• Good basic knowledge in core Java 8 concepts
• Hands on coding experience in Java 8
• Good understanding of Java Collections framework
• Good experience in Java threading concepts
• Spring & Spring boot – Good grasp of Spring framework
• Good experience writing proper unit tests
• Experience with mocking frameworks
• Cucumber (optional but good to have)
• Restful APIs – Experience writing and testing responsive restful APIs
• Strong understanding of design patterns
• Good communications skill is a must
• Able to explain concepts in a clear and concise manner
• Good understanding of agile concepts and methodology
• Nice to have 
• Kafka experience
• Using Splunk and creating dashboards
• Knowledge of dynatrace or similar tools
• Golang experience

• Good basic knowledge in core Java 8 concepts
• Hands on coding experience in Java 8
• Good understanding of Java Collections framework
• Good experience in Java threading concepts
• Spring & Spring boot – Good grasp of Spring framework
• Good experience writing proper unit tests
• Experience with mocking frameworks
• Cucumber (optional but good to have)
• Restful APIs – Experience writing and testing responsive restful APIs
• Strong understanding of design patterns
• Good communications skill is a must
• Able to explain concepts in a clear and concise manner
• Good understanding of agile concepts and methodology
• Nice to have 
• Kafka experience
• Using Splunk and creating dashboards
• Knowledge of dynatrace or similar tools
• Golang experience

Applications Manager – 24 x 24 Rotation – 12 Months Contract – Iraq

 

Essential:- Exp. working in Oil & Gas Domain (Preferred Upstream / roles such as domain consultant or IT consultant). Exp. in requirement gathering for project design. Good Understanding of Applications Architecture, Data Management & Industry standards practices w.r.t Applications development projects concerning technical & administrative aspects. Exp. with Procure to Pay tools such as Maximo, workflow management tools such as FileNet. Exp. with (SQL, T-SQL MSSQL, PL-SQL Oracle).  Good understanding (preferred technical experience) with Data analytics domain, relevant tools, solutions etc. At least Bachelors or Master degree in the field of Computer Science / IT / Management with IT. Experience of Managing up to 10 people

 

The Applications Manager will be responsible for managing the Applications team, Projects & IT initiatives. Lead & help the Applications team be better at IT Services & Applications Maintenance. Work with multiple 3rd party vendors responsible for managing various Applications.

Working in a fast-changing environment the Applications Manager should be able to take the appropriate Business critical decisions under strenuous situation, help the team resolve day to day issues, lead the team in moment of crisis, guide the team in maintaining proper governance & service quality, keep the team motivated & going, take care of all administrative duties concerning the Applications department. 

 

Applications Manager Key Accountabilities       

 

Team Management

 

• Lead the team providing daily directions to support & deliver actively against agreed priorities.
• Lead activities to recover from incidents & completing subsequent problems, incident management & RCA.
• Hold Weekly / on requirement basis meetings to address the issues the team is facing & guide them overcome/resolve such issues.
• Manage 3rd Party Vendors who support & maintain applications.
• Projects Management
• Design projects as per requirements, manage project implementations & related activities, that includes
• Drafting SoRs, Reviewing SoRs
• Accessing project feasibility concerning Applications road map, timelines & available budget
• Approving Proposed projects
• Review & approve Applications related projects
• Monitor end to end deployment of projects / activities to ensure successful completion.
• Application Portfolios
• Primary point of contact for Business users
• Drive the digitization & automation drive for Business users
• Produce & update / approve application roadmap
• Produce budgetary forecast for business case justification & Cost-benefit analysis.
• Monitor & manage contracts & licences
• Design Application team strategies

 

Applications Manager - Administrative

 

• • Budget management
  • Reporting staff’s Timesheet & Expenses approval
  • Invoice approvals for projects
  • Tracking Value of Work done for the entire Applications team
  • Review all the projects & work activities done in the team & submit weekly report to the Leadership Team Meeting.
  • Develop & maintain excellent relationships with a very diverse group of stakeholders, including Chinese & Iraqi Joint Venture partners, users, vendors & IT service organizations, communicating effectively with business process owners, key business users & project delivery managers.

 

Desirable criteria & qualifications

               

•             Technical Experience working for End to End Application development projects

•             AZ-900 certified

•             MTA, MCSA or MCSE certified for development & Administration

•             PMP or PRINCE2 certified

•             ITIL V3 Certified

Established in 1978, NES Global Talent provides a complete range of contract and permanent talent solutions to the Oil and Gas, Power, Construction and Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing and IT sectors worldwide. With more than 40 offices in 28 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. Offering far more than a traditional recruitment service, we fully support our contractors while they are on assignment with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.

Applications Manager – 24 x 24 Rotation – 12 Months Contract – Iraq

 

Essential:- Exp. working in Oil & Gas Domain (Preferred Upstream / roles such as domain consultant or IT consultant). Exp. in requirement gathering for project design. Good Understanding of Applications Architecture, Data Management & Industry standards practices w.r.t Applications development projects concerning technical & administrative aspects. Exp. with Procure to Pay tools such as Maximo, workflow management tools such as FileNet. Exp. with (SQL, T-SQL MSSQL, PL-SQL Oracle).  Good understanding (preferred technical experience) with Data analytics domain, relevant tools, solutions etc. At least Bachelors or Master degree in the field of Computer Science / IT / Management with IT. Experience of Managing up to 10 people

 

The Applications Manager will be responsible for managing the Applications team, Projects & IT initiatives. Lead & help the Applications team be better at IT Services & Applications Maintenance. Work with multiple 3rd party vendors responsible for managing various Applications.

Working in a fast-changing environment the Applications Manager should be able to take the appropriate Business critical decisions under strenuous situation, help the team resolve day to day issues, lead the team in moment of crisis, guide the team in maintaining proper governance & service quality, keep the team motivated & going, take care of all administrative duties concerning the Applications department. 

 

Applications Manager Key Accountabilities       

 

Team Management

 

• Lead the team providing daily directions to support & deliver actively against agreed priorities.
• Lead activities to recover from incidents & completing subsequent problems, incident management & RCA.
• Hold Weekly / on requirement basis meetings to address the issues the team is facing & guide them overcome/resolve such issues.
• Manage 3rd Party Vendors who support & maintain applications.
• Projects Management
• Design projects as per requirements, manage project implementations & related activities, that includes
• Drafting SoRs, Reviewing SoRs
• Accessing project feasibility concerning Applications road map, timelines & available budget
• Approving Proposed projects
• Review & approve Applications related projects
• Monitor end to end deployment of projects / activities to ensure successful completion.
• Application Portfolios
• Primary point of contact for Business users
• Drive the digitization & automation drive for Business users
• Produce & update / approve application roadmap
• Produce budgetary forecast for business case justification & Cost-benefit analysis.
• Monitor & manage contracts & licences
• Design Application team strategies

 

Applications Manager - Administrative

 

• • Budget management
  • Reporting staff’s Timesheet & Expenses approval
  • Invoice approvals for projects
  • Tracking Value of Work done for the entire Applications team
  • Review all the projects & work activities done in the team & submit weekly report to the Leadership Team Meeting.
  • Develop & maintain excellent relationships with a very diverse group of stakeholders, including Chinese & Iraqi Joint Venture partners, users, vendors & IT service organizations, communicating effectively with business process owners, key business users & project delivery managers.

 

Desirable criteria & qualifications

               

•             Technical Experience working for End to End Application development projects

•             AZ-900 certified

•             MTA, MCSA or MCSE certified for development & Administration

•             PMP or PRINCE2 certified

•             ITIL V3 Certified

Established in 1978, NES Global Talent provides a complete range of contract and permanent talent solutions to the Oil and Gas, Power, Construction and Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing and IT sectors worldwide. With more than 40 offices in 28 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. Offering far more than a traditional recruitment service, we fully support our contractors while they are on assignment with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.

Manpower have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Service Desk Analyst to join one of their prestigious clients in the DN6 area of Doncaster.

Overview of the role

The Service Desk Engineer will provide end user support to desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile device users. This will include fielding user queries (via telephone, email, and face to face) logging tickets and where necessary following escalation processes, user account creations, and keeping documentation current. Incidents and requests will be handled and tracked according to IT and company standards.

The role will also include onsite as well as external training, for systems used within the organisation, and as part of a wider team development plan.

Your Responsibilities

• Provide an excellent first point of contact within IT for all enquiries
• Record, prioritise, assign and manage all requests and incidents reported to the Service Desk
• Manage customer expectations and communications via telephone, email and face to face
• Escalate to other team members or other departments where appropriate
• Recording and tracking project issues and escalating to the necessary project teams
• Documenting new processes, amending and proposing new documents
• Keep pace with technology advances across the organisation and the wider market
• Adhere to company IT Policies and Procedures at all times

Our Ideal Candidate

Educated to at least BTEC National Diploma level with 12 months previous experience in a Helpdesk or Service Desk support role providing end user support, ideally in a retail or other fast past environment. You will have excellent customer service skills and an ability to communicate technical information to colleagues with a varied level of technical knowledge from all levels within our organisation. In addition, strong organisational skills, the ability to multi-task and have demonstrable knowledge of IT Service Delivery best practices.

This role is working Monday to Friday shifts between 7am-6pm paying £10.35 per hour. This role starts off as a short term temporary assignment however the right candidate will have the opportunity to apply for the permanent vacancy.

Manpower have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Service Desk Analyst to join one of their prestigious clients in the DN6 area of Doncaster.

Overview of the role

The Service Desk Engineer will provide end user support to desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile device users. This will include fielding user queries (via telephone, email, and face to face) logging tickets and where necessary following escalation processes, user account creations, and keeping documentation current. Incidents and requests will be handled and tracked according to IT and company standards.

The role will also include onsite as well as external training, for systems used within the organisation, and as part of a wider team development plan.

Your Responsibilities

• Provide an excellent first point of contact within IT for all enquiries
• Record, prioritise, assign and manage all requests and incidents reported to the Service Desk
• Manage customer expectations and communications via telephone, email and face to face
• Escalate to other team members or other departments where appropriate
• Recording and tracking project issues and escalating to the necessary project teams
• Documenting new processes, amending and proposing new documents
• Keep pace with technology advances across the organisation and the wider market
• Adhere to company IT Policies and Procedures at all times

Our Ideal Candidate

Educated to at least BTEC National Diploma level with 12 months previous experience in a Helpdesk or Service Desk support role providing end user support, ideally in a retail or other fast past environment. You will have excellent customer service skills and an ability to communicate technical information to colleagues with a varied level of technical knowledge from all levels within our organisation. In addition, strong organisational skills, the ability to multi-task and have demonstrable knowledge of IT Service Delivery best practices.

This role is working Monday to Friday shifts between 7am-6pm paying £10.35 per hour. This role starts off as a short term temporary assignment however the right candidate will have the opportunity to apply for the permanent vacancy.

Assistant Information Security Officer - Bristol - £30k

Centre of Bristol (BS1)

Our client is expanding their Infosec team and looking for an Assistant Information Security officer to strengthen the team and support the Information Security manager with the ongoing ISO27k compliance.

Ideally you will have a minimum 1-2 years in similar role or a Risk/Compliance background with transferable skills.

Our client has rapidly become of the most respected companies in their sector over the last couple of years - so if you are looking for a successful and reputable company to grow you career - please apply today.

What will you be doing on a day to day basis?

*Assisting the Information Security Officer with maintaining the firm's internal info sec resilience and ensuring the firm complies with internal info sec policies and procedures.
*Assisting with providing responses to client and supplier questionnaires and correspondence in relation to info sec queries
*Assisting with auditing to ensure internal standards are being applied consistently.
*Assisting with annual ISO (phone number removed) information security audit.
*Assisting with other tasks/projects and providing administrative support to the Risk team as and when required.

If interested please send your CV for immediate review (url removed) or call (phone number removed) for more details.

Assistant Information Security Officer - Bristol - £30k

Centre of Bristol (BS1)

Our client is expanding their Infosec team and looking for an Assistant Information Security officer to strengthen the team and support the Information Security manager with the ongoing ISO27k compliance.

Ideally you will have a minimum 1-2 years in similar role or a Risk/Compliance background with transferable skills.

Our client has rapidly become of the most respected companies in their sector over the last couple of years - so if you are looking for a successful and reputable company to grow you career - please apply today.

What will you be doing on a day to day basis?

*Assisting the Information Security Officer with maintaining the firm's internal info sec resilience and ensuring the firm complies with internal info sec policies and procedures.
*Assisting with providing responses to client and supplier questionnaires and correspondence in relation to info sec queries
*Assisting with auditing to ensure internal standards are being applied consistently.
*Assisting with annual ISO (phone number removed) information security audit.
*Assisting with other tasks/projects and providing administrative support to the Risk team as and when required.

If interested please send your CV for immediate review (url removed) or call (phone number removed) for more details.

Service Desk Engineer, 1st Line/2nd Line, Blackburn, £23,000

Chassam Recruitment are currently looking to recruit for a Service Desk Engineer for a leading company based in Blackburn. This is an exciting position where you will be working as a part of a busy team providing 1st and 2nd line Service Desk Support.

You will be responding to telephone calls and emails, solving problems at all levels including simple password resets to more complex issues that require remote access. You will be using Service Desk software in order to document the interaction with customers from first contact to resolution. You need to have experience of dealing with high call volumes. 

Technical Skills Needed:

• Active Directory
• Remote Access support tools
• Microsoft Software
• Networking principles
• Computer Hardware

This role does require someone who can drive and also someone who is happy to work shift patterns.

To apply, please send your CV ASAP for the attention of Vicki Roth. My client could interview as soon as tomorrow. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to develop their Service Desk skills.

Service Desk Engineer, 1st Line/2nd Line, Blackburn, £23,000

Chassam Recruitment are currently looking to recruit for a Service Desk Engineer for a leading company based in Blackburn. This is an exciting position where you will be working as a part of a busy team providing 1st and 2nd line Service Desk Support.

You will be responding to telephone calls and emails, solving problems at all levels including simple password resets to more complex issues that require remote access. You will be using Service Desk software in order to document the interaction with customers from first contact to resolution. You need to have experience of dealing with high call volumes. 

Technical Skills Needed:

• Active Directory
• Remote Access support tools
• Microsoft Software
• Networking principles
• Computer Hardware

This role does require someone who can drive and also someone who is happy to work shift patterns.

To apply, please send your CV ASAP for the attention of Vicki Roth. My client could interview as soon as tomorrow. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to develop their Service Desk skills.