About the role
The primary purpose of this role is to develop, maintain, continuously improve, and support both internal and client-facing IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, networks, and telecoms systems. The successful candidate will report directly to our Global Infrastructure Lead, providing expert Infrastructure oversight, while working with the wider IT department to ensure the successful delivery and performance of our IT services the fulfillment of our obligations, and Service Level Targets.
What you will do
Takes a lead role in completing more complex project tasks to enable the on-time, within-budget, and scope delivery of IT Infrastructure projects.
Takes a lead role in conducting more complex root cause analysis to identify and resolve complex problems impacting IT Infrastructure.
Work with the global IT team to undertake maintenance activities to ensure that the servers (both Cloud and on-premise) are secure to make sure IT infrastructure remains available and ‘fit for purpose’
Perform L2 and L3 incident management for Desktop and Server Infrastructure Technologies Supporting the systems administrator(s) with BAU support, providing an escalation point for high-level users and issues
Infrastructure innovation, in line with business plans and software development
Develop an understanding of ISO 27001 and assist with audits, compliance, and policy development
Perform root-cause analysis on cyber and compliance risks
Out-of-hours work to support global teams when required
Takes a lead role in developing documentation for the more complex technical areas. Mentor less experienced team members in the execution of their duties
Ensure security compliance of the IT infrastructure by carrying out remedial actions as required
What we are looking for
Excellent working knowledge of The Microsoft Cloud services and experience of building solutions around the,
Solid technical experience in supporting Microsoft server infrastructure (hardware and software)
Team Leader experience, generally focused around mentoring junior members of the team
Experienced engineer with an excellent record of server infrastructure, medium and large schedule rolls of Cloud first infrastructures
Experience working with MS Windows Server 2012/R2, ADFS, AD MS SharePoint, Exchange, PowerShell, Skype for business, Teams, O365, and Intune.
Working knowledge and experience of Hyper-V is essential
Experience of SQL server management
Technical experience Office 365 and administration of MS Azure
Be able to demonstrate advanced networking skills
Working knowledge of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft PowerApps and power platform builds
Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 360 or equivalent
Experience supporting Azure DevOP’s platforms, Maintain Blob Storage as well as other Microsoft cloud technologies
Have a positive ‘can do’ attitude, be willing to go the extra mile and suggest improvements to departmental processes
IT Project Management (Technical side) desirable
Excellent communication skills at all levels, be able to provide updates to the relevant individuals / teams as and when necessary
Solid understanding of General IT equipment e.g., Switch, routers, SaaS etc.
Experience in cybersecurity is desirable
Experience of 27001 is desirable (not audit level)
Experience designing and implementing CRM Systems is desirable
NB: The successful candidate will be required to pass our security screening procedures.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
About the role
The primary purpose of this role is to develop, maintain, continuously improve, and support both internal and client-facing IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, networks, and telecoms systems. The successful candidate will report directly to our Global Infrastructure Lead, providing expert Infrastructure oversight, while working with the wider IT department to ensure the successful delivery and performance of our IT services the fulfillment of our obligations, and Service Level Targets.
What you will do
Takes a lead role in completing more complex project tasks to enable the on-time, within-budget, and scope delivery of IT Infrastructure projects.
Takes a lead role in conducting more complex root cause analysis to identify and resolve complex problems impacting IT Infrastructure.
Work with the global IT team to undertake maintenance activities to ensure that the servers (both Cloud and on-premise) are secure to make sure IT infrastructure remains available and ‘fit for purpose’
Perform L2 and L3 incident management for Desktop and Server Infrastructure Technologies Supporting the systems administrator(s) with BAU support, providing an escalation point for high-level users and issues
Infrastructure innovation, in line with business plans and software development
Develop an understanding of ISO 27001 and assist with audits, compliance, and policy development
Perform root-cause analysis on cyber and compliance risks
Out-of-hours work to support global teams when required
Takes a lead role in developing documentation for the more complex technical areas. Mentor less experienced team members in the execution of their duties
Ensure security compliance of the IT infrastructure by carrying out remedial actions as required
What we are looking for
Excellent working knowledge of The Microsoft Cloud services and experience of building solutions around the,
Solid technical experience in supporting Microsoft server infrastructure (hardware and software)
Team Leader experience, generally focused around mentoring junior members of the team
Experienced engineer with an excellent record of server infrastructure, medium and large schedule rolls of Cloud first infrastructures
Experience working with MS Windows Server 2012/R2, ADFS, AD MS SharePoint, Exchange, PowerShell, Skype for business, Teams, O365, and Intune.
Working knowledge and experience of Hyper-V is essential
Experience of SQL server management
Technical experience Office 365 and administration of MS Azure
Be able to demonstrate advanced networking skills
Working knowledge of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft PowerApps and power platform builds
Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 360 or equivalent
Experience supporting Azure DevOP’s platforms, Maintain Blob Storage as well as other Microsoft cloud technologies
Have a positive ‘can do’ attitude, be willing to go the extra mile and suggest improvements to departmental processes
IT Project Management (Technical side) desirable
Excellent communication skills at all levels, be able to provide updates to the relevant individuals / teams as and when necessary
Solid understanding of General IT equipment e.g., Switch, routers, SaaS etc.
Experience in cybersecurity is desirable
Experience of 27001 is desirable (not audit level)
Experience designing and implementing CRM Systems is desirable
NB: The successful candidate will be required to pass our security screening procedures.
We are looking for a 2nd Line Service Desk Engineer to join a well-established and fast-growing IT Services, Solutions and Consultancy practice.
We're a team of dedicated IT professionals looking for someone to join the team and continue our mission of providing world-class IT services to a diverse and expanding list of clients.
You should have at least 4 years working in a commercial IT Support environment - preferably within a Managed Service Provider. You must have an enthusiastic and ambitious attitude towards work, be someone who enjoys working with a variety of different technologies and who can hit the ground running.
You will be responsible for providing technical support for Enable Technology's Managed Service customers with the aim of fixing all incidents or escalating to the 3rd line engineering team if required. You will also be required to perform a variety of proactive tasks which will help maximise customer's up-time, perform root-cause analysis and prevent reoccurring issues. This may include resolving more complex monitoring alerts, deploying the latest security updates, system maintenance and upgrading customer systems. Desired skills include:
Remote / On Site Support, Ticket management, Experience working in an ITIL environment.
Microsoft Office 365 services – experience in all aspects of Microsoft 365 migration and implementation highly desired.
Email services (Exchange, Exchange Online, Mimecast, Gmail)
MDM Solutions (Intune, Jamf)
SharePoint Online and Teams setup and configuration
Microsoft Azure administration
Hosted Telephony
Windows Server, GPO, AD, File Servers and any other server roles.
Deployment and implementation of new workstations and network hardware across multiple remote sites.
General desktop support, Hardware\software diagnosis and break fix.
Windows OS 7,8 and 10
DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, LAN, Routing, VPN and WAN.
Interest and exposure to security (Firewalls, Windows security – server and workstation)
If you feel you have the technical knowledge and experience stated, then please apply for the role ASAP.
What you can expect from us in return:
At Enable Technology, we think it's important to look after our employees. In addition to a competitive salary, supportive teams and a real chance to progress your career, we offer a range of benefits which include:
Holiday : 22 days' holiday rising to 25 days with length of service
Birthdays : A free day’s holiday on your birthday (or nearest Friday/Monday)
Hybrid Working : A minimum of 1 day per week home working
Socials: Quarterly work socials and weekly team lunches
Top tech : We don't just keep out services and solutions for our customers; that means best-of-breed software and hardware for all our staff
Training : A tailored training plan including official vendor certifications
Why choose a career with Enable Technology?
At Enable we have several goals. We're on a mission to become one of the UK's best and biggest MSPs and want to continue to grow. We're a leading Managed Service Provider and want to keep expanding our product portfolio and customer base. But most importantly of all, we want to continue to provide the very best technological solutions to our customers in order to help them achieve their business goals.
Enable recognises the importance in creating an environment that supports personal development to enable individuals to reach their full potential. With so many varied roles across the Company, an excellent Apprenticeship Scheme and various training and development programmes available, at Enable Technology the opportunities for growth are endless.
NO RECRUITERS PLEASE
Dec 18, 2023
Full time
We are looking for a 2nd Line Service Desk Engineer to join a well-established and fast-growing IT Services, Solutions and Consultancy practice.
We're a team of dedicated IT professionals looking for someone to join the team and continue our mission of providing world-class IT services to a diverse and expanding list of clients.
You should have at least 4 years working in a commercial IT Support environment - preferably within a Managed Service Provider. You must have an enthusiastic and ambitious attitude towards work, be someone who enjoys working with a variety of different technologies and who can hit the ground running.
You will be responsible for providing technical support for Enable Technology's Managed Service customers with the aim of fixing all incidents or escalating to the 3rd line engineering team if required. You will also be required to perform a variety of proactive tasks which will help maximise customer's up-time, perform root-cause analysis and prevent reoccurring issues. This may include resolving more complex monitoring alerts, deploying the latest security updates, system maintenance and upgrading customer systems. Desired skills include:
Remote / On Site Support, Ticket management, Experience working in an ITIL environment.
Microsoft Office 365 services – experience in all aspects of Microsoft 365 migration and implementation highly desired.
Email services (Exchange, Exchange Online, Mimecast, Gmail)
MDM Solutions (Intune, Jamf)
SharePoint Online and Teams setup and configuration
Microsoft Azure administration
Hosted Telephony
Windows Server, GPO, AD, File Servers and any other server roles.
Deployment and implementation of new workstations and network hardware across multiple remote sites.
General desktop support, Hardware\software diagnosis and break fix.
Windows OS 7,8 and 10
DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, LAN, Routing, VPN and WAN.
Interest and exposure to security (Firewalls, Windows security – server and workstation)
If you feel you have the technical knowledge and experience stated, then please apply for the role ASAP.
What you can expect from us in return:
At Enable Technology, we think it's important to look after our employees. In addition to a competitive salary, supportive teams and a real chance to progress your career, we offer a range of benefits which include:
Holiday : 22 days' holiday rising to 25 days with length of service
Birthdays : A free day’s holiday on your birthday (or nearest Friday/Monday)
Hybrid Working : A minimum of 1 day per week home working
Socials: Quarterly work socials and weekly team lunches
Top tech : We don't just keep out services and solutions for our customers; that means best-of-breed software and hardware for all our staff
Training : A tailored training plan including official vendor certifications
Why choose a career with Enable Technology?
At Enable we have several goals. We're on a mission to become one of the UK's best and biggest MSPs and want to continue to grow. We're a leading Managed Service Provider and want to keep expanding our product portfolio and customer base. But most importantly of all, we want to continue to provide the very best technological solutions to our customers in order to help them achieve their business goals.
Enable recognises the importance in creating an environment that supports personal development to enable individuals to reach their full potential. With so many varied roles across the Company, an excellent Apprenticeship Scheme and various training and development programmes available, at Enable Technology the opportunities for growth are endless.
NO RECRUITERS PLEASE
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
Balloch, West Dunbartonshire
ICT Infrastructure Engineer (M365)
Salary : £33,622 - £40,473 per annum
Contract: Permanent - Full Time, we are happy to talk part-time and flexible working
Location: Balloch – with hybrid working model in place
Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful and scenic landscapes in the world?
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park covers over 720 square miles of Scotland’s finest countryside which welcomes over 4 million visitors each year. From the stunning sea lochs and rugged coastline through the majestic glens and breath-taking Loch, Scotland’s first National Park truly is a magical place to live or visit and an incredible place to work.
The role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced ICT Infrastructure Engineer to join our small, dedicated team providing ICT support services for Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park. This is a rare opportunity to join a fast paced and high performing organisation at a truly exciting time for the Information Services team as we expand our use of Microsoft 365, look towards full Cloud adoption and being planning on our new Digital Strategy.
An experienced professional, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, you will have a proven track record in supporting, developing, and securing M365, Azure and Cloud based platforms, from user and app management to compliance and governance aspects as well as on site infrastructure (such as networking equipment, Microsoft Server, and VMware virtual environments)
As someone who has a background in both Microsoft 365 and Azure and on-premise technologies, you will understand how to organise and prioritise a varied workload to meet deadlines all while being confident, credible, proactive, and creative when driving quality improvement and good practice.
Responsibilities:
Provide administration and support of secure and efficient IT, telephony, data, and intranet systems, which support the business needs of the organisation, including M365, server 2016-19, networking, ICT Helpdesk (end-user support), cyber security, ongoing maintenance, system development and business continuity.
Lead the planning, implementation, administration, and development of the organisations M365 tenancy and applications.
Support the development & implementation of new technologies by advising on design concepts & changes, implementation strategies & deployment timelines.
Contribute with modern thinking regarding Infrastructure technologies to assist in the digitalization of the business.
Undertake defined support activities including performing Scheduled Maintenance (controlled upgrades and fixes), testing, problem diagnosis and Root-cause Analysis, resolving subsequent issues within agreed parameters.
Provide advice and information on matters relating to Information Services systems and software, and ICT\GIS team service delivery, and support the effective monitoring of all such systems and services.
Contribute to developing and supporting awareness initiatives, including training and the production of user guides, to promote more effective, efficient, and sustainable use of the organisation’s Information Services resources.
Assist with the provision of effective Information Services administration by maintaining key documents and records such as Asset Registers, Network Diagrams, Technical procedures, and configuration documents.
Document technical procedures and routines and assist in the production and publication of all Information Services service standards and make recommendations for policy or action.
Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as required.
Who we are looking for:
Your skills, abilities and experience should include:
Demonstrable relevant experience of working in a similar role
Experience of developing and supporting M365, including Azure AD, Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune, Autopilot and O365 Apps
Experience of developing and supporting M365 Power Platform services, such as Power BI and Power Automate.
Demonstrable technical ability
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
The ability to adapt and to learn new skills and technologies
A recognised computing or other relevant qualification at Degree level or equivalent, or equivalent relevant experience
Ideally, but not essential, you’ll also have:
Experience of Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a service
Strong knowledge of security solutions including firewalls, antivirus, intrusion detection, network monitoring and MDM systems
Strong knowledge and understanding of M365
Strong knowledge and understanding of Active Directory and Group policy
Relevant Microsoft Qualifications
Who we are and our values:
We offer flexible and remote working, with a generous pension scheme and annual leave allowance. Staff have access to wellbeing services and there is a strong focus on wellbeing throughout the organisation.
Being part of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority means being passionate about what you do, working hard to inspire and lead the way for others. We care about each other and are accessible and friendly treating each other with respect and understanding, we think about our planet with each decision we make. Together, we are the difference.
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority are proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience is vital in our success we want our business to be representative to the communities we work alongside. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Closing date: 3 January 2024.
Interview dates are set for: w/c 15 January 2024.
Dec 07, 2023
Full time
ICT Infrastructure Engineer (M365)
Salary : £33,622 - £40,473 per annum
Contract: Permanent - Full Time, we are happy to talk part-time and flexible working
Location: Balloch – with hybrid working model in place
Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful and scenic landscapes in the world?
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park covers over 720 square miles of Scotland’s finest countryside which welcomes over 4 million visitors each year. From the stunning sea lochs and rugged coastline through the majestic glens and breath-taking Loch, Scotland’s first National Park truly is a magical place to live or visit and an incredible place to work.
The role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced ICT Infrastructure Engineer to join our small, dedicated team providing ICT support services for Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park. This is a rare opportunity to join a fast paced and high performing organisation at a truly exciting time for the Information Services team as we expand our use of Microsoft 365, look towards full Cloud adoption and being planning on our new Digital Strategy.
An experienced professional, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, you will have a proven track record in supporting, developing, and securing M365, Azure and Cloud based platforms, from user and app management to compliance and governance aspects as well as on site infrastructure (such as networking equipment, Microsoft Server, and VMware virtual environments)
As someone who has a background in both Microsoft 365 and Azure and on-premise technologies, you will understand how to organise and prioritise a varied workload to meet deadlines all while being confident, credible, proactive, and creative when driving quality improvement and good practice.
Responsibilities:
Provide administration and support of secure and efficient IT, telephony, data, and intranet systems, which support the business needs of the organisation, including M365, server 2016-19, networking, ICT Helpdesk (end-user support), cyber security, ongoing maintenance, system development and business continuity.
Lead the planning, implementation, administration, and development of the organisations M365 tenancy and applications.
Support the development & implementation of new technologies by advising on design concepts & changes, implementation strategies & deployment timelines.
Contribute with modern thinking regarding Infrastructure technologies to assist in the digitalization of the business.
Undertake defined support activities including performing Scheduled Maintenance (controlled upgrades and fixes), testing, problem diagnosis and Root-cause Analysis, resolving subsequent issues within agreed parameters.
Provide advice and information on matters relating to Information Services systems and software, and ICT\GIS team service delivery, and support the effective monitoring of all such systems and services.
Contribute to developing and supporting awareness initiatives, including training and the production of user guides, to promote more effective, efficient, and sustainable use of the organisation’s Information Services resources.
Assist with the provision of effective Information Services administration by maintaining key documents and records such as Asset Registers, Network Diagrams, Technical procedures, and configuration documents.
Document technical procedures and routines and assist in the production and publication of all Information Services service standards and make recommendations for policy or action.
Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as required.
Who we are looking for:
Your skills, abilities and experience should include:
Demonstrable relevant experience of working in a similar role
Experience of developing and supporting M365, including Azure AD, Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune, Autopilot and O365 Apps
Experience of developing and supporting M365 Power Platform services, such as Power BI and Power Automate.
Demonstrable technical ability
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
The ability to adapt and to learn new skills and technologies
A recognised computing or other relevant qualification at Degree level or equivalent, or equivalent relevant experience
Ideally, but not essential, you’ll also have:
Experience of Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a service
Strong knowledge of security solutions including firewalls, antivirus, intrusion detection, network monitoring and MDM systems
Strong knowledge and understanding of M365
Strong knowledge and understanding of Active Directory and Group policy
Relevant Microsoft Qualifications
Who we are and our values:
We offer flexible and remote working, with a generous pension scheme and annual leave allowance. Staff have access to wellbeing services and there is a strong focus on wellbeing throughout the organisation.
Being part of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority means being passionate about what you do, working hard to inspire and lead the way for others. We care about each other and are accessible and friendly treating each other with respect and understanding, we think about our planet with each decision we make. Together, we are the difference.
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority are proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience is vital in our success we want our business to be representative to the communities we work alongside. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Closing date: 3 January 2024.
Interview dates are set for: w/c 15 January 2024.
This is a key leadership role within the IT and Change function, responsible for overall operation and governance of the IT department and reporting directly to the group IT Director.
You will be responsible for defining policy, process and working practices and for ensuring an effective IT Support service to the Group.
A full-time post, working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. Remote working, but occasional requirement to attend a site office.
Responsibilities include:
IT Service Delivery
Establishing, configuring and providing adoption assurance for service tooling
Oversight and co-ordination of incidents and requests on behalf of engineers within each subsidiary
Build relationships with senior leaderships within Group companies
Providing service reporting to senor leadership within each business
Delivery of Key IT Processes, in line with ISO27001 and ITIL, including:
Incident and Major Incident
Change Control
Access Control
Disaster Recovery Test Scheduling and Reporting
Service Desk Management
Information Security Audit
Capacity management
Vulnerability Management
Asset Management and SAM
Knowledgebase Management
Chairs the Businesses Monthly Governance meetings
Liaises with Group and subsidiary compliance teams to enable ongoing review of controls
Delivers the Group IT Risk Treatment Plan, updated the IT risk Register accordingly
Governance of MS Teams and SharePoint
Manages Vendors and Suppliers in line with the Group Supplier policy
Profile: Skills, experience, education
Skills
Strong technical awareness without being an expert
Excellent verbal, written, organisational communication skills
Strong background in ISO27001 and ITIL
Service leadership
Able to lead and mentor others who are not direct reports
Able to build relationships and engage with senior stakeholders
Customer service oriented
Knowledge of DR techniques and technologies
Strong awareness and experience of implementing IT Service management tools
Experience
5 years (or able to demonstrate excellent experience) of managing an IT Operation / Service Desk
Experience of working in a multi subsidiary business desirable
Experience of working within regulated industries preferred
Qualifications – Essential
Degree or equivalent
ITIL V4 Foundation
Qualifications – Desirable
ITIL V4 Create, Deliver, Support
ISO27001 Auditor
Formal training in people leadership
Role conditional on passing employee vetting process which includes a 5 year employment reference check, 3 year financial probity and basic criminal disclosure check.
We offer an unrivalled benefits package including flexible working arrangements, enhanced maternity & paternity, private medical insurance, medical cash plan, company sick pay, 5% matched pension, up to 27 days paid holiday (subject to length of service increments) plus bank holidays on top and option to top up by 5 days per year through our flexible leave scheme.
Kuro Health actively promotes equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from a wide range of candidates with the right mix of talent, skills and potential.
Sep 08, 2023
Full time
This is a key leadership role within the IT and Change function, responsible for overall operation and governance of the IT department and reporting directly to the group IT Director.
You will be responsible for defining policy, process and working practices and for ensuring an effective IT Support service to the Group.
A full-time post, working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. Remote working, but occasional requirement to attend a site office.
Responsibilities include:
IT Service Delivery
Establishing, configuring and providing adoption assurance for service tooling
Oversight and co-ordination of incidents and requests on behalf of engineers within each subsidiary
Build relationships with senior leaderships within Group companies
Providing service reporting to senor leadership within each business
Delivery of Key IT Processes, in line with ISO27001 and ITIL, including:
Incident and Major Incident
Change Control
Access Control
Disaster Recovery Test Scheduling and Reporting
Service Desk Management
Information Security Audit
Capacity management
Vulnerability Management
Asset Management and SAM
Knowledgebase Management
Chairs the Businesses Monthly Governance meetings
Liaises with Group and subsidiary compliance teams to enable ongoing review of controls
Delivers the Group IT Risk Treatment Plan, updated the IT risk Register accordingly
Governance of MS Teams and SharePoint
Manages Vendors and Suppliers in line with the Group Supplier policy
Profile: Skills, experience, education
Skills
Strong technical awareness without being an expert
Excellent verbal, written, organisational communication skills
Strong background in ISO27001 and ITIL
Service leadership
Able to lead and mentor others who are not direct reports
Able to build relationships and engage with senior stakeholders
Customer service oriented
Knowledge of DR techniques and technologies
Strong awareness and experience of implementing IT Service management tools
Experience
5 years (or able to demonstrate excellent experience) of managing an IT Operation / Service Desk
Experience of working in a multi subsidiary business desirable
Experience of working within regulated industries preferred
Qualifications – Essential
Degree or equivalent
ITIL V4 Foundation
Qualifications – Desirable
ITIL V4 Create, Deliver, Support
ISO27001 Auditor
Formal training in people leadership
Role conditional on passing employee vetting process which includes a 5 year employment reference check, 3 year financial probity and basic criminal disclosure check.
We offer an unrivalled benefits package including flexible working arrangements, enhanced maternity & paternity, private medical insurance, medical cash plan, company sick pay, 5% matched pension, up to 27 days paid holiday (subject to length of service increments) plus bank holidays on top and option to top up by 5 days per year through our flexible leave scheme.
Kuro Health actively promotes equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from a wide range of candidates with the right mix of talent, skills and potential.
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service
Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3RS, UK
3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist (Software Deployment, Server Infrastructure)
£44,539 - *£51,387** per annum *Career Progression Criteria applies **The salary includes a market supplement
Based at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Butterley Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire
Agile working arrangements can be discussed with the successful candidate.
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is looking to recruit a 3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist (Software Deployment, Server Infrastructure). Underlying responsibilities of the role are ensuring the IT infrastructure is fit for purpose, systems are secure, and you will contribute to the continual improvement of our ICT provision.
As a 3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist, you will be responsible for desktop software deployment, management of endpoints, providing support to system administrators and troubleshooting within the areas of responsibility.
Known for your customer-focused approach, you will support the Service’s users, assisting in diagnosing issues across the ICT infrastructure, including end-point devices and some servers, in physical, virtual and cloud environments.
You will assist the ICT Service Delivery Manager in providing excellent support to business-critical applications, requiring you to possess excellent time management skills, communications skills, alongside a broad technical knowledge.
You will be able to demonstrate:
Excellent ICT Problem solving in a mission critical environment
A strong understanding of Microsoft Windows operating system technologies
A strong understanding of virtualised server and desktop provision
A strong understanding of cloud-based infrastructure
An excellent all-round ICT support understanding working as part of a busy team
Can we count on you to deliver a customer-focused service that is consistent, reliable and focused on excellence?
To apply and find out more please visit: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/derbyshirefire/Job/JobDetail?JobId=696
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Brett Clements, ICT Service Delivery Manager on 01773 305344.
The closing date for completed applications is midnight Sunday 23rd April 2023 .
Interviews will be held week commencing 1st May 2023 .
There may be a requirement for some travel for which a pool car will be provided.
The normal working week is 37 hours however you may occasionally need to work beyond normal office hours. The postholder will also be required to provide rota cover on the Recall to Duty Scheme.
In return we offer;
Flexible working hours
Family friendly policies
Free car parking
Health & wellbeing services, including free access to gyms at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service locations
Employee discount scheme
Employee support networks
Ongoing training and development opportunities
Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
We are committed to equality and fairness at work. Applications are encouraged from all diverse communities.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff are expected to share this commitment.
Police security vetting procedures at the appropriate level will be requested for the successful applicant. Please note that, due to the nature of security checks undertaken, applicants must have 3 years continuous residency in the UK up to the date of the application and Home Office approval for indefinite leave to remain within the UK.
If you have a disability and need assistance completing the application form, please contact the Service Centre on 01773 305441.
Mar 28, 2023
Full time
3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist (Software Deployment, Server Infrastructure)
£44,539 - *£51,387** per annum *Career Progression Criteria applies **The salary includes a market supplement
Based at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Butterley Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire
Agile working arrangements can be discussed with the successful candidate.
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is looking to recruit a 3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist (Software Deployment, Server Infrastructure). Underlying responsibilities of the role are ensuring the IT infrastructure is fit for purpose, systems are secure, and you will contribute to the continual improvement of our ICT provision.
As a 3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist, you will be responsible for desktop software deployment, management of endpoints, providing support to system administrators and troubleshooting within the areas of responsibility.
Known for your customer-focused approach, you will support the Service’s users, assisting in diagnosing issues across the ICT infrastructure, including end-point devices and some servers, in physical, virtual and cloud environments.
You will assist the ICT Service Delivery Manager in providing excellent support to business-critical applications, requiring you to possess excellent time management skills, communications skills, alongside a broad technical knowledge.
You will be able to demonstrate:
Excellent ICT Problem solving in a mission critical environment
A strong understanding of Microsoft Windows operating system technologies
A strong understanding of virtualised server and desktop provision
A strong understanding of cloud-based infrastructure
An excellent all-round ICT support understanding working as part of a busy team
Can we count on you to deliver a customer-focused service that is consistent, reliable and focused on excellence?
To apply and find out more please visit: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/derbyshirefire/Job/JobDetail?JobId=696
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Brett Clements, ICT Service Delivery Manager on 01773 305344.
The closing date for completed applications is midnight Sunday 23rd April 2023 .
Interviews will be held week commencing 1st May 2023 .
There may be a requirement for some travel for which a pool car will be provided.
The normal working week is 37 hours however you may occasionally need to work beyond normal office hours. The postholder will also be required to provide rota cover on the Recall to Duty Scheme.
In return we offer;
Flexible working hours
Family friendly policies
Free car parking
Health & wellbeing services, including free access to gyms at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service locations
Employee discount scheme
Employee support networks
Ongoing training and development opportunities
Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
We are committed to equality and fairness at work. Applications are encouraged from all diverse communities.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff are expected to share this commitment.
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Vacancy Number: 15902BR
Specialist IT Solutions Engineer The successful candidate will work closely with academic staff and students to lead the investigation, proposition, build and maintenance activities for bespoke and discipline-specific IT systems that underpin the research and teaching activities initially in the School of Computer Science and Informatics, but subsequently in other academic schools in the University. The role holder will also work closely with colleagues in University IT and contribute to the wider technological innovation of IT systems across the University. Us We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Opportunity The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside a wider network of technically innovative staff, and in close collaboration with academic colleagues to design, build and operate innovative systems and IT services that underpin the research, teaching and administrative activities of the School of Computer Science and Informatics. The role holder will enable the School’s staff and students to leverage existing IT services and contribute to collaborative projects with academic and technical colleagues to develop new and innovative services that support specialist teaching and research activity. You You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic environment and will be key to the school’s research and teaching success; helping to guide and train others in the use of digital technologies. The role requires you be agile in the management of your workload, enabling you to be responsive and reactive to requests from staff or students. You will be called upon to develop new IT services in response to requirements from academic colleagues and you are likely to need to research and learn new technologies to deliver them – often on challenging timescales. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert for services that you develop and will oversee their transition to operational teams as required. The diversity of the role will provide the right candidate with opportunities to develop a broad range of skills and to also develop specialisms. Your specialist skills will support colleagues within University IT when proposing and developing solutions at an appropriate scale required by the University. You will need strong Linux system administration experience or have used Linux extensively in a development or academic environment. You should be comfortable with supporting and troubleshooting web applications and automating service provision using open-source stacks (e.g. LAMP, Tomcat, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) and you will need good scripting skills, while experience of Windows and Apple Mac system administration would also be advantageous. You will be able to gather and advise on requirements from academic colleagues in order to solve complex technical problems across a broad range of technologies. What we offer Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer . This is a full time, open ended position. Salary: £44,737 - £51,805 per annum (Grade 7) Date advert posted: Tuesday, 14 February 2023 Closing date: Friday, 3 March 2023 Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Feb 17, 2023
Full time
Vacancy Number: 15902BR
Specialist IT Solutions Engineer The successful candidate will work closely with academic staff and students to lead the investigation, proposition, build and maintenance activities for bespoke and discipline-specific IT systems that underpin the research and teaching activities initially in the School of Computer Science and Informatics, but subsequently in other academic schools in the University. The role holder will also work closely with colleagues in University IT and contribute to the wider technological innovation of IT systems across the University. Us We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Opportunity The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside a wider network of technically innovative staff, and in close collaboration with academic colleagues to design, build and operate innovative systems and IT services that underpin the research, teaching and administrative activities of the School of Computer Science and Informatics. The role holder will enable the School’s staff and students to leverage existing IT services and contribute to collaborative projects with academic and technical colleagues to develop new and innovative services that support specialist teaching and research activity. You You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic environment and will be key to the school’s research and teaching success; helping to guide and train others in the use of digital technologies. The role requires you be agile in the management of your workload, enabling you to be responsive and reactive to requests from staff or students. You will be called upon to develop new IT services in response to requirements from academic colleagues and you are likely to need to research and learn new technologies to deliver them – often on challenging timescales. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert for services that you develop and will oversee their transition to operational teams as required. The diversity of the role will provide the right candidate with opportunities to develop a broad range of skills and to also develop specialisms. Your specialist skills will support colleagues within University IT when proposing and developing solutions at an appropriate scale required by the University. You will need strong Linux system administration experience or have used Linux extensively in a development or academic environment. You should be comfortable with supporting and troubleshooting web applications and automating service provision using open-source stacks (e.g. LAMP, Tomcat, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) and you will need good scripting skills, while experience of Windows and Apple Mac system administration would also be advantageous. You will be able to gather and advise on requirements from academic colleagues in order to solve complex technical problems across a broad range of technologies. What we offer Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer . This is a full time, open ended position. Salary: £44,737 - £51,805 per annum (Grade 7) Date advert posted: Tuesday, 14 February 2023 Closing date: Friday, 3 March 2023 Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
IT Technical Service Engineer
The Downs School, W est Berkshir e
Closing Date: 20 January 2023
Proposed Start Date: March 2023
Salary: Band H - £30,151-£35,411 Full-time salary – Dependent on experience
Contract type: 1 year Fixed-term Maternity cover
We are looking for a person who can play a key role in our IT Technical Services Department who has a passion and natural flare for IT. The ability to work as part of a team and show patience is also crucial.
The Downs School, a Foundation, 11-18 comprehensive school, is a successful and oversubscribed school, judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. The roll is over 1300 with a well-established Sixth Form. Results at all levels are consistently above national averages and Ofsted described our students as having ‘excellent personal and social skills’ who ‘achieve well academically’.
The Downs School has good road links to Newbury, Reading, Didcot and Oxford – situated just 5 minutes from the A34. More information about the post and the school can be found on our web site www.thedownsschool.org or by contacting Mrs D Sampson, Human Resources Manager on 01635 270022 or dsampson@tds.school.
Please return your applications by 13 January 2023 to Mrs D Sampson, Human Resources Manager at the above address or e-mail recruitment@thedownsschool.org
The Downs School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Check through the DBS and provide evidence that they have a right to work in the UK.
Jan 10, 2023
Full time
IT Technical Service Engineer
The Downs School, W est Berkshir e
Closing Date: 20 January 2023
Proposed Start Date: March 2023
Salary: Band H - £30,151-£35,411 Full-time salary – Dependent on experience
Contract type: 1 year Fixed-term Maternity cover
We are looking for a person who can play a key role in our IT Technical Services Department who has a passion and natural flare for IT. The ability to work as part of a team and show patience is also crucial.
The Downs School, a Foundation, 11-18 comprehensive school, is a successful and oversubscribed school, judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. The roll is over 1300 with a well-established Sixth Form. Results at all levels are consistently above national averages and Ofsted described our students as having ‘excellent personal and social skills’ who ‘achieve well academically’.
The Downs School has good road links to Newbury, Reading, Didcot and Oxford – situated just 5 minutes from the A34. More information about the post and the school can be found on our web site www.thedownsschool.org or by contacting Mrs D Sampson, Human Resources Manager on 01635 270022 or dsampson@tds.school.
Please return your applications by 13 January 2023 to Mrs D Sampson, Human Resources Manager at the above address or e-mail recruitment@thedownsschool.org
The Downs School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Check through the DBS and provide evidence that they have a right to work in the UK.
Senior Cloud Support Engineer x 2
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £37,308 - £40,806 (Grade 6)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203405, 203406
Job Description
Working with the Flood Warning and Informing service as part of an ICT Platform Team the role is expected to provide technical support of all live National Flood Service applications and cloud platforms within an ITIL framework and defined product and platform team operating model, to deliver an outstanding customer focused Agile service.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Extensive knowledge and experience of supporting and administering Office 365/SharePoint Online/Dynamics 365/ Web Applications/COTS packages
Proven experience of working within a Public Cloud environment.
Experience of supporting and maintaining Rest APIs.
Experience of working with Azure DevOps and Visual Studio
Proven experience of supporting and developing platforms and/or applications with the following technologies; Azure PaaS, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MS SQL and Power Shell.
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management – specifically Incident and Problem Management and Project Management skills to define, plan and control work streams within your remit.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Dec 08, 2022
Full time
Senior Cloud Support Engineer x 2
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £37,308 - £40,806 (Grade 6)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203405, 203406
Job Description
Working with the Flood Warning and Informing service as part of an ICT Platform Team the role is expected to provide technical support of all live National Flood Service applications and cloud platforms within an ITIL framework and defined product and platform team operating model, to deliver an outstanding customer focused Agile service.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Extensive knowledge and experience of supporting and administering Office 365/SharePoint Online/Dynamics 365/ Web Applications/COTS packages
Proven experience of working within a Public Cloud environment.
Experience of supporting and maintaining Rest APIs.
Experience of working with Azure DevOps and Visual Studio
Proven experience of supporting and developing platforms and/or applications with the following technologies; Azure PaaS, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MS SQL and Power Shell.
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management – specifically Incident and Problem Management and Project Management skills to define, plan and control work streams within your remit.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Cloud Support Engineer, Flood
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £32,876 - £36,229 (Grade 5)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post number: 203407
Job Description
Working with the Flood Warning and Informing service as part of an ICT Platform Team the role is expected to provide technical support of all live National Flood Service applications and cloud platforms within an ITIL framework and defined product and platform team operating model, to deliver an outstanding customer focused Agile service.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Knowledge and experience of the following:
Knowledge and experience of the following:
Experience of supporting Office 365/Microsoft Dynamics 365/SharePoint Online/Web Applications/COTS packages
Experience of working within a Public Cloud Environment.
Understanding of application support and development with the following technologies; Azure PaaS, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MS SQL and Power Shell.
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management Framework.
Working experience of application lifecycle methodologies.
Experience of Incident, Problem, Change and Release management processes.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Dec 08, 2022
Full time
Cloud Support Engineer, Flood
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £32,876 - £36,229 (Grade 5)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post number: 203407
Job Description
Working with the Flood Warning and Informing service as part of an ICT Platform Team the role is expected to provide technical support of all live National Flood Service applications and cloud platforms within an ITIL framework and defined product and platform team operating model, to deliver an outstanding customer focused Agile service.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Knowledge and experience of the following:
Knowledge and experience of the following:
Experience of supporting Office 365/Microsoft Dynamics 365/SharePoint Online/Web Applications/COTS packages
Experience of working within a Public Cloud Environment.
Understanding of application support and development with the following technologies; Azure PaaS, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MS SQL and Power Shell.
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management Framework.
Working experience of application lifecycle methodologies.
Experience of Incident, Problem, Change and Release management processes.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
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.
Full Stack Software Developer – East Midlands Pay Rate to Umbrella: Up to £550 per day Security Clearance: DBS CV Deadline: Monday 25th at 13:00 Interview Process: 1 stage teams Headcount: 1 Digital/Non Digital: Digital Contracting Authority: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit Contract Length: 6 months Location: remote IR35: Inside Minimum Requirement: Arden & GEM CSU is searching for a talented individual to support our Systems and Reporting Team. The applicant will have at least 3 years experience developing .NET based web systems and should be familiar with working in the Azure Cloud. Significant experience in the following; .NET Web Development Automated deployment (CI/CD) Microsoft SQL Server Azure Cloud based Technologies Build web based customer facing systems Debugging complex problems Design and implement a web based system from the ground up 1. Excellent programming skills in .Net using C#, MVC, Entity Framework, Web API. Visual Studio IDE. Web Hosting / IIS. OAuth 2.0 /OpenID Connect. 2. .NET Core Web Development - C# 3. Bootstrap Responsive Web Design, HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript, Angular Framework 4. Microsoft Azure Cloud 5. Azure Dev Ops (CI/CD) 6. OAuth 2.0 / OIDC 7. Understanding of OOP design and modelling techniques. 8. Microsoft SQL Server 9. XUnit Testing Framewaork 10. AGILE working practices 11. Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to provide detailed and technical advice to both specialists and non-technical staff and customers. 12. Excellent written, presentation and verbal skills. Degree in Computing Science or equivalent knowledge and experience gained through working at a similar level in specialist area Designs, runs and improves software that meets user needs. Responsible for writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach; create code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse. Lead development on one or a small number of related project teams. Be proficient in a wide range of technical systems; be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches, deciding when software should be written; contribute to the developer community; provide technical leadership; promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice. Typical Skills: Manage the service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets. Identify process optimisation opportunities. Designing solutions and services with security controls embedded, specifically engineered as mitigation against security threats. Demonstrate strong understanding and application of the most appropriate modern standards. Advise on the right way to apply standards and methods, ensuring compliance. Maintain technical responsibility for all the stages and iterations of a software development project. Know a variety of methods of prototyping and can choose the most appropriate ones. Review the systems designs of others to ensure selection of appropriate technology. Coordinate build activities across systems and understand how to undertake and support integration-testing activities. Know how to prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so. You can offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to be used.
Apr 22, 2022
Contractor
Full Stack Software Developer – East Midlands Pay Rate to Umbrella: Up to £550 per day Security Clearance: DBS CV Deadline: Monday 25th at 13:00 Interview Process: 1 stage teams Headcount: 1 Digital/Non Digital: Digital Contracting Authority: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit Contract Length: 6 months Location: remote IR35: Inside Minimum Requirement: Arden & GEM CSU is searching for a talented individual to support our Systems and Reporting Team. The applicant will have at least 3 years experience developing .NET based web systems and should be familiar with working in the Azure Cloud. Significant experience in the following; .NET Web Development Automated deployment (CI/CD) Microsoft SQL Server Azure Cloud based Technologies Build web based customer facing systems Debugging complex problems Design and implement a web based system from the ground up 1. Excellent programming skills in .Net using C#, MVC, Entity Framework, Web API. Visual Studio IDE. Web Hosting / IIS. OAuth 2.0 /OpenID Connect. 2. .NET Core Web Development - C# 3. Bootstrap Responsive Web Design, HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript, Angular Framework 4. Microsoft Azure Cloud 5. Azure Dev Ops (CI/CD) 6. OAuth 2.0 / OIDC 7. Understanding of OOP design and modelling techniques. 8. Microsoft SQL Server 9. XUnit Testing Framewaork 10. AGILE working practices 11. Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to provide detailed and technical advice to both specialists and non-technical staff and customers. 12. Excellent written, presentation and verbal skills. Degree in Computing Science or equivalent knowledge and experience gained through working at a similar level in specialist area Designs, runs and improves software that meets user needs. Responsible for writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach; create code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse. Lead development on one or a small number of related project teams. Be proficient in a wide range of technical systems; be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches, deciding when software should be written; contribute to the developer community; provide technical leadership; promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice. Typical Skills: Manage the service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets. Identify process optimisation opportunities. Designing solutions and services with security controls embedded, specifically engineered as mitigation against security threats. Demonstrate strong understanding and application of the most appropriate modern standards. Advise on the right way to apply standards and methods, ensuring compliance. Maintain technical responsibility for all the stages and iterations of a software development project. Know a variety of methods of prototyping and can choose the most appropriate ones. Review the systems designs of others to ensure selection of appropriate technology. Coordinate build activities across systems and understand how to undertake and support integration-testing activities. Know how to prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so. You can offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to be used.
Digital Solutions Global Ltd
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK
Top 10 U.S. Bank creating a tech hub in Central London!
We are recruiting for an exciting opportunity for a Senior C#/.Net Software Engineer for a top 10 U.S. bank that has expanded into The U.K. and Europe. The Bank has acquired an established UK institutional wealth management brand in London near St Pauls and are on a recruitment drive to build a tech hub to support development in U.K office hours.
Benefits:
Up to £100k base salary
10% bonus based on company and individual performance
Private Medical cover scheme
Health insurance against long term sickness
25 days holiday per year
15% pension contributions
Life insurance x 4 salary
Training scheme
Counselling service
Financial help
Legal support
Environment:
Hybrid working 3 days office, 2 days at home
Close to St Pauls
Highly technical at all levels including senior management
Agile methodology
Heavily invested in their people
Open culture with focus on helping their people to delivery high quality solutions
Projects:
Implementaion of UK Branch systems
Work with the business and develop iterative improvements of the investment apps
System modernisation & support
Help to build out the UK Team on an exciting expansion
Essential Skills:
C#/.Net, OO design principals
Containerized microservices (Docker, Kubernetes)
Agile (Scrum), CI/CD, GitLab
Desirable Skills:
Cloud experience highly desirable (ideally Azure)
Messaging experience desirable (IBM MQ, Rabbit, Kafka/Azure Event Hub etc.)
JScript (Node, Angular, React etc.) desirable
RDBMS (MS SQL, Oracle etc.) desirable
Person attributes:
Candidates with relevant technical exposure in the above or similar technologies along with Finance Industry expereince preferred although if you have the skills but no financial expereince you would be considerd.
The right candidate would be confident in joining a brand new, small team that has huge growth plans over the coming year and beyond. In addition you'll need to be confident supporting legacy systems until they are replaced with your new technology (containerised micro sevices etc.).
Position open to all qualified candidates with a valid UK work permit who is already based in the UK.
Apr 01, 2022
Full time
Top 10 U.S. Bank creating a tech hub in Central London!
We are recruiting for an exciting opportunity for a Senior C#/.Net Software Engineer for a top 10 U.S. bank that has expanded into The U.K. and Europe. The Bank has acquired an established UK institutional wealth management brand in London near St Pauls and are on a recruitment drive to build a tech hub to support development in U.K office hours.
Benefits:
Up to £100k base salary
10% bonus based on company and individual performance
Private Medical cover scheme
Health insurance against long term sickness
25 days holiday per year
15% pension contributions
Life insurance x 4 salary
Training scheme
Counselling service
Financial help
Legal support
Environment:
Hybrid working 3 days office, 2 days at home
Close to St Pauls
Highly technical at all levels including senior management
Agile methodology
Heavily invested in their people
Open culture with focus on helping their people to delivery high quality solutions
Projects:
Implementaion of UK Branch systems
Work with the business and develop iterative improvements of the investment apps
System modernisation & support
Help to build out the UK Team on an exciting expansion
Essential Skills:
C#/.Net, OO design principals
Containerized microservices (Docker, Kubernetes)
Agile (Scrum), CI/CD, GitLab
Desirable Skills:
Cloud experience highly desirable (ideally Azure)
Messaging experience desirable (IBM MQ, Rabbit, Kafka/Azure Event Hub etc.)
JScript (Node, Angular, React etc.) desirable
RDBMS (MS SQL, Oracle etc.) desirable
Person attributes:
Candidates with relevant technical exposure in the above or similar technologies along with Finance Industry expereince preferred although if you have the skills but no financial expereince you would be considerd.
The right candidate would be confident in joining a brand new, small team that has huge growth plans over the coming year and beyond. In addition you'll need to be confident supporting legacy systems until they are replaced with your new technology (containerised micro sevices etc.).
Position open to all qualified candidates with a valid UK work permit who is already based in the UK.
Could you be our next IT Technician ? We are a specialist education supplier for all things IT related, currently on the hunt for a talented individual who can step up to a unique challenge.
IT Technician
£27,000 - £34,000 per year (DOE)
Car Allowance
Full Time, Permanent Role
Must Have Existing IT Knowledge (IPv4, VLANS etc)
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3RA
Please note: Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
At ICTn, we are the go-to company for all things IT-related within the education supplier sector. Having been advising educational establishment for almost 20 years, we certainly know a thing or two about IT.
Our owners originally set out to fill a gap in the market – the provision of quality, independent, practical and relevant advice to all individuals in the education sector.
Now, supported by our highly skilled staff, we can confidently lay claim to being one of the UK’s leading specialist ICT providers. From server and storage advice to e-security, network installs and VOIP telephone systems, we cover a huge section of technical ground.
The Role
A wonderful opportunity has just arisen for the right individual to take on a highly rewarding Technician role within the company.
You will be required to visit customer sites in the Midlands and South East. Your day-to-day tasks will include:
Troubleshooting computer hardware and software issues.
Maintaining a log of all support provided.
Installing new hardware and software.
Providing telephone/remote support.
Completion and preparation of all site paperwork.
The Ideal Candidate
As an IT Technician you will need to understand how to maintain and fault find within a computer network, and have knowledge of some or all of the below:
Microsoft Server.
Windows 10.
Active Directory
Virtualistation Software.
Wi-Fi configuration and management.
Switch installation and configuration.
IPv4.
VLANS.
SharePoint
Benefits
Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to develop your IT career. We can offer:
32 days holiday.
Laptop.
Phone or monthly contribution to own sim costs (usually £10).
Car allowance.
Fuel cost expenses.
Please note: a full DBS check will be carried out for this role
How to apply
If you have the skills and experience required for this Technician position, click “apply” or send your CV to info@ictn.co.uk and check your inbox for an email providing more information on how to tailor your application and provide a cover letter or any supporting documents.
You must be eligible to work in the UK.
Other suitable skills and experience includes: IT Technician, IT Engineer, Software Technician, Software Engineer, IT Support Technician, IT Operations Technician, ICT Technician, ICT Engineer, Offsite IT Technician, Computer Technician, Computer Engineer.
Jan 31, 2022
Full time
Could you be our next IT Technician ? We are a specialist education supplier for all things IT related, currently on the hunt for a talented individual who can step up to a unique challenge.
IT Technician
£27,000 - £34,000 per year (DOE)
Car Allowance
Full Time, Permanent Role
Must Have Existing IT Knowledge (IPv4, VLANS etc)
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3RA
Please note: Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
At ICTn, we are the go-to company for all things IT-related within the education supplier sector. Having been advising educational establishment for almost 20 years, we certainly know a thing or two about IT.
Our owners originally set out to fill a gap in the market – the provision of quality, independent, practical and relevant advice to all individuals in the education sector.
Now, supported by our highly skilled staff, we can confidently lay claim to being one of the UK’s leading specialist ICT providers. From server and storage advice to e-security, network installs and VOIP telephone systems, we cover a huge section of technical ground.
The Role
A wonderful opportunity has just arisen for the right individual to take on a highly rewarding Technician role within the company.
You will be required to visit customer sites in the Midlands and South East. Your day-to-day tasks will include:
Troubleshooting computer hardware and software issues.
Maintaining a log of all support provided.
Installing new hardware and software.
Providing telephone/remote support.
Completion and preparation of all site paperwork.
The Ideal Candidate
As an IT Technician you will need to understand how to maintain and fault find within a computer network, and have knowledge of some or all of the below:
Microsoft Server.
Windows 10.
Active Directory
Virtualistation Software.
Wi-Fi configuration and management.
Switch installation and configuration.
IPv4.
VLANS.
SharePoint
Benefits
Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to develop your IT career. We can offer:
32 days holiday.
Laptop.
Phone or monthly contribution to own sim costs (usually £10).
Car allowance.
Fuel cost expenses.
Please note: a full DBS check will be carried out for this role
How to apply
If you have the skills and experience required for this Technician position, click “apply” or send your CV to info@ictn.co.uk and check your inbox for an email providing more information on how to tailor your application and provide a cover letter or any supporting documents.
You must be eligible to work in the UK.
Other suitable skills and experience includes: IT Technician, IT Engineer, Software Technician, Software Engineer, IT Support Technician, IT Operations Technician, ICT Technician, ICT Engineer, Offsite IT Technician, Computer Technician, Computer Engineer.
Permanent | Full-time | All-year Round (52 weeks per year) Starting Salary c.£30,000 per annum depending on skills, knowledge and experience
The Felsted IT Services team is a critical and integral part of the Felsted community and the role of the IT Engineer is to manage the complex challenges of scale that are unique to Felsted’s technically intricate ecosystem. With the recent appointment of a Director of Digital Strategy, it is an exciting time to be joining Felsted and the ICT department.
The main duties of the role are to design, install and test hardware, software and networks and maintain the IT asset tracker plus partner with the leadership team on system forecasts and critical issues affecting the IT systems.
A degree in a Computer Science related area of study would be desirable, or equivalent practical experience, together with extensive knowledge and experience with OS administration, hardware systems, OS internals on Windows and *nix systems, as is knowledge of networks, networking security systems and infrastructure. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate problem-solving, collaborative and communications skills together with the ability to interpret and analyse information to create meaningful reports.
This role is a permanent position working Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm, all-year round. The post holder is required to work one Saturday per month during term-time and be on-call as per the department’s rota. The starting salary for this role is c.£30,000 per annum (depending on skills, knowledge and experience) plus there is a call-out allowance of £133.19 per month (£1,598.28 per annum). Further information and a full job description can be found within the ‘Role Information Pack’.
Benefits include free life assurance, uniform and parking; contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%); membership availability to the School’s healthcare scheme (via BUPA); free lunch on full days worked; free hot drinks supplied and lunch/dinner provided; annual salary reviews; free use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities; subsidised on-site Coffee Shop; and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers. More information on our rewards package can be found on our website felsted.org/employment-opps/rewards.
Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 160 teachers and 440 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.
We are rated ‘Excellent in every aspect' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 24 January 2022 at 9:00am.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit our website www.felsted.org/employment-opps to complete our online application process.
Felsted is committed to equal opportunities and maintaining a safe and secure environment for all pupils and a ‘culture of vigilance’ to safeguard and protect all in its care, and to all aspects of its ‘Safeguarding (Child Protection and Staff Behaviour) Policy’. All employees are subject to pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Jan 04, 2022
Full time
Permanent | Full-time | All-year Round (52 weeks per year) Starting Salary c.£30,000 per annum depending on skills, knowledge and experience
The Felsted IT Services team is a critical and integral part of the Felsted community and the role of the IT Engineer is to manage the complex challenges of scale that are unique to Felsted’s technically intricate ecosystem. With the recent appointment of a Director of Digital Strategy, it is an exciting time to be joining Felsted and the ICT department.
The main duties of the role are to design, install and test hardware, software and networks and maintain the IT asset tracker plus partner with the leadership team on system forecasts and critical issues affecting the IT systems.
A degree in a Computer Science related area of study would be desirable, or equivalent practical experience, together with extensive knowledge and experience with OS administration, hardware systems, OS internals on Windows and *nix systems, as is knowledge of networks, networking security systems and infrastructure. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate problem-solving, collaborative and communications skills together with the ability to interpret and analyse information to create meaningful reports.
This role is a permanent position working Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm, all-year round. The post holder is required to work one Saturday per month during term-time and be on-call as per the department’s rota. The starting salary for this role is c.£30,000 per annum (depending on skills, knowledge and experience) plus there is a call-out allowance of £133.19 per month (£1,598.28 per annum). Further information and a full job description can be found within the ‘Role Information Pack’.
Benefits include free life assurance, uniform and parking; contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%); membership availability to the School’s healthcare scheme (via BUPA); free lunch on full days worked; free hot drinks supplied and lunch/dinner provided; annual salary reviews; free use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities; subsidised on-site Coffee Shop; and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers. More information on our rewards package can be found on our website felsted.org/employment-opps/rewards.
Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 160 teachers and 440 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.
We are rated ‘Excellent in every aspect' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 24 January 2022 at 9:00am.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit our website www.felsted.org/employment-opps to complete our online application process.
Felsted is committed to equal opportunities and maintaining a safe and secure environment for all pupils and a ‘culture of vigilance’ to safeguard and protect all in its care, and to all aspects of its ‘Safeguarding (Child Protection and Staff Behaviour) Policy’. All employees are subject to pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
A Senior position within Future PLC’s Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) team means becoming accountable for the long term success of many elements of the SRE team platform. The role requires a strong technical background alongside a passion for exploration and new opportunities. A Senior SRE is not expected to provide any formal coaching, or leadership to others, but would be expected to support mentoring and be a positive influence for the growth of our team and our department.
As a Senior SRE you will also be responsible for providing technical oversight for Futures delivery infrastructure and the success of teams that rely on that infrastructure.
You will bring strong leadership skills applied in a technical context with a team of engineers. You will help steer your team towards a common technical vision. You’ll help analyze the current system, it’s strengths and limitations. You will participate in roadmap and project planning efforts and will have ownership for delivering it.
You’ll be participating in project management efforts as the teams execute on plans, and you’ll have a role in communicating progress and status to stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Lead by example - Provide technical leadership for several functional areas in the SRE team like monitoring, logging, security, and more.
Take ownership for SRE projects and drive them forward
Support SRE Leads in accountability for meeting Futures SLAs and SLOs
Collaborate closely with development and project team mates to deliver on our shared goals
Implement, evolve and maintain runbooks, automation and documentation to improve working practices and system operation
Attend events, conferences and workshops to maintain awareness of industry trends and support their adoption within the organisation
Design, build and operate highly resilient, performant and observable infrastructure that serves the changing business objectives
Collaborate with third-party suppliers and customers where required to support business requirements
Translate high level technical guidance into actionable direction for the teams and initiatives
Respond to out of hours incidents as part of a shared rotation
Identify and drive cost-optimisation.
Responsibilities:
Previous experience providing technical direction for a team of engineers
Experience in directing long term projects and collaborating with teammates on its delivery
Experience developing and reviewing complex technical requirements, and translating them into actionable tasks for engineers
Good understanding of the full SDLC process
Proficient with Infrastructure as Code tools for managing Azure resources (Terraform and ARM templates)
Experience with Deployment techniques (Blue/Green, Canary etc)
Is opinionated on what good looks like for delivering both software and infrastructure via CI/CD pipeline best practices
Expert knowledge on AzureDevOps pipelines
Observability at scale with tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics
Good understanding of Landing Zone architectural patterns (ideally Azure Cloud Adoption Framework)
Understanding of immutable infrastructure
Performance and Cost Optimisation from architectural and engineering perspective.
Good Understanding of IAAS and PAAS Azure services
Proficient with Configuration Management tools such as Ansible
Proficient with development languages such as C# or Javascript
Nov 09, 2021
Full time
A Senior position within Future PLC’s Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) team means becoming accountable for the long term success of many elements of the SRE team platform. The role requires a strong technical background alongside a passion for exploration and new opportunities. A Senior SRE is not expected to provide any formal coaching, or leadership to others, but would be expected to support mentoring and be a positive influence for the growth of our team and our department.
As a Senior SRE you will also be responsible for providing technical oversight for Futures delivery infrastructure and the success of teams that rely on that infrastructure.
You will bring strong leadership skills applied in a technical context with a team of engineers. You will help steer your team towards a common technical vision. You’ll help analyze the current system, it’s strengths and limitations. You will participate in roadmap and project planning efforts and will have ownership for delivering it.
You’ll be participating in project management efforts as the teams execute on plans, and you’ll have a role in communicating progress and status to stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Lead by example - Provide technical leadership for several functional areas in the SRE team like monitoring, logging, security, and more.
Take ownership for SRE projects and drive them forward
Support SRE Leads in accountability for meeting Futures SLAs and SLOs
Collaborate closely with development and project team mates to deliver on our shared goals
Implement, evolve and maintain runbooks, automation and documentation to improve working practices and system operation
Attend events, conferences and workshops to maintain awareness of industry trends and support their adoption within the organisation
Design, build and operate highly resilient, performant and observable infrastructure that serves the changing business objectives
Collaborate with third-party suppliers and customers where required to support business requirements
Translate high level technical guidance into actionable direction for the teams and initiatives
Respond to out of hours incidents as part of a shared rotation
Identify and drive cost-optimisation.
Responsibilities:
Previous experience providing technical direction for a team of engineers
Experience in directing long term projects and collaborating with teammates on its delivery
Experience developing and reviewing complex technical requirements, and translating them into actionable tasks for engineers
Good understanding of the full SDLC process
Proficient with Infrastructure as Code tools for managing Azure resources (Terraform and ARM templates)
Experience with Deployment techniques (Blue/Green, Canary etc)
Is opinionated on what good looks like for delivering both software and infrastructure via CI/CD pipeline best practices
Expert knowledge on AzureDevOps pipelines
Observability at scale with tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics
Good understanding of Landing Zone architectural patterns (ideally Azure Cloud Adoption Framework)
Understanding of immutable infrastructure
Performance and Cost Optimisation from architectural and engineering perspective.
Good Understanding of IAAS and PAAS Azure services
Proficient with Configuration Management tools such as Ansible
Proficient with development languages such as C# or Javascript
Senior Python Software Engineer (Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You MUST have the following: Advanced ability as a Senior Python Software Engineer/Technical Lead/Solutions Architect/Principal Engineer Good design and architecture ability Java Apache Iceberg Agile The following is DESIRABLE, not essential: Trading, Front Office finance AWS Glue Dremio Snowflake Spark, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Arrow, DBT Buy-side asset management (hedge fund, asset manager, investment management) Role: Senior Python Software Engineer (Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You will join a relatively new department that is responsible for the data used across the Front Office. The data is sourced from a variety of external vendors and internal departments and held in an AWS data lake, although this is being migrated to a data mesh architecture. They are working heavily with Python, Java, AWS and Iceberg. If you have any experience in Dremio, DBT, Arrow, Spark or related tools, this would also be very advantageous. You will join a team of 5 that are responsible for data around options and Greeks for the Front Office. They are working on projects around issuance data and improving data quality. This is a senior role in the team and will demand a strong ability in design and architecture. If you come in at the right level, you could be the deputy for the team manager. They have a very flexible hybrid working set up. Salary: £130-155k + 20% Bonus + 10% Pension
May 21, 2024
Full time
Senior Python Software Engineer (Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You MUST have the following: Advanced ability as a Senior Python Software Engineer/Technical Lead/Solutions Architect/Principal Engineer Good design and architecture ability Java Apache Iceberg Agile The following is DESIRABLE, not essential: Trading, Front Office finance AWS Glue Dremio Snowflake Spark, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Arrow, DBT Buy-side asset management (hedge fund, asset manager, investment management) Role: Senior Python Software Engineer (Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You will join a relatively new department that is responsible for the data used across the Front Office. The data is sourced from a variety of external vendors and internal departments and held in an AWS data lake, although this is being migrated to a data mesh architecture. They are working heavily with Python, Java, AWS and Iceberg. If you have any experience in Dremio, DBT, Arrow, Spark or related tools, this would also be very advantageous. You will join a team of 5 that are responsible for data around options and Greeks for the Front Office. They are working on projects around issuance data and improving data quality. This is a senior role in the team and will demand a strong ability in design and architecture. If you come in at the right level, you could be the deputy for the team manager. They have a very flexible hybrid working set up. Salary: £130-155k + 20% Bonus + 10% Pension
Python Technical Lead (Senior Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You MUST have the following: Advanced ability as a Python Technical Lead/Solutions Architect/Principal Engineer Good design and architecture ability Java Apache Iceberg Agile The following is DESIRABLE, not essential: Trading, Front Office finance AWS Glue Dremio Snowflake Spark, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Arrow, DBT Buy-side asset management (hedge fund, asset manager, investment management) Role: Python Technical Lead (Senior Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You will join a relatively new department that is responsible for the data used across the Front Office. The data is sourced from a variety of external vendors and internal departments and held in an AWS data lake, although this is being migrated to a data mesh architecture. They are working heavily with Python, Java, AWS and Iceberg. If you have any experience in Dremio, DBT, Arrow, Spark or related tools, this would also be very advantageous. You will join a team of 5 that are responsible for data around options and Greeks for the Front Office. They are working on projects around issuance data and improving data quality. This is a senior role in the team and will demand a strong ability in design and architecture. If you come in at the right level, you could be the deputy for the team manager. They have a very flexible hybrid working set up. Salary: £100-130k + 20% Bonus + 10% Pension
May 21, 2024
Full time
Python Technical Lead (Senior Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You MUST have the following: Advanced ability as a Python Technical Lead/Solutions Architect/Principal Engineer Good design and architecture ability Java Apache Iceberg Agile The following is DESIRABLE, not essential: Trading, Front Office finance AWS Glue Dremio Snowflake Spark, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Arrow, DBT Buy-side asset management (hedge fund, asset manager, investment management) Role: Python Technical Lead (Senior Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You will join a relatively new department that is responsible for the data used across the Front Office. The data is sourced from a variety of external vendors and internal departments and held in an AWS data lake, although this is being migrated to a data mesh architecture. They are working heavily with Python, Java, AWS and Iceberg. If you have any experience in Dremio, DBT, Arrow, Spark or related tools, this would also be very advantageous. You will join a team of 5 that are responsible for data around options and Greeks for the Front Office. They are working on projects around issuance data and improving data quality. This is a senior role in the team and will demand a strong ability in design and architecture. If you come in at the right level, you could be the deputy for the team manager. They have a very flexible hybrid working set up. Salary: £100-130k + 20% Bonus + 10% Pension
Python Technical Lead (Senior Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You MUST have the following: Advanced ability as a Python Technical Lead/Solutions Architect/Principal Engineer Good design and architecture ability Java Apache Iceberg Agile The following is DESIRABLE, not essential: Trading, Front Office finance AWS Glue Dremio Snowflake Spark, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Arrow, DBT Buy-side asset management (hedge fund, asset manager, investment management) Role: Python Technical Lead (Senior Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You will join a relatively new department that is responsible for the data used across the Front Office. The data is sourced from a variety of external vendors and internal departments and held in an AWS data lake, although this is being migrated to a data mesh architecture. They are working heavily with Python, Java, AWS and Iceberg. If you have any experience in Dremio, DBT, Arrow, Spark or related tools, this would also be very advantageous. You will join a team of 5 that are responsible for data around options and Greeks for the Front Office. They are working on projects around issuance data and improving data quality. This is a senior role in the team and will demand a strong ability in design and architecture. If you come in at the right level, you could be the deputy for the team manager. They have a very flexible hybrid working set up. Salary: £130-155k + 20% Bonus + 10% Pension
May 21, 2024
Full time
Python Technical Lead (Senior Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You MUST have the following: Advanced ability as a Python Technical Lead/Solutions Architect/Principal Engineer Good design and architecture ability Java Apache Iceberg Agile The following is DESIRABLE, not essential: Trading, Front Office finance AWS Glue Dremio Snowflake Spark, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Arrow, DBT Buy-side asset management (hedge fund, asset manager, investment management) Role: Python Technical Lead (Senior Architecture Programmer Developer Java Python Software Engineer Data Enterprise Engineering Developer Programmer AWS Python Athena Glue Airflow Ignite JavaScript Agile Pandas NumPy SciPy Spark Dremio Snowflake Apache Iceburg Iceberg Arrow DBT gRPC protobuf TypeScript Finance Trading Front Office Investment Banking Asset Manager Financial Services FX Fixed Income Equities Commodities Derivatives Hedge Fund) required by my asset management client in London. You will join a relatively new department that is responsible for the data used across the Front Office. The data is sourced from a variety of external vendors and internal departments and held in an AWS data lake, although this is being migrated to a data mesh architecture. They are working heavily with Python, Java, AWS and Iceberg. If you have any experience in Dremio, DBT, Arrow, Spark or related tools, this would also be very advantageous. You will join a team of 5 that are responsible for data around options and Greeks for the Front Office. They are working on projects around issuance data and improving data quality. This is a senior role in the team and will demand a strong ability in design and architecture. If you come in at the right level, you could be the deputy for the team manager. They have a very flexible hybrid working set up. Salary: £130-155k + 20% Bonus + 10% Pension
Harvey Nash have exclusively partnered with University of Leeds to recruit Senior Client Services Engineers to join a newly-established team. This is a business-critical role which will be a key component of the new IT Operational Model. The university has set out an ambitious plan to enhance student education, research, and corporate systems through increased use of technology, data, and digital approaches as part of the new strategy after a significant investment. As a Senior Client Services Engineer you will work closely with researchers across the university on the technical requirements and challenges for new leading research. This will require you to work with researchers and technical teams across the university to deliver technical support to enable world-leading research. With several large-scale pieces of research underway, this is an incredibly exciting role and unique opportunity for someone to drive significant change and in doing so ensure that the university continues to be cutting-edge technically and in its research. Experience of interest: Working in a technical IT role at the 2nd/3rd-line level in a Windows, Linux or Mac environment. Taking ownership of certain technical assets such as software, infrastructure, networks and maintaining, standardising, and further developing these assets in line with the rest of the business Strong interpersonal skills, able to engage key stakeholders as part of project delivery, delivering excellent service, assessing impact of technical decisions, and providing frequent updates on developments Experience working with architecture teams would be beneficial, understanding, creating, and developing High-Level Designs and Low-Level designs Producing and maintaining technical documentation and driving continual service improvements Working closely with less experienced/junior staff to mentor and develop pathways for future talent What's in it for you? £37,099-£44,263 | 26 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays + 8 Campus closed days = 42 days holiday| 14.5% employer pension contribution | Career development and progression opportunities | + Plenty more fantastic benefits. Interviews for this role are week commencing 03/07, candidates must be available this week. Interested? Please apply within or contact the recruiter through the channel below.
May 21, 2024
Full time
Harvey Nash have exclusively partnered with University of Leeds to recruit Senior Client Services Engineers to join a newly-established team. This is a business-critical role which will be a key component of the new IT Operational Model. The university has set out an ambitious plan to enhance student education, research, and corporate systems through increased use of technology, data, and digital approaches as part of the new strategy after a significant investment. As a Senior Client Services Engineer you will work closely with researchers across the university on the technical requirements and challenges for new leading research. This will require you to work with researchers and technical teams across the university to deliver technical support to enable world-leading research. With several large-scale pieces of research underway, this is an incredibly exciting role and unique opportunity for someone to drive significant change and in doing so ensure that the university continues to be cutting-edge technically and in its research. Experience of interest: Working in a technical IT role at the 2nd/3rd-line level in a Windows, Linux or Mac environment. Taking ownership of certain technical assets such as software, infrastructure, networks and maintaining, standardising, and further developing these assets in line with the rest of the business Strong interpersonal skills, able to engage key stakeholders as part of project delivery, delivering excellent service, assessing impact of technical decisions, and providing frequent updates on developments Experience working with architecture teams would be beneficial, understanding, creating, and developing High-Level Designs and Low-Level designs Producing and maintaining technical documentation and driving continual service improvements Working closely with less experienced/junior staff to mentor and develop pathways for future talent What's in it for you? £37,099-£44,263 | 26 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays + 8 Campus closed days = 42 days holiday| 14.5% employer pension contribution | Career development and progression opportunities | + Plenty more fantastic benefits. Interviews for this role are week commencing 03/07, candidates must be available this week. Interested? Please apply within or contact the recruiter through the channel below.
IT Engineer - ideally SC Cleared or willing to go through SC clearance. Mon - Fri - 8am - 4:30pm To start July 2024 - Contract Role £18.13 UMB rate/£14.25 plus hols pay PAYE. Your new company Our client supports companies on their journey to digital transformation. They deliver digital technology to some of the world's greatest organisations. They deliver full life cycle maintenance services and on-site technical expertise covering a wide array of technology from workplace to network infrastructure and everything in between. They put productivity, operational efficiency, customer excellence and quality at the heart of everything they do. Their technology enabled mobilised teams to provide high quality, scalable expertise and support across a wide range of customers in the UK.They are a company where people matter. They are diverse, flexible and open. Your new role IT Engineer based in Edinburgh, 7.5 hours per day. To provide desktop support to users on site. The Engineer is also required to complete remote support to users based in other locations, which are in London and Leeds & home locations. On site - Supporting mainly HP kit, Peripherals such as docking stations, keyboard & mice, & iPhone, Supporting Windows 10/Windows 11 environment. MS Outlook and Office 2016. Samsung Phones. Software Installation and configuration including application support. cabling and patching knowledge and understanding. Good knowledge of iPhone & Samsung phone support. Knowledge of Video Conferencing and Telephony Support preferred but not essential. High level of administration, call management and accountability. The site is a one-man site, but there will be the central point of contact for the users on site & support will be given from London when required. What you'll get in return Well-established onsite working environments; Diverse and Inclusive team; High ethos and purpose-driven organisation; Opportunity to contract for a reputable and growing organisation. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. Hays Talent Solutions is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and 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 on our website.
May 21, 2024
Contractor
IT Engineer - ideally SC Cleared or willing to go through SC clearance. Mon - Fri - 8am - 4:30pm To start July 2024 - Contract Role £18.13 UMB rate/£14.25 plus hols pay PAYE. Your new company Our client supports companies on their journey to digital transformation. They deliver digital technology to some of the world's greatest organisations. They deliver full life cycle maintenance services and on-site technical expertise covering a wide array of technology from workplace to network infrastructure and everything in between. They put productivity, operational efficiency, customer excellence and quality at the heart of everything they do. Their technology enabled mobilised teams to provide high quality, scalable expertise and support across a wide range of customers in the UK.They are a company where people matter. They are diverse, flexible and open. Your new role IT Engineer based in Edinburgh, 7.5 hours per day. To provide desktop support to users on site. The Engineer is also required to complete remote support to users based in other locations, which are in London and Leeds & home locations. On site - Supporting mainly HP kit, Peripherals such as docking stations, keyboard & mice, & iPhone, Supporting Windows 10/Windows 11 environment. MS Outlook and Office 2016. Samsung Phones. Software Installation and configuration including application support. cabling and patching knowledge and understanding. Good knowledge of iPhone & Samsung phone support. Knowledge of Video Conferencing and Telephony Support preferred but not essential. High level of administration, call management and accountability. The site is a one-man site, but there will be the central point of contact for the users on site & support will be given from London when required. What you'll get in return Well-established onsite working environments; Diverse and Inclusive team; High ethos and purpose-driven organisation; Opportunity to contract for a reputable and growing organisation. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. Hays Talent Solutions is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and 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 on our website.