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IT Asset Manager required on a permanent basis for a leading global provider of financial administration solutions. The Asset Manager is responsible for defining and maintaining the IT Configuration and Asset Management process. They are accountable for the efficient end-to-end delivery of Configuration & Asset Management across Technology, ensuring effective creation, maintenance and management of the CMDB and CMS tools. Responsibilities ** Define, agree and maintain the IT configuration & asset management processes, policies and documentation to be compliant to ISO27001 standard. ** Configuration & maintenance of CMS tools. ** Configuration & maintenance of implementation of CMDB. ** Management of CMDB/Asset Management toolset. ** Ensure all Asset Management tools and data are available to all IT teams, and other recipients as required ** Support the Head of Service Management in producing configuration and asset management reporting, that meets the wide variety of stakeholder requirements. ** Support the Head of Service Management in creating, reviewing, validating, prioritising, updating all IT configuration and asset records. ** Ensure changes to asset data (new, modify, delete) are reviewed and updated in the IT CMDB/Asset Management tool. ** Communicate with key stakeholders on the risks and issues of configuration and asset items. ** Oversee the operational effectiveness of the configuration and asset management processes, providing suggestions for improvement. ** Participate in the project lifecycle, ensuring that all reference information is available and is recorded accurately within all SACM tools. The client A leading global provider of financial administration solutions, working in partnership with over 7000 clients including Asset managers and investors, Business managers and asset owners. The client provide the infrastructure through which assets are secured or deployed in both regulated and unregulated markets. Location This role will be based in the clients Bromley office and has fantastic transport links into central London and Kent including Train, Tram and Buses. The office is in close proximity to a large shopping centre which includes a number of high quality restaurants. Salary The client are able to offer a base salary of £65k per annum and offer a great benefits package Please note your CV will not be submitted for this or any other role without your prior approval. SQ Computer Personnel Limited acts as both an Employment Agency and Employment Business.

Are you keen on progressing your career into Network Infrastructure? Company: A trusted and leading Cloud Consultancy is searching for a talented Support Engineer to join a medium sized team of Support Engineers within a Microsoft environment. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Support Engineer to progress as my client is a keen advocate of in house career progression into their Network Infrastructure team. Role: The ideal candidate will have the opportunity and exposure of working with a wide, large and varied customer base, providing a large range of support and consultancy services, on many differing and diverse technical platforms. You will gain extensive experience over the various supported IT systems, on a Customer base stretching a wide spectrum, and the opportunity to use this exposure, and the diversity it brings to develop a career in IT, and to take every opportunity to develop their skills in this area, through informal and formal training and on the job learning. Technical Exposure: Extensive hands-on experience specifying/configuring/troubleshooting user and customer issues in a changing Windows Desktop and Server environment. Extensive experience of supporting and administrating Office 2, Windows XP-10, Windows Server and active Directory 2003-16 and Exchange 2003-16 Sound Networking knowledge of TCP/IP, Networking and troubleshooting An understanding of MAC OS and support issues Understanding of, basic Server OS and application installations and technical support technologies (e.g. 2003-12-16, Exchange, Citrix, VMWare) Knowledge of security architectures especially with respect to e-commerce and the internet Good experience of Blackberry, Apple and Android Products and devices Package: £25,000 Base Salary Circa £2,000-£6,000 Bonus Training - Server build rooms available. Progression prospects Please respond to this advert with an up to date version of your CV and the leading consultant will be in touch.

Role: An opportunity has arisen for a support engineer to evolve and develop a career in a forward thinking, growing and progressive company, providing Cloud technology, Hosted services, on site and Remote support provision, and consultancy and support services. Responsibilities: Completing technical support tasks and activities in a 1st and 2nd Line Support capacity Solving IT Issues, remotely, via phone, using remote support tools, or on-site presence, as required Answering telephone calls from customers promptly with excellent customer Service skills in a positive, can-do, customer focused manner at all times. Essential: Extensive hands-on experience specifying/configuring/troubleshooting user and customer issues in a changing Windows Desktop and Server environment. Extensive experience of supporting and administrating Office 2, Windows XP-10, Windows Server and active Directory 2003-16 and Exchange 2003-16 Experience of providing remote support for users and systems, including resolution of technical issues on the phone. Working knowledge of Backups strategies, technologies, tape rotation, and restore procedures Ability to support centrally controlled and standalone AntiVirus software and architecture. Sound Networking knowledge of TCP/IP, Networking and troubleshooting An understanding of MAC OS and support issues Understanding of, basic Server OS and application If you can please respond to this advert with an up to ate version of your CV and the leading consultant will be in touch with more details of the opportunity.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Solutions Architect to further their career within Direct Line Group, The UK's Leading General Insurer What being a Solution Architect Involves; This role sits within CTO and will define, maintain and ensure the integrity and consistency of end to end technology solutions in order to satisfy project and/or programme requirements and align to the Technology strategy and enterprise architecture, policies and standards Provide proactive Technology solution support in the analysis, design, planning, and governance of programmes, projects and change initiatives. Produce high quality deliverables through the selection and application of appropriate methods and standards in order to: Facilitate investigations and decision making to ensure that the views and concerns of stakeholders are considered, captured, verified and validated. Identify and obtain agreement on the requirements / features and ensures appropriate prioritisation is applied to meet business objectives. Undertake analysis of technology solution options and associated costs and risks. Conduct gap analysis, and proof of concepts for new solutions, as appropriate. Identify issues and risks and lead their resolution as required. Clearly communicate solution designs, key design decisions and approaches to interested parties, stakeholders, project bodies and relevant governance / assurance forums. Develop solution recommendations. Apply knowledge of technology options and survey external market landscape for solution insights, direction, and vendors, as required. Determine and create a solution architecture and design to effectively meet requirements and costs while maintaining the integrity of the technology strategy and enterprise architecture roadmap and standards. Ensure design efforts are aligned with and driven to deliver business; value, strategy and goals, within cost constraints. - OTOBIS (On Time, On Budget, In Strategy). Provide input into project and resource plans and support business case production. Oversee solution development, and act as the bridge between the business, projects and application development and maintenance functions. Ensure the solutions developed and deployed are fit for purpose and fit for use, meet the business requirements and adhere to quality standards. Identify and implement opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in the strategic application of technology. Effectively manage the performance of the Solution Architects and Solution Designers, ensuring effective coaching, development, allocation, communications and talent management. Continuously build capability within the team, aligned to meet and enable the delivery of our business and technology strategies. Pro-actively demonstrate required behaviours in line with expectations of the role. Skills and Qualities You'll Need; A strong background in Enterprise Solutions Architecture within complex technology environments is essential for this role Solid experience advising on technical aspects of system development and integration (including requests for changes, deviations from specifications, etc) with an understanding of how these relate to wider business strategy Expert in scoping and priority setting for large or complex changes, engaging senior stakeholders as required Strong experience with formal solutions architecture methodologies and related tools You will have: Experience in delivering cloud solutions for large organisations with multiple sets of stakeholders and requirements. Cloud Solution Architecture experience in at least one major Cloud Platform (AWS, GCP, Azure), ideally two or more. Certification highly desired. Experience in delivering secure and resilient designs that meet regulatory requirements (PCI, GDPR). Shaping the future of the cloud for the company though delivering building blocks and patterns for re-use. Experience in working with and delivering operational ready solutions in conjunction with internal and external support partners. Demonstration of delivery of complex environments and requirements a benefit. Providing insight and best practice from experience for concurrent cloud development and complex environment management. Experience with working with mixed stakeholders from the development, operations, security teams through to the business stakeholders and product owners. Skill and experience in Infrastructure as Code artefacts; working within the development teams and reviewing artefacts. Skills in one of the following required: Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure ARM, Salt. Scripting experience a plus in other technologies, e.g. preference for Python, but Javascript, C#, Java, and Go. Knowledge on automated scaling, clustering, resilience required, experience an advantage. Microservice and API design experience a major advantage. At Direct Line Group, we're shaping the future. With a mission to make insurance easier and better value for our customers, we embrace change in all its richness and variety. It's not just what we do; it's how we do it. We bring our whole selves to work every day and embrace fresh thinking - after all, Britain is constantly changing and to protect the nation, we adapt with it. Across our diverse brands - including Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege and Green Flag - change takes many forms. We appreciate the knowledge and skills that each one of us brings to the business. It's hard not to be inspired by the things that make us unique. Boldness, curiosity and enthusiasm go a long way. And they're helping us transform the industry we lead.

Data Engineer - ETL, Python, Java, Insurance We are looking for a Data Engineer to join a Global insurance organisation on an initial 3 month contract. The Data Engineer will play a key role in the development and maintenance of a cloud based solution of low-latency, highly available, scoring of Machine learning solutions within AWS. We are looking for Data Engineer with the following experience: - Strong Experience of SQL (MySQL, Postgres) - Previous experience of Python and Java - Experience of Data Transformation Via ETL/ELT - Experience working with AWS This is an urgent role for a Data Engineer. For more information please get in touch.

Developer in Test - Agile, SDET, BDD, TDD, AWS, Java Up to £500 per day South London Insurance Industry My client is a leading Insurance firm who require a Developer in Test with strong experience of working in Agile environments with BDD and TDD Framework experience and Software Development (preferably Java) expertise in conjunction with AWS to join their impressive Digital Solutions team. The Digital Team is building an Agile QA Engineering team of the future, that embraces planning, design, management, execution and reporting of Agile QA, using cutting-edge and cloud-based (mainly AWS) tools and techniques to ensure quality and conformance to agreed standards and regulations. The team operates a true DevOps approach to engineering and want to embed QA automation into their engineering approach. Your responsibilities will include driving the QA framework architecture and tooling across the team's technology and engineering estate to measure and improve the quality of output. To be considered, you must have prior experience of working as a Developer in Test within a true Agile (Scrum and Kanban) environment, and come from a very strong technical background yourself including TDD (Test Driven Development) and BDD (Behaviour Driven Development) Framework expertise. You must have proven experience with Object-Oriented Software Development, hands-on Manual testing (UAT / System / Regression) experience and excellent working knowledge of Selenium WebDriver (or other automation tools). There is a preference for candidates who have knowledge of testing micro services and the different types needed including base, unit, integration, load, stress, security and resiliency testing whilst experience of building cloud-based (AWS) testing frameworks and automation is essential. Due to the nature of the role you must have outstanding communication skills (written and verbal) plus eligibility to live and work in the UK. If interested with relevant experience, please send a latest CV ASAP. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Enforcement Officer - Field Based They are the UK's leading provider of business process management and integrated professional support service solutions. With 70,000 dedicated staff across the UK, Europe, South Africa and India they help make processes smarter, organisations more efficient and customer experiences better. They have a contract to collect and administer the TV licence on behalf of the BBC and they are looking for officers to help ensure their customers are correctly licenced. Position: Field Visiting Officers Location: Bromley Job Type: Full Time, Permanent Hours: 37.5 hours per week, flexible shift pattern Salary: £20k plus commission OTE £25,500 Benefits: 23 days holiday which rises with length of service, pension, share save scheme, staff discounts i.e. childcare vouchers, dental plan, discounted insurance and share ownership plan. About the role: As a Visiting Officer for TV licensing your role will be to visit residential addresses to maintain an effective deterrent against evasion of the licence fee. You will enforce legislation by taking a record of interview under caution where appropriate and maximise sales revenue for the BBC by ensuring the correct licence is in force. This is a full time position so you must work 37.5 hours per week. There is a flexible shift pattern, so you can take ownership of the hours that you work and fit them round other commitments. They do ask that you work at least 20 hours per week between 4pm - 9pm weekdays or anytime at the weekend. This is so that you are visiting during the times that most people are at home. About you: They are looking for a 'people' person with excellent customer service skills and the ability to deal with some conflict and difficult customers with a firm but fair approach. You must be able to complete paperwork legibly and have a desire to hit set targets. You will need to use your own car and your mileage will be reimbursed at 45p per mile. You may have experience of the following: Field Visiting Officer, Customer Service, Conflict Resolution, Enforcement Officer, Traffic Warden, Security Guard, Debt Collector, Prison Officer, Police Officer, Debt Collection, Visiting Officer, Prison Guard, etc. This vacancy is being advertised by EasyWeb Recruitment, the UK's leading Online Recruitment Agency. The services advertised by EasyWeb Recruitment are those of an employment agency. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief, and we confirm that we will gladly accept all applications.

Looking to start an exciting new role that will enhance your already promising knowledge as a Mid-Level PHP Developer . Look no further as Swanstaff Recruitment are an award winning agency who are looking for candidates just like yourself on behalf of our prestigious client in the IT industry. If you think you've got what it takes to become my clients new Mid-Level PHP Developer who will support and develop the relevant part of project life-cycle then we want to hear from you! The Role: As a developer, you will be required to support the existing team, applying yourself to the relevant part of our project life-cycle, ultimately, leading to delivery of successful projects. You'll also be able to guide and mentor junior engineers and have the ability to motivate them with your passion and drive. Assist in project task time estimation Advise on architectural plans TDD, write test first Code to the test to solve the problem at hand Re-factor your code Make sure all automated tests still pass Code review Check code quality Any obvious logic errors Check code is following the instructions provided by the architect Involved with releases of tasks you have worked on Education/Qualifications/Qualities: Passionate of being a professional developer and proud of the quality of your own code Willing to learn and improve Solid knowledge and experience of OOP principles and technologies Commercial PHP Experience Commercial MySQL Experience Solid and Proven MVC commercial Experience (Inc. Laravel and CodeIgniter) Experience of working in a LAMP Stack Proficient in the use of CSS, JavaScript / jQuery, MySQL JSON / XML Knowledge Experience using GIT Source Control system in a commercial environment including driving best practice with GIT flow Package Management Experience (Composer, NPM, Bower) Commercial experience in Application Testing (Inc. unit testing / TDD) Excellent Communication Skills Client communication experience Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to work unsupervised. Desirable: Vue js experience Understanding of best practices when it comes to Database Architecture. Knowledge of best scalability practices Automated Testing (Selenium or other tools) Experience of NoSQL Databases Google and Social Web API experience Relevant degree or similar level of principal knowledge Successful applicants will receive benefits package, including generous pension scheme, free car park and rewarding working environment. Interested in finding out more about this role? Apply online today or get in touch with Tom Kurczab from our Dartford branch! Looking for a tool to help you with your job search? Download the Swanstaff APP now for all our latest vacancies, career advice and more! EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES Swanstaff Recruitment is an equal employment company.

Job Title: Network Infrastructure Analyst Reference: IT3024 Job Expiry Date: Midday on 29th June Salary: Bromley - £37,640 to £44,280 Norwich - £33,870 to £39,850 Job Location: Norwich or Bromley Hours: 36 Contract Type: Permanent About the Role In this role you will be responsible for the management, administration and operational support of the IT Infrastructure for Clarion to enable to the Group and its operating companies to achieve their business objectives. The purpose of this role is to provide second line, third line and on-site support to the customer and technical teams and ensure that all operational issues are responded to and resolved within SLA. You will work alongside third party service providers to ensure a seamless service. About You Strong customer service and communication skills are important in this role. We are also looking for the following experience;- Experience of supporting a thin-client environment Experience of documenting IT Processes and procedures Microsoft Professional certification or equivalent level of experience in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and above Networking Professional certification or equivalent level of experience in Cisco or Extreme networking and above ITIL v3 Foundation qualification or above Ability to support issues and perform system status checks out of hours as or when required Experience of supporting an enterprise ERP environment Experience of network security Experience of firewall technologies Experience of monitoring solutions applied to enterprise networks (e.g. SolarWinds, SCCM) Closing Date: 29th June at midday Interviews will be held on: TBC For further details on this vacancy, and to apply, please visit our website http://more-vacancies/ Clarion Housing Group Clarion Housing Group comprises the country's largest housing association; a property development company, a charitable foundation and a repairs and maintenance service. The Group's housing association, Clarion Housing, is committed to providing good customer service to all its residents and to maintaining its homes to a good standard - investing significantly in improving them each year. Its development target is to build 50,000 new homes over 10 years and the Group will invest £13 billion on meeting and delivering on this target. Two thirds of the programme will be affordable and developed by Clarion Housing, while homes for private sale are delivered and marketed through development company Latimer by Clarion Housing Group. The proceeds from sales are invested in our social purpose. The charitable foundation, Clarion Futures, will invest £150 million over ten years to deliver one of the largest social investment programmes in the country. Priorities are work and training; money management and young people. Building homes. Developing futures. Clarion Housing Group is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Senior Data Engineer - Python, Java, SQL, AWS, Insurance Up to £625 per day South London Insurance Industry My client is a high profile Insurance firm who urgently require a Senior Data Engineer with strong knowledge of Python, Java, SQL and AWS to join a business critical and rapidly growing programme of work in their flagship South London office. As Senior Data Engineer you will play a key role in developing and maintaining a robust cloud based solution fit for low-latency, highly-available, scoring of machine learning solutions within AWS. Responsibilities will include contributing to a small team of highly talented software / data engineers as well as contributing to application architecture (design and build). You will be expected to implement trustworthy and efficient data transformations via ETL and ELT. Building and improving software and services through Continuous Integration pipelines and working closely with DevOps engineers will also be part of the responsibilities. To be considered you must have a strong Data Engineering background, with outstanding Python technical skills, Java, SQL and AWS skills. Previous Insurance industry (policy systems / claims data) experience would be nice to have but not essential. Due to the nature of the role and the fact that you will need to liaise with very senior stakeholders you will need to have outstanding communication skills (written and verbal). If interested please apply with a latest CV ASAP. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

2nd/3rd Line Systems Engineer required by one of the UK's leading resource management, recycling, and energy recovery companies based at their Belvedere Site and are offering up to £40k. Reporting directly to the Head of IT and supporting 160 end users as well as a range of IT services based in a virtual server environment split between 2 data centres in different geographical locations. The primary responsibility will be to provide administration and support to all IT Systems in the Belvedere Facility as well as the opportunity to extend your technical knowledge with new technologies both standard and bespoke. Key Technologies: ·Windows Servers ·Installations and Configurations of new machines ·Office 365 (SharePoint and OneDrive ·MS SCCM ·Draytek Wireless Router Points ·Security Controls (Carbon Black and Alien Vault Security and anti-virus systems) ·Mimecast ·Liaise with 3rd party suppliers ·Daily Backups This is a great opportunity to work with some great technologies in a great environment. "Apply Now"!!!

Senior Developer - PHP / MySQL - circa £60k JN-PHPMS010-AG Senior PHP Developer PHP, Symfony, MySQL Bromley Salary £50,000 to £60,000 Our client is a software solutions provider, at the bleeding edge of technology, and are working with us to source a Senior PHP Developer, someone who is highly skilled with PHP, MySQL and Symfony or other MVC Frameworks. This role will be based in the Bromley area and working for our market leading client. As the Senior PHP Developer you will be taking an integral role within the Technology Division and play a major role in the design and implementation of our clients products, applications, and tools. This is a demanding role, ideally suited to someone with a broad range of skills along with the desire to keep learning, engaging and further developing skills in other technologies and someone who is sourcing a rewarding career within Software Engineering. Key Role Responsibilities You will possess extensive PHP, Symfony and MySQL skills and be familiar with different versions of these technologies. You will be tasked with support of existing products and applications, whilst also working on key core projects and taking ownership of greenfield projects Essential Experience PHP, ideally PHP 7+ MySQL MVC Frameworks, ideally Symfony TDD PHPUnit PHPSpec Agile Development Git Unix Command Line Desirable JavaScript js jQuery js Webpack Grunt Gulp HTML5 / CSS3 DDD, BDD Bootstrap3 RESTful APIs CQRS/ES Some DevOps skills To apply, please send your CV to Aaron Gunton on or call to discuss the role further Huntress Search Ltd does not discriminate on the grounds of 'protected characteristics' as defined under the Equality Act and other relevant UK legislation. Huntress Search Ltd acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles. PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Avaya Project Manager - Telephony, Avaya Installation and Rollout Up to £650 per day South London Insurance Industry My client is a leading Insurance firm who require a Project Manager with strong knowledge of Telephony and specific experience of rolling out Avaya Telephony systems to contact centres. Due to a business critical planned rollout of Avaya Telephony systems and a specific implementation, this is a very key hire and the business ideally would like to have previous Insurance / Financial Services Industry experience due to understanding the demands and complexity of the business and its demands. You will need to manage the supplier, and be an SME for all matters relating to the rollout. Candidates must have excellent Project Management experience, outstanding communication skills (written and verbal) and ideally be able to start ASAP. If interested with relevant Avaya Project Management and Installation / Rollout experience please send a latest CV ASAP. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Our client are seeking a driven, determined and experience 2/3rd line engineer to join the small team and undertake the following duties: To be a primary contact for logging support incidents and requests from end users via phone call and email and keeping users up to date with incident progress. Prioritising incidents and requests based on impact and urgency. Installing and configuring computer hardware, software, systems, networks, printers and scanners. Planning and undertaking scheduled maintenance upgrades and security patching. Creating and supporting domain and Office365 accounts and services. Investigating, diagnosing and solving computer software and hardware faults. Supporting mobile devices with Microsoft's Intune mobile device management system. Imaging desktop and laptop machines using Microsoft's SCCM and assisting with keeping images up to date. Administering and trouble-shooting Offcie365 technologies inclusive of SharePoint and OneDrive. Monitoring internal security controls and reacting to alerts using Carbon Black and Alien Vault security and anti-virus systems. Supporting Mimecast email security system. Supporting Access Dimensions accounting system. To be an excellent team player, inclusive of attending team meetings, keeping support tickets up to date and assisting with incidents or requests logged to other team members. To liaise with 3rd party support vendors. To check daily backups and respond to failed backup incidents. If you have relevent experience of the above duties, gained within a similiar role, please apply today for immediate consideration.

Product Owner - Agile, Digital, Product Development Up to £450 per day South London Insurance Industry (Digital) My client is a forward-thinking, dynamic and proactive Insurance firm with a very high profile brand within the UK who are looking to recruit a Digital Product Owner for its impressive Digital Solutions arm. As Digital Product Owner you will be expected to manage the Agile Delivery and optimisation of Digital products, taking commercial direction from the Digital Product Manager and wider business stakeholders. You will be responsible for driving the product vision and requirements with the support of the Development Team and Scrum Master. The role will see you drive the product vision and roadmap (defined by the Product Manager) and own the success for assigned digital products. You will also be expected to manage and prioritise the product backlog in alignment with commercial KPIs and wider business requirements. Other responsibilities will include organising requirements following key agile frameworks including User Story Mapping, Epic & Feature hierarchies, Feature Injection user story writing, pivoting and prototyping. To be considered you must have a Product Owner Certification, a background working within the Digital space, plus previous experience in a web/software delivery environment. You must have Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal), enjoy working with people (facilitating and collaborating) in a team environment and possess strong commercial awareness and prioritisation skills. You must also have strong decision making ability. Product Owner Agile Digital Product Development Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

SAS Developer - SAS Base, Testing, Regression, Excel Up to £400 per day South London Insurance Industry My client is a highly reputable Insurance firm based in South London who require a highly technical SAS Developer with Testing experience as part of the increase in workload and necessity to acquire additional expertise to an already highly skilled and impressive SAS team. As SAS Developer, the successful candidate will become a key member of the SAS team in which the creation of test cases and changing of SAS code in production is imperative. You will provide Programming support to the department, engaging with stakeholders throughout project lifecycles and provide testing (regression) expertise. To be considered for the role, you must have SAS Development expertise. You will have SAS Base and Macros experience with strong preference for candidates who have knowledge across UNIX, DB2, Mainframe and / or Excel. Testing (regression) experience will be important for this role but you must be a SAS Developer by trade. If interested with the relevant experience please send a latest CV ASAP. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

6 Month initial contract Bromley My client, a global insurance company requires a Cloud Engineer to work as part of the DevOps team, an engineer who is interested in assisting the build out of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform, This is an excellent opportunity to start at the ground level of an enterprise cloud transformation programme. Required Configuration Management skills Shell scripting Jenkins SVN GIT source control AWS SDLC multi-environment application deployment skills Linux/Unix Admin skills Network configuration knowledge Developed cloud automation and deployment pipelines Desired AWS skills Windows Admin R, SAS configuration Terraform (nice to have) You are an innovator and problem solver who thrives as part of a committed team. You love finding creative solutions to difficult challenges. You are persistent, delivery focussed and want to be part of a new era of Cloud transformation. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

SCRUM Master - Agile, Software Delivery, Project Management Up to £450 per day South London Insurance Industry (Digital) My client is a forward-thinking, dynamic and proactive Insurance firm with a very high profile brand within the UK who are looking to recruit a certified and experienced SCRUM MASTER for its impressive Digital Solutions arm. In an environment where the Digital team have created their own unique culture and made the corporate office feel a distant memory, they need a certified SCRUM MASTER to drive change and lead Agile Development projects. The successful candidate will manage the full lifecycle of software development, manage senior stakeholders and enable the team to achieve their specific objectives. You will ensure the sprint deliveries are undertaken in line with the business and work on an extremely high profile project within the Insurance Industry. To be considered you must be a Certified SCRUM Master, well versed with Agile environments and with a software development and / or Project Management background. You must have outstanding communication skills (written and verbal) and possess a strong, positive and can-do attitude. SCRUM Master Agile Software Delivery Project Management Digital Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Availability Manager - Enterprise Scale IT Service Management Arena - Major UK Insurer Fantastic opportunity to join the IT department of one of the most trusted names in the UK insurance industry as an Availability Manager. Working within a FTSE100 business where employees and customers are always at the core of their values and practices, you will be offered excellent opportunities to develop and progress your career, alongside a competitive salary and benefits package. Job Description Working within the ITIL focused service management arena of an enterprise scale business, the Availability Manager will perform an integral role in the definition, maintenance, and both the integrity and consistency of end to end technology service management processes. You will ensure that these ae meticulously aligned to service management strategies, architectures, policies, and standards. Your duties as an availability manager will include but not be limited to the following: Provide expert advice and guidance on availability. Identify and manage availability issues and risks. Assist with investigation and diagnosis of incidents and problems relating to availability management Forecast future availability and capacity requirements based on business plans, usage trends, service portfolio plans. Ensure all changes are assessed for their impact on availability / performance and attend CAB meetings as required Ensure performance / availability requirements are optimised and cost justified. Ensure agreed service continuity and availability commitments can be met. Contribute to the design and execution of availability and capacity testing. Develop, maintain, communicate and execute a robust process management, process governance and process assurance framework integrating component services and suppliers into an effective, efficient end to end process. Align with agreed Service Management architectures, policies and standards. Create and maintain high quality process artefacts (e.g. process design documentation, templates, guidelines). Ensure process artefacts are regularly reviewed, audited and subject to continual improvement to remain fit for purpose. Lead / facilitate investigations and decision making to ensure that the views of stakeholders are considered, verified and validated. Contribute to the development and configuration of tools to support processes. Document and communicate changes to process, tools and templates. Manage and monitor performance of the end to end process. Contribute to the development and management of outcome based contracts with 3rd party suppliers. Contribute to the analysis of potential changes to processes and their impact on the overall Service Management Architecture. Identify and implement opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in Service Design. The Successful Availability Manager I am looking for an experienced Availability Manager who has a solid background working within an ITIL environment, for an enterprise scale UK, or global business. You will have significant experience in capacity planning, and any experience with ServiceNow, or a similar tool would be highly advantageous, and it is of paramount importance that you have experience working within an ITIL framework. You must be a first class communicator with the ability to confidently interact with senior stakeholders, and third party suppliers. What's on Offer for the successful Availability Manager Competitive base salary depending on experience, coupled with an excellent benefits package and bonus.

Bromley 6 month contract My client, a global Insurance company require an IAM Technical Support Analyst to provide technical support of complex IAM requests, specifically need 2nd/3rd Access management experience. Key skills required: Experience within Microsoft Exchange - i.e..... click apply for full job details

A fantastic company, one of the world leaders within their industry are looking for an experienced Web Developer to join their vibrant and fast growing company - based in East Kent. In return you will receive a competitive salary, excellent benefits and the ability to join the company at a very exciting time. This position is required to support the Web and Marketing team. You will be maintaining and improving the company sites and work towards the continual development of the internal software. Skills required: Confident in object-orientated PHP; Highly skilled in SQL; Familiar with the architecture of medium to large sites; Ideally have experience using Laravel framework; Exposure to Docker would be advantageous; Have three years + commercial experience within a similar industry. The person: You will be enthusiastic, passionate, social and a go-getter. This is a great opportunity for someone to work within a forward thinking company, who champions new technology and new ideas, working on continuous improvement of service to their customers and clients. If this sounds like the role for you, please apply today! A portfolio of your work will be required for interview stages. New Appointments Group, Expertly Matching Kent's Employers and Jobseekers since 1975. Committed to diversity, equality and opportunity for all.

The primary purpose of the consultant is to manage the development, production and delivery of the numerical benchmarking service for a specific pbl benchmarking group. Key Responsibilities At all times act professionally, responsibly and with total regard for data security gained from privileged access and insight into 'market sensitive' client data. Establish strong and effective relationships with all the clients within their group to better deliver the results which require all their inputs. Work with clients to extract information and resolve any issues. Collaboratively (internal and with clients), design, specify, build and communicate benchmarks developed from existing data and propose new. Build an understanding of the market landscape including competitor information, customer / market data, technological developments, regulatory changes and political pressures. From this identify opportunities for group benchmark and reporting enhancements. This is an important element of the role designed to extend embed the client relationship. Provide both directly to clients and to support more senior colleagues at client group meetings insightful analysis of current trends and unusual performance patterns emerging from the numerical benchmarks. Essential knowledge, qualifications and skills Highly numerate and analytical. Able to understand data and complex patterns emerging from its manipulation. Ability to challenge existing ways of operating and demonstrate drive, determination, resilience and a can-do attitude. Able to work with large data quantities, statistical functions and macros within MS Excel to an advanced level. Clear customer focus. Able to structure and write comprehensive technical reports and minutes Strong and enthusiastic team player. Excellent communication skills with an ability to resonate and influence clients. Relevant degree, professional marketing/credit qualifications or similar experience. Desirable knowledge, qualifications and skills Able to build business intelligence; understand complex issues and deliver breakthrough solutions. Financial competence to understand the internal P&L impact and the customer value/price trade off. We offer some great benefits……which can include: Company Pension Annual travel Insurance Annual Rail Card Bike 4 Work Childcare VouchersLife assurance (& partner) Private Medical Insurance Income Protection Plus Many More!

Automation Tester (Contract) £300- £350pd C#/QTP/SQL/Automation 3 months London Automation Test Analyst - Web applications across desktop - My client requires an Automation test analyst to provide web application testing using QTP or Test complete or. The role is urgent and therefore suitable candidates need to be available within 2 weeks. Required Skills: * Experience of test automation using Smartbear Test Complete v11 * Knowledge of programming languages prominent in automated testing such as C# * Previous experience of working on a GDPR project * Experience of testing desktop & web applications * Strong working knowledge of SQL * Experience of developing, creating and maintaining automated test scripts * Creating frameworks from scratch and developing/maintaining frameworks * Understanding of testing methodologies - Agile/Dev Ops Concepts * Strong written and verbal communication skills Essential: * Automation of web applications across desktop * Smartbear Tool ie Test Complete v11 or alternative HP UFT or QTP * Languages - C# * V.B. Script * SQL * Microsoft Products (.net tech stack ) * Experience working in Agile Desirable: Selenium WebDrive, Java, GDPR project experience Please apply with your latest CV by 27/05/2018 to be considered. Automation Tester (Contract) £300- £350pd C#/QTP/SQL/Automation 3 months London

Digital Designer - UX, Sketch, Financial Services, Wireframes Up to £400 per day South London Insurance Industry / Digital Solutions Division This Digital Designer Job is being recruited for as a matter of urgency and sits within an impressive and very highly regarded Digital Solutions team for a larger business within the Insurance industry. As Digital Designer, you will be expected to help shape the creative direction and user experiences of all the firm's digital products as well as visualise and create quality digital concepts with good commercial awareness. You will take these concepts from initial stage to actual artwork, plus implement user interface/user experience best practices and maintain the current design standards. The role will see you attend the design briefs and project meetings whilst documenting the design briefs clearly, exploiting current user interface technologies and then executing to Company standards. In addition your responsibilities will see you assist with planning and documenting the user journeys and content plans, exploit the latest web technologies and design thinking and execute them in day-to-day work. To be considered you must have a strong Digital Designer / UX Designer background, with specific skills utilising Photoshop and Sketch as well as other tools such as Illustrator, Indesign, Keynote, Powerpoint and Axsure. You will need to provide a link to your portfolio of work, and your 3 most recent projects will be put under the microscope by the hiring team to assess suitability. It is paramount that your personal portfolio of work shows and highlights your thought process, your concepts from wireframes to design, and overall ability to execute your design skills. Experience of working in an Agile environment would be of benefit. Due to the nature of the role, you must have exceptional communication skills (written and verbal). Digital Designer User Experience Designer / UX Sketch Financial Services Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Keynote, Powerpoint, Axsure Agile Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

SAS Analyst - SAS Base, Macros, Insurance Up to £400 per day South London Insurance Industry My client is a highly reputable Insurance firm based in South London who require a SAS Analyst with good knowledge of Base SAS and Macros, ideally having worked in an Insurance environment previously to work closely with the Marketing Database team. As SAS Analyst, the successful candidate will become a key member of the Marketing Database team and be the responsible party for all technical SAS code changes relating to the weekly check logs and updating content in the Marketing Database. You also will have the opportunity of working on an award winning App and get involved with any project work that comes along within the technical team. To be considered for the role, you must have clear, demonstrable background working with SAS. You will have SAS Base and Macros experience with strong preference for candidates who have previous Insurance Industry experience. If interested with relevant SAS skills and experience please send a latest CV ASAP. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Head of Media, Campaigns and Planning Interested in the UK's housing market, one of the most active property markets in the world? As part of their award-winning communications team you could be contributing to their important work every day - it's an exciting time to be joining them. Position: Head of Media, Campaigns and Planning Location: Croydon, London Job Type: Full Time, Permanent Hours: 36 hours per week Salary: £55,303 per annum Benefits: You will have access to Civil Service pension and benefits arrangements, as well as flexible working - exactly what you would expect from a progressive employer such as the Civil Service. Closing date: 1st July 2018 About the role: You will line-manage a team of senior communications officers and work with the Head of Corporate Communications to develop the overarching communication strategy. This role is based in Croydon, where regeneration is transforming the town centre. The new Boxpark street food mall is just minutes from their Trafalgar House office, which is also within walking distance of West Croydon and East Croydon rail stations and the bus station. About you: They are looking for an excellent communicator who can lead, manage and develop the media, campaigns and planning team to make sure they deliver our client's communication strategies. You will need to demonstrate good political awareness, analytical insight and strategic thinking skills and expertise to support Directors and other senior members of our client, building the team's skills and capability to meet current and future needs in planning, communication management, delivery and evaluation. You may have experience of the following: Head of Media, Animal Welfare, PR, Public Relations, Marketing Director, Head of PR, Media Relations, Marketing Communications, Marcoms, Head of Media Relations, Food Industry, Head of Public Relations, PR Director, Communications Manager, Senior Press Officer, Media Manager, Press Manager, PR Manager, etc. This vacancy is being advertised by EasyWeb Recruitment, the UK's leading Online Recruitment Agency. The services advertised by EasyWeb Recruitment are those of an employment agency. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief, and we confirm that we will gladly accept all applications.

Junior SAS Analyst - SAS Base, Macros, Insurance Up to £250 per day South London Insurance Industry My client is a highly reputable Insurance firm based in South London who require a Junior SAS Analyst with knowledge of Base SAS and Macros, ideally having worked in an Insurance environment previously to work closely with the Marketing Database team. As Junior SAS Analyst, the successful candidate will become a key member of the Marketing Database team and be the responsible party for all technical SAS code changes relating to the weekly check logs and updating content in the Marketing Database. You also will have the opportunity of working on an award winning App and get involved with any project work that comes along within the technical team. To be considered for the role, you must have demonstrable experience of working with SAS. You will have SAS Base and Macros experience with strong preference for candidates who have previous Insurance Industry experience. If interested with relevant SAS skills and experience please send a latest CV ASAP. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

SAS Developer - SAS Base, Testing, Regression, Excel Up to £400 per day South London Insurance Industry My client is a highly reputable Insurance firm based in South London who require a highly technical SAS Developer with Testing experience as part of the increase in workload and necessity to..... click apply for full job details

6 Month initial contract Bromley My client, a global insurance company requires a Cloud Engineer to work as part of the DevOps team, an engineer who is interested in assisting the build out of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform, This is an excellent opportunity to start at the ground level of an enterprise..... click apply for full job details

The 1st Line Technical Support Engineer role is subject to successful completion of the training course - details of costs & fees will be discussed at registration. Train to be a 1st Line - Technical Support Engineer In a world which is ever evolving, IT is one of the only professions guaranteed to constantly challenge and develop you. If you have a passion for everything technical and have a talent for understanding how things work, then you should seriously consider a career in Technical Support. The GCI Group are widely considered one of the nation's leaders in Managed Services and with a client base which is growing at an incredible rate they find themselves in constant need of 1st Line Technical Support Engineers. To meet this high demand, they have teamed up with The Training Room to identify individuals ready to immerse themselves the world of IT. The GCI group have future-proofed offices ready and waiting for you to really hone your skills as a Technical Support Engineer. No experience is required as The Training Room will partner you with a course to get you that all important certification in: Microsoft Networking Fundamentals (MTA) CompTIA Network+ Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching The course offers you the flexibility to study when it's convenient and you could be certified in as little as 3 months, so why wait? Your role will include; Resolving monitoring notifications Installing the latest security updates Systems upkeep and maintenance Upgrading client systems Incident Management Process Compliance You will be providing support and maintenance across; Data and system security (Firewalls and UTM) Routing and Switching Connectivity Data-centre (servers, storage and virtualisation) Recovery Process (BU and DR) You will also be expected to act in accordance with GCI's corporate security standard. If you have the passion and attitude needed to really succeed in IT, then start your journey today and click APPLY now. Just complete the short form and we will call you back for an open conversation about the next steps. We are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under reference number: 723720.