I am engaged with a leading organisation in the Insurance space who are looking to recruit experienced Data Engineers into their growing 'Cloud & Data' function, based out of their HQ in London (5 minutes walk from the Gherkin).

The organisation are going through a huge recruitment drive in 2020, focusing on improving the way they utilise data and you'll be pleased to know that unlike a lot of non-tech companies, they view technology as an enabler rather than a blocker.

The roles in question are focused primarily on the design and development of a strategic analytical platform (AWS) to enable integration, analysis and insight of a variety of data sets, as well as the development of data and analytics solutions for machine learning and data visualisation. Moreover, you will be expected to develop and manage relationships across data, technology and business functions (think stakeholder management), challenging existing paradigms in a constructive manner that demonstrate and promote the value of a mature data analytics capability.

Fundamentally, you will be given the opportunity to drive a data-first mentality within the organisation, a unique and rewarding challenge that is usually quite rare to find in established organisation such as this one.

In terms of their expectations… if you can demonstrate some of the below skills then you stand a good chance of being shortlisted to the interview stage:

• Excellent understanding of Data Architecture, including both on-premise and via the AWS Cloud.
• Strong experience with Data Modelling and Data Analysis, including the ability to query, prepare and analyse Data sets.
• Proven commercial experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Skilled in software engineering, with experience in some (not necessarily all) of the following programming languages: Python, R, Java, Scala.
• Familiarity with Linux/UNIX and tools including Git and SVN.
• Good understanding of Data Science models and Data Modelling in general (e.g. Star Schema, Kimball).
• Some commercial experience with technologies in the Big Data space (e.g. Cassandra, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Kibana etc.).

In return, you will get the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in an Agile environment.

Moreover, I have personally worked with these guys for years and they have an excellent company culture, focusing on tailored personal development, genuine career progression and flexibility, whether it be home working opportunities or simply flexible working hours. They also offer a generous bonus/benefits package as well as the chance to get huge discounts on car, travel and home insurance.

So if you like the sound of the role and would like to find out more then please contact me via the following:

• Mobile:
• Office Line:
• Email:
• LinkedIn: 'Liam Haghighat'

Anything discussed will remain completely confidential and fully compliant with GDPR.

I am engaged with a leading organisation in the Insurance space who are looking to recruit experienced Data Engineers into their growing 'Cloud & Data' function, based out of their HQ in London (5 minutes walk from the Gherkin).

The organisation are going through a huge recruitment drive in 2020, focusing on improving the way they utilise data and you'll be pleased to know that unlike a lot of non-tech companies, they view technology as an enabler rather than a blocker.

The roles in question are focused primarily on the design and development of a strategic analytical platform (AWS) to enable integration, analysis and insight of a variety of data sets, as well as the development of data and analytics solutions for machine learning and data visualisation. Moreover, you will be expected to develop and manage relationships across data, technology and business functions (think stakeholder management), challenging existing paradigms in a constructive manner that demonstrate and promote the value of a mature data analytics capability.

Fundamentally, you will be given the opportunity to drive a data-first mentality within the organisation, a unique and rewarding challenge that is usually quite rare to find in established organisation such as this one.

In terms of their expectations… if you can demonstrate some of the below skills then you stand a good chance of being shortlisted to the interview stage:

• Excellent understanding of Data Architecture, including both on-premise and via the AWS Cloud.
• Strong experience with Data Modelling and Data Analysis, including the ability to query, prepare and analyse Data sets.
• Proven commercial experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Skilled in software engineering, with experience in some (not necessarily all) of the following programming languages: Python, R, Java, Scala.
• Familiarity with Linux/UNIX and tools including Git and SVN.
• Good understanding of Data Science models and Data Modelling in general (e.g. Star Schema, Kimball).
• Some commercial experience with technologies in the Big Data space (e.g. Cassandra, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Kibana etc.).

In return, you will get the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in an Agile environment.

Moreover, I have personally worked with these guys for years and they have an excellent company culture, focusing on tailored personal development, genuine career progression and flexibility, whether it be home working opportunities or simply flexible working hours. They also offer a generous bonus/benefits package as well as the chance to get huge discounts on car, travel and home insurance.

So if you like the sound of the role and would like to find out more then please contact me via the following:

• Mobile:
• Office Line:
• Email:
• LinkedIn: 'Liam Haghighat'

Anything discussed will remain completely confidential and fully compliant with GDPR.

Heard of us?

We're an award-winning bank; backing people to fulfil life's hopes and dreams.

Now is your chance…

The Non-Production Environments and DevOps team are a small, multi-skilled team who look after Aldermore's test and development environments, as well as the development and roll-out of DevOps and other automation solutions across the whole Bank. The team's role is expanding as the Bank transforms and we are also becoming the primary support point for Aldermore's cloud hosted solutions.

We attract talent; by being fully immersed in our business, influencing and understanding our short, medium and long term aspirations. We develop our people; to ensure they fulfil their hopes and dreams, whilst continuing to meet the needs and expectations of our dynamic business.

We are a high performing, high profile team. We have worked hard to establish ourselves as trusted advisors; providing the correct balance of knowledge and challenge which supports managers and leaders make the right decisions at difficult times.

The role of DevOps and Environment Support Engineer is really important to us. You will be supporting the existing non-production environments, assisting the Bank's new and existing cloud hosted environments, and designing and developing automated deployment and configuration solutions.

Based in our dynamic Reading office, you will sit amongst a wide team and report to the Non-Production Environments and DevOps Manager

What would your day look like?

This is not a pure DevOps role. It is expected that the duties related to supporting the existing manually delivered environments will continue for some time and will make up a significant part of the day to day activities; however it presents an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to be part of a changing organisation.

DevOps

Environment Support

Change Management

Configuration Management

What do we expect of you?

• Proven experience with some of the following:

Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, Artifactory, SonarQube, Sentinel, GitHub, TFS, Maven, Ant, MSBuild, Docker

• Extensive Technical background in Azure and AWS cloud hosting solutions,

VMWare ESXi and/or Microsoft Hyper-V, networks, firewalls, load-balancers and web-application firewalls

• Good experience of Java and .NET software development environments
• A good working knowledge of Java EE application servers e.g. JBOSS, WebLogic etc.
• Experience supporting Windows Server and Linux operating systems (installation, configuration, patching)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (or another enterprise DBMS e.g. Oracle)
• A good understanding of the waterfall and agile software development methodologies

What can you expect of us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, synonymous with our proposition to our Customers.
• A smart yet comfortable working environment, well located for the daily commute and those lunchtime errands.
• A growing organisation that defines itself as being nimble, lean and strong.
• A drive for continuous improvement, for which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• A visible and approachable ExCo; who you will very likely to bump into whilst making your morning coffee.

And of course you will be compensated competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Still Curious?

A lot can happen in a year!

In 2019 the Group was formed; bringing together two very successful businesses, under the group umbrella. Whilst our parent company operates internationally from their HQ in South Africa, we are a UK-based financial services specialist that supports our customers across a range of products and services, with hubs throughout the UK, including London, Reading, Manchester and Cardiff.

We also celebrated our 10th Birthday and fundamentally 10 years of helping those with ideas; by saying yes to our customers. We've propelled entrepreneurs on their journeys; we've given first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; and we've opened up the lending market to many.

As for what the next 12 months has to offer; we are embarking upon the delivery of our Purpose; a Purpose that underpins our next 3 to 5 years as a growing business. Join us today and we will make the same Promises to you as an employee, as we do to each of our Customers.

We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by HR.

Where a DBS check or CIFAS check is identified as necessary, all application forms, job adverts and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that an application for a DBS certificate or a CIFAS check will be submitted in the event of the individual being offered the position.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer.

Heard of us?

We're an award-winning bank; backing people to fulfil life's hopes and dreams.

Now is your chance…

The Non-Production Environments and DevOps team are a small, multi-skilled team who look after Aldermore's test and development environments, as well as the development and roll-out of DevOps and other automation solutions across the whole Bank. The team's role is expanding as the Bank transforms and we are also becoming the primary support point for Aldermore's cloud hosted solutions.

We attract talent; by being fully immersed in our business, influencing and understanding our short, medium and long term aspirations. We develop our people; to ensure they fulfil their hopes and dreams, whilst continuing to meet the needs and expectations of our dynamic business.

We are a high performing, high profile team. We have worked hard to establish ourselves as trusted advisors; providing the correct balance of knowledge and challenge which supports managers and leaders make the right decisions at difficult times.

The role of DevOps and Environment Support Engineer is really important to us. You will be supporting the existing non-production environments, assisting the Bank's new and existing cloud hosted environments, and designing and developing automated deployment and configuration solutions.

Based in our dynamic Reading office, you will sit amongst a wide team and report to the Non-Production Environments and DevOps Manager

What would your day look like?

This is not a pure DevOps role. It is expected that the duties related to supporting the existing manually delivered environments will continue for some time and will make up a significant part of the day to day activities; however it presents an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to be part of a changing organisation.

DevOps

Environment Support

Change Management

Configuration Management

What do we expect of you?

• Proven experience with some of the following:

Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, Artifactory, SonarQube, Sentinel, GitHub, TFS, Maven, Ant, MSBuild, Docker

• Extensive Technical background in Azure and AWS cloud hosting solutions,

VMWare ESXi and/or Microsoft Hyper-V, networks, firewalls, load-balancers and web-application firewalls

• Good experience of Java and .NET software development environments
• A good working knowledge of Java EE application servers e.g. JBOSS, WebLogic etc.
• Experience supporting Windows Server and Linux operating systems (installation, configuration, patching)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (or another enterprise DBMS e.g. Oracle)
• A good understanding of the waterfall and agile software development methodologies

What can you expect of us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, synonymous with our proposition to our Customers.
• A smart yet comfortable working environment, well located for the daily commute and those lunchtime errands.
• A growing organisation that defines itself as being nimble, lean and strong.
• A drive for continuous improvement, for which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• A visible and approachable ExCo; who you will very likely to bump into whilst making your morning coffee.

And of course you will be compensated competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Still Curious?

A lot can happen in a year!

In 2019 the Group was formed; bringing together two very successful businesses, under the group umbrella. Whilst our parent company operates internationally from their HQ in South Africa, we are a UK-based financial services specialist that supports our customers across a range of products and services, with hubs throughout the UK, including London, Reading, Manchester and Cardiff.

We also celebrated our 10th Birthday and fundamentally 10 years of helping those with ideas; by saying yes to our customers. We've propelled entrepreneurs on their journeys; we've given first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; and we've opened up the lending market to many.

As for what the next 12 months has to offer; we are embarking upon the delivery of our Purpose; a Purpose that underpins our next 3 to 5 years as a growing business. Join us today and we will make the same Promises to you as an employee, as we do to each of our Customers.

We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by HR.

Where a DBS check or CIFAS check is identified as necessary, all application forms, job adverts and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that an application for a DBS certificate or a CIFAS check will be submitted in the event of the individual being offered the position.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer.

Job Title: Site Reliability Manager
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Salary: Negotiable, open to discussion
Required: Engineering / operations management experience

Vertex IT Solutions is continuing to work with a long-standing customer.
We have got a fantastic opportunity for an experienced systems engineering / operations manager. You will act as a crisis manager, provide training and support and drive initiatives to improve the reliability of the infrastructure.

To be Successful:

• Hands-on technical skills in Linux, databases, systems and coding.

• Experience in team management.

• Design and implementation of monitoring solutions for large and scalable environments.

• Outstanding interpersonal skills and strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Experience with cloud operations, follow-the-sun and geographic distributed teams.

Job Title: Site Reliability Manager
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Salary: Negotiable, open to discussion
Required: Engineering / operations management experience

Vertex IT Solutions is continuing to work with a long-standing customer.
We have got a fantastic opportunity for an experienced systems engineering / operations manager. You will act as a crisis manager, provide training and support and drive initiatives to improve the reliability of the infrastructure.

To be Successful:

• Hands-on technical skills in Linux, databases, systems and coding.

• Experience in team management.

• Design and implementation of monitoring solutions for large and scalable environments.

• Outstanding interpersonal skills and strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Experience with cloud operations, follow-the-sun and geographic distributed teams.