Bytes Group

Travel Requirements Occasional attendance to customer offices - usually within UK. Occasional attendance to company promotional events. PURPOSE OF JOB: Bytes helps customers achieve their business objectives by delivering a broad range of technology-focused support, professional and managed services. We aim to increase consumption, adoption and customer satisfaction, making a measurable contribution to customer success and growth. The Advisory Analyst will initially support Procurement Advisory Consultants in delivering commercial and procurement advisory, management and transaction services for software assets. This includes helping to define and apply a professional, structured and repeatable process to identify optimal commercial routes for renewals and new purchases, aligned to existing and planned customer strategies. These services will be delivered through a managed service framework to a portfolio ranging from mid sized UK businesses to global enterprises. The Advisory Analyst may also support the wider Software Services Team with additional software focused analyst activities beyond core procurement work. The role's primary purpose is to enable Consultants to deliver customer value by reducing operational overheads and optimising spend through the collection, preparation, analysis and reporting of relevant data. Analysts will work across a range of customer accounts. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Proactively support the activities of the Procurement Advisory Consultants by collecting, collating accurate, complete and timely data, analysing data to achieve the outcome defined by the Procurement Advisory Consultants, contributing to the production of customer facing reports and deliverables, deliver against customer statement of works Support the creation of Service Review contributions demonstrating volume of activity and evidence of value delivered. Build and maintain strong relationships with the procurement and SAM functions within the Customer business. Ensure timely delivery of a quality service as defined in the contract between Bytes and the customer meeting and exceeding SLAs. Build and continually develop knowledge of software contracts and vendors. Contribute to the delivery of related programs of change from an Asset Management perspective. Identify opportunities for Bytes where Bytes may propose new/additional related Services or where existing services could be improved or evolved to meet new needs. Escalate potential service issues within the team and to Bytes management. The description above reflects the core responsibilities/activities of the role but is not intended to be all inclusive; other duties may be required in addition to changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time. There is a requirement for the post holder to recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES: You will at all times maintain open communications with the Procurement Advisory Consultants and your Services team colleagues throughout an engagement. You will be both accountable and responsible for the effective, accurate and timely support of the Procurement Advisory Consultants. WIDER TEAM NETWORK Internal Bytes Services Division including PMO. Bytes Account Management team External Customer Resources (EXCO Sponsor, Owner, PMO Team, Delivery Team etc.) Delivery Partners/Sub Contractors QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS: Educational Qualifications ESSENTIAL Professional Qualifications CIPS Level 2 or Level 3 Certificate (Standard or Advanced) ILIL Foundation Project Management Accreditation i.e., PRINCE2 Years of Experience Greater than one (1) year of demonstrable experience of being part of a team delivering Software Procurement/Contract Management services. Exposure to key vendor licensing schemes and contract offerings/structures. Exposure to licensing scenarios associated to server infrastructures, including Virtualisation, Public Cloud and Thin Client. Other Requirements Legally able to work in the country in which the position is based. Essential Able to demonstrate the ability to undertake the defined key and individual responsibilities for the role. Excellent mathematical and statistical skills. Intermediate/Advanced level of Microsoft Excel skill to facilitate analysis and presentation of data. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Able to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility including occasional out of hours working. Excellent organisational skills - able to manage and prioritise tasks and time efficiently. Able to manage sensitive and sometimes confidential information. Measures & Goals Successful Delivery - Monthly: Complaints/escalations received directly from Customer Successful Delivery - Individual Workstreams delivered on time as defined in the contract Successful Delivery - Bytes Account Manager engaged only for review/escalation/sales purposes

Bytes Group in the United Kingdom seeks an Advisory Analyst to support Procurement Advisory Consultants in delivering software asset advisory, management and transaction services. You will help define repeatable processes to identify optimal commercial routes for renewals and new purchases, aligning with customer strategies within a managed service framework. You will gather, prepare and analyse data, contributing to customer-facing reports, maintain relationships across internal teams and

Bytes Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build scalable web applications using React and TypeScript. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to contribute to system architecture and maintain high standards of engineering quality. The ideal candidate has strong commercial experience, ideally with e-commerce platforms and familiarity with .NET. This is an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment on a commercially critical platform, influencing system development and improvements.

Key responsibilities Design and build scalable, production grade web applications. Contribute to system architecture and technical design decisions. Develop high quality, maintainable React applications using TypeScript. Build and evolve APIs and services using .NET. Participate actively in technical discussions and architectural trade offs. Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering quality standards. Collaborate closely with product, commercial, and support teams. Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across the stack. Support and mentor mid level engineers. Required experience Core experience 5-8 years of commercial software engineering experience. Demonstrated experience operating as a Senior Engineer in a production environment. Evidence of ownership beyond individual tasks (features, services, or systems). Frontend (important) Strong commercial experience with React and TypeScript (typically 3+ years). Proven experience building production grade, scalable UI applications. Solid understanding of: Component architecture and reuse. State management approaches. Performance optimisation in real world applications. Candidates whose primary experience is in Angular or other frameworks, with only limited React exposure, are unlikely to be a fit. Solid, hands on experience with .NET / .NET Core. Experience building and maintaining APIs and service based architectures. Good understanding of: Performance considerations. Reliability in production systems. Experience working on e commerce, marketplace, or transactional systems is strongly preferred. Candidates without direct e commerce experience should demonstrate experience with complex user facing platforms and systems that involve transactions or business critical workflows. Experience working with Azure or comparable cloud platforms. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Docker or containerised environments. Exposure to monitoring and observability tools. What we're looking for A strong hands on engineer who takes ownership and delivers reliably. A pragmatic problem solver who balances quality, speed, and business needs. Someone who contributes beyond code through ideas, improvements, and collaboration. A supportive mentor who helps others grow without needing to be a formal manager. Desirable (not required) Experience with high scale or high traffic systems. Exposure to microservices architectures. Experience in payments, pricing, or order management domains. Experience with Kubernetes or cloud native patterns. What this role is not Not a junior or mid level position. Not a frontend only or backend only role. Not a Staff / Principal level ownership role. What we offer Opportunity to work on a commercially critical platform. A collaborative, pragmatic engineering environment. Exposure to modern technologies and evolving architecture. Real opportunity to influence how systems are built and improved. We're particularly interested in candidates who can clearly articulate: Systems they've built and their specific contribution. Technical decisions they've contributed to and why. How they've handled real world production issues. Examples of ownership, improvement, or mentoring.

Utilising Bytes' standard Project Management methodology and toolsets, provide professional project management services supporting the delivery of IT-related projects and services. Delivery resources may be internal human resources, software applications and/or external specialist contractors. The role will involve overseeing project delivery of Cloud and Security based Solutions across a wide and varied customer portfolio. There will also be responsibility for managing the Mobilisation and Transition phases of more complex Managed Services, with a view to progressing these to a BAU state of readiness to handover into delivery teams, with in some cases an ongoing requirement for the Project Manager to continue their involvement to deliver ongoing BAU service aspects. Ownership of the project timeline, scope, budget, stakeholder management, reporting and effective management of risks & issues are key. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Take responsibility for the delivery of projects and customer engagements for Bytes. Day-to-day running of multiple projects throughout their entire life cycle. Lead and manage cloud migration projects. Implement cloud-based solutions. Collaborate with SME consultant resources to provide input into scalable design solutions. Business analysis and scoping of project engagement, including facilitation of workshops and documentation of customer requirements. Management of project plans, scope, timescales and budgets. Management and coordination of project resources from within Bytes, customers, delivery partners and vendors. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Scope and plan projects, including scheduling of required resources through the project office. Manage tasks allocated to internal and external individuals involved in the project delivery. Track and report project progress in line with set customer expectations. Track and report project exceptions, decisions and risks / issues in line with customer expectations. Ensure project stage gates are defined and met, working towards the project end goal and deliverables. Ensure delivery of project scope within agreed timescales and budgets. Provide sufficient input into technical aspects of engagements to ensure successful delivery of technical components by Bytes' Solution Consultants and / or third party resources. Provide sufficient business input to SME consultant resources to ensure successful delivery of licensing, procurement and compliance management aspects of SAM engagements. Work with both internal and external project stakeholders to ensure they are kept informed of progress and any issues with project delivery. Manage and supervise project resources, through a matrix management model, applying direct / hands on management as necessary. Foster effective and successful team working project environment to ensure resources are motivated and projects delivered successfully. Ensure project documentation such as status reports, end of stage reports and customer sign offs are produced / obtained. WIDER TEAM NETWORK Internal Services Team Systems Development Internal Systems External Customers Partners QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS: Experience of delivery of Cloud and Security based Solutions to external customers and managing multiple projects and services concurrently. Experience of working with recognised Project Management tooling e.g. Microsoft Project. Good communicator both written and oral. Excellent people management and coordination skills. Accreditation in, or able to demonstrate a good understanding and practical working knowledge of a recognised project management methodology such as Prince 2. Experience of working within IT/Software industry Azure Fundamentals and other relevant Microsoft Accreditations. Accreditations in other Cloud Certifications e.g. AWS & Google Cloud. Experience or exposure to Software Asset Management principles. Experience of working with software license management solutions. Experience of working with infrastructure management technologies. Training Given Job specific training will be given during employment both on the job and by vendors. Other Requirements Some hours outside the normal working times may be required to complete specific projects. Presentable and articulate. Demonstrate and build confidence/credibility with customers. Ability to work proactively, independently and in an agile manner to achieve desired outcomes. Methodical and organised with an attention to detail. Can see big picture and think creatively. MEASURES & GOALS Successful Delivery: On time and budget delivery of solutions (Monthly). Services passed to BAU within planned timeframe.