Summary

We are looking for 3 Senior Technical Architects to work with the Architecture team engaged with a number of transformational programmes across HMRC at various locations in the UK. These programmes are fundamental to HMRC becoming one of the most digital organisations in the UK and the plan is to be much bolder, by 2025 we will be one of the most digitally-advanced tax authorities in the world.

The Senior Technical Architect bridges the gap between business problems and technology solutions. They are responsible for authoring Solution Design Documents in association with CDIO strategic IT blueprints. Solution Architects are responsible for working with business areas to align business and IT strategies to maximise the impact of IT Solutions. They create the high-level end to end IT designs for change projects and programmes. They will liaise with other architects ensuring that the high-level design is implemented.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role developing and enhancing HMRC’s services. As a senior architect you will be working across one of the biggest IT estates in Europe responsible for designing, and continuously improving HMRC’s key architectural domains, transforming HMRC’s IT capability. You will also lead on providing support to the development of HMRC’s business strategies and help shape business thinking around exploitation of IT.

You will work with and influence other HMRC’s business areas to ensure they have a full understanding of the IT landscape enabling them to develop change plans within the appropriate constraints. This is a great opportunity for an IT Architect who wants to develop their career. You will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and stretching environment providing technology leadership to a massive technology transformation.

Job description - As a key member of the Architecture team you will be responsible for some or all of the following:

• Overseeing the creation and quality of cost estimated solution designs; ensuring projects and programmes are fully aligned to the ongoing governance of end to end IT Solutions
• Steering and championing IT Designs highlighting benefits, opportunities and future capabilities
• Engage and influence Business Stakeholders, IT Suppliers and other parts of CDIO to support IT transformation
• Provide strong analytical and strategic insight for our customers; creating an optimal design through an iterative process, aligning the user need with the system requirements and organisational objectives
• Ensuring IT designs are fit for purpose, fully meet business requirements, deliver value for money and are compliant with our IT Architecture Blueprints
• Create, refine and challenge patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements
• Effectively manage risks, issues and dependencies, including escalation of issues where appropriate
• Remain up to date with best practice, new developments and trends digital, IT and architecture industry / communities and reflect this into the CDIO ecosystem
• Work with business stakeholders to identify potential technology driven business benefits
• Support complex business transformation programmes
• Develop solutions in the context of a potential investment business case
• Ensure traceability mapping from requirements through to logical and solution elements

Responsibilities - Essential Criteria:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with highly developed collaborative skills and direct experience of successfully influencing business colleagues and suppliers as well as resolving technical disputes
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, identifying trends and business practices, so that the solutions are understood and accepted by business and IT stakeholders
• Able to identify architecture sensitivities and cost drivers; working with stakeholders to manage their impacts
• Ability to look beyond the immediate technical problem and identify the wider implications; understanding how their work fits into the wider IT/Business strategies and IT change programmes
• A team player with an aptitude and ability for coaching and mentoring aspiring colleagues into motivated and delivery focussed architects
• Understands technical governance and is able to participate in or deliver the assurance of IT solutions
• Capable of making and guiding effective decisions, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached. The ability to understand and resolve technical disputes across varying levels of complexity and risk.) Able to make and communicate decisions characterised by managed levels of risk and complexity
• Ability to look beyond the immediate technical problem and identify the wider implications
• Awareness of relevant historical context & future impact, understanding how current architecture fits in broader contexts and strategies.
• Able to understand trends and practices outside their team and how these will impact their work
• Desirable Criteria
• Experience in architecting enterprise IT applications, including making use of Cloud, IaaS, SaaS and PaaS
• SAP platform/architecture knowledge/awareness of either/or HR, Finance, Payroll, Payments in/out. Application integration awareness of system interfaces for example; APIs, SOAP, Restful services and technology experience of project delivery methodologies – Agile, RUP etc
• Experience of cost estimating that underpin solutions design activities
• Knowledge of market trends and practices, and how these could impact work streams
• Either have or work to achieve, professional certifications such as TOGAF or CITP

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.

Summary

We are looking for 3 Senior Technical Architects to work with the Architecture team engaged with a number of transformational programmes across HMRC at various locations in the UK. These programmes are fundamental to HMRC becoming one of the most digital organisations in the UK and the plan is to be much bolder, by 2025 we will be one of the most digitally-advanced tax authorities in the world.

The Senior Technical Architect bridges the gap between business problems and technology solutions. They are responsible for authoring Solution Design Documents in association with CDIO strategic IT blueprints. Solution Architects are responsible for working with business areas to align business and IT strategies to maximise the impact of IT Solutions. They create the high-level end to end IT designs for change projects and programmes. They will liaise with other architects ensuring that the high-level design is implemented.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role developing and enhancing HMRC’s services. As a senior architect you will be working across one of the biggest IT estates in Europe responsible for designing, and continuously improving HMRC’s key architectural domains, transforming HMRC’s IT capability. You will also lead on providing support to the development of HMRC’s business strategies and help shape business thinking around exploitation of IT.

You will work with and influence other HMRC’s business areas to ensure they have a full understanding of the IT landscape enabling them to develop change plans within the appropriate constraints. This is a great opportunity for an IT Architect who wants to develop their career. You will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and stretching environment providing technology leadership to a massive technology transformation.

Job description - As a key member of the Architecture team you will be responsible for some or all of the following:

• Overseeing the creation and quality of cost estimated solution designs; ensuring projects and programmes are fully aligned to the ongoing governance of end to end IT Solutions
• Steering and championing IT Designs highlighting benefits, opportunities and future capabilities
• Engage and influence Business Stakeholders, IT Suppliers and other parts of CDIO to support IT transformation
• Provide strong analytical and strategic insight for our customers; creating an optimal design through an iterative process, aligning the user need with the system requirements and organisational objectives
• Ensuring IT designs are fit for purpose, fully meet business requirements, deliver value for money and are compliant with our IT Architecture Blueprints
• Create, refine and challenge patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements
• Effectively manage risks, issues and dependencies, including escalation of issues where appropriate
• Remain up to date with best practice, new developments and trends digital, IT and architecture industry / communities and reflect this into the CDIO ecosystem
• Work with business stakeholders to identify potential technology driven business benefits
• Support complex business transformation programmes
• Develop solutions in the context of a potential investment business case
• Ensure traceability mapping from requirements through to logical and solution elements

Responsibilities - Essential Criteria:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with highly developed collaborative skills and direct experience of successfully influencing business colleagues and suppliers as well as resolving technical disputes
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, identifying trends and business practices, so that the solutions are understood and accepted by business and IT stakeholders
• Able to identify architecture sensitivities and cost drivers; working with stakeholders to manage their impacts
• Ability to look beyond the immediate technical problem and identify the wider implications; understanding how their work fits into the wider IT/Business strategies and IT change programmes
• A team player with an aptitude and ability for coaching and mentoring aspiring colleagues into motivated and delivery focussed architects
• Understands technical governance and is able to participate in or deliver the assurance of IT solutions
• Capable of making and guiding effective decisions, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached. The ability to understand and resolve technical disputes across varying levels of complexity and risk.) Able to make and communicate decisions characterised by managed levels of risk and complexity
• Ability to look beyond the immediate technical problem and identify the wider implications
• Awareness of relevant historical context & future impact, understanding how current architecture fits in broader contexts and strategies.
• Able to understand trends and practices outside their team and how these will impact their work
• Desirable Criteria
• Experience in architecting enterprise IT applications, including making use of Cloud, IaaS, SaaS and PaaS
• SAP platform/architecture knowledge/awareness of either/or HR, Finance, Payroll, Payments in/out. Application integration awareness of system interfaces for example; APIs, SOAP, Restful services and technology experience of project delivery methodologies – Agile, RUP etc
• Experience of cost estimating that underpin solutions design activities
• Knowledge of market trends and practices, and how these could impact work streams
• Either have or work to achieve, professional certifications such as TOGAF or CITP

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.

Job Brief
Do you have a passion for all things tech? Do you enjoy programming and learning new ways of doing things from coding to scripting to API’s for integration. Want to create software and interested in being involved in the development of new business systems? Do you want to feel like just another cog in a wheel or do you want to have a real impact where you work? If you want to make a difference and work in a team where your opinion really counts for something, our client could be the perfect fit
 
Our client services a global client base from their offices in the heart of Salisbury. This role will give the right candidate an opportunity to work on a wide range of client projects using multiple modern Zoho platforms. The client really cares about their customers and takes time to understand their requirements and develop them into something workable.
 
Responsibilities

To take part in the requirements elicitation process, including tasks and deliverables for defining business opportunities or problems, planning and executing requirements gathering workshops to determine the best solution for the customer.
Working to analyse, define and specify CRM Requirements.
Reviewing current cloud-based systems and recommending improvements to the system.
Designing and developing requirements into a workable solution.
Conducting tests to ensure the system is easy to use quickly and effectively.
Updating, repairing and modifying existing software.
Supporting business applications that have been created by the client.  
 
Skills/Qualifications

Experience working with SQL
Understanding and experience working within a project scenario
Demonstrable business analysis skills, Process modelling and solutions design
The ability to communicate effectively, to understand client needs.
Programming Skills – Knowledge/understanding of programming languages including but not exclusive to HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP & Python, a basic knowledge of agile development.
Business Skills – A solution centric attitude, an understanding of both business modelling and the needs of the target marketing, or a willingness to learn.  
Benefits
 
The successful candidate will start working at the clients head office in Salisbury - but once you're familiar and proven, you can work from anywhere.
Good Salary
25 Days Holiday
Flexible working
 

Job Brief
Do you have a passion for all things tech? Do you enjoy programming and learning new ways of doing things from coding to scripting to API’s for integration. Want to create software and interested in being involved in the development of new business systems? Do you want to feel like just another cog in a wheel or do you want to have a real impact where you work? If you want to make a difference and work in a team where your opinion really counts for something, our client could be the perfect fit
 
Our client services a global client base from their offices in the heart of Salisbury. This role will give the right candidate an opportunity to work on a wide range of client projects using multiple modern Zoho platforms. The client really cares about their customers and takes time to understand their requirements and develop them into something workable.
 
Responsibilities

To take part in the requirements elicitation process, including tasks and deliverables for defining business opportunities or problems, planning and executing requirements gathering workshops to determine the best solution for the customer.
Working to analyse, define and specify CRM Requirements.
Reviewing current cloud-based systems and recommending improvements to the system.
Designing and developing requirements into a workable solution.
Conducting tests to ensure the system is easy to use quickly and effectively.
Updating, repairing and modifying existing software.
Supporting business applications that have been created by the client.  
 
Skills/Qualifications

Experience working with SQL
Understanding and experience working within a project scenario
Demonstrable business analysis skills, Process modelling and solutions design
The ability to communicate effectively, to understand client needs.
Programming Skills – Knowledge/understanding of programming languages including but not exclusive to HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP & Python, a basic knowledge of agile development.
Business Skills – A solution centric attitude, an understanding of both business modelling and the needs of the target marketing, or a willingness to learn.  
Benefits
 
The successful candidate will start working at the clients head office in Salisbury - but once you're familiar and proven, you can work from anywhere.
Good Salary
25 Days Holiday
Flexible working
 

Product Support Analyst - SQL / Shell Scripting

Have you ever called for technical support and really wished you just hadn`t bothered.

Speaking with people who clearly don`t care and have no idea about customer service is all too common these days.

Thankfully the team you`ll be joining in this role definitely don`t fall into this category. As well as first class technical skills, they all pride themselves in their incredibly professional and enthusiastic approach to customer service and problem ownership. They`ve all been given the training required to ensure they all know the products inside out, and so will you…

If you have the following skills then please call me now to discuss in more detail:

- SQL Server querying using SQL (2012 to 2019)
- Any Shell or Batch scripting experience is very useful
- Demonstrable experience of fault ownership through to resolution
- Ability to communicate with customers and internal teams efficiently & effectively
- Flexible approach to working to cover shifts (call for details)
- Enthusiastic approach to ongoing customer service improvement

As well as ongoing skills development, free parking, shift allowance etc. you`ll also benefit from a good salary and benefits package (in the region of £27k to £37k) + benefits

My name is Ross, and I`ll be the recruiter helping you through this process. Feel free to call me now on (phone number removed).

Product Support Analyst - SQL / Shell Scripting

Have you ever called for technical support and really wished you just hadn`t bothered.

Speaking with people who clearly don`t care and have no idea about customer service is all too common these days.

Thankfully the team you`ll be joining in this role definitely don`t fall into this category. As well as first class technical skills, they all pride themselves in their incredibly professional and enthusiastic approach to customer service and problem ownership. They`ve all been given the training required to ensure they all know the products inside out, and so will you…

If you have the following skills then please call me now to discuss in more detail:

- SQL Server querying using SQL (2012 to 2019)
- Any Shell or Batch scripting experience is very useful
- Demonstrable experience of fault ownership through to resolution
- Ability to communicate with customers and internal teams efficiently & effectively
- Flexible approach to working to cover shifts (call for details)
- Enthusiastic approach to ongoing customer service improvement

As well as ongoing skills development, free parking, shift allowance etc. you`ll also benefit from a good salary and benefits package (in the region of £27k to £37k) + benefits

My name is Ross, and I`ll be the recruiter helping you through this process. Feel free to call me now on (phone number removed).

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage and implement change requests for existing core web-based applications.
• Develop and maintain new and existing internal and customer facing web applications for the control and management of production demands and to provide interactive services to customers.
• Ensure maximum up time of critical company managed applications

Technical Experience/Skills:

• Experience in C#, Web API, ASP.NET (Web Pages & MVC)
• NET Core 2.x
• Entity Framework Core 2.x
• Experience in JQuery, HTML, CSS, AJAX, bootstrap
• SQL Server
• Excellent understanding of OOP and best software design practices and principles
• Working knowledge of Git
• Xamarin experience desirable
• Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) / Devops exposure or experience desirable.

Personal Attributes:

• Be highly motivated
• Be enthusiastic and eager to learn
• Should have an enduring personal interest in technology and computing

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage and implement change requests for existing core web-based applications.
• Develop and maintain new and existing internal and customer facing web applications for the control and management of production demands and to provide interactive services to customers.
• Ensure maximum up time of critical company managed applications

Technical Experience/Skills:

• Experience in C#, Web API, ASP.NET (Web Pages & MVC)
• NET Core 2.x
• Entity Framework Core 2.x
• Experience in JQuery, HTML, CSS, AJAX, bootstrap
• SQL Server
• Excellent understanding of OOP and best software design practices and principles
• Working knowledge of Git
• Xamarin experience desirable
• Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) / Devops exposure or experience desirable.

Personal Attributes:

• Be highly motivated
• Be enthusiastic and eager to learn
• Should have an enduring personal interest in technology and computing

We have a new opportunity for a leading tech company based in Limerick city.

As a result of continued growth, we are now recruiting for a JEE Developer for our client.

This successful Irish company with multiple international offices across the globe, are working with major international companies providing them with key software to manage their business.

You will have the opportunity to join a large team of developers and create new client products.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Work within an Agile environment
• Develop system designs
• Design using Java / JEE
• Participate in full lifecycle of the design
• Product testing through creation of plans and review tools
• Create documentation and report on progress of development
• Mentor junior colleagues as required

Some of your background should include:

• Relevant education
• 4+ years’ experience
• Strong Java / JEE knowledge
• Experience with OO design patterns, Hibernate, RDBMS, PL / SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Spring
• Linux / Unix, Jenkins, AWS

Our client is seeking a strong Java Developer with a high attention to detail and a strong team player mentality. 

In return they will offer you:

• A very competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Health insurance
• Additional holidays
• Great team environment with the latest technology
• Many more benefits!

If you think that this is the right role for you then get in contact. Our client will consider applicants with various levels of experience as they continue to grow and add to their team. For a more comprehensive job spec for this JEE Developer role, phone Eddie on (phone number removed) or eddie@carrickrecruitment.ie

Sponsorship is not immediately available unfortunately due to the urgency of this role. However, if you possess a 1G permit and require sponsorship in the future then this can be arranged.

We have a new opportunity for a leading tech company based in Limerick city.

As a result of continued growth, we are now recruiting for a JEE Developer for our client.

This successful Irish company with multiple international offices across the globe, are working with major international companies providing them with key software to manage their business.

You will have the opportunity to join a large team of developers and create new client products.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Work within an Agile environment
• Develop system designs
• Design using Java / JEE
• Participate in full lifecycle of the design
• Product testing through creation of plans and review tools
• Create documentation and report on progress of development
• Mentor junior colleagues as required

Some of your background should include:

• Relevant education
• 4+ years’ experience
• Strong Java / JEE knowledge
• Experience with OO design patterns, Hibernate, RDBMS, PL / SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Spring
• Linux / Unix, Jenkins, AWS

Our client is seeking a strong Java Developer with a high attention to detail and a strong team player mentality. 

In return they will offer you:

• A very competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Health insurance
• Additional holidays
• Great team environment with the latest technology
• Many more benefits!

If you think that this is the right role for you then get in contact. Our client will consider applicants with various levels of experience as they continue to grow and add to their team. For a more comprehensive job spec for this JEE Developer role, phone Eddie on (phone number removed) or eddie@carrickrecruitment.ie

Sponsorship is not immediately available unfortunately due to the urgency of this role. However, if you possess a 1G permit and require sponsorship in the future then this can be arranged.