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We are looking for an innovative, broadly experienced all round developer with demonstrable business acumen and team leadership skills, to act as the main technical point to drive forward technical solutions as required for our Private Lines division (Private Car and Commercial Vehicle).  Much of this will be web based and / or mobile solutions. The Technical Lead requires direct working relationships with key business owners, their proxies and project managers responsible for driving forward a particular business division A successful candidate may be more highly front end or more back end experienced – which is OK, but you must have actively contributed to complex product development solutions with full engagement across multiple areas of technical specialism so is able to fully understand the roles, relationships and dependencies that each of each of these disciplines characterise.   Job Title:  Technical Business Lead Working Hours:  37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday Location:  Liverpool City Centre, Hybrid working available Salary:  £70,000-£85,000 DOE   What you will be doing: Developing new and enhancing existing user-facing solutions Providing technical guidance, decision making and leadership of a delivery team comprising product owners, BA’s, PM’s, front end devs, back end dev, database developers, digital analysts, QA technicians Ensuring DevOps Epics, pbi’s, tasks, feature flagging, Assurance criteria and all testing strategies align with company standards Ensuring system are well documented and tested for resilience / failover / auto scaling as specified Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use. Ensuring high quality software product delivery to timescales with reliable estimates and actual effort recorded Work with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure common understanding of technical approaches to architecture and implementation Collaborating with all other technical teams proactively and with consideration of priorities and workloads, working collaboratively in a multi disciplinary team to reach team goals Ensure mandated ‘core systems’ upgrades are appropriately managed Liaise with 3rd parties as appropriate depending on product requirements Provide BAU bug handling, hot fix deployment as and when required Putting security and performance at the heart of all products and processes   What we are looking for: Capable of advising on modern, secure, technical solutions to achieve product owner goals Highly proficient in either front end or back end modern technology tooling and coding standards, especially react, react Native, Next JS, C# dot Net, Event driven systems, Azure Devops, SOLID and clean architecture patterns Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements Backed C#, dotNET, VS Core development Thorough understanding of front end typescript frameworks and core principles Solid understanding of modern specifications when developing components. Experience with the React Material UI Framework and an eye for design and understanding UI/UX practices Experience working with REST APIs and webhooks Knowledge of Docker and Docker Compose Strong development experience in microservice based enterprise architecture, SOLID principles, clean architecture, Azure service Bus, RabbitMQ, Mass transit, MediatR Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, OAuth etc Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools Understanding of popular front-end development tools such as Yarn, Webpack, Vitjs, StoryBook, Jest, Eslint, Prettier, Husky, etc. Good awareness of logging and alerting strategies and tooling (e.g. loki/Grafana) Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git Good understanding of Google Adwords, GLCID’s, Tag Manager for tracking conversion Solid experience of CI/CD pipelines in DevOps     About Acorn Insurance With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover. At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day. The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.  Why Acorn Insurance? Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include: Wellbeing:  Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays) Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay. Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as: 6 Free Counselling sessions per year Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7 Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.  Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues. Financial: A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner  Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet. Company pension scheme Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period. Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice. Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.   Reward, Recognition and Culture :  Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers. Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers. Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!    All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard. Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships. At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

We’ve got some exciting plans ahead at Trinity and are looking for experienced IT Technical Architects at all levels to join us over the next three to six months! At the moment we are accepting expressions of interest from you and we plan to commence our assessment and selection process during the end of Autumn 2024. We are keen to learn more from you, about your level of expertise and what you can bring to the table.  Are you an experienced and dynamic IT Technical Architect looking for an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact? Trinity College London is embarking on a period of growth and transformation, and we are seeking  a number of talented IT Technical Architects to join our team. This is a unique chance to contribute to the future of a leading internationally recognised awarding organisation, publisher and independent education charity. If you have a proven track record of delivering successful projects and are passionate about driving change, we invite you to be a part of our journey.    About the role At Trinity College, we have a suite of products offering exams in music, performing arts, English Language and more. We have embarked on an extensive and ambitious modernisation programme, as more of our products move online, and are looking for hands-on Technical Architects, with AWS experience, as our technology and approach matures. As a Technical Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and overseeing solutions, primarily cloud based, to meet Trinity College London’s evolving technology needs. You will collaborate with teams across the organisation, our partners, and suppliers, to ensure that we deliver high quality solutions to specification. Together with the rest of the architecture team, you will participate in the Technical Design Authority and Cloud Centre of Excellence forums, to use your expertise and experience to help shape our standards and best practices and to help projects to progress with the best solutions. As a hands-on IT Architect, you will communicate extensively with our design and developments teams and partners, getting involved with Proof of Concept and Prototyping work, and ensuring DevOps and coding standards are well defined and adhered to. You will be able to show technical ownership and leadership, being able to take solutions from conception to implementation and support. As a technology and AWS subject matter expert, you will be able to provide guidance both within and outside the team.   About You Extensive experience building solutions using key elements of our technology stack, in particular AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway etc) Knowledge of good, secure and efficient working practices on AWS, with reference to the Well Architected Framework. In-depth knowledge of the creation, management, promotion and integration of business data-centric APIs. Understanding of data, domain-driven design, integration, and the importance of data to an organisation. Experience working with 3rd party suppliers to provide cohesive, integrated SaaS solutions. Exemplary written and verbal communication skills Ability to present technical solutions to non-technical audiences in an effective manner Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners Experience in a variety of requirement gathering techniques Excellent business process and architectural modelling skills Knowledge and experience of a wide variety of platforms, operating systems, systems software, business applications, ideally related to the education sector Experience of providing solutions for cloud, on-premise and hybrid applications An appetite for challenging existing practices in an effective and supportive manner Ability to work effectively in a rapidly evolving business environment Flexible approach to all situations Experience of working in the Education sector is desirable, preferably within an Exam Board or Awarding body Ideally, experience of migrating from package solutions (Oracle Siebel)   Our benefits Trinity provides a work environment that is stimulating, inspiring and fair. Our approach to reward values our employees while ensuring each person’s contribution makes us great as an organisation. As an employee, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including generous annual leave, private health insurance, pension scheme, regular social events, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, free access to Trinity examinations and continuous training and development, plus more.    Our commitment Trinity College London is an equal opportunities employer and our talented people come from all walks of life. Trinity is open to all applicants from different backgrounds and we are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive workplace. As a Disability Confident employer, we actively welcome applications from people with disabilities and will make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neuro-diverse. We encourage all applicants to let us know if you need a little extra help with your application, want an alternative way to put in an application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. All applications are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.    How to Apply To apply, please follow the Apply for This Job link on this page and you will be directed to the Trinity College London application page.  Trinity College London does not hold a job visa sponsorship licence and so is not in a position to sponsor visas in the UK. We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of the children and young people that we work with. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the organisation. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Upon successful appointment into the role, you will be required to complete our vetting procedures as with all Trinity College London employees. This is carried out by a 3rd party supplier and our standard background checks consist of Right to Work in the UK, Identity Check, Employment History check, Financial Probity Check, Highest Academic Qualifications Check and a basic DBS check. Trinity promotes equality of opportunity and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records. In line with the requirements of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974), w e select all candidates for interview based on their competencies, qualifications and knowledge. As part of our selection process, you will be required to disclose any potential issues with criminal record checks that will be carried out if you are offered a role with Trinity. The information will only be seen by those who need to see it as part of the recruitment process. We ensure that an open and measured discussion takes place on the subject of any offences or other matter that might be relevant to the position for which you have applied. Failure to reveal information that is directly relevant to the job sought could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment. We undertake to discuss any matter revealed in a criminal check with you before withdrawing our offer of employment. Trinity College London will hold candidate data on file for no more than six months from application submission. If you want your information to be removed earlier, please contact us directly. If we want to hold your information beyond the six months, we will contact you to get your consent. Our data protection policy can be viewed in full at https://www.trinitycollege.com/page/data-protection/data-protection-policy. 

Head of Operations and Architecture London Borough of Enfield £81,393 to £98,406 Enfield Council is a diverse borough with some of the most exciting transformational regeneration projects happening anywhere in the United Kingdom. As a Council, we are changing the lives of young and vulnerable people through youth programmes and projects. We are increasing our in-borough Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision so that we can care for and educate our children and young people locally in a setting that is right for them. Our SMART Living project is utilising technology to enable Adult Social Care users to achieve happiness, safety and independence and reduce isolation. We deliver award-winning environmental programmes which are enhancing our green spaces and waterways across the borough and bringing rain gardens and sustainable drainage to our urban centres – helping London in our journey to net zero and adapt to a changing climate. As part of our work to keep Enfield clean, we are continuing to support residents and businesses to make better use of resources, reduce waste and improve recycling rates. We are committed to delivering on our five priorities for the borough and its residents, which includes clean and green places; strong, healthy and safe communities, thriving children and young people; more and better homes; and an economy that works for everyone. Underpinning our Workforce Strategy 2023-2028 and Council Plan 2023-2026 is the need to have a forward looking Digital Services team, who can deliver a for for purpose, fit for future technology and project landscape to allow us to create, achieve and exceed our Digital Strategy. Our values are to be bold; make a difference; and show you care. Our behaviours are to take responsibility; be open, honest and respectful; listen and learn; and work together to find solutions. THE ROLE The Head of Operations and Architecture, will lead the technology operations and architecture function, providing strategic direction and leadership to the team, ensuring that the infrastructure whether cloud based or on-prem is fit for purpose and delivers the required business outcomes allowing the Digital Services and the council to run effectively.  You will spearhead the need for technology changes for the service to deliver better outcomes whether that be replacing the network and infrastructure stack, or introducing AI automation, and critically you will also be responsible for devising and improving the overall technical architecture as the council moves to a digital first strategy. INFORMATION For further details, please click on the role profile and useful links below. For more information, please contact Rosalind Lambert via EnfieldOperations@starfishsearch.com or on 07756292779

Commercial Manager London Borough of Enfield £52,503 to £66,600 Enfield Council is a diverse borough with some of the most exciting transformational regeneration projects happening anywhere in the United Kingdom. As a Council, we are changing the lives of young and vulnerable people through youth programmes and projects. We are increasing our in-borough Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision so that we can care for and educate our children and young people locally in a setting that is right for them. Our SMART Living project is utilising technology to enable Adult Social Care users to achieve happiness, safety and independence and reduce isolation. We deliver award-winning environmental programmes which are enhancing our green spaces and waterways across the borough and bringing rain gardens and sustainable drainage to our urban centres – helping London in our journey to net zero and adapt to a changing climate. As part of our work to keep Enfield clean, we are continuing to support residents and businesses to make better use of resources, reduce waste and improve recycling rates. We are committed to delivering on our five priorities for the borough and its residents, which includes clean and green places; strong, healthy and safe communities, thriving children and young people; more and better homes; and an economy that works for everyone. Underpinning our Workforce Strategy 2023-2028 and Council Plan 2023-2026 is the need to have a forward looking Digital Services team, who can deliver a for for purpose, fit for future technology and project landscape to allow us to create, achieve and exceed our Digital Strategy. Our values are to be bold; make a difference; and show you care. Our behaviours are to take responsibility; be open, honest and respectful; listen and learn; and work together to find solutions. THE ROLE Reporting into the Head of Operations and Architecture you will manage the contract portfolio currently worth over £10m and includes over 100 contracts throughout their entire lifecycle ensuring VFM and ideally negotiate added value from all contracts. The Commercial Manager will manage the relationships with all 3rd party suppliers and will personally take the lead and be visible on all high risk, high value contracts. Whilst making sure that performance and delivery of these contracts is paramount, you must also be in control of and be respectful of all compliance requirements, taking any corrective action as needed, developing the contracts register for future planning of renewals. INFORMATION For further details, please click on the role profile and useful links below or email EnfieldCommercial@starfishsearch.com

*NO AGENCIES* SharePoint Developer  Company: Imagefast Limited - Leading Technology Consulting Company Location: Remote (Candidate should ideally be able to commute to Northampton/Milton Keynes for team meetings) Imagefast Limited, a renowned technology consulting company based in Northampton, is seeking a skilled and dynamic SharePoint Developer to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work remotely on cutting-edge solutions for our clients while contributing to the success of a leading technology firm.   Key Responsibilities: As a SharePoint Developer at Imagefast Limited, you will be involved in customer-facing roles and responsible for designing, implementing, and customizing SharePoint solutions. The ideal candidate should possess a solid understanding of SharePoint, including the following key areas: Understand SharePoint Architecture and demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft best practices. Search: Configure Managed and Crawled Properties to optimize search functionality. SharePoint API: Utilize SharePoint API for operations such as GET, POST, etc., to interact with SharePoint lists and libraries. Content Services: Understand Managed Metadata, Site Content Types, Site Columns, indexes, etc. Customization: Familiarity with SharePoint Framework (SPFx) for client-side code customization would be beneficial with experience in developing web parts, extensions, and application customizers. PowerShell: Proficiency in working with SharePoint Online using PowerShell, as well as knowledge of standard SharePoint Management Shell and PnP PowerShell. Security: Solid understanding of the SharePoint security model, knowledge of extending security policies, including Conditional Access Policies (desirable).   Qualifications and Experience: The ideal candidate for this SharePoint Developer role will possess prior experience in a similar position or a related field. A strong eagerness to learn and adapt to emerging technologies is essential. Effective communication skills, particularly in customer interaction, are a prerequisite for success in this role.   This position caters to both seasoned professionals and individuals possessing some of the requisite skills but are enthusiastic about learning and advancing their expertise through training opportunities. If you have a passion for SharePoint development and aspire to contribute to a dynamic team, we encourage you to apply. Submit your CV along with a detailed cover letter outlining your relevant experience. Join us in shaping the future of SharePoint solutions! Salary: Negotiable based on experience Join Imagefast Limited in shaping the future of technology solutions!        

Digital Research Infrastructure Engineer - Linux Specialist PML operations grade 4 £30000 - £45000 DOE Full Time Open Ended Appointment The Role We have an exciting opportunity at PML for an individual with skills in Linux system administration to join the PML’s Digital Innovation and Marine Autonomy (DIMA) group. The role provides a business critical link between scientists, PML Applications (commercial work) and  our IT Group to support the Linux computing infrastructure as it continues to evolve, underpinning PML science in multiple areas and across all levels. This ranges from data generation, (storage technologies and data management), processing and analysis (high performance computing and technologies such as JupyterHub), to making visual outputs for end users (web technologies and virtualisation) to increase the reach and impact of PML science.   About You You will enjoy working with others to help deliver a modern and reliable digital infrastructure to underpin the world leading research carried out at PML. You will understand the importance of stability from existing infrastructure but will also be keen to learn and try new technologies. You will have experience of administering Linux systems, ideally using Ubuntu, and will be able to make use of scripts and common tools such as ansible to manage this. You will understand the importance of taking a proactive approach to identify and resolve and problems and will be able to make use of monitoring software (e.g., Nagios, Grafana) to accomplish this. You will understand best practices in cybersecurity and be able to apply these.   Skills Required Linux systems administration and monitoring Linux scripting (e.g., bash and Python) Experience in management of data at the Terrabyte to Petabyte scale and storage technologies such as NFS and S3. Cybersecurity (Understand and apply best practices) Container technologies (Docker and Kubernetes) High performance Computing (Slurm) Virtualisation (VMWare)   Key Deliverables Maintain our storage infrastructure to ensure data is distributed across servers based on existing capacity and projected changes in data volumes. This includes regular data moves and liaising with stakeholders to ensure data is backed up and archiving projects are completes as needed. Monitor high performance computing infrastructure to identify and resolve problems either on their own or by working with IT (depending on the nature of the problem). Act of a point of contact between scientists and IT to answer questions, help identify solutions and provide training. Work with the data architect to maintain and develop web infrastructure used to provide existing and planned data search and visualisation services. Manage the NEODAAS GPU cluster (MAGEO), including liaising with IT, vendors and system users.   About PML As a marine-focused charity we develop and apply innovative science with a view to ensuring ocean sustainability. With over 40 years of experience, we offer evidence-based solutions to societal challenges. Our impact spans from research publications to informing policies and training future scientists. The science undertaken at PML contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals by promoting healthy, productive and resilient oceans and seas.   To support PML’s science it operates in house Linux infrastructure used for processing satellite data, running models and making outputs accessible through web visualisation tools. This infrastructure includes a large amount of storage (6 PB), a High-Performance Computing cluster with over 1500 cores, a 40 GPU cluster (the MAssive GPU cluster for Earth Observation; MAGEO) and a virtual machine cluster. The role will be part of the  Digital Innovation and Marine Autonomy (DIMA)  group within PML. DIMA is a pioneering digital science group dedicated to advancing PML’s world-class and cutting-edge environmental research through the utilisation of state-of-the-art digital and autonomous technologies. The team comprises research software engineers, research infrastructure engineers, marine technologists and scientists who work on a variety of projects using autonomous vessels, satellite data, drones, Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing and data visualisation tools to help deliver PML’s goals. The team have an enthusiasm for solving problems through collaboration and shared learning.