We're looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to join a really 'fun' team based in Sawston, Cambridge. The company are offering a great salary, along with some awesome benefits and a friendly culture.

The role is dynamic and fast paced, and you will need to keep up to date with the latest technologies, and use agile and self-organising principles to help deliver quality products and services. 

You'll have the opportunity to:

Be part of a talented, collaborative and motivated team
Learn from and be inspired by skilled colleagues
Teach and inspire others
Work across the entire product life cycle
Develop your skill set and research / adopt the latest design patterns, methodologies, principles and technologies
Have a positive influence over high level architectural decisions
Make your mark and, in doing so, make us better
You'll need to be a motivated DevOps Engineer to join an agile cross-functional product team, comprising Product Management, UX Design,QA and Development.
You will be responsible for designing and implementing technical solutions for new and existing products, almost exclusively on the AWS platform.
You will have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, solid communication skills, a desire to tackle the complex problems and a genuine passion for technology. While you may come from an infrastructure background, you should be comfortable with writing scripts and basic software code to enhance and streamline your daily activities. They are currently using the following technologies (but this is evolving all the time):

AWS - CloudFormation, EC2/ECS, RDS, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, Cognito etc
NoSQL - DynamoDB, CouchBase
Operating Platforms - Windows, Linux, Docker
SQL - MySQL / SQL Server
Scripting Languages - PowerShell, Bash
CI / CD - Git, TeamCity, AWS CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, Terraform
Other stuff - ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ Skills & experience that you'll struggle without.....
You don't need to have every single one of these skills, but the more you have, the more likely it is you'll be able to do a great job:

Senior technical infrastructure skills in a complex environment across servers, storage and networks
Strong AWS experience
Sound experience with programming and scripting in a server and/or web environment
Experience in designing and implementing simple solutions to tricky problems
Experience with infrastructure or application automation
Understanding of microservice based architectures
Experience with maintaining and supporting large scale customer facing environments
Experience with implementing containerised workloads
Good understanding of key web environments and protocols
Good networking experience with at least basic understanding of IP, network traffic flow, network ports and protocols (e.g. http, https, smtp, ftp)
Comfortable with using Windows and Linux command line tools for administration tasks
Sound analytical, problem solving and decision making skills
Good knowledge of security as it relates to cloud based infrastructure
Experience with Scrum methodology
Proficient oral and written communication skills
Passion for technology and innovation Skills & experience that would be a bonus We'll get pretty excited if you also have some of these:

Managing large scale tasks from inception to completion
Database administration including enhancing performance and building resilient solutions
Javascript and/or Lambda function writing
Automation tooling (Terraform, Ansible, ...)
CI/CD principles and best practices (Git-based workflows, pipelines, IaC, shift-left, immutable systems, ...)
Kubernetes/EKS
Knowledge of .NET and .NET Core frameworks
Tertiary degree in computer science or related areas Start: Immediate 
Location: Sawston, Cambridge
Salary: £50,000 to £70,000
Benefits: 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Birthday + Duvet Day! Flexible Hours, Remote Working and much, much more!

If you are interested in this position, feel you have the relevant experience and skills and would like to apply, please call our team on (phone number removed) or apply online.

Whilst we’d love to get back to every applicant, it is not always possible, so if you haven’t heard from us within 3-5 days, please note that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Aspire Cambridge is acting as an Employment Agency in regards to this Permanent opportunity.

We're looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to join a really 'fun' team based in Sawston, Cambridge. The company are offering a great salary, along with some awesome benefits and a friendly culture.

The role is dynamic and fast paced, and you will need to keep up to date with the latest technologies, and use agile and self-organising principles to help deliver quality products and services. 

You'll have the opportunity to:

Be part of a talented, collaborative and motivated team
Learn from and be inspired by skilled colleagues
Teach and inspire others
Work across the entire product life cycle
Develop your skill set and research / adopt the latest design patterns, methodologies, principles and technologies
Have a positive influence over high level architectural decisions
Make your mark and, in doing so, make us better
You'll need to be a motivated DevOps Engineer to join an agile cross-functional product team, comprising Product Management, UX Design,QA and Development.
You will be responsible for designing and implementing technical solutions for new and existing products, almost exclusively on the AWS platform.
You will have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, solid communication skills, a desire to tackle the complex problems and a genuine passion for technology. While you may come from an infrastructure background, you should be comfortable with writing scripts and basic software code to enhance and streamline your daily activities. They are currently using the following technologies (but this is evolving all the time):

AWS - CloudFormation, EC2/ECS, RDS, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, Cognito etc
NoSQL - DynamoDB, CouchBase
Operating Platforms - Windows, Linux, Docker
SQL - MySQL / SQL Server
Scripting Languages - PowerShell, Bash
CI / CD - Git, TeamCity, AWS CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, Terraform
Other stuff - ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ Skills & experience that you'll struggle without.....
You don't need to have every single one of these skills, but the more you have, the more likely it is you'll be able to do a great job:

Senior technical infrastructure skills in a complex environment across servers, storage and networks
Strong AWS experience
Sound experience with programming and scripting in a server and/or web environment
Experience in designing and implementing simple solutions to tricky problems
Experience with infrastructure or application automation
Understanding of microservice based architectures
Experience with maintaining and supporting large scale customer facing environments
Experience with implementing containerised workloads
Good understanding of key web environments and protocols
Good networking experience with at least basic understanding of IP, network traffic flow, network ports and protocols (e.g. http, https, smtp, ftp)
Comfortable with using Windows and Linux command line tools for administration tasks
Sound analytical, problem solving and decision making skills
Good knowledge of security as it relates to cloud based infrastructure
Experience with Scrum methodology
Proficient oral and written communication skills
Passion for technology and innovation Skills & experience that would be a bonus We'll get pretty excited if you also have some of these:

Managing large scale tasks from inception to completion
Database administration including enhancing performance and building resilient solutions
Javascript and/or Lambda function writing
Automation tooling (Terraform, Ansible, ...)
CI/CD principles and best practices (Git-based workflows, pipelines, IaC, shift-left, immutable systems, ...)
Kubernetes/EKS
Knowledge of .NET and .NET Core frameworks
Tertiary degree in computer science or related areas Start: Immediate 
Location: Sawston, Cambridge
Salary: £50,000 to £70,000
Benefits: 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Birthday + Duvet Day! Flexible Hours, Remote Working and much, much more!

If you are interested in this position, feel you have the relevant experience and skills and would like to apply, please call our team on (phone number removed) or apply online.

Whilst we’d love to get back to every applicant, it is not always possible, so if you haven’t heard from us within 3-5 days, please note that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Aspire Cambridge is acting as an Employment Agency in regards to this Permanent opportunity.

REF: DW1457
LOCATION: Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
JOB TITLE: Lead Software Developer
SALARY & BENEFITS: circa £36,669 to £44,855 dependent on skills and experience plus great staff benefits including 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, generous pension, performance related bonus, enhanced maternity/paternity pay, employee cash back and voucher incentives, and excellent working conditions and perks
WORKING HOURS: Full Time –Monday to Friday flexible working and some working from home options for the right candidate

THE COMPANY, ROLE & YOU: Are you an experienced Lead Software Developer with strong coding, analytical, and problem solving skills ? Bored of working in a one-dimensional/overly transactional role? And want to take the next step up?

Our client is part of the Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment family, and is a vibrant organisation which has established a reputation over 30 years for innovation and quality in educational assessment and research. This branch of the family works with schools, colleges, education authorities, government agencies and other organisations to provide high-quality information through scientifically grounded research.

The work will cover the development of new digital educational products, re-architecture of existing products and other exciting developments as CEM integrates as part of the Cambridge family and you will be based at a new vibrant office in Gateshead Quays from May 2020 onwards.

The new office is a fantastic and vibrant new facility along The Quayside close to the Sage and offers superb staff and employee benefits including a well-being room and on-site cafe with numerous options.

As a Lead Software Developer you will be joining a team of Developers within the CEM Operations department and will be helping to deliver the technical development for CEM’s digital educational products. The role will involve working in one of several agile teams to develop software for digital educational products by utilising a mix of technologies including C# .NET, TypeScript, SQL Server and NoSQL databases. You will also share your wealth of experience and knowledge with Junior Software Developers, and will be expected to offer them guidance, support and mentoring. As well as other developers you will also work with product managers, educational experts, data scientists, designers and more to help achieve the following tasks;

Development and maintenance of software to agreed standards and processes
- Able to act as ‘Solution Owner’ – leading on the development in areas of CEM’s systems
- Develop code to agreed standards using SOLID principles
- Creation of unit tests within a test driven development framework
- Excellent and appropriate documentation in agreed formats
- Code reviews
- Good use of source control, deployment tooling and issue tracking software
- Mentoring and coaching of more junior members of staff

Working as part of an Agile Team own and deliver tasks and work items
- Proactive ownership of own work
- Issue resolution and appropriate escalation
- Attendance at daily stand-up meetings and reviews
- Deliver work to agreed timescales and quality
- Updating of assigned tasks in Jira

Input into team planning and reviews
- Refine requirements
- Estimate work
- Identification of technical and process improvements
- Assist in work prioritisation
- work with wider stakeholders

THE CANDIDATE: The successful candidate for the Lead Software Developer post will need to hold a good technical degree or an equivalent qualification and experience, and although candidates do not need to be experts in all areas, you will need to have substantial hands on Software Development and Coding experience using either C# or Typescript, SQL, Python, or Javascript. You will need to be able to demonstrate a good understanding of software development design principals and patterns, and have strong analytical and problem solving skills, as well as being an excellent communicator in general.

The new Lead Software Developer will also need experience in object orientated development, as well as knowledge or an understanding of agile development methodologies within an environment using Continuous Integration, and will need to have experience using developing systems that contain multiple components. Candidates will also need to be a collaborative and team orientated individuals who are happy to share their knowledge and experience with Junior Developers and offer them mentoring or guidance where required, and although not essential, it would be highly desirable if candidates also have experience administering and maintaining services on Linux-based servers. Candidates will also need to be able to commute to The Quays in Gateshead, Newcastle which is easily accessible via public transport and within walking distance to the Metro and Newcastle Central train station.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leader and be rewarded with valuable learning opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits.

Does this sound like you? If Yes then click the apply button now!

You will then be sent to an online questionnaire to support your CV and application, please fill in the details and we will be in touch to advise you of the next steps

TSLS

REF: DW1457
LOCATION: Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
JOB TITLE: Lead Software Developer
SALARY & BENEFITS: circa £36,669 to £44,855 dependent on skills and experience plus great staff benefits including 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, generous pension, performance related bonus, enhanced maternity/paternity pay, employee cash back and voucher incentives, and excellent working conditions and perks
WORKING HOURS: Full Time –Monday to Friday flexible working and some working from home options for the right candidate

THE COMPANY, ROLE & YOU: Are you an experienced Lead Software Developer with strong coding, analytical, and problem solving skills ? Bored of working in a one-dimensional/overly transactional role? And want to take the next step up?

Our client is part of the Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment family, and is a vibrant organisation which has established a reputation over 30 years for innovation and quality in educational assessment and research. This branch of the family works with schools, colleges, education authorities, government agencies and other organisations to provide high-quality information through scientifically grounded research.

The work will cover the development of new digital educational products, re-architecture of existing products and other exciting developments as CEM integrates as part of the Cambridge family and you will be based at a new vibrant office in Gateshead Quays from May 2020 onwards.

The new office is a fantastic and vibrant new facility along The Quayside close to the Sage and offers superb staff and employee benefits including a well-being room and on-site cafe with numerous options.

As a Lead Software Developer you will be joining a team of Developers within the CEM Operations department and will be helping to deliver the technical development for CEM’s digital educational products. The role will involve working in one of several agile teams to develop software for digital educational products by utilising a mix of technologies including C# .NET, TypeScript, SQL Server and NoSQL databases. You will also share your wealth of experience and knowledge with Junior Software Developers, and will be expected to offer them guidance, support and mentoring. As well as other developers you will also work with product managers, educational experts, data scientists, designers and more to help achieve the following tasks;

Development and maintenance of software to agreed standards and processes
- Able to act as ‘Solution Owner’ – leading on the development in areas of CEM’s systems
- Develop code to agreed standards using SOLID principles
- Creation of unit tests within a test driven development framework
- Excellent and appropriate documentation in agreed formats
- Code reviews
- Good use of source control, deployment tooling and issue tracking software
- Mentoring and coaching of more junior members of staff

Working as part of an Agile Team own and deliver tasks and work items
- Proactive ownership of own work
- Issue resolution and appropriate escalation
- Attendance at daily stand-up meetings and reviews
- Deliver work to agreed timescales and quality
- Updating of assigned tasks in Jira

Input into team planning and reviews
- Refine requirements
- Estimate work
- Identification of technical and process improvements
- Assist in work prioritisation
- work with wider stakeholders

THE CANDIDATE: The successful candidate for the Lead Software Developer post will need to hold a good technical degree or an equivalent qualification and experience, and although candidates do not need to be experts in all areas, you will need to have substantial hands on Software Development and Coding experience using either C# or Typescript, SQL, Python, or Javascript. You will need to be able to demonstrate a good understanding of software development design principals and patterns, and have strong analytical and problem solving skills, as well as being an excellent communicator in general.

The new Lead Software Developer will also need experience in object orientated development, as well as knowledge or an understanding of agile development methodologies within an environment using Continuous Integration, and will need to have experience using developing systems that contain multiple components. Candidates will also need to be a collaborative and team orientated individuals who are happy to share their knowledge and experience with Junior Developers and offer them mentoring or guidance where required, and although not essential, it would be highly desirable if candidates also have experience administering and maintaining services on Linux-based servers. Candidates will also need to be able to commute to The Quays in Gateshead, Newcastle which is easily accessible via public transport and within walking distance to the Metro and Newcastle Central train station.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leader and be rewarded with valuable learning opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits.

Does this sound like you? If Yes then click the apply button now!

You will then be sent to an online questionnaire to support your CV and application, please fill in the details and we will be in touch to advise you of the next steps

TSLS

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Full Stack Developer with commercial experience with several C# and Node.JS projects, developing software with a cloud-based environment. Experienced of unit and integration testing coupled with an understanding of JavaScript, JSON, XML, RESTful services and MVC / WEB API will strongly benefit your application. Familiarity with SQL, ORM (Entity Framework, Dapper, Sequelize) will be advantageous.

Key responsibilities include:
• Working within a development team to deliver software development on time and to the agreed sprints.
• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of application
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solution to mitigate and address these issues.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
• Designing and developing APIs
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.

Essential:
• Degree level qualification in Computer Science or equivalent
• A proven background of successful delivery of software development projects and delivering software products to market
• Strong communication skills – both with clients and internal stakeholders
• Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail and delivered projects on time and on budget
• Able to work in a team orientated environment as well as autonomously in seeking opportunities and driving them forward
• Pro-active can-do attitude
• The ability to meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment
• A solid knowledge and experience in the following: o .NET development in Visual Studio with Object Oriented Design o C# o ASP.NET MVC o HTML/XHTML o Angular.JS o Node JS o Web API o SQL Server o Azure o Ability to produce working web and mobile solutions from design concepts and technical specifications

Desirable:
• A solid knowledge and experience in the following: o Secure coding standards o Enterprise software o Relational or any non-relational DB experience a plus

 .NET core
o Agile scrum
• Experience in working within an Agile development team
• Experience in high street retail, foodservice, leisure or hospitality industries
Additional detail:
• The role will report into the Software Development Lead

Contact Neil Goodall (phone number removed)

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Full Stack Developer with commercial experience with several C# and Node.JS projects, developing software with a cloud-based environment. Experienced of unit and integration testing coupled with an understanding of JavaScript, JSON, XML, RESTful services and MVC / WEB API will strongly benefit your application. Familiarity with SQL, ORM (Entity Framework, Dapper, Sequelize) will be advantageous.

Key responsibilities include:
• Working within a development team to deliver software development on time and to the agreed sprints.
• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of application
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solution to mitigate and address these issues.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
• Designing and developing APIs
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.

Essential:
• Degree level qualification in Computer Science or equivalent
• A proven background of successful delivery of software development projects and delivering software products to market
• Strong communication skills – both with clients and internal stakeholders
• Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail and delivered projects on time and on budget
• Able to work in a team orientated environment as well as autonomously in seeking opportunities and driving them forward
• Pro-active can-do attitude
• The ability to meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment
• A solid knowledge and experience in the following: o .NET development in Visual Studio with Object Oriented Design o C# o ASP.NET MVC o HTML/XHTML o Angular.JS o Node JS o Web API o SQL Server o Azure o Ability to produce working web and mobile solutions from design concepts and technical specifications

Desirable:
• A solid knowledge and experience in the following: o Secure coding standards o Enterprise software o Relational or any non-relational DB experience a plus

 .NET core
o Agile scrum
• Experience in working within an Agile development team
• Experience in high street retail, foodservice, leisure or hospitality industries
Additional detail:
• The role will report into the Software Development Lead

Contact Neil Goodall (phone number removed)

Senior Software Engineer

 

Job Title:

Senior Software Engineer

Location:

Stokesley, North Yorkshire

Benefits:

• Excellent Salary and benefits (Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Salary Sacrifice Schemes (cycle to work scheme and KiddiVoucher scheme)
• 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, increasing to 33 days
• 10 x Rest day Fridays
• Lunchtime finish Fridays
• Annual performance review
• Excellent training opportunities
• Friendly and supportive working environment

The Company

One of the UK’s leading independent systems and software integration company delivering cutting edge automation safety control systems to some of the world's most complex operations including marine, data centres, power stations and chemical plants.  Recently awarded Tier 1 supply chain status to a multinational defence, security, and aerospace giant puts this company in a unique and privileged position within the UK marketplace.  We are an ambitious systems integrator, with a proven track record, that thrives on delivering high quality, on time, in budget solutions into a number of extremely demanding markets.

About the Role:

We are looking for ambitious individuals with an extensive background of PLCs and good knowledge of SCADA and HMI applications.  Full development life-cycle incorporating software design, implementation, testing and undertaking onsite commissioning is essential.  The ideal candidate will be exceptionally organised, determined and will thrive in an expanding development environment. They will have a willingness to work within a dynamic team to get the job done to a high standard.

   

Main Duties:

• Follow company processes to deliver complex control systems to programme schedules within budget
• Involvement in designing, modifying and testing of PLC/SCADA and HMI applications
• Full hardware/software development across multiple industry sectors
• Support creation of technical documents, project meetings and customer witness testing
• To be aware of and comply with Company Standards of Conduct and all relevant statutory requirements
• To carry out any other reasonable management request

 

 

Essential Job Specific Skills & Qualification:

• Experienced with using PLC systems
• Experienced with using SCADA/HMI applications
• Experienced with using Serial Interfaces (Modbus, RS422 and RS232)
• Capable of fault diagnosis within IT and PLC/SCADA System architectures
• Excellent time management and ability to work under pressure
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• Able to use own initiative and work without supervision
• Ability to travel with full driving license

 

 

 

 

Desirable:

• Experience with developing .NET applications
• Knowledge of IEC61508/61511 Safety Guidelines
• Good Presentation and communication skills
• Advanced level of using MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Visio and Access)

 

If you want to make a difference and be part of the team delivering high profile, complex control systems, then e-mail a covering letter, CV and current works package.

Senior Software Engineer

 

Job Title:

Senior Software Engineer

Location:

Stokesley, North Yorkshire

Benefits:

• Excellent Salary and benefits (Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Salary Sacrifice Schemes (cycle to work scheme and KiddiVoucher scheme)
• 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, increasing to 33 days
• 10 x Rest day Fridays
• Lunchtime finish Fridays
• Annual performance review
• Excellent training opportunities
• Friendly and supportive working environment

The Company

One of the UK’s leading independent systems and software integration company delivering cutting edge automation safety control systems to some of the world's most complex operations including marine, data centres, power stations and chemical plants.  Recently awarded Tier 1 supply chain status to a multinational defence, security, and aerospace giant puts this company in a unique and privileged position within the UK marketplace.  We are an ambitious systems integrator, with a proven track record, that thrives on delivering high quality, on time, in budget solutions into a number of extremely demanding markets.

About the Role:

We are looking for ambitious individuals with an extensive background of PLCs and good knowledge of SCADA and HMI applications.  Full development life-cycle incorporating software design, implementation, testing and undertaking onsite commissioning is essential.  The ideal candidate will be exceptionally organised, determined and will thrive in an expanding development environment. They will have a willingness to work within a dynamic team to get the job done to a high standard.

   

Main Duties:

• Follow company processes to deliver complex control systems to programme schedules within budget
• Involvement in designing, modifying and testing of PLC/SCADA and HMI applications
• Full hardware/software development across multiple industry sectors
• Support creation of technical documents, project meetings and customer witness testing
• To be aware of and comply with Company Standards of Conduct and all relevant statutory requirements
• To carry out any other reasonable management request

 

 

Essential Job Specific Skills & Qualification:

• Experienced with using PLC systems
• Experienced with using SCADA/HMI applications
• Experienced with using Serial Interfaces (Modbus, RS422 and RS232)
• Capable of fault diagnosis within IT and PLC/SCADA System architectures
• Excellent time management and ability to work under pressure
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• Able to use own initiative and work without supervision
• Ability to travel with full driving license

 

 

 

 

Desirable:

• Experience with developing .NET applications
• Knowledge of IEC61508/61511 Safety Guidelines
• Good Presentation and communication skills
• Advanced level of using MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Visio and Access)

 

If you want to make a difference and be part of the team delivering high profile, complex control systems, then e-mail a covering letter, CV and current works package.

C# .NET Web Developer required by a growing and exciting software solutions company in Horsham. The company is looking to hire an additional talented C# .NET Web Developer for their expanding and dynamic team who will be responsible for developing a web-based version of their unique product used by the waste management and aggregates industry.

With solid experience working with C#, ASP.Net and SQL Server, the successful Developer will be joining an established team and will report to the Head of Development.

Key Experience

• C#
• Net Full Stack
• Webforms and MVC

Experience in any of the following areas would be advantageous

• Angular
• JavaScript
• Typescript
• SQL Server
• Visual Studio

If you are looking for an opportunity of this nature please contact (url removed) or call (phone number removed)

C# .NET Web Developer required by a growing and exciting software solutions company in Horsham. The company is looking to hire an additional talented C# .NET Web Developer for their expanding and dynamic team who will be responsible for developing a web-based version of their unique product used by the waste management and aggregates industry.

With solid experience working with C#, ASP.Net and SQL Server, the successful Developer will be joining an established team and will report to the Head of Development.

Key Experience

• C#
• Net Full Stack
• Webforms and MVC

Experience in any of the following areas would be advantageous

• Angular
• JavaScript
• Typescript
• SQL Server
• Visual Studio

If you are looking for an opportunity of this nature please contact (url removed) or call (phone number removed)