across different levels, ideally within an MSP setting. Knowledge of ITIL practices is a plus. Microsoft 365 Proficiency: Mastery in Microsoft 365 deployments, including conditional access, SharePoint, Entra and Exchange. Infrastructure Support: Capability in Azure Active Directory, Windows Server 2016/2019, Active Directory, and extensive understanding of Backup Technologies in both cloud and on-premises setups. Networking Skills: Competence in configuring, supporting, and maintaining WAN and LAN networking, routers, firewalls, Spam and Web filters, VPN solutions, and virtual desktop/server technologies, including VMware, Hyper-V, & Citrix. Offering a vibrant work environment, ongoing professional growth opportunities, and the chance to contribute to impactful projects that shape the future of our business. With ambitious expansion plans, your insights will be highly valued, making this an ideal time to join the team.If you are interested in learning more, please apply online or reach out to me via email.
Mar 27, 2024
Full time
THE OPPORTUNITYMy client, a dynamic IT solution consultancy with ambitious growth plans for the upcoming year, is seeking to expand its Service Desk Support Team by adding a new IT Support Engineer.This role focuses on providing exceptional IT services within a heavily focussed Microsoft 365 environment. You will be providing solutions to clients across different sectors. It entails addressing various tasks, including troubleshooting 1st and 2nd line issues and offering support for 3rd line fixes. Additionally, there is the chance to participate in broader project-based endeavours. Salary : £30,000 - £35,000Location : Newcastle - Upon - TyneHybrid working : No, this role is based on site 5 days a week. Working Hours : Monday - Friday : 9am - 5pm THE ROLEThe role of the IT Support Engineer is central, calling for a candidate who excels in problem-solving, thrives in customer communication, and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of IT systems. This role goes beyond mere technical proficiency, highlighting the significance of interpersonal skills and a comprehensive grasp of IT infrastructure.Key Responsibilities: Client Support: Engage with clients to deliver comprehensive troubleshooting for hardware, software, and mobile devices. Provide technical expertise through various channels such as phone, email, and remote assistance. Issue Resolution: Take ownership of support queries, ensuring swift and effective resolution while managing the entire process through the Autotask Service Desk system. Documentation and Reporting: Thoroughly document service actions, closed calls, resolutions, and maintain accurate records of clients' IT infrastructure. Project Management: Conduct software and hardware audits, manage licenses, and actively participate in projects, either independently or collaboratively within a team. Infrastructure Management: Perform system administration on client infrastructure and servers, manage corporate anti-virus and firewall solutions, conduct patch management for both desktops and servers, and proactively identify opportunities to enhance and secure clients' infrastructure. YOUR SKILLS / EXPERIENCEThe successful candidate will be able to demonstrate: Wide-ranging Technical Expertise: Proven experience in IT Support Engineer roles across different levels, ideally within an MSP setting. Knowledge of ITIL practices is a plus. Microsoft 365 Proficiency: Mastery in Microsoft 365 deployments, including conditional access, SharePoint, Entra and Exchange. Infrastructure Support: Capability in Azure Active Directory, Windows Server 2016/2019, Active Directory, and extensive understanding of Backup Technologies in both cloud and on-premises setups. Networking Skills: Competence in configuring, supporting, and maintaining WAN and LAN networking, routers, firewalls, Spam and Web filters, VPN solutions, and virtual desktop/server technologies, including VMware, Hyper-V, & Citrix. Offering a vibrant work environment, ongoing professional growth opportunities, and the chance to contribute to impactful projects that shape the future of our business. With ambitious expansion plans, your insights will be highly valued, making this an ideal time to join the team.If you are interested in learning more, please apply online or reach out to me via email.
Do you have experience in a complex and highly regulated engineering environment such as aerospace, electronics, nuclear, rail or defence? Do you have at least three years' experience at a senior / principal level taking the lead on systems engineering? This could be the role for you! Our client is an expanding design business that has recently won several new long term contracts. On the back of this, we're recruiting a Principal Systems Engineer with a complex engineering projects background to be responsible for full system life cycles from defining customer requirements, developing System Specifications, identifying and demonstrating relevant industry standards through to reliability, availability, and maintenance, safety and system disposal. You'll be given the autonomy to progress projects as you see fit managing through a matrix system several design engineers. To suit this role you need to have experience in a tightly regulated industry with exacting regulatory standards (aviation, rail, defence, nuclear, etc.)Principal Systems Engineer - Responsibilities and Stakeholders - Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, Aerospace Sales and Business Development (and Customer) - to correctly and fully define customer requirements and expectations. Project Management - to provide accurate and timely information to support PM activities. Software Team - to ensure a full and accurate two-way flow of information for specification, testing, integration and validation of the software elements of a system. Hardware Team - to ensure a full and accurate two-way flow of information for specification, testing, integration and validation of the hardware elements of a system. Systems Lead Engineer - to take direction from and provide support to Systems Lead to provide full and timely information as required. System Team to work as part of a larger team in progressing projects, assessing information, receiving guidance and providing constructive feedback to junior members. Product Safety Team - to ensure that Product Safety (and hence Product Acceptance) requirements are fully understood and integrated into requirements, costs and plans. Operations Team - to ensure suitable two-way communication with Ops Team to establish cost estimates, manufacturing processes and other relevant requirements to accurately define the System.Principal Systems Engineer - Skills and Abilities - Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, Aerospace An engineering qualification. Experience in a project management or systems engineering role within a highly regulated industry (rail; automotive; defence; aerospace; nuclear). An ability to take a top-down approach to systems design taking account of various methodologies. Inter-personal skills, in particular, the ability to work with staff and customers at all levels and generate positive, open relationships.Principal Systems Engineer, Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, AerospaceIf this role could appeal please do apply now!
Mar 27, 2024
Full time
Do you have experience in a complex and highly regulated engineering environment such as aerospace, electronics, nuclear, rail or defence? Do you have at least three years' experience at a senior / principal level taking the lead on systems engineering? This could be the role for you! Our client is an expanding design business that has recently won several new long term contracts. On the back of this, we're recruiting a Principal Systems Engineer with a complex engineering projects background to be responsible for full system life cycles from defining customer requirements, developing System Specifications, identifying and demonstrating relevant industry standards through to reliability, availability, and maintenance, safety and system disposal. You'll be given the autonomy to progress projects as you see fit managing through a matrix system several design engineers. To suit this role you need to have experience in a tightly regulated industry with exacting regulatory standards (aviation, rail, defence, nuclear, etc.)Principal Systems Engineer - Responsibilities and Stakeholders - Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, Aerospace Sales and Business Development (and Customer) - to correctly and fully define customer requirements and expectations. Project Management - to provide accurate and timely information to support PM activities. Software Team - to ensure a full and accurate two-way flow of information for specification, testing, integration and validation of the software elements of a system. Hardware Team - to ensure a full and accurate two-way flow of information for specification, testing, integration and validation of the hardware elements of a system. Systems Lead Engineer - to take direction from and provide support to Systems Lead to provide full and timely information as required. System Team to work as part of a larger team in progressing projects, assessing information, receiving guidance and providing constructive feedback to junior members. Product Safety Team - to ensure that Product Safety (and hence Product Acceptance) requirements are fully understood and integrated into requirements, costs and plans. Operations Team - to ensure suitable two-way communication with Ops Team to establish cost estimates, manufacturing processes and other relevant requirements to accurately define the System.Principal Systems Engineer - Skills and Abilities - Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, Aerospace An engineering qualification. Experience in a project management or systems engineering role within a highly regulated industry (rail; automotive; defence; aerospace; nuclear). An ability to take a top-down approach to systems design taking account of various methodologies. Inter-personal skills, in particular, the ability to work with staff and customers at all levels and generate positive, open relationships.Principal Systems Engineer, Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, AerospaceIf this role could appeal please do apply now!
Application Engineer/Developer - C# - Worcestershire - £40,000 - £50,000 The Role An exciting role is available for an application engineer to join a growing player within the engineering industry. In this role, you will be working on various engineering projects in the electronic, automotive and mechanical industries. Maintaining and automating complex software solutions that will relate to a range of hardware systems. You will also be communicating with customers, adding specific features and liaising with different internal teams. After these specific features have been completed, you will then travel onsite to test, refine and debug your systems to ensure a smooth project delivery. Requirements Engineering experience - Electrical/Mechanical/Automotive etc. Minimum 1 year of hardware automation experience C# / Visual Studio (or any coding experience) Desirables Engineering degree Industry experience The Company This company are continuing to grow and increase their market share within the multiple technical areas they operate. They work with a vast amount of customers across the globe meaning they have lots of fresh projects for you to get stuck into. They are in a period of growth at the moment but still have the flexibility you would associate with a smaller business. Therefore, they offer the opportunity to be involved in various levels of production whilst continuing to offer bespoke systems to their client base that you can take ownership of. The role is offering between £40,000 - £50,000, plus the opportunity to work with the latest tools and technologies. As well as flexi time, company pension scheme, life insurance, progression and development plans and lots more. This is an onsite role where customer site visits will be required 30% of the time - There will be the opportunity to work from home on specific projects when the role becomes more software focused. Apply Now If you are an experienced engineer with exposure to coding within C# or other languages looking to work on exciting, global projects then this is the role for you! Register your interest by applying as soon as possible as they are looking to onboard someone Application Developer - C# - Worcestershire - £40,000 - £50,000 Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.
Mar 27, 2024
Full time
Application Engineer/Developer - C# - Worcestershire - £40,000 - £50,000 The Role An exciting role is available for an application engineer to join a growing player within the engineering industry. In this role, you will be working on various engineering projects in the electronic, automotive and mechanical industries. Maintaining and automating complex software solutions that will relate to a range of hardware systems. You will also be communicating with customers, adding specific features and liaising with different internal teams. After these specific features have been completed, you will then travel onsite to test, refine and debug your systems to ensure a smooth project delivery. Requirements Engineering experience - Electrical/Mechanical/Automotive etc. Minimum 1 year of hardware automation experience C# / Visual Studio (or any coding experience) Desirables Engineering degree Industry experience The Company This company are continuing to grow and increase their market share within the multiple technical areas they operate. They work with a vast amount of customers across the globe meaning they have lots of fresh projects for you to get stuck into. They are in a period of growth at the moment but still have the flexibility you would associate with a smaller business. Therefore, they offer the opportunity to be involved in various levels of production whilst continuing to offer bespoke systems to their client base that you can take ownership of. The role is offering between £40,000 - £50,000, plus the opportunity to work with the latest tools and technologies. As well as flexi time, company pension scheme, life insurance, progression and development plans and lots more. This is an onsite role where customer site visits will be required 30% of the time - There will be the opportunity to work from home on specific projects when the role becomes more software focused. Apply Now If you are an experienced engineer with exposure to coding within C# or other languages looking to work on exciting, global projects then this is the role for you! Register your interest by applying as soon as possible as they are looking to onboard someone Application Developer - C# - Worcestershire - £40,000 - £50,000 Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - Estimated Salary: £95,000Are you driven by innovation and a desire to refine your technical prowess? We invite Senior Full Stack Software Engineers with a solid programming foundation to tackle intricate challenges and engage in proactive problem-solving within our team.Your Role: Engage in a collaborative environment with Product Owners and SMEs to expedite exceptional customer solutions through continuous development. Elevate our development standards and practices to enhance delivery quality and efficiency. Offer technical leadership and oversee design and code reviews, ensuring our systems meet both functional and non-functional requirements.Our Technological Ecosystem: UI: Typescript, React, Next.js, HTML/CSS, Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS (CDK, ECS, ALB, VPC) APIs: Go, REST, AWS (CDK, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Event Bridge, S3) Platforms: Go, AWS CDK What We're Looking For: Diverse development experience with various programming languages and enthusiasm for mastering new ones like 'Go'. Expertise in contemporary development practices, including Agile, continuous deployments, DevOps, and cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). A forward-thinking mindset to contribute technological innovations and delivery approaches to the team. A cooperative attitude, eager to face challenges alongside peers and savor the collective journey. Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders, including at senior levels, and a dedication to fostering talent through mentorship and coaching. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Mar 27, 2024
Full time
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - Estimated Salary: £95,000Are you driven by innovation and a desire to refine your technical prowess? We invite Senior Full Stack Software Engineers with a solid programming foundation to tackle intricate challenges and engage in proactive problem-solving within our team.Your Role: Engage in a collaborative environment with Product Owners and SMEs to expedite exceptional customer solutions through continuous development. Elevate our development standards and practices to enhance delivery quality and efficiency. Offer technical leadership and oversee design and code reviews, ensuring our systems meet both functional and non-functional requirements.Our Technological Ecosystem: UI: Typescript, React, Next.js, HTML/CSS, Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS (CDK, ECS, ALB, VPC) APIs: Go, REST, AWS (CDK, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Event Bridge, S3) Platforms: Go, AWS CDK What We're Looking For: Diverse development experience with various programming languages and enthusiasm for mastering new ones like 'Go'. Expertise in contemporary development practices, including Agile, continuous deployments, DevOps, and cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). A forward-thinking mindset to contribute technological innovations and delivery approaches to the team. A cooperative attitude, eager to face challenges alongside peers and savor the collective journey. Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders, including at senior levels, and a dedication to fostering talent through mentorship and coaching. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Site Name: London The Stanley Building Posted Date: Mar At GSK, we want to supercharge our data capability to better understand our patients and accelerate our ability to discover vaccines and medicines. The Onyx Research Data Platform organization represents a major investment by GSK R&D and Digital & Tech, designed to deliver a step-change in our ability to leverage data, knowledge, and prediction to find new medicines. We are a full-stack shop consisting of product and portfolio leadership, data engineering, infrastructure and DevOps, data / metadata / knowledge platforms, and AI/ML and analysis platforms, all geared toward: Building a next-generation, metadata- and automation-driven data experience for GSK's scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasing productivity and reducing time spent on "data mechanics" Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent Aggressively engineering our data at scale, as one unified asset, to unlock the value of our unique collection of data and predictions in real-time Onyx Product Management is at the heart of our mission, ensuring that everything from our infrastructure, to platforms, to end-user facing data assets and environments is designed to maximize our impact on R&D. The Product Management team partners with R&D stakeholders and Onyx leadership to develop a strategic roadmap for all customer-facing aspects of Onyx, including data assets, ontology, Knowledge Graph / semantic search, data / computing / analysis platforms, and data-powered applications. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager for our Computing Platforms Products. In this role, you will be responsible for developing the product strategy of our Computing Platform to meet customer needs. You will partner closely with Onyx's organizations, including AI/ML, a diversity of R&D teams utilizing data to accelerate drug discovery (genomics sciences, computational biology, imaging, computational chemistry, to name a few), along with the Onyx portfolio management and engineering function heads to deliver industry-leading solutions that power R&D workloads. You will drive the product roadmap, guide product development initiatives, and ensure the successful launch and adoption of our Compute platform including the migration of existing GSK applications to the platform. Together, you will facilitate joint planning and execution of the product roadmap, ensuring a balance between strategic development and customer-facing deliverables. You will also play a key role in devising, tracking, and publicizing metrics that measure the impact and performance of Onyx Compute Platform Products. You will be responsible for understanding the business areas using Onyx, Platform capabilities, translating customer needs into requirements aligned with standard frameworks such as ontologies and engineering pipelines, and ensure our R&D teams receive the solutions they need to succeed. In this role you will Product Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy for our AI/ML compute platform, aligning with the Onyx's overall goals and objectives. Roadmap Development: Define and prioritize features, enhancements, and functionalities for the platform based on user analysis, customer feedback, and business requirements. Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with engineering, AI/ML, and portfolio/program teams to ensure successful product development and deployment. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to understand their needs, gather feedback, and incorporate it into product planning and development processes. Product Launch: Plan and oversee product launches, ensuring effective communication, documentation, and training to drive product adoption and success. Performance Measurement: Define key product metrics, establish monitoring systems, and regularly evaluate and report on the performance and success of the compute platform. Product Ambassador: Serve as an ambassador of the compute platform, effectively communicating its value and benefits to GSK Research and Development leadership and identifying potential customers. Industry Expertise: Stay up to date with the latest advancements and trends in AI, machine learning, and compute platforms, applying industry knowledge to drive innovation and competitive advantage. Why you? Qualifications & Skills: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Significant technical product management experience Experience of cloud computing management for scientific computing, data science and/or artificial intelligence model training with a major cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc) Strong relevant experience in Data Science, Scientific Computing, Machine Learning/AI, Computer Science, Platform Engineering, or related discipline. Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills. Strong leadership abilities and a self-driven, proactive approach. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively. Preferred Qualifications & Skills: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: Technical Knowledge: Experience with andstrong understanding of on-prem and cloud computing, and software development practices; familiarity with MLOps and distributed computing is highly desirable. Experience with containers and virtual machines including Kubernetes, Slurm or other orchestration tools. Knowledge of modern infrastructure including Infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible ) Familiar with software engineering ways of working and engagement model Strong proficiency in utilizing various product management tools, including Jira and Confluence. Proven track record of managing developer platforms, tools, and services. Strong proficiency in utilizing various product management tools, including Jira and Confluence. Prior product management experience of enterprise AI/ML platform is strongly preferred. Experience with bioinformatics/genomics database, biological datasets, Pharma R&D is a plus, but not required. Strategic Thinker: Proven track record in developing and executing product strategies that drive business growth and customer satisfaction. Stakeholder Skills: Demonstrated ability to keep cross-functional teams, set clear objectives, and foster a collaborative and innovative work environment. Can lead without authority. Customer Focus: A customer-centric mindset with a deep understanding of customer needs and the ability to translate them into effective product solutions. Analytical and Data-Driven: Strong analytical skills with the ability to gather and interpret data, perform market research, and make data-driven decisions. Excellent Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively present complex ideas and concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and can adapt quickly to changing priorities and business needs. Closing Date for Applications: Monday 8th April 2024 (COB) Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the 'cover letter' of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. During the course of your application, you will be requested to complete voluntary information which will be used in monitoring the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policies. Your information will be treated as confidential and will not be used in any part of the selection process. If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application / selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements, please contact . This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process. Why Us? GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles . click apply for full job details
Mar 27, 2024
Full time
Site Name: London The Stanley Building Posted Date: Mar At GSK, we want to supercharge our data capability to better understand our patients and accelerate our ability to discover vaccines and medicines. The Onyx Research Data Platform organization represents a major investment by GSK R&D and Digital & Tech, designed to deliver a step-change in our ability to leverage data, knowledge, and prediction to find new medicines. We are a full-stack shop consisting of product and portfolio leadership, data engineering, infrastructure and DevOps, data / metadata / knowledge platforms, and AI/ML and analysis platforms, all geared toward: Building a next-generation, metadata- and automation-driven data experience for GSK's scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasing productivity and reducing time spent on "data mechanics" Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent Aggressively engineering our data at scale, as one unified asset, to unlock the value of our unique collection of data and predictions in real-time Onyx Product Management is at the heart of our mission, ensuring that everything from our infrastructure, to platforms, to end-user facing data assets and environments is designed to maximize our impact on R&D. The Product Management team partners with R&D stakeholders and Onyx leadership to develop a strategic roadmap for all customer-facing aspects of Onyx, including data assets, ontology, Knowledge Graph / semantic search, data / computing / analysis platforms, and data-powered applications. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager for our Computing Platforms Products. In this role, you will be responsible for developing the product strategy of our Computing Platform to meet customer needs. You will partner closely with Onyx's organizations, including AI/ML, a diversity of R&D teams utilizing data to accelerate drug discovery (genomics sciences, computational biology, imaging, computational chemistry, to name a few), along with the Onyx portfolio management and engineering function heads to deliver industry-leading solutions that power R&D workloads. You will drive the product roadmap, guide product development initiatives, and ensure the successful launch and adoption of our Compute platform including the migration of existing GSK applications to the platform. Together, you will facilitate joint planning and execution of the product roadmap, ensuring a balance between strategic development and customer-facing deliverables. You will also play a key role in devising, tracking, and publicizing metrics that measure the impact and performance of Onyx Compute Platform Products. You will be responsible for understanding the business areas using Onyx, Platform capabilities, translating customer needs into requirements aligned with standard frameworks such as ontologies and engineering pipelines, and ensure our R&D teams receive the solutions they need to succeed. In this role you will Product Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy for our AI/ML compute platform, aligning with the Onyx's overall goals and objectives. Roadmap Development: Define and prioritize features, enhancements, and functionalities for the platform based on user analysis, customer feedback, and business requirements. Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with engineering, AI/ML, and portfolio/program teams to ensure successful product development and deployment. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to understand their needs, gather feedback, and incorporate it into product planning and development processes. Product Launch: Plan and oversee product launches, ensuring effective communication, documentation, and training to drive product adoption and success. Performance Measurement: Define key product metrics, establish monitoring systems, and regularly evaluate and report on the performance and success of the compute platform. Product Ambassador: Serve as an ambassador of the compute platform, effectively communicating its value and benefits to GSK Research and Development leadership and identifying potential customers. Industry Expertise: Stay up to date with the latest advancements and trends in AI, machine learning, and compute platforms, applying industry knowledge to drive innovation and competitive advantage. Why you? Qualifications & Skills: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Significant technical product management experience Experience of cloud computing management for scientific computing, data science and/or artificial intelligence model training with a major cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc) Strong relevant experience in Data Science, Scientific Computing, Machine Learning/AI, Computer Science, Platform Engineering, or related discipline. Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills. Strong leadership abilities and a self-driven, proactive approach. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively. Preferred Qualifications & Skills: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: Technical Knowledge: Experience with andstrong understanding of on-prem and cloud computing, and software development practices; familiarity with MLOps and distributed computing is highly desirable. Experience with containers and virtual machines including Kubernetes, Slurm or other orchestration tools. Knowledge of modern infrastructure including Infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible ) Familiar with software engineering ways of working and engagement model Strong proficiency in utilizing various product management tools, including Jira and Confluence. Proven track record of managing developer platforms, tools, and services. Strong proficiency in utilizing various product management tools, including Jira and Confluence. Prior product management experience of enterprise AI/ML platform is strongly preferred. Experience with bioinformatics/genomics database, biological datasets, Pharma R&D is a plus, but not required. Strategic Thinker: Proven track record in developing and executing product strategies that drive business growth and customer satisfaction. Stakeholder Skills: Demonstrated ability to keep cross-functional teams, set clear objectives, and foster a collaborative and innovative work environment. Can lead without authority. Customer Focus: A customer-centric mindset with a deep understanding of customer needs and the ability to translate them into effective product solutions. Analytical and Data-Driven: Strong analytical skills with the ability to gather and interpret data, perform market research, and make data-driven decisions. Excellent Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively present complex ideas and concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and can adapt quickly to changing priorities and business needs. Closing Date for Applications: Monday 8th April 2024 (COB) Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the 'cover letter' of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. During the course of your application, you will be requested to complete voluntary information which will be used in monitoring the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policies. Your information will be treated as confidential and will not be used in any part of the selection process. If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application / selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements, please contact . This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process. Why Us? GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles . click apply for full job details
Job Title: Oracle Database Administrator (OCI) - 3 Month Contract Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom (Mostly Remote) Pay rate: £25/hr Are you an experienced Oracle Database Administrator with a penchant for cloud infrastructure? Do you thrive in ensuring maximum service availability and security in a dynamic environment? We're seeking an Oracle DBA to join a a local authority in Lancashire, where you'll play a pivotal role in supporting and advancing their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) platform. Role Overview: As an Oracle OCI Database Administrator, you will be responsible for managing, monitoring, and enhancing their OCI database environment. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring seamless operations, including patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and high availability across multiple sites. Additionally, you'll implement robust security measures, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with in-house DBAs to deliver ongoing workloads. Responsibilities: Contribute to strategic initiatives, delivering projects of various scales within challenging deadlines. Provide expertise in Oracle database administration, including software installation, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and ensuring maximum service availability. Implement and maintain robust security measures, compliance, risk management, and capacity planning on the OCI platform. Perform performance diagnostics & tuning, ensuring optimal database performance. Collaborate closely with the Principal Engineer/Designer and project management teams to deliver solutions and maintain existing services. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Prioritise customer aspirations & requirements, representing the Digital Service at all levels and attending customer meetings. About You: In-depth knowledge of Oracle Database (version 19c Enterprise Edition) and associated technologies on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Substantial experience in designing and implementing highly available, performant, and secure database solutions aligned with availability and disaster recovery strategies. Proficiency in management tools, utilising OCI event and monitoring service, database system monitoring (OEM), administration, compliance, and capacity planning. Experience with Data Guard, Oracle upgrades, database migrations, Linux operating system, and Oracle RU patching in OCI. Familiarity with Oracle Forms and Reports is desirable. Why Join Us: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects within a forward-thinking local authority. Flexible and mostly remote working arrangements. Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. If you're ready to take the next step in your Oracle DBA career and make a tangible impact in a supportive environment, apply now!. Make a difference while advancing your expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Mar 27, 2024
Full time
Job Title: Oracle Database Administrator (OCI) - 3 Month Contract Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom (Mostly Remote) Pay rate: £25/hr Are you an experienced Oracle Database Administrator with a penchant for cloud infrastructure? Do you thrive in ensuring maximum service availability and security in a dynamic environment? We're seeking an Oracle DBA to join a a local authority in Lancashire, where you'll play a pivotal role in supporting and advancing their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) platform. Role Overview: As an Oracle OCI Database Administrator, you will be responsible for managing, monitoring, and enhancing their OCI database environment. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring seamless operations, including patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and high availability across multiple sites. Additionally, you'll implement robust security measures, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with in-house DBAs to deliver ongoing workloads. Responsibilities: Contribute to strategic initiatives, delivering projects of various scales within challenging deadlines. Provide expertise in Oracle database administration, including software installation, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and ensuring maximum service availability. Implement and maintain robust security measures, compliance, risk management, and capacity planning on the OCI platform. Perform performance diagnostics & tuning, ensuring optimal database performance. Collaborate closely with the Principal Engineer/Designer and project management teams to deliver solutions and maintain existing services. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Prioritise customer aspirations & requirements, representing the Digital Service at all levels and attending customer meetings. About You: In-depth knowledge of Oracle Database (version 19c Enterprise Edition) and associated technologies on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Substantial experience in designing and implementing highly available, performant, and secure database solutions aligned with availability and disaster recovery strategies. Proficiency in management tools, utilising OCI event and monitoring service, database system monitoring (OEM), administration, compliance, and capacity planning. Experience with Data Guard, Oracle upgrades, database migrations, Linux operating system, and Oracle RU patching in OCI. Familiarity with Oracle Forms and Reports is desirable. Why Join Us: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects within a forward-thinking local authority. Flexible and mostly remote working arrangements. Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. If you're ready to take the next step in your Oracle DBA career and make a tangible impact in a supportive environment, apply now!. Make a difference while advancing your expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Job Title: Oracle Database Administrator (OCI) - 3 Month Contract Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom (Mostly Remote) Pay rate: 25/hr Are you an experienced Oracle Database Administrator with a penchant for cloud infrastructure? Do you thrive in ensuring maximum service availability and security in a dynamic environment? We're seeking an Oracle DBA to join a a local authority in Lancashire, where you'll play a pivotal role in supporting and advancing their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) platform. Role Overview: As an Oracle OCI Database Administrator, you will be responsible for managing, monitoring, and enhancing their OCI database environment. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring seamless operations, including patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and high availability across multiple sites. Additionally, you'll implement robust security measures, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with in-house DBAs to deliver ongoing workloads. Responsibilities: Contribute to strategic initiatives, delivering projects of various scales within challenging deadlines. Provide expertise in Oracle database administration, including software installation, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and ensuring maximum service availability. Implement and maintain robust security measures, compliance, risk management, and capacity planning on the OCI platform. Perform performance diagnostics & tuning, ensuring optimal database performance. Collaborate closely with the Principal Engineer/Designer and project management teams to deliver solutions and maintain existing services. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Prioritise customer aspirations & requirements, representing the Digital Service at all levels and attending customer meetings. About You: In-depth knowledge of Oracle Database (version 19c Enterprise Edition) and associated technologies on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Substantial experience in designing and implementing highly available, performant, and secure database solutions aligned with availability and disaster recovery strategies. Proficiency in management tools, utilising OCI event and monitoring service, database system monitoring (OEM), administration, compliance, and capacity planning. Experience with Data Guard, Oracle upgrades, database migrations, Linux operating system, and Oracle RU patching in OCI. Familiarity with Oracle Forms and Reports is desirable. Why Join Us: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects within a forward-thinking local authority. Flexible and mostly remote working arrangements. Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. If you're ready to take the next step in your Oracle DBA career and make a tangible impact in a supportive environment, apply now!. Make a difference while advancing your expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Mar 27, 2024
Contractor
Job Title: Oracle Database Administrator (OCI) - 3 Month Contract Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom (Mostly Remote) Pay rate: 25/hr Are you an experienced Oracle Database Administrator with a penchant for cloud infrastructure? Do you thrive in ensuring maximum service availability and security in a dynamic environment? We're seeking an Oracle DBA to join a a local authority in Lancashire, where you'll play a pivotal role in supporting and advancing their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) platform. Role Overview: As an Oracle OCI Database Administrator, you will be responsible for managing, monitoring, and enhancing their OCI database environment. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring seamless operations, including patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and high availability across multiple sites. Additionally, you'll implement robust security measures, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with in-house DBAs to deliver ongoing workloads. Responsibilities: Contribute to strategic initiatives, delivering projects of various scales within challenging deadlines. Provide expertise in Oracle database administration, including software installation, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and ensuring maximum service availability. Implement and maintain robust security measures, compliance, risk management, and capacity planning on the OCI platform. Perform performance diagnostics & tuning, ensuring optimal database performance. Collaborate closely with the Principal Engineer/Designer and project management teams to deliver solutions and maintain existing services. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Prioritise customer aspirations & requirements, representing the Digital Service at all levels and attending customer meetings. About You: In-depth knowledge of Oracle Database (version 19c Enterprise Edition) and associated technologies on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Substantial experience in designing and implementing highly available, performant, and secure database solutions aligned with availability and disaster recovery strategies. Proficiency in management tools, utilising OCI event and monitoring service, database system monitoring (OEM), administration, compliance, and capacity planning. Experience with Data Guard, Oracle upgrades, database migrations, Linux operating system, and Oracle RU patching in OCI. Familiarity with Oracle Forms and Reports is desirable. Why Join Us: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects within a forward-thinking local authority. Flexible and mostly remote working arrangements. Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. If you're ready to take the next step in your Oracle DBA career and make a tangible impact in a supportive environment, apply now!. Make a difference while advancing your expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Summary: This is an exciting opportunity to join our client's national ICT Managed Services team. The job is to provide first and second-line hardware and software support, asset management, general ICT administration and other ICT facility services as a member of a site-based team. The team's function will be to provide staff and pupil support for all aspects of the ICT infrastructure, including Servers, Storage, Networking, Wireless, Telephony, Client Devices and Software. Key Responsibilities: Provide professional first and second-line technical advisory, diagnostic and repair support services to academy users within a Service Desk environment, via telephone, web, email and face-to-face during the service window. Provide a professional and effective second-line remote network monitoring and management service within an academy environment. Where necessary and directed to do so, attend desk-side to resolve support issues and assist with the technical development of the academy's ICT environment. Report and manage any incident that requires the services of a third-party organisation or third-line support team. Ensure all problems identified whilst performing Service Desk duties are recorded and updated on the helpdesk system so the user is kept fully up to date with the status of each ongoing incident and problem. Ensure that the escalation process is adhered to in all appropriate cases and that the Systems Administrator and where required, the school, are fully updated on the status of all ongoing problems and escalations. Action any asset changes in compliance with the Change Management Procedure. Provide an effective communications interface between the academy and the various groups within the company. Monitor/manage call queues to ensure that support calls are being escalated and resolved within agreed service levels. Assist the Network Manager by carrying out reasonable requests for additional duties, as and when required. Make recommendations on potential improvements to working practices and performance to improve service levels and overall customer satisfaction. Be prepared to work outside of normal working hours at short notice to resolve issues affecting systems availability or to complete project work. To complete ad-hoc duties and tasks allocated by line management from time to time. To complete additional ad-hoc and scheduled project work, as required. Applicants will need to pass an enhanced DBS check. Key Skills/Experience: Good working knowledge of Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems and applications is essential. Good working knowledge of Active Directory. Good understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN's. Desirable Criteria: CompTia N+ or S+. ITIL V4 foundation Knowledge of Apple Mac IOS and managing an Apple Mac network environment.
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
Summary: This is an exciting opportunity to join our client's national ICT Managed Services team. The job is to provide first and second-line hardware and software support, asset management, general ICT administration and other ICT facility services as a member of a site-based team. The team's function will be to provide staff and pupil support for all aspects of the ICT infrastructure, including Servers, Storage, Networking, Wireless, Telephony, Client Devices and Software. Key Responsibilities: Provide professional first and second-line technical advisory, diagnostic and repair support services to academy users within a Service Desk environment, via telephone, web, email and face-to-face during the service window. Provide a professional and effective second-line remote network monitoring and management service within an academy environment. Where necessary and directed to do so, attend desk-side to resolve support issues and assist with the technical development of the academy's ICT environment. Report and manage any incident that requires the services of a third-party organisation or third-line support team. Ensure all problems identified whilst performing Service Desk duties are recorded and updated on the helpdesk system so the user is kept fully up to date with the status of each ongoing incident and problem. Ensure that the escalation process is adhered to in all appropriate cases and that the Systems Administrator and where required, the school, are fully updated on the status of all ongoing problems and escalations. Action any asset changes in compliance with the Change Management Procedure. Provide an effective communications interface between the academy and the various groups within the company. Monitor/manage call queues to ensure that support calls are being escalated and resolved within agreed service levels. Assist the Network Manager by carrying out reasonable requests for additional duties, as and when required. Make recommendations on potential improvements to working practices and performance to improve service levels and overall customer satisfaction. Be prepared to work outside of normal working hours at short notice to resolve issues affecting systems availability or to complete project work. To complete ad-hoc duties and tasks allocated by line management from time to time. To complete additional ad-hoc and scheduled project work, as required. Applicants will need to pass an enhanced DBS check. Key Skills/Experience: Good working knowledge of Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems and applications is essential. Good working knowledge of Active Directory. Good understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN's. Desirable Criteria: CompTia N+ or S+. ITIL V4 foundation Knowledge of Apple Mac IOS and managing an Apple Mac network environment.
End Date Saturday 30 March 2024 Salary Range £45,054 - £50,060 We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary n/a Job Description Cyber Security Analyst Location : Edinburgh, Halifax Salary :£45,954 to 51,060 Hours: Full time Working Pattern: Minimum of 2 days a week in the office About this opportunity This is your chance to bring your skills to the forefront and make a real difference in shaping the future of payments, making them easier, faster and safer for our customers. It s vital that we operate proactive Cyber Security service across the Payment Services Platform application landscape - identifying and pursuing opportunities for continuous improvement across our diverse platform. This is an interlock role in a niche team, working across teams to ensure the right interventions are being put in place, at the right pace and at the right time. The team is split across London, Halifax and Edinburgh - this role will be based at either Edinburgh or Halifax. We re looking for someone who has a broad understanding of payments, cyber security and project management, with the personal attributes and business skills to harness the expertise of these three areas. As a Cyber Analyst in your day to day you ll: Lead the facilitation of cyber testing and remediation of cyber vulnerabilities by collaborating with technical colleagues that have various levels of expertise from multiple teams and different departments - essentially identifying and leading the resolution of cyber weaknesses swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively. Articulating cyber risks and also leading the remediation or mitigation of cyber risks. Conduct cyber control testing using the RCSA framework. There is also the opportunity to get creative as we deliver a series of cyber knowledge awareness sessions to the rest of the PSP colleagues. Opportunity to get involved in compliance, assurance and attestation work. What you ll need To have an enthusiastic interest and experience within the Cyber Security aspects of a large and complex enterprise organisation. To be operationally-focused and have experience and understanding of production environments and system architecture. Cyber Vulnerability Management - leading the remediation of cyber vulnerabilities identified in penetration tests or security assessments Have the tenacity and persistence to lead work that requires to collaborate with technical colleagues that have various levels of expertise from multiple teams and different departments - essentially identifying and leading the resolution of cyber weaknesses swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively. Good communication and teamwork skills. And any experience of these would be really useful Security assessments of Cloud infrastructure or applications. Any experience of DevSecOps. Technology Risk / Control Testing experience. IT delivery experience, either as a software developer or infrastructure engineer. This could be in a bau/service team or whilst working on change project delivery. Financial Services Regulation / Payments Scheme compliance experience Any experience of the Financial Services industry in general, and payments in particular would be helpful, but don t worry if not, we can teach you that, we re more interested in your ability and hard work to deliver. About working for us Our focus is to ensure that we re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background identity or culture. We were one of the first organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So, if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes. Just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: • A generous pension contribution of up to 15% • An annual performance-related bonus • Share schemes including free shares • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping • 28 days holiday with bank holidays on top • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
End Date Saturday 30 March 2024 Salary Range £45,054 - £50,060 We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary n/a Job Description Cyber Security Analyst Location : Edinburgh, Halifax Salary :£45,954 to 51,060 Hours: Full time Working Pattern: Minimum of 2 days a week in the office About this opportunity This is your chance to bring your skills to the forefront and make a real difference in shaping the future of payments, making them easier, faster and safer for our customers. It s vital that we operate proactive Cyber Security service across the Payment Services Platform application landscape - identifying and pursuing opportunities for continuous improvement across our diverse platform. This is an interlock role in a niche team, working across teams to ensure the right interventions are being put in place, at the right pace and at the right time. The team is split across London, Halifax and Edinburgh - this role will be based at either Edinburgh or Halifax. We re looking for someone who has a broad understanding of payments, cyber security and project management, with the personal attributes and business skills to harness the expertise of these three areas. As a Cyber Analyst in your day to day you ll: Lead the facilitation of cyber testing and remediation of cyber vulnerabilities by collaborating with technical colleagues that have various levels of expertise from multiple teams and different departments - essentially identifying and leading the resolution of cyber weaknesses swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively. Articulating cyber risks and also leading the remediation or mitigation of cyber risks. Conduct cyber control testing using the RCSA framework. There is also the opportunity to get creative as we deliver a series of cyber knowledge awareness sessions to the rest of the PSP colleagues. Opportunity to get involved in compliance, assurance and attestation work. What you ll need To have an enthusiastic interest and experience within the Cyber Security aspects of a large and complex enterprise organisation. To be operationally-focused and have experience and understanding of production environments and system architecture. Cyber Vulnerability Management - leading the remediation of cyber vulnerabilities identified in penetration tests or security assessments Have the tenacity and persistence to lead work that requires to collaborate with technical colleagues that have various levels of expertise from multiple teams and different departments - essentially identifying and leading the resolution of cyber weaknesses swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively. Good communication and teamwork skills. And any experience of these would be really useful Security assessments of Cloud infrastructure or applications. Any experience of DevSecOps. Technology Risk / Control Testing experience. IT delivery experience, either as a software developer or infrastructure engineer. This could be in a bau/service team or whilst working on change project delivery. Financial Services Regulation / Payments Scheme compliance experience Any experience of the Financial Services industry in general, and payments in particular would be helpful, but don t worry if not, we can teach you that, we re more interested in your ability and hard work to deliver. About working for us Our focus is to ensure that we re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background identity or culture. We were one of the first organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So, if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes. Just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: • A generous pension contribution of up to 15% • An annual performance-related bonus • Share schemes including free shares • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping • 28 days holiday with bank holidays on top • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Who we are Boba Commodities are a successful, rapidly growing commodities trading firm with the wider purpose of investing into a better future for us all. Our vision To invest our trading profits into community enhancing businesses across the globe that share our values. Our mission Through our trading strategies, maximise the opportunity in the commodities and other markets to help us realise our vision. We believe Social value and long-term profit are inextricably linked. We carry this philosophy through to the role we play in the commodities markets. As part of this belief, we have ensured we are a carbon negative company, meaning we seek to double offset our carbon footprint, backdated from our inception as a company. Where we are in our journey From being founded in 2013, we have grown significantly over the past 10 years. We are now looking to scale our technology infrastructure and levels of automation of our trading processes. To add to the Engineering team, we are looking for a future orientated hands-on Senior Software Engineer who has a passion for engineering, strong attention to detail and excellent communication to help support us and make our vision a reality. Our values We believe in 80/20, the pursuit of non-perfectionism: We ensure we are always focused on the most impactful drivers and results and its value over time. We move fast and get things done. Adapt & Evolve: We are agile and growth oriented. We won't get everything right first time, but we are open-minded to learning from mistakes and failures. We adapt and evolve whenever needed. Best Ideas Rise To The Top: We champion the best ideas, not our own ideas. We ensure we listen to other ideas, regardless of the source and embrace cognitive diversity and creating a psychologically safe environment where every voice is heard. Care Personally: We care about each other at a personal level as well as ourselves. The more we understand each other, the more effective we will be. These core values are intrinsic in our culture and in everything we do. What are you going to do? As part of the Engineering team you will be delivering the technology vision and contributing to a high performing, 'well-oiled' Engineering team. Specific examples of your responsibilities are: Work closely with the Trading and Finance teams to shape and make the technology vision a reality and be a force multiplier for our Engineering objectives and strategy. Contributing to the development process through writing & reviewing code, designing and implementing solutions, innovating, resolving technical challenges and solving business problems with technology solutions. Build high value technology solutions for trading teams and automation of manual processes through technology. Own and develop highly effective software development/SDLC processes and practices to reduce lead time to delivery and increase technical excellence. Mentor and coach junior members of Engineering team in both technical skills and competencies for high performance and innovation. Work with the Trading team to continuously improve internal trading tech products, models, reports and visualisations. Hold self and team accountable for meeting or exceeding the technology objectives. Sets the pace and cadence to optimise effectiveness and output. Solve complex problems in a logical and pragmatic way. Identifies ways to effectively measure the health of the Engineering function in line with business goals, and drives ways to improve those measures. Why diversity and inclusion is highly important to us An inclusive and diverse workplace means we highly value differences in race, gender, nationality, culture, sexual orientation, physical ability, cognition, age and background as these differences bring new or different ways of thinking about our work. Therefore, creating a workplace culture that advances belonging and psychological safety brings a mutual respect and acceptance of others and fuels our values of caring personally, adapting and evolving and the best ideas rising to the top. We need someone who must have the following Experience developing software in SQL and Python, and ideally Javascript & VBA Strong skills/experience in: Coding in Python & SQL Working with Relational Databases Various AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, Lambda, Aurora, S3 Working with containerization technologies e.g., Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) together with AWS Fargate and orchestration tools e.g., Kubernetes Current data paradigms e.g. stream processing (using Apache Kafka/Kinesis and Apache Flink), real-time architectures to enable downstream use-cases such as alerting and reporting Knowledge of AWS security best practices, Identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security configurations to ensure a secure cloud environment. AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, security groups, NAT gateways, VPNs, and direct connect to design and implement scalable and fault-tolerant network architectures Managing data engineering pipelines through Apache Airflow Maintenance and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines and other automation processes in AWS Code Pipeline Knowledge and experience with Git (branching strategies and repo management) Monitoring tools like AWS CloudWatch to proactively identify issues and troubleshoot system performance Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform to automate and manage infrastructure deployments AWS backup and disaster recovery solutions, such as AWS Backup and Amazon S3 versioning, to ensure data protection and business continuity Best practices like Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Performance Testing using open-source toolsets. Building custom dashboards using React framework, Angular, Node.js, HTML, CSS and JavaScript Have a passion for building pragmatic technology solutions that focus on delivering the most value over time. Have a deep understanding of working methods such as Agile, Kanban, Scrum, DevOps and CI/CD tools and best practices and successful experience in embedding them in teams. You will thrive in the role if you have the following Strong self-management such as self-awareness, adaptability, positivity, self-motivation, holding yourself and team to high standards. Positive reaction to failure, calm and comfortable in chaos and under pressure while retaining importantly strong ethical standards. Personal commitment to excellence; to self-development, personal growth, expanding your comfort zone; strong attention to detail, ability and hunger to learn quickly; all of which is balanced with a strong sense of pragmatism. Strong logical reasoning/critical thinking with an ability to make decisions, take a methodical approach, identify patterns to form conclusions and solve problems and ability to hold conflicting views in parallel. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to liaise with co-workers at all levels of the business. Specifically skilled at presenting complex information in concise and clear ways, applying the appropriate sense of urgency when required. Strong team orientation, working collaboratively with high levels of self-motivation and caring personally for the team and co-workers. Holds self accountable for their work, ensuring it is completed accurately and on time; communicates delivery timelines for work clearly to stakeholders. Understands the difference between urgent and important, and the situational differences in approach to delivery or problem solving. Effective active listener. Holds space for other's ideas, avoids listening purely to respond; listens without ego getting in the way. Excellent organisational and time keeping skills. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Able to clearly establish priorities but remain adaptable in a constantly changing environment. It would be even better, but not essential, if you have one or more of Programming experience in C# Have strong hands-on experience in designing and building low-latency trading or comparable infrastructures and related operational/trading processes. Have hands-on experience in building rules based automation or machine learning technology solutions for trading e.g. automation of trading strategies or other intellectual property. Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs for accessing AWS Aurora to source data for the analytics Experience of Microsoft Power Bl /Tableau or other data visualization program to create effective dashboards and reports Personal Fit Our values run deep. You can come from any background, but championing our culture is critical. We're looking for a team member who: Shares our vision and embodies the Boba culture as a role model. Is looking for an organisation that puts its purpose at the heart of what it does. Is hungry to help build the company - a proactive and enthusiastic force to improve our capabilities. Loves coding and loves putting technology to use in a pragmatic way. Has their finger on the pulse of latest information, ideas, and practices . click apply for full job details
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
Who we are Boba Commodities are a successful, rapidly growing commodities trading firm with the wider purpose of investing into a better future for us all. Our vision To invest our trading profits into community enhancing businesses across the globe that share our values. Our mission Through our trading strategies, maximise the opportunity in the commodities and other markets to help us realise our vision. We believe Social value and long-term profit are inextricably linked. We carry this philosophy through to the role we play in the commodities markets. As part of this belief, we have ensured we are a carbon negative company, meaning we seek to double offset our carbon footprint, backdated from our inception as a company. Where we are in our journey From being founded in 2013, we have grown significantly over the past 10 years. We are now looking to scale our technology infrastructure and levels of automation of our trading processes. To add to the Engineering team, we are looking for a future orientated hands-on Senior Software Engineer who has a passion for engineering, strong attention to detail and excellent communication to help support us and make our vision a reality. Our values We believe in 80/20, the pursuit of non-perfectionism: We ensure we are always focused on the most impactful drivers and results and its value over time. We move fast and get things done. Adapt & Evolve: We are agile and growth oriented. We won't get everything right first time, but we are open-minded to learning from mistakes and failures. We adapt and evolve whenever needed. Best Ideas Rise To The Top: We champion the best ideas, not our own ideas. We ensure we listen to other ideas, regardless of the source and embrace cognitive diversity and creating a psychologically safe environment where every voice is heard. Care Personally: We care about each other at a personal level as well as ourselves. The more we understand each other, the more effective we will be. These core values are intrinsic in our culture and in everything we do. What are you going to do? As part of the Engineering team you will be delivering the technology vision and contributing to a high performing, 'well-oiled' Engineering team. Specific examples of your responsibilities are: Work closely with the Trading and Finance teams to shape and make the technology vision a reality and be a force multiplier for our Engineering objectives and strategy. Contributing to the development process through writing & reviewing code, designing and implementing solutions, innovating, resolving technical challenges and solving business problems with technology solutions. Build high value technology solutions for trading teams and automation of manual processes through technology. Own and develop highly effective software development/SDLC processes and practices to reduce lead time to delivery and increase technical excellence. Mentor and coach junior members of Engineering team in both technical skills and competencies for high performance and innovation. Work with the Trading team to continuously improve internal trading tech products, models, reports and visualisations. Hold self and team accountable for meeting or exceeding the technology objectives. Sets the pace and cadence to optimise effectiveness and output. Solve complex problems in a logical and pragmatic way. Identifies ways to effectively measure the health of the Engineering function in line with business goals, and drives ways to improve those measures. Why diversity and inclusion is highly important to us An inclusive and diverse workplace means we highly value differences in race, gender, nationality, culture, sexual orientation, physical ability, cognition, age and background as these differences bring new or different ways of thinking about our work. Therefore, creating a workplace culture that advances belonging and psychological safety brings a mutual respect and acceptance of others and fuels our values of caring personally, adapting and evolving and the best ideas rising to the top. We need someone who must have the following Experience developing software in SQL and Python, and ideally Javascript & VBA Strong skills/experience in: Coding in Python & SQL Working with Relational Databases Various AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, Lambda, Aurora, S3 Working with containerization technologies e.g., Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) together with AWS Fargate and orchestration tools e.g., Kubernetes Current data paradigms e.g. stream processing (using Apache Kafka/Kinesis and Apache Flink), real-time architectures to enable downstream use-cases such as alerting and reporting Knowledge of AWS security best practices, Identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security configurations to ensure a secure cloud environment. AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, security groups, NAT gateways, VPNs, and direct connect to design and implement scalable and fault-tolerant network architectures Managing data engineering pipelines through Apache Airflow Maintenance and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines and other automation processes in AWS Code Pipeline Knowledge and experience with Git (branching strategies and repo management) Monitoring tools like AWS CloudWatch to proactively identify issues and troubleshoot system performance Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform to automate and manage infrastructure deployments AWS backup and disaster recovery solutions, such as AWS Backup and Amazon S3 versioning, to ensure data protection and business continuity Best practices like Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Performance Testing using open-source toolsets. Building custom dashboards using React framework, Angular, Node.js, HTML, CSS and JavaScript Have a passion for building pragmatic technology solutions that focus on delivering the most value over time. Have a deep understanding of working methods such as Agile, Kanban, Scrum, DevOps and CI/CD tools and best practices and successful experience in embedding them in teams. You will thrive in the role if you have the following Strong self-management such as self-awareness, adaptability, positivity, self-motivation, holding yourself and team to high standards. Positive reaction to failure, calm and comfortable in chaos and under pressure while retaining importantly strong ethical standards. Personal commitment to excellence; to self-development, personal growth, expanding your comfort zone; strong attention to detail, ability and hunger to learn quickly; all of which is balanced with a strong sense of pragmatism. Strong logical reasoning/critical thinking with an ability to make decisions, take a methodical approach, identify patterns to form conclusions and solve problems and ability to hold conflicting views in parallel. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to liaise with co-workers at all levels of the business. Specifically skilled at presenting complex information in concise and clear ways, applying the appropriate sense of urgency when required. Strong team orientation, working collaboratively with high levels of self-motivation and caring personally for the team and co-workers. Holds self accountable for their work, ensuring it is completed accurately and on time; communicates delivery timelines for work clearly to stakeholders. Understands the difference between urgent and important, and the situational differences in approach to delivery or problem solving. Effective active listener. Holds space for other's ideas, avoids listening purely to respond; listens without ego getting in the way. Excellent organisational and time keeping skills. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Able to clearly establish priorities but remain adaptable in a constantly changing environment. It would be even better, but not essential, if you have one or more of Programming experience in C# Have strong hands-on experience in designing and building low-latency trading or comparable infrastructures and related operational/trading processes. Have hands-on experience in building rules based automation or machine learning technology solutions for trading e.g. automation of trading strategies or other intellectual property. Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs for accessing AWS Aurora to source data for the analytics Experience of Microsoft Power Bl /Tableau or other data visualization program to create effective dashboards and reports Personal Fit Our values run deep. You can come from any background, but championing our culture is critical. We're looking for a team member who: Shares our vision and embodies the Boba culture as a role model. Is looking for an organisation that puts its purpose at the heart of what it does. Is hungry to help build the company - a proactive and enthusiastic force to improve our capabilities. Loves coding and loves putting technology to use in a pragmatic way. Has their finger on the pulse of latest information, ideas, and practices . click apply for full job details
Salary: £70,000 to £100,000 depending on experience. Read about our compensation policy , powered by Figures Start date: Flexible Contract: Permanent, Full time Working hours: Flexible Team: Engineering Reporting to: Tom Dignan, CTO Location: Hybrid Office: Most of our team opt to come into our swish, wheelchair-accessible office in Elephant & Castle 1-2 times per week Visa sponsorship: Not available. You must have the right to work in the UK Background checks: Due to the nature of the work we do with global governments and partners, all employees are required to pass BPSS verification First round closing date: 27th March 2024 You can expect to hear from us, no matter the outcome, by: 2nd April 2024 We care deeply about having a diverse and inclusive workforce, and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. Should you require any accommodations during the hiring process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We will do our best to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. See more on accommodations . To keep up to date with future open roles, follow us on LinkedIn . Who we are Apolitical is a social learning platform for government. We equip policymakers with the knowledge, skills and community they need to solve the world's hardest challenges. Our platform is used by more than 200,000 public servants and policymakers in 170 countries, with community members ranging from mayors, ministers, and heads of civil services to policy pioneers and digital disruptors. Founded in 2015 by Robyn Scott and Lisa Witter, Apolitical is a team of 50+ employees with an office in London. Our mission is to help build 21st century governments that work for people and the planet. Our moonshot is to accelerate the adoption of better skills and solutions in government, so that 1% of governments' $30 trillion annual budget is spent 50% more effectively, unlocking $150 billion each year for society. How we work Our mission demands the purposeful, collaborative work of a driven and diverse team. Guided by our leadership principles , Apolitical team members are mission-driven and ready to embrace complex challenges with innovative and critical thinking. In our organisation, we value ownership, impact, and a supportive and inclusive environment enriched by kind and constructive feedback. Before applying, read our Candidate Handbook and make sure you're excited by the autonomy and changeability that a startup demands. We also encourage you to visit Escape The City for employee reviews, our Glassdoor profile for independent reviews, or to look at results from recent employee surveys. Who We Are Looking For You embody the essence of an entrepreneurial software engineer, taking pride in ownership, engaging with stakeholders, and being hands-on with coding. Your initiative, ability to inspire through knowledge sharing, and eagerness to drive innovation make you stand out. This role offers a unique opportunity to significantly influence our product, platform, and team dynamics. If coding is your passion, both professionally and personally, and you're excited by the prospect of integrating cutting-edge AI tools into our solutions, we'd love to have you on board. The role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who exemplifies a proactive, results-driven approach. The ideal candidate will be skilled in developing new APIs, designing intuitive user interfaces, and passionate about AI technology. While experience in DevOps is advantageous, a willingness to learn is equally valued. Responsibilities include enhancing user experience, optimising application performance, integrating AI tools, promoting best practices, and mentoring junior team members. Note: This position is aimed at experienced professionals. However, candidates at various career stages are encouraged to follow our careers page for future opportunities. Our Technology Landscape Our solutions leverage React for front-end development, NodeJS for back-end services, and are fully hosted on Google Cloud Platform. With a keen interest in AI, we're eager to explore and implement AI tools to elevate our technology offerings as well as enhance our ability to create solutions. This is a great fit if you have Proven success as a software engineer, with a portfolio that spans several years and projects. Expertise in React and NodeJS within a professional environment. Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, crucial for leading technical discussions and idea sharing. A commitment to software engineering excellence, focusing on scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions. Strong proficiency in JavaScript. A culture of learning and mentoring, plus a readiness to explore and apply new AI technologies. Leadership experience with project and technical decision-making skills. Comfort in an agile development environment. Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Apolitical is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Interview Process We've designed our hiring process to identify the traits, knowledge and skills that are likely to result in high levels of job performance and test for these qualities in an effective manner. We use semi-structured, behavioural interviews to get strong, measurable insights about you as a candidate and we aim to keep the discussion comfortable rather than interrogation-like. Application screening. We review (anonymous) applications on Workable to ensure they meet the minimum criteria for the role. We only see personal details once a candidate has been moved to the next stage of the process. Phone screen. A phone or Google Meet chat of up to 30 minutes to understand better in your words about your experience, how you've worked in the past and what you are looking for in your next role. We may cover some technical issues related to the role in particular how those may have related to your part experience. There will also be some time for you to query us further about the role, the team and company. Technical Pairing Exercise. We will send you instructions on how to set up your local environment to participate in a parking exercise with a member of our team. This will likely be a mix of frontend and backend and should last 45-60 minutes. Technical Discussion. This is a 45-60 minute discussion about your technical knowledge including past work experience, knowledge of techniques and best practices. There will be an emphasis on being able to talk the justification to certain approaches and in some cases a discussion on how you might want to improve things that you have worked on in the past. There will be time for you to ask questions about our technical approach and environment. Culture Interview. A 30 minute discussion around your approach work, collaboration, mentoring/learning, and communication. There tends to be a fair amount of back and forth as you learn about us as well. Benefits (In addition to working with smart, kind people on one of the most important challenges of our time ) Stock options: Our employee options plan gives you a stake in our vision. Flexibility: Everyone works differently. Whether it's early mornings, late nights or a day at home, we support what gives you energy and makes you effective. Holidays: Unlimited holidays, trusting people to take what they need when they need it (and encouraging time off where people aren't taking enough). As a restorative reboot, we give everyone on the team the last Friday of every month off. Office: We're a hybrid working company, but when we're at the office, we're based 3 minutes from Elephant & Castle station, easily accessible from all areas of London. Our office is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral bathrooms, and we also have flexibility around remote work in the UK. Parental leave: Four months' maternity, paternity and adoption leave. Childcare benefit: Access to salary exchange through YellowNest, designed to help parents of kids aged 0-5 save 30-47% on childcare costs in the UK. Development: Learning and development budgets for books, conferences and courses. We also offer have an extensive library to which team members contribute their favourite book. Socials: Regular virtual and in-person socials. We aim to make activities, food and beverage at socials as inclusive as possible and are always open to suggestions from the team. Financial wellbeing: Pension contribution on a banded scheme, salary exchange, and access to Maji, a financial planning tool to help you achieve your goals. WFH setup: A work Macbook and working-from-home budget for equipment that supports your physical wellbeing. Mental Wellbeing: Membership to Health Assured, supporting employee mental health through 24/7 access to therapists. Cycle-to-Work: We are registered on the UK's Cycle-to-Work scheme, so you can buy a bike and cycling accessories tax-free.
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
Salary: £70,000 to £100,000 depending on experience. Read about our compensation policy , powered by Figures Start date: Flexible Contract: Permanent, Full time Working hours: Flexible Team: Engineering Reporting to: Tom Dignan, CTO Location: Hybrid Office: Most of our team opt to come into our swish, wheelchair-accessible office in Elephant & Castle 1-2 times per week Visa sponsorship: Not available. You must have the right to work in the UK Background checks: Due to the nature of the work we do with global governments and partners, all employees are required to pass BPSS verification First round closing date: 27th March 2024 You can expect to hear from us, no matter the outcome, by: 2nd April 2024 We care deeply about having a diverse and inclusive workforce, and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. Should you require any accommodations during the hiring process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We will do our best to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. See more on accommodations . To keep up to date with future open roles, follow us on LinkedIn . Who we are Apolitical is a social learning platform for government. We equip policymakers with the knowledge, skills and community they need to solve the world's hardest challenges. Our platform is used by more than 200,000 public servants and policymakers in 170 countries, with community members ranging from mayors, ministers, and heads of civil services to policy pioneers and digital disruptors. Founded in 2015 by Robyn Scott and Lisa Witter, Apolitical is a team of 50+ employees with an office in London. Our mission is to help build 21st century governments that work for people and the planet. Our moonshot is to accelerate the adoption of better skills and solutions in government, so that 1% of governments' $30 trillion annual budget is spent 50% more effectively, unlocking $150 billion each year for society. How we work Our mission demands the purposeful, collaborative work of a driven and diverse team. Guided by our leadership principles , Apolitical team members are mission-driven and ready to embrace complex challenges with innovative and critical thinking. In our organisation, we value ownership, impact, and a supportive and inclusive environment enriched by kind and constructive feedback. Before applying, read our Candidate Handbook and make sure you're excited by the autonomy and changeability that a startup demands. We also encourage you to visit Escape The City for employee reviews, our Glassdoor profile for independent reviews, or to look at results from recent employee surveys. Who We Are Looking For You embody the essence of an entrepreneurial software engineer, taking pride in ownership, engaging with stakeholders, and being hands-on with coding. Your initiative, ability to inspire through knowledge sharing, and eagerness to drive innovation make you stand out. This role offers a unique opportunity to significantly influence our product, platform, and team dynamics. If coding is your passion, both professionally and personally, and you're excited by the prospect of integrating cutting-edge AI tools into our solutions, we'd love to have you on board. The role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who exemplifies a proactive, results-driven approach. The ideal candidate will be skilled in developing new APIs, designing intuitive user interfaces, and passionate about AI technology. While experience in DevOps is advantageous, a willingness to learn is equally valued. Responsibilities include enhancing user experience, optimising application performance, integrating AI tools, promoting best practices, and mentoring junior team members. Note: This position is aimed at experienced professionals. However, candidates at various career stages are encouraged to follow our careers page for future opportunities. Our Technology Landscape Our solutions leverage React for front-end development, NodeJS for back-end services, and are fully hosted on Google Cloud Platform. With a keen interest in AI, we're eager to explore and implement AI tools to elevate our technology offerings as well as enhance our ability to create solutions. This is a great fit if you have Proven success as a software engineer, with a portfolio that spans several years and projects. Expertise in React and NodeJS within a professional environment. Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, crucial for leading technical discussions and idea sharing. A commitment to software engineering excellence, focusing on scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions. Strong proficiency in JavaScript. A culture of learning and mentoring, plus a readiness to explore and apply new AI technologies. Leadership experience with project and technical decision-making skills. Comfort in an agile development environment. Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Apolitical is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Interview Process We've designed our hiring process to identify the traits, knowledge and skills that are likely to result in high levels of job performance and test for these qualities in an effective manner. We use semi-structured, behavioural interviews to get strong, measurable insights about you as a candidate and we aim to keep the discussion comfortable rather than interrogation-like. Application screening. We review (anonymous) applications on Workable to ensure they meet the minimum criteria for the role. We only see personal details once a candidate has been moved to the next stage of the process. Phone screen. A phone or Google Meet chat of up to 30 minutes to understand better in your words about your experience, how you've worked in the past and what you are looking for in your next role. We may cover some technical issues related to the role in particular how those may have related to your part experience. There will also be some time for you to query us further about the role, the team and company. Technical Pairing Exercise. We will send you instructions on how to set up your local environment to participate in a parking exercise with a member of our team. This will likely be a mix of frontend and backend and should last 45-60 minutes. Technical Discussion. This is a 45-60 minute discussion about your technical knowledge including past work experience, knowledge of techniques and best practices. There will be an emphasis on being able to talk the justification to certain approaches and in some cases a discussion on how you might want to improve things that you have worked on in the past. There will be time for you to ask questions about our technical approach and environment. Culture Interview. A 30 minute discussion around your approach work, collaboration, mentoring/learning, and communication. There tends to be a fair amount of back and forth as you learn about us as well. Benefits (In addition to working with smart, kind people on one of the most important challenges of our time ) Stock options: Our employee options plan gives you a stake in our vision. Flexibility: Everyone works differently. Whether it's early mornings, late nights or a day at home, we support what gives you energy and makes you effective. Holidays: Unlimited holidays, trusting people to take what they need when they need it (and encouraging time off where people aren't taking enough). As a restorative reboot, we give everyone on the team the last Friday of every month off. Office: We're a hybrid working company, but when we're at the office, we're based 3 minutes from Elephant & Castle station, easily accessible from all areas of London. Our office is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral bathrooms, and we also have flexibility around remote work in the UK. Parental leave: Four months' maternity, paternity and adoption leave. Childcare benefit: Access to salary exchange through YellowNest, designed to help parents of kids aged 0-5 save 30-47% on childcare costs in the UK. Development: Learning and development budgets for books, conferences and courses. We also offer have an extensive library to which team members contribute their favourite book. Socials: Regular virtual and in-person socials. We aim to make activities, food and beverage at socials as inclusive as possible and are always open to suggestions from the team. Financial wellbeing: Pension contribution on a banded scheme, salary exchange, and access to Maji, a financial planning tool to help you achieve your goals. WFH setup: A work Macbook and working-from-home budget for equipment that supports your physical wellbeing. Mental Wellbeing: Membership to Health Assured, supporting employee mental health through 24/7 access to therapists. Cycle-to-Work: We are registered on the UK's Cycle-to-Work scheme, so you can buy a bike and cycling accessories tax-free.
Systems Engineers (Warhead Containers) AWE have exciting new opportunities for Systems Engineers with experience in requirements definition, functional and physical architectural design, model-based systems engineering and verification and validation . As a member of the WH containers team, successful candidates will be required to support projects developing, procuring, and testing new designs in support both current and future programmes. These projects vary from component level to full system design. Candidates will be motivated, delivery focused engineers, capable of working within a team and engaging with various stakeholders from different disciplines, internal and external to the nuclear weapons enterprise. An appreciation of the company procedures and processes would be beneficial but not essential. Location - Reading Salary : £35,720 - £50,800 (dependent on experience) Closing Date: 23rd April 2024 As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include: Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work) Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution) Life Assurance Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply) Potential opportunities to travel with work for conferences and collaboration Candidates will be team players who are proactive in nature and happy to work across a variety of projects. Systems Engineers within the Warhead Containers team work on design projects developing defining requirements, apportioning operational, safety and security functionalities across the system and identify the verification methods required. Engineers will be required to travel as part of the role in support of trials, customer interface, external meetings with suppliers and domestic and international R&D projects. The team works on multiple projects from the concept phase, into service and through to disposal and are responsible for: Requirements generation Mechanical Design using CAD software (preferably Seimens NX) Producing Engineering Drawings Supporting the development of Concept of Operations Carrying out Verification and Validation activities (including both onsite and offsite trials management) Stakeholder Engagement with other (international and domestic) government agencies and regulators The development and delivery of viable technical solutions that meet customer requirements Leading / Supporting project reviews for internal programmes and external contracts, including providing written reports and verbal briefs to management and stakeholders. These are excellent and exciting opportunities to join a multi-disciplinary team with a range of experiences. These roles will provide the successful candidates with a wider appreciation of the UK's nuclear weapon enterprise, responsibility in delivering CASD and cross enterprise engagement at all levels. To be considered for these roles, we would like you to have a degree or higher qualification in an engineering discipline OR proven equivalent experience working in a similar environment. An appreciation of Systems Engineering methods, tools and processes will be required. Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to undertake occasional travel.
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
Systems Engineers (Warhead Containers) AWE have exciting new opportunities for Systems Engineers with experience in requirements definition, functional and physical architectural design, model-based systems engineering and verification and validation . As a member of the WH containers team, successful candidates will be required to support projects developing, procuring, and testing new designs in support both current and future programmes. These projects vary from component level to full system design. Candidates will be motivated, delivery focused engineers, capable of working within a team and engaging with various stakeholders from different disciplines, internal and external to the nuclear weapons enterprise. An appreciation of the company procedures and processes would be beneficial but not essential. Location - Reading Salary : £35,720 - £50,800 (dependent on experience) Closing Date: 23rd April 2024 As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include: Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work) Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution) Life Assurance Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply) Potential opportunities to travel with work for conferences and collaboration Candidates will be team players who are proactive in nature and happy to work across a variety of projects. Systems Engineers within the Warhead Containers team work on design projects developing defining requirements, apportioning operational, safety and security functionalities across the system and identify the verification methods required. Engineers will be required to travel as part of the role in support of trials, customer interface, external meetings with suppliers and domestic and international R&D projects. The team works on multiple projects from the concept phase, into service and through to disposal and are responsible for: Requirements generation Mechanical Design using CAD software (preferably Seimens NX) Producing Engineering Drawings Supporting the development of Concept of Operations Carrying out Verification and Validation activities (including both onsite and offsite trials management) Stakeholder Engagement with other (international and domestic) government agencies and regulators The development and delivery of viable technical solutions that meet customer requirements Leading / Supporting project reviews for internal programmes and external contracts, including providing written reports and verbal briefs to management and stakeholders. These are excellent and exciting opportunities to join a multi-disciplinary team with a range of experiences. These roles will provide the successful candidates with a wider appreciation of the UK's nuclear weapon enterprise, responsibility in delivering CASD and cross enterprise engagement at all levels. To be considered for these roles, we would like you to have a degree or higher qualification in an engineering discipline OR proven equivalent experience working in a similar environment. An appreciation of Systems Engineering methods, tools and processes will be required. Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to undertake occasional travel.
Salary: £70,000 to £100,000 depending on experience. Read about our compensation policy , powered by Figures Start date: Flexible Contract: Permanent, Full time Working hours: Flexible Team: Engineering Reporting to: Tom Dignan, CTO Location: Hybrid Office: Most of our team opt to come into our swish, wheelchair-accessible office in Elephant & Castle 1-2 times per week Visa sponsorship: Not available. You must have the right to work in the UK Background checks: Due to the nature of the work we do with global governments and partners, all employees are required to pass BPSS verification First round closing date: 27th March 2024 You can expect to hear from us, no matter the outcome, by: 2nd April 2024 We care deeply about having a diverse and inclusive workforce, and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. Should you require any accommodations during the hiring process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We will do our best to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. See more on accommodations. To keep up to date with future open roles, follow us on LinkedIn . Who we are Apolitical is a social learning platform for government. We equip policymakers with the knowledge, skills and community they need to solve the world's hardest challenges. Our platform is used by more than 200,000 public servants and policymakers in 170 countries, with community members ranging from mayors, ministers, and heads of civil services to policy pioneers and digital disruptors. Founded in 2015 by Robyn Scott and Lisa Witter, Apolitical is a team of 50+ employees with an office in London. Our mission is to help build 21st century governments that work for people and the planet. Our moonshot is to accelerate the adoption of better skills and solutions in government, so that 1% of governments' $30 trillion annual budget is spent 50% more effectively, unlocking $150 billion each year for society. How we work Our mission demands the purposeful, collaborative work of a driven and diverse team. Guided by our leadership principles , Apolitical team members are mission-driven and ready to embrace complex challenges with innovative and critical thinking. In our organisation, we value ownership, impact, and a supportive and inclusive environment enriched by kind and constructive feedback. Before applying, read our Candidate Handbook and make sure you're excited by the autonomy and changeability that a startup demands. We also encourage you to visit Escape The City for employee reviews, our Glassdoor profile for independent reviews, or to look at results from recent employee surveys . Who We Are Looking For You embody the essence of an entrepreneurial software engineer, taking pride in ownership, engaging with stakeholders, and being hands-on with coding. Your initiative, ability to inspire through knowledge sharing, and eagerness to drive innovation make you stand out. This role offers a unique opportunity to significantly influence our product, platform, and team dynamics. If coding is your passion, both professionally and personally, and you're excited by the prospect of integrating cutting-edge AI tools into our solutions, we'd love to have you on board. The role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who exemplifies a proactive, results-driven approach. The ideal candidate will be skilled in developing new APIs, designing intuitive user interfaces, and passionate about AI technology. While experience in DevOps is advantageous, a willingness to learn is equally valued. Responsibilities include enhancing user experience, optimising application performance, integrating AI tools, promoting best practices, and mentoring junior team members. Note: This position is aimed at experienced professionals. However, candidates at various career stages are encouraged to follow our careers page for future opportunities. Our Technology Landscape Our solutions leverage React for front-end development, NodeJS for back-end services, and are fully hosted on Google Cloud Platform. With a keen interest in AI, we're eager to explore and implement AI tools to elevate our technology offerings as well as enhance our ability to create solutions. This is a great fit if you have Proven success as a software engineer, with a portfolio that spans several years and projects. Expertise in React and NodeJS within a professional environment. Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, crucial for leading technical discussions and idea sharing. A commitment to software engineering excellence, focusing on scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions. Strong proficiency in JavaScript. A culture of learning and mentoring, plus a readiness to explore and apply new AI technologies. Leadership experience with project and technical decision-making skills. Comfort in an agile development environment. Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Apolitical is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Interview Process We've designed our hiring process to identify the traits, knowledge and skills that are likely to result in high levels of job performance and test for these qualities in an effective manner. We use semi-structured, behavioural interviews to get strong, measurable insights about you as a candidate and we aim to keep the discussion comfortable rather than interrogation-like. Application screening. We review (anonymous) applications on Workable to ensure they meet the minimum criteria for the role. We only see personal details once a candidate has been moved to the next stage of the process. Phone screen. A phone or Google Meet chat of up to 30 minutes to understand better in your words about your experience, how you've worked in the past and what you are looking for in your next role. We may cover some technical issues related to the role in particular how those may have related to your part experience. There will also be some time for you to query us further about the role, the team and company. Technical Pairing Exercise. We will send you instructions on how to set up your local environment to participate in a parking exercise with a member of our team. This will likely be a mix of frontend and backend and should last 45-60 minutes. Technical Discussion. This is a 45-60 minute discussion about your technical knowledge including past work experience, knowledge of techniques and best practices. There will be an emphasis on being able to talk the justification to certain approaches and in some cases a discussion on how you might want to improve things that you have worked on in the past. There will be time for you to ask questions about our technical approach and environment. Culture Interview. A 30 minute discussion around your approach work, collaboration, mentoring/learning, and communication. There tends to be a fair amount of back and forth as you learn about us as well. (In addition to working with smart, kind people on one of the most important challenges of our time ) Stock options: Our employee options plan gives you a stake in our vision. Flexibility: Everyone works differently. Whether it's early mornings, late nights or a day at home, we support what gives you energy and makes you effective. Holidays: Unlimited holidays, trusting people to take what they need when they need it (and encouraging time off where people aren't taking enough). As a restorative reboot, we give everyone on the team the last Friday of every month off. Office: We're a hybrid working company, but when we're at the office, we're based 3 minutes from Elephant & Castle station, easily accessible from all areas of London. Our office is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral bathrooms, and we also have flexibility around remote work in the UK. Parental leave: Four months' maternity, paternity and adoption leave. Childcare benefit: Access to salary exchange through YellowNest, designed to help parents of kids aged 0-5 save 30-47% on childcare costs in the UK. Development: Learning and development budgets for books, conferences and courses. We also offer have an extensive library to which team members contribute their favourite book. Socials: Regular virtual and in-person socials. We aim to make activities, food and beverage at socials as inclusive as possible and are always open to suggestions from the team. Financial wellbeing: Pension contribution on a banded scheme, salary exchange, and access to Maji, a financial planning tool to help you achieve your goals. WFH setup: A work Macbook and working-from-home budget for equipment that supports your physical wellbeing. Mental Wellbeing: . click apply for full job details
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
Salary: £70,000 to £100,000 depending on experience. Read about our compensation policy , powered by Figures Start date: Flexible Contract: Permanent, Full time Working hours: Flexible Team: Engineering Reporting to: Tom Dignan, CTO Location: Hybrid Office: Most of our team opt to come into our swish, wheelchair-accessible office in Elephant & Castle 1-2 times per week Visa sponsorship: Not available. You must have the right to work in the UK Background checks: Due to the nature of the work we do with global governments and partners, all employees are required to pass BPSS verification First round closing date: 27th March 2024 You can expect to hear from us, no matter the outcome, by: 2nd April 2024 We care deeply about having a diverse and inclusive workforce, and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. Should you require any accommodations during the hiring process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We will do our best to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. See more on accommodations. To keep up to date with future open roles, follow us on LinkedIn . Who we are Apolitical is a social learning platform for government. We equip policymakers with the knowledge, skills and community they need to solve the world's hardest challenges. Our platform is used by more than 200,000 public servants and policymakers in 170 countries, with community members ranging from mayors, ministers, and heads of civil services to policy pioneers and digital disruptors. Founded in 2015 by Robyn Scott and Lisa Witter, Apolitical is a team of 50+ employees with an office in London. Our mission is to help build 21st century governments that work for people and the planet. Our moonshot is to accelerate the adoption of better skills and solutions in government, so that 1% of governments' $30 trillion annual budget is spent 50% more effectively, unlocking $150 billion each year for society. How we work Our mission demands the purposeful, collaborative work of a driven and diverse team. Guided by our leadership principles , Apolitical team members are mission-driven and ready to embrace complex challenges with innovative and critical thinking. In our organisation, we value ownership, impact, and a supportive and inclusive environment enriched by kind and constructive feedback. Before applying, read our Candidate Handbook and make sure you're excited by the autonomy and changeability that a startup demands. We also encourage you to visit Escape The City for employee reviews, our Glassdoor profile for independent reviews, or to look at results from recent employee surveys . Who We Are Looking For You embody the essence of an entrepreneurial software engineer, taking pride in ownership, engaging with stakeholders, and being hands-on with coding. Your initiative, ability to inspire through knowledge sharing, and eagerness to drive innovation make you stand out. This role offers a unique opportunity to significantly influence our product, platform, and team dynamics. If coding is your passion, both professionally and personally, and you're excited by the prospect of integrating cutting-edge AI tools into our solutions, we'd love to have you on board. The role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who exemplifies a proactive, results-driven approach. The ideal candidate will be skilled in developing new APIs, designing intuitive user interfaces, and passionate about AI technology. While experience in DevOps is advantageous, a willingness to learn is equally valued. Responsibilities include enhancing user experience, optimising application performance, integrating AI tools, promoting best practices, and mentoring junior team members. Note: This position is aimed at experienced professionals. However, candidates at various career stages are encouraged to follow our careers page for future opportunities. Our Technology Landscape Our solutions leverage React for front-end development, NodeJS for back-end services, and are fully hosted on Google Cloud Platform. With a keen interest in AI, we're eager to explore and implement AI tools to elevate our technology offerings as well as enhance our ability to create solutions. This is a great fit if you have Proven success as a software engineer, with a portfolio that spans several years and projects. Expertise in React and NodeJS within a professional environment. Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, crucial for leading technical discussions and idea sharing. A commitment to software engineering excellence, focusing on scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions. Strong proficiency in JavaScript. A culture of learning and mentoring, plus a readiness to explore and apply new AI technologies. Leadership experience with project and technical decision-making skills. Comfort in an agile development environment. Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Apolitical is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Interview Process We've designed our hiring process to identify the traits, knowledge and skills that are likely to result in high levels of job performance and test for these qualities in an effective manner. We use semi-structured, behavioural interviews to get strong, measurable insights about you as a candidate and we aim to keep the discussion comfortable rather than interrogation-like. Application screening. We review (anonymous) applications on Workable to ensure they meet the minimum criteria for the role. We only see personal details once a candidate has been moved to the next stage of the process. Phone screen. A phone or Google Meet chat of up to 30 minutes to understand better in your words about your experience, how you've worked in the past and what you are looking for in your next role. We may cover some technical issues related to the role in particular how those may have related to your part experience. There will also be some time for you to query us further about the role, the team and company. Technical Pairing Exercise. We will send you instructions on how to set up your local environment to participate in a parking exercise with a member of our team. This will likely be a mix of frontend and backend and should last 45-60 minutes. Technical Discussion. This is a 45-60 minute discussion about your technical knowledge including past work experience, knowledge of techniques and best practices. There will be an emphasis on being able to talk the justification to certain approaches and in some cases a discussion on how you might want to improve things that you have worked on in the past. There will be time for you to ask questions about our technical approach and environment. Culture Interview. A 30 minute discussion around your approach work, collaboration, mentoring/learning, and communication. There tends to be a fair amount of back and forth as you learn about us as well. (In addition to working with smart, kind people on one of the most important challenges of our time ) Stock options: Our employee options plan gives you a stake in our vision. Flexibility: Everyone works differently. Whether it's early mornings, late nights or a day at home, we support what gives you energy and makes you effective. Holidays: Unlimited holidays, trusting people to take what they need when they need it (and encouraging time off where people aren't taking enough). As a restorative reboot, we give everyone on the team the last Friday of every month off. Office: We're a hybrid working company, but when we're at the office, we're based 3 minutes from Elephant & Castle station, easily accessible from all areas of London. Our office is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral bathrooms, and we also have flexibility around remote work in the UK. Parental leave: Four months' maternity, paternity and adoption leave. Childcare benefit: Access to salary exchange through YellowNest, designed to help parents of kids aged 0-5 save 30-47% on childcare costs in the UK. Development: Learning and development budgets for books, conferences and courses. We also offer have an extensive library to which team members contribute their favourite book. Socials: Regular virtual and in-person socials. We aim to make activities, food and beverage at socials as inclusive as possible and are always open to suggestions from the team. Financial wellbeing: Pension contribution on a banded scheme, salary exchange, and access to Maji, a financial planning tool to help you achieve your goals. WFH setup: A work Macbook and working-from-home budget for equipment that supports your physical wellbeing. Mental Wellbeing: . click apply for full job details
We integrate technology design and consulting with specialized knowledge and product development to improve the operational lifespan of train control systems and equipment. Offering a variety of products and solutions for monitoring signalling assets, we utilize digital technologies to enhance the performance of heavy and light rail networks and signalling systems on a global scale. We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong background in C# development to contribute to the growth and fortification of our team in Stockport. Key qualifications include a solid understanding of network-level/low-level device communications like Ethernet, TCP/IP, and RS-232/422/485 protocols. While familiarity with the railway industry and interlocking technology is beneficial, it is not mandatory. Reporting to a Team Leader, your responsibilities will involve guiding and motivating fellow Software Engineers to effectively meet project and customer requirements. Your role will include: Adopting and expanding upon an existing portfolio of C# software solutions. Collaborating within a software team to specify, develop, and document software architecture from concept to physical implementation. Overseeing the implementation of testing methodologies to meet safety-related standards. Designing, developing, and enhancing existing GUI using C# Winforms, in collaboration with clients to support user operational requirements. Escalating project-related issues to Team Leaders/Project Management Office and implementing corrective actions. Contributing to future planning and development of solutions and projects for both our organization and external partner work programs. Ensuring compliance with Standard Operating Processes and the Quality Management System. Building effective working relationships with the team and other key stakeholders to resolve problems collaboratively. Qualifications: Highly Desirable: CEng or a level 7 MEng, Masters Qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or a STEM-related subject with relevant experience. Skills: Essential: Significant commercial experience in .NET with C# working directly with clients. Knowledge of software and application design and architecture. Demonstrable experience building software from concept UML level through verification. Experience in network topology and secure integration solutions. .Net low-level device communications RS-232/422/485 protocols and Ethernet, TCP/IP. Experience in data buffering and optimized sorting methods. Unit and functional testing experience. Source Control (SVN, Git) Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to work with staff and customers at all levels. Attention to detail. Demonstration of CEng competency levels. Industry-related continual professional development. Desirable: Experience in building Web Services, WebAPI, and WCF. Experience with Data Analytics and decoding data. Knowledge of current cybersecurity requirements and standards. Knowledge of Railway Signaling systems and interlockings (e.g., SSI, RETB). In this role, you will collaborate with various departments, including Sales and Business Development, Project Management, Software Team, Hardware Team, System Team, and Product Safety Team, to ensure effective information flow and project progression. As part of the larger engineering team, we encourage collaborative working, idea sharing, and the use of continuous improvement and problem-solving approaches.
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
We integrate technology design and consulting with specialized knowledge and product development to improve the operational lifespan of train control systems and equipment. Offering a variety of products and solutions for monitoring signalling assets, we utilize digital technologies to enhance the performance of heavy and light rail networks and signalling systems on a global scale. We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong background in C# development to contribute to the growth and fortification of our team in Stockport. Key qualifications include a solid understanding of network-level/low-level device communications like Ethernet, TCP/IP, and RS-232/422/485 protocols. While familiarity with the railway industry and interlocking technology is beneficial, it is not mandatory. Reporting to a Team Leader, your responsibilities will involve guiding and motivating fellow Software Engineers to effectively meet project and customer requirements. Your role will include: Adopting and expanding upon an existing portfolio of C# software solutions. Collaborating within a software team to specify, develop, and document software architecture from concept to physical implementation. Overseeing the implementation of testing methodologies to meet safety-related standards. Designing, developing, and enhancing existing GUI using C# Winforms, in collaboration with clients to support user operational requirements. Escalating project-related issues to Team Leaders/Project Management Office and implementing corrective actions. Contributing to future planning and development of solutions and projects for both our organization and external partner work programs. Ensuring compliance with Standard Operating Processes and the Quality Management System. Building effective working relationships with the team and other key stakeholders to resolve problems collaboratively. Qualifications: Highly Desirable: CEng or a level 7 MEng, Masters Qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or a STEM-related subject with relevant experience. Skills: Essential: Significant commercial experience in .NET with C# working directly with clients. Knowledge of software and application design and architecture. Demonstrable experience building software from concept UML level through verification. Experience in network topology and secure integration solutions. .Net low-level device communications RS-232/422/485 protocols and Ethernet, TCP/IP. Experience in data buffering and optimized sorting methods. Unit and functional testing experience. Source Control (SVN, Git) Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to work with staff and customers at all levels. Attention to detail. Demonstration of CEng competency levels. Industry-related continual professional development. Desirable: Experience in building Web Services, WebAPI, and WCF. Experience with Data Analytics and decoding data. Knowledge of current cybersecurity requirements and standards. Knowledge of Railway Signaling systems and interlockings (e.g., SSI, RETB). In this role, you will collaborate with various departments, including Sales and Business Development, Project Management, Software Team, Hardware Team, System Team, and Product Safety Team, to ensure effective information flow and project progression. As part of the larger engineering team, we encourage collaborative working, idea sharing, and the use of continuous improvement and problem-solving approaches.
End Date Saturday 30 March 2024 Salary Range £45,054 - £50,060 We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary n/a Job Description Cyber Security Analyst Location :Edinburgh, Halifax Salary :£45,954 to 51,060 Hours: Full time Working Pattern: Minimum of 2 days a week in the office About this opportunity This is your chance to bring your skills to the forefront and make a real difference in shaping the future of payments, making them easier, faster and safer for our customers. It s vital that we operate proactive Cyber Security service across the Payment Services Platform application landscape - identifying and pursuing opportunities for continuous improvement across our diverse platform. This is an interlock role in a niche team, working across teams to ensure the right interventions are being put in place, at the right pace and at the right time. The team is split across London, Halifax and Edinburgh - this role will be based at either Edinburgh or Halifax. We re looking for someone who has a broad understanding of payments, cyber security and project management, with the personal attributes and business skills to harness the expertise of these three areas. As a Cyber Analyst in your day to day you ll: Lead the facilitation of cyber testing and remediation of cyber vulnerabilities by collaborating with technical colleagues that have various levels of expertise from multiple teams and different departments - essentially identifying and leading the resolution of cyber weaknesses swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively. Articulating cyber risks and also leading the remediation or mitigation of cyber risks. Conduct cyber control testing using the RCSA framework. There is also the opportunity to get creative as we deliver a series of cyber knowledge awareness sessions to the rest of the PSP colleagues. Opportunity to get involved in compliance, assurance and attestation work. What you ll need To have an enthusiastic interest and experience within the Cyber Security aspects of a large and complex enterprise organisation. To be operationally-focused and have experience and understanding of production environments and system architecture. Cyber Vulnerability Management - leading the remediation of cyber vulnerabilities identified in penetration tests or security assessments Have the tenacity and persistence to lead work that requires to collaborate with technical colleagues that have various levels of expertise from multiple teams and different departments - essentially identifying and leading the resolution of cyber weaknesses swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively. Good communication and teamwork skills. And any experience of these would be really useful Security assessments of Cloud infrastructure or applications. Any experience of DevSecOps. Technology Risk / Control Testing experience. IT delivery experience, either as a software developer or infrastructure engineer. This could be in a bau/service team or whilst working on change project delivery. Financial Services Regulation / Payments Scheme compliance experience Any experience of the Financial Services industry in general, and payments in particular would be helpful, but don t worry if not, we can teach you that, we re more interested in your ability and hard work to deliver. About working for us Our focus is to ensure that we re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background identity or culture. We were one of the first organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So, if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes. Just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: • A generous pension contribution of up to 15% • An annual performance-related bonus • Share schemes including free shares • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping • 28 days holiday with bank holidays on top • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
End Date Saturday 30 March 2024 Salary Range £45,054 - £50,060 We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary n/a Job Description Cyber Security Analyst Location :Edinburgh, Halifax Salary :£45,954 to 51,060 Hours: Full time Working Pattern: Minimum of 2 days a week in the office About this opportunity This is your chance to bring your skills to the forefront and make a real difference in shaping the future of payments, making them easier, faster and safer for our customers. It s vital that we operate proactive Cyber Security service across the Payment Services Platform application landscape - identifying and pursuing opportunities for continuous improvement across our diverse platform. This is an interlock role in a niche team, working across teams to ensure the right interventions are being put in place, at the right pace and at the right time. The team is split across London, Halifax and Edinburgh - this role will be based at either Edinburgh or Halifax. We re looking for someone who has a broad understanding of payments, cyber security and project management, with the personal attributes and business skills to harness the expertise of these three areas. As a Cyber Analyst in your day to day you ll: Lead the facilitation of cyber testing and remediation of cyber vulnerabilities by collaborating with technical colleagues that have various levels of expertise from multiple teams and different departments - essentially identifying and leading the resolution of cyber weaknesses swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively. Articulating cyber risks and also leading the remediation or mitigation of cyber risks. Conduct cyber control testing using the RCSA framework. There is also the opportunity to get creative as we deliver a series of cyber knowledge awareness sessions to the rest of the PSP colleagues. Opportunity to get involved in compliance, assurance and attestation work. What you ll need To have an enthusiastic interest and experience within the Cyber Security aspects of a large and complex enterprise organisation. To be operationally-focused and have experience and understanding of production environments and system architecture. Cyber Vulnerability Management - leading the remediation of cyber vulnerabilities identified in penetration tests or security assessments Have the tenacity and persistence to lead work that requires to collaborate with technical colleagues that have various levels of expertise from multiple teams and different departments - essentially identifying and leading the resolution of cyber weaknesses swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively. Good communication and teamwork skills. And any experience of these would be really useful Security assessments of Cloud infrastructure or applications. Any experience of DevSecOps. Technology Risk / Control Testing experience. IT delivery experience, either as a software developer or infrastructure engineer. This could be in a bau/service team or whilst working on change project delivery. Financial Services Regulation / Payments Scheme compliance experience Any experience of the Financial Services industry in general, and payments in particular would be helpful, but don t worry if not, we can teach you that, we re more interested in your ability and hard work to deliver. About working for us Our focus is to ensure that we re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background identity or culture. We were one of the first organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We re disability confident. So, if you d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes. Just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: • A generous pension contribution of up to 15% • An annual performance-related bonus • Share schemes including free shares • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping • 28 days holiday with bank holidays on top • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Software Developer/Engineer Circa £65,000 Northwich Hybrid working Are you a skilled Software Developer seeking an exciting opportunity? Do you have experience with NodeJS, AWS, Linux/Unix systems? We are recruiting for an expanding global organisation who are looking for a Full Stack Developer to play a vital role in addressing continuous business software development needs! Key Responsibilities: Support Day-to-Day Development: Enhance existing applications, ensuring seamless integration with third-party APIs. Drive the transition to AWS for on-premise applications. Collaborate with business teams, ensuring application alignment with business needs. Manage JIRA for development, operations, and security requirements. Establish service levels and processes for core applications. Foster effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders. Support non-working hours and provide quarterly progress retrospectives. Focus on achieving automation and one-click serverless deployment. Conduct regular application recovery tests. Cyber Security Focus: Ensure all business applications are cyber secure. Collaborate with internal development teams. Maintain a risk register and address cyber security issues. Cooperate with cyber security experts for testing and code reviews. Contribute to Business Projects: Support digitalisation needs of different departments. Develop custom applications aligned with business needs. Document application infrastructure and dependencies. Engage with peers for future technology choices. Agile Team Contribution: Relevant Education and Experience: Degree-level qualification. AWS Certificate. Agile Foundation. Relevant Skills: NodeJS (Compulsory). Familiarity with cloud technologies, especially AWS. Scripting and automation languages (Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, PowerShell, SQL Server, NoSQL, MySQL). Proficiency in version control, CI/CD, and IaaC tools. Container frameworks like Docker and Kubernetes. JIRA or related development tracking tools. Understanding of various operating systems, especially Linux. Soft skills: communication, collaboration, self-organization, customer-focus, mentorship, commitment. Join us in driving technological excellence! Apply now and be a part of a dynamic team at the forefront of business software development. Tilt Recruitment are specialists in IT Recruitment. We work hard to find our candidates their perfect roles within fantastic organisations across the UK. If this role isn t right for you, please still get in touch with us as we may have other roles which may suit you better. We also offer up to £500 for every successful referral, if you know someone who matches this skill set please let us know. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Mar 26, 2024
Full time
Software Developer/Engineer Circa £65,000 Northwich Hybrid working Are you a skilled Software Developer seeking an exciting opportunity? Do you have experience with NodeJS, AWS, Linux/Unix systems? We are recruiting for an expanding global organisation who are looking for a Full Stack Developer to play a vital role in addressing continuous business software development needs! Key Responsibilities: Support Day-to-Day Development: Enhance existing applications, ensuring seamless integration with third-party APIs. Drive the transition to AWS for on-premise applications. Collaborate with business teams, ensuring application alignment with business needs. Manage JIRA for development, operations, and security requirements. Establish service levels and processes for core applications. Foster effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders. Support non-working hours and provide quarterly progress retrospectives. Focus on achieving automation and one-click serverless deployment. Conduct regular application recovery tests. Cyber Security Focus: Ensure all business applications are cyber secure. Collaborate with internal development teams. Maintain a risk register and address cyber security issues. Cooperate with cyber security experts for testing and code reviews. Contribute to Business Projects: Support digitalisation needs of different departments. Develop custom applications aligned with business needs. Document application infrastructure and dependencies. Engage with peers for future technology choices. Agile Team Contribution: Relevant Education and Experience: Degree-level qualification. AWS Certificate. Agile Foundation. Relevant Skills: NodeJS (Compulsory). Familiarity with cloud technologies, especially AWS. Scripting and automation languages (Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, PowerShell, SQL Server, NoSQL, MySQL). Proficiency in version control, CI/CD, and IaaC tools. Container frameworks like Docker and Kubernetes. JIRA or related development tracking tools. Understanding of various operating systems, especially Linux. Soft skills: communication, collaboration, self-organization, customer-focus, mentorship, commitment. Join us in driving technological excellence! Apply now and be a part of a dynamic team at the forefront of business software development. Tilt Recruitment are specialists in IT Recruitment. We work hard to find our candidates their perfect roles within fantastic organisations across the UK. If this role isn t right for you, please still get in touch with us as we may have other roles which may suit you better. We also offer up to £500 for every successful referral, if you know someone who matches this skill set please let us know. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.