Business Analyst, Payments, Banking, London, £65k

I’m working with a global Japanese bank who my director has been working with for the last 20+ years. A great time to join them going through organic growth we have placed 300 people in the last few years.

They are looking for a Business Analyst with payment experience to initially help in the migration of Swift over to ISO20022 standard working over the front, middle and back-office functions.

A great opportunity to learn other workstreams. This role reports directly into the head of development a chap called David who is one of the most dynamic leaders we have worked with. Joining a newly formed development team where the team is encouraged to develop and not be pigeonholed.

Responsibilities of Business Analyst, Payments

• Gather business requirements for new and existing software applications.
• Support the Delivery Team through the full Software Development Lifecycle
• Adherence to Business Analysis standards and targets.
• Manage small Project deliverables - Planning, coordinating monitoring and reporting
• Work to tight timescales, be commercially aware and can work well within a team structure
• Providing documentation and updates to the Business.

Key Skills of Business Analyst, Payments

• Good understanding of the SDLC. (Essential)
• Experience working through the fall project life cycle. (Essential)
• Ability to understand business user requirements. (Essential)
• Excellent stakeholder arrangement. (Essential)
• Good analytical skills, able to contribute to major business change. (Essential)
• Self-assured, dynamic, open to ideas, able to influence others (Essential)
• Knowledge of Payments - SEPA, SWIFT, BACS. (Essential)
• OPF Platform Experience. (Desirable)
• Regulatory Reporting - Mifid, EMIR. (Desirable)
• Market Data - Bloomberg, Refinitiv. (Desirable)
• Loans, Money Market, Trade Finance. (Desirable)
• Derivative and FX Products. (Desirable)

Apply Today Fantastic position in a global bank with the opportunity to learn and develop contact me today.

Business Analyst, Payments, Banking, London, £65k

I’m working with a global Japanese bank who my director has been working with for the last 20+ years. A great time to join them going through organic growth we have placed 300 people in the last few years.

They are looking for a Business Analyst with payment experience to initially help in the migration of Swift over to ISO20022 standard working over the front, middle and back-office functions.

A great opportunity to learn other workstreams. This role reports directly into the head of development a chap called David who is one of the most dynamic leaders we have worked with. Joining a newly formed development team where the team is encouraged to develop and not be pigeonholed.

Responsibilities of Business Analyst, Payments

• Gather business requirements for new and existing software applications.
• Support the Delivery Team through the full Software Development Lifecycle
• Adherence to Business Analysis standards and targets.
• Manage small Project deliverables - Planning, coordinating monitoring and reporting
• Work to tight timescales, be commercially aware and can work well within a team structure
• Providing documentation and updates to the Business.

Key Skills of Business Analyst, Payments

• Good understanding of the SDLC. (Essential)
• Experience working through the fall project life cycle. (Essential)
• Ability to understand business user requirements. (Essential)
• Excellent stakeholder arrangement. (Essential)
• Good analytical skills, able to contribute to major business change. (Essential)
• Self-assured, dynamic, open to ideas, able to influence others (Essential)
• Knowledge of Payments - SEPA, SWIFT, BACS. (Essential)
• OPF Platform Experience. (Desirable)
• Regulatory Reporting - Mifid, EMIR. (Desirable)
• Market Data - Bloomberg, Refinitiv. (Desirable)
• Loans, Money Market, Trade Finance. (Desirable)
• Derivative and FX Products. (Desirable)

Apply Today Fantastic position in a global bank with the opportunity to learn and develop contact me today.

Network Solutions Architect - CCNP, CCIE, Design, Delivery, Network, Architect

Location: Blackburn (Commutable from Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington, Rochdale, Lancaster etc.)

Salary: £65,000 to £70,000 + Flexi Working + Generous Benefits Package

An Network Solutions Architect is highly sought by this global software organisation that are in the process of a massive expansion plan. We are currently hiring a highly technical Network Solutions Architect to help develop technical expertise and capacity, while also collaborating with the customers and partners on key engagements. The ideal candidate will deliver proof-of-concept projects, topical workshops, and lead implementation projects.

These professional services engagements will focus on key customer solutions such as, web applications, enterprise applications, HPC, batch processing and big data, archiving and disaster recovery, education and government.

The successful Network Architect will have:

• CCNP / CCIE level
• Previous experience of design, development and implementation of Network requirements
• Experience with designing and delivering IT solutions
• Overall understanding of network and wider Infrastructure architectures
• Adhering to methodologies and compliance standards and expectations

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Network Solutions Architect looking to make their mark on some exciting and highly-regarded projects. The company are passionate about being at the forefront of technology and so you will be invited to make suggestions on the implementation of tech and new ways of working.

There are ample opportunities for personal development and career progression within the business. Moreover, you will regularly receive training and opportunities to further your skill-set.

If you are an Network Solutions Architect who is looking to join an exciting global software business, apply now or send your CV to or alternatively give me a call on

Network Solutions Architect - Blackburn

CCNP, CCIE, Design, Delivery, Network, Architect

Network Solutions Architect - CCNP, CCIE, Design, Delivery, Network, Architect

Location: Blackburn (Commutable from Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington, Rochdale, Lancaster etc.)

Salary: £65,000 to £70,000 + Flexi Working + Generous Benefits Package

An Network Solutions Architect is highly sought by this global software organisation that are in the process of a massive expansion plan. We are currently hiring a highly technical Network Solutions Architect to help develop technical expertise and capacity, while also collaborating with the customers and partners on key engagements. The ideal candidate will deliver proof-of-concept projects, topical workshops, and lead implementation projects.

These professional services engagements will focus on key customer solutions such as, web applications, enterprise applications, HPC, batch processing and big data, archiving and disaster recovery, education and government.

The successful Network Architect will have:

• CCNP / CCIE level
• Previous experience of design, development and implementation of Network requirements
• Experience with designing and delivering IT solutions
• Overall understanding of network and wider Infrastructure architectures
• Adhering to methodologies and compliance standards and expectations

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Network Solutions Architect looking to make their mark on some exciting and highly-regarded projects. The company are passionate about being at the forefront of technology and so you will be invited to make suggestions on the implementation of tech and new ways of working.

There are ample opportunities for personal development and career progression within the business. Moreover, you will regularly receive training and opportunities to further your skill-set.

If you are an Network Solutions Architect who is looking to join an exciting global software business, apply now or send your CV to or alternatively give me a call on

Network Solutions Architect - Blackburn

CCNP, CCIE, Design, Delivery, Network, Architect

Becoming a Service Architect with Capita Technology Solutions:

Due to demand and significant growth, Capita Technology Solutions now require a Service Architect to join our Professional Services Team. Ideally, we are looking for current Service Architects with previous experience of designing IT Service Management services to enable transition of IT Service Management services to live operational support for both internal and external clients.

You will provide consultancy support for new Sales opportunities and are a key member of the Solutions & Pre-Sales team, to help define the service management services proposed to meet a client's requirements and their associated costs. Service Architects work closely with bid managers and Solutions Architects in the preparation of bid responses, including cost models and business cases.

We are looking for subject matter experts in IT Service Management to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of IT Service Management on an ad hoc basis to teams across IT Services, Capita Group Businesses, Capita Group clients and potential Capita clients.

These positions will be located out of the nearest Capita ITS UK office, with some travel to customer and other sites in the UK required from time to time. We also operate a flexible working environment.

What you will do:

• Champion service management and associated processes and procedures within Capita IT Services, operating within the ITIL frameworks and aligned with ISO2000, for which you are a subject matter expert
• Supporting the negotiation and renegotiation of customer contracts relating to IT Service Management, including service models and associated ITIL functions, SLAs/KPIs and Service Recognition and Penalty schemes
• Produce and Manage Service Descriptions on behalf of teams across IT Services & participate in cost modelling and new business governance
• Take a lead role in the design of IT Service Management services, demonstrating a high level of understanding with respect to commercial drivers for both the customer and Capita, customer drivers, customer requirements, contractual agreements, service architecture and service operation, for Pre-Sales Opportunities/Bids
• Document IT Service Management solutions in a Service Design by translating customer requirements and/or contractual obligations into a Service Design that describes the scope of services, delivery model(s), people, processes, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and supporting Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) to provide the basis for transition into Business-As-Usual (BAU)
• Produce Service Models to support Operational teams in the delivery of IT services

About you:

• Extensive experience in designing, developing and implementing sustainable and scalable service management processes and procedures
• Experience in selecting and applying service management principles, policies and techniques in client operational environments
• Customer focussed with ability to identify and understand the (internal and/or external) customer's needs
• Displays a high degree of knowledge relating to service management and ITSM toolsets
• Experience of working at a senior Operations management level
• Extensive IT Outsource knowledge and experience including experience in developing and using ITO cost models
• Able to perform peer reviews, audits, standards compliance checks and due diligence as required
• Demonstrable consultancy skills
• Experience as a service architect/consultant with excellent design experience

Desired Experience/Skills:

• ITIL Manager or ITIL V3 Expert and ISO/IEC 20000 consultant qualifications are desirable
• Experience in operating as a Service Delivery Manager or Operations Manager

About Capita Technology Solutions

Capita Technology Solutions provide end-to-end enterprise IT services and solutions focused around digital transformation and innovation; core platforms, cloud, hosted and on-premise and services; LAN and WAN connectivity solutions; and professional services - advising and running IT solutions for our customers, testing, data consulting and cybersecurity.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - click apply now.

Becoming a Service Architect with Capita Technology Solutions:

Due to demand and significant growth, Capita Technology Solutions now require a Service Architect to join our Professional Services Team. Ideally, we are looking for current Service Architects with previous experience of designing IT Service Management services to enable transition of IT Service Management services to live operational support for both internal and external clients.

You will provide consultancy support for new Sales opportunities and are a key member of the Solutions & Pre-Sales team, to help define the service management services proposed to meet a client's requirements and their associated costs. Service Architects work closely with bid managers and Solutions Architects in the preparation of bid responses, including cost models and business cases.

We are looking for subject matter experts in IT Service Management to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of IT Service Management on an ad hoc basis to teams across IT Services, Capita Group Businesses, Capita Group clients and potential Capita clients.

These positions will be located out of the nearest Capita ITS UK office, with some travel to customer and other sites in the UK required from time to time. We also operate a flexible working environment.

What you will do:

• Champion service management and associated processes and procedures within Capita IT Services, operating within the ITIL frameworks and aligned with ISO2000, for which you are a subject matter expert
• Supporting the negotiation and renegotiation of customer contracts relating to IT Service Management, including service models and associated ITIL functions, SLAs/KPIs and Service Recognition and Penalty schemes
• Produce and Manage Service Descriptions on behalf of teams across IT Services & participate in cost modelling and new business governance
• Take a lead role in the design of IT Service Management services, demonstrating a high level of understanding with respect to commercial drivers for both the customer and Capita, customer drivers, customer requirements, contractual agreements, service architecture and service operation, for Pre-Sales Opportunities/Bids
• Document IT Service Management solutions in a Service Design by translating customer requirements and/or contractual obligations into a Service Design that describes the scope of services, delivery model(s), people, processes, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and supporting Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) to provide the basis for transition into Business-As-Usual (BAU)
• Produce Service Models to support Operational teams in the delivery of IT services

About you:

• Extensive experience in designing, developing and implementing sustainable and scalable service management processes and procedures
• Experience in selecting and applying service management principles, policies and techniques in client operational environments
• Customer focussed with ability to identify and understand the (internal and/or external) customer's needs
• Displays a high degree of knowledge relating to service management and ITSM toolsets
• Experience of working at a senior Operations management level
• Extensive IT Outsource knowledge and experience including experience in developing and using ITO cost models
• Able to perform peer reviews, audits, standards compliance checks and due diligence as required
• Demonstrable consultancy skills
• Experience as a service architect/consultant with excellent design experience

Desired Experience/Skills:

• ITIL Manager or ITIL V3 Expert and ISO/IEC 20000 consultant qualifications are desirable
• Experience in operating as a Service Delivery Manager or Operations Manager

About Capita Technology Solutions

Capita Technology Solutions provide end-to-end enterprise IT services and solutions focused around digital transformation and innovation; core platforms, cloud, hosted and on-premise and services; LAN and WAN connectivity solutions; and professional services - advising and running IT solutions for our customers, testing, data consulting and cybersecurity.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - click apply now.

DevOps Engineer

Reading

To £65K plus extensive benefits package

Due to the nature of this work all candidates must be British Nationals, and already hold or be eligible to hold UK Security Clearance to SC level or higher.

Essential experience required:

Our client is looking for DevOps Engineers at all levels of career experience and would consider graduates with a science related degree (including practical computer programming experience) through to skilled software integration and DevOps professionals.

Applications are invited from individuals who have a solid Linux foundation, an enthusiasm for technology, and demonstrable experience in the following:

• At least one of: RHEL, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu
• At least one of: Python, Java, JavaScript, C or C++
• Familiarity with the following core tools: git, ssh, Unix command line, browsers, Bash

Desirable experience:

• Linux experience as a deployment platform and day to day development environment - e.g., can describe package management, networking configuration, log files, environment variables
• Deep Linux experience - e.g., can describe SELinux, chroot, ssh tunnelling, differences between Linux distributions
• Starting from scratch, and building on top of existing systems
• Web development and awareness of vulnerabilities and how to defend against them
• Experience of test-driven development and Automated testing of web applications
• Networking familiarity - e.g., can describe HTTP protocol, TCP/IP
• Experience of Hadoop or distributed computation
• Experience of automating software deployment
• Experience of network engineering including switches, taps and firewalls and pcap analysis
• Awareness of system and network security principles such as system hardening, log analysis or IDS/IPS

Job role responsibilities:

Specifically, you would be involved in technical tasks such as the following:

• GNU/Linux software customisation, configuration and integration
• Hadoop customisation and API integration and its configuration with Ansible and Ambari
• Implementation of bespoke NiFi processors using Java and integration with commercial security software
• Ansible deployment automation of software, upgrades and Linux configuration
• Robot Framework and Selenium based test automation for post-build and post-deploy health checks
• Bug and technical debt triage, trouble shooting and resolution
• Production environment change back-porting to our Git repository
• Enhancement of our Bamboo based build and continuous integration processes
• System performance analysis and improvement of multiple, high spec large clusters
• Third line support of production environments with our system administrators

In addition, the following form part of the broader role:

• Review, elaboration and accurate estimation of new requirements with our Product Owner
• Estimation and commitment, as a team, to deliver tested work every 2 weeks
• Development of work following strict ways of working, standards and levels of quality
• Regular presentation of progress and completed work to the team and the customer
• Stay up to date by following industry developments and be active in the Open Source community
• A drive to meet your personal objectives which are aligned to the business plan for the financial year
• Investment in your own skills development with support from the team and wider organisation

Our clients projects are based in their office or client site but may require travel to other locations. The successful candidate must be able and willing to spend time working away from home if required.

Role description:

Our client develops, builds, and runs a cutting-edge Big Data platform for their own meaningful and strategic customer. They are heavy on automation, have great software engineering hardware, a mix of physical and virtual platforms and take on steep learning curves. They are delivering to their customer faster than they have experienced before and are motivated to improve the state of the art, for their customer, and for other engineers or consumers working on similar systems.

The team’s focus is a shared ownership and drive to achieve the customer’s goals. Our client aims for everyone to be involved in software integration, testing, deployment and operations. They all have direct contact with the customer on a daily basis, and the team can ask questions directly to ensure they build what is really needed. Everyone takes ownership of a customer 'story’ from beginning to end. If you are interested in technology integration (as opposed to developing from the ground up), rapid prototyping, regular demonstration of completed work, creating sustainable systems, and thinking ahead but not over complicating for today, this will suit you. Being a part of a team which is jointly responsible for designing, integrating, building, testing, maintenance and on-going operations of the production platform.

About the company:

Our client is a global Tier 1 company involved in many leading mission critical projects. They are highly regarded within the industry and are one of the largest independent technology & business services firms in the world.

They consider employees as highly valued members of the business and offer extensive progression opportunities for those wishing to move further in their career on a local, national or global scale.

DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Reading

To £65K plus extensive benefits package

Due to the nature of this work all candidates must be British Nationals, and already hold or be eligible to hold UK Security Clearance to SC level or higher.

Essential experience required:

Our client is looking for DevOps Engineers at all levels of career experience and would consider graduates with a science related degree (including practical computer programming experience) through to skilled software integration and DevOps professionals.

Applications are invited from individuals who have a solid Linux foundation, an enthusiasm for technology, and demonstrable experience in the following:

• At least one of: RHEL, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu
• At least one of: Python, Java, JavaScript, C or C++
• Familiarity with the following core tools: git, ssh, Unix command line, browsers, Bash

Desirable experience:

• Linux experience as a deployment platform and day to day development environment - e.g., can describe package management, networking configuration, log files, environment variables
• Deep Linux experience - e.g., can describe SELinux, chroot, ssh tunnelling, differences between Linux distributions
• Starting from scratch, and building on top of existing systems
• Web development and awareness of vulnerabilities and how to defend against them
• Experience of test-driven development and Automated testing of web applications
• Networking familiarity - e.g., can describe HTTP protocol, TCP/IP
• Experience of Hadoop or distributed computation
• Experience of automating software deployment
• Experience of network engineering including switches, taps and firewalls and pcap analysis
• Awareness of system and network security principles such as system hardening, log analysis or IDS/IPS

Job role responsibilities:

Specifically, you would be involved in technical tasks such as the following:

• GNU/Linux software customisation, configuration and integration
• Hadoop customisation and API integration and its configuration with Ansible and Ambari
• Implementation of bespoke NiFi processors using Java and integration with commercial security software
• Ansible deployment automation of software, upgrades and Linux configuration
• Robot Framework and Selenium based test automation for post-build and post-deploy health checks
• Bug and technical debt triage, trouble shooting and resolution
• Production environment change back-porting to our Git repository
• Enhancement of our Bamboo based build and continuous integration processes
• System performance analysis and improvement of multiple, high spec large clusters
• Third line support of production environments with our system administrators

In addition, the following form part of the broader role:

• Review, elaboration and accurate estimation of new requirements with our Product Owner
• Estimation and commitment, as a team, to deliver tested work every 2 weeks
• Development of work following strict ways of working, standards and levels of quality
• Regular presentation of progress and completed work to the team and the customer
• Stay up to date by following industry developments and be active in the Open Source community
• A drive to meet your personal objectives which are aligned to the business plan for the financial year
• Investment in your own skills development with support from the team and wider organisation

Our clients projects are based in their office or client site but may require travel to other locations. The successful candidate must be able and willing to spend time working away from home if required.

Role description:

Our client develops, builds, and runs a cutting-edge Big Data platform for their own meaningful and strategic customer. They are heavy on automation, have great software engineering hardware, a mix of physical and virtual platforms and take on steep learning curves. They are delivering to their customer faster than they have experienced before and are motivated to improve the state of the art, for their customer, and for other engineers or consumers working on similar systems.

The team’s focus is a shared ownership and drive to achieve the customer’s goals. Our client aims for everyone to be involved in software integration, testing, deployment and operations. They all have direct contact with the customer on a daily basis, and the team can ask questions directly to ensure they build what is really needed. Everyone takes ownership of a customer 'story’ from beginning to end. If you are interested in technology integration (as opposed to developing from the ground up), rapid prototyping, regular demonstration of completed work, creating sustainable systems, and thinking ahead but not over complicating for today, this will suit you. Being a part of a team which is jointly responsible for designing, integrating, building, testing, maintenance and on-going operations of the production platform.

About the company:

Our client is a global Tier 1 company involved in many leading mission critical projects. They are highly regarded within the industry and are one of the largest independent technology & business services firms in the world.

They consider employees as highly valued members of the business and offer extensive progression opportunities for those wishing to move further in their career on a local, national or global scale.

DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer