About us:
Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.
At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.
The role:
You will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality Data Analytics apprenticeship training and assessment on our work-based learning contract.
37 hours per week
Permanent
£31,498 - £36,642 per annum
Jubilee Court, Swansea, SA5
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and deliver training and assessments across a range of courses ensuring schemes/records of work, assignment schedules, are appropriate to the syllabus content and awarding body standards
Work with customers in industry to maintain and build relationships and to secure contracts with existing and new organisations
Meet regularly with learners as determined by the programme delivery to establish and maintain monitoring and review arrangements for students undertaking training.
About you:
Level 4 qualification or equivalent in Data Analytics
Commercial knowledge, experience and understanding of industry, including training needs
Creative, innovative and enthusiastic
Benefits for you:
28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
Free Parking
A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
Free annual subscription to the Headspace Mindfulness app
Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
Hybrid Working
View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.
If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.
Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.
Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).
May 15, 2023
Full time
About us:
Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.
At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.
The role:
You will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality Data Analytics apprenticeship training and assessment on our work-based learning contract.
37 hours per week
Permanent
£31,498 - £36,642 per annum
Jubilee Court, Swansea, SA5
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and deliver training and assessments across a range of courses ensuring schemes/records of work, assignment schedules, are appropriate to the syllabus content and awarding body standards
Work with customers in industry to maintain and build relationships and to secure contracts with existing and new organisations
Meet regularly with learners as determined by the programme delivery to establish and maintain monitoring and review arrangements for students undertaking training.
About you:
Level 4 qualification or equivalent in Data Analytics
Commercial knowledge, experience and understanding of industry, including training needs
Creative, innovative and enthusiastic
Benefits for you:
28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
Free Parking
A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
Free annual subscription to the Headspace Mindfulness app
Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
Hybrid Working
View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.
If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.
Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.
Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).
Vacancy Number: 15902BR
Specialist IT Solutions Engineer The successful candidate will work closely with academic staff and students to lead the investigation, proposition, build and maintenance activities for bespoke and discipline-specific IT systems that underpin the research and teaching activities initially in the School of Computer Science and Informatics, but subsequently in other academic schools in the University. The role holder will also work closely with colleagues in University IT and contribute to the wider technological innovation of IT systems across the University. Us We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Opportunity The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside a wider network of technically innovative staff, and in close collaboration with academic colleagues to design, build and operate innovative systems and IT services that underpin the research, teaching and administrative activities of the School of Computer Science and Informatics. The role holder will enable the School’s staff and students to leverage existing IT services and contribute to collaborative projects with academic and technical colleagues to develop new and innovative services that support specialist teaching and research activity. You You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic environment and will be key to the school’s research and teaching success; helping to guide and train others in the use of digital technologies. The role requires you be agile in the management of your workload, enabling you to be responsive and reactive to requests from staff or students. You will be called upon to develop new IT services in response to requirements from academic colleagues and you are likely to need to research and learn new technologies to deliver them – often on challenging timescales. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert for services that you develop and will oversee their transition to operational teams as required. The diversity of the role will provide the right candidate with opportunities to develop a broad range of skills and to also develop specialisms. Your specialist skills will support colleagues within University IT when proposing and developing solutions at an appropriate scale required by the University. You will need strong Linux system administration experience or have used Linux extensively in a development or academic environment. You should be comfortable with supporting and troubleshooting web applications and automating service provision using open-source stacks (e.g. LAMP, Tomcat, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) and you will need good scripting skills, while experience of Windows and Apple Mac system administration would also be advantageous. You will be able to gather and advise on requirements from academic colleagues in order to solve complex technical problems across a broad range of technologies. What we offer Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer . This is a full time, open ended position. Salary: £44,737 - £51,805 per annum (Grade 7) Date advert posted: Tuesday, 14 February 2023 Closing date: Friday, 3 March 2023 Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Feb 17, 2023
Full time
Vacancy Number: 15902BR
Specialist IT Solutions Engineer The successful candidate will work closely with academic staff and students to lead the investigation, proposition, build and maintenance activities for bespoke and discipline-specific IT systems that underpin the research and teaching activities initially in the School of Computer Science and Informatics, but subsequently in other academic schools in the University. The role holder will also work closely with colleagues in University IT and contribute to the wider technological innovation of IT systems across the University. Us We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Opportunity The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside a wider network of technically innovative staff, and in close collaboration with academic colleagues to design, build and operate innovative systems and IT services that underpin the research, teaching and administrative activities of the School of Computer Science and Informatics. The role holder will enable the School’s staff and students to leverage existing IT services and contribute to collaborative projects with academic and technical colleagues to develop new and innovative services that support specialist teaching and research activity. You You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic environment and will be key to the school’s research and teaching success; helping to guide and train others in the use of digital technologies. The role requires you be agile in the management of your workload, enabling you to be responsive and reactive to requests from staff or students. You will be called upon to develop new IT services in response to requirements from academic colleagues and you are likely to need to research and learn new technologies to deliver them – often on challenging timescales. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert for services that you develop and will oversee their transition to operational teams as required. The diversity of the role will provide the right candidate with opportunities to develop a broad range of skills and to also develop specialisms. Your specialist skills will support colleagues within University IT when proposing and developing solutions at an appropriate scale required by the University. You will need strong Linux system administration experience or have used Linux extensively in a development or academic environment. You should be comfortable with supporting and troubleshooting web applications and automating service provision using open-source stacks (e.g. LAMP, Tomcat, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) and you will need good scripting skills, while experience of Windows and Apple Mac system administration would also be advantageous. You will be able to gather and advise on requirements from academic colleagues in order to solve complex technical problems across a broad range of technologies. What we offer Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer . This is a full time, open ended position. Salary: £44,737 - £51,805 per annum (Grade 7) Date advert posted: Tuesday, 14 February 2023 Closing date: Friday, 3 March 2023 Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Senior Application Development Specialist – Flood
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £47,408 - £52,359 (Grade 8)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203403
Job Description
Working as part of the Flood Warning and Informing service, provide a high level of technical expertise in ICT development, delivering code to standards for internal and external systems, in conjunction with other team members and third party (technical partner) developers.
Will assist in setting the future direction for NRW and the National Flood Service approach to the agile development of in-house applications in line with our rolling 18-month technology roadmap.
The role will operate primarily at tactical and operational levels, with some strategic components relating to the need to constantly review and assess the future development needs of National Flood Service cloud-based services in supporting delivery of NRWs digital strategy
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Degree or equivalent in a technical ICT discipline plus a proven track record of working in a development team.
Ability to deliver and manage agile Web development projects.
Experience of working within a Microsoft Azure and Office 365 environment.
Ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations on the resilience and supportability of solutions.
Experience of working in Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.
Knowledge of Rest APIs, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MVC, JavaScript, and Microsoft SQL.
Understanding of the latest Azure offerings including API Manager, Azure Functions, Azure LogicApps and Azure Insights.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Dec 08, 2022
Full time
Senior Application Development Specialist – Flood
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £47,408 - £52,359 (Grade 8)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203403
Job Description
Working as part of the Flood Warning and Informing service, provide a high level of technical expertise in ICT development, delivering code to standards for internal and external systems, in conjunction with other team members and third party (technical partner) developers.
Will assist in setting the future direction for NRW and the National Flood Service approach to the agile development of in-house applications in line with our rolling 18-month technology roadmap.
The role will operate primarily at tactical and operational levels, with some strategic components relating to the need to constantly review and assess the future development needs of National Flood Service cloud-based services in supporting delivery of NRWs digital strategy
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Degree or equivalent in a technical ICT discipline plus a proven track record of working in a development team.
Ability to deliver and manage agile Web development projects.
Experience of working within a Microsoft Azure and Office 365 environment.
Ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations on the resilience and supportability of solutions.
Experience of working in Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.
Knowledge of Rest APIs, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MVC, JavaScript, and Microsoft SQL.
Understanding of the latest Azure offerings including API Manager, Azure Functions, Azure LogicApps and Azure Insights.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Lead Specialist Advisor, Application Development, Flood
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £41,150 - £46,147 (Grade 7)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203404
Job Description
Working as part of the Flood Warning and Informing service, provide a high level of technical expertise in ICT development, delivering code to standards for internal and external systems, in conjunction with other team members and third party (technical partner) developers.
Will assist in setting the future direction for NRW and the National Flood Service approach to the agile development of in-house applications in line with our rolling 18-month technology roadmap.
The role will operate primarily at tactical and operational levels, with some strategic components relating to the need to constantly review and assess the future development needs of National Flood Service cloud-based services in supporting delivery of NRWs digital strategy
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Degree or equivalent in a technical ICT discipline plus a proven track record of working in a development team.
Ability to deliver and manage agile Web development projects.
Experience of working within a Microsoft Azure and Office 365 environment.
Ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations on the resilience and supportability of solutions.
Experience of working in Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.
Knowledge of Rest APIs, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MVC, JavaScript, and Microsoft SQL.
Understanding of the latest Azure offerings including API Manager, Azure Functions, Azure LogicApps and Azure Insights.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Dec 08, 2022
Full time
Lead Specialist Advisor, Application Development, Flood
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £41,150 - £46,147 (Grade 7)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203404
Job Description
Working as part of the Flood Warning and Informing service, provide a high level of technical expertise in ICT development, delivering code to standards for internal and external systems, in conjunction with other team members and third party (technical partner) developers.
Will assist in setting the future direction for NRW and the National Flood Service approach to the agile development of in-house applications in line with our rolling 18-month technology roadmap.
The role will operate primarily at tactical and operational levels, with some strategic components relating to the need to constantly review and assess the future development needs of National Flood Service cloud-based services in supporting delivery of NRWs digital strategy
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Degree or equivalent in a technical ICT discipline plus a proven track record of working in a development team.
Ability to deliver and manage agile Web development projects.
Experience of working within a Microsoft Azure and Office 365 environment.
Ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations on the resilience and supportability of solutions.
Experience of working in Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.
Knowledge of Rest APIs, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MVC, JavaScript, and Microsoft SQL.
Understanding of the latest Azure offerings including API Manager, Azure Functions, Azure LogicApps and Azure Insights.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Senior Cloud Support Engineer x 2
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £37,308 - £40,806 (Grade 6)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203405, 203406
Job Description
Working with the Flood Warning and Informing service as part of an ICT Platform Team the role is expected to provide technical support of all live National Flood Service applications and cloud platforms within an ITIL framework and defined product and platform team operating model, to deliver an outstanding customer focused Agile service.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Extensive knowledge and experience of supporting and administering Office 365/SharePoint Online/Dynamics 365/ Web Applications/COTS packages
Proven experience of working within a Public Cloud environment.
Experience of supporting and maintaining Rest APIs.
Experience of working with Azure DevOps and Visual Studio
Proven experience of supporting and developing platforms and/or applications with the following technologies; Azure PaaS, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MS SQL and Power Shell.
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management – specifically Incident and Problem Management and Project Management skills to define, plan and control work streams within your remit.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Dec 08, 2022
Full time
Senior Cloud Support Engineer x 2
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Flexible
Salary: £37,308 - £40,806 (Grade 6)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: You will need to work as part of a flexible shift pattern to cover service hours of 8am to 6pm. There are also requirements for weekend working when required to meet the business needs. Also, you will need to work on a time specific rota providing an ‘Out of Hours’ ICT Service to an agreed level.
Post numbers: 203405, 203406
Job Description
Working with the Flood Warning and Informing service as part of an ICT Platform Team the role is expected to provide technical support of all live National Flood Service applications and cloud platforms within an ITIL framework and defined product and platform team operating model, to deliver an outstanding customer focused Agile service.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Extensive knowledge and experience of supporting and administering Office 365/SharePoint Online/Dynamics 365/ Web Applications/COTS packages
Proven experience of working within a Public Cloud environment.
Experience of supporting and maintaining Rest APIs.
Experience of working with Azure DevOps and Visual Studio
Proven experience of supporting and developing platforms and/or applications with the following technologies; Azure PaaS, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MS SQL and Power Shell.
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management – specifically Incident and Problem Management and Project Management skills to define, plan and control work streams within your remit.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Web Developer
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Bangor or Cardiff
Salary: £41,150 - £46,147 (Grade 7)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: 37 hours, Monday - Friday
Post number: 203437, 203434
Job Description
We’re looking for an experienced web developer to join a new team that will be responsible for developing and managing the Natural Resources Wales website and publishing platforms.
This is a chance to use your skills and experience in a role that will make a real difference in supporting Wales’ ambitions to tackle the climate and nature emergencies.
Over a million people access information and services on the Natural Resources Wales website every year. From making sure businesses comply with environmental regulations and protect the Welsh environment to helping householders understand their flood risk. It’s also an important platform for other public bodies and used by policy makers to access evidence needed to base their decisions. And many more services in-between!
Find out more about our vision for better digital services for Natural Resources Wales in our Digital Strategy.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Technical knowledge and understanding gained from career experience relevant to the role, or degree in relevant area.
Experience developing digital products that comply with accessibility standards
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary agile web team.
Strong interpersonal skills, including experience of establishing and maintaining strong networks across teams.
Experience of working within a Microsoft Azure and Office 365 environment.
Ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations on the resilience and supportability of solutions.
Experience of working in Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.
Experience of working with, and developing a Content Management System (CMS).
Experience of working with Umbraco (desirable)
Knowledge of Rest APIs, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MVC, JavaScript, and Microsoft SQL.
Understanding of the latest Azure offerings including API Manager, Azure Functions, Azure LogicApps and Azure Insights.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
Dec 08, 2022
Full time
Web Developer
Closing date: 29 January 2023
Location: Bangor or Cardiff
Salary: £41,150 - £46,147 (Grade 7)
Contract type : Permanent
Work pattern: 37 hours, Monday - Friday
Post number: 203437, 203434
Job Description
We’re looking for an experienced web developer to join a new team that will be responsible for developing and managing the Natural Resources Wales website and publishing platforms.
This is a chance to use your skills and experience in a role that will make a real difference in supporting Wales’ ambitions to tackle the climate and nature emergencies.
Over a million people access information and services on the Natural Resources Wales website every year. From making sure businesses comply with environmental regulations and protect the Welsh environment to helping householders understand their flood risk. It’s also an important platform for other public bodies and used by policy makers to access evidence needed to base their decisions. And many more services in-between!
Find out more about our vision for better digital services for Natural Resources Wales in our Digital Strategy.
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:
Technical knowledge and understanding gained from career experience relevant to the role, or degree in relevant area.
Experience developing digital products that comply with accessibility standards
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary agile web team.
Strong interpersonal skills, including experience of establishing and maintaining strong networks across teams.
Experience of working within a Microsoft Azure and Office 365 environment.
Ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations on the resilience and supportability of solutions.
Experience of working in Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.
Experience of working with, and developing a Content Management System (CMS).
Experience of working with Umbraco (desirable)
Knowledge of Rest APIs, HTML 5, CSS, C#, MVC, JavaScript, and Microsoft SQL.
Understanding of the latest Azure offerings including API Manager, Azure Functions, Azure LogicApps and Azure Insights.
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
Agile and flexible working
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose
For more information, please visit our website.
A Senior position within Future PLC’s Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) team means becoming accountable for the long term success of many elements of the SRE team platform. The role requires a strong technical background alongside a passion for exploration and new opportunities. A Senior SRE is not expected to provide any formal coaching, or leadership to others, but would be expected to support mentoring and be a positive influence for the growth of our team and our department.
As a Senior SRE you will also be responsible for providing technical oversight for Futures delivery infrastructure and the success of teams that rely on that infrastructure.
You will bring strong leadership skills applied in a technical context with a team of engineers. You will help steer your team towards a common technical vision. You’ll help analyze the current system, it’s strengths and limitations. You will participate in roadmap and project planning efforts and will have ownership for delivering it.
You’ll be participating in project management efforts as the teams execute on plans, and you’ll have a role in communicating progress and status to stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Lead by example - Provide technical leadership for several functional areas in the SRE team like monitoring, logging, security, and more.
Take ownership for SRE projects and drive them forward
Support SRE Leads in accountability for meeting Futures SLAs and SLOs
Collaborate closely with development and project team mates to deliver on our shared goals
Implement, evolve and maintain runbooks, automation and documentation to improve working practices and system operation
Attend events, conferences and workshops to maintain awareness of industry trends and support their adoption within the organisation
Design, build and operate highly resilient, performant and observable infrastructure that serves the changing business objectives
Collaborate with third-party suppliers and customers where required to support business requirements
Translate high level technical guidance into actionable direction for the teams and initiatives
Respond to out of hours incidents as part of a shared rotation
Identify and drive cost-optimisation.
Responsibilities:
Previous experience providing technical direction for a team of engineers
Experience in directing long term projects and collaborating with teammates on its delivery
Experience developing and reviewing complex technical requirements, and translating them into actionable tasks for engineers
Good understanding of the full SDLC process
Proficient with Infrastructure as Code tools for managing Azure resources (Terraform and ARM templates)
Experience with Deployment techniques (Blue/Green, Canary etc)
Is opinionated on what good looks like for delivering both software and infrastructure via CI/CD pipeline best practices
Expert knowledge on AzureDevOps pipelines
Observability at scale with tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics
Good understanding of Landing Zone architectural patterns (ideally Azure Cloud Adoption Framework)
Understanding of immutable infrastructure
Performance and Cost Optimisation from architectural and engineering perspective.
Good Understanding of IAAS and PAAS Azure services
Proficient with Configuration Management tools such as Ansible
Proficient with development languages such as C# or Javascript
Nov 09, 2021
Full time
A Senior position within Future PLC’s Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) team means becoming accountable for the long term success of many elements of the SRE team platform. The role requires a strong technical background alongside a passion for exploration and new opportunities. A Senior SRE is not expected to provide any formal coaching, or leadership to others, but would be expected to support mentoring and be a positive influence for the growth of our team and our department.
As a Senior SRE you will also be responsible for providing technical oversight for Futures delivery infrastructure and the success of teams that rely on that infrastructure.
You will bring strong leadership skills applied in a technical context with a team of engineers. You will help steer your team towards a common technical vision. You’ll help analyze the current system, it’s strengths and limitations. You will participate in roadmap and project planning efforts and will have ownership for delivering it.
You’ll be participating in project management efforts as the teams execute on plans, and you’ll have a role in communicating progress and status to stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Lead by example - Provide technical leadership for several functional areas in the SRE team like monitoring, logging, security, and more.
Take ownership for SRE projects and drive them forward
Support SRE Leads in accountability for meeting Futures SLAs and SLOs
Collaborate closely with development and project team mates to deliver on our shared goals
Implement, evolve and maintain runbooks, automation and documentation to improve working practices and system operation
Attend events, conferences and workshops to maintain awareness of industry trends and support their adoption within the organisation
Design, build and operate highly resilient, performant and observable infrastructure that serves the changing business objectives
Collaborate with third-party suppliers and customers where required to support business requirements
Translate high level technical guidance into actionable direction for the teams and initiatives
Respond to out of hours incidents as part of a shared rotation
Identify and drive cost-optimisation.
Responsibilities:
Previous experience providing technical direction for a team of engineers
Experience in directing long term projects and collaborating with teammates on its delivery
Experience developing and reviewing complex technical requirements, and translating them into actionable tasks for engineers
Good understanding of the full SDLC process
Proficient with Infrastructure as Code tools for managing Azure resources (Terraform and ARM templates)
Experience with Deployment techniques (Blue/Green, Canary etc)
Is opinionated on what good looks like for delivering both software and infrastructure via CI/CD pipeline best practices
Expert knowledge on AzureDevOps pipelines
Observability at scale with tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics
Good understanding of Landing Zone architectural patterns (ideally Azure Cloud Adoption Framework)
Understanding of immutable infrastructure
Performance and Cost Optimisation from architectural and engineering perspective.
Good Understanding of IAAS and PAAS Azure services
Proficient with Configuration Management tools such as Ansible
Proficient with development languages such as C# or Javascript
Salary 50,000 - 60,000 GBP per year Requirements: - Key Skills: Proficiency in C#, .NET, and/or Blazor Experience with front-end technologies including JavaScript Experience with Azure and GitHub Familiarity with GraphQL / RESTful APIs Knowledge of NoSQL / Cosmos DB Responsibilities: - Nightingale HQ is seeking an experienced developer to join our small, dynamic team. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the development of a sustainable optimisation platform for the manufacturing sector. As a .NET Developer, you will report directly to the CTO and collaborate with our existing developers. Your primary responsibilities will include developing and documenting WebAssembly Blazor applications and GraphQL APIs, adhering to best practices in software development. Our project has already secured users from industrial partners and is currently working towards a Proof of Concept (PoC). Technologies: - .NET Framework - Blazor - GraphQL More: Founded in 2018 in Wales, Cardiff, we are a technology business specialising in helping manufacturers digitalise. We work with a wide range of manufacturers from steel to electronics assisting them to get more out of their data, optimise processes and reduce manual tasks that drive better results.
Nov 29, 2023
Contractor
Salary 50,000 - 60,000 GBP per year Requirements: - Key Skills: Proficiency in C#, .NET, and/or Blazor Experience with front-end technologies including JavaScript Experience with Azure and GitHub Familiarity with GraphQL / RESTful APIs Knowledge of NoSQL / Cosmos DB Responsibilities: - Nightingale HQ is seeking an experienced developer to join our small, dynamic team. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the development of a sustainable optimisation platform for the manufacturing sector. As a .NET Developer, you will report directly to the CTO and collaborate with our existing developers. Your primary responsibilities will include developing and documenting WebAssembly Blazor applications and GraphQL APIs, adhering to best practices in software development. Our project has already secured users from industrial partners and is currently working towards a Proof of Concept (PoC). Technologies: - .NET Framework - Blazor - GraphQL More: Founded in 2018 in Wales, Cardiff, we are a technology business specialising in helping manufacturers digitalise. We work with a wide range of manufacturers from steel to electronics assisting them to get more out of their data, optimise processes and reduce manual tasks that drive better results.
Senior Software Engineer/Wales (Remote)/Python/Django/Flask/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/C++/Linux/SaaS/Pyramid/Jinja2/Cyber Security Are you looking to join a company who's main focus is to ensure the security of their clients? Or perhaps you are looking for a better work life balance? My client works within the cyber security space ensuring that the industrial sector and protected from any threats as well as implementing software to enhance this protection. Within a lot of the companies, they work with, whether that be a transport or manufacturing focused company, the security gap that is present is not up to the standards they should be and this is where they step in. You would be joining a growing team, working on their SaaS product which have plenty of features to be added to so this certainly is a role for someone looking to progress their career further. The ideal candidate will have experience working with Python, Django or Flask. Ideally you would have also had experience working within a role with some security aspects to it and if you have any C++ experience too, this is a bonus. Some of the benefits of the role include a £50,000 salary, fully remote working but you must be based in Wales, 28 days holiday, private healthcare, and the chance to join a team that is aiming to double in size come next year. What a time to get on board! If this is of interest to you or anyone you know please send your CV to (see below) or apply below. This role cannot provide sponsorship and you must be based in the UK to apply. Senior Software Engineer/Wales (Remote)/Python/Django/Flask/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/C++/Linux/SaaS/Pyramid/Jinja2/Cyber Security
Nov 27, 2023
Full time
Senior Software Engineer/Wales (Remote)/Python/Django/Flask/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/C++/Linux/SaaS/Pyramid/Jinja2/Cyber Security Are you looking to join a company who's main focus is to ensure the security of their clients? Or perhaps you are looking for a better work life balance? My client works within the cyber security space ensuring that the industrial sector and protected from any threats as well as implementing software to enhance this protection. Within a lot of the companies, they work with, whether that be a transport or manufacturing focused company, the security gap that is present is not up to the standards they should be and this is where they step in. You would be joining a growing team, working on their SaaS product which have plenty of features to be added to so this certainly is a role for someone looking to progress their career further. The ideal candidate will have experience working with Python, Django or Flask. Ideally you would have also had experience working within a role with some security aspects to it and if you have any C++ experience too, this is a bonus. Some of the benefits of the role include a £50,000 salary, fully remote working but you must be based in Wales, 28 days holiday, private healthcare, and the chance to join a team that is aiming to double in size come next year. What a time to get on board! If this is of interest to you or anyone you know please send your CV to (see below) or apply below. This role cannot provide sponsorship and you must be based in the UK to apply. Senior Software Engineer/Wales (Remote)/Python/Django/Flask/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/C++/Linux/SaaS/Pyramid/Jinja2/Cyber Security
Vacancy Number: 13253BR
Engineer (Print Services ) Working within a collaborative team as a member of Platforms and Storage, the role is responsible for the engineering support of Windows Server Infrastructure with a focus on developing our internal printing infrastructure, which is currently based on iPrint and PaperCut. The role holder is expected to contribute to infrastructure deployment designs for the development of new centralised capabilities, and to provide a support role for existing capabilities. Windows Server support will be focussed at the infrastructure level, with a collaborative engagement with Middleware, Directory and Application support teams. Many of the major central IT Systems within Cardiff University have an infrastructure component, which falls into the remit of the role holder. Us We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Opportunity The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside well-established infrastructure, application and operations teams and will primarily take responsibility for Windows Server and printing infrastructure. The role holder will collaborate with application teams to provide Windows Server based services that are aligned to the functional requirements of business applications. The role holder will collaborate with other members of the Platforms & Storage Team with regards to Integration of Windows Servers and capabilities and the alignment of Windows Server to the Microsoft Roadmap. Working as part of a Windows Server and Database support team, there is a development opportunity for the role to pick up some BAU database level support skills and some additional experience with Linux. You You are expected to hold a background of working with Windows Server within an Enterprise environment and to possess experience in the deployment of windows services on an Enterprise level. You will possess a strong background of supporting backend enterprise printing infrastructure, for a large printer estate. You will possess experience of life cycle management with regards to windows server, and other aspects associated with the management of a large enterprise estate, such as Active directory. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic environment and will be a key member of the wider infrastructure team within which you will be expected to build strong, effective working relationships. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert for the services that you develop and will oversee their transition to operational teams as required. The role will require you to prioritise and manage your workload effectively and respond promptly to new requirements where necessary. The role will provide the right candidate with opportunities to develop new skills and to focus on specialist areas. What we offer Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer. This is a full time, open ended position. Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6) Date advert posted: Wednesday, 16 March 2022 Closing date: Friday, 6 May 2022 Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Apr 07, 2022
Full time
Vacancy Number: 13253BR
Engineer (Print Services ) Working within a collaborative team as a member of Platforms and Storage, the role is responsible for the engineering support of Windows Server Infrastructure with a focus on developing our internal printing infrastructure, which is currently based on iPrint and PaperCut. The role holder is expected to contribute to infrastructure deployment designs for the development of new centralised capabilities, and to provide a support role for existing capabilities. Windows Server support will be focussed at the infrastructure level, with a collaborative engagement with Middleware, Directory and Application support teams. Many of the major central IT Systems within Cardiff University have an infrastructure component, which falls into the remit of the role holder. Us We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Opportunity The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside well-established infrastructure, application and operations teams and will primarily take responsibility for Windows Server and printing infrastructure. The role holder will collaborate with application teams to provide Windows Server based services that are aligned to the functional requirements of business applications. The role holder will collaborate with other members of the Platforms & Storage Team with regards to Integration of Windows Servers and capabilities and the alignment of Windows Server to the Microsoft Roadmap. Working as part of a Windows Server and Database support team, there is a development opportunity for the role to pick up some BAU database level support skills and some additional experience with Linux. You You are expected to hold a background of working with Windows Server within an Enterprise environment and to possess experience in the deployment of windows services on an Enterprise level. You will possess a strong background of supporting backend enterprise printing infrastructure, for a large printer estate. You will possess experience of life cycle management with regards to windows server, and other aspects associated with the management of a large enterprise estate, such as Active directory. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic environment and will be a key member of the wider infrastructure team within which you will be expected to build strong, effective working relationships. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert for the services that you develop and will oversee their transition to operational teams as required. The role will require you to prioritise and manage your workload effectively and respond promptly to new requirements where necessary. The role will provide the right candidate with opportunities to develop new skills and to focus on specialist areas. What we offer Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer. This is a full time, open ended position. Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6) Date advert posted: Wednesday, 16 March 2022 Closing date: Friday, 6 May 2022 Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Vacancy Number: 13254BR
Engineer (Windows Server) Working within a collaborative team as a member of Platforms and Storage, the role is responsible for the engineering support of Windows Server Infrastructure. The role holder is expected to contribute to infrastructure deployment designs for the development of new centralised capabilities, and to provide a support role for existing capabilities, which are based on a foundation of Windows Server. The support remit will be focussed at the Windows Server infrastructure level, with a collaborative engagement with Middleware, Directory, Database and Application support teams. Many of the major central IT Systems within Cardiff University have an infrastructure component, which falls into the remit of the role holder. Us We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Opportunity The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside well-established infrastructure, application and operations teams and will primarily take responsibility for Windows Server infrastructure. The role holder will collaborate with application teams to provide Windows Server based services that are aligned to the functional requirements of business applications. The role holder will collaborate with other members of the Platforms & Storage Team with regards to the integration of Windows Server capabilities, and the alignment of Windows Server to the Microsoft Roadmap. Working as part of a Windows Server and Database support team, there is a development opportunity for the role to pick up some BAU database level support skills, and some additional experience with Linux. You You are expected to hold a background of working with Windows Server within an Enterprise environment and to possess experience in the deployment of windows services on an Enterprise level. You will possess good powershell scripting skills, and have some experience of working with some other scripting languages. You will possess experience of life cycle management with regards to Windows Server, and other aspects associated with the management of a large enterprise estate, such as Active Directory. You will have experience of enterprise monitoring tools, and the challenges of monitoring and managing a large Windows Server estate. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic environment and will be a key member of the wider infrastructure team within which you will be expected to build strong, effective working relationships. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert for the services that you develop and will oversee their transition to operational teams as required. The role will require you to prioritise and manage your workload effectively and respond promptly to new requirements where necessary. What we offer Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer. This is a full time, open ended position. Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6) Date advert posted: Friday, 18 March 2022 Closing date: Friday, 6 May 2022 Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Apr 07, 2022
Full time
Vacancy Number: 13254BR
Engineer (Windows Server) Working within a collaborative team as a member of Platforms and Storage, the role is responsible for the engineering support of Windows Server Infrastructure. The role holder is expected to contribute to infrastructure deployment designs for the development of new centralised capabilities, and to provide a support role for existing capabilities, which are based on a foundation of Windows Server. The support remit will be focussed at the Windows Server infrastructure level, with a collaborative engagement with Middleware, Directory, Database and Application support teams. Many of the major central IT Systems within Cardiff University have an infrastructure component, which falls into the remit of the role holder. Us We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Opportunity The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside well-established infrastructure, application and operations teams and will primarily take responsibility for Windows Server infrastructure. The role holder will collaborate with application teams to provide Windows Server based services that are aligned to the functional requirements of business applications. The role holder will collaborate with other members of the Platforms & Storage Team with regards to the integration of Windows Server capabilities, and the alignment of Windows Server to the Microsoft Roadmap. Working as part of a Windows Server and Database support team, there is a development opportunity for the role to pick up some BAU database level support skills, and some additional experience with Linux. You You are expected to hold a background of working with Windows Server within an Enterprise environment and to possess experience in the deployment of windows services on an Enterprise level. You will possess good powershell scripting skills, and have some experience of working with some other scripting languages. You will possess experience of life cycle management with regards to Windows Server, and other aspects associated with the management of a large enterprise estate, such as Active Directory. You will have experience of enterprise monitoring tools, and the challenges of monitoring and managing a large Windows Server estate. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic environment and will be a key member of the wider infrastructure team within which you will be expected to build strong, effective working relationships. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert for the services that you develop and will oversee their transition to operational teams as required. The role will require you to prioritise and manage your workload effectively and respond promptly to new requirements where necessary. What we offer Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer. This is a full time, open ended position. Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6) Date advert posted: Friday, 18 March 2022 Closing date: Friday, 6 May 2022 Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Advatek is an award-winning next generation IT Services company delivering innovative security, networking, business continuity and cloud infrastructure solutions for businesses and public sector organisations across the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career by joining a newly formed service desk within an established network engineering and consultancy company. You will be supporting public and private sector including NHS trusts and FTSE 100 companies, delivering first class network support.
This opportunity will also offer superb exposure to new and emerging technologies working alongside highly qualified network and security consultants, and system architects. We offer training and development, giving study time within work hours and covering costs for training and certification. We are firm believers in developing talent and promoting from within, giving you the ability to progress your career to the highest levels within Advatek. This is all within a small but growing team.
Responsibilities will include.
Daily checks of client networks and alerts.
Troubleshooting of network and infrastructure issues.
Taking responsibility and ownership of tasks within an escalation framework.
Client communication over video link, phone and email.
Working alongside routing and security architects to expand knowledge and provide comprehensive support off the back of network projects.
Maintaining of accurate logs and documentation.
Flexible working with some days from home is offered.
Suitable for CCNA or working towads CCNA.
1-2 years experience desirable.
CISCO and Fortinet experiance desirable.
Benefits:
A friendly and supportive working environment
Working with CCIE and similar level archtects, engineers and security proffessionals who will mentor you.
Time provided during work hours to study towards certification
Paid for certification
Exposure to large private and public sector networks
Exposure to cutting edge network and securiy technologies
Flexible working (3/5)
Nov 29, 2021
Full time
Advatek is an award-winning next generation IT Services company delivering innovative security, networking, business continuity and cloud infrastructure solutions for businesses and public sector organisations across the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career by joining a newly formed service desk within an established network engineering and consultancy company. You will be supporting public and private sector including NHS trusts and FTSE 100 companies, delivering first class network support.
This opportunity will also offer superb exposure to new and emerging technologies working alongside highly qualified network and security consultants, and system architects. We offer training and development, giving study time within work hours and covering costs for training and certification. We are firm believers in developing talent and promoting from within, giving you the ability to progress your career to the highest levels within Advatek. This is all within a small but growing team.
Responsibilities will include.
Daily checks of client networks and alerts.
Troubleshooting of network and infrastructure issues.
Taking responsibility and ownership of tasks within an escalation framework.
Client communication over video link, phone and email.
Working alongside routing and security architects to expand knowledge and provide comprehensive support off the back of network projects.
Maintaining of accurate logs and documentation.
Flexible working with some days from home is offered.
Suitable for CCNA or working towads CCNA.
1-2 years experience desirable.
CISCO and Fortinet experiance desirable.
Benefits:
A friendly and supportive working environment
Working with CCIE and similar level archtects, engineers and security proffessionals who will mentor you.
Time provided during work hours to study towards certification
Paid for certification
Exposure to large private and public sector networks
Exposure to cutting edge network and securiy technologies
Flexible working (3/5)
The Senior DBA is a key support role within the IT function, in addition to supporting the day to day operation of the Savings Website databases, it is also a key enabler for reviewing, defining and supporting strategic database technologies and initiatives.
Providing continued support to the business and engineering teams through this function, the role will be to provide technical support and consultation to the various stakeholders ensuring the delivery of pragmatic and cost-effective technology solutions. Focus will be technology agnostic, delivering business value through the most appropriate use of technology. You will work closely with key senior leaders to ensure IT services are fit for purpose, consistent and adding value to our fast-paced and growing enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
Providing technical oversight to the Database Administration function and corporate tech teams to ensure stability and supportability of environments and services are maintained.
Be a key contributor and role model within the IT Service Leadership team, ensuring that changes to Database and data services are in line with operational and strategic plans.
Work closely with Heads of IT, to ensure that demand planning feeds into a robust capacity and strategic architectural plan
Ensures the stability and availability of production databases within agreed targets
Monitors the production, development and test databases for performance to ensure that future volume is handled as required
Carries out regular performance testing and tuning to ensure all production systems are optimised
Ensures SQL platforms are continually updated and upgraded to remain within supported versions.
Supports the Infrastructure Solutions Manager with the development of technology roadmaps for all database systems.
Work with peers and senior stakeholders for Service Continuity (BCP & DR) Plan ensuring suitable arrangements are in place in the event of significant service disruption
Mentors, coaches and develops members of the team to continuously develop skills, processes and standards.
Requirements:
Experienced production database administration covering Microsoft SQL Server 2016, including both Standard and Enterprise editions.
Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience in a Technology Manager/Architect role
Excellent knowledge of MS SQL Server Clustering, LogShipping, Replication and/or AOAG.
Excellent understanding and experience in performance/capacity tuning/monitoring, optimisation, diagnosing and rectifying performance and/or capacity related problems
Excellent T-SQL skills, Index strategies, including both query and server optimisation
Excellent understanding of storage IO, SAN, Windows Clustering, SSAS, SQL CLR/Service Broker & PowerShell
Solid understanding of Cloud based Database solutions, including Managed Instances MSSQL/MySQL.
Proven track record of managing complex SQL database environments and implementing SQL upgrades
Experience in operating within a managed hosting and/or cloud environment
Experience in a regulated industry, preferably financial
Excellent communication skills with experience of liaising with technical colleagues, senior leadership, key business stakeholders and suppliers.
Be able to explain complex issues succinctly and with clarity, both in writing or orally.
Experience in an IT environment with a good documentation culture, including change management processes.
Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Able to manage and prioritise and tasks and time efficiently.
Nov 09, 2021
Full time
The Senior DBA is a key support role within the IT function, in addition to supporting the day to day operation of the Savings Website databases, it is also a key enabler for reviewing, defining and supporting strategic database technologies and initiatives.
Providing continued support to the business and engineering teams through this function, the role will be to provide technical support and consultation to the various stakeholders ensuring the delivery of pragmatic and cost-effective technology solutions. Focus will be technology agnostic, delivering business value through the most appropriate use of technology. You will work closely with key senior leaders to ensure IT services are fit for purpose, consistent and adding value to our fast-paced and growing enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
Providing technical oversight to the Database Administration function and corporate tech teams to ensure stability and supportability of environments and services are maintained.
Be a key contributor and role model within the IT Service Leadership team, ensuring that changes to Database and data services are in line with operational and strategic plans.
Work closely with Heads of IT, to ensure that demand planning feeds into a robust capacity and strategic architectural plan
Ensures the stability and availability of production databases within agreed targets
Monitors the production, development and test databases for performance to ensure that future volume is handled as required
Carries out regular performance testing and tuning to ensure all production systems are optimised
Ensures SQL platforms are continually updated and upgraded to remain within supported versions.
Supports the Infrastructure Solutions Manager with the development of technology roadmaps for all database systems.
Work with peers and senior stakeholders for Service Continuity (BCP & DR) Plan ensuring suitable arrangements are in place in the event of significant service disruption
Mentors, coaches and develops members of the team to continuously develop skills, processes and standards.
Requirements:
Experienced production database administration covering Microsoft SQL Server 2016, including both Standard and Enterprise editions.
Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience in a Technology Manager/Architect role
Excellent knowledge of MS SQL Server Clustering, LogShipping, Replication and/or AOAG.
Excellent understanding and experience in performance/capacity tuning/monitoring, optimisation, diagnosing and rectifying performance and/or capacity related problems
Excellent T-SQL skills, Index strategies, including both query and server optimisation
Excellent understanding of storage IO, SAN, Windows Clustering, SSAS, SQL CLR/Service Broker & PowerShell
Solid understanding of Cloud based Database solutions, including Managed Instances MSSQL/MySQL.
Proven track record of managing complex SQL database environments and implementing SQL upgrades
Experience in operating within a managed hosting and/or cloud environment
Experience in a regulated industry, preferably financial
Excellent communication skills with experience of liaising with technical colleagues, senior leadership, key business stakeholders and suppliers.
Be able to explain complex issues succinctly and with clarity, both in writing or orally.
Experience in an IT environment with a good documentation culture, including change management processes.
Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Able to manage and prioritise and tasks and time efficiently.
About the Team
We are Future, a global multi-platform media company with big ambitions and the talent to bring them to life. Together, we connect people to their passions through the high-quality content we create and the innovative technology we pioneer.
We’re the name behind award-winning brands in specialist sectors like technology, gaming & entertainment, music, creative & photography, field sports, knowledge and home interest. Specialists in our field and passionate about what we do, every year we attract millions of consumers to our websites, magazines, events and social spaces.
Future’s Technology department has been instrumental in the company’s success over recent years and is vital to Future’s continued growth and disruption of the digital publishing industry.
As part of the strategy around GoComapre’s acquisition by Future we’re putting in a technology roadmap for re-platforming our domain around an API first, cloud based serverless architecture to become the PCW leading service. This is part of our plan to broaden the scope from the GoCompare brand.
Job Purpose
As Senior Tech Lead, you will be part of the senior engineering leadership team. Your focus will be on leading a team of engineers and working within the wider engineering team to drive the technical direction of the platform.
In this role Tech Leads and Senior Engineers will look to your experience and detailed product knowledge to progress our re-platforming in a meaningful and quantifiable way.
In this role you will be jointly responsible for the direction of the architecture, software delivery and leadership of the team. You will be influential in the wider team decision making for resolving technical debt & solution delivery.
You will set requirements which determine the technical specification of new features and services, as well as ensure that the team consistently maintain and improve the existing codebase. You will ensure that Tech Leads and Senior Engineers make changes that are scalable, tested, and well structured in line with industry best practices.
Working closely with Engineering, Product, UX, QA and Project Management (PMO) teams you will ensure that all applications integrate reliably. You will also be expected to lead & mentor Tech Leads, Junior, Mid and Senior Engineers contributing to their growth, knowledge, and reviewing their code.
In this role your time will be predominantly scoping, meeting and guiding your teams. The role will be split 80:20, where there is an expectation that for 20% of your time you are able to be hands-on, contributing to the re-platforming of our service.
You will be responsible for delegating tasks and working with other Tech Leads & Senior Tech Leads / Directors of Engineering to ensure that the business / tech priorities are respected.
Key Responsibilities
In collaboration with other Senior Tech Leads, Tech Leads and Engineers you will ensure your team’s code is well scoped, monitored, documented and testable.
You will be responsible for the code quality of your teams, ensuring that the code is maintainable and extensible.
You will lead on tracing bugs across the stack and ensuring that suitable tests are set up to avoid future regressions. And work closely with QA to ensure the risk of future occurrences is reduced.
You will work to guide your teams in how to review both their own code and other developers’ before it goes through a final QA process and into production.
You will ensure that your team members are working efficiently and delivering to the best of their ability.
You will communicate effectively with the wider business and be able to critically assess product requirements and solutions.
You will keep up to date with the latest approaches to development and be able to argue for appropriate technology to be added to the stack.
You will participate in regular hack days, using cutting edge tech to prototype innovative approaches to business/technical goals.
As the senior tech lead you are required to support and help develop more junior members of staff both via code review/direction and mentoring.
You will nurture the professional development of your team members through regular 1:1s, coaching and supporting their career development.
You will line manage Tech Lead(s) and will ultimately be responsible for the underlying teams under the direction of the Tech Lead(s) within your remit.
Nov 09, 2021
Full time
About the Team
We are Future, a global multi-platform media company with big ambitions and the talent to bring them to life. Together, we connect people to their passions through the high-quality content we create and the innovative technology we pioneer.
We’re the name behind award-winning brands in specialist sectors like technology, gaming & entertainment, music, creative & photography, field sports, knowledge and home interest. Specialists in our field and passionate about what we do, every year we attract millions of consumers to our websites, magazines, events and social spaces.
Future’s Technology department has been instrumental in the company’s success over recent years and is vital to Future’s continued growth and disruption of the digital publishing industry.
As part of the strategy around GoComapre’s acquisition by Future we’re putting in a technology roadmap for re-platforming our domain around an API first, cloud based serverless architecture to become the PCW leading service. This is part of our plan to broaden the scope from the GoCompare brand.
Job Purpose
As Senior Tech Lead, you will be part of the senior engineering leadership team. Your focus will be on leading a team of engineers and working within the wider engineering team to drive the technical direction of the platform.
In this role Tech Leads and Senior Engineers will look to your experience and detailed product knowledge to progress our re-platforming in a meaningful and quantifiable way.
In this role you will be jointly responsible for the direction of the architecture, software delivery and leadership of the team. You will be influential in the wider team decision making for resolving technical debt & solution delivery.
You will set requirements which determine the technical specification of new features and services, as well as ensure that the team consistently maintain and improve the existing codebase. You will ensure that Tech Leads and Senior Engineers make changes that are scalable, tested, and well structured in line with industry best practices.
Working closely with Engineering, Product, UX, QA and Project Management (PMO) teams you will ensure that all applications integrate reliably. You will also be expected to lead & mentor Tech Leads, Junior, Mid and Senior Engineers contributing to their growth, knowledge, and reviewing their code.
In this role your time will be predominantly scoping, meeting and guiding your teams. The role will be split 80:20, where there is an expectation that for 20% of your time you are able to be hands-on, contributing to the re-platforming of our service.
You will be responsible for delegating tasks and working with other Tech Leads & Senior Tech Leads / Directors of Engineering to ensure that the business / tech priorities are respected.
Key Responsibilities
In collaboration with other Senior Tech Leads, Tech Leads and Engineers you will ensure your team’s code is well scoped, monitored, documented and testable.
You will be responsible for the code quality of your teams, ensuring that the code is maintainable and extensible.
You will lead on tracing bugs across the stack and ensuring that suitable tests are set up to avoid future regressions. And work closely with QA to ensure the risk of future occurrences is reduced.
You will work to guide your teams in how to review both their own code and other developers’ before it goes through a final QA process and into production.
You will ensure that your team members are working efficiently and delivering to the best of their ability.
You will communicate effectively with the wider business and be able to critically assess product requirements and solutions.
You will keep up to date with the latest approaches to development and be able to argue for appropriate technology to be added to the stack.
You will participate in regular hack days, using cutting edge tech to prototype innovative approaches to business/technical goals.
As the senior tech lead you are required to support and help develop more junior members of staff both via code review/direction and mentoring.
You will nurture the professional development of your team members through regular 1:1s, coaching and supporting their career development.
You will line manage Tech Lead(s) and will ultimately be responsible for the underlying teams under the direction of the Tech Lead(s) within your remit.
We have an amazing opportunity for a Frontend Developer , to join on of the leading Health Solution Companies in Wales. This opportunity is permanent, with a salary of up to £50,000 + other company benefits, and amazing progression opportunities. Remote working, however, you may be required to commute to Cardiff. You will have 3 weeks in-depth development training by the Head of Development in Florence, Italy with all expenses covered. Our client has innovated a life-changing software solution which captures data that will transform the daily life & operations of hospital staff. They are eager to find a Frontend Developer , with full stack capacity, to develop and maintain the app whilst capturing the data from medical devices. As the Frontend Developer , you will be responsible for the client-side' of the solution. Working alongside of the engineering team you will translate the needs and demands of 14 hospitals into a functional and appealing interactive application. You will provide technical expertise by performing hands-on configuration and remote installation and integration. Tech Stack: HTML CSS T-SQL SQL .NET core 2.2 ASP .NET React Angular This is a super exciting role for a Frontend Developer looking to expand their knowledge and grow into a product development specialising in the medical field. Apply directly, or email your resume to: (see below)
Nov 05, 2021
Full time
We have an amazing opportunity for a Frontend Developer , to join on of the leading Health Solution Companies in Wales. This opportunity is permanent, with a salary of up to £50,000 + other company benefits, and amazing progression opportunities. Remote working, however, you may be required to commute to Cardiff. You will have 3 weeks in-depth development training by the Head of Development in Florence, Italy with all expenses covered. Our client has innovated a life-changing software solution which captures data that will transform the daily life & operations of hospital staff. They are eager to find a Frontend Developer , with full stack capacity, to develop and maintain the app whilst capturing the data from medical devices. As the Frontend Developer , you will be responsible for the client-side' of the solution. Working alongside of the engineering team you will translate the needs and demands of 14 hospitals into a functional and appealing interactive application. You will provide technical expertise by performing hands-on configuration and remote installation and integration. Tech Stack: HTML CSS T-SQL SQL .NET core 2.2 ASP .NET React Angular This is a super exciting role for a Frontend Developer looking to expand their knowledge and grow into a product development specialising in the medical field. Apply directly, or email your resume to: (see below)
Infrastructure Project Manager - Wales Arup are an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Arup are currently looking for a Project Manager to cover an initial 12 month contract for their client; Natural Resource Wales...... click apply for full job details
Sep 09, 2021
Contractor
Infrastructure Project Manager - Wales Arup are an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Arup are currently looking for a Project Manager to cover an initial 12 month contract for their client; Natural Resource Wales...... click apply for full job details
The Trade Centre Group Plc
The Trade Centre Wales, Neath Abbey, Neath, UK
The Trade Centre Group Plc is home to the largest used car showroom in Europe! We are looking for a highly motivated .NET Developer with strong Angular 2+ skills to join our rapidly expanding company. This is a remote role, however, there may be occasional need to travel to our operational sites for training or other business needs.
With sites in Wales, West Midlands, Rotherham and more on the way you will be working remotely alongside our dynamic IT team, on projects for all our sites nationwide.
This is an exciting time to join as we are embarking on the next stage of our ambitious digital transformation project. You will be an instrumental part of that success and have the opportunity to contribute materially to the success of the program whilst using the latest tools and technologies to transform the way we work, joining a small but highly technical and experienced development team.
.NET Developer;
You will need to have
attention to detail
a logical approach to problem solving
the ability to work independently and in mixed teams
the ability to manage a complex range of tasks and meet deadlines
good communication skills.
Responsibilities
Developing and maintaining existing systems
Planning and prototyping new applications
Building best in class user interfaces using the Angular 2+ framework
Testing sites and applications in different browsers and environments
Problem solving
Fixing bugs in existing projects
Testing new features thoroughly to ensure they perform the correct task in all cases
Building and testing Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for applications to exchange data
Working closely with the Solution Architect and departments through-out the company to assist in improving their overall performance
Gathering insight to requirements from clients and users
Learning and testing new technologies, frameworks and languages
Staying up to date with new trends and advancements in software development
Refactoring and optimising existing code
You must have proven commercial experience in the following areas
3+ Years .NET Development
1+ Years Angular 2+/typescript
Strong RDBS & SQL skills
Good familiarity with PHP and transitioning PHP applications to a microservice architecture
Desirable experience:
.NET Core, VS Code, NuGet
Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
API Driven SOA Microservices
Message Brokers (RMQ)
PHP
Jun 01, 2021
Full time
The Trade Centre Group Plc is home to the largest used car showroom in Europe! We are looking for a highly motivated .NET Developer with strong Angular 2+ skills to join our rapidly expanding company. This is a remote role, however, there may be occasional need to travel to our operational sites for training or other business needs.
With sites in Wales, West Midlands, Rotherham and more on the way you will be working remotely alongside our dynamic IT team, on projects for all our sites nationwide.
This is an exciting time to join as we are embarking on the next stage of our ambitious digital transformation project. You will be an instrumental part of that success and have the opportunity to contribute materially to the success of the program whilst using the latest tools and technologies to transform the way we work, joining a small but highly technical and experienced development team.
.NET Developer;
You will need to have
attention to detail
a logical approach to problem solving
the ability to work independently and in mixed teams
the ability to manage a complex range of tasks and meet deadlines
good communication skills.
Responsibilities
Developing and maintaining existing systems
Planning and prototyping new applications
Building best in class user interfaces using the Angular 2+ framework
Testing sites and applications in different browsers and environments
Problem solving
Fixing bugs in existing projects
Testing new features thoroughly to ensure they perform the correct task in all cases
Building and testing Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for applications to exchange data
Working closely with the Solution Architect and departments through-out the company to assist in improving their overall performance
Gathering insight to requirements from clients and users
Learning and testing new technologies, frameworks and languages
Staying up to date with new trends and advancements in software development
Refactoring and optimising existing code
You must have proven commercial experience in the following areas
3+ Years .NET Development
1+ Years Angular 2+/typescript
Strong RDBS & SQL skills
Good familiarity with PHP and transitioning PHP applications to a microservice architecture
Desirable experience:
.NET Core, VS Code, NuGet
Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
API Driven SOA Microservices
Message Brokers (RMQ)
PHP
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, creative, and highly organised individual with an interest in customer portals and CRM technologies to join our Applications Team as a Web, Portals & CRM Developer. We are currently engaging in a redevelopment programme across our Applications, Portals and Websites for the company and this role will be in the heart of it.
What is great about the role?
The Applications estate within Pobl is a diverse estate of delivery methods, types and ages. You will develop, build and maintain all Group’s websites and intranet systems to ensure they add value to the Group and to our customers. Supporting our internal and external by providing a high quality effective and efficient service.
The salary for this role is £36,154 for a 37 hour full time permanent position.
The role will primarily be remote working with some location flexibility mainly between Newport and Swansea offices for working with the Stakeholders in the two main offices.
What will you do?
This role has the following main roles:
Development / Management of the Groups Website
Development / Management of the PoblPoint Intranet
Development and Support of the company’s user portals
Development in Support of the Dynamics Developers in the development and administration of the Dynamics CRM
Support business users with technical support cases related to Web, intranet, and CRM products.
Who are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:
Web development and management of WordPress external and intranet websites
Comfortable working with stakeholders and carrying out design activities with stakeholders.
Logical and pragmatic thinking and be able to respond to a variety of planned and unplanned events.
Experience of Development Team environments and methods
Experience of Dynamics CRM or similar CRM System
Ideally the candidate would have some spoken and written understanding of welsh language for the role.
What is special about this opportunity?
Pobl is more than just a Housing Association, it’s a multi-faceted business whose range of provisions varies from care and support to individuals, through to commercial development activities. Our team provides services for all these business areas, so you’ll get involved with a very diverse customer base.
At Pobl we look to reward our talent with a comprehensive package. Along with a competitive salary, you can access flexible working, up to 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), excellent pension options and retail discounts.
If you have not only the skills and experience, but also share our values, we would be interested in discussing this vacancy with you. For a confidential conversation please contact John (Lead Applications Architect) via John.Lavery@poblgroup.co.uk to arrange
To begin your Pobl journey, click ‘Apply Now’
Closing date Sunday 18th April
Shortlisting will take place week commencing 19th April
Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams
Pobl is an organisation with equality, diversity and inclusion at its heart, and we are pleased to have recently been accredited with Stage 2 Investors in Diversity. We welcome applications from all areas of the community, however we particularly encourage applications from members of the BAME community as well as individuals with disabilities, who are currently under-represented within our workforce
Apr 09, 2021
Full time
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, creative, and highly organised individual with an interest in customer portals and CRM technologies to join our Applications Team as a Web, Portals & CRM Developer. We are currently engaging in a redevelopment programme across our Applications, Portals and Websites for the company and this role will be in the heart of it.
What is great about the role?
The Applications estate within Pobl is a diverse estate of delivery methods, types and ages. You will develop, build and maintain all Group’s websites and intranet systems to ensure they add value to the Group and to our customers. Supporting our internal and external by providing a high quality effective and efficient service.
The salary for this role is £36,154 for a 37 hour full time permanent position.
The role will primarily be remote working with some location flexibility mainly between Newport and Swansea offices for working with the Stakeholders in the two main offices.
What will you do?
This role has the following main roles:
Development / Management of the Groups Website
Development / Management of the PoblPoint Intranet
Development and Support of the company’s user portals
Development in Support of the Dynamics Developers in the development and administration of the Dynamics CRM
Support business users with technical support cases related to Web, intranet, and CRM products.
Who are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:
Web development and management of WordPress external and intranet websites
Comfortable working with stakeholders and carrying out design activities with stakeholders.
Logical and pragmatic thinking and be able to respond to a variety of planned and unplanned events.
Experience of Development Team environments and methods
Experience of Dynamics CRM or similar CRM System
Ideally the candidate would have some spoken and written understanding of welsh language for the role.
What is special about this opportunity?
Pobl is more than just a Housing Association, it’s a multi-faceted business whose range of provisions varies from care and support to individuals, through to commercial development activities. Our team provides services for all these business areas, so you’ll get involved with a very diverse customer base.
At Pobl we look to reward our talent with a comprehensive package. Along with a competitive salary, you can access flexible working, up to 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), excellent pension options and retail discounts.
If you have not only the skills and experience, but also share our values, we would be interested in discussing this vacancy with you. For a confidential conversation please contact John (Lead Applications Architect) via John.Lavery@poblgroup.co.uk to arrange
To begin your Pobl journey, click ‘Apply Now’
Closing date Sunday 18th April
Shortlisting will take place week commencing 19th April
Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams
Pobl is an organisation with equality, diversity and inclusion at its heart, and we are pleased to have recently been accredited with Stage 2 Investors in Diversity. We welcome applications from all areas of the community, however we particularly encourage applications from members of the BAME community as well as individuals with disabilities, who are currently under-represented within our workforce
Join us as a Principal DevOps Engineer and you will work closely with the Development and Test teams, utilising your expertise in the implementation and management of DevOps processes and standards, supporting efficient software build and deployment through source code control, continuous integration and software quality tools and methods typically employed in the development of software products. You will work with the Product Owners to ensure deliverables are committed to and delivered on time and to the required quality by the development teams. A typical day could include: Leading a cross functional DevOps team through a software delivery project in a scaled Agile environment Defining and managing the continuous integration, deployment and test approach Supporting Build Release and Software licensing Requirements across the Product Development and Test Team Monitoring metrics and feedback as to the health of the software builds, and instigating strategic actions to address root cause issues. Planning of the DevOps initiatives and activities with the team Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution between the test and development organizations to resolve build and deployment issues Working within a multi-disciplined engineering team, you will bring significant experience as a Scrum Master and possess detailed practical knowledge of all areas from DevOps processes & culture, software development & test, tooling, infrastructure provisioning, maintenance and upgrade. You will have experience of Jenkins/Jenkins Pipelines, Artifactory and Git/GitLab. Ideally, you may also have experience of some of the following: Working in virtualized environments (knowledge of VMWare vSphere) Knowledge of Dell Storage solution Scripting tools (e.g. groovy, bash, powershell) Infrastructure as code (e.g. Ansible) automated deployment Understanding of software architectures, and design patterns Testing and deployment of software on Windows 10 and Server 2016 Test Management tools (e.g. Rational Quality Manager) Web Technologies (e.g. OData, HTTP, TLS, and REST) General Dynamics Mission Systems aims to be as flexible as possible so this role could either be based working from home, with a requirement for occasional travel to our site or based within our offices in South Wales depending upon your preference. Our Company Benefits: We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits: A compressed nine-day fortnight - which means every other Friday off! A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family's needs A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices - giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace About General Dynamics Mission Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we employ more than 1,400 people and are leading the way in Armoured Fighting Vehicles, avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team!
Mar 23, 2021
Full time
Join us as a Principal DevOps Engineer and you will work closely with the Development and Test teams, utilising your expertise in the implementation and management of DevOps processes and standards, supporting efficient software build and deployment through source code control, continuous integration and software quality tools and methods typically employed in the development of software products. You will work with the Product Owners to ensure deliverables are committed to and delivered on time and to the required quality by the development teams. A typical day could include: Leading a cross functional DevOps team through a software delivery project in a scaled Agile environment Defining and managing the continuous integration, deployment and test approach Supporting Build Release and Software licensing Requirements across the Product Development and Test Team Monitoring metrics and feedback as to the health of the software builds, and instigating strategic actions to address root cause issues. Planning of the DevOps initiatives and activities with the team Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution between the test and development organizations to resolve build and deployment issues Working within a multi-disciplined engineering team, you will bring significant experience as a Scrum Master and possess detailed practical knowledge of all areas from DevOps processes & culture, software development & test, tooling, infrastructure provisioning, maintenance and upgrade. You will have experience of Jenkins/Jenkins Pipelines, Artifactory and Git/GitLab. Ideally, you may also have experience of some of the following: Working in virtualized environments (knowledge of VMWare vSphere) Knowledge of Dell Storage solution Scripting tools (e.g. groovy, bash, powershell) Infrastructure as code (e.g. Ansible) automated deployment Understanding of software architectures, and design patterns Testing and deployment of software on Windows 10 and Server 2016 Test Management tools (e.g. Rational Quality Manager) Web Technologies (e.g. OData, HTTP, TLS, and REST) General Dynamics Mission Systems aims to be as flexible as possible so this role could either be based working from home, with a requirement for occasional travel to our site or based within our offices in South Wales depending upon your preference. Our Company Benefits: We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits: A compressed nine-day fortnight - which means every other Friday off! A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family's needs A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices - giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace About General Dynamics Mission Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we employ more than 1,400 people and are leading the way in Armoured Fighting Vehicles, avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team!
An opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join our Systems integration and Trials Team which sits within the wider R&D function of General Dynamics. You would be playing a key role in integrating emerging new technologies from the Internal Research & Development (IRAD) group and the wider business. Within this role you will focus on the planning, design, integration and deployment of radio networks, IP networks, secure communications systems and military tactical applications and networks. This includes supporting field and lab experimentation exercises and dealing directly with customers, external 3rd party partners and internal teams throughout the entire life cycle of the projects. On a typical day, you may be involved in activities such as: Planning and support of field and laboratory trials and demonstrations to end users, internal and external stakeholders Analysing trial and demonstration requirements - designing and implementing experimental activities Working proactively with Engineering, Programme Management and internal / external stakeholders to ensure integration and trial activities meet their requirements Setup, configuration, deployment, management and field support of secure communications systems Supporting secure communications systems, particularly at the network and application layer Undertaking and supporting product and integration and acceptance activities Participate in planning and agile team meetings and present at progress and system reviews You will bring your experience in system integration with a track record of delivering successful trial and experimentation activities. You will demonstrate your understanding of the system support lifecycle and phases, and challenges associated with support in a delivery focussed, commercially successful organisation. Ideally, you may have experience of some of the below: Experience of both mobile and fixed networks Understanding of Mesh/MANET and HLOS systems Knowledge of IP routing and switching to CCNA level or above or practical experience An understanding of cellular technologies 3G, 4G, 5G and associated technologies Knowledge of IP technologies and infrastructures Understanding of Virtual Networks and associated technologies Experienced with customer and vendor collaboration Experience with scripting languages Our Company Benefits: We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits: A compressed nine-day fortnight - which means every other Friday off! A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family's needs A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices - giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace Company Overview General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we employ more than 1,400 people and are leading the way in Armoured Fighting Vehicles, avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team!
Mar 23, 2021
Full time
An opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join our Systems integration and Trials Team which sits within the wider R&D function of General Dynamics. You would be playing a key role in integrating emerging new technologies from the Internal Research & Development (IRAD) group and the wider business. Within this role you will focus on the planning, design, integration and deployment of radio networks, IP networks, secure communications systems and military tactical applications and networks. This includes supporting field and lab experimentation exercises and dealing directly with customers, external 3rd party partners and internal teams throughout the entire life cycle of the projects. On a typical day, you may be involved in activities such as: Planning and support of field and laboratory trials and demonstrations to end users, internal and external stakeholders Analysing trial and demonstration requirements - designing and implementing experimental activities Working proactively with Engineering, Programme Management and internal / external stakeholders to ensure integration and trial activities meet their requirements Setup, configuration, deployment, management and field support of secure communications systems Supporting secure communications systems, particularly at the network and application layer Undertaking and supporting product and integration and acceptance activities Participate in planning and agile team meetings and present at progress and system reviews You will bring your experience in system integration with a track record of delivering successful trial and experimentation activities. You will demonstrate your understanding of the system support lifecycle and phases, and challenges associated with support in a delivery focussed, commercially successful organisation. Ideally, you may have experience of some of the below: Experience of both mobile and fixed networks Understanding of Mesh/MANET and HLOS systems Knowledge of IP routing and switching to CCNA level or above or practical experience An understanding of cellular technologies 3G, 4G, 5G and associated technologies Knowledge of IP technologies and infrastructures Understanding of Virtual Networks and associated technologies Experienced with customer and vendor collaboration Experience with scripting languages Our Company Benefits: We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits: A compressed nine-day fortnight - which means every other Friday off! A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family's needs A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices - giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace Company Overview General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we employ more than 1,400 people and are leading the way in Armoured Fighting Vehicles, avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team!
A bit about the role… Protect My Property is currently looking to expand their Field teams by recruiting for Domestic Security Engineers with the Bristol and South Wales area. As a Domestic Security Engineer you will work on our Nationwide security customer base, currently circa 12,000 customers...... click apply for full job details
Mar 17, 2021
Full time
A bit about the role… Protect My Property is currently looking to expand their Field teams by recruiting for Domestic Security Engineers with the Bristol and South Wales area. As a Domestic Security Engineer you will work on our Nationwide security customer base, currently circa 12,000 customers...... click apply for full job details
Be part of an ‘Officially Excellent’ college! Inspire, Innovate, Succeed
Role Title: Lecturer in Industry IT Location: Deeside Contract Type: Fixed Term until 01/08/2021, Full Time
Salary scale: £24,807 - £40,485 per annum, pro rata. Please note this salary will be based on a salary assessment and relevant experience
Here at Coleg Cambria we are looking for a Lecturer in Industry IT to join our Computing Technologies team. This particular role will be based at our Deeside campus.
Overview of Role
This is a diverse role aimed at delivering commercial Industry IT courses to external businesses, organisations, customers, and learners across a variety of backgrounds and skill levels.
In this role you will work and liaise with external organisations regarding their training needs, and deliver accredited and unaccredited training in a bespoke and off-the-shelf manner. This could potentially consist of unaccredited courses such as Spreadsheets, Word Processing, Powerpoint, GSuite, etc., to accredited courses such as the ECDL, and single BTEC units. Some potential subjects to be delivered include Web Design, Software Development, Social media, Computer Networks, Programming, Mobile App Development, and more.
Course delivery can be made up of a combination of day courses, short courses, or longer courses, across a variety of days, evenings, and weekends, or any combination of this.
Week to week contact hours will vary depending on current workload and with the aim of meeting the needs of employers. You will be embedded into the Digital Technologies department, working closely with the Curriculum Director and Assistant Principal and their teams.
You will perform scheduled teaching, prepare learning materials, mark students’ work, and liaise with awarding bodies and exam invigilation as required. Provide educational guidance, support and counselling for all students whilst participating in the marketing, planning, assessment and evaluation of course provision.
You will liaise with tutors from other business areas with regard to resources, curriculum development, student reports and other related matters, whilst completing and producing the agreed deadlines documentation such as; registers, schemes of work, records of work, course review, course analysis documentation, student reports and absence reports.
With an awareness of the importance of quality standards within teaching, you will have knowledge of a broad range of learning needs and how to support these needs within a learning environment and demonstrate and understanding of current developments within your own specialist area. You should be open and responsive to the needs of others and be able to adapt quickly to changing circumstances and new ideas.
Requirements
Qualified to Level 4 in a relevant subject specialist area is essential, Level 5 would be preferred
You must be a qualified teacher and hold either a PGCE, Cert Ed or C&G 7407
Committed to providing the highest standards in teaching and learning
Able to effectively analyse and use key information
Identify, interpret and apply specific knowledge to practice
Competent in using Google and MS Office applications
Able to develop and use a range of learning and teaching techniques and prepare effective written and visual teaching materials
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a strong team player, displaying energy and enthusiasm in the learning environment
Coleg Cambria is committed to raising the profile of the Welsh language - Welsh language skills are desirable for this position.
Coleg Cambria is a ‘Disability Confident’ Employer.
The promotion of Equality and Diversity is an essential part of the work we do and as part of this, the College is committed to having a diverse staff group.
Closing Date: 27/09/2020
Please be aware that Coleg Cambria reserves the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we have received a high level of applications. We would recommend that if you do wish to be considered that you complete the application as promptly as possible. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date unfortunately, you have not been successful in securing an interview.
A DBS Disclosure will be requested from the successful candidate being offered the position. You will also be required to register with the Education Workforce Council.
Sep 17, 2020
Full time
Be part of an ‘Officially Excellent’ college! Inspire, Innovate, Succeed
Role Title: Lecturer in Industry IT Location: Deeside Contract Type: Fixed Term until 01/08/2021, Full Time
Salary scale: £24,807 - £40,485 per annum, pro rata. Please note this salary will be based on a salary assessment and relevant experience
Here at Coleg Cambria we are looking for a Lecturer in Industry IT to join our Computing Technologies team. This particular role will be based at our Deeside campus.
Overview of Role
This is a diverse role aimed at delivering commercial Industry IT courses to external businesses, organisations, customers, and learners across a variety of backgrounds and skill levels.
In this role you will work and liaise with external organisations regarding their training needs, and deliver accredited and unaccredited training in a bespoke and off-the-shelf manner. This could potentially consist of unaccredited courses such as Spreadsheets, Word Processing, Powerpoint, GSuite, etc., to accredited courses such as the ECDL, and single BTEC units. Some potential subjects to be delivered include Web Design, Software Development, Social media, Computer Networks, Programming, Mobile App Development, and more.
Course delivery can be made up of a combination of day courses, short courses, or longer courses, across a variety of days, evenings, and weekends, or any combination of this.
Week to week contact hours will vary depending on current workload and with the aim of meeting the needs of employers. You will be embedded into the Digital Technologies department, working closely with the Curriculum Director and Assistant Principal and their teams.
You will perform scheduled teaching, prepare learning materials, mark students’ work, and liaise with awarding bodies and exam invigilation as required. Provide educational guidance, support and counselling for all students whilst participating in the marketing, planning, assessment and evaluation of course provision.
You will liaise with tutors from other business areas with regard to resources, curriculum development, student reports and other related matters, whilst completing and producing the agreed deadlines documentation such as; registers, schemes of work, records of work, course review, course analysis documentation, student reports and absence reports.
With an awareness of the importance of quality standards within teaching, you will have knowledge of a broad range of learning needs and how to support these needs within a learning environment and demonstrate and understanding of current developments within your own specialist area. You should be open and responsive to the needs of others and be able to adapt quickly to changing circumstances and new ideas.
Requirements
Qualified to Level 4 in a relevant subject specialist area is essential, Level 5 would be preferred
You must be a qualified teacher and hold either a PGCE, Cert Ed or C&G 7407
Committed to providing the highest standards in teaching and learning
Able to effectively analyse and use key information
Identify, interpret and apply specific knowledge to practice
Competent in using Google and MS Office applications
Able to develop and use a range of learning and teaching techniques and prepare effective written and visual teaching materials
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a strong team player, displaying energy and enthusiasm in the learning environment
Coleg Cambria is committed to raising the profile of the Welsh language - Welsh language skills are desirable for this position.
Coleg Cambria is a ‘Disability Confident’ Employer.
The promotion of Equality and Diversity is an essential part of the work we do and as part of this, the College is committed to having a diverse staff group.
Closing Date: 27/09/2020
Please be aware that Coleg Cambria reserves the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we have received a high level of applications. We would recommend that if you do wish to be considered that you complete the application as promptly as possible. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date unfortunately, you have not been successful in securing an interview.
A DBS Disclosure will be requested from the successful candidate being offered the position. You will also be required to register with the Education Workforce Council.
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Llandaff, Cardiff, UK
Job Title: IT IS Systems Support Officer
Department: Library & Information Services, Information Services Division
Location: Llandaff
Grade: 6A/B
Salary: £34,189 - £38,460
Tenure: Permanent
Hours : 37
Accountable to: IT IS Systems Team Manager
Accountable for: N/A
Role Summary:
Responsible for the technical support, administration and development of the university’s local servers, communication systems and cloud based service provisions. Carrying out configuration, pro-active monitoring, maintenance, support and development tasks, as is necessary, to ensure their effective operation and availability.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Acting as the technical design architect for one or more Cardiff Metropolitan University’s systems and infrastructure services. Designing and/or conducting architectural reviews on these and advising on technical requirements and service implications.
Producing computer programs and scripts to facilitate administration and maintenance of directory services and other infrastructure service and databases.
Liaising with schools and departments in conjunction with other L&IS staff. Participating in developments and projects groups to establish and evaluate business requirements and provide advice on technical implications.
Closing Date: 12.00 GMT on 28 January 2019
For further information about this role and to apply please visit: www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/jobs
Jan 10, 2019
Full time
Job Title: IT IS Systems Support Officer
Department: Library & Information Services, Information Services Division
Location: Llandaff
Grade: 6A/B
Salary: £34,189 - £38,460
Tenure: Permanent
Hours : 37
Accountable to: IT IS Systems Team Manager
Accountable for: N/A
Role Summary:
Responsible for the technical support, administration and development of the university’s local servers, communication systems and cloud based service provisions. Carrying out configuration, pro-active monitoring, maintenance, support and development tasks, as is necessary, to ensure their effective operation and availability.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Acting as the technical design architect for one or more Cardiff Metropolitan University’s systems and infrastructure services. Designing and/or conducting architectural reviews on these and advising on technical requirements and service implications.
Producing computer programs and scripts to facilitate administration and maintenance of directory services and other infrastructure service and databases.
Liaising with schools and departments in conjunction with other L&IS staff. Participating in developments and projects groups to establish and evaluate business requirements and provide advice on technical implications.
Closing Date: 12.00 GMT on 28 January 2019
For further information about this role and to apply please visit: www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/jobs
Do you want to be part of a management team driving forward new technologies within a rapidly growing professional services business?
We are looking for a hands-on IT Manager who has proven experience of implementing new technologies. Technology is at the forefront of our business and we are keen to speak with people who have a real passion for technology and can illustrate a drive to play an integral role within the business.
Reporting to the finance director, the IT Manager will be responsible for implementing an established IT strategy whilst leading a small team to ensure high levels of service for our colleagues. Ideally you will have experience of working for a law firm, but this is not essential.
The successful candidate is likely to have had a minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar position with excellent people-management skills and will be able to demonstrate that they are able to communicate and work with senior figures within the business.
Experience
Previous experience of managing a small IT team
Engaging with third party support partners and project delivery teams to ensure systems are up to date and performing at an optimal level
Demonstrable experience in implementing new technologies
Demonstratable experience of managing, Microsoft Servers, VMWare environments, Veeam and Cisco solutions.
Office 365 solutions experience including SharePoint would also be highly desirable as would experience of working with iManage.
A ‘Hands-on’ team player
Strong communication skills
Ability to lead and motivate others
Excellent organizational skills
May 25, 2018
Full time
Do you want to be part of a management team driving forward new technologies within a rapidly growing professional services business?
We are looking for a hands-on IT Manager who has proven experience of implementing new technologies. Technology is at the forefront of our business and we are keen to speak with people who have a real passion for technology and can illustrate a drive to play an integral role within the business.
Reporting to the finance director, the IT Manager will be responsible for implementing an established IT strategy whilst leading a small team to ensure high levels of service for our colleagues. Ideally you will have experience of working for a law firm, but this is not essential.
The successful candidate is likely to have had a minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar position with excellent people-management skills and will be able to demonstrate that they are able to communicate and work with senior figures within the business.
Experience
Previous experience of managing a small IT team
Engaging with third party support partners and project delivery teams to ensure systems are up to date and performing at an optimal level
Demonstrable experience in implementing new technologies
Demonstratable experience of managing, Microsoft Servers, VMWare environments, Veeam and Cisco solutions.
Office 365 solutions experience including SharePoint would also be highly desirable as would experience of working with iManage.
A ‘Hands-on’ team player
Strong communication skills
Ability to lead and motivate others
Excellent organizational skills
We are looking for an IT Support Officer to provide first-line support for our ICT systems, which cover internet, telecommunications, tills and point of sale, intranet, digital display and computer and printer infrastructure. Hours will be flexible between 32 and 40 per week, to cover any out of hours support or overtime.
You will need good basic knowledge of IT networks and systems, excellent work ethic and initiative, good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work flexible hours when needed. You will have specialist support for our ticketing, point-of-sale and room booking systems but must be able to provide initial assistance to users.
Full job description and application form available at http://www.chapter.org/jobs
Jul 03, 2017
Full time
We are looking for an IT Support Officer to provide first-line support for our ICT systems, which cover internet, telecommunications, tills and point of sale, intranet, digital display and computer and printer infrastructure. Hours will be flexible between 32 and 40 per week, to cover any out of hours support or overtime.
You will need good basic knowledge of IT networks and systems, excellent work ethic and initiative, good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work flexible hours when needed. You will have specialist support for our ticketing, point-of-sale and room booking systems but must be able to provide initial assistance to users.
Full job description and application form available at http://www.chapter.org/jobs
Our multinational client based in Chepstow, 16 miles from Newport with free onsite parking and with a direct bus connection to the location, is currently recruiting for an IT Support Analyst to join their team on a permanent basis. Reporting into the Technical Manager you will be responsible for first line support will support any new developments and will help with continuous maintenance of key applications.
The right candidate will be driven by providing excellent work and service at all times and will have great attention to detail. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business.
We are looking for someone who is self motivated and driven to be the best and grow personally and professionally with the company.
The Job:
* investigating current applications
* liaising with users
* writing new software and operating manuals
* testing the product to ensure that it operates satisfactorily
* training users
* handling support and feedback
* active directory
* access dimension
The Ideal Candidate:
* Team-working skills
* Analytical skills
* Good communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Ability to work in multicultural teams
* Initiative
* Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server
* Experience in writing Transact-SQL Queries
* Experience to SSIS (SQL Service Integration Services)
* Experience in HTML/CSS, Javascript (Jquery), ASP.net
* Software Testing / QA
* Helpdesk/Troubleshooting Experience
A plus, but not a must:
* Familiarity with IIS
* Familiarity with Web Services, WCF, JSON, RESTful, Web API
* Familiarity with Software Development Process
A degree in a relevant subject such as computer science, software engineering, mathematics or electronics is required. At best the successful candidate will have experience working for a larger company and for graduates without computing experience or an appropriate qualification, a postgraduate IT conversion course would be necessary.
The opportunity with this company is immense as they are currently building their UK location and you can mould this role into how much work you put in. Being part of a growing team backed by an international company is a fantastic opportunity!
If this role sounds like the right job for you don't hesitate and apply now!
Adecco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer
May 02, 2017
Our multinational client based in Chepstow, 16 miles from Newport with free onsite parking and with a direct bus connection to the location, is currently recruiting for an IT Support Analyst to join their team on a permanent basis. Reporting into the Technical Manager you will be responsible for first line support will support any new developments and will help with continuous maintenance of key applications.
The right candidate will be driven by providing excellent work and service at all times and will have great attention to detail. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business.
We are looking for someone who is self motivated and driven to be the best and grow personally and professionally with the company.
The Job:
* investigating current applications
* liaising with users
* writing new software and operating manuals
* testing the product to ensure that it operates satisfactorily
* training users
* handling support and feedback
* active directory
* access dimension
The Ideal Candidate:
* Team-working skills
* Analytical skills
* Good communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Ability to work in multicultural teams
* Initiative
* Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server
* Experience in writing Transact-SQL Queries
* Experience to SSIS (SQL Service Integration Services)
* Experience in HTML/CSS, Javascript (Jquery), ASP.net
* Software Testing / QA
* Helpdesk/Troubleshooting Experience
A plus, but not a must:
* Familiarity with IIS
* Familiarity with Web Services, WCF, JSON, RESTful, Web API
* Familiarity with Software Development Process
A degree in a relevant subject such as computer science, software engineering, mathematics or electronics is required. At best the successful candidate will have experience working for a larger company and for graduates without computing experience or an appropriate qualification, a postgraduate IT conversion course would be necessary.
The opportunity with this company is immense as they are currently building their UK location and you can mould this role into how much work you put in. Being part of a growing team backed by an international company is a fantastic opportunity!
If this role sounds like the right job for you don't hesitate and apply now!
Adecco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Graduate Training Programme + Full-time - Permanent Job Opportunity in IT
Working with South Wales's leading IT businesses, Acorn is delighted to launch its next fast track Bootcamp aimed at high achieving graduates in STEM subjects including Maths, Physics, Engineering, Applied Science and Computer Science / Computer related studies.
We are able to offer an intense six week training programme with full mentoring from industry leading professionals, access to real world technical projects with a full contract of employment from leading IT businesses in software, fintech, automation, banking, and travel in South Wales.
There has never been a better time to enter this dynamic and rewarding industry. Employment in the IT software industry is expected to grow at nearly five times the UK average over the next decade. The current IT industry offers individuals a chance to make a difference, to work on exciting and cutting edge technology, fantastic salaries and unrelenting career progression.
Graduates completing the Bootcamp will learn the following skills:
*Software Development practices
*Dynamic Web pages
*ASP.net/My SQL
*HTML/Bootstrap/CSS
*OO Programming with C#
*Test Driven Development / Automation UI Testing
During the course you will be challenged daily. The chosen bootcampers will work in teams and be required to develop a personal project that will be overseen by a personal mentor and your chosen employer.
If you are expecting a 2.1 or higher in a STEM related subject, have strong academic grades and genuinely have a passion for developing industry changing software, we want to hear from you soon!
Our next course will begin in mid/late September 2017 for six weeks, Monday to Friday, 09:00am - 5:30pm at a location TBC (likely central Cardiff based). Selection starts now and all assessments will be completed by July 21st. Any chosen Bootcamper will be expected to complete the duration and be self-funded (travel/subsistence) for the 6 week period.
If you are unsure of your next move since graduating and would like an opportunity unheard of until now please send your CV for immediate assessment today.
Acorn Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment
May 02, 2017
Graduate Training Programme + Full-time - Permanent Job Opportunity in IT
Working with South Wales's leading IT businesses, Acorn is delighted to launch its next fast track Bootcamp aimed at high achieving graduates in STEM subjects including Maths, Physics, Engineering, Applied Science and Computer Science / Computer related studies.
We are able to offer an intense six week training programme with full mentoring from industry leading professionals, access to real world technical projects with a full contract of employment from leading IT businesses in software, fintech, automation, banking, and travel in South Wales.
There has never been a better time to enter this dynamic and rewarding industry. Employment in the IT software industry is expected to grow at nearly five times the UK average over the next decade. The current IT industry offers individuals a chance to make a difference, to work on exciting and cutting edge technology, fantastic salaries and unrelenting career progression.
Graduates completing the Bootcamp will learn the following skills:
*Software Development practices
*Dynamic Web pages
*ASP.net/My SQL
*HTML/Bootstrap/CSS
*OO Programming with C#
*Test Driven Development / Automation UI Testing
During the course you will be challenged daily. The chosen bootcampers will work in teams and be required to develop a personal project that will be overseen by a personal mentor and your chosen employer.
If you are expecting a 2.1 or higher in a STEM related subject, have strong academic grades and genuinely have a passion for developing industry changing software, we want to hear from you soon!
Our next course will begin in mid/late September 2017 for six weeks, Monday to Friday, 09:00am - 5:30pm at a location TBC (likely central Cardiff based). Selection starts now and all assessments will be completed by July 21st. Any chosen Bootcamper will be expected to complete the duration and be self-funded (travel/subsistence) for the 6 week period.
If you are unsure of your next move since graduating and would like an opportunity unheard of until now please send your CV for immediate assessment today.
Acorn Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment
Senior .Net Developer
Cwmbran
Up to £40,000
I am on the lookout for a .NET Developer who is with experience working within an Agile environment is highly advantageous. The role is looking for experienced professionals who are passionate about developing and follow best practice. If you hole over 3 years' development experience and are looking for a new challenge then please apply!
Essential Skills
* Over 3 years working within C# Development
* .NET, ASP.NET experience
* MVC, Web API, WCF
* HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
* SQL
* Confident in providing strong documentation of work
Desirable Skills
* Worked within Scrum/Agile environment
* Xamarin experience
Candidate
* Strong communication skills
* Comfortable to present to wider audiences
* Be comfortable working within teams
* Passionate about development
If this role is of potential then please get in touch as soon as possible as my client are looking to select interviews in the next week. If you are keen to find out more then please get in touch. I can be reached on 02920 37 55 99 or
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
May 02, 2017
Senior .Net Developer
Cwmbran
Up to £40,000
I am on the lookout for a .NET Developer who is with experience working within an Agile environment is highly advantageous. The role is looking for experienced professionals who are passionate about developing and follow best practice. If you hole over 3 years' development experience and are looking for a new challenge then please apply!
Essential Skills
* Over 3 years working within C# Development
* .NET, ASP.NET experience
* MVC, Web API, WCF
* HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
* SQL
* Confident in providing strong documentation of work
Desirable Skills
* Worked within Scrum/Agile environment
* Xamarin experience
Candidate
* Strong communication skills
* Comfortable to present to wider audiences
* Be comfortable working within teams
* Passionate about development
If this role is of potential then please get in touch as soon as possible as my client are looking to select interviews in the next week. If you are keen to find out more then please get in touch. I can be reached on 02920 37 55 99 or
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Job Title: Software Developer (C#).
Skills: C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server.
Location: Cardiff.
Salary: £23-30,000 per annum, negotiable dependent on experience. Plus performance-related bonus.
Start Date: May / June 2017.
Software Developer, C# Developer, .NET Developer.
C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server.
An exceptional new opportunity has become available for an experienced Software Developer to join a successful and expanding Development team in Cardiff. Joining within a period of dynamic expansion to match worldwide successes, within this exciting new position you will be tasked with the development of first-class applications, utilising your skills and knowledge in C# and ASP.NET.
Working within a specialist team of C# Software Developers, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing and supporting cutting-edge web-based applications using C#, ASP.NET and MVC. The candidate will be developing applications for a large number of clients across the UK, as well as offshore in Europe and Australasia.
The primary skills, experience and knowledge required to prove successful in the role will be:
•strong coding and development experience with C# and ASP.NET.
•solid commercial experience with Java (with a passion to transition to .NET) could also be considered for this position.
•HTML / XML.
•a detailed understanding of back-end development activities with a passion for high quality coding and programming.
•experience working on a full project lifecycle from design to delivery.
Experience with the following would also be beneficial
•MVC.
•version control software (SVN or Git)
•Scrum workflow.
•SQL Server and Visual Studio.
This is a fantastic new opportunity to join a dynamic organisation during an exciting period of sustained growth, working on a wide range of interesting and varied projects. Opportunities for progression alongside the continued expansion of the business mean that this a chance to join a team for a successful future for both yourself and for the business.
Should you feel that you possess the skills, experience and enthusiasm to succeed within this exceptional new opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Software Developer, then please contact us for further details.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
May 02, 2017
Job Title: Software Developer (C#).
Skills: C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server.
Location: Cardiff.
Salary: £23-30,000 per annum, negotiable dependent on experience. Plus performance-related bonus.
Start Date: May / June 2017.
Software Developer, C# Developer, .NET Developer.
C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server.
An exceptional new opportunity has become available for an experienced Software Developer to join a successful and expanding Development team in Cardiff. Joining within a period of dynamic expansion to match worldwide successes, within this exciting new position you will be tasked with the development of first-class applications, utilising your skills and knowledge in C# and ASP.NET.
Working within a specialist team of C# Software Developers, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing and supporting cutting-edge web-based applications using C#, ASP.NET and MVC. The candidate will be developing applications for a large number of clients across the UK, as well as offshore in Europe and Australasia.
The primary skills, experience and knowledge required to prove successful in the role will be:
•strong coding and development experience with C# and ASP.NET.
•solid commercial experience with Java (with a passion to transition to .NET) could also be considered for this position.
•HTML / XML.
•a detailed understanding of back-end development activities with a passion for high quality coding and programming.
•experience working on a full project lifecycle from design to delivery.
Experience with the following would also be beneficial
•MVC.
•version control software (SVN or Git)
•Scrum workflow.
•SQL Server and Visual Studio.
This is a fantastic new opportunity to join a dynamic organisation during an exciting period of sustained growth, working on a wide range of interesting and varied projects. Opportunities for progression alongside the continued expansion of the business mean that this a chance to join a team for a successful future for both yourself and for the business.
Should you feel that you possess the skills, experience and enthusiasm to succeed within this exceptional new opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Software Developer, then please contact us for further details.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
Job Title: Junior Software Developer (C#).
Location: Cardiff, South Wales.
Salary: £18-23,000 per annum, plus performance-related bonus.
Start Date: May / June 2017.
Junior Software Developer, Trainee .NET Developer, Junior C# Developer.
C#, ASP.NET, HTML, XML, SQL Server, Java.
An exceptional new opportunity has become available for an enthusiastic Junior Software Developer to join a successful and expanding Development team in Cardiff. The customer are currently experiencing continued growth of their project portfolio and they are seeking enthusiastic and ambitious Developers to continue and further their success. Within this exciting new position, you will be tasked with the development of first-class applications utilising your skills and knowledge of Software Development.
Working within a specialist team of C# / .NET Developers, the successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the development and supporting of cutting-edge web-based applications using C# and ASP.NET for a number of clients. The successful applicant will be tasked with developing applications for a large number of clients across the UK, as well as offshore in Europe and Australasia.
We anticipate that the successful applicant for this position will have the following responsibilities:
*providing support and maintenance for existing applications.
*supporting senior members of the team in developing new functionalities and changes to existing applications.
*work closely with the Development team on new projects and applications.
We anticipate that the skills and knowledge required to prove successful in the role will be:
*some commercial experience in a Software Development environment (C# or Java).
*Computer Science(or similar topic) graduate or commensurate commercial experience.
*ambitious to pursue a successful career in .NET Software Development.
*commercial experience with programming/coding with C#/ASP.NET (Java also possible, if applicant comfortable with future career/coding in C#) would be highly beneficial.
This is a fantastic new opportunity to join a dynamic organisation during an exciting period of sustained growth, working on a wide range of interesting and varied projects. Opportunities for progression alongside the continued expansion of the business mean that this a chance to join a team for a successful future for both yourself and for the business.
Should you feel that you possess the skills and enthusiasm to succeed within this exceptional new opportunity for a Junior C# .NET Developer, then please contact us for further information and details.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
May 02, 2017
Job Title: Junior Software Developer (C#).
Location: Cardiff, South Wales.
Salary: £18-23,000 per annum, plus performance-related bonus.
Start Date: May / June 2017.
Junior Software Developer, Trainee .NET Developer, Junior C# Developer.
C#, ASP.NET, HTML, XML, SQL Server, Java.
An exceptional new opportunity has become available for an enthusiastic Junior Software Developer to join a successful and expanding Development team in Cardiff. The customer are currently experiencing continued growth of their project portfolio and they are seeking enthusiastic and ambitious Developers to continue and further their success. Within this exciting new position, you will be tasked with the development of first-class applications utilising your skills and knowledge of Software Development.
Working within a specialist team of C# / .NET Developers, the successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the development and supporting of cutting-edge web-based applications using C# and ASP.NET for a number of clients. The successful applicant will be tasked with developing applications for a large number of clients across the UK, as well as offshore in Europe and Australasia.
We anticipate that the successful applicant for this position will have the following responsibilities:
*providing support and maintenance for existing applications.
*supporting senior members of the team in developing new functionalities and changes to existing applications.
*work closely with the Development team on new projects and applications.
We anticipate that the skills and knowledge required to prove successful in the role will be:
*some commercial experience in a Software Development environment (C# or Java).
*Computer Science(or similar topic) graduate or commensurate commercial experience.
*ambitious to pursue a successful career in .NET Software Development.
*commercial experience with programming/coding with C#/ASP.NET (Java also possible, if applicant comfortable with future career/coding in C#) would be highly beneficial.
This is a fantastic new opportunity to join a dynamic organisation during an exciting period of sustained growth, working on a wide range of interesting and varied projects. Opportunities for progression alongside the continued expansion of the business mean that this a chance to join a team for a successful future for both yourself and for the business.
Should you feel that you possess the skills and enthusiasm to succeed within this exceptional new opportunity for a Junior C# .NET Developer, then please contact us for further information and details.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
Are you passionate about software? Can you picture yourself working in one of South Wales' leading tech environments where you will be given the tools and support to thrive?
I'm looking for people with ideas and the ability to challenge the status quo. I want people that are passionate about continuously improving their knowledge and sharing that with those around them. You'll be encouraged to speak up and share your ideas with constant feedback and investment in your career development.
The ideal person will have the following attributes and skills:
* A strong desire for personal development with an active interest in all things technology.
* Web development experience including familiarity with one or more of the following languages, frameworks and libraries: C#, ASP.Net API, JavaScript, AngularJS, RxJS, PHP, HTML and CSS.
* Demonstrable knowledge of the HTTP lifecycle and an understanding of Web Services using REST or WCF.
There is no exact fit for this role and technology languages are transferrable. The most important thing that I'm looking for is how you approach an environment and your ability to keep moving forward. If you're passionate about what you do and are interested in taking on a fresh challenge with one of South Wales' fastest growing technology employers then I want to hear from you!
For further information and to receive a full role profile, please send in an up to date copy of your CV with your application.
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
May 02, 2017
Are you passionate about software? Can you picture yourself working in one of South Wales' leading tech environments where you will be given the tools and support to thrive?
I'm looking for people with ideas and the ability to challenge the status quo. I want people that are passionate about continuously improving their knowledge and sharing that with those around them. You'll be encouraged to speak up and share your ideas with constant feedback and investment in your career development.
The ideal person will have the following attributes and skills:
* A strong desire for personal development with an active interest in all things technology.
* Web development experience including familiarity with one or more of the following languages, frameworks and libraries: C#, ASP.Net API, JavaScript, AngularJS, RxJS, PHP, HTML and CSS.
* Demonstrable knowledge of the HTTP lifecycle and an understanding of Web Services using REST or WCF.
There is no exact fit for this role and technology languages are transferrable. The most important thing that I'm looking for is how you approach an environment and your ability to keep moving forward. If you're passionate about what you do and are interested in taking on a fresh challenge with one of South Wales' fastest growing technology employers then I want to hear from you!
For further information and to receive a full role profile, please send in an up to date copy of your CV with your application.
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Net Software Developer – C# / SQL / ASP.Net
Newport, Gwent
Up to £42,000 plus benefits
An experienced .Net Software Developer, with solid ASP.Net, C# and SQL skills and ideally knowledge of Scrum / Agile development, is required by a leading business based in Newport. A salary of up to £42,000 is offered depending on experience.
The .Net Software Developer will design, develop and maintain a variety of software solutions – building high performance, scalable applications and APIs and creating maintainable and testable code
Client
Based in Newport, our client is a leading UK wide organisation who has been operating for over 25 years.
Skills Required
The .Net Software Developer will ideally have the following skills / qualifications:
- Educated to degree level in IT / Computing Science or similar
- Strong development skills in ASP.Net using C# (Web Forms and MVC)
- Solid database skills (ideally SQL Server)
- Any experience of Scrum / Agile development environments would be an advantage
Location
Newport, Gwent
Salary
Up to £42,000 plus benefits
To Apply
Please send your CV and details through to Graham Auld at CV Screen in strict confidence or call Graham Auld on (Apply online only) for more information
CV Screen is the IT Recruitment Agency managing this vacancy
May 02, 2017
Net Software Developer – C# / SQL / ASP.Net
Newport, Gwent
Up to £42,000 plus benefits
An experienced .Net Software Developer, with solid ASP.Net, C# and SQL skills and ideally knowledge of Scrum / Agile development, is required by a leading business based in Newport. A salary of up to £42,000 is offered depending on experience.
The .Net Software Developer will design, develop and maintain a variety of software solutions – building high performance, scalable applications and APIs and creating maintainable and testable code
Client
Based in Newport, our client is a leading UK wide organisation who has been operating for over 25 years.
Skills Required
The .Net Software Developer will ideally have the following skills / qualifications:
- Educated to degree level in IT / Computing Science or similar
- Strong development skills in ASP.Net using C# (Web Forms and MVC)
- Solid database skills (ideally SQL Server)
- Any experience of Scrum / Agile development environments would be an advantage
Location
Newport, Gwent
Salary
Up to £42,000 plus benefits
To Apply
Please send your CV and details through to Graham Auld at CV Screen in strict confidence or call Graham Auld on (Apply online only) for more information
CV Screen is the IT Recruitment Agency managing this vacancy
Junior Developer
£20,000
Wrexham
ShortList is looking for a Junior ASP.NET Developer to join a high profile business near Chester. The Junior Developer role will be responsible for working across a range of interesting products for household name companies.
The work is all ASP.NET MVC based, so some ASP.NET development experience is key.
Key requirements for the Junior Developer role:
- 1-2 years of .NET development experience in a commercial environment or a good degree in a Computer Science or Software Engineering
- exposure to any of the following: ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, HTML5 and CSS3
- Knowledge and understanding of Entity Framework and Agile Methods will be a significant plus
- Basic SQL Server knowledge
- Understanding of mobile development technologies
The right Junior Developer for this role will be a quick learner who is keen to expand their .NET development skills in a well structured environment with lots of mentoring on offer. This company has a great track record of training and developing their staff and have an incredibly high staff retention rate.
If you are a Junior Developer who feels that they are not progressing quickly enough in your current role then I would like to talk with you now.
The company offers a supportive and friendly work environment with an impressive benefits package. The salary on offer for the Junior Developer is circa £20,000.
The Junior Developer role is commutable from Chester, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Warrington, Crewe and Nantwich.
** ASP.NET ** MVC ** C# ** VB.NET ** Entity Framework **
ShortList Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
ShortList specialise in the full spectrum of IT positions, from CIO to Helpdesk Analyst, on both a permanent and contract basis
May 02, 2017
Junior Developer
£20,000
Wrexham
ShortList is looking for a Junior ASP.NET Developer to join a high profile business near Chester. The Junior Developer role will be responsible for working across a range of interesting products for household name companies.
The work is all ASP.NET MVC based, so some ASP.NET development experience is key.
Key requirements for the Junior Developer role:
- 1-2 years of .NET development experience in a commercial environment or a good degree in a Computer Science or Software Engineering
- exposure to any of the following: ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, HTML5 and CSS3
- Knowledge and understanding of Entity Framework and Agile Methods will be a significant plus
- Basic SQL Server knowledge
- Understanding of mobile development technologies
The right Junior Developer for this role will be a quick learner who is keen to expand their .NET development skills in a well structured environment with lots of mentoring on offer. This company has a great track record of training and developing their staff and have an incredibly high staff retention rate.
If you are a Junior Developer who feels that they are not progressing quickly enough in your current role then I would like to talk with you now.
The company offers a supportive and friendly work environment with an impressive benefits package. The salary on offer for the Junior Developer is circa £20,000.
The Junior Developer role is commutable from Chester, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Warrington, Crewe and Nantwich.
** ASP.NET ** MVC ** C# ** VB.NET ** Entity Framework **
ShortList Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
ShortList specialise in the full spectrum of IT positions, from CIO to Helpdesk Analyst, on both a permanent and contract basis
Senior .NET Developer
£37,000 - £45,000
Swansea
I am on the lookout for Senior .Net Developers in Swansea who are looking for an interesting role supporting a key project. This role is looking for technically strong developers but also strong communicators as you will be working closely with the Lead Developer, Architect and other developers on delivering the project.
Essential Skills
* Vb.net, Asp.net
* C#
* MVC
* Entity Framework (or other ORM)
* TFS/Visual Studio 2015
* HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery
* LinQ
* SQL, T-SQL
Candidate
* Strong communication skills
* Confident to critique, share ideas, work collaboratively
* Strong team player
* Enthusiastic about technology and development
If this role is of interest to you then please apply! This role is moving quickly and my client will decide swiftly on arranging interviews. If you are interested in finding out more than please get in touch I can be reached on 02920 37 55 99 or
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
May 02, 2017
Senior .NET Developer
£37,000 - £45,000
Swansea
I am on the lookout for Senior .Net Developers in Swansea who are looking for an interesting role supporting a key project. This role is looking for technically strong developers but also strong communicators as you will be working closely with the Lead Developer, Architect and other developers on delivering the project.
Essential Skills
* Vb.net, Asp.net
* C#
* MVC
* Entity Framework (or other ORM)
* TFS/Visual Studio 2015
* HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery
* LinQ
* SQL, T-SQL
Candidate
* Strong communication skills
* Confident to critique, share ideas, work collaboratively
* Strong team player
* Enthusiastic about technology and development
If this role is of interest to you then please apply! This role is moving quickly and my client will decide swiftly on arranging interviews. If you are interested in finding out more than please get in touch I can be reached on 02920 37 55 99 or
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Java Developer - Java, Spring, JPA, Rest / SOAP, Jenkins, Apache Camel
The Java Developer is responsible for designing and coding complex solutions to meet the needs of customers within the constraints of a core solution.
* Familiarity with the software engineering life cycle for development and the concepts and practices
required to implement effective IT solutions
* Proficient in Java technology stack especially Spring, JPA, Web services (REST and SOAP)
* Experience of Continuous Integration (preferably using Jenkins)
* Experience in Agile environments and tooling (preferably Atlassian products)
* A logical, analytical approach to problem solving and close attention to detail
* Ability to work well as part of a team
Desirable Criteria:
* A computing discipline to HND (merit or distinction) or equivalent
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Experience in Apache Camel
Java Developer - Java, Spring, JPA, Rest / SOAP, Jenkins, Apache Camel
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Sep 09, 2016
Java Developer - Java, Spring, JPA, Rest / SOAP, Jenkins, Apache Camel
The Java Developer is responsible for designing and coding complex solutions to meet the needs of customers within the constraints of a core solution.
* Familiarity with the software engineering life cycle for development and the concepts and practices
required to implement effective IT solutions
* Proficient in Java technology stack especially Spring, JPA, Web services (REST and SOAP)
* Experience of Continuous Integration (preferably using Jenkins)
* Experience in Agile environments and tooling (preferably Atlassian products)
* A logical, analytical approach to problem solving and close attention to detail
* Ability to work well as part of a team
Desirable Criteria:
* A computing discipline to HND (merit or distinction) or equivalent
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Experience in Apache Camel
Java Developer - Java, Spring, JPA, Rest / SOAP, Jenkins, Apache Camel
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Our client is a global web technology business who are on the lookout for a .NET (4.5) C# Software Developer to be based in their Cardiff location (but allow flexible home working 2 days a week!). You will be involved in developing new features in a large enterprise environment.
You will be working alongside an Agile team of industry experts using cutting edge technologies such as .NET 4.5, MVC & SQL 2014 to author features for key business initiatives.
The Role
Essential Skills & Responsibilities:
• Develop Software in C# .NET 4.5 to a high quality, conforming to our in house standards
• Analyse, define & size technological approach to solve real world business problems using Agile techniques (SCRUM, many of crowns, sprinting)
• Collaborate with colleagues in an Agile environment to deliver real business value per sprint iteration
• Seek more information, by asking the right questions to collection information to assist problem resolution
• Implement new database features using T-SQL for SQL server 2014
• Work closely with test analysts to resolve QA issues and assist in test planning
The Person
Essential Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 2+ years professional experience in a Software Engineering environment
• Great interpersonal skills (Verbal, Telephone, and Written)
• Self-motivated with a good work ethic, organised with proven time management skills
• Demonstrated success in analytical problem solving
• Attention to detail and ability to produce results accurately, on schedule and on budget
• Familiarity with domain provisioning, management and lifecycle
Sep 09, 2016
Our client is a global web technology business who are on the lookout for a .NET (4.5) C# Software Developer to be based in their Cardiff location (but allow flexible home working 2 days a week!). You will be involved in developing new features in a large enterprise environment.
You will be working alongside an Agile team of industry experts using cutting edge technologies such as .NET 4.5, MVC & SQL 2014 to author features for key business initiatives.
The Role
Essential Skills & Responsibilities:
• Develop Software in C# .NET 4.5 to a high quality, conforming to our in house standards
• Analyse, define & size technological approach to solve real world business problems using Agile techniques (SCRUM, many of crowns, sprinting)
• Collaborate with colleagues in an Agile environment to deliver real business value per sprint iteration
• Seek more information, by asking the right questions to collection information to assist problem resolution
• Implement new database features using T-SQL for SQL server 2014
• Work closely with test analysts to resolve QA issues and assist in test planning
The Person
Essential Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 2+ years professional experience in a Software Engineering environment
• Great interpersonal skills (Verbal, Telephone, and Written)
• Self-motivated with a good work ethic, organised with proven time management skills
• Demonstrated success in analytical problem solving
• Attention to detail and ability to produce results accurately, on schedule and on budget
• Familiarity with domain provisioning, management and lifecycle
This company Design, Manufacture and Install Automation systems and Special Purpose Machines.
They have an extremely impressive client base comprising world class operators in the sectors of Automotive , Aerospace, Pharmaceutical and general Engineering. Currently, they are experiencing excellent growth and as a consequence need to strengthen their Engineering team in various disciplines including Software Engineering.
The working environment is collaborative yet challenging, every project is different and therefore the Software Engineer will be required to manage many tasks simultaneously.
The Role
-Develop user Interface Designs and integrated tooling
-Programming of PLCs
-Programming of HMIs
-Manage on site installation of plant on Clients premises
-Produce Technical Documentation
The Candidate
-Excellent knowledge of PLC systems, ideally Siemens, Allan Bradley, and / or Mitsubishi
-Experience of Industrial Coding
-Experience of developing Software and Control Systems for industrial environments
Sep 09, 2016
This company Design, Manufacture and Install Automation systems and Special Purpose Machines.
They have an extremely impressive client base comprising world class operators in the sectors of Automotive , Aerospace, Pharmaceutical and general Engineering. Currently, they are experiencing excellent growth and as a consequence need to strengthen their Engineering team in various disciplines including Software Engineering.
The working environment is collaborative yet challenging, every project is different and therefore the Software Engineer will be required to manage many tasks simultaneously.
The Role
-Develop user Interface Designs and integrated tooling
-Programming of PLCs
-Programming of HMIs
-Manage on site installation of plant on Clients premises
-Produce Technical Documentation
The Candidate
-Excellent knowledge of PLC systems, ideally Siemens, Allan Bradley, and / or Mitsubishi
-Experience of Industrial Coding
-Experience of developing Software and Control Systems for industrial environments
Product Specialist (Databases) required for a 3 month contract (likely to extend) based near Cardiff, South Wales.
Reporting to the Application Development and Support Directorate for a leading Public Sector organisation you will lead a team of 10 informatics specialists. You will lead this key work area through transition from project to operational service, and, once implemented, take initial responsibility for the service, ensuring safe, effective, delivery using formal ITIL policies and processes.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Lead on the identification of new data sources to be stored in the databases
* Develop an assurance process, including a catalogue of content, to ensure appropriate technical and metadata standards are met prior to the addition of these new datasets
* Shape and adhere to formal change control processes for release into the production environment
* Demonstrate strong management and organisational skills to ensure successful, timely implementation of the national databases
* Gather requirements and manage business relationship with stakeholders in other organisations
*
Skills and Experience:
* Extensive experience in a team leader role.
* Experience of technical implementation of systems within the Public Sector
* Understanding of and competency in PRINCE2 project management methodology.
* Practical experience of formal Service Management, preferably using ITIL v3.
* A sound grounding in the principles of relational database technology, and in particular Microsoft SQL Server (2008R2 or higher) and supporting technologies.
* Software development using Agile methodologies such as SCRUM.
This role is to start ASAP and will pay between £29 - £36 ltd/umbrella per hour depending on your level of experience
Sep 09, 2016
Product Specialist (Databases) required for a 3 month contract (likely to extend) based near Cardiff, South Wales.
Reporting to the Application Development and Support Directorate for a leading Public Sector organisation you will lead a team of 10 informatics specialists. You will lead this key work area through transition from project to operational service, and, once implemented, take initial responsibility for the service, ensuring safe, effective, delivery using formal ITIL policies and processes.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Lead on the identification of new data sources to be stored in the databases
* Develop an assurance process, including a catalogue of content, to ensure appropriate technical and metadata standards are met prior to the addition of these new datasets
* Shape and adhere to formal change control processes for release into the production environment
* Demonstrate strong management and organisational skills to ensure successful, timely implementation of the national databases
* Gather requirements and manage business relationship with stakeholders in other organisations
*
Skills and Experience:
* Extensive experience in a team leader role.
* Experience of technical implementation of systems within the Public Sector
* Understanding of and competency in PRINCE2 project management methodology.
* Practical experience of formal Service Management, preferably using ITIL v3.
* A sound grounding in the principles of relational database technology, and in particular Microsoft SQL Server (2008R2 or higher) and supporting technologies.
* Software development using Agile methodologies such as SCRUM.
This role is to start ASAP and will pay between £29 - £36 ltd/umbrella per hour depending on your level of experience
Net Developer - .Net, (url removed) C#.Net (url removed), SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MVC
A .Net Developer is required by my client based on the outskirts of Cardiff. The role of the .Net Software Developer is to build and maintain company databases and web services, internal and external applications and web sites.
The ideal candidate will be a proficient coder in both Microsoft .NET and Microsoft SQL Server, will be capable of working alone and as part of a team on short to medium term software development projects. With minimal supervision, you will endeavour to meet project deadlines on time.
Due to a number of acquisitions, the company is going through a period of growth, and is looking for a
.Net Developer with the following skills;
* C#.Net (preferably) or (url removed)
* (url removed)
* MVC, Entity Framework
* SQL Server 2000+
* HTML / CSS
Other desirable skills;
* JavaScript
* MySQL
* .Net WinForms
* Visual Studio, TFS
Get in touch now to discuss this opportunity further.
.Net Developer - .Net, (url removed) C#.Net (url removed), SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MVC
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Sep 09, 2016
Net Developer - .Net, (url removed) C#.Net (url removed), SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MVC
A .Net Developer is required by my client based on the outskirts of Cardiff. The role of the .Net Software Developer is to build and maintain company databases and web services, internal and external applications and web sites.
The ideal candidate will be a proficient coder in both Microsoft .NET and Microsoft SQL Server, will be capable of working alone and as part of a team on short to medium term software development projects. With minimal supervision, you will endeavour to meet project deadlines on time.
Due to a number of acquisitions, the company is going through a period of growth, and is looking for a
.Net Developer with the following skills;
* C#.Net (preferably) or (url removed)
* (url removed)
* MVC, Entity Framework
* SQL Server 2000+
* HTML / CSS
Other desirable skills;
* JavaScript
* MySQL
* .Net WinForms
* Visual Studio, TFS
Get in touch now to discuss this opportunity further.
.Net Developer - .Net, (url removed) C#.Net (url removed), SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MVC
CPS Group (UK) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
NET Software Developer
Competitive salary, 33 days holiday, pension, yearly bonus
Permanent role based in Cardiff
Working within a tight knit and technically strong team of expert level software developers, this is a great opportunity to join an organisation who put technology at the forefront of everything they do. Using the latest Microsoft .NET technologies, the successful .NET Developer will be working in a fully Agile environment on a number of bespoke web based .NET applications. This will include the full software development lifecycle on additional modules and also new product development. This is a highly technical role where the successful candidate will have a proven background within .NET technologies, in particular C# and (url removed) MVC and will have a sound understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns, all within an Agile environment.
Essential Experience/Requirements:
* Proven commercial experience within Microsoft .NET technologies
* C#
* (url removed)
* (url removed) MVC
* Experience of working within an Agile SCRUM environment
* Experience of web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SASS
* Knowledge of SQL Server
* Experience communicating and working with both technical and non-technical teams.
* Demonstrable experience of career and personal development within new technologies and web frameworks
Desirables:
* Experience with web services using WCF
* SCRUM / Kanban methodologies
* GIT and team City
* Full software development lifecycle
* jQuery or KnockOutJS
What you will be doing?
* Reporting to the Team Leader, you will be responsible for the end to end development of bespoke web based applications using Microsoft .NET technologies.
* Work closely with Business Analysts to establish and convert requirements into a defined specifications.
* Take responsibility for performing comprehensive unit testing, ensuring that all documentation is completed.
* Perform peer code reviews.
* Maintain existing code base through maintenance and support.
* Ensure that Information Systems development standards and procedures are adhered to on an ongoing basis.
What you will be offered?
* Competitive salary
* Outstanding technical working environment
* 33 days holiday
* A diverse and technically talented team to work within
Job Summary
* NET Software Development
* Outstanding technical working environment
* Permanent role based in South Wales
Sep 09, 2016
NET Software Developer
Competitive salary, 33 days holiday, pension, yearly bonus
Permanent role based in Cardiff
Working within a tight knit and technically strong team of expert level software developers, this is a great opportunity to join an organisation who put technology at the forefront of everything they do. Using the latest Microsoft .NET technologies, the successful .NET Developer will be working in a fully Agile environment on a number of bespoke web based .NET applications. This will include the full software development lifecycle on additional modules and also new product development. This is a highly technical role where the successful candidate will have a proven background within .NET technologies, in particular C# and (url removed) MVC and will have a sound understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns, all within an Agile environment.
Essential Experience/Requirements:
* Proven commercial experience within Microsoft .NET technologies
* C#
* (url removed)
* (url removed) MVC
* Experience of working within an Agile SCRUM environment
* Experience of web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SASS
* Knowledge of SQL Server
* Experience communicating and working with both technical and non-technical teams.
* Demonstrable experience of career and personal development within new technologies and web frameworks
Desirables:
* Experience with web services using WCF
* SCRUM / Kanban methodologies
* GIT and team City
* Full software development lifecycle
* jQuery or KnockOutJS
What you will be doing?
* Reporting to the Team Leader, you will be responsible for the end to end development of bespoke web based applications using Microsoft .NET technologies.
* Work closely with Business Analysts to establish and convert requirements into a defined specifications.
* Take responsibility for performing comprehensive unit testing, ensuring that all documentation is completed.
* Perform peer code reviews.
* Maintain existing code base through maintenance and support.
* Ensure that Information Systems development standards and procedures are adhered to on an ongoing basis.
What you will be offered?
* Competitive salary
* Outstanding technical working environment
* 33 days holiday
* A diverse and technically talented team to work within
Job Summary
* NET Software Development
* Outstanding technical working environment
* Permanent role based in South Wales
Our client is a global web technology business who are on the lookout for a Senior Front End Web Developer to be based in their Cardiff location (but allow flexible home working 2 days a week!).
You will be involved in developing and maintaining external and internal web application environments and improving/creating next generation web applications.
The successful candidate will provide expert level advice on tools and platform direction. You will have strong web applications development and analytical (i.e. requirements gathering) skills, strong JavaScript-AJAX client-side programming knowledge and experience, as well as the ability to learn new technologies quickly, based on prior experiences with similar tools.
This position will require superior written and verbal communication skills. You will work with individuals and cross functional teams to establish frameworks, architecture, develop and maintain their web based systems and applications.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Establish sound UI tier application architecture based on industry best practices
Implement rapid UI tier changes to meet changing business and marketing requirements
Develop functional and technical documentation on assigned projects
Work in a team environment in supporting the team goals, and improving web development engineering practices
Estimate software development efforts on assigned projects and meet them
Analyse and optimize pages and page design for maximum performance
Experience Required:
5 + years experience in Web Development, UI tier design and technologies such as Angular, AJAX, JSP, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, DHTML, CSS, to some extent Java and Spring
Understanding of JavaScript object oriented programming, closures
Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as: Angular, Jquery
Experience with version control systems (SVN, GIT is preferred)
Knowledge of CSS-based table-less page layouts
Experience/familiarity with Web 2.0 concepts
Java and using Java tag libraries and API to build web applications is a plus
Strong problem analysis and solving skills
Proven results-oriented person with a delivery focus
Able to independently design, code, and test application features
The willingness to learn and keep up with new technologies
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering preferred, or equivalent.
Experience with Java is a plus
Knowledge of struts, spring and MVC frameworks is also desirable
Sep 09, 2016
Our client is a global web technology business who are on the lookout for a Senior Front End Web Developer to be based in their Cardiff location (but allow flexible home working 2 days a week!).
You will be involved in developing and maintaining external and internal web application environments and improving/creating next generation web applications.
The successful candidate will provide expert level advice on tools and platform direction. You will have strong web applications development and analytical (i.e. requirements gathering) skills, strong JavaScript-AJAX client-side programming knowledge and experience, as well as the ability to learn new technologies quickly, based on prior experiences with similar tools.
This position will require superior written and verbal communication skills. You will work with individuals and cross functional teams to establish frameworks, architecture, develop and maintain their web based systems and applications.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Establish sound UI tier application architecture based on industry best practices
Implement rapid UI tier changes to meet changing business and marketing requirements
Develop functional and technical documentation on assigned projects
Work in a team environment in supporting the team goals, and improving web development engineering practices
Estimate software development efforts on assigned projects and meet them
Analyse and optimize pages and page design for maximum performance
Experience Required:
5 + years experience in Web Development, UI tier design and technologies such as Angular, AJAX, JSP, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, DHTML, CSS, to some extent Java and Spring
Understanding of JavaScript object oriented programming, closures
Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as: Angular, Jquery
Experience with version control systems (SVN, GIT is preferred)
Knowledge of CSS-based table-less page layouts
Experience/familiarity with Web 2.0 concepts
Java and using Java tag libraries and API to build web applications is a plus
Strong problem analysis and solving skills
Proven results-oriented person with a delivery focus
Able to independently design, code, and test application features
The willingness to learn and keep up with new technologies
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering preferred, or equivalent.
Experience with Java is a plus
Knowledge of struts, spring and MVC frameworks is also desirable
Our client is a global web technology business who are on the lookout for a .NET (4.5) C# Software Developer to be based in their Cardiff location (but allow flexible home working 2 days a week!). You will be involved in developing new features in a large enterprise environment.
You will be working alongside an Agile team of industry experts using cutting edge technologies such as .NET 4.5, MVC & SQL 2014 to author features for key business initiatives.
The Role
Essential Skills & Responsibilities:
• Develop Software in C# .NET 4.5 to a high quality, conforming to our in house standards
• Analyse, define & size technological approach to solve real world business problems using Agile techniques (SCRUM, many of crowns, sprinting)
• Collaborate with colleagues in an Agile environment to deliver real business value per sprint iteration
• Seek more information, by asking the right questions to collection information to assist problem resolution
• Implement new database features using T-SQL for SQL server 2014
• Work closely with test analysts to resolve QA issues and assist in test planning
The Person
Essential Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 2+ years professional experience in a Software Engineering environment
• Great interpersonal skills (Verbal, Telephone, and Written)
• Self-motivated with a good work ethic, organised with proven time management skills
• Demonstrated success in analytical problem solving
• Attention to detail and ability to produce results accurately, on schedule and on budget
• Familiarity with domain provisioning, management and lifecycle
Sep 09, 2016
Our client is a global web technology business who are on the lookout for a .NET (4.5) C# Software Developer to be based in their Cardiff location (but allow flexible home working 2 days a week!). You will be involved in developing new features in a large enterprise environment.
You will be working alongside an Agile team of industry experts using cutting edge technologies such as .NET 4.5, MVC & SQL 2014 to author features for key business initiatives.
The Role
Essential Skills & Responsibilities:
• Develop Software in C# .NET 4.5 to a high quality, conforming to our in house standards
• Analyse, define & size technological approach to solve real world business problems using Agile techniques (SCRUM, many of crowns, sprinting)
• Collaborate with colleagues in an Agile environment to deliver real business value per sprint iteration
• Seek more information, by asking the right questions to collection information to assist problem resolution
• Implement new database features using T-SQL for SQL server 2014
• Work closely with test analysts to resolve QA issues and assist in test planning
The Person
Essential Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 2+ years professional experience in a Software Engineering environment
• Great interpersonal skills (Verbal, Telephone, and Written)
• Self-motivated with a good work ethic, organised with proven time management skills
• Demonstrated success in analytical problem solving
• Attention to detail and ability to produce results accurately, on schedule and on budget
• Familiarity with domain provisioning, management and lifecycle
Junior Test Analyst / Junior Test Engineer / Junior Software QA Tester, Bangor, North Wales
Our client is a leading Software House that develop bespoke applications and software for organisations Worldwide.
As part of their ongoing growth, they are now seeking a Junior QA Tester / Software Tester to work as part of an existing team to ensure consistency and quality of the software developed.
As part of your roles as Junior QA Tester / Software Tester /you will be trained to undertake the following duties and support the Testing team:
* Preparing test plans
* Writing test scripts
* Setting up and maintaining test environments
* Performing testing tasks
* Follow the manual test scripts to test each aspect of the software's functionality
* Write test reports
* Contribute to software release documents
* Contribute to user-facing documentation
* Provide second line support to the service desk
To be considered, you will have the following skills and experience:
* Educated ideally to HND / degree level in an IT related subject, or equivalent experience
* Have some technical knowledge ideally related to Web Technologies
* The ability to pick up new systems and processes
* Excellent attention to detail
* Good troubleshooting skills
* An interest and enthusiasm for working in IT / Web Technologies /Quality assurance / Software Testing
* Awareness of the software development lifecycle
In return, you will be offered the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, testing software used by worldwide organisations and be part of an experienced team who will provide mentoring and support for you to develop your skills and become a proficient Software Tester. This role would be working in Bangor, Gwynedd North Wales and has good access to the A55 by car and by Bus. Working hours would be Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00
If you're enthusiastic about IT and keen to develop your career, apply today to Supertemps Specialist Division who recruit IT and Technical roles across North Wales. If successful, interviews will take place week commencing 15th August 2016
Sep 09, 2016
Junior Test Analyst / Junior Test Engineer / Junior Software QA Tester, Bangor, North Wales
Our client is a leading Software House that develop bespoke applications and software for organisations Worldwide.
As part of their ongoing growth, they are now seeking a Junior QA Tester / Software Tester to work as part of an existing team to ensure consistency and quality of the software developed.
As part of your roles as Junior QA Tester / Software Tester /you will be trained to undertake the following duties and support the Testing team:
* Preparing test plans
* Writing test scripts
* Setting up and maintaining test environments
* Performing testing tasks
* Follow the manual test scripts to test each aspect of the software's functionality
* Write test reports
* Contribute to software release documents
* Contribute to user-facing documentation
* Provide second line support to the service desk
To be considered, you will have the following skills and experience:
* Educated ideally to HND / degree level in an IT related subject, or equivalent experience
* Have some technical knowledge ideally related to Web Technologies
* The ability to pick up new systems and processes
* Excellent attention to detail
* Good troubleshooting skills
* An interest and enthusiasm for working in IT / Web Technologies /Quality assurance / Software Testing
* Awareness of the software development lifecycle
In return, you will be offered the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, testing software used by worldwide organisations and be part of an experienced team who will provide mentoring and support for you to develop your skills and become a proficient Software Tester. This role would be working in Bangor, Gwynedd North Wales and has good access to the A55 by car and by Bus. Working hours would be Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00
If you're enthusiastic about IT and keen to develop your career, apply today to Supertemps Specialist Division who recruit IT and Technical roles across North Wales. If successful, interviews will take place week commencing 15th August 2016
DBA / Database Administrator (Multi-Platform)
Liga Recruitment are pleased to offer an opportunity for an experienced Database Administrator to take a Multi-platform Database Administrator position, with a global leading company based in the Newport area of South Wales.
As the DBA you will provide support for the company’s traditional Oracle relational databases, as well as their NoSQL database platforms, taking responsibility for all phases of database administration on their production and development environments.
Working both independently and as part of the team, you will be self-motivated and focussed on to deliver tasks to agreed timelines and deadlines. Therefore, you will need to be a very strong communicator, well organised, with the ability to adapt to changing and conflicting priorities whilst maintaining productivity. You will have a keen eye for detail and an analytical mind to carry out performance troubleshooting, database tuning, analytical problem solving and business customer support.
Key responsibilities;
• Install, configure and administer databases
• Setup and maintain databases in the development, test and production environments.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, technology upgrades and system resource optimization.
• Work with development teams to ensure each application is fully covered in terms of backup and restore requirements. Create and maintain software modules to support these processes.
• Develop prototypes and proof of concept solutions to support future technology selection and product lines as required by the business
• Support developers in development oriented activities including scripting and analysis of implementation to ensure performance considerations are taken into account.
• Support the Continuous Delivery process through required maintenance and updates of associated tooling (e,g Jenkins).
• Develop and maintain documentation for assigned projects including install guide, troubleshooting guide, etc.
• Track latest database solutions in the industry to drive technology refresh.
• Provide support per project needs; investigate and troubleshoot issues; perform regular log analysis, security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
Skills Required
Skills and experience required
• Oracle and Open source technologies - MongoDB, Cassandra, Hadoop and Neo4J etc
• Proven hands on DBA expertise in at least one of the core database platforms.
• Knowledge of core NoSQL concepts and types (Key/Value, Document, Graph, Column).
• Strong Experience in database disaster recovery planning and failover.
• Ability to solve complex database administration problems.
• Experience and competency in Continuous Delivery and Deployment pipelines and associated tooling (Jenkins, Nexus, Puppet etc.)
• Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) concepts such as SQL, stored procedures, JDBC/ODBC drivers, tables, foreign keys, joins, normalization, etc.
• Ability to work with database developers and engineers to analyse and resolve database performance issues.
• Strong Linux System Administration skills including experience in writing shell scripts and creating scheduled jobs.
• Experience and competency in at least one of the following scripting languages (Shell, Perl, Python).
• Experience with VMWare, Networking and Load Balancing tooling and concepts
Desirable
• Knowledge of NoSQL Scaling and an understanding of HA strategies, including replica sets and sharding.
• Installation and configuration of Real Application Clusters / Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) solutions or clustering technologies to address high availability requirement.
• Cloud and Container based deployment architectures and technologies (OpenStack, AWS, Docker etc).
• Knowledge or exposure to Java
Keywords
DBA, Database Administrator, Multiplatform, Oracle, NoSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Performance tuning
Sep 09, 2016
DBA / Database Administrator (Multi-Platform)
Liga Recruitment are pleased to offer an opportunity for an experienced Database Administrator to take a Multi-platform Database Administrator position, with a global leading company based in the Newport area of South Wales.
As the DBA you will provide support for the company’s traditional Oracle relational databases, as well as their NoSQL database platforms, taking responsibility for all phases of database administration on their production and development environments.
Working both independently and as part of the team, you will be self-motivated and focussed on to deliver tasks to agreed timelines and deadlines. Therefore, you will need to be a very strong communicator, well organised, with the ability to adapt to changing and conflicting priorities whilst maintaining productivity. You will have a keen eye for detail and an analytical mind to carry out performance troubleshooting, database tuning, analytical problem solving and business customer support.
Key responsibilities;
• Install, configure and administer databases
• Setup and maintain databases in the development, test and production environments.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, technology upgrades and system resource optimization.
• Work with development teams to ensure each application is fully covered in terms of backup and restore requirements. Create and maintain software modules to support these processes.
• Develop prototypes and proof of concept solutions to support future technology selection and product lines as required by the business
• Support developers in development oriented activities including scripting and analysis of implementation to ensure performance considerations are taken into account.
• Support the Continuous Delivery process through required maintenance and updates of associated tooling (e,g Jenkins).
• Develop and maintain documentation for assigned projects including install guide, troubleshooting guide, etc.
• Track latest database solutions in the industry to drive technology refresh.
• Provide support per project needs; investigate and troubleshoot issues; perform regular log analysis, security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
Skills Required
Skills and experience required
• Oracle and Open source technologies - MongoDB, Cassandra, Hadoop and Neo4J etc
• Proven hands on DBA expertise in at least one of the core database platforms.
• Knowledge of core NoSQL concepts and types (Key/Value, Document, Graph, Column).
• Strong Experience in database disaster recovery planning and failover.
• Ability to solve complex database administration problems.
• Experience and competency in Continuous Delivery and Deployment pipelines and associated tooling (Jenkins, Nexus, Puppet etc.)
• Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) concepts such as SQL, stored procedures, JDBC/ODBC drivers, tables, foreign keys, joins, normalization, etc.
• Ability to work with database developers and engineers to analyse and resolve database performance issues.
• Strong Linux System Administration skills including experience in writing shell scripts and creating scheduled jobs.
• Experience and competency in at least one of the following scripting languages (Shell, Perl, Python).
• Experience with VMWare, Networking and Load Balancing tooling and concepts
Desirable
• Knowledge of NoSQL Scaling and an understanding of HA strategies, including replica sets and sharding.
• Installation and configuration of Real Application Clusters / Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) solutions or clustering technologies to address high availability requirement.
• Cloud and Container based deployment architectures and technologies (OpenStack, AWS, Docker etc).
• Knowledge or exposure to Java
Keywords
DBA, Database Administrator, Multiplatform, Oracle, NoSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Performance tuning
Linux System Administrator
Permanent role based in Cwmbran
£45,000 per annum + benefits
Based in the technical hub of Cwmbran, our innovative Big Data client in the Mobile Telco space is searching for an Linux System Administrator to join their dynamic start-up environment.
The work involves a wide array of activities including server administration (mostly RHEL and CentOS), some hardware configuration, networking, security, supporting customers, internal users, developers, and testers, maintaining dev and QA environments, and taking part in product development and roll-outs.
As the successful Linux System Administrator, you will need to possess the following skills:
* Happy with international travel- this will involve both Europe and Global locations - please don't apply unless happy with this as it is an essential requirement.
* Extensive experience installing and supporting Linux (RedHat RHEL/Centos).
* Excellent network security at OS level and access administration knowledge.
* Good knowledge and experience of network-based services (ex. Apache, OpenLDAP, Kerberos, BIND/DNS, Squid).
* Good working knowledge of enterprise level storage devices and technologies (ex. EMC/IBM, SAN/NAS, iSCSI/NFS/CIFS).
Desirable, but not essential, skills:
* Experience with Apache, specifically installing and configuring custom Apache modules.
* Knowledge of storage devices and Apache.
* Hands-on experience working with IBM Blade console.
* Experience working in high availability low latency Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment.
Key responsibilities:
* Managing the day-to-day operations of the company's systems, including upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting, backup and recovery.
* Ensuring high availability and acceptable performance levels of performance company systems.
* Installing and configuring automation and configuration software.
The employer:
* Acorn is excited to represent a client who is a pioneer in its industry, providing a leading PaaS solution to reduce complexity and enable network operators, ad-networks, ad-exchanges and RTB platforms around the world to monetise customer data, and optimise its value.
* Utilising ground-breaking technologies such as Big Data and Data Mining, their solutions provide personalised services across mobile marketing, digital advertising, and E-commerce.
* Senior representatives from various large telecommunication companies have set this business up with huge aspirations, and are searching for technically gifted individuals to join their start-up team.
The package:
Our client offers you a dynamic, agile and vibrant atmosphere to work in, along with an extremely competitive salary and benefits package including:
* An employee share scheme.
* 25 days holiday plus eight bank holiday.
* Flexi hours plus one day home working.
If you're looking to progress in your career amongst a team of industry experts, with a real say in the development and future of the product, then this is the position for you
Sep 09, 2016
Linux System Administrator
Permanent role based in Cwmbran
£45,000 per annum + benefits
Based in the technical hub of Cwmbran, our innovative Big Data client in the Mobile Telco space is searching for an Linux System Administrator to join their dynamic start-up environment.
The work involves a wide array of activities including server administration (mostly RHEL and CentOS), some hardware configuration, networking, security, supporting customers, internal users, developers, and testers, maintaining dev and QA environments, and taking part in product development and roll-outs.
As the successful Linux System Administrator, you will need to possess the following skills:
* Happy with international travel- this will involve both Europe and Global locations - please don't apply unless happy with this as it is an essential requirement.
* Extensive experience installing and supporting Linux (RedHat RHEL/Centos).
* Excellent network security at OS level and access administration knowledge.
* Good knowledge and experience of network-based services (ex. Apache, OpenLDAP, Kerberos, BIND/DNS, Squid).
* Good working knowledge of enterprise level storage devices and technologies (ex. EMC/IBM, SAN/NAS, iSCSI/NFS/CIFS).
Desirable, but not essential, skills:
* Experience with Apache, specifically installing and configuring custom Apache modules.
* Knowledge of storage devices and Apache.
* Hands-on experience working with IBM Blade console.
* Experience working in high availability low latency Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment.
Key responsibilities:
* Managing the day-to-day operations of the company's systems, including upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting, backup and recovery.
* Ensuring high availability and acceptable performance levels of performance company systems.
* Installing and configuring automation and configuration software.
The employer:
* Acorn is excited to represent a client who is a pioneer in its industry, providing a leading PaaS solution to reduce complexity and enable network operators, ad-networks, ad-exchanges and RTB platforms around the world to monetise customer data, and optimise its value.
* Utilising ground-breaking technologies such as Big Data and Data Mining, their solutions provide personalised services across mobile marketing, digital advertising, and E-commerce.
* Senior representatives from various large telecommunication companies have set this business up with huge aspirations, and are searching for technically gifted individuals to join their start-up team.
The package:
Our client offers you a dynamic, agile and vibrant atmosphere to work in, along with an extremely competitive salary and benefits package including:
* An employee share scheme.
* 25 days holiday plus eight bank holiday.
* Flexi hours plus one day home working.
If you're looking to progress in your career amongst a team of industry experts, with a real say in the development and future of the product, then this is the position for you
