As part of our digital transformation, Howdens Joinery are recruiting a Test Automation and Performance Specialist to join us in our office in Northampton in Brackmills Industrial Estate.  At the end of 2020, this role will be moving to our new and purpose-built offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire. 

Working as part of the System Team you will define our automation and performance testing strategies. As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you will provide the technical expertise and guidance to our agile delivery teams to ensure they are able to successfully adopt and implement those strategies.

As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you will enable more frequent and higher quality software releases by ensuring that teams have the self-service and automated tooling, knowledge and frameworks to test the various component parts of a solution and that they are of a high quality and meet the customer’s needs.  Operating within the Scaled Agile Framework, you will also seek to improve our processes and tooling, continuously exploring, researching and recommending new opportunities for increasing the quality that is delivered and working with the wider System team to create automated Continuous Integration (CI) and Delivery (CD) pipelines.

As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you’ll possess a keen mind for solving tough problems partnering with various team members along the way.  There is a great opportunity for a high performer with a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

Key skills and experience required:

• Excellent experience of developing with automation test tools such as Selenium, Microfocus toolset (incl. UFT & LoadRunner), JMeter, Cucumber, Gherkin etc. to test client and web based applications, containerized solutions, RESTful services, etc.
  
• Disciplined developer with understanding of test-driven and behavior driven development and clean code principles with experience in major languages such as Java and .Net using C# 4.0 or higher
  
• Good understanding of Source control: Azure DevOps / Git
  
• Good technical knowledge, including an understanding of infrastructure, environments, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps/Jenkins), feature switching, gradual exposure, branch handling, etc.
  
• Experience of Setting up load generation using one of the market leading tools (e.g. Apache JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoTest, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps) and performance testing of containerised applications an advantage.
  
• Awareness of Application Lifecycle Management tools like Azure DevOps, Jira and Microfocus ALM, including pipelines and continuous integration
  
• Strong communication and documentation skills
  
• An ability to drive goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail.
  
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
  
• Self-motivated individual that possesses excellent time management and organizational skills.
  
• Familiar with software security best practices.
  
• Experience of Scalable Agile Framework (SAFe) v5.0 an advantage.
  
• Experience in the Retail/Trade Sector an advantage.
  

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful business, with more than 700 depots nationwide and more than 10,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We have a very competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, company bonus and pension, free refreshments and snacks, onsite car parking, great social events and a friendly and supportive working environment.  As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 250 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For. 

As part of our digital transformation, Howdens Joinery are recruiting a Test Automation and Performance Specialist to join us in our office in Northampton in Brackmills Industrial Estate.  At the end of 2020, this role will be moving to our new and purpose-built offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire. 

Working as part of the System Team you will define our automation and performance testing strategies. As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you will provide the technical expertise and guidance to our agile delivery teams to ensure they are able to successfully adopt and implement those strategies.

As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you will enable more frequent and higher quality software releases by ensuring that teams have the self-service and automated tooling, knowledge and frameworks to test the various component parts of a solution and that they are of a high quality and meet the customer’s needs.  Operating within the Scaled Agile Framework, you will also seek to improve our processes and tooling, continuously exploring, researching and recommending new opportunities for increasing the quality that is delivered and working with the wider System team to create automated Continuous Integration (CI) and Delivery (CD) pipelines.

As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you’ll possess a keen mind for solving tough problems partnering with various team members along the way.  There is a great opportunity for a high performer with a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

Key skills and experience required:

• Excellent experience of developing with automation test tools such as Selenium, Microfocus toolset (incl. UFT & LoadRunner), JMeter, Cucumber, Gherkin etc. to test client and web based applications, containerized solutions, RESTful services, etc.
  
• Disciplined developer with understanding of test-driven and behavior driven development and clean code principles with experience in major languages such as Java and .Net using C# 4.0 or higher
  
• Good understanding of Source control: Azure DevOps / Git
  
• Good technical knowledge, including an understanding of infrastructure, environments, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps/Jenkins), feature switching, gradual exposure, branch handling, etc.
  
• Experience of Setting up load generation using one of the market leading tools (e.g. Apache JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoTest, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps) and performance testing of containerised applications an advantage.
  
• Awareness of Application Lifecycle Management tools like Azure DevOps, Jira and Microfocus ALM, including pipelines and continuous integration
  
• Strong communication and documentation skills
  
• An ability to drive goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail.
  
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
  
• Self-motivated individual that possesses excellent time management and organizational skills.
  
• Familiar with software security best practices.
  
• Experience of Scalable Agile Framework (SAFe) v5.0 an advantage.
  
• Experience in the Retail/Trade Sector an advantage.
  

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful business, with more than 700 depots nationwide and more than 10,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We have a very competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, company bonus and pension, free refreshments and snacks, onsite car parking, great social events and a friendly and supportive working environment.  As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 250 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For. 

As part of our digital transformation, Howdens Joinery are recruiting a Software Engineer to join us in our office in Northampton in Brackmills Industrial Estate.  At the end of 2020, this role will be moving to our new and purpose-built offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire. 

Working as part of the System Team you will design, develop, test and deploy to improve collaboration and productivity of our development teams by developing frameworks, automating workflows and continuously measuring and improving application performance.  As a Software Engineer you will bring your previous experience, best practice and a collaborative attitude to help drive DevOps initiatives and enable more frequent software releases by automating code build, packaging and deployment, from web applications to mobile apps.  You will also be contributing to the design and implementation of software, writing code; analysing data, troubleshooting and issue resolution and coaching and mentoring other team members.

As a Software Engineer, you’ll possess a keen mind for solving tough problems, able to understand complex concepts and be an excellent communicator as you’ll need to partner and work effectively with the IT Digital Solutions and software delivery teams.  There is a great opportunity for a high performer with a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

Key skills and experience required:

• Disciplined full-stack programmer with understanding of test-driven and behavior driven development and clean code principles with experience in several major languages such as Java and .Net using C# 4.0 or higher
• Experience of CI/CD Implementations
• Good understand of Source control: Azure DevOps / Git
• Good understanding of unit testing frameworks and test coverage
• High Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as PowerShell, Python and JavaScript.
• Excellent understanding of OO design principles & solid design patterns
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and Configuration management tools e.g. Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Azure.
• Solid understanding of Cloud; including security, cloud fault tolerant solutions and resilience.

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful business, with more than 700 depots nationwide and more than 9,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We have a very competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, company bonus and pension, free refreshments and snacks, onsite car parking, great social events and a friendly and supportive working environment.  As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 250 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For. 

As part of our digital transformation, Howdens Joinery are recruiting a Software Engineer to join us in our office in Northampton in Brackmills Industrial Estate.  At the end of 2020, this role will be moving to our new and purpose-built offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire. 

Working as part of the System Team you will design, develop, test and deploy to improve collaboration and productivity of our development teams by developing frameworks, automating workflows and continuously measuring and improving application performance.  As a Software Engineer you will bring your previous experience, best practice and a collaborative attitude to help drive DevOps initiatives and enable more frequent software releases by automating code build, packaging and deployment, from web applications to mobile apps.  You will also be contributing to the design and implementation of software, writing code; analysing data, troubleshooting and issue resolution and coaching and mentoring other team members.

As a Software Engineer, you’ll possess a keen mind for solving tough problems, able to understand complex concepts and be an excellent communicator as you’ll need to partner and work effectively with the IT Digital Solutions and software delivery teams.  There is a great opportunity for a high performer with a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

Key skills and experience required:

• Disciplined full-stack programmer with understanding of test-driven and behavior driven development and clean code principles with experience in several major languages such as Java and .Net using C# 4.0 or higher
• Experience of CI/CD Implementations
• Good understand of Source control: Azure DevOps / Git
• Good understanding of unit testing frameworks and test coverage
• High Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as PowerShell, Python and JavaScript.
• Excellent understanding of OO design principles & solid design patterns
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and Configuration management tools e.g. Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Azure.
• Solid understanding of Cloud; including security, cloud fault tolerant solutions and resilience.

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful business, with more than 700 depots nationwide and more than 9,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We have a very competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, company bonus and pension, free refreshments and snacks, onsite car parking, great social events and a friendly and supportive working environment.  As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 250 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For. 

Gilbert Meher is currently on the hunt for a talented, Full Stack Developer to join an award-winning company. Due to the growth of greenfield projects within the company, my client is looking to resource an experienced Developer to get involved straight away.

My client boasts a fantastic, integrative team culture and multiple benefits including flexible working, and the potential for remote working further down the line. To be considered for this vacancy, you will be that are equally talented at back-end and front-end development and can easily slot into our talented team.

You can look forward to getting stuck into a variety of projects, including both web and mobile apps, and the design/implementation of high-quality web builds. You will be working alongside our talented team of designers to deliver a bespoke, beautiful and highly functional applications.

Technology;

• JavaScript
• PHP/ Python
• Vue/React
• Angular
• Node.js
• SASS
• Enthusiastic for software engineering/coding
• Strong to learn and develop your skillset

The company in question is a market leader not only in the solutions that they provide to their clients internationally but also the technology they work on and the environment they create with many perks such as flexible and remote working.

They aspire to create a relaxed environment where people can work on forward-thinking technology solutions. On top of this, you will be keen to develop and improve your skills, with our client seeing personal development at the forefront of their business strategy.

If this sounds like you, don’t hesitate to get in touch for more information. This role has been gaining a lot of traction since inception and won’t be hanging around for long.

Gilbert Meher is currently on the hunt for a talented, Full Stack Developer to join an award-winning company. Due to the growth of greenfield projects within the company, my client is looking to resource an experienced Developer to get involved straight away.

My client boasts a fantastic, integrative team culture and multiple benefits including flexible working, and the potential for remote working further down the line. To be considered for this vacancy, you will be that are equally talented at back-end and front-end development and can easily slot into our talented team.

You can look forward to getting stuck into a variety of projects, including both web and mobile apps, and the design/implementation of high-quality web builds. You will be working alongside our talented team of designers to deliver a bespoke, beautiful and highly functional applications.

Technology;

• JavaScript
• PHP/ Python
• Vue/React
• Angular
• Node.js
• SASS
• Enthusiastic for software engineering/coding
• Strong to learn and develop your skillset

The company in question is a market leader not only in the solutions that they provide to their clients internationally but also the technology they work on and the environment they create with many perks such as flexible and remote working.

They aspire to create a relaxed environment where people can work on forward-thinking technology solutions. On top of this, you will be keen to develop and improve your skills, with our client seeing personal development at the forefront of their business strategy.

If this sounds like you, don’t hesitate to get in touch for more information. This role has been gaining a lot of traction since inception and won’t be hanging around for long.

My client, a global financial services company based in the heart of Cardiff, are looking to recruit a new Cyber Security Engineer to join their team.

Reporting to the Head of Information Security, the Cyber Security Engineer will be responsible for implementing information security solutions across all infrastructure and end user services.

You will be working in a fast-paced Agile environment and the role will require the ability to focus and refocus effort based on the business and operational needs, managing several issues and projects at any one time.

The wider Information Security team, in which you will sit, analyse, manage and remediate all security incidents across the group with guidance and training provided to other members of the Technology Engineering department where appropriate.

Please read on to find out more!

Principal responsibilities:

Design, configure & implement monitoring of:

• SIEM solutions and integrations

• AntiMalware and AntiVirus

• Identifying OS and Application patching needs

• Infrastructure hardware, software and network security

• Cryptography

• DLP

Defining security requirements for:

• End user device security applications

• Web Application Firewall rules

Hardening Standards for:

• Devices

• OS

• Servers

• Key applications

• Switches

• Firewalls

• Microsoft EMS

• SIEM solution monitoring

• Analysing and remediating security events

• Identifying security vulnerabilities and remediating them

The ideal candidate would have worked in a security role previously and would either come from a development / pen test background or infrastructure / networking security background and be looking to progress in their security career.

If this sounds like the role for you, please apply ASAP. Successful candidates will be contacted within 24 hours.

Good Luck!

My client, a global financial services company based in the heart of Cardiff, are looking to recruit a new Cyber Security Engineer to join their team.

Reporting to the Head of Information Security, the Cyber Security Engineer will be responsible for implementing information security solutions across all infrastructure and end user services.

You will be working in a fast-paced Agile environment and the role will require the ability to focus and refocus effort based on the business and operational needs, managing several issues and projects at any one time.

The wider Information Security team, in which you will sit, analyse, manage and remediate all security incidents across the group with guidance and training provided to other members of the Technology Engineering department where appropriate.

Please read on to find out more!

Principal responsibilities:

Design, configure & implement monitoring of:

• SIEM solutions and integrations

• AntiMalware and AntiVirus

• Identifying OS and Application patching needs

• Infrastructure hardware, software and network security

• Cryptography

• DLP

Defining security requirements for:

• End user device security applications

• Web Application Firewall rules

Hardening Standards for:

• Devices

• OS

• Servers

• Key applications

• Switches

• Firewalls

• Microsoft EMS

• SIEM solution monitoring

• Analysing and remediating security events

• Identifying security vulnerabilities and remediating them

The ideal candidate would have worked in a security role previously and would either come from a development / pen test background or infrastructure / networking security background and be looking to progress in their security career.

If this sounds like the role for you, please apply ASAP. Successful candidates will be contacted within 24 hours.

Good Luck!