Role: Lead Developer
Location: Leeds
Salary: Up to £55,000 DOE

***INTERVIEWING NOW - DO NOT MISS OUT***

My client is looking for motivated, capable and ambitious candidates who are ready for the challenge of being a strong and approachable leader as you support your team on exciting greenfield projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to get ahead of the game and start using the latest technologies on the market such as the newest JavaScript framework - Svelte.

You'll be responsible for keeping track of your own projects and development team, undertaking code reviews and assisting them with system testing.

Skills:
* Laravel
* Svelte/Vue/React
* MySQL
* OO PHP
* REST APIs
* JavaScript, jQuery/Bootstrap
* Git, PHPUnit, Selenium
* AWS

Benefits:
* Great working environment
* Clear progression
* Flexible working
* Modern offices/free parking
* Private health insurance
* Company pension
* Social events
* Various staff schemes eg. Cycle to work/ IT equipment purchases

If you're looking to get stuck into your next role with a fantastic business and would like your next role to be a position where you can progress yourself then please apply ASAP and give me a call on () or email

Built on a foundation of industry-leading technology, a world-class team and a scientific approach to building a truly recognisable brand, ITECCO are fast becoming the UK's most influential IT recruitment company.

Role: Lead Developer
Location: Leeds
Salary: Up to £55,000 DOE

***INTERVIEWING NOW - DO NOT MISS OUT***

My client is looking for motivated, capable and ambitious candidates who are ready for the challenge of being a strong and approachable leader as you support your team on exciting greenfield projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to get ahead of the game and start using the latest technologies on the market such as the newest JavaScript framework - Svelte.

You'll be responsible for keeping track of your own projects and development team, undertaking code reviews and assisting them with system testing.

Skills:
* Laravel
* Svelte/Vue/React
* MySQL
* OO PHP
* REST APIs
* JavaScript, jQuery/Bootstrap
* Git, PHPUnit, Selenium
* AWS

Benefits:
* Great working environment
* Clear progression
* Flexible working
* Modern offices/free parking
* Private health insurance
* Company pension
* Social events
* Various staff schemes eg. Cycle to work/ IT equipment purchases

If you're looking to get stuck into your next role with a fantastic business and would like your next role to be a position where you can progress yourself then please apply ASAP and give me a call on () or email

Built on a foundation of industry-leading technology, a world-class team and a scientific approach to building a truly recognisable brand, ITECCO are fast becoming the UK's most influential IT recruitment company.

Full Stack Web Developer required to join growing, fast paced FinTech company and the leading UK provider of financial planning and advice technology.

Full Stack Web developer with responsibility for the on going development, support and maintenance of market-leading stochastic modelling solutions for the financial services industry.

Would you enjoy taking ownership of the technical design, development,maintenance and implementation of EValue’s web applications, both frontend and backend ? You will be working hand in hand with Web Designers, Product Owners, Actuarial Testers and the Infrastructure team.

We are looking for an accomplished developer who can deliver robust and performant code on schedule.

Required knowledge and experience

All applications are web based, so we’re looking for someone with excellent, demonstrable experience building for the web.

Solid experience with Javascript frameworks - ReactJS is a must.

Node JS - using the Express Framework.

GraphQL - knowledge of Apollo a bonus.HTML5, CSS

? Unit testing in Javascript frameworks (e.g. Jest or Jasmine)

A solid working knowledge of Java.

Document databases (MongoDB a big plus) and Mysql

Scrum and working in Scrum teams.

Desirable knowledge

Experience with any of the following would be very advantageous:

Automated testing using Cucumber & Selenium

RESTful web services

Jenkins, Kubernetes, Openshift(OKD), Docker, AWS

Reddis

Gulp, NPM, Lerna

GIT

Working with business and product stakeholders to understand and deliver requirements.

The ability to work with and improve someone else’s code just as well as your own.

Experience in financial services

Qualifications

This is a mid-to-senior position, so we’ll be focusing on your experience to date. Most developers have a degree in a related field (Computer Science, software engineering, IT, etc), but we hire based on talent and merit.

Full Stack Web Developer required to join growing, fast paced FinTech company and the leading UK provider of financial planning and advice technology.

Full Stack Web developer with responsibility for the on going development, support and maintenance of market-leading stochastic modelling solutions for the financial services industry.

Would you enjoy taking ownership of the technical design, development,maintenance and implementation of EValue’s web applications, both frontend and backend ? You will be working hand in hand with Web Designers, Product Owners, Actuarial Testers and the Infrastructure team.

We are looking for an accomplished developer who can deliver robust and performant code on schedule.

Required knowledge and experience

All applications are web based, so we’re looking for someone with excellent, demonstrable experience building for the web.

Solid experience with Javascript frameworks - ReactJS is a must.

Node JS - using the Express Framework.

GraphQL - knowledge of Apollo a bonus.HTML5, CSS

? Unit testing in Javascript frameworks (e.g. Jest or Jasmine)

A solid working knowledge of Java.

Document databases (MongoDB a big plus) and Mysql

Scrum and working in Scrum teams.

Desirable knowledge

Experience with any of the following would be very advantageous:

Automated testing using Cucumber & Selenium

RESTful web services

Jenkins, Kubernetes, Openshift(OKD), Docker, AWS

Reddis

Gulp, NPM, Lerna

GIT

Working with business and product stakeholders to understand and deliver requirements.

The ability to work with and improve someone else’s code just as well as your own.

Experience in financial services

Qualifications

This is a mid-to-senior position, so we’ll be focusing on your experience to date. Most developers have a degree in a related field (Computer Science, software engineering, IT, etc), but we hire based on talent and merit.

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

DevOps Engineer

This role is based in Reading which is easily commutable from Oxford

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

This role is based in Reading which is easily commutable from Oxford

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

This role is based in Reading which is easily commutable from Slough

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

This role is based in Reading which is easily commutable from Slough

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