HEAD OF DATA SCIENCE/ DATA STRATEGY

£70,000 + BENEFITS

NEWCASTLE

Are you interested in building a data science team for a leading specialist provider to the global bio-pharmaceutical industry? Do you have previous experience leading a team and having huge input into the different types of data science projects that can give greater business insights and optimise revenue generation? This is the perfect opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated Data Scientist.

THE COMPANY:

As a Head of Data Science, you will be working on building out the data science function - including setting out the team - to build machine learning models around business needs. The company, based in Newcastle, has around 450 employees and specialises in manufacturing pharmaceutical products. The talented Head of Data Science will be the first data scientist with the intention of growing the team.

THE ROLE:

The role of Head of Data Science will involve leadership, hands-on data science and data strategy.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

• You will be using advanced analytics and data science to solve business problems around revenue generation, client churn, HR analytics, manufacturing, predict maintenance and more.
• You will be building out the strategy and focus on setting the road map of how data science can benefit the business.
• You will be communicating complicated concepts, with the aid of data visualisation and storytelling, to less technically minded colleagues.
• You will be growing and leading a team of data scientists.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

The successful Head of Data Science will have the following skills and experience:

• Educated to Master's level in a STEM degree focused in quantitative methods and statistics (Maths, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Economics and related fields)
• Proficiency in programming languages, statistical analysis tools and different data storage systems - Fluency in Python is essential
• Proven commercial experience working in a hands-on data science position
• Proven experience leading a team of data scientists
• Experience building up the data science function in a business is desirable

THE BENEFITS:

The successful Head of Data Science will receive a salary, dependent on experience of up to £70,000 and benefits. Other benefits to be excited about is the incredible career progression and opportunity to lead the data strategy in a successful business.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Francesca Curtis via the Apply link on this page.

HEAD OF DATA SCIENCE/ DATA STRATEGY

£70,000 + BENEFITS

NEWCASTLE

Are you interested in building a data science team for a leading specialist provider to the global bio-pharmaceutical industry? Do you have previous experience leading a team and having huge input into the different types of data science projects that can give greater business insights and optimise revenue generation? This is the perfect opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated Data Scientist.

THE COMPANY:

As a Head of Data Science, you will be working on building out the data science function - including setting out the team - to build machine learning models around business needs. The company, based in Newcastle, has around 450 employees and specialises in manufacturing pharmaceutical products. The talented Head of Data Science will be the first data scientist with the intention of growing the team.

THE ROLE:

The role of Head of Data Science will involve leadership, hands-on data science and data strategy.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

• You will be using advanced analytics and data science to solve business problems around revenue generation, client churn, HR analytics, manufacturing, predict maintenance and more.
• You will be building out the strategy and focus on setting the road map of how data science can benefit the business.
• You will be communicating complicated concepts, with the aid of data visualisation and storytelling, to less technically minded colleagues.
• You will be growing and leading a team of data scientists.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

The successful Head of Data Science will have the following skills and experience:

• Educated to Master's level in a STEM degree focused in quantitative methods and statistics (Maths, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Economics and related fields)
• Proficiency in programming languages, statistical analysis tools and different data storage systems - Fluency in Python is essential
• Proven commercial experience working in a hands-on data science position
• Proven experience leading a team of data scientists
• Experience building up the data science function in a business is desirable

THE BENEFITS:

The successful Head of Data Science will receive a salary, dependent on experience of up to £70,000 and benefits. Other benefits to be excited about is the incredible career progression and opportunity to lead the data strategy in a successful business.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Francesca Curtis via the Apply link on this page.

The Company

The UK’s leading cash processing company - Vaultex UK LTD are a joint venture between Barclays Bank and HSBC. When it comes to cash processing we are thought-leaders; developing ideas that the rest of the industry follows and adapting our service to meet the needs of our customers. Simply put, our role is to ensure that cash is widely available for use and that people continue to have confidence in cash as a payment method.

Typically, Vaultex handle around £160 billion worth of bank notes and coins a year - which, if laid end-to-end, would stretch to the moon and back. An accredited Living Wage Foundation employer with IIP (Investors in People) Champion Status, our external recognition as leaders in people management ensures successful applicants will enjoy career development opportunities, structured training and an excellent benefits package and a generous company pension.

The Job

Our Application Delivery team is looking for an experienced Build Engineer to assist in rolling out and supporting our journey to Continuous Integration and Automation. We are building a new team of engineers that will be responsible for the design, build and maintenance of the business applications hosting platform, with a move to a hybrid on-prem / Azure cloud model.

This is a hands-on role where you will work collaboratively with the development and infrastructure teams to help build, automate and manage the application hosting platform along with building and maintaining tools for deployment, monitoring and operations, and troubleshoot issues in the dev and test environments.

Responsibilities

• Building & Supporting hosting platform
• Planning, design and documentation
• Supporting solutions in production
• Personal development (new technologies, performance management.

Skills/ Knowledge/ Experience

• Design, develop and implement automated build, deployment and test pipelines and support the Continuous Integration system by automating builds, troubleshooting build failures and maintaining documentation as an integral part of the team.
• Work within the team of DevOps Engineers focused primarily on delivering technical solutions for improving the overall quality of application build, deployments, monitoring and alerting, with emphasis on resilience, stability, scalability and security across our lab environments
• Support the set up all team environments, source structures etc. during project start up
• Ensure that the teams design for deployment, passionately working towards automation and elimination of repetitive tasks, bringing your experience in modern tools to help support development teams deliver more effectively
• Work with Architect and Tech Lead on the adoption of new technologies in to the estate, ensuring that these are shared with other areas and that they align with standards etc.
• To support the team in identifying issues with code / deliverables
• Maintain quality documentation of infrastructure and operational/support procedures
• An ever-developing knowledge of and interest in technology, particularly DevOps and infrastructure advances

Technical Skills:

• Strong Infrastructure background
• Strong Microsoft Skillset e.g. Server 2008-2016, SQL Server, Active Directory
• Strong experience with VMWare
• Experience with Azure, with a focus on infrastructure provisioning and management
• Experience of automated deployment tools e.g. Octopus Deploy, Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of provisioning and configuration systems e.g. Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform
• Understanding of Continuous Integration technologies and approach e.g. TeamCity, Azure DevOps
• Understanding of Source Control systems e.g. BitBucket, Git
• Good scripting skills e.g. PowerShell, Python
• Good understanding of databases
• Agile/Scrum working experience
• Knowledge of networks and firewalls

Personal:

• Collaborative, able to communicate effectively
• Able to communicate 'upwards’ where necessary
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude and takes pride in work
• Logical, analytical mind-set, able to solve problems without over-engineering

Vaultex UK Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from the community. Please note that due to the secure nature of our business all successful candidates will need to provide a five year traceable work history (satisfactory employment references or evidence to explain employment gaps), and complete a criminal record and credit background check.

The Company

The UK’s leading cash processing company - Vaultex UK LTD are a joint venture between Barclays Bank and HSBC. When it comes to cash processing we are thought-leaders; developing ideas that the rest of the industry follows and adapting our service to meet the needs of our customers. Simply put, our role is to ensure that cash is widely available for use and that people continue to have confidence in cash as a payment method.

Typically, Vaultex handle around £160 billion worth of bank notes and coins a year - which, if laid end-to-end, would stretch to the moon and back. An accredited Living Wage Foundation employer with IIP (Investors in People) Champion Status, our external recognition as leaders in people management ensures successful applicants will enjoy career development opportunities, structured training and an excellent benefits package and a generous company pension.

The Job

Our Application Delivery team is looking for an experienced Build Engineer to assist in rolling out and supporting our journey to Continuous Integration and Automation. We are building a new team of engineers that will be responsible for the design, build and maintenance of the business applications hosting platform, with a move to a hybrid on-prem / Azure cloud model.

This is a hands-on role where you will work collaboratively with the development and infrastructure teams to help build, automate and manage the application hosting platform along with building and maintaining tools for deployment, monitoring and operations, and troubleshoot issues in the dev and test environments.

Responsibilities

• Building & Supporting hosting platform
• Planning, design and documentation
• Supporting solutions in production
• Personal development (new technologies, performance management.

Skills/ Knowledge/ Experience

• Design, develop and implement automated build, deployment and test pipelines and support the Continuous Integration system by automating builds, troubleshooting build failures and maintaining documentation as an integral part of the team.
• Work within the team of DevOps Engineers focused primarily on delivering technical solutions for improving the overall quality of application build, deployments, monitoring and alerting, with emphasis on resilience, stability, scalability and security across our lab environments
• Support the set up all team environments, source structures etc. during project start up
• Ensure that the teams design for deployment, passionately working towards automation and elimination of repetitive tasks, bringing your experience in modern tools to help support development teams deliver more effectively
• Work with Architect and Tech Lead on the adoption of new technologies in to the estate, ensuring that these are shared with other areas and that they align with standards etc.
• To support the team in identifying issues with code / deliverables
• Maintain quality documentation of infrastructure and operational/support procedures
• An ever-developing knowledge of and interest in technology, particularly DevOps and infrastructure advances

Technical Skills:

• Strong Infrastructure background
• Strong Microsoft Skillset e.g. Server 2008-2016, SQL Server, Active Directory
• Strong experience with VMWare
• Experience with Azure, with a focus on infrastructure provisioning and management
• Experience of automated deployment tools e.g. Octopus Deploy, Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of provisioning and configuration systems e.g. Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform
• Understanding of Continuous Integration technologies and approach e.g. TeamCity, Azure DevOps
• Understanding of Source Control systems e.g. BitBucket, Git
• Good scripting skills e.g. PowerShell, Python
• Good understanding of databases
• Agile/Scrum working experience
• Knowledge of networks and firewalls

Personal:

• Collaborative, able to communicate effectively
• Able to communicate 'upwards’ where necessary
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude and takes pride in work
• Logical, analytical mind-set, able to solve problems without over-engineering

Vaultex UK Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from the community. Please note that due to the secure nature of our business all successful candidates will need to provide a five year traceable work history (satisfactory employment references or evidence to explain employment gaps), and complete a criminal record and credit background check.

My client is a major software reseller and a trusted long-term advisor to over 180 organisations in both private and public sectors with specific expertise in Banking, Financial and Professional Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Leisure, Telecommunications, Transport and Utilities, together with Education, Health and Local and Central Government.

They engage with our customers to achieve real and lasting value from their investment in IT service and enterprise management tools.

By employing best practice methodology, they enable customers to achieve their business and operational objectives through the implementation of market leading software solutions and/or our own product suite.

As part of our 3-year strategic growth plan, we are developing market leading AI solutions that will transform the IT Service Management industry.

Role & Responsibilities

This role will be reporting to and directly working with the Senior Development Lead based in the Malahide office. The CTO and rest of the development team are based in the UK.

The developer will be responsible for working to the specification passed down from the Senior Development Lead and the CTO.

He/she will be working on internal applications but each application uses the same subset of languages.

He/she must follow the development standards but will also need to feed in ideas and be expected to work to a required standard.

The role gives a developer an opportunity to get involved in a commercial AI product as well as commercial applications used at major FTSE 500 companies worldwide.

Skills/Experience

• Python
• HTML 5
• .NET Core
• C# .Net
• JavaScript
• ASP.Net
• MVC
• SQL
• SQL Server
• Mysql
• REST Webservices
• API’s
• Jquery

Benefits/Salary

• Euro 60-70,000 – dependent on qualification and experience
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays increasing annually
• Company pension
• Death in service Life Cover
• Opportunities for progression
• Opportunity for training support if required
• Potential for some remote working after first month.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to develop their career in a successful and growing software business and be involved in developing a market leading AI solution.

Application Response Policy

To apply, please submit your CV by clicking on the relevant links. If successful you will be contacted by one of our consultants within 3 working days. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we expect to receive, if you do not hear from us within this time you should presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Recruitment & Diversity Statement

Grassroots Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency and a recruitment business in respect of this vacancy. Grassroots Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and recruiter. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or disability.

My client is a major software reseller and a trusted long-term advisor to over 180 organisations in both private and public sectors with specific expertise in Banking, Financial and Professional Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Leisure, Telecommunications, Transport and Utilities, together with Education, Health and Local and Central Government.

They engage with our customers to achieve real and lasting value from their investment in IT service and enterprise management tools.

By employing best practice methodology, they enable customers to achieve their business and operational objectives through the implementation of market leading software solutions and/or our own product suite.

As part of our 3-year strategic growth plan, we are developing market leading AI solutions that will transform the IT Service Management industry.

Role & Responsibilities

This role will be reporting to and directly working with the Senior Development Lead based in the Malahide office. The CTO and rest of the development team are based in the UK.

The developer will be responsible for working to the specification passed down from the Senior Development Lead and the CTO.

He/she will be working on internal applications but each application uses the same subset of languages.

He/she must follow the development standards but will also need to feed in ideas and be expected to work to a required standard.

The role gives a developer an opportunity to get involved in a commercial AI product as well as commercial applications used at major FTSE 500 companies worldwide.

Skills/Experience

• Python
• HTML 5
• .NET Core
• C# .Net
• JavaScript
• ASP.Net
• MVC
• SQL
• SQL Server
• Mysql
• REST Webservices
• API’s
• Jquery

Benefits/Salary

• Euro 60-70,000 – dependent on qualification and experience
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays increasing annually
• Company pension
• Death in service Life Cover
• Opportunities for progression
• Opportunity for training support if required
• Potential for some remote working after first month.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to develop their career in a successful and growing software business and be involved in developing a market leading AI solution.

Application Response Policy

To apply, please submit your CV by clicking on the relevant links. If successful you will be contacted by one of our consultants within 3 working days. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we expect to receive, if you do not hear from us within this time you should presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Recruitment & Diversity Statement

Grassroots Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency and a recruitment business in respect of this vacancy. Grassroots Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and recruiter. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or disability.

Senior Software Engineer

My client are a specialist engineering consultancy who are on the lookout for exceptionally talented Embedded and App development engineers to join their team.

Working primarily on connected devices, a successful applicant will have experience developing firmware for BLE enabled devices on PIC, STM32, AVR and various ARM cortex microprocessors And/or experience Developing Apps for iOS/Android and be comfortable integrating the two.

This is an exciting career development opportunity and you'll have the chance to see your ideas come alive in an environment that only a rapidly growing, innovative and dynamic business can provide.

To be successful you will likely have:

• Degree/HND in a Software, Computer Science or related subject
• Skilled in embedded firmware design (C/C++ ) OR App development
• Knowledge of a higher level language such as Python, Javascript or Java/Kotlin/Swift
• Use of git version control
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Great attention to detail

We are keen to hear from either embedded specialists with a good understanding app development Or App specialists with a good understanding of microprocessor firmware development.

The company offers a competitive salary, great benefits and the opportunity to work with a highly talented and motivated team. This is a great environment to excel and innovate.

Apply now, send your CV to or hit apply now.

Spectrum IT Recruitment - Wilkin Chan. Find me on LinkedIN.

Senior Software Engineer

My client are a specialist engineering consultancy who are on the lookout for exceptionally talented Embedded and App development engineers to join their team.

Working primarily on connected devices, a successful applicant will have experience developing firmware for BLE enabled devices on PIC, STM32, AVR and various ARM cortex microprocessors And/or experience Developing Apps for iOS/Android and be comfortable integrating the two.

This is an exciting career development opportunity and you'll have the chance to see your ideas come alive in an environment that only a rapidly growing, innovative and dynamic business can provide.

To be successful you will likely have:

• Degree/HND in a Software, Computer Science or related subject
• Skilled in embedded firmware design (C/C++ ) OR App development
• Knowledge of a higher level language such as Python, Javascript or Java/Kotlin/Swift
• Use of git version control
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Great attention to detail

We are keen to hear from either embedded specialists with a good understanding app development Or App specialists with a good understanding of microprocessor firmware development.

The company offers a competitive salary, great benefits and the opportunity to work with a highly talented and motivated team. This is a great environment to excel and innovate.

Apply now, send your CV to or hit apply now.

Spectrum IT Recruitment - Wilkin Chan. Find me on LinkedIN.