Junior Software Developer | Milton Keynes | Up to £30,000

A technology company in Milton Keynes are looking to grow their development team by recruiting a talented junior developer.

Their team is in the position of having a number of talented senior developer, therefore they'd like to the opportunity to train a junior developer and assist them to progress their career.

As a junior developer, you'll be expected to maintain a keen passion for development and the attitude to work hard to continue learning. You'll have the opportunity to work hands-on across the software development lifecycle, contributing by writing code, assisting in testing and learning about development process and stakeholder management.

Duties & Responsibilties

• Assisting in the development, testing and maintenance of applications.
• Full participation in the Agile Scrum process.
• Investigate and resolve software bugs.
• Communicate effectively within the team and to business stakeholders

Skills

• C#
• .NET
• SQL Server
• JavaScript

If you'd like any further information or a confidential chat about this role, please contact Tom Farrington at Premier Group Recruitment.

Junior Software Developer | Milton Keynes | Up to £30,000

A technology company in Milton Keynes are looking to grow their development team by recruiting a talented junior developer.

Their team is in the position of having a number of talented senior developer, therefore they'd like to the opportunity to train a junior developer and assist them to progress their career.

As a junior developer, you'll be expected to maintain a keen passion for development and the attitude to work hard to continue learning. You'll have the opportunity to work hands-on across the software development lifecycle, contributing by writing code, assisting in testing and learning about development process and stakeholder management.

Duties & Responsibilties

• Assisting in the development, testing and maintenance of applications.
• Full participation in the Agile Scrum process.
• Investigate and resolve software bugs.
• Communicate effectively within the team and to business stakeholders

Skills

• C#
• .NET
• SQL Server
• JavaScript

If you'd like any further information or a confidential chat about this role, please contact Tom Farrington at Premier Group Recruitment.

DevOps Engineer

 Milton Keynes

£65-£70K plus extensive benefits package

 Position summary:

This role is a new vacancy within the Digital Transformation program of a mature client engagement. Working with the product development team using SAFe Agile framework, the key responsibility of the successful candidate will be to design and implement DevOps practices.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a diverse team on a cutting-edge digital transformation program to modernise an existing product and implement this within a top tier financial service client.

 Required qualifications for this role:

The DevOps Engineer should come from a DevOps background and be technically adept in configuration management tools, continuous development, Linux environments and have experience of delivering automation within a cloud infrastructure.

The DevOps Engineer must demonstrate a systematic and thorough approach to their work activities, identifying deficiencies, while also maintaining a balance between process adherence and pragmatism, assessing the assurance requirements of the client, the project and Company against value. Given the breadth of their activities, they must also demonstrate a wide-ranging awareness of the overall goals of assurance in driving project improvement and success.

Key Skills required include:

•         Years of experience building great software using updated tools

•         Experience of working within a product development team implementing DevOps

•         Visionary skills, Excellent communication and Leadership mindset

•         Up-to-date knowledge about tools and technologies

•         Solid understanding of concepts

•         The inspirational approach to team management

•         Strong operational experience

•         Extraordinary cross-functional headship skills

•         Effective problem-solving expertise

•         Configuration management proficiency

•         Strong knowledge of Linux based systems

Desirable Skills include:

•         Working within financial services organisation especially experience of Asset Finance industry.

•         Experience of working within a SAFe Agile framework

•         Able to design a system using an Agile / DevOps methodology

•         Comfortable explaining DevOps practices to clients including common challenges

•         Extensive and detailed understanding of automation technologies including build, configuration, test, deployment, delivery and monitoring

•         Can perform and manage Cloud deployments

•         Mange the continuous delivery of a production system

•         Experience with configuration management tools such as GitHub and Bitbucket

•         Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure

•         Build Scripting: Pearl/ JavaScript / Ant / Maven

•         Test Automation: Selenium or similar

•         Continuous Integration: Managing Jenkins / TeamCity or similar

•         Static Code Analysis: SonarQube or similar

Job role responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will be required to carry out activities including:

•         Designing and Implementing DevOps practices

•         Analysing, executing, and streamlining DevOps practices

•         Automating processes with the right tools

•         Facilitating development process and operations

•         Establishing a suitable DevOps channel across the organization

•         Setting up a continuous build environment to speed up software development and deployment process

•         Architecting overall, comprehensive, and efficient practices

•         Guiding developers and operation teams in case of an issue

•         Monitoring, reviewing, and managing technical operations

•         Manage teams with a leadership mindset

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

 Milton Keynes

£65-£70K plus extensive benefits package

 Position summary:

This role is a new vacancy within the Digital Transformation program of a mature client engagement. Working with the product development team using SAFe Agile framework, the key responsibility of the successful candidate will be to design and implement DevOps practices.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a diverse team on a cutting-edge digital transformation program to modernise an existing product and implement this within a top tier financial service client.

 Required qualifications for this role:

The DevOps Engineer should come from a DevOps background and be technically adept in configuration management tools, continuous development, Linux environments and have experience of delivering automation within a cloud infrastructure.

The DevOps Engineer must demonstrate a systematic and thorough approach to their work activities, identifying deficiencies, while also maintaining a balance between process adherence and pragmatism, assessing the assurance requirements of the client, the project and Company against value. Given the breadth of their activities, they must also demonstrate a wide-ranging awareness of the overall goals of assurance in driving project improvement and success.

Key Skills required include:

•         Years of experience building great software using updated tools

•         Experience of working within a product development team implementing DevOps

•         Visionary skills, Excellent communication and Leadership mindset

•         Up-to-date knowledge about tools and technologies

•         Solid understanding of concepts

•         The inspirational approach to team management

•         Strong operational experience

•         Extraordinary cross-functional headship skills

•         Effective problem-solving expertise

•         Configuration management proficiency

•         Strong knowledge of Linux based systems

Desirable Skills include:

•         Working within financial services organisation especially experience of Asset Finance industry.

•         Experience of working within a SAFe Agile framework

•         Able to design a system using an Agile / DevOps methodology

•         Comfortable explaining DevOps practices to clients including common challenges

•         Extensive and detailed understanding of automation technologies including build, configuration, test, deployment, delivery and monitoring

•         Can perform and manage Cloud deployments

•         Mange the continuous delivery of a production system

•         Experience with configuration management tools such as GitHub and Bitbucket

•         Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure

•         Build Scripting: Pearl/ JavaScript / Ant / Maven

•         Test Automation: Selenium or similar

•         Continuous Integration: Managing Jenkins / TeamCity or similar

•         Static Code Analysis: SonarQube or similar

Job role responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will be required to carry out activities including:

•         Designing and Implementing DevOps practices

•         Analysing, executing, and streamlining DevOps practices

•         Automating processes with the right tools

•         Facilitating development process and operations

•         Establishing a suitable DevOps channel across the organization

•         Setting up a continuous build environment to speed up software development and deployment process

•         Architecting overall, comprehensive, and efficient practices

•         Guiding developers and operation teams in case of an issue

•         Monitoring, reviewing, and managing technical operations

•         Manage teams with a leadership mindset

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.

Our Software Development client is looking for a Java Developer to join the team on a permanent basis, to work 100% remotely and flexibly from anywhere within the UK and are looking for someone with:

• 5+ years of experience designing and building a production-level web application
• A strong depth of knowledge in Java and JavaScript (ReactJS)
• A deep architectural understanding of web applications
• Interest to learn more about new technologies (such as languages and frameworks)
• An Understanding of how to build performant, decoupled, testable, maintainable code

Aside from strong technical prowess including hands-on coding ability, the candidate should have a deep understanding of architecture and an ability to plan for changes

The candidate needs to show:

• A Keen interest in open source and learning new technologies
• An interest to learn more about new technologies (such as languages and frameworks)
• Initiative and the ability to work independently and in a team
• Problem-solving skills
• An Understanding of how to build performant, decoupled, testable, maintainable code
• Enjoyment of sharing knowledge with teammates, and working collaboratively when you need help
• An effective communicator, able to articulate technical & architectural know-how in a way that will influence other members of the team

Preferred but not Essential:

• Some Industry experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GAE, Azure)
• Strong SQL (RDBMS)
• Experience in writing apps for the Atlassian marketplace.
• Experience with monitoring techniques and tools.
• Experience with continuous delivery for production environment.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies like Kanban or Scrum

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity. If you would like to understand how we may use, process, store and disclose your Personal Information, please read our privacy policy.

Our Software Development client is looking for a Java Developer to join the team on a permanent basis, to work 100% remotely and flexibly from anywhere within the UK and are looking for someone with:

• 5+ years of experience designing and building a production-level web application
• A strong depth of knowledge in Java and JavaScript (ReactJS)
• A deep architectural understanding of web applications
• Interest to learn more about new technologies (such as languages and frameworks)
• An Understanding of how to build performant, decoupled, testable, maintainable code

Aside from strong technical prowess including hands-on coding ability, the candidate should have a deep understanding of architecture and an ability to plan for changes

The candidate needs to show:

• A Keen interest in open source and learning new technologies
• An interest to learn more about new technologies (such as languages and frameworks)
• Initiative and the ability to work independently and in a team
• Problem-solving skills
• An Understanding of how to build performant, decoupled, testable, maintainable code
• Enjoyment of sharing knowledge with teammates, and working collaboratively when you need help
• An effective communicator, able to articulate technical & architectural know-how in a way that will influence other members of the team

Preferred but not Essential:

• Some Industry experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GAE, Azure)
• Strong SQL (RDBMS)
• Experience in writing apps for the Atlassian marketplace.
• Experience with monitoring techniques and tools.
• Experience with continuous delivery for production environment.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies like Kanban or Scrum

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity. If you would like to understand how we may use, process, store and disclose your Personal Information, please read our privacy policy.

Front End Website Developer, Birmingham, £350 - 450 pd, 3 month contract

My prestigious Client based in Birmingham is currently looking for a Front End Developer to join their ever-growing team on a 3 month contract (inside IR35).

The role purpose:

Working within a fast-moving industry you will be directly involved in delivering cutting edge software for a variety of devices and technologies.

Your skills & experience:

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript and ES6 + standards
• JSON
• Experience of integrating third party APIs via the front end
• Experience of front-end testing tools such as Jasmin or Mocha and test-driven development
• Firm understanding of UX
• Be familiar with Agile software development, working as part of a team to deliver against sprint goals
• Strong interpersonal skill
• Be comfortable liaising with project stockholders and demonstrating completed work
• 2 years commercial experience within the web development industry

Beneficial Experience:

• React JS or similar front-end framework
• Next
• Flutter
• SASS or LESS CSS transpilers
• PHP or other Object-Oriented languages
• NodeJs
• Container based development and deployment
• AWS and cloud based services
• Be familiar with JS coding standards such as Airbnb, Next.JS
• Development with one or more CMS systems, especially Craft

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to apply!

Front End Website Developer, Birmingham, £350 - 450 pd, 3 month contract

My prestigious Client based in Birmingham is currently looking for a Front End Developer to join their ever-growing team on a 3 month contract (inside IR35).

The role purpose:

Working within a fast-moving industry you will be directly involved in delivering cutting edge software for a variety of devices and technologies.

Your skills & experience:

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript and ES6 + standards
• JSON
• Experience of integrating third party APIs via the front end
• Experience of front-end testing tools such as Jasmin or Mocha and test-driven development
• Firm understanding of UX
• Be familiar with Agile software development, working as part of a team to deliver against sprint goals
• Strong interpersonal skill
• Be comfortable liaising with project stockholders and demonstrating completed work
• 2 years commercial experience within the web development industry

Beneficial Experience:

• React JS or similar front-end framework
• Next
• Flutter
• SASS or LESS CSS transpilers
• PHP or other Object-Oriented languages
• NodeJs
• Container based development and deployment
• AWS and cloud based services
• Be familiar with JS coding standards such as Airbnb, Next.JS
• Development with one or more CMS systems, especially Craft

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to apply!

Spanish speaking IT Graduates - This is for you!

IT Support Analyst, Engineer, Data Analyst, Customer Support Analyst, Business Support Analyst, Application Support Analyst, Spanish speaking, SQL, Junior, Mid-Level, Graduate

My client, a global organisation is looking for an IT Graduate who can speak Spanish and is keen on developing a career in IT Support or data analysis

Ideally, with an interest in IT/Technology and an analytical mind, you will be a recent graduate or already have some experience in IT Support, Data analysis, Business support or Application support.

The main responsibilities as a Graduate IT Support Analyst will include;

• Working with tools provided, deliver software support for bespoke Business Applications working to agreed SLA's .
• Create and maintain Knowledgebase articles in the Help desk tool, to aid the swift resolution of future support requests.
• Investigate, analyse and document reported defects, this might include using SQL select statements and offer suggestions for resolution.
• Support with the documentation of incident reports in the event of major incidents.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes within the customer service function, making appropriate suggestions to line manager.
• Collaborate with technical teams and the customer to resolve technical issues.

• Escalate any system change requests to the Product Support team for evaluation.

• Run audit reports for users and interrogate the database where necessary.

• This role may involve occasional travel to both UK and overseas sites to assist with system implementations and training.

As a Graduate IT Support Analyst you will hold the following experience;

Qualifications/Education

• Educated to degree level (high grade) or above.

Person Specification

• Analytical mindset with the ability to resolve complex problems with excellent user outcomes.
• Strong and fluent Spanish speaking skills
• Accepts accountability and ownership of technical issues.
• User focussed, with the ability to interact with users and champion user needs.
• Effective communication of business change and processes.

• Confidence in communicating complex technical issues to internal or external audiences with varying degrees of technical understanding.

Technical Specification

• SQL querying skills (desirable)
• Basic JavaScript expressions (desirable)
• Application bug diagnostics (desirable):
  • Log analysis.
  • Debugging.

Language Skills

• Spanish
• English

This is a brilliant opportunity for a recent graduate or experienced Data Analyst / IT Support Analyst or Junior Application Support Analyst to join a company that has been established for many years

Benefits include; annual bonus, great pension, flexible working hours and brilliant on the job training.

Please send your CV today for immediate consideration. Ascent People is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy and applicants from all ages and backgrounds will be considered.

Spanish speaking IT Graduates - This is for you!

IT Support Analyst, Engineer, Data Analyst, Customer Support Analyst, Business Support Analyst, Application Support Analyst, Spanish speaking, SQL, Junior, Mid-Level, Graduate

My client, a global organisation is looking for an IT Graduate who can speak Spanish and is keen on developing a career in IT Support or data analysis

Ideally, with an interest in IT/Technology and an analytical mind, you will be a recent graduate or already have some experience in IT Support, Data analysis, Business support or Application support.

The main responsibilities as a Graduate IT Support Analyst will include;

• Working with tools provided, deliver software support for bespoke Business Applications working to agreed SLA's .
• Create and maintain Knowledgebase articles in the Help desk tool, to aid the swift resolution of future support requests.
• Investigate, analyse and document reported defects, this might include using SQL select statements and offer suggestions for resolution.
• Support with the documentation of incident reports in the event of major incidents.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes within the customer service function, making appropriate suggestions to line manager.
• Collaborate with technical teams and the customer to resolve technical issues.

• Escalate any system change requests to the Product Support team for evaluation.

• Run audit reports for users and interrogate the database where necessary.

• This role may involve occasional travel to both UK and overseas sites to assist with system implementations and training.

As a Graduate IT Support Analyst you will hold the following experience;

Qualifications/Education

• Educated to degree level (high grade) or above.

Person Specification

• Analytical mindset with the ability to resolve complex problems with excellent user outcomes.
• Strong and fluent Spanish speaking skills
• Accepts accountability and ownership of technical issues.
• User focussed, with the ability to interact with users and champion user needs.
• Effective communication of business change and processes.

• Confidence in communicating complex technical issues to internal or external audiences with varying degrees of technical understanding.

Technical Specification

• SQL querying skills (desirable)
• Basic JavaScript expressions (desirable)
• Application bug diagnostics (desirable):
  • Log analysis.
  • Debugging.

Language Skills

• Spanish
• English

This is a brilliant opportunity for a recent graduate or experienced Data Analyst / IT Support Analyst or Junior Application Support Analyst to join a company that has been established for many years

Benefits include; annual bonus, great pension, flexible working hours and brilliant on the job training.

Please send your CV today for immediate consideration. Ascent People is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy and applicants from all ages and backgrounds will be considered.