“A fantastic opportunity to work for a progressive and dynamic tech company who offer the opportunity to work on diverse projects, genuine career progression and personal development.”

Azure Stack Engineer
Based: Farnborough
Salary – £55-70k D.O.E.

Are you an Infrastructure Engineer with a background and passion for Azure administration and are interested in learning, implementing and supporting the newest UK Azure Stack platform?

In this role, you will work collaboratively with internal project and operational teams to deploy and operate the newest Azure Stack Platform providing Cloud services to customers. You will be working closely with Microsoft and Cisco in scaling out the platform and bringing the latest Software As A Service capabilities to the market.

You will be able to understand customer needs, business goals and implement technical solutions to ensure the best levels of performance, service and availability to customers.  Participating in Meet Ups, customer and supplier collaboration are key ways  of working as part of our agile teams.

Essential skills
·Experience of working in an Agile environment.
·Understanding of infrastructure as code, applied with configuration management, automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
·Understanding of programming patterns and constructs. Our main language is PowerShell, but a fundamental understanding and an ability to learn is crucial/critical.
·Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Azure. Windows System administration, filesystem concepts etc.
·Comfortable with PowerShell scripting and the typical variety of PowerShell cmdlets with main focus on Azure PowerShell

Desirable skills
·Operating maintaining and managing cloud infrastructure at scale, ideally Azure Hybrid Cloud
·Demonstrable experience of utilising PowerShell Pester module
·Experience of deploying, maintaining and using container orchestration platforms, such as Service Fabric, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm
·Experience of using source control systems, CI/CD, unit testing. We make use of the Atlassian tool set, including Bitbucket and Bamboo but also GitHub
·Production experience with database technologies. (MySQL, MS SQL)
·Understanding of how to monitor Azure based applications.
·Experience of using AzureCLI to deploy workloads to Azure
·Fundamental understanding of networking in Azure.

Harvard Associates takes your personal data protection seriously and respects EU and local data protection laws. Unless you express otherwise, by submitting your CV you authorise Harvard Associates to store your personal data in its electronic database, for the purpose of assessing your suitability for this and future job vacancies.

If at any time you want your personal data to be deleted, you simply need to notify Harvard Associates. We will not share your personal data with any third party without your prior consent. Harvard Associates provides services as an Employment Consultancy and is committed to equal opportunities for all candidates.

“A fantastic opportunity to work for a progressive and dynamic tech company who offer the opportunity to work on diverse projects, genuine career progression and personal development.”

Azure Stack Engineer
Based: Farnborough
Salary – £55-70k D.O.E.

Are you an Infrastructure Engineer with a background and passion for Azure administration and are interested in learning, implementing and supporting the newest UK Azure Stack platform?

In this role, you will work collaboratively with internal project and operational teams to deploy and operate the newest Azure Stack Platform providing Cloud services to customers. You will be working closely with Microsoft and Cisco in scaling out the platform and bringing the latest Software As A Service capabilities to the market.

You will be able to understand customer needs, business goals and implement technical solutions to ensure the best levels of performance, service and availability to customers.  Participating in Meet Ups, customer and supplier collaboration are key ways  of working as part of our agile teams.

Essential skills
·Experience of working in an Agile environment.
·Understanding of infrastructure as code, applied with configuration management, automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
·Understanding of programming patterns and constructs. Our main language is PowerShell, but a fundamental understanding and an ability to learn is crucial/critical.
·Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Azure. Windows System administration, filesystem concepts etc.
·Comfortable with PowerShell scripting and the typical variety of PowerShell cmdlets with main focus on Azure PowerShell

Desirable skills
·Operating maintaining and managing cloud infrastructure at scale, ideally Azure Hybrid Cloud
·Demonstrable experience of utilising PowerShell Pester module
·Experience of deploying, maintaining and using container orchestration platforms, such as Service Fabric, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm
·Experience of using source control systems, CI/CD, unit testing. We make use of the Atlassian tool set, including Bitbucket and Bamboo but also GitHub
·Production experience with database technologies. (MySQL, MS SQL)
·Understanding of how to monitor Azure based applications.
·Experience of using AzureCLI to deploy workloads to Azure
·Fundamental understanding of networking in Azure.

Harvard Associates takes your personal data protection seriously and respects EU and local data protection laws. Unless you express otherwise, by submitting your CV you authorise Harvard Associates to store your personal data in its electronic database, for the purpose of assessing your suitability for this and future job vacancies.

If at any time you want your personal data to be deleted, you simply need to notify Harvard Associates. We will not share your personal data with any third party without your prior consent. Harvard Associates provides services as an Employment Consultancy and is committed to equal opportunities for all candidates.

Dynamics CRM Technical Functional Consultant

London - Waterloo

Salary: £60,000 - 70,0000 p/a + bonus + benefits

BPS is working with a leading Microsoft Gold Partner who are looking for a Dynamics CRM Technical Functional Consultant. We are looking for someone that has a solid track record with MS Dynamics 365 CRM / D365CE either from an end-user or consultancy background. This is a consulting and implementation role and will involve working on CRM implementations within London and Greater London. My client is looking for mindset, not just skillset. This is a great opportunity to progress your career further with a business that really cares about their employee’s wellbeing.

The company have grown from strength to strength in the past 5 years with a 20% year on year growth during that time. They can offer a great opportunity to work with like-minded individuals across the business who will help aid your development.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Involvement within all stages of engagement - from pre-sales through to requirements capture, implementation, user training and post-live support activities
• Manage and advise the requirements gathering process by meeting with key stakeholders to define the business and functional requirements and align these with the capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Consult and liaise with stakeholders to validate business requirements and the design of business functionality, system architecture, project content, scope and delivery
• Develop functional specifications, user stories and design documents for use by system developers and test analysts
• Conduct hands-on configuration, testing and evaluation tasks to ensure quality and consistency
• Conduct user and administrator training and producing supporting documentation
• Build positive client relationships through effective communication and developing an understanding of the client’s business processes
• Taking on the Consultancy lead role in a project, assisting the project team in delivering to scope, time and budget constraints

Required Skills Range

• Strong experience with day to day use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Broad understanding of Dynamics 365 - out-of-the-box functionality and limits
• Hands-on experience in designing, configuring or administering MS Dynamics CRM required
• Good interpersonal skills, able to build long-term relationships with new and existing clients and partnersDemonstrable skills in facilitating workshops, gathering and documenting requirements, translating requirements into business processes, stakeholder engagement, creative thinking, presentation and coaching.
• Analyse data and be comfortable on data migration projects
• Experience within a consultancy role, with experience of
  
  • Full lifecycle experience on CRM based programmes and knowledge of the supporting business processes
  • Working according to a Waterfall or Agile methodology, including planning projects in sprints and writing Epics, Features and User Stories.
  • Working with third-party tools to support various phases the project lifecycle e.g. Visio, Microsoft Project, JIRA, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Balsamiq, Axure etc.

Additional Preferred Skills & Considerations

• Determine the current business process using BPMN
• Ideally completed some Microsoft Certifications, but the opportunity to gain further certifications will be provided
• Works well in a team - being a team player, is essential, high levels of accountability and support for each other is the key to the success of this role
• Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals and place emphasis on client satisfaction
• Investigates problems to establish real or hidden causes
• Learns new concepts quickly and thoroughly

If you have Technical Consultancy experience delivering multiple projects for clients. Apply now with an updated CV for more information regarding the role/organisation!

Dynamics CRM Technical Functional Consultant

London - Waterloo

Salary: £60,000 - 70,0000 p/a + bonus + benefits

BPS is working with a leading Microsoft Gold Partner who are looking for a Dynamics CRM Technical Functional Consultant. We are looking for someone that has a solid track record with MS Dynamics 365 CRM / D365CE either from an end-user or consultancy background. This is a consulting and implementation role and will involve working on CRM implementations within London and Greater London. My client is looking for mindset, not just skillset. This is a great opportunity to progress your career further with a business that really cares about their employee’s wellbeing.

The company have grown from strength to strength in the past 5 years with a 20% year on year growth during that time. They can offer a great opportunity to work with like-minded individuals across the business who will help aid your development.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Involvement within all stages of engagement - from pre-sales through to requirements capture, implementation, user training and post-live support activities
• Manage and advise the requirements gathering process by meeting with key stakeholders to define the business and functional requirements and align these with the capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Consult and liaise with stakeholders to validate business requirements and the design of business functionality, system architecture, project content, scope and delivery
• Develop functional specifications, user stories and design documents for use by system developers and test analysts
• Conduct hands-on configuration, testing and evaluation tasks to ensure quality and consistency
• Conduct user and administrator training and producing supporting documentation
• Build positive client relationships through effective communication and developing an understanding of the client’s business processes
• Taking on the Consultancy lead role in a project, assisting the project team in delivering to scope, time and budget constraints

Required Skills Range

• Strong experience with day to day use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Broad understanding of Dynamics 365 - out-of-the-box functionality and limits
• Hands-on experience in designing, configuring or administering MS Dynamics CRM required
• Good interpersonal skills, able to build long-term relationships with new and existing clients and partnersDemonstrable skills in facilitating workshops, gathering and documenting requirements, translating requirements into business processes, stakeholder engagement, creative thinking, presentation and coaching.
• Analyse data and be comfortable on data migration projects
• Experience within a consultancy role, with experience of
  
  • Full lifecycle experience on CRM based programmes and knowledge of the supporting business processes
  • Working according to a Waterfall or Agile methodology, including planning projects in sprints and writing Epics, Features and User Stories.
  • Working with third-party tools to support various phases the project lifecycle e.g. Visio, Microsoft Project, JIRA, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Balsamiq, Axure etc.

Additional Preferred Skills & Considerations

• Determine the current business process using BPMN
• Ideally completed some Microsoft Certifications, but the opportunity to gain further certifications will be provided
• Works well in a team - being a team player, is essential, high levels of accountability and support for each other is the key to the success of this role
• Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals and place emphasis on client satisfaction
• Investigates problems to establish real or hidden causes
• Learns new concepts quickly and thoroughly

If you have Technical Consultancy experience delivering multiple projects for clients. Apply now with an updated CV for more information regarding the role/organisation!

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Java Software Developer with GUI experience to become a significant member within a small business, with huge potential to influence product design strategy.

Working autonomously, you will be responsible for producing specialised and quality software applications for large engineering organisations, internationally and wouldn’t entail any need to pitch for business.

To be considered for this role you must have;

• Java software development experience
• SQL and/or Oracle database experience
• Desktop GUI experience
• Experience of client/server application development
• Proven track record of taking a product from concept to production

Although not essential, any knowledge of ALM and PLM tools would be considered advantageous.

This is a small and friendly business, boasting a fantastic reputation with some impressive large clients. The role is a full time, home-based opportunity and they will also cover all working at home costs such as broadband etc. In addition, there is potential for share options & directorship.

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Java Software Developer with GUI experience to become a significant member within a small business, with huge potential to influence product design strategy.

Working autonomously, you will be responsible for producing specialised and quality software applications for large engineering organisations, internationally and wouldn’t entail any need to pitch for business.

To be considered for this role you must have;

• Java software development experience
• SQL and/or Oracle database experience
• Desktop GUI experience
• Experience of client/server application development
• Proven track record of taking a product from concept to production

Although not essential, any knowledge of ALM and PLM tools would be considered advantageous.

This is a small and friendly business, boasting a fantastic reputation with some impressive large clients. The role is a full time, home-based opportunity and they will also cover all working at home costs such as broadband etc. In addition, there is potential for share options & directorship.

.NET, C#,Angular, jQuery, Azure

The Business
Sea/ is the world's first end-to-end digital shipping platform. It's made up of a suite of tools for trade that connect to create efficiencies and digitise workflows. We're bringing true digital transformation to the global shipping industry by designing, developing and bringing to market, technology that enhances the way shipping professionals work. This is Smarter Shipping. This is Sea/.

We have an incredible team in London at St Katharine Dock's and are growing fast with a new office in Birmingham City Centre, where we are building a new tech and development hub to further expand and grow the Sea/ platform. This is a truly exciting time to join us and work on industry changing technology solutions and be part of a team where innovation never stops. Are You Ready?

The Culture
We are building a world class team of motivated and passionate multi discipline technologists who all share the vision to continuously improve and share an eagerness to learn, support one another, operate as a high functioning and performing team, and drive the product development through effective technology and innovation. We operate in a very supportive and team-based environment, where we use a lean and agile environment and apply DevOps philosophies and practises to deliver a continuous delivery approach with a fail fast, learn fast mentality.

The Role
Our software developers produce the next generation cutting-edge systems that help the business grow at an incredible pace. We deal in market-leading commodities, trade, billings, and shipping-related systems and continue to introduce new complex business applications.
As a tech lead, you will work in an agile team and be responsible for the underlying architecture for the relevant platform being delivered, as well as for overseeing the work being completed by software engineers working on the project. You will act as a mentor for new or more junior-level software developers or programmers, as well as the members on the development team.
You will serve as an interface between the programmers and management, have ownership of development plans and have supervisorial responsibilities in delegating work and ensuring that software projects come in on time (working closely with the Development Manager who will be responsible as the scrum master for delivery). You will also establish a technical vision with the development team and work with developers to turn it into reality.
We are looking for the highest calibre of candidates. You will have a passion for technology and a desire to develop your technical knowledge and experience along the way. You will be involved in the full software development lifecycle and work with the latest cutting-edge technologies. You will also be using "Agile" development methods; therefore, you must have excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Key Skills & Experience:
Personal Attributes:
* Excellent communication skills
* Strong analytical, problem solving and issue resolution skills
* Attention to detail
* Mentoring and coaching experience of working and supporting more junior developers
* Team player with the ability to exercise independent decision making
* Hands-on, dependable, detailed, quality-conscious and result driven
* Flexible and able to adapt to new ideas with a can-do attitude
* Able to learn and research independently
* Able to plan successfully and understand the big picture
Technical Skills:
* Full stack .NET, C# developer on Windows OS
* Good working knowledge of software design principles (SOLID, UML, Design Patterns, database design, ERD, etc.)
* Experienced in designing, developing and maintaining micro services.
* SQL Server 2005 / 2008 / 2012, SSMS, good knowledge of T-SQL scripting
* Entity Framework and ORM principles
* IIS, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, WCF
* JavaScript, TypeScript
* Angular.JS or similar
* HTML, CSS, jQuery and AJAX, REST, JSON
* Agile including TDD and knowledge of BDD
* Knowledge of the front-end tools/toolkits like gulp, npm, jspm, sass. Being comfortable with command-line tools.
* Testing/mocking frameworks/tools like MSTest, Nunit and Moq
* Designing Relational Databases
* SignalR
* Azure
* Angular Framework
* In-depth Parallel Programming
* Performance query optimization
* NoSQL Databases (MongoDB, Redis)

What can you expect from us?
We will provide you with a fantastic, fun working environment, which offers support and coaching and is exceptionally team focussed.
We offer an excellent package, comprising of a competitive salary, annual bonus opportunity and amazing benefits including:
* 25 days holiday per annum (in addition to UK bank holidays)
* An additional day off on your birthday
* Option to buy and sell an extra 5 days holiday
* Exceptional pension scheme, with Company contribution at 10%
* Investment in you and your career with an individual training budget offered towards your training
* Opportunity to use and work on cutting edge technology including Azure Cloud, Devops, Microservices
* Opportunity for a sabbatical after 5 years' service
* Stay healthy with a cycle to work scheme
* Life assurance & private medical scheme
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme
* Annual Flu Jab
* Free teas & coffees!

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

.NET, C#,Angular, jQuery, Azure

The Business
Sea/ is the world's first end-to-end digital shipping platform. It's made up of a suite of tools for trade that connect to create efficiencies and digitise workflows. We're bringing true digital transformation to the global shipping industry by designing, developing and bringing to market, technology that enhances the way shipping professionals work. This is Smarter Shipping. This is Sea/.

We have an incredible team in London at St Katharine Dock's and are growing fast with a new office in Birmingham City Centre, where we are building a new tech and development hub to further expand and grow the Sea/ platform. This is a truly exciting time to join us and work on industry changing technology solutions and be part of a team where innovation never stops. Are You Ready?

The Culture
We are building a world class team of motivated and passionate multi discipline technologists who all share the vision to continuously improve and share an eagerness to learn, support one another, operate as a high functioning and performing team, and drive the product development through effective technology and innovation. We operate in a very supportive and team-based environment, where we use a lean and agile environment and apply DevOps philosophies and practises to deliver a continuous delivery approach with a fail fast, learn fast mentality.

The Role
Our software developers produce the next generation cutting-edge systems that help the business grow at an incredible pace. We deal in market-leading commodities, trade, billings, and shipping-related systems and continue to introduce new complex business applications.
As a tech lead, you will work in an agile team and be responsible for the underlying architecture for the relevant platform being delivered, as well as for overseeing the work being completed by software engineers working on the project. You will act as a mentor for new or more junior-level software developers or programmers, as well as the members on the development team.
You will serve as an interface between the programmers and management, have ownership of development plans and have supervisorial responsibilities in delegating work and ensuring that software projects come in on time (working closely with the Development Manager who will be responsible as the scrum master for delivery). You will also establish a technical vision with the development team and work with developers to turn it into reality.
We are looking for the highest calibre of candidates. You will have a passion for technology and a desire to develop your technical knowledge and experience along the way. You will be involved in the full software development lifecycle and work with the latest cutting-edge technologies. You will also be using "Agile" development methods; therefore, you must have excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Key Skills & Experience:
Personal Attributes:
* Excellent communication skills
* Strong analytical, problem solving and issue resolution skills
* Attention to detail
* Mentoring and coaching experience of working and supporting more junior developers
* Team player with the ability to exercise independent decision making
* Hands-on, dependable, detailed, quality-conscious and result driven
* Flexible and able to adapt to new ideas with a can-do attitude
* Able to learn and research independently
* Able to plan successfully and understand the big picture
Technical Skills:
* Full stack .NET, C# developer on Windows OS
* Good working knowledge of software design principles (SOLID, UML, Design Patterns, database design, ERD, etc.)
* Experienced in designing, developing and maintaining micro services.
* SQL Server 2005 / 2008 / 2012, SSMS, good knowledge of T-SQL scripting
* Entity Framework and ORM principles
* IIS, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, WCF
* JavaScript, TypeScript
* Angular.JS or similar
* HTML, CSS, jQuery and AJAX, REST, JSON
* Agile including TDD and knowledge of BDD
* Knowledge of the front-end tools/toolkits like gulp, npm, jspm, sass. Being comfortable with command-line tools.
* Testing/mocking frameworks/tools like MSTest, Nunit and Moq
* Designing Relational Databases
* SignalR
* Azure
* Angular Framework
* In-depth Parallel Programming
* Performance query optimization
* NoSQL Databases (MongoDB, Redis)

What can you expect from us?
We will provide you with a fantastic, fun working environment, which offers support and coaching and is exceptionally team focussed.
We offer an excellent package, comprising of a competitive salary, annual bonus opportunity and amazing benefits including:
* 25 days holiday per annum (in addition to UK bank holidays)
* An additional day off on your birthday
* Option to buy and sell an extra 5 days holiday
* Exceptional pension scheme, with Company contribution at 10%
* Investment in you and your career with an individual training budget offered towards your training
* Opportunity to use and work on cutting edge technology including Azure Cloud, Devops, Microservices
* Opportunity for a sabbatical after 5 years' service
* Stay healthy with a cycle to work scheme
* Life assurance & private medical scheme
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme
* Annual Flu Jab
* Free teas & coffees!

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

UX Designer

A new, exciting opportunity has arisen for a UX Designer to join an impressively innovative company, based in Oxford. This role will enable you to work within the health sector, particularly within digital heath, to improve and develop exceptional user experiences across the company's products.

We are looking for an outstanding and energetic UX Designer to work closely with the product and engineering teams, to product high quality user experience and effective solutions for difficult requirements. You will have strong grounding in key UX methodologies, such as user and competitive research, usability testing, prototyping. Experience with accessibility considerations, working within an agile environment and collaborating with stakeholders and other colleagues is essential.

Key experience and skills needed for the UX Designer:

• Strong commercial experience with information architecture, content strategy, user experience, research, usability testing.
• Previous experience within healthcare is advantageous but not essential.
• Excellent Interaction Design, Visual Design and User Research skills.
• Strong portfolio of previous work including UX deliverables such as wireframes.
• Excellent knowledge of industry tools such as InVision, Sketch, Axure and Adobe CC.
• Experience in working with data focused products and working closely with UI designers is preferential.

Working in an enjoyable but challenging environment - we want to encourage creativity and stimulate new ideas, and your hard work and great results will be rewarded. You will be highly enthusiastic about new technology and will play a hugely significant role within our team and the wider business.

UX Designer - Healthcare, UX methodologies, user experience, content strategy, information architecture, research, usability testing, Axure, Adobe CS Suite, Sketch, Digital Health, Product.

Salary: £40,000 - £70,000 (depending on experience) + Benefits

Location: Oxford

If this role sounds of interest, please apply now for immediate consideration!
Understanding Recruitment is acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy.

UX Designer

A new, exciting opportunity has arisen for a UX Designer to join an impressively innovative company, based in Oxford. This role will enable you to work within the health sector, particularly within digital heath, to improve and develop exceptional user experiences across the company's products.

We are looking for an outstanding and energetic UX Designer to work closely with the product and engineering teams, to product high quality user experience and effective solutions for difficult requirements. You will have strong grounding in key UX methodologies, such as user and competitive research, usability testing, prototyping. Experience with accessibility considerations, working within an agile environment and collaborating with stakeholders and other colleagues is essential.

Key experience and skills needed for the UX Designer:

• Strong commercial experience with information architecture, content strategy, user experience, research, usability testing.
• Previous experience within healthcare is advantageous but not essential.
• Excellent Interaction Design, Visual Design and User Research skills.
• Strong portfolio of previous work including UX deliverables such as wireframes.
• Excellent knowledge of industry tools such as InVision, Sketch, Axure and Adobe CC.
• Experience in working with data focused products and working closely with UI designers is preferential.

Working in an enjoyable but challenging environment - we want to encourage creativity and stimulate new ideas, and your hard work and great results will be rewarded. You will be highly enthusiastic about new technology and will play a hugely significant role within our team and the wider business.

UX Designer - Healthcare, UX methodologies, user experience, content strategy, information architecture, research, usability testing, Axure, Adobe CS Suite, Sketch, Digital Health, Product.

Salary: £40,000 - £70,000 (depending on experience) + Benefits

Location: Oxford

If this role sounds of interest, please apply now for immediate consideration!
Understanding Recruitment is acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy.