We are partnering with a leading organisation in the data and analytics space to recruit an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer . This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative, technically strong SRE function working on large scale, cloud native platforms that support high volume, high speed data services. The team is expanding due to increased workload, and this role will become the eighth member of an established, supportive engineering group. You ll play a key part in driving cloud automation, improving system reliability, and supporting critical production environments. Key Responsibilities Build, maintain, and improve AWS cloud infrastructure Develop automation using Terraform, Ansible, and Python Support incident response and troubleshoot performance issues Deliver routine maintenance, including patching and upgrades Enhance CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub CI) Contribute to Agile ceremonies and take ownership of user stories Implement new technologies and solutions to improve system reliability What You Will Bring Strong commercial experience with AWS (essential) Solid understanding of Linux systems (RHEL, CentOS or similar) Scripting skills, ideally Python Hands on experience with Terraform and/or Ansible Proficiency with Docker Exposure to CI/CD tooling and Agile ways of working Background in software engineering, systems engineering, or previous SRE roles Minimum 4 years experience in a relevant technical discipline Please note, this role is not suitable for candidates with Windows only experience or Engineers without hands on AWS or Linux exposure. Remote working is supported, with an on-site presence in Nottingham, ideally once per week preferred.
01/04/2026
Contractor
We are partnering with a leading organisation in the data and analytics space to recruit an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer . This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative, technically strong SRE function working on large scale, cloud native platforms that support high volume, high speed data services. The team is expanding due to increased workload, and this role will become the eighth member of an established, supportive engineering group. You ll play a key part in driving cloud automation, improving system reliability, and supporting critical production environments. Key Responsibilities Build, maintain, and improve AWS cloud infrastructure Develop automation using Terraform, Ansible, and Python Support incident response and troubleshoot performance issues Deliver routine maintenance, including patching and upgrades Enhance CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub CI) Contribute to Agile ceremonies and take ownership of user stories Implement new technologies and solutions to improve system reliability What You Will Bring Strong commercial experience with AWS (essential) Solid understanding of Linux systems (RHEL, CentOS or similar) Scripting skills, ideally Python Hands on experience with Terraform and/or Ansible Proficiency with Docker Exposure to CI/CD tooling and Agile ways of working Background in software engineering, systems engineering, or previous SRE roles Minimum 4 years experience in a relevant technical discipline Please note, this role is not suitable for candidates with Windows only experience or Engineers without hands on AWS or Linux exposure. Remote working is supported, with an on-site presence in Nottingham, ideally once per week preferred.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Active SC Required! Up to £75,000 + benefits Wokingham - Hybrid (UK-based) We're seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to play a key role in designing and operating highly reliable, scalable systems in a fast-paced environment. You'll act as a technical leader within the team, driving best practices across reliability engineering, automation, and system performance. What you'll be doing: Designing and improving system reliability, scalability, and observability Leading incident management and driving root cause analysis Building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks Partnering with development teams to embed SRE principles into the SDLC Mentoring junior engineers and promoting engineering best practices What we're looking for: Strong experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering roles Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerised environments Strong scripting/programming skills (Python, Go, or similar) Experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling Proven ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems Why apply? Opportunity to influence technical direction and best practices Work on large-scale, mission-critical systems Leadership exposure with clear progression to principal level
01/04/2026
Full time
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Active SC Required! Up to £75,000 + benefits Wokingham - Hybrid (UK-based) We're seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to play a key role in designing and operating highly reliable, scalable systems in a fast-paced environment. You'll act as a technical leader within the team, driving best practices across reliability engineering, automation, and system performance. What you'll be doing: Designing and improving system reliability, scalability, and observability Leading incident management and driving root cause analysis Building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks Partnering with development teams to embed SRE principles into the SDLC Mentoring junior engineers and promoting engineering best practices What we're looking for: Strong experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering roles Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerised environments Strong scripting/programming skills (Python, Go, or similar) Experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling Proven ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems Why apply? Opportunity to influence technical direction and best practices Work on large-scale, mission-critical systems Leadership exposure with clear progression to principal level
Moorepay is transforming. We are a trusted leader in UK Payroll and HR solutions, but we aren't resting on our history. We are embarking on a major digital transformation to redefine how businesses manage their most important asset: their people. As the Principal Software Solutions Architect, you'll be the technical authority responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the end-to-end architecture of our "AI First" platform, ensuring architectural consistency, secure-by-design principles, and long-term scalability across all engineering squads. Working closely with the Engineering Manager, Cloud & Platform Engineering Lead, and Product leadership, this role shapes our architectural strategy, drives technical excellence, and provides deep guidance to multiple autonomous squads as we scale towards high-performing, cloud-native teams. The Architect balances hands-on solution design, strategic planning, technical oversight, and stakeholder collaboration to keep the platform robust, secure, and ready for future growth. This role defines the architectural backbone that enables the entire engineering organisation to scale effectively. As we transition to multiple autonomous squads, you will ensure our systems remain leading edge, secure, resilient, and consistent enabling rapid product delivery while maintaining high standards of engineering excellence. You will leave an enduring impact on the platform's foundations, influencing everything from service boundaries to reliability strategies and cloud platform design. This is a full time, permanent role working on a hybrid basis with 3 days per week in Manchester. Key Responsibilities: Team Leadership & Scaling Define and maintain the technical architecture vision and roadmap across all squads. Ensure alignment of architecture with business goals, engineering strategy, and long-term scalability. Drive system-wide architectural decisions, providing clear technical direction for squads. Evaluate emerging technologies and propose solutions that improve scalability, performance, and developer productivity. Mentor senior engineers and influence technical leaders across the organisation. Secure-by-Design & Compliance Embed secure-by-design principles into architectural decisions. Ensure threat modelling is performed for new features and major changes. Champion secure coding standards and integration of security testing into the delivery pipeline. Collaborate with security and compliance stakeholders to ensure solutions meet regulatory and governance requirements. Promote design patterns that minimise risk across distributed systems. Solution Design & Governance Own the end-to-end architectural design for major platform components and new product capabilities, with a focus on AI First. Work closely with Engineering Manager and Engineering Team Leads to ensure solutions are consistent, secure, and scalable. Lead architecture reviews and ensure adherence to design standards, technical patterns, and best practices. Produce solution blueprints, reference architectures, and technical documentation. Validate that all solutions support operational excellence, reliability, and maintainability. Cloud, Infrastructure, and Platform Architecture Define scalable service-based architectures leveraging cloud-native patterns. Work with the Lead SRE to ensure architectural designs account for: Observability (metrics, logs, tracing) Reliability (SLIs, SLOs, failover) CI/CD automation Infrastructure as code and environment design Drive optimisation of compute, storage, and network resources across cloud platforms (Azure/AWS). Engineering Collaboration & Technical Enablement Partner with Engineering Manager to ensure squads have clear architectural guidance. Support teams in breaking down complex technical problems into executable, scalable solutions. Provide architectural input into backlog refinement, release planning, and prioritisation. Act as the primary facilitator for cross-team architectural decision-making. Communicate architectural decisions, trade-offs, and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Continuous Improvement & Technology Standards Define and maintain engineering standards, reusable patterns, and architectural principles. Champion continuous improvement across code quality, security, performance, and operational readiness. Foster a culture of technical excellence, experimentation, and innovation. Skills & Experience Essential: Proven experience as a Principal Architect, Solutions Architect, or Senior Engineer leading architectural decisions in complex systems. Strong understanding of AI technologies such as agents and models for both accelerated design & delivery as well as delivery of product capabilities. Strong background in cloud-native architectures (microservices, event-driven, distributed systems). Deep understanding of secure-by-design principles, threat modelling, cryptography basics, and modern security practices. Experience with API design, integration patterns, and domain-driven design (DDD) and Event Driven Design. Ability to influence without authority and collaborate effectively across engineering, SRE, product, and leadership teams. Exceptional communication skills, capable of simplifying complex technical topics for diverse stakeholders. Extensive experience with modern programming platforms and frameworks (e.g., Node.js, C# .NET, React). Strong grounding in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), including networking, identity, observability, and cost optimisation. Desirable: Experience designing solutions in regulated or compliance-driven industries. Background in DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE practices. Experience scaling architectures to support high-growth environments. Certification in cloud or architecture frameworks (AWS SA Pro, Azure Architect Expert, TOGAF, etc.).
01/04/2026
Full time
Moorepay is transforming. We are a trusted leader in UK Payroll and HR solutions, but we aren't resting on our history. We are embarking on a major digital transformation to redefine how businesses manage their most important asset: their people. As the Principal Software Solutions Architect, you'll be the technical authority responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the end-to-end architecture of our "AI First" platform, ensuring architectural consistency, secure-by-design principles, and long-term scalability across all engineering squads. Working closely with the Engineering Manager, Cloud & Platform Engineering Lead, and Product leadership, this role shapes our architectural strategy, drives technical excellence, and provides deep guidance to multiple autonomous squads as we scale towards high-performing, cloud-native teams. The Architect balances hands-on solution design, strategic planning, technical oversight, and stakeholder collaboration to keep the platform robust, secure, and ready for future growth. This role defines the architectural backbone that enables the entire engineering organisation to scale effectively. As we transition to multiple autonomous squads, you will ensure our systems remain leading edge, secure, resilient, and consistent enabling rapid product delivery while maintaining high standards of engineering excellence. You will leave an enduring impact on the platform's foundations, influencing everything from service boundaries to reliability strategies and cloud platform design. This is a full time, permanent role working on a hybrid basis with 3 days per week in Manchester. Key Responsibilities: Team Leadership & Scaling Define and maintain the technical architecture vision and roadmap across all squads. Ensure alignment of architecture with business goals, engineering strategy, and long-term scalability. Drive system-wide architectural decisions, providing clear technical direction for squads. Evaluate emerging technologies and propose solutions that improve scalability, performance, and developer productivity. Mentor senior engineers and influence technical leaders across the organisation. Secure-by-Design & Compliance Embed secure-by-design principles into architectural decisions. Ensure threat modelling is performed for new features and major changes. Champion secure coding standards and integration of security testing into the delivery pipeline. Collaborate with security and compliance stakeholders to ensure solutions meet regulatory and governance requirements. Promote design patterns that minimise risk across distributed systems. Solution Design & Governance Own the end-to-end architectural design for major platform components and new product capabilities, with a focus on AI First. Work closely with Engineering Manager and Engineering Team Leads to ensure solutions are consistent, secure, and scalable. Lead architecture reviews and ensure adherence to design standards, technical patterns, and best practices. Produce solution blueprints, reference architectures, and technical documentation. Validate that all solutions support operational excellence, reliability, and maintainability. Cloud, Infrastructure, and Platform Architecture Define scalable service-based architectures leveraging cloud-native patterns. Work with the Lead SRE to ensure architectural designs account for: Observability (metrics, logs, tracing) Reliability (SLIs, SLOs, failover) CI/CD automation Infrastructure as code and environment design Drive optimisation of compute, storage, and network resources across cloud platforms (Azure/AWS). Engineering Collaboration & Technical Enablement Partner with Engineering Manager to ensure squads have clear architectural guidance. Support teams in breaking down complex technical problems into executable, scalable solutions. Provide architectural input into backlog refinement, release planning, and prioritisation. Act as the primary facilitator for cross-team architectural decision-making. Communicate architectural decisions, trade-offs, and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Continuous Improvement & Technology Standards Define and maintain engineering standards, reusable patterns, and architectural principles. Champion continuous improvement across code quality, security, performance, and operational readiness. Foster a culture of technical excellence, experimentation, and innovation. Skills & Experience Essential: Proven experience as a Principal Architect, Solutions Architect, or Senior Engineer leading architectural decisions in complex systems. Strong understanding of AI technologies such as agents and models for both accelerated design & delivery as well as delivery of product capabilities. Strong background in cloud-native architectures (microservices, event-driven, distributed systems). Deep understanding of secure-by-design principles, threat modelling, cryptography basics, and modern security practices. Experience with API design, integration patterns, and domain-driven design (DDD) and Event Driven Design. Ability to influence without authority and collaborate effectively across engineering, SRE, product, and leadership teams. Exceptional communication skills, capable of simplifying complex technical topics for diverse stakeholders. Extensive experience with modern programming platforms and frameworks (e.g., Node.js, C# .NET, React). Strong grounding in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), including networking, identity, observability, and cost optimisation. Desirable: Experience designing solutions in regulated or compliance-driven industries. Background in DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE practices. Experience scaling architectures to support high-growth environments. Certification in cloud or architecture frameworks (AWS SA Pro, Azure Architect Expert, TOGAF, etc.).
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote 12-month contract (high chance of extension) Job Description Join a global pioneer in the video game industry and own the reliability of high-traffic, revenue-critical platforms used by millions worldwide. As a Senior SRE, you'll shape the architecture, improve platform-wide resiliency, and ensure services stay performant, scalable, and secure. This isn't just about maintaining a single system, you'll influence reliability across multiple services, driving improvements that touch the entire ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Lead incident response and troubleshooting for production systems, resolving high-severity issues and driving post-incident improvements. Influence architecture to improve platform-wide reliability, resiliency, and operational efficiency, ensuring services remain available under heavy load. Drive containerisation best practices and manage Kubernetes-based workloads at scale. Build and maintain event-driven architectures that scale globally while ensuring fault-tolerance and high availability. Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and monitoring using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, CDK). Collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets across services. Provide mentorship, advocate SRE best practices, and ensure teams are empowered to deliver resilient, reliable systems. Experience / Must-Have Skills Extensive experience in AWS and AWS-managed services (EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM, EKS, Service Catalog, multi-account environments). Strong Kubernetes / container orchestration experience, including EKS, OpenShift, Docker, and service mesh. Deep understanding of networking fundamentals: DNS, VPCs, routing, load balancing, TCP/IP, firewall policies. Proven track record in incident response and troubleshooting at scale. Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation and CI/CD pipelines. Experience designing event-driven architectures and resilient systems. High level of autonomy, able to influence platform-wide decisions and architect for reliability across services. Ability and desire to mentor junior staff Bonus: experience in gaming, interactive entertainment, or other high-traffic, global-scale platforms. If you are interested in this role, please feel free to submit your CV.
31/03/2026
Contractor
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote 12-month contract (high chance of extension) Job Description Join a global pioneer in the video game industry and own the reliability of high-traffic, revenue-critical platforms used by millions worldwide. As a Senior SRE, you'll shape the architecture, improve platform-wide resiliency, and ensure services stay performant, scalable, and secure. This isn't just about maintaining a single system, you'll influence reliability across multiple services, driving improvements that touch the entire ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Lead incident response and troubleshooting for production systems, resolving high-severity issues and driving post-incident improvements. Influence architecture to improve platform-wide reliability, resiliency, and operational efficiency, ensuring services remain available under heavy load. Drive containerisation best practices and manage Kubernetes-based workloads at scale. Build and maintain event-driven architectures that scale globally while ensuring fault-tolerance and high availability. Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and monitoring using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, CDK). Collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets across services. Provide mentorship, advocate SRE best practices, and ensure teams are empowered to deliver resilient, reliable systems. Experience / Must-Have Skills Extensive experience in AWS and AWS-managed services (EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM, EKS, Service Catalog, multi-account environments). Strong Kubernetes / container orchestration experience, including EKS, OpenShift, Docker, and service mesh. Deep understanding of networking fundamentals: DNS, VPCs, routing, load balancing, TCP/IP, firewall policies. Proven track record in incident response and troubleshooting at scale. Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation and CI/CD pipelines. Experience designing event-driven architectures and resilient systems. High level of autonomy, able to influence platform-wide decisions and architect for reliability across services. Ability and desire to mentor junior staff Bonus: experience in gaming, interactive entertainment, or other high-traffic, global-scale platforms. If you are interested in this role, please feel free to submit your CV.
Job Title: SRE Transformation Lead/ Senior SRE Engineer (Global Banking & Payments) Contract Length: 12 months Location: Bromley / London (3 days a week) Working Pattern: Full Time Are you ready to lead a transformative journey in the world of Global Banking and Payments? Our client is seeking a passionate and experienced SRE Transformation Lead to help shape and scale Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practises across a highly regulated banking environment. This is your chance to drive innovation, foster collaboration, and make a real impact on service reliability! Role Overview: As the SRE Transformation Lead/ Senior SRE Engineer, you will lead and accelerate transformation from traditional L2 production support toward an SRE operating model. Your hands-on experience will be crucial in defining and implementing SRE practises across critical banking and payment services, ensuring measurable reliability outcomes and streamlined operations. Required Skills: Significant experience in Site Reliability Engineering and implementing SRE practices across large scale, complex services in essential Demonstrated experience leading an SRE transformation in a corporate banking environment (or similarly regulated financial services enterprise). Proven ability to implement and scale SLO/SLI and error budget approaches, and to operationalize them across multiple teams and services. Strong engineering background with the ability to drive automation and reduce manual toil through code, tooling, and process redesign. Deep knowledge of incident response, problem management, root cause analysis, and operational resilience practices in mission critical environments. Strong stakeholder management skills, able to influence technology and business partners and communicate effectively at senior levels. Key Responsibilities: SRE Operating Model & Transformation : Lead the design and execution of the SRE adoption strategy, transitioning teams to a reliability engineering mindset. Reliability Measurement : Drive the implementation of Critical User Journeys, SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to align metrics with user experience and business objectives. Toil Reduction & Automation : Identify and eliminate operational toil through automation, enhancing engineering practises and operational tooling. Incident & Problem Management : Strengthen incident response frameworks and improve production outcomes through effective root cause analysis and preventive engineering. Observability & Tooling : Establish observability standards to enhance service monitoring, partnering with teams to align SRE needs with enterprise tooling. Stakeholder Management : Influence leaders across operations and engineering, driving the adoption of SRE principles and fostering a culture of reliability. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with high-availability banking platforms and 24x7 operational expectations. Familiarity with observability tools and building SRE communities of practise. Why Join Us? Be a Pioneer : Lead the charge in transforming how reliability engineering is approached in the banking sector. Collaborative Environment : Work with a diverse team that values innovation, teamwork, and excellence. Professional Growth : Take on a pivotal role that will challenge and expand your skills in a dynamic and fast-paced industry. Are you ready to take the next step in your career and make a lasting impact? If you have the expertise and enthusiasm for driving SRE transformation, we want to hear from you! Apply Now! Join our client in revolutionising the Global Banking & Payments landscape. Your journey toward making a difference starts here! Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
31/03/2026
Contractor
Job Title: SRE Transformation Lead/ Senior SRE Engineer (Global Banking & Payments) Contract Length: 12 months Location: Bromley / London (3 days a week) Working Pattern: Full Time Are you ready to lead a transformative journey in the world of Global Banking and Payments? Our client is seeking a passionate and experienced SRE Transformation Lead to help shape and scale Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practises across a highly regulated banking environment. This is your chance to drive innovation, foster collaboration, and make a real impact on service reliability! Role Overview: As the SRE Transformation Lead/ Senior SRE Engineer, you will lead and accelerate transformation from traditional L2 production support toward an SRE operating model. Your hands-on experience will be crucial in defining and implementing SRE practises across critical banking and payment services, ensuring measurable reliability outcomes and streamlined operations. Required Skills: Significant experience in Site Reliability Engineering and implementing SRE practices across large scale, complex services in essential Demonstrated experience leading an SRE transformation in a corporate banking environment (or similarly regulated financial services enterprise). Proven ability to implement and scale SLO/SLI and error budget approaches, and to operationalize them across multiple teams and services. Strong engineering background with the ability to drive automation and reduce manual toil through code, tooling, and process redesign. Deep knowledge of incident response, problem management, root cause analysis, and operational resilience practices in mission critical environments. Strong stakeholder management skills, able to influence technology and business partners and communicate effectively at senior levels. Key Responsibilities: SRE Operating Model & Transformation : Lead the design and execution of the SRE adoption strategy, transitioning teams to a reliability engineering mindset. Reliability Measurement : Drive the implementation of Critical User Journeys, SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to align metrics with user experience and business objectives. Toil Reduction & Automation : Identify and eliminate operational toil through automation, enhancing engineering practises and operational tooling. Incident & Problem Management : Strengthen incident response frameworks and improve production outcomes through effective root cause analysis and preventive engineering. Observability & Tooling : Establish observability standards to enhance service monitoring, partnering with teams to align SRE needs with enterprise tooling. Stakeholder Management : Influence leaders across operations and engineering, driving the adoption of SRE principles and fostering a culture of reliability. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with high-availability banking platforms and 24x7 operational expectations. Familiarity with observability tools and building SRE communities of practise. Why Join Us? Be a Pioneer : Lead the charge in transforming how reliability engineering is approached in the banking sector. Collaborative Environment : Work with a diverse team that values innovation, teamwork, and excellence. Professional Growth : Take on a pivotal role that will challenge and expand your skills in a dynamic and fast-paced industry. Are you ready to take the next step in your career and make a lasting impact? If you have the expertise and enthusiasm for driving SRE transformation, we want to hear from you! Apply Now! Join our client in revolutionising the Global Banking & Payments landscape. Your journey toward making a difference starts here! Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
Location: UK - 100% Remote Duration: 12-Month Initial Contract Working Hours: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (Mostly) The Mission Our client is looking for a Senior SRE to lead the design and evolution of a global observability stack that supports millions of customer devices across 8 international data centers. This isn't just about monitoring; it's about building the high-performance, distributed systems that ensure our global cloud remains performant while scaling 2-3x every year. The Scale of the Challenge As a Lead on the Observability team, you will dive into projects that define "large-scale": Metrics at Scale: Design and scale a Prometheus architecture to handle 100M+ active series and beyond. Petabyte Logging: Operate high-performance ElasticSearch clusters holding 2000+TB of data. High-Throughput Pipelines: Grow data pipelines built on Kafka , handling hundreds of thousands of events per second. Engineering Autonomy: Write libraries and APIs (Ruby, Go) that provide engineers with self-service access to monitoring and logging systems. Infrastructure as Code: Leverage Terraform and Ansible to deploy across both public and private cloud environments. What We're Looking For Distributed Systems Expert: 5+ years of experience operating mid-to-large scale systems on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) -whether on VMs or bare metal. The "S" in SRE: 2+ years of development experience with Ruby, Go, Python, or Scala . You prefer building tools to manual toil. Observability Specialist: Direct experience with Prometheus/Thanos/Cortex, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Kafka, and Grafana. Automation Mindset: Strong proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, and Consul for infrastructure orchestration. Problem Solver: You are comfortable diving into unfamiliar codebases and have a deep understanding of software engineering best practices. Availability: You are comfortable being part of a production on-call rotation and working a shift that primarily covers 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM UK time . If you are interested then let me know and we can have a confidential chat. You can also drop me your CV and I will get back to you on call directly to discuss the role further. Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
31/03/2026
Contractor
Location: UK - 100% Remote Duration: 12-Month Initial Contract Working Hours: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (Mostly) The Mission Our client is looking for a Senior SRE to lead the design and evolution of a global observability stack that supports millions of customer devices across 8 international data centers. This isn't just about monitoring; it's about building the high-performance, distributed systems that ensure our global cloud remains performant while scaling 2-3x every year. The Scale of the Challenge As a Lead on the Observability team, you will dive into projects that define "large-scale": Metrics at Scale: Design and scale a Prometheus architecture to handle 100M+ active series and beyond. Petabyte Logging: Operate high-performance ElasticSearch clusters holding 2000+TB of data. High-Throughput Pipelines: Grow data pipelines built on Kafka , handling hundreds of thousands of events per second. Engineering Autonomy: Write libraries and APIs (Ruby, Go) that provide engineers with self-service access to monitoring and logging systems. Infrastructure as Code: Leverage Terraform and Ansible to deploy across both public and private cloud environments. What We're Looking For Distributed Systems Expert: 5+ years of experience operating mid-to-large scale systems on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) -whether on VMs or bare metal. The "S" in SRE: 2+ years of development experience with Ruby, Go, Python, or Scala . You prefer building tools to manual toil. Observability Specialist: Direct experience with Prometheus/Thanos/Cortex, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Kafka, and Grafana. Automation Mindset: Strong proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, and Consul for infrastructure orchestration. Problem Solver: You are comfortable diving into unfamiliar codebases and have a deep understanding of software engineering best practices. Availability: You are comfortable being part of a production on-call rotation and working a shift that primarily covers 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM UK time . If you are interested then let me know and we can have a confidential chat. You can also drop me your CV and I will get back to you on call directly to discuss the role further. Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Senior Front End Developer Hybrid working in Leeds or Newcastle - 3 days per week Competitive Market Rate We are seeking a Senior Front End Developer to join a team of expert Front End developers building accessible, user-focused digital services at scale. You'll work with Node.js, Express, React, and templating engines to deliver high-quality, GDS-compliant interfaces that make a real impact. What you'll do Lead the design and development of reusable Front End patterns and components. Build accessible, high-performing UIs that work across devices and browsers. Work with modern web stacks - HTML, CSS, JavaScript (client & server), Node.js, Express, TypeScript, React. Support CI/CD pipelines, Docker deployments, and end-to-end testing (TDD/BDD). Mentor and coach developers, shaping best practice and standards across teams. Collaborate across the wider engineering and design community to drive innovation. What we're looking for Proven experience building large-scale, high-traffic systems. Expertise in modern Front End frameworks and open-source technologies. Strong understanding of accessibility (WCAG) and progressive enhancement. Skilled in testing frameworks like Jest or Mocha. Experience integrating with APIs, databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching tools (Redis), and cloud platforms (AWS or Azure). Confident leading teams, setting direction, and promoting a collaborative, agile culture. How to Apply Quote the Job Title and Reference Number in your application. Submit your CV in Word format. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis-early submission is recommended. We will also add your details to our mail out lists. Please note you may receive details of roles outside of your immediate vicinity, as many candidates are able to relocate temporarily for work. Please disregard any such emails that are not of interest and let us know if you would rather not receive such mailouts and/or if you wish us to delete your details and prefer to apply direct to our advertised roles. If you do not hear from us within three working days, unfortunately your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working with us.
07/10/2025
Contractor
Senior Front End Developer Hybrid working in Leeds or Newcastle - 3 days per week Competitive Market Rate We are seeking a Senior Front End Developer to join a team of expert Front End developers building accessible, user-focused digital services at scale. You'll work with Node.js, Express, React, and templating engines to deliver high-quality, GDS-compliant interfaces that make a real impact. What you'll do Lead the design and development of reusable Front End patterns and components. Build accessible, high-performing UIs that work across devices and browsers. Work with modern web stacks - HTML, CSS, JavaScript (client & server), Node.js, Express, TypeScript, React. Support CI/CD pipelines, Docker deployments, and end-to-end testing (TDD/BDD). Mentor and coach developers, shaping best practice and standards across teams. Collaborate across the wider engineering and design community to drive innovation. What we're looking for Proven experience building large-scale, high-traffic systems. Expertise in modern Front End frameworks and open-source technologies. Strong understanding of accessibility (WCAG) and progressive enhancement. Skilled in testing frameworks like Jest or Mocha. Experience integrating with APIs, databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching tools (Redis), and cloud platforms (AWS or Azure). Confident leading teams, setting direction, and promoting a collaborative, agile culture. How to Apply Quote the Job Title and Reference Number in your application. Submit your CV in Word format. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis-early submission is recommended. We will also add your details to our mail out lists. Please note you may receive details of roles outside of your immediate vicinity, as many candidates are able to relocate temporarily for work. Please disregard any such emails that are not of interest and let us know if you would rather not receive such mailouts and/or if you wish us to delete your details and prefer to apply direct to our advertised roles. If you do not hear from us within three working days, unfortunately your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working with us.
Join us on a transformative journey as a Solution Architect-Component Designer Assurance & AI, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. Operational Support Systems (OSS) & Tools is a newly formed functional unit in the Network Product domain at Barclays. The Barclays OSS & Tools Engineering team is responsible for the design, build and operate of the underlying OSS infrastructure and toolchain across cloud, data centre, campus and branch that are required to run the Barclays Global Network at scale. To be successful as a Solution Architect, you should have experience with Demonstrable experience of building high scale observability solutions using open-source tooling like ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, Nagios, Telegraf and others. Knowledge and demonstrable hands-on experience with middleware technologies (Kafka, API gateways and others) and Data Engineering tools/frameworks like Apache Spark, Airflow, Flink and Hadoop ecosystems. Understanding of network technology fundamentals, Data Structures, scalable system design and ability to translate information in a structured manner for wider product and engineering teams to translate into working solution. Some other highly valued skills may include Knowledge of DevOps tooling, GitOps, CI/CD, configuration management, Jenkins, build pipelines and source control systems. Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services: compute, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, monitoring/logging, security and IAM. Programming experience in one of the highlevel languages like Python, Java, Golang and NetDevOps automation and AI engineering (GenAI/Agentic AI), API service development. Proficiency in Agile Methodologies Scrum/Kanban, backlog and workflow mgmt. and SRE specific reporting (MTTR, deployment frequency, SLO and others) You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills Location is Knutsford Purpose of the role To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency. Accountabilities Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms. Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc. Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank's resiliency expectations. Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value. Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate. Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling. Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs. Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes. Vice President Expectations To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
06/10/2025
Full time
Join us on a transformative journey as a Solution Architect-Component Designer Assurance & AI, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. Operational Support Systems (OSS) & Tools is a newly formed functional unit in the Network Product domain at Barclays. The Barclays OSS & Tools Engineering team is responsible for the design, build and operate of the underlying OSS infrastructure and toolchain across cloud, data centre, campus and branch that are required to run the Barclays Global Network at scale. To be successful as a Solution Architect, you should have experience with Demonstrable experience of building high scale observability solutions using open-source tooling like ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, Nagios, Telegraf and others. Knowledge and demonstrable hands-on experience with middleware technologies (Kafka, API gateways and others) and Data Engineering tools/frameworks like Apache Spark, Airflow, Flink and Hadoop ecosystems. Understanding of network technology fundamentals, Data Structures, scalable system design and ability to translate information in a structured manner for wider product and engineering teams to translate into working solution. Some other highly valued skills may include Knowledge of DevOps tooling, GitOps, CI/CD, configuration management, Jenkins, build pipelines and source control systems. Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services: compute, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, monitoring/logging, security and IAM. Programming experience in one of the highlevel languages like Python, Java, Golang and NetDevOps automation and AI engineering (GenAI/Agentic AI), API service development. Proficiency in Agile Methodologies Scrum/Kanban, backlog and workflow mgmt. and SRE specific reporting (MTTR, deployment frequency, SLO and others) You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills Location is Knutsford Purpose of the role To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency. Accountabilities Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms. Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc. Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank's resiliency expectations. Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value. Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate. Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling. Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs. Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes. Vice President Expectations To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
ENET Engineer Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a ENET Engineer based in London 3 days a week, remainder remote for an initial 6-month contract. *INSIDE IR35.* Role Description Key Responsibilities: Deliver and support low latency connectivity and monitoring solutions for the Global Markets business, aligned with Front Office trading and regulatory needs. Apply SRE principles to improve availability, latency, performance, and capacity planning across trading infrastructure. Collaborate with network and platform engineers to design reliable, self-healing systems and reduce manual intervention through automation. Own and execute the Global Markets connectivity roadmap, from project delivery through to operational handoff and life cycle management. Partner with business stakeholders and platform owners to ensure infrastructure and observability tooling meets evolving trading requirements. Monitor and manage capacity and performance of global connectivity systems, working with regional teams to aggregate local intelligence. Conduct deep-dive post-incident analysis and forensic reviews during high-impact market events (eg, non-farm payroll), using packet analysis to identify systemic improvements. Develop and maintain automated alerting, health checks, and dashboards, supporting proactive detection of issues and system degradation. Lead lab-based testing and benchmarking initiatives for new connectivity solutions, ensuring readiness for production deployment. Produce operational and performance KPIs, SLO/SLI metrics, and executive summaries to support senior decision-making. Champion continuous improvement and innovation, driving technology adoption in monitoring, resiliency, and incident response tooling. Key Skills: Strong background in low latency network engineering, including TCP/IP, multicast, traffic shaping, and performance analysis. Proven experience with packet capture and analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump, Corvil/PICO); ability to build custom decoders is highly advantageous. Familiarity with SRE tools and practices, including infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, error budgets, and reliability-focused SLIs/SLOs. Experience supporting Real Time trading applications, including feed handlers, matching engines, and algo trading platforms. Strong working knowledge of messaging Middleware (Solace, 29West, Tibco, LBM, or equivalent) in performance-sensitive environments. Proficient in Scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to streamline monitoring, alerting, and recovery workflows. Knowledge of FIX, market data, and order routing protocols in a trading environment. Exposure to observability platforms such as ITRS Geneos, Prometheus, Grafana, or custom telemetry stacks. Comfortable working across Linux systems, hybrid infrastructure, and global production environments. Excellent communication and reporting skills, with ability to translate technical data into actionable business insights. All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description. Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.
01/10/2025
Contractor
ENET Engineer Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a ENET Engineer based in London 3 days a week, remainder remote for an initial 6-month contract. *INSIDE IR35.* Role Description Key Responsibilities: Deliver and support low latency connectivity and monitoring solutions for the Global Markets business, aligned with Front Office trading and regulatory needs. Apply SRE principles to improve availability, latency, performance, and capacity planning across trading infrastructure. Collaborate with network and platform engineers to design reliable, self-healing systems and reduce manual intervention through automation. Own and execute the Global Markets connectivity roadmap, from project delivery through to operational handoff and life cycle management. Partner with business stakeholders and platform owners to ensure infrastructure and observability tooling meets evolving trading requirements. Monitor and manage capacity and performance of global connectivity systems, working with regional teams to aggregate local intelligence. Conduct deep-dive post-incident analysis and forensic reviews during high-impact market events (eg, non-farm payroll), using packet analysis to identify systemic improvements. Develop and maintain automated alerting, health checks, and dashboards, supporting proactive detection of issues and system degradation. Lead lab-based testing and benchmarking initiatives for new connectivity solutions, ensuring readiness for production deployment. Produce operational and performance KPIs, SLO/SLI metrics, and executive summaries to support senior decision-making. Champion continuous improvement and innovation, driving technology adoption in monitoring, resiliency, and incident response tooling. Key Skills: Strong background in low latency network engineering, including TCP/IP, multicast, traffic shaping, and performance analysis. Proven experience with packet capture and analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump, Corvil/PICO); ability to build custom decoders is highly advantageous. Familiarity with SRE tools and practices, including infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, error budgets, and reliability-focused SLIs/SLOs. Experience supporting Real Time trading applications, including feed handlers, matching engines, and algo trading platforms. Strong working knowledge of messaging Middleware (Solace, 29West, Tibco, LBM, or equivalent) in performance-sensitive environments. Proficient in Scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to streamline monitoring, alerting, and recovery workflows. Knowledge of FIX, market data, and order routing protocols in a trading environment. Exposure to observability platforms such as ITRS Geneos, Prometheus, Grafana, or custom telemetry stacks. Comfortable working across Linux systems, hybrid infrastructure, and global production environments. Excellent communication and reporting skills, with ability to translate technical data into actionable business insights. All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description. Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.
Join a team at the heart of the global economy! The Department for Business and Trade ("DBT") and Inspire People are partnering together to bring you an exciting opportunity for an experienced Python Developer to support essential tooling and systems across DBT. This role is ideal for a Back End Python developer looking for career growth and be exposed to cloud native systems with an SRE touch to join a team that ensures DBT's digital services work as users expect, working with development teams giving them the tools for their job, including application performance monitoring, exception, log and metrics aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CD/CI pipelines. £55,400 to £74,600 (including allowances) plus excellent Civil Service benefits and pension. Salary is dependent on location and technical skills as assessed at interview. Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, Birmingham or Salford. DBTs Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) team develops and operates tools, services, and platforms that enable the UK government to provide world leading support to businesses in the UK and overseas. As a senior SRE developing Python, you will work to give development teams the tools for their job, including application performance monitoring, exception, log and metrics aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) pipelines. You'll evangelise product teams about service-level indicators, objectives, and error budgets, and negotiate them. You'll help build and scale our global product platform and participate in an on-call rota. The Tech Stack includes: Python and Django framework Serverless compute (Lambda) Amazon Web Services Azure Jenkins and AWS Codepipelines Terraform & CloudFormation Kubernetes Elastic Container Service (ECS) Elasticsearch PostgreSQL Sentry Redis Essential Skills and Experience You should be able to demonstrate: Experience and fluency in Python, writing clean and effective code. Cloud experience with either Amazon Web Services, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable, and well tested infrastructure on top of cloud computing systems (eg, Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi). Experience in designing, analysing, and troubleshooting distributed systems. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP Networking. Ability to see user impact in the infrastructure changes. Desirable Skills and Experience While not essential, it would be ideal if you have demonstrable skills and experience of: Experience coding infrastructure (ie, Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience in defining and measuring Service Level Objectives. Experience in observability driven development. Experience in prototyping through reuse of existing Open Source components. In return, you can expect a planned, transparent progression with learning and development tailored to your role, an environment with flexible working options and a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, plus the following benefits: Salary of £54,400 to £74,600 (including allowances) including annual allowance depending on location and experience Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, Salford Annual leave starting at 26 days per annum plus statutory bank holidays rising to 33 days with service An excellent Civil Service pension scheme. If you are a Python Developer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer or Systems Administrator looking to enhance your career and make a difference across an expanding function, then apply today or contact Alison Whitehead at Inspire People in complete confidence for further information. Further Information: This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 3 out of the past 5 years.
14/08/2023
Full time
Join a team at the heart of the global economy! The Department for Business and Trade ("DBT") and Inspire People are partnering together to bring you an exciting opportunity for an experienced Python Developer to support essential tooling and systems across DBT. This role is ideal for a Back End Python developer looking for career growth and be exposed to cloud native systems with an SRE touch to join a team that ensures DBT's digital services work as users expect, working with development teams giving them the tools for their job, including application performance monitoring, exception, log and metrics aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CD/CI pipelines. £55,400 to £74,600 (including allowances) plus excellent Civil Service benefits and pension. Salary is dependent on location and technical skills as assessed at interview. Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, Birmingham or Salford. DBTs Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) team develops and operates tools, services, and platforms that enable the UK government to provide world leading support to businesses in the UK and overseas. As a senior SRE developing Python, you will work to give development teams the tools for their job, including application performance monitoring, exception, log and metrics aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) pipelines. You'll evangelise product teams about service-level indicators, objectives, and error budgets, and negotiate them. You'll help build and scale our global product platform and participate in an on-call rota. The Tech Stack includes: Python and Django framework Serverless compute (Lambda) Amazon Web Services Azure Jenkins and AWS Codepipelines Terraform & CloudFormation Kubernetes Elastic Container Service (ECS) Elasticsearch PostgreSQL Sentry Redis Essential Skills and Experience You should be able to demonstrate: Experience and fluency in Python, writing clean and effective code. Cloud experience with either Amazon Web Services, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable, and well tested infrastructure on top of cloud computing systems (eg, Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi). Experience in designing, analysing, and troubleshooting distributed systems. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP Networking. Ability to see user impact in the infrastructure changes. Desirable Skills and Experience While not essential, it would be ideal if you have demonstrable skills and experience of: Experience coding infrastructure (ie, Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience in defining and measuring Service Level Objectives. Experience in observability driven development. Experience in prototyping through reuse of existing Open Source components. In return, you can expect a planned, transparent progression with learning and development tailored to your role, an environment with flexible working options and a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, plus the following benefits: Salary of £54,400 to £74,600 (including allowances) including annual allowance depending on location and experience Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, Salford Annual leave starting at 26 days per annum plus statutory bank holidays rising to 33 days with service An excellent Civil Service pension scheme. If you are a Python Developer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer or Systems Administrator looking to enhance your career and make a difference across an expanding function, then apply today or contact Alison Whitehead at Inspire People in complete confidence for further information. Further Information: This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 3 out of the past 5 years.
Service Management Solution Architect Location: Edinburgh Salary: Competitive Salary & Package (Dependent on Experience) Career Level: Manager Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad variety of services in strategy & consulting, interactive, technology & operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership & culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skills & next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion & diversity & supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual & Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion & diversity too. "Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do & the impact we have with our clients & with the communities in which we work & live. It is personal to all of us." - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO. As a team: Accenture's CEO Julie Sweet has announced & committed to the formation of Accenture area backed by a $3 billion investment over three years. This strategic directive will ensure Accenture will continue to be an authority in Cloud consulting & enable us to support organisations across industries on their journey to cloud & become truly 'Cloud First' & realise greater value faster & at scale. Our substantial investment demonstrates our dedication to delivering greater value to our clients when they need it most. You'll learn, grow & advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, varied ways of thinking & enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new & exciting ways. If you're looking for an ambitious career working in a vibrant environment with access to training & a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our distributed team, you'll be working with ground breaking technologies & will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. In our team you will learn: How to provide solutions to real world problems across a variety of industries. How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment A focus on people development through a collaborative & mutually encouraging culture with a wealth of training & development opportunities As a Service Management Solution Architect, you will: Overall solutioning including pricing strategy & delivery model Lead programmes of work that deliver Service Management solutions & strategies Translate complex business problems into robust solutions Develop & deliver presentations which resonate with senior client stakeholders Create high quality, client facing assets targeting Service Management solutions Develop & design roadmaps, implement strategies & transformation plans Scrutinise existing client environments & recommend solutions that enable a to-be vision Identify for additional opportunities within clients, using wider Accenture offerings Lead & contribute to RFP & case development Job Qualifications We are looking for experience in the following skills: Expertise in architecting solutions in Service Management offerings such as; ITSM and SIAM frameworks, Service Mgmt maturity, process design, workflow simulation, performance improvements and helping to define key roles and responsibilities as part of target operating model design, service management tooling, and service catalogue design ITIL V3 certifications as a minimum (V3 expert & V4 certifications preferable) Are bold, digitally minded, and can successfully combine technical understanding and eye for business to provide compelling client solutions Strong Architecture skills and experience leading architecture teams Strong client-facing communication, and relationship building skills Wider complimentary skills such as AWS, Google, Azure, ServiceNow certs and SRE are desirable but not compulsory Set yourself apart: Understanding & experience of the challenges associated with managing & delivering Service Management implementations across the project life cycle Broader understanding/skills in how Service Management fits into a broader cloud-enabled enterprise such as broader cloud technologies, Digital Workplace, cloud networks, infrastructure outsource etc. Knowledge of operational, support & security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilising an "As a Service" model Evidence of personal development and a track record of success/progression What's in it for you: At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the outstanding services we are known for. About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services-all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 537,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human resourcefulness every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We accept the power of change to build value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at . Closing Date for Applications 30/06/2022 Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found. SRG100 Show more Show less Qualifications Job Qualifications We are looking for experience in the following skills: Expertise in architecting solutions in Service Management offerings such as; ITSM and SIAM frameworks, Service Mgmt maturity, process design, workflow simulation, performance improvements and helping to define key roles and responsibilities as part of target operating model design, service management tooling, and service catalogue design ITIL V3 certifications as a minimum (V3 expert & V4 certifications preferable) Are bold, digitally minded, and can successfully combine technical understanding and eye for business to provide compelling client solutions Strong Architecture skills and experience leading architecture teams Strong client-facing communication, and relationship building skills Wider complimentary skills such as AWS, Google, Azure, ServiceNow certs and SRE are desirable but not compulsory Set yourself apart: Understanding & experience of the challenges associated with managing & delivering Service Management implementations across the project life cycle Broader understanding/skills in how Service Management fits into a broader cloud-enabled enterprise such as broader cloud technologies, Digital Workplace, cloud networks, infrastructure outsource etc. Knowledge of operational, support & security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilising an "As a Service" model Evidence of personal development and a track record of success/progression
24/09/2022
Full time
Service Management Solution Architect Location: Edinburgh Salary: Competitive Salary & Package (Dependent on Experience) Career Level: Manager Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad variety of services in strategy & consulting, interactive, technology & operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership & culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skills & next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion & diversity & supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual & Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion & diversity too. "Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do & the impact we have with our clients & with the communities in which we work & live. It is personal to all of us." - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO. As a team: Accenture's CEO Julie Sweet has announced & committed to the formation of Accenture area backed by a $3 billion investment over three years. This strategic directive will ensure Accenture will continue to be an authority in Cloud consulting & enable us to support organisations across industries on their journey to cloud & become truly 'Cloud First' & realise greater value faster & at scale. Our substantial investment demonstrates our dedication to delivering greater value to our clients when they need it most. You'll learn, grow & advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, varied ways of thinking & enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new & exciting ways. If you're looking for an ambitious career working in a vibrant environment with access to training & a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our distributed team, you'll be working with ground breaking technologies & will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. In our team you will learn: How to provide solutions to real world problems across a variety of industries. How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment A focus on people development through a collaborative & mutually encouraging culture with a wealth of training & development opportunities As a Service Management Solution Architect, you will: Overall solutioning including pricing strategy & delivery model Lead programmes of work that deliver Service Management solutions & strategies Translate complex business problems into robust solutions Develop & deliver presentations which resonate with senior client stakeholders Create high quality, client facing assets targeting Service Management solutions Develop & design roadmaps, implement strategies & transformation plans Scrutinise existing client environments & recommend solutions that enable a to-be vision Identify for additional opportunities within clients, using wider Accenture offerings Lead & contribute to RFP & case development Job Qualifications We are looking for experience in the following skills: Expertise in architecting solutions in Service Management offerings such as; ITSM and SIAM frameworks, Service Mgmt maturity, process design, workflow simulation, performance improvements and helping to define key roles and responsibilities as part of target operating model design, service management tooling, and service catalogue design ITIL V3 certifications as a minimum (V3 expert & V4 certifications preferable) Are bold, digitally minded, and can successfully combine technical understanding and eye for business to provide compelling client solutions Strong Architecture skills and experience leading architecture teams Strong client-facing communication, and relationship building skills Wider complimentary skills such as AWS, Google, Azure, ServiceNow certs and SRE are desirable but not compulsory Set yourself apart: Understanding & experience of the challenges associated with managing & delivering Service Management implementations across the project life cycle Broader understanding/skills in how Service Management fits into a broader cloud-enabled enterprise such as broader cloud technologies, Digital Workplace, cloud networks, infrastructure outsource etc. Knowledge of operational, support & security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilising an "As a Service" model Evidence of personal development and a track record of success/progression What's in it for you: At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the outstanding services we are known for. About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services-all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 537,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human resourcefulness every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We accept the power of change to build value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at . Closing Date for Applications 30/06/2022 Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found. SRG100 Show more Show less Qualifications Job Qualifications We are looking for experience in the following skills: Expertise in architecting solutions in Service Management offerings such as; ITSM and SIAM frameworks, Service Mgmt maturity, process design, workflow simulation, performance improvements and helping to define key roles and responsibilities as part of target operating model design, service management tooling, and service catalogue design ITIL V3 certifications as a minimum (V3 expert & V4 certifications preferable) Are bold, digitally minded, and can successfully combine technical understanding and eye for business to provide compelling client solutions Strong Architecture skills and experience leading architecture teams Strong client-facing communication, and relationship building skills Wider complimentary skills such as AWS, Google, Azure, ServiceNow certs and SRE are desirable but not compulsory Set yourself apart: Understanding & experience of the challenges associated with managing & delivering Service Management implementations across the project life cycle Broader understanding/skills in how Service Management fits into a broader cloud-enabled enterprise such as broader cloud technologies, Digital Workplace, cloud networks, infrastructure outsource etc. Knowledge of operational, support & security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilising an "As a Service" model Evidence of personal development and a track record of success/progression
Service Management Solution Architect Location: Manchester Salary: Competitive Salary & Package (Dependent on Experience) Career Level: Manager Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad variety of services in strategy & consulting, interactive, technology & operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership & culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skills & next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion & diversity & supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual & Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion & diversity too. "Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do & the impact we have with our clients & with the communities in which we work & live. It is personal to all of us." - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO. As a team: Accenture's CEO Julie Sweet has announced & committed to the formation of Accenture area backed by a $3 billion investment over three years. This strategic directive will ensure Accenture will continue to be an authority in Cloud consulting & enable us to support organisations across industries on their journey to cloud & become truly 'Cloud First' & realise greater value faster & at scale. Our substantial investment demonstrates our dedication to delivering greater value to our clients when they need it most. You'll learn, grow & advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, varied ways of thinking & enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new & exciting ways. If you're looking for an ambitious career working in a vibrant environment with access to training & a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our distributed team, you'll be working with ground breaking technologies & will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. In our team you will learn: How to provide solutions to real world problems across a variety of industries. How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment A focus on people development through a collaborative & mutually supportive culture with a wealth of training & development opportunities As a Service Management Solution Architect, you will: Overall solutioning including pricing strategy & delivery model Manage programmes of work that deliver Service Management solutions & strategies Translate complex business problems into robust solutions Develop & deliver presentations which resonate with senior client stakeholders Create high quality, client facing assets targeting Service Management solutions Develop & design roadmaps, implement strategies & transformation plans Scrutinise existing client environments & recommend solutions that enable a to-be vision Identify for additional opportunities within clients, leveraging wider Accenture offerings Lead & contribute to RFP & business case development We are looking for experience in the following skills: Expertise in architecting solutions in Service Management offerings such as; ITSM and SIAM frameworks, Service Mgmt maturity, process design, workflow simulation, performance improvements and helping to define key roles and responsibilities as part of target operating model design, service management tooling, and service catalogue design ITIL V3 certifications as a minimum (V3 expert & V4 certifications preferable) Are ambitious, digitally minded, and can successfully combine technical understanding and business acumen to provide compelling client solutions Strong Architecture skills and experience leading architecture teams Strong client-facing communication, and relationship building skills Wider complimentary skills such as AWS, Google, Azure, ServiceNow certs and SRE are desirable but not compulsary Set yourself apart: Understanding & experience of the challenges associated with managing & delivering Service Management implementations across the project life cycle Broader understanding/skills in how Service Management fits into a broader cloud-enabled enterprise such as broader cloud technologies, Digital Workplace, cloud networks, infrastructure outsource etc. Knowledge of operational, support & security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilising an "As a Service" model Evidence of personal development and a track record of success/progression What's in it for you: At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the outstanding services we are known for. About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services-all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 537,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human resourcefulness every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We accept the power of change to build value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at . Closing Date for Applications 30/06/2022 Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found. RROOTS Show more Show less Qualifications We are looking for experience in the following skills: Expertise in architecting solutions in Service Management offerings such as; ITSM and SIAM frameworks, Service Mgmt maturity, process design, workflow simulation, performance improvements and helping to define key roles and responsibilities as part of target operating model design, service management tooling, and service catalogue design ITIL V3 certifications as a minimum (V3 expert & V4 certifications preferable) Are ambitious, digitally minded, and can successfully combine technical understanding and business acumen to provide compelling client solutions Strong Architecture skills and experience leading architecture teams Strong client-facing communication, and relationship building skills Wider complimentary skills such as AWS, Google, Azure, ServiceNow certs and SRE are desirable but not compulsary Set yourself apart: Understanding & experience of the challenges associated with managing & delivering Service Management implementations across the project life cycle Broader understanding/skills in how Service Management fits into a broader cloud-enabled enterprise such as broader cloud technologies, Digital Workplace, cloud networks, infrastructure outsource etc. Knowledge of operational, support & security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilising an "As a Service" model Evidence of personal development and a track record of success/progression
24/09/2022
Full time
Service Management Solution Architect Location: Manchester Salary: Competitive Salary & Package (Dependent on Experience) Career Level: Manager Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad variety of services in strategy & consulting, interactive, technology & operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership & culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skills & next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion & diversity & supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual & Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion & diversity too. "Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do & the impact we have with our clients & with the communities in which we work & live. It is personal to all of us." - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO. As a team: Accenture's CEO Julie Sweet has announced & committed to the formation of Accenture area backed by a $3 billion investment over three years. This strategic directive will ensure Accenture will continue to be an authority in Cloud consulting & enable us to support organisations across industries on their journey to cloud & become truly 'Cloud First' & realise greater value faster & at scale. Our substantial investment demonstrates our dedication to delivering greater value to our clients when they need it most. You'll learn, grow & advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, varied ways of thinking & enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new & exciting ways. If you're looking for an ambitious career working in a vibrant environment with access to training & a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our distributed team, you'll be working with ground breaking technologies & will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. In our team you will learn: How to provide solutions to real world problems across a variety of industries. How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment A focus on people development through a collaborative & mutually supportive culture with a wealth of training & development opportunities As a Service Management Solution Architect, you will: Overall solutioning including pricing strategy & delivery model Manage programmes of work that deliver Service Management solutions & strategies Translate complex business problems into robust solutions Develop & deliver presentations which resonate with senior client stakeholders Create high quality, client facing assets targeting Service Management solutions Develop & design roadmaps, implement strategies & transformation plans Scrutinise existing client environments & recommend solutions that enable a to-be vision Identify for additional opportunities within clients, leveraging wider Accenture offerings Lead & contribute to RFP & business case development We are looking for experience in the following skills: Expertise in architecting solutions in Service Management offerings such as; ITSM and SIAM frameworks, Service Mgmt maturity, process design, workflow simulation, performance improvements and helping to define key roles and responsibilities as part of target operating model design, service management tooling, and service catalogue design ITIL V3 certifications as a minimum (V3 expert & V4 certifications preferable) Are ambitious, digitally minded, and can successfully combine technical understanding and business acumen to provide compelling client solutions Strong Architecture skills and experience leading architecture teams Strong client-facing communication, and relationship building skills Wider complimentary skills such as AWS, Google, Azure, ServiceNow certs and SRE are desirable but not compulsary Set yourself apart: Understanding & experience of the challenges associated with managing & delivering Service Management implementations across the project life cycle Broader understanding/skills in how Service Management fits into a broader cloud-enabled enterprise such as broader cloud technologies, Digital Workplace, cloud networks, infrastructure outsource etc. Knowledge of operational, support & security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilising an "As a Service" model Evidence of personal development and a track record of success/progression What's in it for you: At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the outstanding services we are known for. About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services-all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 537,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human resourcefulness every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We accept the power of change to build value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at . Closing Date for Applications 30/06/2022 Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found. RROOTS Show more Show less Qualifications We are looking for experience in the following skills: Expertise in architecting solutions in Service Management offerings such as; ITSM and SIAM frameworks, Service Mgmt maturity, process design, workflow simulation, performance improvements and helping to define key roles and responsibilities as part of target operating model design, service management tooling, and service catalogue design ITIL V3 certifications as a minimum (V3 expert & V4 certifications preferable) Are ambitious, digitally minded, and can successfully combine technical understanding and business acumen to provide compelling client solutions Strong Architecture skills and experience leading architecture teams Strong client-facing communication, and relationship building skills Wider complimentary skills such as AWS, Google, Azure, ServiceNow certs and SRE are desirable but not compulsary Set yourself apart: Understanding & experience of the challenges associated with managing & delivering Service Management implementations across the project life cycle Broader understanding/skills in how Service Management fits into a broader cloud-enabled enterprise such as broader cloud technologies, Digital Workplace, cloud networks, infrastructure outsource etc. Knowledge of operational, support & security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilising an "As a Service" model Evidence of personal development and a track record of success/progression
Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Belfast, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London About the job Summary Join a team at the heart of the global economy! We create digital services, data tools and technology for businesses to prosper around the world. Have a look at our video ! Our Digital, Data and Technology team develops and operates tools, services, and platforms that enable the UK government to provide world leading support to businesses in the UK and overseas. Youll get to constantly push boundaries in an environment free of heavy legacy, driven by curiosity, social purpose, diversity of thought, entrepreneurship, and the aspiration to offer an incredible experience to all our users. Find out more on our blog, Digital Trade. Job description Can we rely on you to make us more reliable? The Department for International Trade (DIT) helps businesses export and invest, and we need Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) to make sure our internet services work as users expect . Responsibilities As SRE you will work to give development teams the tools for their job, including application performance monitoring, exception, log and metrics aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CD/CI pipelines. Youll evangelise product teams about service-level indicators, objectives, and error budgets, and negotiate them. Youll help build and scale our global product platform. Our tech stack includes: Amazon Web Services Azure Jenkins Terraform Kubernetes Elasticsearch Python PostgreSQL Sentry Redis Jenkins Essential Skills and Experience You should be able to demonstrate essential skills and experience of: Demonstrable experience and fluency in one or more programming languages, writing clean and effective code. Ability to build code defined, reliable and well tested infrastructure on top of cloud computing systems. Experience in designing, analysing, and troubleshooting distributed systems. Knowledge of Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Ability to see user impact in the infrastructure changes. Desirable Skills and Experience While not essential, it would be ideal if you have demonstrable skills and experience of: PaaS,Kubernetes,Django,oauth2/saml2 integrations in Python. Cloud experience with either Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services or Azure. Experience coding infrastructure (i.e., Terraform). Experience in defining and measuring Service Level Objectives. Experience in observability driven development. Experience in prototyping through reuseof existingOpen Sourcecomponents. Benefits Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Things you need to know Security Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks. Selection process details We are closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus, and will be following central Government advice as it is issued. There is therefore a risk that recruitment to this post may be subject to change at short notice. In addition, where appropriate, you may be invited to attend a video interview. Please continue to follow the application process as normal and ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way. Assessment and Interview As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a CV which outlines your experience, skills and fit for the role. At the sift stage for this role, Inspire People will assess you against the essential criteria listed above to compile a longlist of applications. If you are progressed through to this stage, you will be asked to complete a short, pre-recorded video interview with Inspire People or provide written answers to questions. These applications will then be sifted by DIT hiring managers. At the interview stage for this role, we will assess your technical/specialist experience, outlined in the above role description, testing your ability through relevant assessments/presentations and ask you questions around Behaviours and Technical skills, which are part of the Civil Service Success Profiles . The technical element within the interview, where you will be asked a series of questions to demonstrate your specific professional skills and knowledge related directly to the job role and context, will assess against capabilities which are outlined under DevOps engineer within the DDaT framework which can be found here: . These Technical Skills include: Availability and capacity management Development process optimisations Information security Modern standards approach Programming and build (software engineering) Prototyping Service support Systems design Systems integration User focus You will also be assessed against the Behaviours of: Making Effective Decisions Communicating and influencing Developing Self and Others Changing and Improving Offer Stage Appointments may be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences. The salary we will offer is determined using interview performance. Scores at interview translate to proficiency levels and an associated salary. Once a successful candidate has a proficiency level and is part of the capability framework, they will be given opportunities to self-assess to progress through the pay scale within their grade during their time at DIT. For further explanation of proficiency levels and more information about DDaT click here. The Department for International Trade embraces and values diversity in all forms. We welcome and pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has on the work we do, and we promote equality of opportunity throughout the organisation. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Candidates who pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring will be held on a 12-month reserve list for future appointments. Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised. If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. Harmonised terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you. Please note the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role. Any move to the Department for International Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Reasonable adjustment If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact the DDaT Recruitment team before the closing date to discuss your needs. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DIT by email: If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission. If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. For further information and to apply please click the link to direct you to the advertisers website. Further Information This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 3 out of the past 5 years. For more information on security clearance, the Civil Service Code, our recruitment principles, and our complaints procedure, click here. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. 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24/09/2022
Full time
Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Belfast, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London About the job Summary Join a team at the heart of the global economy! We create digital services, data tools and technology for businesses to prosper around the world. Have a look at our video ! Our Digital, Data and Technology team develops and operates tools, services, and platforms that enable the UK government to provide world leading support to businesses in the UK and overseas. Youll get to constantly push boundaries in an environment free of heavy legacy, driven by curiosity, social purpose, diversity of thought, entrepreneurship, and the aspiration to offer an incredible experience to all our users. Find out more on our blog, Digital Trade. Job description Can we rely on you to make us more reliable? The Department for International Trade (DIT) helps businesses export and invest, and we need Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) to make sure our internet services work as users expect . Responsibilities As SRE you will work to give development teams the tools for their job, including application performance monitoring, exception, log and metrics aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CD/CI pipelines. Youll evangelise product teams about service-level indicators, objectives, and error budgets, and negotiate them. Youll help build and scale our global product platform. Our tech stack includes: Amazon Web Services Azure Jenkins Terraform Kubernetes Elasticsearch Python PostgreSQL Sentry Redis Jenkins Essential Skills and Experience You should be able to demonstrate essential skills and experience of: Demonstrable experience and fluency in one or more programming languages, writing clean and effective code. Ability to build code defined, reliable and well tested infrastructure on top of cloud computing systems. Experience in designing, analysing, and troubleshooting distributed systems. Knowledge of Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Ability to see user impact in the infrastructure changes. Desirable Skills and Experience While not essential, it would be ideal if you have demonstrable skills and experience of: PaaS,Kubernetes,Django,oauth2/saml2 integrations in Python. Cloud experience with either Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services or Azure. Experience coding infrastructure (i.e., Terraform). Experience in defining and measuring Service Level Objectives. Experience in observability driven development. Experience in prototyping through reuseof existingOpen Sourcecomponents. Benefits Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Things you need to know Security Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks. Selection process details We are closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus, and will be following central Government advice as it is issued. There is therefore a risk that recruitment to this post may be subject to change at short notice. In addition, where appropriate, you may be invited to attend a video interview. Please continue to follow the application process as normal and ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way. Assessment and Interview As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a CV which outlines your experience, skills and fit for the role. At the sift stage for this role, Inspire People will assess you against the essential criteria listed above to compile a longlist of applications. If you are progressed through to this stage, you will be asked to complete a short, pre-recorded video interview with Inspire People or provide written answers to questions. These applications will then be sifted by DIT hiring managers. At the interview stage for this role, we will assess your technical/specialist experience, outlined in the above role description, testing your ability through relevant assessments/presentations and ask you questions around Behaviours and Technical skills, which are part of the Civil Service Success Profiles . The technical element within the interview, where you will be asked a series of questions to demonstrate your specific professional skills and knowledge related directly to the job role and context, will assess against capabilities which are outlined under DevOps engineer within the DDaT framework which can be found here: . These Technical Skills include: Availability and capacity management Development process optimisations Information security Modern standards approach Programming and build (software engineering) Prototyping Service support Systems design Systems integration User focus You will also be assessed against the Behaviours of: Making Effective Decisions Communicating and influencing Developing Self and Others Changing and Improving Offer Stage Appointments may be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences. The salary we will offer is determined using interview performance. Scores at interview translate to proficiency levels and an associated salary. Once a successful candidate has a proficiency level and is part of the capability framework, they will be given opportunities to self-assess to progress through the pay scale within their grade during their time at DIT. For further explanation of proficiency levels and more information about DDaT click here. The Department for International Trade embraces and values diversity in all forms. We welcome and pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has on the work we do, and we promote equality of opportunity throughout the organisation. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Candidates who pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring will be held on a 12-month reserve list for future appointments. Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised. If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. Harmonised terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you. Please note the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role. Any move to the Department for International Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Reasonable adjustment If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact the DDaT Recruitment team before the closing date to discuss your needs. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DIT by email: If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission. If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. For further information and to apply please click the link to direct you to the advertisers website. Further Information This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 3 out of the past 5 years. For more information on security clearance, the Civil Service Code, our recruitment principles, and our complaints procedure, click here. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: ..... click apply for full job details
Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer £80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits UK Wide A business who builds cutting-edge, "super-greenfield" platforms for world-leading software companies spanning across the Banking, Government, and Investment Management sectors is looking for an experienced Azure SRE to join the team. Currently sitting at 40 employees, this company possess a world-class engineering team, where collaboration is key, and quality of the products they build for customers comes first. Your Main Role: You will work with the DevOps and Operations teams to conquer engineering best practices, meet release deadlines, and push yourselves to the limit to build incredible platforms within the Microsoft stack. Your profile: Extensive knowledge of the Azure services Strong experience working with Azure DevOps. Deploying a variety of Azure services; desirably experience in a couple of the following: Front Door, Azure Firewall, Functions, App services, Azure SQL, Redis Cache. Experience with configuration management tools and infrastructure as code; Terraform, ARM templates, Cloud Formation, Deployment manager, YAML or PowerShell DSC. Previous leadership experience Remote or Hybrid? Fully Remote Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer £80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits UK Wide IND_PC1 Carbon60, Lorien, SRG - the Impellam Group STEM Portfolio is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
21/09/2022
Full time
Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer £80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits UK Wide A business who builds cutting-edge, "super-greenfield" platforms for world-leading software companies spanning across the Banking, Government, and Investment Management sectors is looking for an experienced Azure SRE to join the team. Currently sitting at 40 employees, this company possess a world-class engineering team, where collaboration is key, and quality of the products they build for customers comes first. Your Main Role: You will work with the DevOps and Operations teams to conquer engineering best practices, meet release deadlines, and push yourselves to the limit to build incredible platforms within the Microsoft stack. Your profile: Extensive knowledge of the Azure services Strong experience working with Azure DevOps. Deploying a variety of Azure services; desirably experience in a couple of the following: Front Door, Azure Firewall, Functions, App services, Azure SQL, Redis Cache. Experience with configuration management tools and infrastructure as code; Terraform, ARM templates, Cloud Formation, Deployment manager, YAML or PowerShell DSC. Previous leadership experience Remote or Hybrid? Fully Remote Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer £80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits UK Wide IND_PC1 Carbon60, Lorien, SRG - the Impellam Group STEM Portfolio is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
What you'll do: Collaborate with development, architecture, other reliability teams and other teams from the wider Sky group to provide a path to production that supports development and reliability objectives. Support and guide your team to implement infrastructure as code, monitoring as code, everything as code. Engage with teams to improve resilience, conduct formal operational readiness reviews of proposed software designs, controls, and develop test plans. Perform incident analysis, provide recommendations and drive continuous improvement of the systems within your remit. Advise engineers and engineering managers in the development of safer and more defensible software. Develop and improve the capabilities of your team, by mentoring, coaching and allowing them to deliver better solutions and become experts in their chosen areas of focus. What you'll bring: Demonstrate a breadth of experience in technology architecture, design, and development. Leadership - a track record of providing inspirational leadership to teams and demonstrated leadership qualities. Proven experience managing high performing DevOps and / or SRE teams, including process improvement and people development. Experience in managing teams to support critical projects, including forecasting, estimating, work distribution and tracking and reporting. Comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders Experience in System Administration / architecture in the cloud (GCP & AWS) Experience in configuration and management of large-scale platforms. (Terraform, VMWare, Cloud, Unix, Puppet, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) Strong background in monitoring and logging of large-scale platforms. (ELK, Prometheus, Splunk, Icinga, etc.) Scripting knowledge (Ansible, JavaScript, Shell, C) and / or programming knowledge (Go, Python, etc.) Team Overview: We bring the best from the global market into Sky - we buy technology, marketing, corporate, operational services and editorial production solutions. We are an international team working with our stakeholders our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embedded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future! The Rewards: There's a reason people can't stop talking about . Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband Where you'll work: Osterley Inclusion: Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working! And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
18/09/2022
Full time
What you'll do: Collaborate with development, architecture, other reliability teams and other teams from the wider Sky group to provide a path to production that supports development and reliability objectives. Support and guide your team to implement infrastructure as code, monitoring as code, everything as code. Engage with teams to improve resilience, conduct formal operational readiness reviews of proposed software designs, controls, and develop test plans. Perform incident analysis, provide recommendations and drive continuous improvement of the systems within your remit. Advise engineers and engineering managers in the development of safer and more defensible software. Develop and improve the capabilities of your team, by mentoring, coaching and allowing them to deliver better solutions and become experts in their chosen areas of focus. What you'll bring: Demonstrate a breadth of experience in technology architecture, design, and development. Leadership - a track record of providing inspirational leadership to teams and demonstrated leadership qualities. Proven experience managing high performing DevOps and / or SRE teams, including process improvement and people development. Experience in managing teams to support critical projects, including forecasting, estimating, work distribution and tracking and reporting. Comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders Experience in System Administration / architecture in the cloud (GCP & AWS) Experience in configuration and management of large-scale platforms. (Terraform, VMWare, Cloud, Unix, Puppet, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) Strong background in monitoring and logging of large-scale platforms. (ELK, Prometheus, Splunk, Icinga, etc.) Scripting knowledge (Ansible, JavaScript, Shell, C) and / or programming knowledge (Go, Python, etc.) Team Overview: We bring the best from the global market into Sky - we buy technology, marketing, corporate, operational services and editorial production solutions. We are an international team working with our stakeholders our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embedded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future! The Rewards: There's a reason people can't stop talking about . Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband Where you'll work: Osterley Inclusion: Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working! And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Reports To: Head of IT Operations Position Summary Project Manager to scope, manage and deliver the relocation of the Aberdeen on-prem data centre to the Azure Cloud. The Aberdeen data centres are currently running on end of serviceable life hardware. Neptune's policy is to transfer these to the public Azure cloud or Neptune's private cloud. In scope for this project are:Aberdeen Office DatacentreBrightsolid Datacentre back up for AberdeenSoftware upgrades where it eliminates security risks and provides improved application and infrastructure performance. Out of scope:Software upgrades where not necessary for migrationLondon Office Key Deliverables will be: Business case and project brief refinementProject start-up, prepare and create landing zones in Azure/CegalEstablish redundant connection of landing zones with CygnusDatacentre monitoring for analysis, scope and planningArrange for adequate user rights TCS and Cegal teamMigrate officenet applications to AzureCreate new office network for Aberdeen officeMigrate legacy domain applications to azure/Cegal hybrid cloudDecommissioning hostsRemoval of hardware from brightsolid and Aberdeen officeFormal Project closure sign off and hand over to IT operations Main duties & responsibilitiesFully plan and scope the detail of the data centre relocation as phase 1 of the projectProvide a full business plan for relocation including all project requirements, delivery timelines and costsCreate detailed project plans to guide clients, staff members and project teams and revising based on changing needs and requirementsManage Neptune Vendors to ensure on time on budget delivery of their servicesCompile and submitting project status reports to clients, management and other stakeholdersWork effectively with relevant stakeholders for efficient project implementationRunning the project board to align on priorities for deliveryDeliver the Aberdeen data centre relocation on time and on budget Qualifications / Experience / ProfileExperienced and suitably qualified Project Manager with exposure to the delivery of IT and IS focused projects, skilled in agile delivery methodologies. (Ideally Prince2 qualified or equivalent)Previous experience in IT Project Delivery and working to tight deadlinesDemonstrable experience of similar IT projectsExperienced in delivering complex and technically challenging IT projects and programmesExperienced and skilled in working with 3rd party providers to ensure delivery of all project scopesExcellent communication skills must have experience of communicating up to senior management level within an organisationEffective and efficient stakeholder management With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining, Automotive and Chemicals sectors worldwide.With more than 100 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
10/11/2021
Full time
Reports To: Head of IT Operations Position Summary Project Manager to scope, manage and deliver the relocation of the Aberdeen on-prem data centre to the Azure Cloud. The Aberdeen data centres are currently running on end of serviceable life hardware. Neptune's policy is to transfer these to the public Azure cloud or Neptune's private cloud. In scope for this project are:Aberdeen Office DatacentreBrightsolid Datacentre back up for AberdeenSoftware upgrades where it eliminates security risks and provides improved application and infrastructure performance. Out of scope:Software upgrades where not necessary for migrationLondon Office Key Deliverables will be: Business case and project brief refinementProject start-up, prepare and create landing zones in Azure/CegalEstablish redundant connection of landing zones with CygnusDatacentre monitoring for analysis, scope and planningArrange for adequate user rights TCS and Cegal teamMigrate officenet applications to AzureCreate new office network for Aberdeen officeMigrate legacy domain applications to azure/Cegal hybrid cloudDecommissioning hostsRemoval of hardware from brightsolid and Aberdeen officeFormal Project closure sign off and hand over to IT operations Main duties & responsibilitiesFully plan and scope the detail of the data centre relocation as phase 1 of the projectProvide a full business plan for relocation including all project requirements, delivery timelines and costsCreate detailed project plans to guide clients, staff members and project teams and revising based on changing needs and requirementsManage Neptune Vendors to ensure on time on budget delivery of their servicesCompile and submitting project status reports to clients, management and other stakeholdersWork effectively with relevant stakeholders for efficient project implementationRunning the project board to align on priorities for deliveryDeliver the Aberdeen data centre relocation on time and on budget Qualifications / Experience / ProfileExperienced and suitably qualified Project Manager with exposure to the delivery of IT and IS focused projects, skilled in agile delivery methodologies. (Ideally Prince2 qualified or equivalent)Previous experience in IT Project Delivery and working to tight deadlinesDemonstrable experience of similar IT projectsExperienced in delivering complex and technically challenging IT projects and programmesExperienced and skilled in working with 3rd party providers to ensure delivery of all project scopesExcellent communication skills must have experience of communicating up to senior management level within an organisationEffective and efficient stakeholder management With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining, Automotive and Chemicals sectors worldwide.With more than 100 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
Our client is a market leading provider of Cloud- based archiving and information governance, servicing firms across the Financial sector (Sell Side) with the tools to easily communicate with confidence! Taking into account global regulatory environment and risk management requirements, our client integrates their compliant Messaging Platform and a host of other services to mitigate Conduct Risk and delivery incredible levels of analytics/insight. The business has already become a dominant leader across North America and they are now looking to further grow out their teams, based within beautiful, state-of-the-art London offices to support Europe wide expansion. As a rapidly growing SaaS Tech firm, they are looking for multiple DevOps/SRE Engineers to join the team ASAP. As a DevOps Engineer within this function, you will be focused on the facilitation and automation of services, supporting the firms BigData capability; analytics, ETL, structured and unstructured databases etc. across a wealth of new platforms. You will be responsible for the reliability and operation of production and test environments, build automation, improvement of reliability and the efficiency of code. The role will work within the Development pods and will require a great deal of cross-communication between teams and stakeholders to ensure all delivery and product requirements are met. This will give successful candidates the opportunity to design and implement systems at scale and make their mark as part of a progressive Tach business which prides itself in innovating and being first! This is an exciting time to join our clients' ranks with lots of further growth and expansion planned in the coming months and years and undoubtedly more senior positions on offer for strong performers who are onboarded during its early-stage evolution. Technical requirements; To come from a background as a DevOps with some exposure as a System Administrator overseeing bare metal, VM and orchestrated deployments Skills using Automation tools such as Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Salt/Fabric A desire to dig deep to troubleshoot, debug and decouple the layers that comprise distributed systems Exposure to at least some distributed data stores eg Cassandra, CockroachDB, Couchbase, Elasticsearch, Kafka, ArangoDB, Aerospike, MinIO, Pulsar, Redis, Hadoop, Scylla SQL administration proficiency, using Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes Networking experience (DNS, VLANs) Experience with load balancers (HAProxy) CI/CD pipelines, using Jenkins, Monitoring and Infra skills (Splunk, ELK, Graphite, Grafana, Prometheus) Scripting, ideally using Bash or Python The role offers a clear opportunity to develop a career path as the business continues to expand and should not be overlooked. Please get in touch with me to have a confidential discussion or contact (see below)
05/11/2021
Full time
Our client is a market leading provider of Cloud- based archiving and information governance, servicing firms across the Financial sector (Sell Side) with the tools to easily communicate with confidence! Taking into account global regulatory environment and risk management requirements, our client integrates their compliant Messaging Platform and a host of other services to mitigate Conduct Risk and delivery incredible levels of analytics/insight. The business has already become a dominant leader across North America and they are now looking to further grow out their teams, based within beautiful, state-of-the-art London offices to support Europe wide expansion. As a rapidly growing SaaS Tech firm, they are looking for multiple DevOps/SRE Engineers to join the team ASAP. As a DevOps Engineer within this function, you will be focused on the facilitation and automation of services, supporting the firms BigData capability; analytics, ETL, structured and unstructured databases etc. across a wealth of new platforms. You will be responsible for the reliability and operation of production and test environments, build automation, improvement of reliability and the efficiency of code. The role will work within the Development pods and will require a great deal of cross-communication between teams and stakeholders to ensure all delivery and product requirements are met. This will give successful candidates the opportunity to design and implement systems at scale and make their mark as part of a progressive Tach business which prides itself in innovating and being first! This is an exciting time to join our clients' ranks with lots of further growth and expansion planned in the coming months and years and undoubtedly more senior positions on offer for strong performers who are onboarded during its early-stage evolution. Technical requirements; To come from a background as a DevOps with some exposure as a System Administrator overseeing bare metal, VM and orchestrated deployments Skills using Automation tools such as Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Salt/Fabric A desire to dig deep to troubleshoot, debug and decouple the layers that comprise distributed systems Exposure to at least some distributed data stores eg Cassandra, CockroachDB, Couchbase, Elasticsearch, Kafka, ArangoDB, Aerospike, MinIO, Pulsar, Redis, Hadoop, Scylla SQL administration proficiency, using Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes Networking experience (DNS, VLANs) Experience with load balancers (HAProxy) CI/CD pipelines, using Jenkins, Monitoring and Infra skills (Splunk, ELK, Graphite, Grafana, Prometheus) Scripting, ideally using Bash or Python The role offers a clear opportunity to develop a career path as the business continues to expand and should not be overlooked. Please get in touch with me to have a confidential discussion or contact (see below)
Senior Application Support / SRE Hybrid Working: Mix of Home Working / London EMEA HQ Permanent, Full Time As a trusted and preferred recruitment partner to this leading global provider of cloud-based solutions to the global financial sector, we have been asked to assist in the hire of a Senior Application Support Engineer to take responsibility for the availability and reliability of services used by over 23,000 customers across 90 countries (including 22 of the world's top 25 banks). In this role you will ensure all services exceed availability targets, have in-depth monitoring and are proactively managed. Already benefitting from a dominance in the North American finance industry, our client is expanding its London operations to better serve the UK and EU markets. This is an exciting time to join, and you will have the opportunity to work a mix of remotely and within their state-of-the-art EMEA HQ in London. Your Job *Service Reliability: Proactively identifying risks to service and remediate them. Reduce risk from deployments by improved use of resilience and ensuring appropriate testing of releases pre and post deployment. Provide support and troubleshooting when service incidents occur. Improve time to recover from service impacting incidents. Identifying trends and root causes to reduce volume of incidents. *Automation: Identify and deliver on opportunities to use automation to increase efficiency, reduce toil and drive service availability. Use automation and orchestration techniques to provide repeatable solutions and reduce risk of mis-operations. *Observability: Monitor and ensure smooth operation of all production services. Identifying gaps in coverage and improving observability of Production services. Ensuring appropriate events are generated for service failure or degradation scenarios. Responding to events and alerts in timely manner managing through to resolution. *Knowledge management: Continuously improving the knowledge of the Application Support team to become subject matter experts on the Product and the technology that runs it. Collaborating with other teams to understand how underpinning services support the Products. Identifying opportunities to share knowledge and decrease the time it takes to resolve customer related incidents. Tech Stacks: Platform and Database Tech: Linux, Cassandra, Kafka, ArangoDB; Containerisation/Virtualisation: Kubernetes/OpenShift, VMware; Instrumentation and Monitoring: Splunk, Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana; Scripting: PowerShell, Python. Your Skills *Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Application Support Engineer or similar running highly available critical services (ideally SaaS) *Scripting abilities in PowerShell / Python *Understanding of networking, firewalls, protocols, databases and more *Java Debugging - ability to complete thread dumps and analysis *Experience with monitoring solutions *Splunk Experience - creating dashboards, events and analysis *CI/CD Delivery Practices *Troubleshooting connectivity issues: TCP/IP, DNS, Telnet, Trace Route, TCP dump and analysis *Awareness of Load Balancing Technologies such as HA Proxy, Nginx, F5 *Experience of collaboration technologies - email, archiving, instant messaging *Exposure to support Voice / SMS Tech nice to have Alongside a competitive salary, you will receive a benefits package which includes 25 Days Holiday (increases with service), Private Medical Cover, Bupa Dental Cover, Life Insurance, Income Protection, Secondment Opportunities to Global HQ in Vancouver, Pension Scheme (increases with service up to 7% employer contribution), Bonus Scheme (up to 8% dependent on revenues and team performance). This role would be suitable for those who have held the following job roles: Site Reliability Engineer, Senior SRE, Site Availability Engineer, Application Support Engineer, Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Senior Application Support Engineer, Lead SRE, Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Lead Application Support. Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd is one of the UK's leading IT Recruitment Agencies, trusted by many of the UK's leading employers. Established in 1997, we have over twenty years of experience as IT Recruitment Specialist. We will never send your CV anywhere without your authorisation and only after you have seen the complete details on this opportunity. Deerfoot is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. Each time Deerfoot sends a CV to a recruiting client we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation ().
04/11/2021
Full time
Senior Application Support / SRE Hybrid Working: Mix of Home Working / London EMEA HQ Permanent, Full Time As a trusted and preferred recruitment partner to this leading global provider of cloud-based solutions to the global financial sector, we have been asked to assist in the hire of a Senior Application Support Engineer to take responsibility for the availability and reliability of services used by over 23,000 customers across 90 countries (including 22 of the world's top 25 banks). In this role you will ensure all services exceed availability targets, have in-depth monitoring and are proactively managed. Already benefitting from a dominance in the North American finance industry, our client is expanding its London operations to better serve the UK and EU markets. This is an exciting time to join, and you will have the opportunity to work a mix of remotely and within their state-of-the-art EMEA HQ in London. Your Job *Service Reliability: Proactively identifying risks to service and remediate them. Reduce risk from deployments by improved use of resilience and ensuring appropriate testing of releases pre and post deployment. Provide support and troubleshooting when service incidents occur. Improve time to recover from service impacting incidents. Identifying trends and root causes to reduce volume of incidents. *Automation: Identify and deliver on opportunities to use automation to increase efficiency, reduce toil and drive service availability. Use automation and orchestration techniques to provide repeatable solutions and reduce risk of mis-operations. *Observability: Monitor and ensure smooth operation of all production services. Identifying gaps in coverage and improving observability of Production services. Ensuring appropriate events are generated for service failure or degradation scenarios. Responding to events and alerts in timely manner managing through to resolution. *Knowledge management: Continuously improving the knowledge of the Application Support team to become subject matter experts on the Product and the technology that runs it. Collaborating with other teams to understand how underpinning services support the Products. Identifying opportunities to share knowledge and decrease the time it takes to resolve customer related incidents. Tech Stacks: Platform and Database Tech: Linux, Cassandra, Kafka, ArangoDB; Containerisation/Virtualisation: Kubernetes/OpenShift, VMware; Instrumentation and Monitoring: Splunk, Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana; Scripting: PowerShell, Python. Your Skills *Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Application Support Engineer or similar running highly available critical services (ideally SaaS) *Scripting abilities in PowerShell / Python *Understanding of networking, firewalls, protocols, databases and more *Java Debugging - ability to complete thread dumps and analysis *Experience with monitoring solutions *Splunk Experience - creating dashboards, events and analysis *CI/CD Delivery Practices *Troubleshooting connectivity issues: TCP/IP, DNS, Telnet, Trace Route, TCP dump and analysis *Awareness of Load Balancing Technologies such as HA Proxy, Nginx, F5 *Experience of collaboration technologies - email, archiving, instant messaging *Exposure to support Voice / SMS Tech nice to have Alongside a competitive salary, you will receive a benefits package which includes 25 Days Holiday (increases with service), Private Medical Cover, Bupa Dental Cover, Life Insurance, Income Protection, Secondment Opportunities to Global HQ in Vancouver, Pension Scheme (increases with service up to 7% employer contribution), Bonus Scheme (up to 8% dependent on revenues and team performance). This role would be suitable for those who have held the following job roles: Site Reliability Engineer, Senior SRE, Site Availability Engineer, Application Support Engineer, Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Senior Application Support Engineer, Lead SRE, Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Lead Application Support. Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd is one of the UK's leading IT Recruitment Agencies, trusted by many of the UK's leading employers. Established in 1997, we have over twenty years of experience as IT Recruitment Specialist. We will never send your CV anywhere without your authorisation and only after you have seen the complete details on this opportunity. Deerfoot is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. Each time Deerfoot sends a CV to a recruiting client we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation ().
DevOps Engineer DevOps Engineer required by rapidly growing Google Cloud partner, based in London. As the new DevOps Engineer you will have remit to build out DevOps within clients' organisations, advising customers on DevOps best practice and liaising with customers and project teams throughout the project development lifecycle They are looking for a DevOps Engineer who would like to utilise their skill set in a dynamic, technology-driven, established start-up while being given the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and ML solutions spanning multiple industries and with market-leading organisations. The successful DevOps Engineer will benefit from an attractive health and wellbeing package, a personalised development plan to ensure professional goals are achieved, offering a clear roadmap for progression, conference attendance and participation, flexible working hours with the possibility of remote working. The skills a DevOps Engineer will need: 3+ years of experience in the DevOps area or experience as a Software Engineer Programming experience in Python/Java/Go Thorough knowledge of CI/CD tooling Passion for technology and desire to learn A desire to join a diverse team of ML, AI and DevOps enthusiasts Nice to have skills: Prior experience in start-up / scale-up Expertise with containerisation/virtualisation technologies (Terraform/Kubernetes) Experience in implementing SRE Principles Cloud Native Architecture experience, ideally in GCP Prior experience in a client-facing role Understanding of SDN (Software Defined Networking) on GCP This is a truly fantastic opportunity for an experienced DevOps Engineer to shape their future with an exciting company at the heart of Cloud technology. Please get in touch ASAP to discuss this role in detail. Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business. We will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. For a copy of our privacy policy please visit our website.
07/10/2021
Full time
DevOps Engineer DevOps Engineer required by rapidly growing Google Cloud partner, based in London. As the new DevOps Engineer you will have remit to build out DevOps within clients' organisations, advising customers on DevOps best practice and liaising with customers and project teams throughout the project development lifecycle They are looking for a DevOps Engineer who would like to utilise their skill set in a dynamic, technology-driven, established start-up while being given the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and ML solutions spanning multiple industries and with market-leading organisations. The successful DevOps Engineer will benefit from an attractive health and wellbeing package, a personalised development plan to ensure professional goals are achieved, offering a clear roadmap for progression, conference attendance and participation, flexible working hours with the possibility of remote working. The skills a DevOps Engineer will need: 3+ years of experience in the DevOps area or experience as a Software Engineer Programming experience in Python/Java/Go Thorough knowledge of CI/CD tooling Passion for technology and desire to learn A desire to join a diverse team of ML, AI and DevOps enthusiasts Nice to have skills: Prior experience in start-up / scale-up Expertise with containerisation/virtualisation technologies (Terraform/Kubernetes) Experience in implementing SRE Principles Cloud Native Architecture experience, ideally in GCP Prior experience in a client-facing role Understanding of SDN (Software Defined Networking) on GCP This is a truly fantastic opportunity for an experienced DevOps Engineer to shape their future with an exciting company at the heart of Cloud technology. Please get in touch ASAP to discuss this role in detail. Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business. We will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. For a copy of our privacy policy please visit our website.
Job Advert bp is moving through the biggest transitions in its 100+ year history, be part of something special. bp has some of the most talented experts in the industry, we are underpinned by strong values and ethos. It's genuinely a fun environment to work in with a great balance adapted to your lifestyle and individual working style... Background Digital Science & Engineering is a cross-functional team involved in all phases of our application and service release lifecycle. Embracing and promoting the DevOps & SRE methodologies. Software Engineers are responsible for developing applications and leveraging the strategic tools and platforms to maximize business competitive advantage. In this role, you will have the opportunity to apply your technical skills in software development, platform engineering and automation. To promote best practice and support the broader organization by implementing the guide rails to operate safely. This role will help build maturity and forge greater adoption of Agile delivery across BP. What you will do for us... Contributes and collaborates to assist designs, implements, maintains reliable and scalable server-side software. Is hands-on and actively contributes to code. Adheres to and advocates for software engineering best practices (e.g. technical design, technical design review, unit testing, monitoring & alerting, checking in code, code review, documentation), Responsible for deploying secure and well-tested software that meets privacy and compliance requirements; Consumes approved DevSecOps enabled CI/CD pipelines. Adheres to agile methodology and operates and builds DevOps maturity. Ensuring delivery of business incremental change safely and reliably. Actively contributes to building DevOps maturity, incrementally and measurably improving delivery velocity. Mentors others. Qualifications Broad experience designing, planning, implementing, maintaining, and documenting solutions. Depth of experience to recommend appropriate platforms for any given business requirements. Development experience in one or more object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, C/C++) Experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in areas such as data structures, database table design, algorithm design, runtime complexity, system architecture (scalable, reliable, redundant design), API design, security and privacy best practices, at scale monitoring, logging & alerting, testing best practices. Strong communication skills and ability to talk at all levels across the organization. Ability to engage and influence is of paramount importance. Able to decompose technical considerations that everyone can understand is key. and stakeholder management and ability to lead organizations through influence Continuous learning and improvement mindset (for themselves and others) Degree/HND Level in computer science or related subject No prior experience in the energy industry required Personal Attributes Complete tasks quickly and thoroughly owns issues and is highly dependable. Highly responsible, self-motivated, and able to thrive in an energetic, fast-paced, high growth environment. Exhibits ownership of projects and tasks assigned. Excellent organizational skills required to adapt to a constantly changing technical environment Strong team player with a customer service orientation with the ability to forge relationships at all levels of the company and across diverse cultures. Have excellent communication skills - written, verbal and interpersonal. Ethical, honest, fair and of high integrity We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Flexible working options will be considered. #Digital Engineering Entity Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group IT&S Group Relocation available Negotiable Travel required Negligible travel Country United Kingdom, United States of America About BP INNOVATION & ENGINEERING Join us in creating, growing, and delivering innovation at pace, enabling us to thrive while transitioning to a net zero world. All without compromising our operational risk management. Working with us, you can do this by: • deploying our integrated capability and standards in service of our net zero and safety ambitions • driving our digital transformation and pioneering new business models • collaborating to deliver competitive customer-focused energy solutions • originating, scaling and commercialising innovative ideas, and creating ground-breaking new businesses from them • protecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risks Because together we are: • Originators, builders, guardians and disruptors • Engineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs • Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive
07/10/2021
Full time
Job Advert bp is moving through the biggest transitions in its 100+ year history, be part of something special. bp has some of the most talented experts in the industry, we are underpinned by strong values and ethos. It's genuinely a fun environment to work in with a great balance adapted to your lifestyle and individual working style... Background Digital Science & Engineering is a cross-functional team involved in all phases of our application and service release lifecycle. Embracing and promoting the DevOps & SRE methodologies. Software Engineers are responsible for developing applications and leveraging the strategic tools and platforms to maximize business competitive advantage. In this role, you will have the opportunity to apply your technical skills in software development, platform engineering and automation. To promote best practice and support the broader organization by implementing the guide rails to operate safely. This role will help build maturity and forge greater adoption of Agile delivery across BP. What you will do for us... Contributes and collaborates to assist designs, implements, maintains reliable and scalable server-side software. Is hands-on and actively contributes to code. Adheres to and advocates for software engineering best practices (e.g. technical design, technical design review, unit testing, monitoring & alerting, checking in code, code review, documentation), Responsible for deploying secure and well-tested software that meets privacy and compliance requirements; Consumes approved DevSecOps enabled CI/CD pipelines. Adheres to agile methodology and operates and builds DevOps maturity. Ensuring delivery of business incremental change safely and reliably. Actively contributes to building DevOps maturity, incrementally and measurably improving delivery velocity. Mentors others. Qualifications Broad experience designing, planning, implementing, maintaining, and documenting solutions. Depth of experience to recommend appropriate platforms for any given business requirements. Development experience in one or more object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, C/C++) Experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in areas such as data structures, database table design, algorithm design, runtime complexity, system architecture (scalable, reliable, redundant design), API design, security and privacy best practices, at scale monitoring, logging & alerting, testing best practices. Strong communication skills and ability to talk at all levels across the organization. Ability to engage and influence is of paramount importance. Able to decompose technical considerations that everyone can understand is key. and stakeholder management and ability to lead organizations through influence Continuous learning and improvement mindset (for themselves and others) Degree/HND Level in computer science or related subject No prior experience in the energy industry required Personal Attributes Complete tasks quickly and thoroughly owns issues and is highly dependable. Highly responsible, self-motivated, and able to thrive in an energetic, fast-paced, high growth environment. Exhibits ownership of projects and tasks assigned. Excellent organizational skills required to adapt to a constantly changing technical environment Strong team player with a customer service orientation with the ability to forge relationships at all levels of the company and across diverse cultures. Have excellent communication skills - written, verbal and interpersonal. Ethical, honest, fair and of high integrity We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Flexible working options will be considered. #Digital Engineering Entity Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group IT&S Group Relocation available Negotiable Travel required Negligible travel Country United Kingdom, United States of America About BP INNOVATION & ENGINEERING Join us in creating, growing, and delivering innovation at pace, enabling us to thrive while transitioning to a net zero world. All without compromising our operational risk management. Working with us, you can do this by: • deploying our integrated capability and standards in service of our net zero and safety ambitions • driving our digital transformation and pioneering new business models • collaborating to deliver competitive customer-focused energy solutions • originating, scaling and commercialising innovative ideas, and creating ground-breaking new businesses from them • protecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risks Because together we are: • Originators, builders, guardians and disruptors • Engineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs • Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive
