2023 – will this be the year that you become part of a pioneering new ICT Enterprise and Technical Architecture Team with the Highland Council?
The Highland Council are seeking four new ICT Technical Design Leads to establish a vibrant and dynamic team. Supported by the ICT Service Lead, the new ICT Enterprise and Technical Architecture Team members will effectively understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions. The team will make its vision and presence known across the council, working proactively to provide a range of innovative solutions from integration/middleware technologies and strategies.
We believe that our people are our most important asset. Each team member will bring their individual IT strengths, whether it be architecture, design, enterprise or a combination of all. Strong interaction, creativity and working collaboratively will be key to success and the team will be high performing, positively impacting across all services, bringing efficiencies through delivery of the Council’s ICT and Digital Strategies.
There is opportunity for hybrid working with a flexible base in any of Highland Council hub offices although regular team working in person in HQ or our Castle Wynd office in Inverness is also a requirement of the post so there is an expectation of weekly attendance in Inverness.
The Highland Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing within the workplace
If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding career with an opportunity to be noticed for the difference you make, then apply today. Our generous terms and conditions of employment make the Council an excellent choice for long term employment in the Highlands and we pride ourselves on caring for our staff.
To find out more about our dynamic and forward-thinking new team, or for an informal chat about the job roles, please contact our ICT Transformation Manager Allan Henderson on 07814 231 300 or Allan.Henderson3@highland.gov.uk
Please APPLY ONLINE . If you are unable to apply online and wish to request an offline application pack, please calll 01955 608279 quoting the post reference number above.
Please find the Job Description below.
The Highland Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce. inclusion and wellbeing within the workplace.
As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.
Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
Jan 17, 2023
Full time
2023 – will this be the year that you become part of a pioneering new ICT Enterprise and Technical Architecture Team with the Highland Council?
The Highland Council are seeking four new ICT Technical Design Leads to establish a vibrant and dynamic team. Supported by the ICT Service Lead, the new ICT Enterprise and Technical Architecture Team members will effectively understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions. The team will make its vision and presence known across the council, working proactively to provide a range of innovative solutions from integration/middleware technologies and strategies.
We believe that our people are our most important asset. Each team member will bring their individual IT strengths, whether it be architecture, design, enterprise or a combination of all. Strong interaction, creativity and working collaboratively will be key to success and the team will be high performing, positively impacting across all services, bringing efficiencies through delivery of the Council’s ICT and Digital Strategies.
There is opportunity for hybrid working with a flexible base in any of Highland Council hub offices although regular team working in person in HQ or our Castle Wynd office in Inverness is also a requirement of the post so there is an expectation of weekly attendance in Inverness.
The Highland Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing within the workplace
If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding career with an opportunity to be noticed for the difference you make, then apply today. Our generous terms and conditions of employment make the Council an excellent choice for long term employment in the Highlands and we pride ourselves on caring for our staff.
To find out more about our dynamic and forward-thinking new team, or for an informal chat about the job roles, please contact our ICT Transformation Manager Allan Henderson on 07814 231 300 or Allan.Henderson3@highland.gov.uk
Please APPLY ONLINE . If you are unable to apply online and wish to request an offline application pack, please calll 01955 608279 quoting the post reference number above.
Please find the Job Description below.
The Highland Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce. inclusion and wellbeing within the workplace.
As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.
Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
Job Description for Business Analyst:
There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.
We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible.
The Technical Business Analysts (TBA) will act as an intermediary between the business and technical delivery teams. Working with Business Engagement Partners, IT project teams and business clients, the TBA will collect, clarify, and translate requirements into requirements definition and conceptual design (using appropriate tools and techniques) from which applications and solutions are developed.
The TBA may also provide project management for small technical projects and work packages.
Main Responsibilities for Business Analyst:
Develop a thorough understanding of the current IT solutions and work with key stakeholders in the business to identify new requirements or opportunities for improvement.
Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle.
Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders to develop business cases to support proposed solutions.
Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans, and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.
Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing.
Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Essential Criteria for Business Analyst:
Develop a thorough understanding of the current IT solutions and work with key stakeholders in the business to identify new requirements or opportunities for improvement.
Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle.
Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders to develop business cases to support proposed solutions.
Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans, and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.
Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing.
Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for Business Analyst:
Experience of working with both business and IT projects within a secure environment.
Willingness to travel to other UK locations and a full UK Driving license.
Comfortable in managing small projects, if required.
About The Company
Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector.
Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world.
Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress.
We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials
NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.
Recruitment Agency Notice
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.
Aug 19, 2022
Full time
Job Description for Business Analyst:
There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.
We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible.
The Technical Business Analysts (TBA) will act as an intermediary between the business and technical delivery teams. Working with Business Engagement Partners, IT project teams and business clients, the TBA will collect, clarify, and translate requirements into requirements definition and conceptual design (using appropriate tools and techniques) from which applications and solutions are developed.
The TBA may also provide project management for small technical projects and work packages.
Main Responsibilities for Business Analyst:
Develop a thorough understanding of the current IT solutions and work with key stakeholders in the business to identify new requirements or opportunities for improvement.
Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle.
Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders to develop business cases to support proposed solutions.
Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans, and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.
Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing.
Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Essential Criteria for Business Analyst:
Develop a thorough understanding of the current IT solutions and work with key stakeholders in the business to identify new requirements or opportunities for improvement.
Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle.
Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders to develop business cases to support proposed solutions.
Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans, and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.
Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing.
Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for Business Analyst:
Experience of working with both business and IT projects within a secure environment.
Willingness to travel to other UK locations and a full UK Driving license.
Comfortable in managing small projects, if required.
About The Company
Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector.
Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world.
Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress.
We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials
NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.
Recruitment Agency Notice
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.
Job Summary:
The Security Systems Support Engineer (SSE) is an embedded role, with one of Pinkerton's largest clients (Fortune 500 company). The SSE will on a day-to-day basis, manage and maintain a strong working relationship with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the timely triaging, escalation, resolution, and coordination of all activities relating to the enterprise electronic security system to minimize system downtime.
The Engineer provides reactive (including out of hours on call) first-line technical support to service requests with remote diagnosis and resolution of system faults and proactively monitors the health of all security systems and devices. This position can be based anywhere (remote) within the United Kingdom.
Essential Functions:
Represent Pinkerton's core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
Maintain currency (working practices, risk, threat, regulatory, standards, technology) to ensure the delivery of the essential skills of the role.
Maintain accurate, up to date trackers/reporting tools and provide daily, weekly, and monthly reporting metrics.
Mitigate any associated risks and develop (with the appointed installation provider) a coordinated project schedule/plan.
Monitor the various email security support aliases, triage, prioritise, and respond within the agreed response times.
Ensure all faults are captured accurately in the tracker ticketing system.
Provide remote investigation, first line support of all security systems, with escalations to appropriate resources.
Provide first line support to the Security Operations Centre's for all reported security system issues, escalating accordingly after triage.
Provide first line diagnostics of system issues prior to call outs being raised with the security vendor.
Following first line review and diagnostics of any security system faults, provide supporting information of the issue to the security vendor to enable them to provide a costing for site attendance or to expediate a quicker resolution provides estimated cost based upon the approved ROM calculator.
Obtain confirmation from the business owner of related break-fix costs and once approved provide purchase order confirmation to the point of contact or the security vendor and instruct to attend site.
Record and keep updated the break-fix call out log tracking and ticketing system at all stages, so it reflects the latest status of the call out/issue. This will include escalation, update, rectification notes, financials, and any associated correspondence.
Coordinate any works and site visits relating to the security systems with other parties and stakeholders on site following their processes as required.
Support with the coordination and oversee the execution of the planned preventative maintenance delivery by approved security vendors and validate their work in accordance with the clients' expectations.
Review any remediation proposal provided by the approved security vendors to ensure suitability prior to submittal for client for approval.
Escalate any concerns which impact on the security systems' performance to the EMEA Supplier Manager.
Perform routine daily, weekly, and monthly spot checks on the systems to verify their correct operations and where required provide reports.
Conduct signal review - using the site signal trace – identify any items in the system tree that need review and provide a detailed breakdown of each devices reported activity along with any devices needing special attention.
Support the EMEA Supplier Manager with managing the EMEA approved security device/vendor list by providing feedback and input on supplier/device performance with recommendations for areas of improvement.
Contribute to the development and continual improvement of the EMEA regional specific standards, processes and supporting documentation. Ensure all processes are optimized and continually aligned to the client requirements.
All other duties assigned.
Education, Experience, and Certifications:
Bachelor's degree and five or more years of experience gained in an engineering capacity of installing, servicing, commissioning, technical support role, managing the deployment of standalone and integrated physical electronic security systems.
Competencies:
Thorough understanding of IT principles and practices.
Good understanding of enterprise security in a business environment.
Solid understanding of security operations, design, and systems integration.
Understanding of security systems Analog and IP CCTV, Access Control, Intrusion – intimate knowledge of Lenel, Milestone and Galaxy are desirable but the ability to learn these systems is critical.
Knowledge of local code/regulation/legislation knowledge for EMEA is desirable.
Able to take accountability and ownership of issues, actions, decisions, and outcomes.
Adaptable to work variations while ensuring on-going performance effectiveness.
Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law.
Jun 12, 2022
Full time
Job Summary:
The Security Systems Support Engineer (SSE) is an embedded role, with one of Pinkerton's largest clients (Fortune 500 company). The SSE will on a day-to-day basis, manage and maintain a strong working relationship with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the timely triaging, escalation, resolution, and coordination of all activities relating to the enterprise electronic security system to minimize system downtime.
The Engineer provides reactive (including out of hours on call) first-line technical support to service requests with remote diagnosis and resolution of system faults and proactively monitors the health of all security systems and devices. This position can be based anywhere (remote) within the United Kingdom.
Essential Functions:
Represent Pinkerton's core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
Maintain currency (working practices, risk, threat, regulatory, standards, technology) to ensure the delivery of the essential skills of the role.
Maintain accurate, up to date trackers/reporting tools and provide daily, weekly, and monthly reporting metrics.
Mitigate any associated risks and develop (with the appointed installation provider) a coordinated project schedule/plan.
Monitor the various email security support aliases, triage, prioritise, and respond within the agreed response times.
Ensure all faults are captured accurately in the tracker ticketing system.
Provide remote investigation, first line support of all security systems, with escalations to appropriate resources.
Provide first line support to the Security Operations Centre's for all reported security system issues, escalating accordingly after triage.
Provide first line diagnostics of system issues prior to call outs being raised with the security vendor.
Following first line review and diagnostics of any security system faults, provide supporting information of the issue to the security vendor to enable them to provide a costing for site attendance or to expediate a quicker resolution provides estimated cost based upon the approved ROM calculator.
Obtain confirmation from the business owner of related break-fix costs and once approved provide purchase order confirmation to the point of contact or the security vendor and instruct to attend site.
Record and keep updated the break-fix call out log tracking and ticketing system at all stages, so it reflects the latest status of the call out/issue. This will include escalation, update, rectification notes, financials, and any associated correspondence.
Coordinate any works and site visits relating to the security systems with other parties and stakeholders on site following their processes as required.
Support with the coordination and oversee the execution of the planned preventative maintenance delivery by approved security vendors and validate their work in accordance with the clients' expectations.
Review any remediation proposal provided by the approved security vendors to ensure suitability prior to submittal for client for approval.
Escalate any concerns which impact on the security systems' performance to the EMEA Supplier Manager.
Perform routine daily, weekly, and monthly spot checks on the systems to verify their correct operations and where required provide reports.
Conduct signal review - using the site signal trace – identify any items in the system tree that need review and provide a detailed breakdown of each devices reported activity along with any devices needing special attention.
Support the EMEA Supplier Manager with managing the EMEA approved security device/vendor list by providing feedback and input on supplier/device performance with recommendations for areas of improvement.
Contribute to the development and continual improvement of the EMEA regional specific standards, processes and supporting documentation. Ensure all processes are optimized and continually aligned to the client requirements.
All other duties assigned.
Education, Experience, and Certifications:
Bachelor's degree and five or more years of experience gained in an engineering capacity of installing, servicing, commissioning, technical support role, managing the deployment of standalone and integrated physical electronic security systems.
Competencies:
Thorough understanding of IT principles and practices.
Good understanding of enterprise security in a business environment.
Solid understanding of security operations, design, and systems integration.
Understanding of security systems Analog and IP CCTV, Access Control, Intrusion – intimate knowledge of Lenel, Milestone and Galaxy are desirable but the ability to learn these systems is critical.
Knowledge of local code/regulation/legislation knowledge for EMEA is desirable.
Able to take accountability and ownership of issues, actions, decisions, and outcomes.
Adaptable to work variations while ensuring on-going performance effectiveness.
Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law.
REPORTS TO :
The Database Manager reports to the Head of IT.
SUMMARY :
The Database Manager is responsible for the development, management and maintenance of the University’s administrative IT Systems including the interfaces with other systems. The Database Manager contributes to the IT Department’s strategic objectives and operational plan in relation to management information systems.
MAIN DUTIES :
The Database Manager’s main duties are to:
be responsible for the development, management and maintenance of the University’s administrative IT systems including the interfaces with other systems (PowerCampus, Blackboard, SharePoint, WordPress, Sage Snowdrop, AKERO, Argos, etc.;
perform systems analysis, documentation and programming activities as required in conjunction with other IT staff and users;
provide 1st / 2nd line support to users of the University’s management information systems;
liaise with departments to determine their needs and develop and deliver appropriate solutions;
collaborate with colleagues within the University in the maintenance of settings and processes in the University's student information and enterprise systems with an emphasis on data standards and consistency;
facilitate and participate in the testing/debugging of system upgrades and new functionality, and diagnose and resolve problems occurring in multiple software and database platforms;
develop the capability of integration between all systems including PowerCampus, Blackboard, the University’s Portal and any other platforms which require to interact with the University’s Databases and implement in line with business requirements;
contribute to the IT Department’s strategic objectives and operational plan in relation to management information systems;
produce and analyse responses to complex queries relating to PowerCampus and assist in the writing of reports as required;
coach faculty and staff on use of systems and business processing tools;
undertake special projects and development work as required;
adhere to and promote the university’s Health and Safety policies and procedures.
LOCATION :
The Database Manager is located at the Richmond Campus. The university is anticipating a change of location to a new site in South West London in 2022.
SPECIAL NOTE :
By the nature of the duties of this position, there may be a requirement for occasional evening and weekend work. A Disclosure and Barring Service check at the enhanced level is required for this position.
GENERAL :
The above responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of the Head of IT and shall include other responsibilities as the Head of IT may from time-to-time assign. The Head of IT may also, at their discretion, reassign some of the above responsibilities. The Head of IT will work with the Database manager to co-ordinate work and resolve problems and will evaluate the Database Manager’s performance.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL :
proven skills and experience in the use of query languages, commercial reporting tools such as SQL Server Reporting Services to develop and produce complex reports and data analysis;
knowledge of legacy products such as Informix, Solaris and the ability to extract and transfer the information into current PowerCampus interface;
experience of 4GL or 3GL programming languages to extract and manipulate database information;
experience of working with from MS SQL Server 2008 to latest, MS Reporting and Integration Services and an understanding of MS SQL stored procedures, triggers and functions and all components of SSRS, SSAS and SSIS;
be able to liaise and communicate with current suppliers i.e. Ellucian PowerCampus, Sage, Blackboard, etc., and be the technical contact for any projects involving the optimization of current business critical systems
an understanding of business systems and processes in a higher education environment;
excellent written and oral analysis and presentation skills, including the ability to convey complex ideas and data in a concise, actionable form;
strong organisation and time management skills;
the ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of University users and external stakeholders;
experience in coaching others;
ability to grasp new concepts quickly and to work quickly and accurately;
able to work as part of a team, while taking sole responsibility for areas of a project;
able to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive data and information;
a relevant degree or equivalent qualification or work experience.
DESIRABLE :
Experience in:
using Ellucian’s PowerCampus or a similar student information system;
NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, LINQ, T-SQL; PHP, C#, Java
database design and object relational mapping and performance tuning;
designing and providing training on reporting and business processing tools;
project management using PRINCE2 or similar.
Blackboard, SharePoint, WordPress, O365, version control systems
LIST OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS:
Transfer old Student Record System into current PowerCampus (PC) interface
Upgrade current MS OS 2008 R2 database servers to latest possible and transfer Power Campus
Liaise with Ellucian the software update of PowerCampus to ver. 8.6 and plan for staged upgrade to current ver. 9.2
Liaise with Marketing to help integration of PC and AKERO
Liaise with Finance to move away from PC financial customizations and transfer any student billing functionalities to PS Financials
Liaise with Infosilem to upgrade Argos and Timetabler to latest versions
Liaise with HR to scope and support upgrade of current platform
Aug 26, 2021
Full time
REPORTS TO :
The Database Manager reports to the Head of IT.
SUMMARY :
The Database Manager is responsible for the development, management and maintenance of the University’s administrative IT Systems including the interfaces with other systems. The Database Manager contributes to the IT Department’s strategic objectives and operational plan in relation to management information systems.
MAIN DUTIES :
The Database Manager’s main duties are to:
be responsible for the development, management and maintenance of the University’s administrative IT systems including the interfaces with other systems (PowerCampus, Blackboard, SharePoint, WordPress, Sage Snowdrop, AKERO, Argos, etc.;
perform systems analysis, documentation and programming activities as required in conjunction with other IT staff and users;
provide 1st / 2nd line support to users of the University’s management information systems;
liaise with departments to determine their needs and develop and deliver appropriate solutions;
collaborate with colleagues within the University in the maintenance of settings and processes in the University's student information and enterprise systems with an emphasis on data standards and consistency;
facilitate and participate in the testing/debugging of system upgrades and new functionality, and diagnose and resolve problems occurring in multiple software and database platforms;
develop the capability of integration between all systems including PowerCampus, Blackboard, the University’s Portal and any other platforms which require to interact with the University’s Databases and implement in line with business requirements;
contribute to the IT Department’s strategic objectives and operational plan in relation to management information systems;
produce and analyse responses to complex queries relating to PowerCampus and assist in the writing of reports as required;
coach faculty and staff on use of systems and business processing tools;
undertake special projects and development work as required;
adhere to and promote the university’s Health and Safety policies and procedures.
LOCATION :
The Database Manager is located at the Richmond Campus. The university is anticipating a change of location to a new site in South West London in 2022.
SPECIAL NOTE :
By the nature of the duties of this position, there may be a requirement for occasional evening and weekend work. A Disclosure and Barring Service check at the enhanced level is required for this position.
GENERAL :
The above responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of the Head of IT and shall include other responsibilities as the Head of IT may from time-to-time assign. The Head of IT may also, at their discretion, reassign some of the above responsibilities. The Head of IT will work with the Database manager to co-ordinate work and resolve problems and will evaluate the Database Manager’s performance.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL :
proven skills and experience in the use of query languages, commercial reporting tools such as SQL Server Reporting Services to develop and produce complex reports and data analysis;
knowledge of legacy products such as Informix, Solaris and the ability to extract and transfer the information into current PowerCampus interface;
experience of 4GL or 3GL programming languages to extract and manipulate database information;
experience of working with from MS SQL Server 2008 to latest, MS Reporting and Integration Services and an understanding of MS SQL stored procedures, triggers and functions and all components of SSRS, SSAS and SSIS;
be able to liaise and communicate with current suppliers i.e. Ellucian PowerCampus, Sage, Blackboard, etc., and be the technical contact for any projects involving the optimization of current business critical systems
an understanding of business systems and processes in a higher education environment;
excellent written and oral analysis and presentation skills, including the ability to convey complex ideas and data in a concise, actionable form;
strong organisation and time management skills;
the ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of University users and external stakeholders;
experience in coaching others;
ability to grasp new concepts quickly and to work quickly and accurately;
able to work as part of a team, while taking sole responsibility for areas of a project;
able to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive data and information;
a relevant degree or equivalent qualification or work experience.
DESIRABLE :
Experience in:
using Ellucian’s PowerCampus or a similar student information system;
NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, LINQ, T-SQL; PHP, C#, Java
database design and object relational mapping and performance tuning;
designing and providing training on reporting and business processing tools;
project management using PRINCE2 or similar.
Blackboard, SharePoint, WordPress, O365, version control systems
LIST OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS:
Transfer old Student Record System into current PowerCampus (PC) interface
Upgrade current MS OS 2008 R2 database servers to latest possible and transfer Power Campus
Liaise with Ellucian the software update of PowerCampus to ver. 8.6 and plan for staged upgrade to current ver. 9.2
Liaise with Marketing to help integration of PC and AKERO
Liaise with Finance to move away from PC financial customizations and transfer any student billing functionalities to PS Financials
Liaise with Infosilem to upgrade Argos and Timetabler to latest versions
Liaise with HR to scope and support upgrade of current platform
We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. Part of the Sky family, We at Atom, provide a Mass amount of content to give people Positively gloriously great Tv entertainment, free from contracts at time and place that suites our customers. That's the entertainment they want, when they want it, how they want it, all on their terms! Our team members work with agility, and each have the power to change what we do and how we do it, all to improve the viewing experience on the 60+ devices, spanning across 3 Continents in over 124 territories And we are not stopping there! By supporting our apps on devices such as Samsung, LG, Android TVs, Gaming Consoles, STBs and so on, we make sure that engaging large, diverse audiences with premium entertainment is possible . Our vision is to deliver the world's best entertainment. "We are a team of developers, testers and technical analysts working very closely together to give viewers the best experience all over the globe! It's a very dynamic environment to be in, with many opportunities to learn and progress. We're looking forward to welcoming more dedicated people into our team" (Rick Thompson - Delivery Manager) What you'll do Develop Back-end web applications using Java and Spring. Unit, Functional and Performance test code for robustness including edge cases, usability and general reliability. Be part of a self-organising and multi-functional agile team. Use standard methodologies such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery etc. Write resilient code that will be continuously tested, deployed and will perform at scale. Contribute to the teams technical direction, tools and processes. Ensure the web app is highly performant, resilient and secure, well maintained and monitored in production Assist in the maintenance and support of the AWS infrastructure, Postgresql Database and Object Caching layers Strive for continuous improvement - be able to improve existing practices and techniques from within the team with enthusiasm As part of your role we expect you to be part of our on-call support rota once we deem you have sufficient knowledge. In line with many leading companies, we believe in the ethos that our technology teams support their own products. What you'll bring 5 years minimum experience in Back-end Java/ Spring web app development including exposure to Content Management and Content Distribution Networks. Good experience with REST APIs Knowledge of Unix/Linux and scripting languages (Bash, etc.) Experience in following development best practices including code quality, application architecture & design principles with the conviction to make your voice heard when pushing for technical excellence Accomplished in Back-end testing particularly unit & functional testing. Some experience in CI tooling (Jenkins/Concourse), working on legacy browser engines/TV devices & consoles, web build tools (e.g. webpack), security, performance optimisations & GraphQl is preferred but not essential. Good analytical skills & attention to detail, applicable across software design, requirement development & PR reviews Standout colleague attitude, knowledge sharing & mentoring are valued within our teams Superb communication skills both within own team & wider company and with both technical & non-technical partners Fast learner, and adaptable to change. Team overview Global OTT Technology Our team develops and supports market-leading video streaming services, underpinned by state-of-the-art engineering principles. We do this at huge scale: for over 50 million customers globally, spanning NBCUniversal Peacock in the US and Sky, NOW and SkyShowtime across Europe. No matter the device, the time or the place, we make sure that our diverse audiences can easily find and enjoy whatever they want to watch, choosing from the world's best entertainment, news and sport. The rewards There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences Inclusion & how you'll work Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space Osterley Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will 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. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. Part of the Sky family, We at Atom, provide a Mass amount of content to give people Positively gloriously great Tv entertainment, free from contracts at time and place that suites our customers. That's the entertainment they want, when they want it, how they want it, all on their terms! Our team members work with agility, and each have the power to change what we do and how we do it, all to improve the viewing experience on the 60+ devices, spanning across 3 Continents in over 124 territories And we are not stopping there! By supporting our apps on devices such as Samsung, LG, Android TVs, Gaming Consoles, STBs and so on, we make sure that engaging large, diverse audiences with premium entertainment is possible . Our vision is to deliver the world's best entertainment. "We are a team of developers, testers and technical analysts working very closely together to give viewers the best experience all over the globe! It's a very dynamic environment to be in, with many opportunities to learn and progress. We're looking forward to welcoming more dedicated people into our team" (Rick Thompson - Delivery Manager) What you'll do Develop Back-end web applications using Java and Spring. Unit, Functional and Performance test code for robustness including edge cases, usability and general reliability. Be part of a self-organising and multi-functional agile team. Use standard methodologies such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery etc. Write resilient code that will be continuously tested, deployed and will perform at scale. Contribute to the teams technical direction, tools and processes. Ensure the web app is highly performant, resilient and secure, well maintained and monitored in production Assist in the maintenance and support of the AWS infrastructure, Postgresql Database and Object Caching layers Strive for continuous improvement - be able to improve existing practices and techniques from within the team with enthusiasm As part of your role we expect you to be part of our on-call support rota once we deem you have sufficient knowledge. In line with many leading companies, we believe in the ethos that our technology teams support their own products. What you'll bring 5 years minimum experience in Back-end Java/ Spring web app development including exposure to Content Management and Content Distribution Networks. Good experience with REST APIs Knowledge of Unix/Linux and scripting languages (Bash, etc.) Experience in following development best practices including code quality, application architecture & design principles with the conviction to make your voice heard when pushing for technical excellence Accomplished in Back-end testing particularly unit & functional testing. Some experience in CI tooling (Jenkins/Concourse), working on legacy browser engines/TV devices & consoles, web build tools (e.g. webpack), security, performance optimisations & GraphQl is preferred but not essential. Good analytical skills & attention to detail, applicable across software design, requirement development & PR reviews Standout colleague attitude, knowledge sharing & mentoring are valued within our teams Superb communication skills both within own team & wider company and with both technical & non-technical partners Fast learner, and adaptable to change. Team overview Global OTT Technology Our team develops and supports market-leading video streaming services, underpinned by state-of-the-art engineering principles. We do this at huge scale: for over 50 million customers globally, spanning NBCUniversal Peacock in the US and Sky, NOW and SkyShowtime across Europe. No matter the device, the time or the place, we make sure that our diverse audiences can easily find and enjoy whatever they want to watch, choosing from the world's best entertainment, news and sport. The rewards There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences Inclusion & how you'll work Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space Osterley Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will 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. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here. Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of. Who We Are When we say, the stuff dreams are made of, we re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what s next From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive. Your role Our Enterprise Data & Shared Services team is looking to hire a Sr. Manager, Business Intelligence (BI), and if you are an independent and creative thinker who keeps-up with the audience measuring market, you are the right fit! You will lead our target-audience measurement data. Your job is to map out, coordinate, and oversee the activities for the design, development, and execution of Enterprise data solutions. You are also responsible for maintaining, supporting, and upgrading existing data products, reports, dashboards, cubes and data warehouses. As part of your role, you will be the point of contact between our technology team and the Research, Data & Insights, Ad-Sales, and other business teams in the organization who consume data products from this domain. You have a mixture of business acumen, customer focus and great data & analytics skills. As our BI Sr. Manager, you will lead major projects coordinating with leaders in the organization to build the foundation of consumers landscape. Your Accountabilities Partner with Research, insights and business users to drive business outcomes. Lead on reporting, analytics, and data exploration and recommend improvements. Provide strategic insights into internal and external customer data needs. Provide ongoing status on BI and Analytics led projects. Create, update, and edit functional and technical design specifications and solutions to satisfy project requirements. Responsible for the training and development of team members. Build, maintain, and communicate detailed reporting, dashboards, and analysis on key business metrics and challenges. Translate complex analytics tasks into easily consumable outputs to guide data-driven decisions with various stakeholders Plan and manage activities Estimate and plan technical team s tasks Partner with other technology groups to get external services like integrations and data platforms support Applies significant knowledge of analytics and data products to improve service Delivers high-quality services to our clients. Guarantee that data products in production are running as expected with the agreed quality Guarantee all the data under its scope is sox, privacy and security compliance. Coaching and managing the team Vendor management Build long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders. Maintain strong understanding of the business function Requirements Management/Leadership experience. Experience in a data role Experience in working with target audience measurement Broad knowledge and experience in analyzing, modeling, and interpreting data Knowledge of SQL and BI visualizations tools (Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.) How We Get Things Done This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview. The Legal Bits Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law. If you re a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at .
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here. Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of. Who We Are When we say, the stuff dreams are made of, we re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what s next From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive. Your role Our Enterprise Data & Shared Services team is looking to hire a Sr. Manager, Business Intelligence (BI), and if you are an independent and creative thinker who keeps-up with the audience measuring market, you are the right fit! You will lead our target-audience measurement data. Your job is to map out, coordinate, and oversee the activities for the design, development, and execution of Enterprise data solutions. You are also responsible for maintaining, supporting, and upgrading existing data products, reports, dashboards, cubes and data warehouses. As part of your role, you will be the point of contact between our technology team and the Research, Data & Insights, Ad-Sales, and other business teams in the organization who consume data products from this domain. You have a mixture of business acumen, customer focus and great data & analytics skills. As our BI Sr. Manager, you will lead major projects coordinating with leaders in the organization to build the foundation of consumers landscape. Your Accountabilities Partner with Research, insights and business users to drive business outcomes. Lead on reporting, analytics, and data exploration and recommend improvements. Provide strategic insights into internal and external customer data needs. Provide ongoing status on BI and Analytics led projects. Create, update, and edit functional and technical design specifications and solutions to satisfy project requirements. Responsible for the training and development of team members. Build, maintain, and communicate detailed reporting, dashboards, and analysis on key business metrics and challenges. Translate complex analytics tasks into easily consumable outputs to guide data-driven decisions with various stakeholders Plan and manage activities Estimate and plan technical team s tasks Partner with other technology groups to get external services like integrations and data platforms support Applies significant knowledge of analytics and data products to improve service Delivers high-quality services to our clients. Guarantee that data products in production are running as expected with the agreed quality Guarantee all the data under its scope is sox, privacy and security compliance. Coaching and managing the team Vendor management Build long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders. Maintain strong understanding of the business function Requirements Management/Leadership experience. Experience in a data role Experience in working with target audience measurement Broad knowledge and experience in analyzing, modeling, and interpreting data Knowledge of SQL and BI visualizations tools (Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.) How We Get Things Done This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview. The Legal Bits Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law. If you re a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at .
We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. What you'll do With a clear understanding of roadmaps and longer-term strategic business goals - provide technical direction and leadership towards the delivery of excellent quality and sustainable software - minimising technical debt. Demonstrate expert proficiency within Sky's technology stack to be able to guide and support with the delivery of software for high capacity, high traffic, high availability websites / systems. Play a key role towards the identification and adoption of new technologies and approaches, working towards improving the wider technical estate, associated processes and overall development experience. Facilitate and support with the technical analysis, solution design and integration-based phases of delivery. Play a proactive role with regards to the setup and ongoing maintenance of effective monitoring and alerting solutions across the Digital Service estate. Provide clear direction and leadership with regards to the handling of production issues and live incidents. Support with the recruitment process - identifying skills gaps and playing an active role towards the recruitment of excellent candidates into technical roles. What you'll bring Expert level full stack development skills and understanding of the JavaScript stack with a passion for improving and driving quality, performance, resilience and accessibility. Great communications skills with the ability to actively engage and build positive relationships with Commercial colleagues, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Principal Engineers and other Tech Leads - supporting with the planning and estimation phases of roadmap items; providing technical guidance where required. Strong leadership skills and ethics with the ability to mentor senior level engineers and effectively delegate and empower others with regards to technical delivery. Be a forward-thinker through evaluating new technologies, producing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), contribution to guilds, technical scrum of scrums and chapter meetings along with advocating the creation of technical documentation to encourage and promote knowledge sharing. Team overview Digital Technology focuses on technology strategy, design, and delivery. From AI to 5G to Cloud, we work on the latest tech whilst building out our web presence and CRM systems for fixed and mobile networks. We're bold, proactive, forward-thinking, and collaborative. Together, we're proud of the products and services we deliver for our customers Group Technology Digital Transformation Want to create a smooth and uninterrupted digital experience for millions of customers? Then our Group Technology Digital Transformation is the team for you. Agile, collaborative, data-driven and diverse, our team works on brilliant products like NOW and Peacock. That's not even the best part. We get to build our own software and our work has a global stage. Our team also delivers exceptional customer experiences and defines digital first propositions in customer journeys across all channels. The rewards There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place! The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences! Inclusion & how you'll work Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space (Osterley or Leeds) Osterley Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Leeds Our spacious tech hub is less than a mile from Leeds train station. There's plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark. Need a break? You can blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. What you'll do With a clear understanding of roadmaps and longer-term strategic business goals - provide technical direction and leadership towards the delivery of excellent quality and sustainable software - minimising technical debt. Demonstrate expert proficiency within Sky's technology stack to be able to guide and support with the delivery of software for high capacity, high traffic, high availability websites / systems. Play a key role towards the identification and adoption of new technologies and approaches, working towards improving the wider technical estate, associated processes and overall development experience. Facilitate and support with the technical analysis, solution design and integration-based phases of delivery. Play a proactive role with regards to the setup and ongoing maintenance of effective monitoring and alerting solutions across the Digital Service estate. Provide clear direction and leadership with regards to the handling of production issues and live incidents. Support with the recruitment process - identifying skills gaps and playing an active role towards the recruitment of excellent candidates into technical roles. What you'll bring Expert level full stack development skills and understanding of the JavaScript stack with a passion for improving and driving quality, performance, resilience and accessibility. Great communications skills with the ability to actively engage and build positive relationships with Commercial colleagues, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Principal Engineers and other Tech Leads - supporting with the planning and estimation phases of roadmap items; providing technical guidance where required. Strong leadership skills and ethics with the ability to mentor senior level engineers and effectively delegate and empower others with regards to technical delivery. Be a forward-thinker through evaluating new technologies, producing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), contribution to guilds, technical scrum of scrums and chapter meetings along with advocating the creation of technical documentation to encourage and promote knowledge sharing. Team overview Digital Technology focuses on technology strategy, design, and delivery. From AI to 5G to Cloud, we work on the latest tech whilst building out our web presence and CRM systems for fixed and mobile networks. We're bold, proactive, forward-thinking, and collaborative. Together, we're proud of the products and services we deliver for our customers Group Technology Digital Transformation Want to create a smooth and uninterrupted digital experience for millions of customers? Then our Group Technology Digital Transformation is the team for you. Agile, collaborative, data-driven and diverse, our team works on brilliant products like NOW and Peacock. That's not even the best part. We get to build our own software and our work has a global stage. Our team also delivers exceptional customer experiences and defines digital first propositions in customer journeys across all channels. The rewards There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place! The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences! Inclusion & how you'll work Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space (Osterley or Leeds) Osterley Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Leeds Our spacious tech hub is less than a mile from Leeds train station. There's plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark. Need a break? You can blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
Senior Software Engineer By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world's energy? If so, read on.Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow's fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid.We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about designing, developing, testing, and analysing software for robotic systems of various sizes and complexities. This role involves planning and coordinating the engineering team for these robotic systems, while working with project managers as required. As a key resource on the project, you will be responsible for providing guidance, leadership, and input in planning, and stakeholders and more junior roles may come to you for advice, guidance, or feedback.You will have strong software development experience, ideally in C++, with knowledge of Object-Oriented Principles (OOP), and be well-placed for work on a variety of different projects, systems, and implementation programming languages. Knowledge of describing, documenting, and capturing software designs so that they can be communicated to the team is also key. As this is a senior role that involves coordination, support, and technical leadership, it is required that you will have some experience of leadership or management of a team. Knowledge of robotic systems, including hardware integration, sensors, actuators and motors, control and dynamics, machine learning, and AI is also ideal. You will be responsible for - Deliver the specification, design, and implementation of distributed, service-oriented web applications taking ownership to achieve quality outcomes may also be required to lead this area of work depending on the scale of the project- Design and documentation of software systems- Integration and control of robotics hardware and front-end HMIs- Support and provide technical leadership to other engineers and managers- Co-ordinate the implementation of the integration with robotic and intelligent systems- Act as key resource on projects of moderate scale and/or complexity- Represent RACE with customers and collaborators- Perform business development activities including networking and writing bids Essential skills - Master's degree in Software Engineering or technical subject or equivalent knowledge and experience.- Extensive industry experience working in software engineering or related field. - Strong programming capability to develop working, understandable software in at least one language used in relevant applications (e.g. C++, Qt, Python). - A strong understanding of software engineering techniques and design principles including lifecycle, version control (Git, SVN etc ), and documentation. - Experience with good development practices throughout the software development lifecycle such as version control and testing. - Good interpersonal and communication skills, and a proven ability to lead and function as part of a team. - Strong ability to apply design principles such as Object Oriented design. - Appetite and ability to learn and apply new technologies. Desirable skills - Experience with Robotics / Machine Learning / Computer Vision / Automated Planning. - Experience of mathematical modelling and optimisation. - Familiarity with system modelling UML/SysML beneficial. - General interest in mobile robotics and engineering. - Understanding of sensor fusion techniques. Additional information Our comprehensive benefits package includes a vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive , an Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, Flexible working options including family friendly policies, Emergency paid leave , Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service, wide range of career development opportunities , outstanding defined benefit pension scheme ; Corporate bonus scheme (up to 7% for Levels 1 - 7, 3rd and 4th year apprentices) and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities and women. The Executive team with support from our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success.Please note all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance - The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks will show the details of all current criminal convictions or will confirm that there are no such convictions.Note for applicants who are applying for employment with UKAEA either from outside the United Kingdom or who have spent time outside the United Kingdom in the last five years. Please visit the UK Government Website. If the country you are resident in or have resided in is not listed on this website or that the UK Government is not aware of how to obtain a criminal records check from that state then we are unable to process your application.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
Senior Software Engineer By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world's energy? If so, read on.Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow's fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid.We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about designing, developing, testing, and analysing software for robotic systems of various sizes and complexities. This role involves planning and coordinating the engineering team for these robotic systems, while working with project managers as required. As a key resource on the project, you will be responsible for providing guidance, leadership, and input in planning, and stakeholders and more junior roles may come to you for advice, guidance, or feedback.You will have strong software development experience, ideally in C++, with knowledge of Object-Oriented Principles (OOP), and be well-placed for work on a variety of different projects, systems, and implementation programming languages. Knowledge of describing, documenting, and capturing software designs so that they can be communicated to the team is also key. As this is a senior role that involves coordination, support, and technical leadership, it is required that you will have some experience of leadership or management of a team. Knowledge of robotic systems, including hardware integration, sensors, actuators and motors, control and dynamics, machine learning, and AI is also ideal. You will be responsible for - Deliver the specification, design, and implementation of distributed, service-oriented web applications taking ownership to achieve quality outcomes may also be required to lead this area of work depending on the scale of the project- Design and documentation of software systems- Integration and control of robotics hardware and front-end HMIs- Support and provide technical leadership to other engineers and managers- Co-ordinate the implementation of the integration with robotic and intelligent systems- Act as key resource on projects of moderate scale and/or complexity- Represent RACE with customers and collaborators- Perform business development activities including networking and writing bids Essential skills - Master's degree in Software Engineering or technical subject or equivalent knowledge and experience.- Extensive industry experience working in software engineering or related field. - Strong programming capability to develop working, understandable software in at least one language used in relevant applications (e.g. C++, Qt, Python). - A strong understanding of software engineering techniques and design principles including lifecycle, version control (Git, SVN etc ), and documentation. - Experience with good development practices throughout the software development lifecycle such as version control and testing. - Good interpersonal and communication skills, and a proven ability to lead and function as part of a team. - Strong ability to apply design principles such as Object Oriented design. - Appetite and ability to learn and apply new technologies. Desirable skills - Experience with Robotics / Machine Learning / Computer Vision / Automated Planning. - Experience of mathematical modelling and optimisation. - Familiarity with system modelling UML/SysML beneficial. - General interest in mobile robotics and engineering. - Understanding of sensor fusion techniques. Additional information Our comprehensive benefits package includes a vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive , an Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, Flexible working options including family friendly policies, Emergency paid leave , Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service, wide range of career development opportunities , outstanding defined benefit pension scheme ; Corporate bonus scheme (up to 7% for Levels 1 - 7, 3rd and 4th year apprentices) and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities and women. The Executive team with support from our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success.Please note all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance - The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks will show the details of all current criminal convictions or will confirm that there are no such convictions.Note for applicants who are applying for employment with UKAEA either from outside the United Kingdom or who have spent time outside the United Kingdom in the last five years. Please visit the UK Government Website. If the country you are resident in or have resided in is not listed on this website or that the UK Government is not aware of how to obtain a criminal records check from that state then we are unable to process your application.
Controls Specialist Summary Salary: Competitive Grade: 3B Contract Type: Permanent Location: London Reporting to: IT Governance & Reporting Manager Division: Technology The Purpose of the Role: This role will support the IT Governance & Reporting Manager to provide an effective second line of defence and coordination across all IT controls owners and Post Office business teams. Principal Accountabilities: Consult and contribute to strategic business plans to ensure that they are developed and implemented to meet to the objectives of the ERM Framework / COBIT and Risk Appetite Policy. Work with the wider Risk & Controls team to capture risks and controls for new initiatives and programmes in Service Now. Support management in risk identification, assessment, evaluation, and prioritisation. Work with the IT risk team to document outputs from formal Risk Assessments. Advise on the design and implementation of IT controls and deploy remediation plans to address risk and compliance. Analyse output recorded on ServiceNow to identify controls that can be further improved by working with the wider IT Risk & Controls team. Develop, deploy, and maintain the monitoring and testing of the risk assessment process and control operation to include key IT service providers / partners that underpin the delivery of the Post Office Network. This constitutes over 300 COBIT controls and maintenance of Service Now. Maintain Risk and Control records on ServiceNow to reflect the latest situation, monitoring changes, attestations, policy updates etc. Advise the organisation to Manage any potential risk and obtain proper assurance and transparency over those services outsourced to a third party. Work with our service providers to ensure that ServiceNow Risk and Control records are accurately maintained. Providing ongoing and point in time assurance over major technology enabled change programmes and regulatory obligations. Work with the wider Risk & Controls team to capture progress on the risks and controls identified for new initiatives and programmes. Contribute to maintain & update all applicable policies, risk & control frameworks within the available tooling. Ensure reporting on risks and dynamic risk management to discover underlying trends and anomalies. Support the team in the delivery of new policies, practices, and disciplines. Qualifications, Experience & Skills: The ideal candidate will be familiar with IT Controls, Governance and Risk Management 2+ years of experience gained within administrative compliance, internal controls, or audit roles Familiarity with COBIT or equivalent frameworks Hands on experience with large e-commerce or companies preferable Familiar with ServiceNow, Office365, tools (or similar) Enthusiastic, self-starting and enjoys change and a dynamic environment Able to self-motivate, organise, and take responsibility for own workload to ensure that deadlines and objectives are met Able be to multitask and prioritize work effectively. A confident written and verbal communicator, able to clearly explain ideas to non-technical audiences, and work effectively with non-technical colleagues and business executives. Working with the risk and governance teams to deliver a reliable, manageable, and secure technology solution. Desirable/nice to have skills: Ideally the candidate would have consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm, with demonstrable client-side implementation. Good general knowledge and understanding of trends and challenges across technologies, gained through project and delivery experience. Specific technical skills requirements - must have experience of: IT Security Controls best practice Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies e.g., Active Directory etc Technical risk assessments Security remediation PCI DSS About Post Office The Post Office has thrived at the heart of high streets and local communities across the UK for over 370 years. As one of the country's most trusted brands, we take our commitment to providing essential services to customers across the UK very seriously. We're the UK's largest retail network, as well as the largest financial services provider in the UK, with over 11,600 branches nationwide - more than all of the UK's banks and building societies put together. We know that the best way to provide a great service for customers is to evolve our business and adapt to their changing needs. That's why we have a range of over 170 products and services, from personal financial services like banking, insurance, payments and travel money, to telecoms and, of course, mails. And we're improving our online and in store experience for customers. We know that our customers never stop changing, so neither will we. We're here, in person, for the people who rely on us. Our Ways of Working underpin everything we do, they are the "How" of our business strategy. They differentiate our business and aim to inspire great behaviours and align our colleagues around specific actions in order to be the organisation we want to be, and achieve our business goals. By living the Ways of Working each day, you will help make that vision a reality and enable our cultural transformation. In short: Working in partnership , as one team , we deliver amazing results! The Post Office embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace and actively promote working without discrimination. We are also a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to interviewing disabled people who meet our minimum criteria for the job.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
Controls Specialist Summary Salary: Competitive Grade: 3B Contract Type: Permanent Location: London Reporting to: IT Governance & Reporting Manager Division: Technology The Purpose of the Role: This role will support the IT Governance & Reporting Manager to provide an effective second line of defence and coordination across all IT controls owners and Post Office business teams. Principal Accountabilities: Consult and contribute to strategic business plans to ensure that they are developed and implemented to meet to the objectives of the ERM Framework / COBIT and Risk Appetite Policy. Work with the wider Risk & Controls team to capture risks and controls for new initiatives and programmes in Service Now. Support management in risk identification, assessment, evaluation, and prioritisation. Work with the IT risk team to document outputs from formal Risk Assessments. Advise on the design and implementation of IT controls and deploy remediation plans to address risk and compliance. Analyse output recorded on ServiceNow to identify controls that can be further improved by working with the wider IT Risk & Controls team. Develop, deploy, and maintain the monitoring and testing of the risk assessment process and control operation to include key IT service providers / partners that underpin the delivery of the Post Office Network. This constitutes over 300 COBIT controls and maintenance of Service Now. Maintain Risk and Control records on ServiceNow to reflect the latest situation, monitoring changes, attestations, policy updates etc. Advise the organisation to Manage any potential risk and obtain proper assurance and transparency over those services outsourced to a third party. Work with our service providers to ensure that ServiceNow Risk and Control records are accurately maintained. Providing ongoing and point in time assurance over major technology enabled change programmes and regulatory obligations. Work with the wider Risk & Controls team to capture progress on the risks and controls identified for new initiatives and programmes. Contribute to maintain & update all applicable policies, risk & control frameworks within the available tooling. Ensure reporting on risks and dynamic risk management to discover underlying trends and anomalies. Support the team in the delivery of new policies, practices, and disciplines. Qualifications, Experience & Skills: The ideal candidate will be familiar with IT Controls, Governance and Risk Management 2+ years of experience gained within administrative compliance, internal controls, or audit roles Familiarity with COBIT or equivalent frameworks Hands on experience with large e-commerce or companies preferable Familiar with ServiceNow, Office365, tools (or similar) Enthusiastic, self-starting and enjoys change and a dynamic environment Able to self-motivate, organise, and take responsibility for own workload to ensure that deadlines and objectives are met Able be to multitask and prioritize work effectively. A confident written and verbal communicator, able to clearly explain ideas to non-technical audiences, and work effectively with non-technical colleagues and business executives. Working with the risk and governance teams to deliver a reliable, manageable, and secure technology solution. Desirable/nice to have skills: Ideally the candidate would have consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm, with demonstrable client-side implementation. Good general knowledge and understanding of trends and challenges across technologies, gained through project and delivery experience. Specific technical skills requirements - must have experience of: IT Security Controls best practice Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies e.g., Active Directory etc Technical risk assessments Security remediation PCI DSS About Post Office The Post Office has thrived at the heart of high streets and local communities across the UK for over 370 years. As one of the country's most trusted brands, we take our commitment to providing essential services to customers across the UK very seriously. We're the UK's largest retail network, as well as the largest financial services provider in the UK, with over 11,600 branches nationwide - more than all of the UK's banks and building societies put together. We know that the best way to provide a great service for customers is to evolve our business and adapt to their changing needs. That's why we have a range of over 170 products and services, from personal financial services like banking, insurance, payments and travel money, to telecoms and, of course, mails. And we're improving our online and in store experience for customers. We know that our customers never stop changing, so neither will we. We're here, in person, for the people who rely on us. Our Ways of Working underpin everything we do, they are the "How" of our business strategy. They differentiate our business and aim to inspire great behaviours and align our colleagues around specific actions in order to be the organisation we want to be, and achieve our business goals. By living the Ways of Working each day, you will help make that vision a reality and enable our cultural transformation. In short: Working in partnership , as one team , we deliver amazing results! The Post Office embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace and actively promote working without discrimination. We are also a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to interviewing disabled people who meet our minimum criteria for the job.
Redgate makes software to help companies and professionals get the most out of their databases. Our products are designed to work for everyone - from the smallest, single developer houses to Fortune 500 companies. We succeed by reliably solving our customers' problems with ingeniously simple software. We're looking for talented Software Engineers to join one of our product teams. If you're passionate about learning to write great code, love working in a team, and want to shape the software you build, we want to hear from you. Here at Redgate everyone has a part to play in our creative, innovative company. At Redgate, we believe that the best software comes from engaging small teams with clear purpose, freedom to act, and a drive to learn. Development at Redgate From the get-go, you'll be involved in all stages of software development: from research calls with customers to pushing your code through our automated build system and making those all-important deployments. Most of our code is written in C# (with a growing number of products using web technologies including TypeScript and React). At Redgate we are committed to DevOps, so we practise continuous integration. Every Software Engineer gets all the hardware they need (fast machines and multiple monitors are standard), and freedom in choosing the software tools that they are comfortable with. We take personal development seriously at Redgate. We run frequent lightning talks, open spaces (mini conferences run by Redgate engineers), and a yearly Down Tools Week (a chance to work on something completely different, in different teams and even different roles, to see what can be accomplished in a week!). We have a healthy budget for attending conferences, and the last three years we've even held our own Level Up conferences with all sessions run by Redgate employees. What makes you a Junior Software Engineer at Redgate You'll have knowledge & experience with a modern object-oriented language like C# or Java You will have some experience of working within a professional development team You'll demonstrate first-class communication and collaboration skills You are self-motivated and enthusiastic You are solution orientated with a common sense approach What you'll learn as a Redgate Software Engineer You'll gain skills using a modern object-oriented language - we predominately use C#. You'll learn how we make ingeniously simple software You'll work in a highly collaborative team of software engineers and be enthusiastic about engaging with customers, designers, and product managers as necessary to create great products and services. You'll gain experience working within an agile development team, using practices such as TDD, BDD and continuous delivery. Package A great benefits package which includes: Wellbeing initiatives such as a company-wide wellbeing day and access to Unmind Company long term incentive plan Life and income protection cover Health & travel insurance Enhanced parental leave 6-week paid sabbatical every 5 years We dedicate Friday afternoons to personal development, community and innovation Salary is £33,000 to £40,000 (depending on experience) At Redgate we recruit on a rolling basis, which means we carry on recruiting until we find the right person for the role. We tend to compare individuals to the role specification rather than to each other. Apply online today!
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
Redgate makes software to help companies and professionals get the most out of their databases. Our products are designed to work for everyone - from the smallest, single developer houses to Fortune 500 companies. We succeed by reliably solving our customers' problems with ingeniously simple software. We're looking for talented Software Engineers to join one of our product teams. If you're passionate about learning to write great code, love working in a team, and want to shape the software you build, we want to hear from you. Here at Redgate everyone has a part to play in our creative, innovative company. At Redgate, we believe that the best software comes from engaging small teams with clear purpose, freedom to act, and a drive to learn. Development at Redgate From the get-go, you'll be involved in all stages of software development: from research calls with customers to pushing your code through our automated build system and making those all-important deployments. Most of our code is written in C# (with a growing number of products using web technologies including TypeScript and React). At Redgate we are committed to DevOps, so we practise continuous integration. Every Software Engineer gets all the hardware they need (fast machines and multiple monitors are standard), and freedom in choosing the software tools that they are comfortable with. We take personal development seriously at Redgate. We run frequent lightning talks, open spaces (mini conferences run by Redgate engineers), and a yearly Down Tools Week (a chance to work on something completely different, in different teams and even different roles, to see what can be accomplished in a week!). We have a healthy budget for attending conferences, and the last three years we've even held our own Level Up conferences with all sessions run by Redgate employees. What makes you a Junior Software Engineer at Redgate You'll have knowledge & experience with a modern object-oriented language like C# or Java You will have some experience of working within a professional development team You'll demonstrate first-class communication and collaboration skills You are self-motivated and enthusiastic You are solution orientated with a common sense approach What you'll learn as a Redgate Software Engineer You'll gain skills using a modern object-oriented language - we predominately use C#. You'll learn how we make ingeniously simple software You'll work in a highly collaborative team of software engineers and be enthusiastic about engaging with customers, designers, and product managers as necessary to create great products and services. You'll gain experience working within an agile development team, using practices such as TDD, BDD and continuous delivery. Package A great benefits package which includes: Wellbeing initiatives such as a company-wide wellbeing day and access to Unmind Company long term incentive plan Life and income protection cover Health & travel insurance Enhanced parental leave 6-week paid sabbatical every 5 years We dedicate Friday afternoons to personal development, community and innovation Salary is £33,000 to £40,000 (depending on experience) At Redgate we recruit on a rolling basis, which means we carry on recruiting until we find the right person for the role. We tend to compare individuals to the role specification rather than to each other. Apply online today!
There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us. T. Rowe Price is seeking a Head of Analytics & Data Platform for Global Distribution as part of the Chief Data Office who can passionately drive the strategy by employing a data-centric approach to realize maximum business value. He or She will be a leader who has an opportunity to have a positive and significant influence on ground-breaking capabilities and transformative customer experiences. The right candidate for this role is passionate about data and is hyper-focused on delivering exceptional results with great leadership skills. The candidate is excited about the opportunity to interact with fellow technologists beyond their team and influence technology, data, product, and other stakeholders across the enterprise. Other key priorities for this role include embedding platform engineering capabilities, accelerating T. Rowe Price's Cloud migration (AWS, Azure), facilitating the integration of scalable data platforms, and optimizing the firm's data pipeline and API strategy. The successful candidate will be a visionary and an inspiring technology leader with a proven track record of driving successful technology transformations and facilitating change within a large-scale, complex environment. The successful candidate will have deep data engineering leadership experience. They will have proven experience transforming a legacy environment into a modern, scalable service-oriented environment with efficient, interoperable solutions supported by the latest technologies (i.e., AI/ML, APIs/microservices, cloud, etc.). As well, this leader will have experience building platform engineering capabilities focused on creating an integrated, highly efficient digital platform and IT operating model. This leader is expected to demonstrate both technical depth and breadth and be well-versed in all key aspects of technology/data in modern digital enterprises. The successful candidate must also have strong commercial skills and be knowledgeable about the business environment while demonstrating the ability to translate key business objectives and customer needs into an effective strategy and plans. S/he will have the ability to operate at both a strategic and tactical level while understanding how to effectively delegate as well as roll up her/his sleeves to be hands on when necessary. As well, s/he will have a demonstrated ability to communicate strategic and complex technical information to audiences of all levels in a way that establishes credibility, influences, and provides relevant context to inform decision making. Financial services experience is an asset but not essential. Scrum master and/or other certified agile or project delivery capabilities, and certifications and/or a strong working knowledge of established enterprise frameworks are beneficial. Collaborate across the organization to identify opportunities related to data and lead the definition of a next-generation data strategies and blueprints along with an execution roadmap. Proactively own and drive conversations with business and technology partners to understand business processes, document data flows and derive reference, transactional and analytical data entities of strategic importance to T Rowe Price. Lead teams of Managers, Engineers, and Analysts to help establish a modern & world class data practice. Design strategies and programs to collect, store, analyze and model data from internal/external sources. Maintain awareness and understanding of market data sets and associated abilities to ingest and integrate. Drive the development and implementation of data design methods, data structures, and modeling standards. Implement industry standard development policies, procedures, and standards. Ensure the build out and maintenance of departmental conceptual and logical data models. Conduct data model assessments for strategic data entities and help data owners to address data gaps. Ensure data flows and lineage corresponding to key data domains are implemented and managed in an ongoing manner Define strategy and data integration for batch, near real-time and streaming use cases and patterns. Ensure leverage of native cloud-based technologies (AWS preferably) in the context of solution implementations. Drive the implementation and adoption of Single Sources of Truth(SSoT), standards and industry best practices for Data Quality, Master Management and Data Governance frameworks Document decisions that include business needs, point of view, rationale, pros, and cons. Apply your expertise to help model structured and unstructured data for applications. Lead efforts to define/refine execution standards for all data concerns, mentor teams on standards and review all designs to ensure that project teams are meeting expectations for quality and conformity. Regularly interact with leadership on work status, priority setting and resource allocations. Research new tools with project teams as applicable. Work with support team to define methods for implementing solutions that support performance measurement and monitoring of data-oriented technology solutions. Leading Teams The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance; widely viewed as a strong developer of others. The ability to persevere in the face of challenges and exhibit a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from followers. A leader who is self-reflective and aware of her/his own limitations; leads by example and drives the organization's performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement. Relationships and Influence Strong executive presence that inspires confidence, artfully articulates vision, builds networks and is politically savvy. Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively. An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in her/his beliefs, and active drive. Encourages others to share the spotlight & visibly celebrates and supports the success of the team. Creates a sense of purpose/meaning for the team that generates followership beyond her/his own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the organization. Requirements: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 15+ years of total relevant work experience and 8+ years of management experience Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us. T. Rowe Price is seeking a Head of Analytics & Data Platform for Global Distribution as part of the Chief Data Office who can passionately drive the strategy by employing a data-centric approach to realize maximum business value. He or She will be a leader who has an opportunity to have a positive and significant influence on ground-breaking capabilities and transformative customer experiences. The right candidate for this role is passionate about data and is hyper-focused on delivering exceptional results with great leadership skills. The candidate is excited about the opportunity to interact with fellow technologists beyond their team and influence technology, data, product, and other stakeholders across the enterprise. Other key priorities for this role include embedding platform engineering capabilities, accelerating T. Rowe Price's Cloud migration (AWS, Azure), facilitating the integration of scalable data platforms, and optimizing the firm's data pipeline and API strategy. The successful candidate will be a visionary and an inspiring technology leader with a proven track record of driving successful technology transformations and facilitating change within a large-scale, complex environment. The successful candidate will have deep data engineering leadership experience. They will have proven experience transforming a legacy environment into a modern, scalable service-oriented environment with efficient, interoperable solutions supported by the latest technologies (i.e., AI/ML, APIs/microservices, cloud, etc.). As well, this leader will have experience building platform engineering capabilities focused on creating an integrated, highly efficient digital platform and IT operating model. This leader is expected to demonstrate both technical depth and breadth and be well-versed in all key aspects of technology/data in modern digital enterprises. The successful candidate must also have strong commercial skills and be knowledgeable about the business environment while demonstrating the ability to translate key business objectives and customer needs into an effective strategy and plans. S/he will have the ability to operate at both a strategic and tactical level while understanding how to effectively delegate as well as roll up her/his sleeves to be hands on when necessary. As well, s/he will have a demonstrated ability to communicate strategic and complex technical information to audiences of all levels in a way that establishes credibility, influences, and provides relevant context to inform decision making. Financial services experience is an asset but not essential. Scrum master and/or other certified agile or project delivery capabilities, and certifications and/or a strong working knowledge of established enterprise frameworks are beneficial. Collaborate across the organization to identify opportunities related to data and lead the definition of a next-generation data strategies and blueprints along with an execution roadmap. Proactively own and drive conversations with business and technology partners to understand business processes, document data flows and derive reference, transactional and analytical data entities of strategic importance to T Rowe Price. Lead teams of Managers, Engineers, and Analysts to help establish a modern & world class data practice. Design strategies and programs to collect, store, analyze and model data from internal/external sources. Maintain awareness and understanding of market data sets and associated abilities to ingest and integrate. Drive the development and implementation of data design methods, data structures, and modeling standards. Implement industry standard development policies, procedures, and standards. Ensure the build out and maintenance of departmental conceptual and logical data models. Conduct data model assessments for strategic data entities and help data owners to address data gaps. Ensure data flows and lineage corresponding to key data domains are implemented and managed in an ongoing manner Define strategy and data integration for batch, near real-time and streaming use cases and patterns. Ensure leverage of native cloud-based technologies (AWS preferably) in the context of solution implementations. Drive the implementation and adoption of Single Sources of Truth(SSoT), standards and industry best practices for Data Quality, Master Management and Data Governance frameworks Document decisions that include business needs, point of view, rationale, pros, and cons. Apply your expertise to help model structured and unstructured data for applications. Lead efforts to define/refine execution standards for all data concerns, mentor teams on standards and review all designs to ensure that project teams are meeting expectations for quality and conformity. Regularly interact with leadership on work status, priority setting and resource allocations. Research new tools with project teams as applicable. Work with support team to define methods for implementing solutions that support performance measurement and monitoring of data-oriented technology solutions. Leading Teams The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance; widely viewed as a strong developer of others. The ability to persevere in the face of challenges and exhibit a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from followers. A leader who is self-reflective and aware of her/his own limitations; leads by example and drives the organization's performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement. Relationships and Influence Strong executive presence that inspires confidence, artfully articulates vision, builds networks and is politically savvy. Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively. An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in her/his beliefs, and active drive. Encourages others to share the spotlight & visibly celebrates and supports the success of the team. Creates a sense of purpose/meaning for the team that generates followership beyond her/his own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the organization. Requirements: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 15+ years of total relevant work experience and 8+ years of management experience Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
Are you a tech-savvy professional, curious about new digital technologies? Can you perform well in a fast-paced environment with excellent analytical and multitasking skills? Do you want to help create a user-friendly environment by writing code and moving forward in your career? If so, we are offering a fantastic opportunity to join a SaaS trailblazer as we scale and grab market share. Role info: Senior Applications DeveloperHomeworking with Basingstoke, Hampshire HQ Meet-Ups (ideally once a week)£60,000Plus Benefits Package Product / Service: Human-focused, digitally minded solutions for HR automation & efficiencyPedigree: 30,000 Users. 35 Countries. 16 Languages. NO.1 Cloud platformCulture: Caring, Capability, Customer Centric, CuriousYour key skills: Building Single Page Applications, SQL, JavaScript frameworks, CSS and JSON Who are we? In 1997 (when we were established), online recruitment software didn't really exist. Terms like 'employer branding' and 'candidate engagement' weren't the buzzwords they are today. Our founders created recruitment software built on a forward-thinking approach to software development, underpinned by award-winning customer service. Our technology enables organisations to automate their end-to-end hiring process, from publishing a job and screening candidates, to managing interviews and offer stages. We work with over 90 customers of all shapes and sizes, across the UK, Europe, Asia and North America. Crucially, our people are at the heart of everything we do - from the way we build relationships with customers to the way we care about one another.In mid-2021, we entered our next chapter as the business was acquired by leading HR & Payroll provider XCD. It's definitely an exciting time to join the business The Senior Applications Developer Opportunity: We are looking for a qualified Senior Applications developer with Agile Team Lead experience. As Applications Developer Team Leader, you will develop, maintain and enhance software written in Oracle PL/SQL & Vue JS. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, you will be responsible for quality and performance software changes, in accordance with department policies and procedures. You will work closely with all members of the wider IT Development and Infrastructure teams to ensure the high quality of all applications produced across the departments through knowledge sharing. Key Responsibilities: + Managing the flow of work through the ATS engineering team+ Providing regular updates on progress and completing technical tasks to high quality following best practice and in accordance with department procedures and practices+ Identifying non-technical obstacles and reporting these to Development Manager+ Output maintainable and performant code, which is appropriately documented+ Linking Code Changes to Stories, Feature Catalogue+ Producing appropriate tests for all code changes to ensure high quality of all changes+ Providing the technical support required to release applications or technical changes to the desired environments+ Other responsibilities will include the creation of design concepts together with supporting technical documentation. About you: + BE degree in Computer Science or relevant field+ Proven work experience as a Senior Application developer and Agile Team Lead+ Experience in building Single Page Applications+ Experience with SQL, JavaScript, CSS and JSON+ Experience with JavaScript frameworks, ideally Vue JS+ Familiarity with browser testing and debugging tools like Cypress+ In-depth understanding of the entire application development process (design, development and deployment)+ Experience in all aspects of managing the flow of work through an Agile team - working with product managers on backlog grooming/prioritisation, managing sprint commitments and deliverables, story pointing and delivering customer focused sprint reviews+ Experience in people management (the ATS engineering team will report into you) Nice to Haves, But Not Essential: + Oracle development including but not limited to: Oracle Database 12C/19C+ SQL and PL/SQL+ PHP or Perl+ Oracle PLSQL+ Work with JavaScript libraries, SyncFusion+ Npm Node/ Vue CLI+ Apache/Tomcat+ Some understanding of general source control practices (structures, versioning, branching, tagging, merging, continuous integration). Current examples are SVN, GIT. Benefits: + Competitive Market Salary+ 25 days annual leave+ Pension 5% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution+ Death in service benefit - 2 annual salary+ Perkbox benefit+ Homeworking with the requirement to come to office Basingstoke for meet-ups Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Your Experience / Background / Previous Roles May Include:Senior Software Engineer, Lead Application Developer, Principal Applications Developer, Senior Software Developer, Senior Full Stack Developer, Senior Web Applications Developer, Senior Mobile Applications Developer, Senior Solutions Developer, Senior Platform Developer, Senior DevOps Engineer, Senior Application Architect, HR Tech, ATS, Recruitment SaaS Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
Are you a tech-savvy professional, curious about new digital technologies? Can you perform well in a fast-paced environment with excellent analytical and multitasking skills? Do you want to help create a user-friendly environment by writing code and moving forward in your career? If so, we are offering a fantastic opportunity to join a SaaS trailblazer as we scale and grab market share. Role info: Senior Applications DeveloperHomeworking with Basingstoke, Hampshire HQ Meet-Ups (ideally once a week)£60,000Plus Benefits Package Product / Service: Human-focused, digitally minded solutions for HR automation & efficiencyPedigree: 30,000 Users. 35 Countries. 16 Languages. NO.1 Cloud platformCulture: Caring, Capability, Customer Centric, CuriousYour key skills: Building Single Page Applications, SQL, JavaScript frameworks, CSS and JSON Who are we? In 1997 (when we were established), online recruitment software didn't really exist. Terms like 'employer branding' and 'candidate engagement' weren't the buzzwords they are today. Our founders created recruitment software built on a forward-thinking approach to software development, underpinned by award-winning customer service. Our technology enables organisations to automate their end-to-end hiring process, from publishing a job and screening candidates, to managing interviews and offer stages. We work with over 90 customers of all shapes and sizes, across the UK, Europe, Asia and North America. Crucially, our people are at the heart of everything we do - from the way we build relationships with customers to the way we care about one another.In mid-2021, we entered our next chapter as the business was acquired by leading HR & Payroll provider XCD. It's definitely an exciting time to join the business The Senior Applications Developer Opportunity: We are looking for a qualified Senior Applications developer with Agile Team Lead experience. As Applications Developer Team Leader, you will develop, maintain and enhance software written in Oracle PL/SQL & Vue JS. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, you will be responsible for quality and performance software changes, in accordance with department policies and procedures. You will work closely with all members of the wider IT Development and Infrastructure teams to ensure the high quality of all applications produced across the departments through knowledge sharing. Key Responsibilities: + Managing the flow of work through the ATS engineering team+ Providing regular updates on progress and completing technical tasks to high quality following best practice and in accordance with department procedures and practices+ Identifying non-technical obstacles and reporting these to Development Manager+ Output maintainable and performant code, which is appropriately documented+ Linking Code Changes to Stories, Feature Catalogue+ Producing appropriate tests for all code changes to ensure high quality of all changes+ Providing the technical support required to release applications or technical changes to the desired environments+ Other responsibilities will include the creation of design concepts together with supporting technical documentation. About you: + BE degree in Computer Science or relevant field+ Proven work experience as a Senior Application developer and Agile Team Lead+ Experience in building Single Page Applications+ Experience with SQL, JavaScript, CSS and JSON+ Experience with JavaScript frameworks, ideally Vue JS+ Familiarity with browser testing and debugging tools like Cypress+ In-depth understanding of the entire application development process (design, development and deployment)+ Experience in all aspects of managing the flow of work through an Agile team - working with product managers on backlog grooming/prioritisation, managing sprint commitments and deliverables, story pointing and delivering customer focused sprint reviews+ Experience in people management (the ATS engineering team will report into you) Nice to Haves, But Not Essential: + Oracle development including but not limited to: Oracle Database 12C/19C+ SQL and PL/SQL+ PHP or Perl+ Oracle PLSQL+ Work with JavaScript libraries, SyncFusion+ Npm Node/ Vue CLI+ Apache/Tomcat+ Some understanding of general source control practices (structures, versioning, branching, tagging, merging, continuous integration). Current examples are SVN, GIT. Benefits: + Competitive Market Salary+ 25 days annual leave+ Pension 5% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution+ Death in service benefit - 2 annual salary+ Perkbox benefit+ Homeworking with the requirement to come to office Basingstoke for meet-ups Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team. Your Experience / Background / Previous Roles May Include:Senior Software Engineer, Lead Application Developer, Principal Applications Developer, Senior Software Developer, Senior Full Stack Developer, Senior Web Applications Developer, Senior Mobile Applications Developer, Senior Solutions Developer, Senior Platform Developer, Senior DevOps Engineer, Senior Application Architect, HR Tech, ATS, Recruitment SaaS Application notice We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details. If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.
Advantage Resourcing is seeking candidates to apply for a Pensions and Benefits Systems Manager This will be a 12 month contract position, working with a leading engineering organisation at one of their offices in the City of London on a hybrid basis. Rates of pay will be up to £400 per day via umbrella company You will be working closely with the Pensions and Reward Operations Manager you will support & develop the in-house pensions administration system. In addition, you will support other software and systems applications including the Group's benefit platform and employee benefit election tool, which will include working with internal and external parties to scope and implement changes. You will also work on a diverse portfolio of projects including member option exercises, general benefit change projects including annual election windows, business acquisitions and disposals, all annual pension projects, including online benefit statements, implementation of the Pensions Dashboard and the Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP), rectification, equalisation and conversion exercises. In addition, you will deputise for the Pensions and Reward Operations Manager as required. Accountabilities: Maintenance and development of the in-house pension administration system, identifying areas for both systems and administration improvement. By capturing user feedback and system change requirements you will interpret user/change requirements to draft system specifications and proposals. Undertake analysis to understand root causes of data, interface and calculation issues. This could involve collaborating across Group Reward and Benefits as well as external stakeholders to enable effective decision-making regarding process changes to prevent issues reoccurring. Oversee the commission, testing and implementation of pension systems and software updates and software deliveries/installations in accordance with departmental needs to minimise disruption to day-to-day operations. Collect and document the business processes for data, workflows, interfaces, communications and calculations. Oversee GMP reconciliation, rectification, equalisation and conversion exercises, with a strong focus on data and calculations. Develop and support business processes, including interfaces with external providers, working with internal teams to support data integrations and conduct routine maintenance. Work with Pensions and Rewards Operations Manager, Benefits and Pensions Systems Analyst and Pensions Administration Manager to proactively deliver continuous improvement in service delivery including pension administration processes and member communications. Support activities relating to the periodic processing of employee and member data from internal and external resources, ensuring the accuracy of all member records on all employee/member data platforms. Perform any other duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed. Background Extensive knowledge of DB and DC pension administration A strong background in pensions project/programme management delivery and ability to manage several projects simultaneously SQL experience and able to run SQL queries Advance Excel skills including the use of pivot tables, lookups and can create and run macros Previous in-house pension management experience at a senior level Proven experience of actively managing external provider relationships For more information and to be considered please apply with your updated CV.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
Advantage Resourcing is seeking candidates to apply for a Pensions and Benefits Systems Manager This will be a 12 month contract position, working with a leading engineering organisation at one of their offices in the City of London on a hybrid basis. Rates of pay will be up to £400 per day via umbrella company You will be working closely with the Pensions and Reward Operations Manager you will support & develop the in-house pensions administration system. In addition, you will support other software and systems applications including the Group's benefit platform and employee benefit election tool, which will include working with internal and external parties to scope and implement changes. You will also work on a diverse portfolio of projects including member option exercises, general benefit change projects including annual election windows, business acquisitions and disposals, all annual pension projects, including online benefit statements, implementation of the Pensions Dashboard and the Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP), rectification, equalisation and conversion exercises. In addition, you will deputise for the Pensions and Reward Operations Manager as required. Accountabilities: Maintenance and development of the in-house pension administration system, identifying areas for both systems and administration improvement. By capturing user feedback and system change requirements you will interpret user/change requirements to draft system specifications and proposals. Undertake analysis to understand root causes of data, interface and calculation issues. This could involve collaborating across Group Reward and Benefits as well as external stakeholders to enable effective decision-making regarding process changes to prevent issues reoccurring. Oversee the commission, testing and implementation of pension systems and software updates and software deliveries/installations in accordance with departmental needs to minimise disruption to day-to-day operations. Collect and document the business processes for data, workflows, interfaces, communications and calculations. Oversee GMP reconciliation, rectification, equalisation and conversion exercises, with a strong focus on data and calculations. Develop and support business processes, including interfaces with external providers, working with internal teams to support data integrations and conduct routine maintenance. Work with Pensions and Rewards Operations Manager, Benefits and Pensions Systems Analyst and Pensions Administration Manager to proactively deliver continuous improvement in service delivery including pension administration processes and member communications. Support activities relating to the periodic processing of employee and member data from internal and external resources, ensuring the accuracy of all member records on all employee/member data platforms. Perform any other duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed. Background Extensive knowledge of DB and DC pension administration A strong background in pensions project/programme management delivery and ability to manage several projects simultaneously SQL experience and able to run SQL queries Advance Excel skills including the use of pivot tables, lookups and can create and run macros Previous in-house pension management experience at a senior level Proven experience of actively managing external provider relationships For more information and to be considered please apply with your updated CV.
Controls Specialist Summary Salary: Competitive Grade: 3B Contract Type: Permanent Location: London Reporting to: IT Governance & Reporting Manager Division: Technology The Purpose of the Role: This role will support the IT Governance & Reporting Manager to provide an effective second line of defence and coordination across all IT controls owners and Post Office business teams. Principal Accountabilities: Consult and contribute to strategic business plans to ensure that they are developed and implemented to meet to the objectives of the ERM Framework / COBIT and Risk Appetite Policy. Work with the wider Risk & Controls team to capture risks and controls for new initiatives and programmes in Service Now. Support management in risk identification, assessment, evaluation, and prioritisation. Work with the IT risk team to document outputs from formal Risk Assessments. Advise on the design and implementation of IT controls and deploy remediation plans to address risk and compliance. Analyse output recorded on ServiceNow to identify controls that can be further improved by working with the wider IT Risk & Controls team. Develop, deploy, and maintain the monitoring and testing of the risk assessment process and control operation to include key IT service providers / partners that underpin the delivery of the Post Office Network. This constitutes over 300 COBIT controls and maintenance of Service Now. Maintain Risk and Control records on ServiceNow to reflect the latest situation, monitoring changes, attestations, policy updates etc. Advise the organisation to Manage any potential risk and obtain proper assurance and transparency over those services outsourced to a third party. Work with our service providers to ensure that ServiceNow Risk and Control records are accurately maintained. Providing ongoing and point in time assurance over major technology enabled change programmes and regulatory obligations. Work with the wider Risk & Controls team to capture progress on the risks and controls identified for new initiatives and programmes. Contribute to maintain & update all applicable policies, risk & control frameworks within the available tooling. Ensure reporting on risks and dynamic risk management to discover underlying trends and anomalies. Support the team in the delivery of new policies, practices, and disciplines. Qualifications, Experience & Skills: The ideal candidate will be familiar with IT Controls, Governance and Risk Management 2+ years of experience gained within administrative compliance, internal controls, or audit roles Familiarity with COBIT or equivalent frameworks Hands on experience with large e-commerce or companies preferable Familiar with ServiceNow, Office365, tools (or similar) Enthusiastic, self-starting and enjoys change and a dynamic environment Able to self-motivate, organise, and take responsibility for own workload to ensure that deadlines and objectives are met Able be to multitask and prioritize work effectively. A confident written and verbal communicator, able to clearly explain ideas to non-technical audiences, and work effectively with non-technical colleagues and business executives. Working with the risk and governance teams to deliver a reliable, manageable, and secure technology solution. Desirable/ nice to have skills: Ideally the candidate would have consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm, with demonstrable client-side implementation. Good general knowledge and understanding of trends and challenges across technologies, gained through project and delivery experience. Specific technical skills requirements - must have experience of: IT Security Controls best practice Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies e.g., Active Directory etc Technical risk assessments Security remediation PCI DSS About Post Office The Post Office has thrived at the heart of high streets and local communities across the UK for over 370 years. As one of the country's most trusted brands, we take our commitment to providing essential services to customers across the UK very seriously. We're the UK's largest retail network, as well as the largest financial services provider in the UK, with over 11,600 branches nationwide - more than all of the UK's banks and building societies put together. We know that the best way to provide a great service for customers is to evolve our business and adapt to their changing needs. That's why we have a range of over 170 products and services, from personal financial services like banking, insurance, payments and travel money, to telecoms and, of course, mails. And we're improving our online and in store experience for customers. We know that our customers never stop changing, so neither will we. We're here, in person, for the people who rely on us. Our Ways of Working underpin everything we do, they are the "How" of our business strategy. They differentiate our business and aim to inspire great behaviours and align our colleagues around specific actions in order to be the organisation we want to be, and achieve our business goals. By living the Ways of Working each day, you will help make that vision a reality and enable our cultural transformation. In short: Working in partnership , as one team , we deliver amazing results! The Post Office embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace and actively promote working without discrimination. We are also a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to interviewing disabled people who meet our minimum criteria for the job.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
Controls Specialist Summary Salary: Competitive Grade: 3B Contract Type: Permanent Location: London Reporting to: IT Governance & Reporting Manager Division: Technology The Purpose of the Role: This role will support the IT Governance & Reporting Manager to provide an effective second line of defence and coordination across all IT controls owners and Post Office business teams. Principal Accountabilities: Consult and contribute to strategic business plans to ensure that they are developed and implemented to meet to the objectives of the ERM Framework / COBIT and Risk Appetite Policy. Work with the wider Risk & Controls team to capture risks and controls for new initiatives and programmes in Service Now. Support management in risk identification, assessment, evaluation, and prioritisation. Work with the IT risk team to document outputs from formal Risk Assessments. Advise on the design and implementation of IT controls and deploy remediation plans to address risk and compliance. Analyse output recorded on ServiceNow to identify controls that can be further improved by working with the wider IT Risk & Controls team. Develop, deploy, and maintain the monitoring and testing of the risk assessment process and control operation to include key IT service providers / partners that underpin the delivery of the Post Office Network. This constitutes over 300 COBIT controls and maintenance of Service Now. Maintain Risk and Control records on ServiceNow to reflect the latest situation, monitoring changes, attestations, policy updates etc. Advise the organisation to Manage any potential risk and obtain proper assurance and transparency over those services outsourced to a third party. Work with our service providers to ensure that ServiceNow Risk and Control records are accurately maintained. Providing ongoing and point in time assurance over major technology enabled change programmes and regulatory obligations. Work with the wider Risk & Controls team to capture progress on the risks and controls identified for new initiatives and programmes. Contribute to maintain & update all applicable policies, risk & control frameworks within the available tooling. Ensure reporting on risks and dynamic risk management to discover underlying trends and anomalies. Support the team in the delivery of new policies, practices, and disciplines. Qualifications, Experience & Skills: The ideal candidate will be familiar with IT Controls, Governance and Risk Management 2+ years of experience gained within administrative compliance, internal controls, or audit roles Familiarity with COBIT or equivalent frameworks Hands on experience with large e-commerce or companies preferable Familiar with ServiceNow, Office365, tools (or similar) Enthusiastic, self-starting and enjoys change and a dynamic environment Able to self-motivate, organise, and take responsibility for own workload to ensure that deadlines and objectives are met Able be to multitask and prioritize work effectively. A confident written and verbal communicator, able to clearly explain ideas to non-technical audiences, and work effectively with non-technical colleagues and business executives. Working with the risk and governance teams to deliver a reliable, manageable, and secure technology solution. Desirable/ nice to have skills: Ideally the candidate would have consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm, with demonstrable client-side implementation. Good general knowledge and understanding of trends and challenges across technologies, gained through project and delivery experience. Specific technical skills requirements - must have experience of: IT Security Controls best practice Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies e.g., Active Directory etc Technical risk assessments Security remediation PCI DSS About Post Office The Post Office has thrived at the heart of high streets and local communities across the UK for over 370 years. As one of the country's most trusted brands, we take our commitment to providing essential services to customers across the UK very seriously. We're the UK's largest retail network, as well as the largest financial services provider in the UK, with over 11,600 branches nationwide - more than all of the UK's banks and building societies put together. We know that the best way to provide a great service for customers is to evolve our business and adapt to their changing needs. That's why we have a range of over 170 products and services, from personal financial services like banking, insurance, payments and travel money, to telecoms and, of course, mails. And we're improving our online and in store experience for customers. We know that our customers never stop changing, so neither will we. We're here, in person, for the people who rely on us. Our Ways of Working underpin everything we do, they are the "How" of our business strategy. They differentiate our business and aim to inspire great behaviours and align our colleagues around specific actions in order to be the organisation we want to be, and achieve our business goals. By living the Ways of Working each day, you will help make that vision a reality and enable our cultural transformation. In short: Working in partnership , as one team , we deliver amazing results! The Post Office embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace and actively promote working without discrimination. We are also a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to interviewing disabled people who meet our minimum criteria for the job.
There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier?asset?manager?focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us. T. Rowe Price is seeking a Head of Analytics & Data Platform for Global Distribution as part of the Chief Data Office who can passionately drive the strategy by employing a data-centric approach to realize maximum business value. He or She will be a leader who has an opportunity to have a positive and significant influence on ground-breaking capabilities and transformative customer experiences. The right candidate for this role is passionate about data and is hyper-focused on delivering exceptional results with great leadership skills. The candidate is excited about the opportunity to interact with fellow technologists beyond their team and influence technology, data, product, and other stakeholders across the enterprise. Other key priorities for this role include embedding platform engineering capabilities, accelerating T. Rowe Price's Cloud migration (AWS, Azure), facilitating the integration of scalable data platforms, and optimizing the firm's data pipeline and API strategy. The successful candidate will be a visionary and an inspiring technology leader with a proven track record of driving successful technology transformations and facilitating change within a large-scale, complex environment. The successful candidate will have deep data engineering leadership experience. They will have proven experience transforming a legacy environment into a modern, scalable service-oriented environment with efficient, interoperable solutions supported by the latest technologies (i.e., AI/ ML, APIs/ microservices, cloud, etc.). As well, this leader will have experience building platform engineering capabilities focused on creating an integrated, highly efficient digital platform and IT operating model. This leader is expected to demonstrate both technical depth and breadth and be well-versed in all key aspects of technology/ data in modern digital enterprises. The successful candidate must also have strong commercial skills and be knowledgeable about the business environment while demonstrating the ability to translate key business objectives and customer needs into an effective strategy and plans. S/ he will have the ability to operate at both a strategic and tactical level while understanding how to effectively delegate as well as roll up her/ his sleeves to be hands on when necessary. As well, s/ he will have a demonstrated ability to communicate strategic and complex technical information to audiences of all levels in a way that establishes credibility, influences, and provides relevant context to inform decision making. Financial services experience is an asset but not essential. Scrum master and/ or other certified agile or project delivery capabilities, and certifications and/ or a strong working knowledge of established enterprise frameworks are beneficial. Collaborate across the organization to identify opportunities related to data and lead the definition of a next-generation data strategies and blueprints along with an execution roadmap. Proactively own and drive conversations with business and technology partners to understand business processes, document data flows and derive reference, transactional and analytical data entities of strategic importance to T Rowe Price. Lead teams of Managers, Engineers, and Analysts to help establish a modern & world class data practice. Design strategies and programs to collect, store, analyze and model data from internal/ external sources. Maintain awareness and understanding of market data sets and associated abilities to ingest and integrate. Drive the development and implementation of data design methods, data structures, and modeling standards. Implement industry standard development policies, procedures, and standards. Ensure the build out and maintenance of departmental conceptual and logical data models. Conduct data model assessments for strategic data entities and help data owners to address data gaps. Ensure data flows and lineage corresponding to key data domains are implemented and managed in an ongoing manner Define strategy and data integration for batch, near real-time and streaming use cases and patterns. Ensure leverage of native cloud-based technologies (AWS preferably) in the context of solution implementations. Drive the implementation and adoption of Single Sources of Truth(SSoT), standards and industry best practices for Data Quality, Master Management and Data Governance frameworks Document decisions that include business needs, point of view, rationale, pros, and cons. Apply your expertise to help model structured and unstructured data for applications. Lead efforts to define/ refine execution standards for all data concerns, mentor teams on standards and review all designs to ensure that project teams are meeting expectations for quality and conformity. Regularly interact with leadership on work status, priority setting and resource allocations. Research new tools with project teams as applicable. Work with support team to define methods for implementing solutions that support performance measurement and monitoring of data-oriented technology solutions. Leading Teams The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance; widely viewed as a strong developer of others. The ability to persevere in the face of challenges and exhibit a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from followers. A leader who is self-reflective and aware of her/ his own limitations; leads by example and drives the organization's performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement. Relationships and Influence Strong executive presence that inspires confidence, artfully articulates vision, builds networks and is politically savvy. Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively. An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in her/ his beliefs, and active drive. Encourages others to share the spotlight & visibly celebrates and supports the success of the team. Creates a sense of purpose/ meaning for the team that generates followership beyond her/ his own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the organization. Requirements: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 15+ years of total relevant work experience and 8+ years of management experience Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
Jun 03, 2023
Full time
There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier?asset?manager?focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us. T. Rowe Price is seeking a Head of Analytics & Data Platform for Global Distribution as part of the Chief Data Office who can passionately drive the strategy by employing a data-centric approach to realize maximum business value. He or She will be a leader who has an opportunity to have a positive and significant influence on ground-breaking capabilities and transformative customer experiences. The right candidate for this role is passionate about data and is hyper-focused on delivering exceptional results with great leadership skills. The candidate is excited about the opportunity to interact with fellow technologists beyond their team and influence technology, data, product, and other stakeholders across the enterprise. Other key priorities for this role include embedding platform engineering capabilities, accelerating T. Rowe Price's Cloud migration (AWS, Azure), facilitating the integration of scalable data platforms, and optimizing the firm's data pipeline and API strategy. The successful candidate will be a visionary and an inspiring technology leader with a proven track record of driving successful technology transformations and facilitating change within a large-scale, complex environment. The successful candidate will have deep data engineering leadership experience. They will have proven experience transforming a legacy environment into a modern, scalable service-oriented environment with efficient, interoperable solutions supported by the latest technologies (i.e., AI/ ML, APIs/ microservices, cloud, etc.). As well, this leader will have experience building platform engineering capabilities focused on creating an integrated, highly efficient digital platform and IT operating model. This leader is expected to demonstrate both technical depth and breadth and be well-versed in all key aspects of technology/ data in modern digital enterprises. The successful candidate must also have strong commercial skills and be knowledgeable about the business environment while demonstrating the ability to translate key business objectives and customer needs into an effective strategy and plans. S/ he will have the ability to operate at both a strategic and tactical level while understanding how to effectively delegate as well as roll up her/ his sleeves to be hands on when necessary. As well, s/ he will have a demonstrated ability to communicate strategic and complex technical information to audiences of all levels in a way that establishes credibility, influences, and provides relevant context to inform decision making. Financial services experience is an asset but not essential. Scrum master and/ or other certified agile or project delivery capabilities, and certifications and/ or a strong working knowledge of established enterprise frameworks are beneficial. Collaborate across the organization to identify opportunities related to data and lead the definition of a next-generation data strategies and blueprints along with an execution roadmap. Proactively own and drive conversations with business and technology partners to understand business processes, document data flows and derive reference, transactional and analytical data entities of strategic importance to T Rowe Price. Lead teams of Managers, Engineers, and Analysts to help establish a modern & world class data practice. Design strategies and programs to collect, store, analyze and model data from internal/ external sources. Maintain awareness and understanding of market data sets and associated abilities to ingest and integrate. Drive the development and implementation of data design methods, data structures, and modeling standards. Implement industry standard development policies, procedures, and standards. Ensure the build out and maintenance of departmental conceptual and logical data models. Conduct data model assessments for strategic data entities and help data owners to address data gaps. Ensure data flows and lineage corresponding to key data domains are implemented and managed in an ongoing manner Define strategy and data integration for batch, near real-time and streaming use cases and patterns. Ensure leverage of native cloud-based technologies (AWS preferably) in the context of solution implementations. Drive the implementation and adoption of Single Sources of Truth(SSoT), standards and industry best practices for Data Quality, Master Management and Data Governance frameworks Document decisions that include business needs, point of view, rationale, pros, and cons. Apply your expertise to help model structured and unstructured data for applications. Lead efforts to define/ refine execution standards for all data concerns, mentor teams on standards and review all designs to ensure that project teams are meeting expectations for quality and conformity. Regularly interact with leadership on work status, priority setting and resource allocations. Research new tools with project teams as applicable. Work with support team to define methods for implementing solutions that support performance measurement and monitoring of data-oriented technology solutions. Leading Teams The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance; widely viewed as a strong developer of others. The ability to persevere in the face of challenges and exhibit a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from followers. A leader who is self-reflective and aware of her/ his own limitations; leads by example and drives the organization's performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement. Relationships and Influence Strong executive presence that inspires confidence, artfully articulates vision, builds networks and is politically savvy. Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively. An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in her/ his beliefs, and active drive. Encourages others to share the spotlight & visibly celebrates and supports the success of the team. Creates a sense of purpose/ meaning for the team that generates followership beyond her/ his own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the organization. Requirements: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 15+ years of total relevant work experience and 8+ years of management experience Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
Salary 60,000 - 70,000 GBP per year Requirements: - About the role We are looking to recruit a Lead Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team and be a part of something exceptional. You'll work in a cross-functional, agile engineering team alongside other engineers, product manager, designer, and delivery manager, all within a single autonomous team. As a Lead Engineer, you will be the technical point of contact for the team, ensuring code quality, promoting good practices, and improving existing systems and processes to ensure stability, security, and performance of our platforms. Who you are You will have 5+ years of experience in back-end development with a deep understanding of NodeJS and AWS You will have demonstrable experience leading technical teams You will have excellent communication skills. You're capable of bridging the gap between engineering and stakeholders. You have experience of tooling and practices for automated build, integration, and deployment You have a good understanding of architectural patterns and practices, and the ability to make trade-offs between design decisions Be hands-on with development teams, you'll understand what good code looks like and see the bigger picture, taking architecture into consideration with a DevSecOps mindset Responsibilities: - Why join Vypr's product team? We dedicate time for learning, attending/speaking at conferences and events We run regular knowledge-sharing sessions & quarterly hack days. We write about the work we do in a blog. What you will do Lead the development of a brand new Vypr platform on AWS Overall responsibility for the architecture, design, code quality, platform stability and resilience of the features the team produces Work with the team to scope complex tasks, working closely with the Product Manager to break them down into smaller, tangible tasks and stories Mentor and help grow other engineers Partner with your stakeholders to help with decisions around prioritisation, work division, goal setting and tech debt Help evolve development standards and processes Proactively contribute to a team culture that values quality, robustness, and knowledge sharing Research and evaluate new technologies that could improve the quality of our software Contribute to the product blog Technologies: - React - NodeJS - AWS More: What we do Vypr is a Private Equity/Venture Capital backed SaaS business providing a market leading product intelligence platform. We are on an exciting journey to be known around the globe for providing reliable consumer data. Our predictive data validation platform enables manufacturers and retailers to understand what their customers want to see on shelves. This helps reduce the time and costs spent developing new products, which makes for better products, faster. Our product combines behavioural science with a well-segmented consumer panel, and we have an enviable client list. What we offer Hybrid working Enhanced annual leave Access to a global benefits and reward platform Access to Well-being support, including an Employee Assistance Programmes Life Assurance Day off on your birthday About Vypr We have a culture where people can make their mark. Where passion, curiosity and innovation thrive. We reward those who take responsibility and contribute to driving us forward. We attract and develop those with talent. We live our values of: Agility, Candid & Caring, Empowered to Succeed, High Performing - Passionate People.
Jun 02, 2023
Full time
Salary 60,000 - 70,000 GBP per year Requirements: - About the role We are looking to recruit a Lead Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team and be a part of something exceptional. You'll work in a cross-functional, agile engineering team alongside other engineers, product manager, designer, and delivery manager, all within a single autonomous team. As a Lead Engineer, you will be the technical point of contact for the team, ensuring code quality, promoting good practices, and improving existing systems and processes to ensure stability, security, and performance of our platforms. Who you are You will have 5+ years of experience in back-end development with a deep understanding of NodeJS and AWS You will have demonstrable experience leading technical teams You will have excellent communication skills. You're capable of bridging the gap between engineering and stakeholders. You have experience of tooling and practices for automated build, integration, and deployment You have a good understanding of architectural patterns and practices, and the ability to make trade-offs between design decisions Be hands-on with development teams, you'll understand what good code looks like and see the bigger picture, taking architecture into consideration with a DevSecOps mindset Responsibilities: - Why join Vypr's product team? We dedicate time for learning, attending/speaking at conferences and events We run regular knowledge-sharing sessions & quarterly hack days. We write about the work we do in a blog. What you will do Lead the development of a brand new Vypr platform on AWS Overall responsibility for the architecture, design, code quality, platform stability and resilience of the features the team produces Work with the team to scope complex tasks, working closely with the Product Manager to break them down into smaller, tangible tasks and stories Mentor and help grow other engineers Partner with your stakeholders to help with decisions around prioritisation, work division, goal setting and tech debt Help evolve development standards and processes Proactively contribute to a team culture that values quality, robustness, and knowledge sharing Research and evaluate new technologies that could improve the quality of our software Contribute to the product blog Technologies: - React - NodeJS - AWS More: What we do Vypr is a Private Equity/Venture Capital backed SaaS business providing a market leading product intelligence platform. We are on an exciting journey to be known around the globe for providing reliable consumer data. Our predictive data validation platform enables manufacturers and retailers to understand what their customers want to see on shelves. This helps reduce the time and costs spent developing new products, which makes for better products, faster. Our product combines behavioural science with a well-segmented consumer panel, and we have an enviable client list. What we offer Hybrid working Enhanced annual leave Access to a global benefits and reward platform Access to Well-being support, including an Employee Assistance Programmes Life Assurance Day off on your birthday About Vypr We have a culture where people can make their mark. Where passion, curiosity and innovation thrive. We reward those who take responsibility and contribute to driving us forward. We attract and develop those with talent. We live our values of: Agility, Candid & Caring, Empowered to Succeed, High Performing - Passionate People.
Salary 40,000 - 60,000 GBP per year Requirements: - About this role We are looking to recruit an Android Engineer to join our growing engineering team and be a part of something exceptional. You'll work in a cross-functional, agile engineering team alongside other engineers, product manager, designer, and delivery manager, all within a single autonomous team. We have a strong belief in empowerment, and by having the right skills and experience in the team, the team can work autonomously to define and deliver on our goals. Who you are You will have 3+ years of relevant experience with a strong track record of success Degree in Computer Science (not essential; we're always looking for super talented people) You are well-versed in the entire software development lifecycle Building products that delight people while also being stable, scalable, secure, observable, and performant is something you're enthusiastic about Responsibilities: - What you will do Build and maintain Android apps using modern development standards, technologies and techniques You will have an active role in all aspects of the development life cycle, from story refinement to deployment to production Write unit, integration, and end to end tests to ensure code quality Identify and improve parts of the platform to make it more robust and scalable Proactively contribute to a team culture that values quality, robustness, and knowledge sharing Research and evaluate new technologies that could improve the quality of our software Contribute to the product blog Technologies: - Android - Kotlin - Java More: What we do Vypr is a Private Equity/Venture Capital backed SaaS business providing a market leading product intelligence platform. We are on an exciting journey to be known around the globe for providing reliable consumer data. Our predictive data validation platform enables manufacturers and retailers to understand what their customers want to see on shelves. This helps reduce the time and costs spent developing new products, which makes for better products, faster. Our product combines behavioural science with a well-segmented consumer panel, and we have an enviable client list. Why join Vypr? We dedicate time for learning, attending/speaking at conferences and events We run regular knowledge-sharing sessions & quarterly hack days. We write about the work we do in a blog. What we offer Hybrid working Enhanced annual leave Access to a global benefits and reward platform Access to Well-being support, including an Employee Assistance Programmes Life Assurance Day off on your birthday About Vypr We have a culture where people can make their mark. Where passion, curiosity and innovation thrive. We reward those who take responsibility and contribute to driving us forward. We attract and develop those with talent. We live our values of: Agility, Candid & Caring, Empowered to Succeed, High Performing - Passionate People.
Jun 02, 2023
Full time
Salary 40,000 - 60,000 GBP per year Requirements: - About this role We are looking to recruit an Android Engineer to join our growing engineering team and be a part of something exceptional. You'll work in a cross-functional, agile engineering team alongside other engineers, product manager, designer, and delivery manager, all within a single autonomous team. We have a strong belief in empowerment, and by having the right skills and experience in the team, the team can work autonomously to define and deliver on our goals. Who you are You will have 3+ years of relevant experience with a strong track record of success Degree in Computer Science (not essential; we're always looking for super talented people) You are well-versed in the entire software development lifecycle Building products that delight people while also being stable, scalable, secure, observable, and performant is something you're enthusiastic about Responsibilities: - What you will do Build and maintain Android apps using modern development standards, technologies and techniques You will have an active role in all aspects of the development life cycle, from story refinement to deployment to production Write unit, integration, and end to end tests to ensure code quality Identify and improve parts of the platform to make it more robust and scalable Proactively contribute to a team culture that values quality, robustness, and knowledge sharing Research and evaluate new technologies that could improve the quality of our software Contribute to the product blog Technologies: - Android - Kotlin - Java More: What we do Vypr is a Private Equity/Venture Capital backed SaaS business providing a market leading product intelligence platform. We are on an exciting journey to be known around the globe for providing reliable consumer data. Our predictive data validation platform enables manufacturers and retailers to understand what their customers want to see on shelves. This helps reduce the time and costs spent developing new products, which makes for better products, faster. Our product combines behavioural science with a well-segmented consumer panel, and we have an enviable client list. Why join Vypr? We dedicate time for learning, attending/speaking at conferences and events We run regular knowledge-sharing sessions & quarterly hack days. We write about the work we do in a blog. What we offer Hybrid working Enhanced annual leave Access to a global benefits and reward platform Access to Well-being support, including an Employee Assistance Programmes Life Assurance Day off on your birthday About Vypr We have a culture where people can make their mark. Where passion, curiosity and innovation thrive. We reward those who take responsibility and contribute to driving us forward. We attract and develop those with talent. We live our values of: Agility, Candid & Caring, Empowered to Succeed, High Performing - Passionate People.
Salary 75,000 - 75,000 GBP per year Requirements: - We are currently recruiting for an experienced Technical Business Analyst to join a project based in Central London who holds Active UK SC Clearance and can join ASAP (SC Clearance is a must to start on the project). Applicants must be eligible and willing to go through DV clearance. We will apply DV clearance for suitable candidate. Candidate must be eligible for DV clearance. (More details on clearances can be found at gov website Guidance National security vetting: clearance levels). As a Technical Business Analyst, you will work within an organisation, helping to manage, change and plan in line with their goals. Helping technical teams deliver business aims and ambitions. This could be for one specific project, or as a permanent feature of the organisation. You will need to understand the organisational situation, evaluate customer needs, and work alongside technical teams to deliver successful solutions. As a Technical Business Analyst, you will bring your expertise to our customers, helping business to work effectively with technology teams to leverage technical know-how with top-class analysis and customer engagement skills Essential skill criteria: We are looking for someone who holds experience of agile development and business analysis (Minimum 4 years). Knowledge of XML and JSON data formats and Knowledge of business analysis techniques for website/API development is a must. Responsibilities: - You will be: Capturing the business requirements Defining user needs, requirements and user stories for implementing the aspects of the detailed design Performing gap and impact analyses Epic/user story/requirement definition Providing Cost/benefit analysis and monitoring supporting test activity, Business service and process design. Work with suppliers to deliver specific outcomes. Effective Collaboration and Engagement. Working with Project Manager Having knowledge of Background Systems integration would be beneficial. Experience of agile and waterfall models Technologies: - More: Cultural Fit Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions. Able to work with the customer's stakeholders to understand business and technical requirements. Take responsibility for their work. Willingness to learn new skills, continuous improvement Willingness to achieve industry recognised certifications and excelling further
Jun 02, 2023
Contractor
Salary 75,000 - 75,000 GBP per year Requirements: - We are currently recruiting for an experienced Technical Business Analyst to join a project based in Central London who holds Active UK SC Clearance and can join ASAP (SC Clearance is a must to start on the project). Applicants must be eligible and willing to go through DV clearance. We will apply DV clearance for suitable candidate. Candidate must be eligible for DV clearance. (More details on clearances can be found at gov website Guidance National security vetting: clearance levels). As a Technical Business Analyst, you will work within an organisation, helping to manage, change and plan in line with their goals. Helping technical teams deliver business aims and ambitions. This could be for one specific project, or as a permanent feature of the organisation. You will need to understand the organisational situation, evaluate customer needs, and work alongside technical teams to deliver successful solutions. As a Technical Business Analyst, you will bring your expertise to our customers, helping business to work effectively with technology teams to leverage technical know-how with top-class analysis and customer engagement skills Essential skill criteria: We are looking for someone who holds experience of agile development and business analysis (Minimum 4 years). Knowledge of XML and JSON data formats and Knowledge of business analysis techniques for website/API development is a must. Responsibilities: - You will be: Capturing the business requirements Defining user needs, requirements and user stories for implementing the aspects of the detailed design Performing gap and impact analyses Epic/user story/requirement definition Providing Cost/benefit analysis and monitoring supporting test activity, Business service and process design. Work with suppliers to deliver specific outcomes. Effective Collaboration and Engagement. Working with Project Manager Having knowledge of Background Systems integration would be beneficial. Experience of agile and waterfall models Technologies: - More: Cultural Fit Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions. Able to work with the customer's stakeholders to understand business and technical requirements. Take responsibility for their work. Willingness to learn new skills, continuous improvement Willingness to achieve industry recognised certifications and excelling further
Salary 50,000 - 80,000 GBP per year Requirements: - Expert in Java (or similar object-oriented languages willing to learn Java) Open-Source technologies, such as Spring and Hibernate. Demonstrated ability to work with Microservices Open-source RDBMS technologies such as PostgreSQL. Strong understanding of OOP and design patterns. Experience of REST API design Responsibilities: - Design, develop, analyse, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems Coordinate with other teams at sub-system and system level to identify software needs and solutions Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes Develop and execute test procedures for software Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concerns or opportunities and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change Work in an agile environment - Scrum or Kanban Document best practices, guides, systems design, reference architectures and implementations Participate in design and code reviews Contribute to the evolution of our architecture to make it more flexible and easier to use Technologies: - API - AWS - Cloud - EC2 - Gradle - Hibernate - Java - Kanban - Kubernetes - Liquibase - PostgreSQL - REST - Redis - Spring - Spring Boot - Terraform - microservices - Golang More: Location: Anywhere (UK) - Home Based, Edinburgh, London Salary - £35000 - £80000 In this role you will work in a cross-functional team who are asked to solve a problem, rather than be handed a task to do. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a high-growth environment with a fast-paced and collaborative culture where you will have great opportunities to work on challenging problems. About us: Modulr is a fintech scale-up that is breaking new ground within the payments sector. We are in a digital age when businesses need to move money 24/7 instead of operating within regular banking hours. Companies are under mounting pressure to manage their cashflow, control their costs, comply with regulations, and handle complex supplier, customer and employment payment arrangements. Modulr develops cutting-edge API-first solutions that enable businesses to overcome these challenges and take control of their money. Some of our key achievements: Ranked 42nd in Deloitte's UK Technology Fast 50 companies in 2021 Modulr ranked 18 on LinkedIn's 2019 Top Startups List in UK. Named an official Best Workplace by Great Places to Work in 2020. Ranked as the second fastest growing tech company in the UK by Dun & Bradstreet. Awarded £10 million from the BCR Fund to further develop our innovative product. Recently received £9m in funding from PayPal Ventures. Five years old, Modulr has offices in London, Edinburgh, Dublin and Amsterdam. We have processed over 80m transactions to date with a value in excess of £50 billion of business payments. We are multi-award winning and want to keep creating a world class product. Recently won 'Best Initiative from an SME' category at the Card and Payments Awards. About our culture and values: At Modulr we are focused on building autonomous squads that are focused on working in the best possible way. We operate in a tribes and squad model with each area focused on a particular growth area. Each squad is small and cross-functional. We have big ambitions and have many interesting challenges ahead. As an organisation we are built on the premise of 4 core values: Build the extraordinary Own the opportunity Make giant strides Achieve it together This is The Modulr Way that helps drive what we do every day. The Financial Services tribe at Modulr has a vision to be the most compelling payments proposition for our partners and customers, giving them the competitive advantage by putting payments at the heart of what they do. Our strategy is to provide our customers with seamless connectivity into payment schemes both domestically and overseas no matter where they're based. Taking the title of being the first non-Bank or Building Society to offer Confirmation of Payee, direct access to core UK payment schemes and early access to salary payments are just a few examples of how we're also striving to be at the forefront of core UK payments, European payments and payment innovation. Our other tribes include: Cards and Ops Tooling - Focused on our Virtual and Physical Card offerings and our internal tools for our operation teams. Channels - Focused on the Small + Medium Enterprise market from client onboarding to integrating with third-party accountancy integrations and our customer portals. About the tech: static void (Tech tech) String stack = switch (tech) case ARCHITECTURE -> "Micro Services"; case BUILD_TOOLS -> "Gradle"; case CACHE -> "Redis"; case CLOUD -> "AWS"; case FRAMEWORKS -> "Spring Boot"; case INFRASTRUCTURE -> "Terraform, EC2, Kubernetes"; case LANGUAGE -> "Java 11"; case MQ -> "Rabbit"; case ORM -> "Hibernate"; case SCHEMA -> "Liquibase, Postgres"; default -> logger.info("Oops! We haven't selected this tech yet, come help us decide!); ; logger.info("%s : %s%n", tech, stack); : Expert in Java (or similar object-oriented languages willing to learn Java) Open-Source technologies, such as Spring and Hibernate. Demonstrated ability to work with Microservices Open-source RDBMS technologies such as PostgreSQL. Strong understanding of OOP and design patterns. Experience of REST API design About you: Clear and responsive communication Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, appropriate judgment and decision-making skill Commitment to collaboration and teamwork Proven ability to effectively manage timelines and deliverables Meeting deadlines and strong attention to detail You are a self-started, motivated team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment About the role: Design, develop, analyse, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems Coordinate with other teams at sub-system and system level to identify software needs and solutions Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes Develop and execute test procedures for software Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concerns or opportunities and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change Work in an agile environment - Scrum or Kanban Document best practices, guides, systems design, reference architectures and implementations Participate in design and code reviews Contribute to the evolution of our architecture to make it more flexible and easier to use About the interview process: For this role you will go through the following process: Pre-Screen call - This will be with our talent team this usually lasts about 30 minutes and is a chance for us to learn more about you. Technical Test - This is a short take home technical for us to get a better understanding of your technical ability, this helps us to understand the level of questions we will ask at the next stage. Technical + Hiring Manager call back to back. Technical call - This is a chance to meet with some of our great engineers. We will walk through your technical task, ask some technical questions and then we will have a chance for you to ask us some questions as well. Hiring manager call - This is a chance to meet some of our engineering manager group. This part will be more about learning about you as a person and understanding what motivates you. About our benefits: In addition to a highly competitive salary, our employees enjoy the benefits of flexible working. Our offices are modern, with lots of natural light and break out areas. Importantly, our work is challenging and interesting, you will gain valuable experience in a rapidly scaling business at an important phase of growth while contributing to our collaborative culture. Performance discretionary bonus. Pension. Flexible benefits. 34 days holiday. 160 hours of bookable learning and development time. Flexible working.
Jun 02, 2023
Full time
Salary 50,000 - 80,000 GBP per year Requirements: - Expert in Java (or similar object-oriented languages willing to learn Java) Open-Source technologies, such as Spring and Hibernate. Demonstrated ability to work with Microservices Open-source RDBMS technologies such as PostgreSQL. Strong understanding of OOP and design patterns. Experience of REST API design Responsibilities: - Design, develop, analyse, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems Coordinate with other teams at sub-system and system level to identify software needs and solutions Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes Develop and execute test procedures for software Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concerns or opportunities and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change Work in an agile environment - Scrum or Kanban Document best practices, guides, systems design, reference architectures and implementations Participate in design and code reviews Contribute to the evolution of our architecture to make it more flexible and easier to use Technologies: - API - AWS - Cloud - EC2 - Gradle - Hibernate - Java - Kanban - Kubernetes - Liquibase - PostgreSQL - REST - Redis - Spring - Spring Boot - Terraform - microservices - Golang More: Location: Anywhere (UK) - Home Based, Edinburgh, London Salary - £35000 - £80000 In this role you will work in a cross-functional team who are asked to solve a problem, rather than be handed a task to do. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a high-growth environment with a fast-paced and collaborative culture where you will have great opportunities to work on challenging problems. About us: Modulr is a fintech scale-up that is breaking new ground within the payments sector. We are in a digital age when businesses need to move money 24/7 instead of operating within regular banking hours. Companies are under mounting pressure to manage their cashflow, control their costs, comply with regulations, and handle complex supplier, customer and employment payment arrangements. Modulr develops cutting-edge API-first solutions that enable businesses to overcome these challenges and take control of their money. Some of our key achievements: Ranked 42nd in Deloitte's UK Technology Fast 50 companies in 2021 Modulr ranked 18 on LinkedIn's 2019 Top Startups List in UK. Named an official Best Workplace by Great Places to Work in 2020. Ranked as the second fastest growing tech company in the UK by Dun & Bradstreet. Awarded £10 million from the BCR Fund to further develop our innovative product. Recently received £9m in funding from PayPal Ventures. Five years old, Modulr has offices in London, Edinburgh, Dublin and Amsterdam. We have processed over 80m transactions to date with a value in excess of £50 billion of business payments. We are multi-award winning and want to keep creating a world class product. Recently won 'Best Initiative from an SME' category at the Card and Payments Awards. About our culture and values: At Modulr we are focused on building autonomous squads that are focused on working in the best possible way. We operate in a tribes and squad model with each area focused on a particular growth area. Each squad is small and cross-functional. We have big ambitions and have many interesting challenges ahead. As an organisation we are built on the premise of 4 core values: Build the extraordinary Own the opportunity Make giant strides Achieve it together This is The Modulr Way that helps drive what we do every day. The Financial Services tribe at Modulr has a vision to be the most compelling payments proposition for our partners and customers, giving them the competitive advantage by putting payments at the heart of what they do. Our strategy is to provide our customers with seamless connectivity into payment schemes both domestically and overseas no matter where they're based. Taking the title of being the first non-Bank or Building Society to offer Confirmation of Payee, direct access to core UK payment schemes and early access to salary payments are just a few examples of how we're also striving to be at the forefront of core UK payments, European payments and payment innovation. Our other tribes include: Cards and Ops Tooling - Focused on our Virtual and Physical Card offerings and our internal tools for our operation teams. Channels - Focused on the Small + Medium Enterprise market from client onboarding to integrating with third-party accountancy integrations and our customer portals. About the tech: static void (Tech tech) String stack = switch (tech) case ARCHITECTURE -> "Micro Services"; case BUILD_TOOLS -> "Gradle"; case CACHE -> "Redis"; case CLOUD -> "AWS"; case FRAMEWORKS -> "Spring Boot"; case INFRASTRUCTURE -> "Terraform, EC2, Kubernetes"; case LANGUAGE -> "Java 11"; case MQ -> "Rabbit"; case ORM -> "Hibernate"; case SCHEMA -> "Liquibase, Postgres"; default -> logger.info("Oops! We haven't selected this tech yet, come help us decide!); ; logger.info("%s : %s%n", tech, stack); : Expert in Java (or similar object-oriented languages willing to learn Java) Open-Source technologies, such as Spring and Hibernate. Demonstrated ability to work with Microservices Open-source RDBMS technologies such as PostgreSQL. Strong understanding of OOP and design patterns. Experience of REST API design About you: Clear and responsive communication Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, appropriate judgment and decision-making skill Commitment to collaboration and teamwork Proven ability to effectively manage timelines and deliverables Meeting deadlines and strong attention to detail You are a self-started, motivated team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment About the role: Design, develop, analyse, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems Coordinate with other teams at sub-system and system level to identify software needs and solutions Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes Develop and execute test procedures for software Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concerns or opportunities and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change Work in an agile environment - Scrum or Kanban Document best practices, guides, systems design, reference architectures and implementations Participate in design and code reviews Contribute to the evolution of our architecture to make it more flexible and easier to use About the interview process: For this role you will go through the following process: Pre-Screen call - This will be with our talent team this usually lasts about 30 minutes and is a chance for us to learn more about you. Technical Test - This is a short take home technical for us to get a better understanding of your technical ability, this helps us to understand the level of questions we will ask at the next stage. Technical + Hiring Manager call back to back. Technical call - This is a chance to meet with some of our great engineers. We will walk through your technical task, ask some technical questions and then we will have a chance for you to ask us some questions as well. Hiring manager call - This is a chance to meet some of our engineering manager group. This part will be more about learning about you as a person and understanding what motivates you. About our benefits: In addition to a highly competitive salary, our employees enjoy the benefits of flexible working. Our offices are modern, with lots of natural light and break out areas. Importantly, our work is challenging and interesting, you will gain valuable experience in a rapidly scaling business at an important phase of growth while contributing to our collaborative culture. Performance discretionary bonus. Pension. Flexible benefits. 34 days holiday. 160 hours of bookable learning and development time. Flexible working.
Salary 60,000 - 90,000 GBP per year Requirements: - You'll be a great fit if you bring a few of the below with you: - Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or similar field - Experience with Salesforce development, architecture, infrastructure, tooling, deployment, testing, code reviews - Continuous discovery habits - Experience with building and deploying B2B products or internal customer-related tooling - Exposure to continuous development such as continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous testing and deployment - Previous leadership experience with managing and building development engineering teams ideally within a Head of, Manager role, scaling teams - Strong coordination and communication skills Responsibilities: - Your mission, should you choose to accept it: - Lead the internal development team and manage external technical partners. - Participate in decisions regarding architecture, infrastructure, tooling etc. - Ownership of the team's SDLC, including deployment, testing, code reviews etc. - Lead areas such as scalability, performance, quality and security. - Coach and mentor staff to help them grow in their abilities as they work on cross-functional teams. - Ensure all engineers and 3rd party developers in your domain are delivering high-quality technical output - Demonstrate excellent judgment in technical decision making - Be an authority on systems architecture and ensure teams are aligning their technical choices to the bigger picture Technologies: - CRM - Salesforce - Project Manager - Architect More: Can you help us change the world? Yes, you read that correctly. It sounds grand, but we've got big ideas at Mews. We're transforming the world of hospitality, re-imagining the industry with a best-in-class cloud-based property management solution for hotels, hostels, apartments, and so much more. We're on the lookout for ambitious, tenacious and passionate people who want to join the next generation of innovators and disrupt the hospitality industry with us. Sound good so far? If you're passionate about building solutions to help internal teams and operations, keep reading and tumble down the Mews rabbit hole. About the role: First things first: you want to know what you're actually applying for. It's impossible to capture every nuance of a role - especially at a rapidly growing company like Mews - but if we had to distil it down to a job description (which we do, because this is a job description), it would be this: As a part of our Business Operations CRM team, you will lead our Development team and work alongside our CRM team to deliver best on the market internal and external tooling to connect our customers and prospects with Mews' internal customer-facing teams. You will be responsible for all our internal and external development resources and making sure that their time is used and distributed efficiently, the solutions delivered matching the high standards set by our product development teams and responding to the challenges and initiatives set by the internal teams and their respective Solutions Architect. In this role you will own and drive the solutions architecture strategy and vision as well as managing its daily operations. You will participate in the solutioning and design, as well as short and long term planning to ensure that roadmap is feasible with the resources available. You can learn more about Mews by clicking 'Apply' above! :)
Jun 02, 2023
Full time
Salary 60,000 - 90,000 GBP per year Requirements: - You'll be a great fit if you bring a few of the below with you: - Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or similar field - Experience with Salesforce development, architecture, infrastructure, tooling, deployment, testing, code reviews - Continuous discovery habits - Experience with building and deploying B2B products or internal customer-related tooling - Exposure to continuous development such as continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous testing and deployment - Previous leadership experience with managing and building development engineering teams ideally within a Head of, Manager role, scaling teams - Strong coordination and communication skills Responsibilities: - Your mission, should you choose to accept it: - Lead the internal development team and manage external technical partners. - Participate in decisions regarding architecture, infrastructure, tooling etc. - Ownership of the team's SDLC, including deployment, testing, code reviews etc. - Lead areas such as scalability, performance, quality and security. - Coach and mentor staff to help them grow in their abilities as they work on cross-functional teams. - Ensure all engineers and 3rd party developers in your domain are delivering high-quality technical output - Demonstrate excellent judgment in technical decision making - Be an authority on systems architecture and ensure teams are aligning their technical choices to the bigger picture Technologies: - CRM - Salesforce - Project Manager - Architect More: Can you help us change the world? Yes, you read that correctly. It sounds grand, but we've got big ideas at Mews. We're transforming the world of hospitality, re-imagining the industry with a best-in-class cloud-based property management solution for hotels, hostels, apartments, and so much more. We're on the lookout for ambitious, tenacious and passionate people who want to join the next generation of innovators and disrupt the hospitality industry with us. Sound good so far? If you're passionate about building solutions to help internal teams and operations, keep reading and tumble down the Mews rabbit hole. About the role: First things first: you want to know what you're actually applying for. It's impossible to capture every nuance of a role - especially at a rapidly growing company like Mews - but if we had to distil it down to a job description (which we do, because this is a job description), it would be this: As a part of our Business Operations CRM team, you will lead our Development team and work alongside our CRM team to deliver best on the market internal and external tooling to connect our customers and prospects with Mews' internal customer-facing teams. You will be responsible for all our internal and external development resources and making sure that their time is used and distributed efficiently, the solutions delivered matching the high standards set by our product development teams and responding to the challenges and initiatives set by the internal teams and their respective Solutions Architect. In this role you will own and drive the solutions architecture strategy and vision as well as managing its daily operations. You will participate in the solutioning and design, as well as short and long term planning to ensure that roadmap is feasible with the resources available. You can learn more about Mews by clicking 'Apply' above! :)
