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

• Sydney based role work for an Australian owned Cloud Services company
• Opportunity to work with uncapped bonuses
• Looking for a sales/results driven candidate
• Base Salary upto AUD$ 140K + Uncapped Commission

We are currently looking for an Account Executive to work for an Australian owned Cloud Services company based in Sydney CBD. This is a great opportunity for a hungry sales focused Account Executive to join a company who are looking to grow through sales. Ideal candidates will have previous technical experience in Cloud, Managed Services, System Integrators. Although will not be primarily responsible for the resolution of operational/technical issues, will be am escalation point.

Our client has made it their challenge to make people feel good and love the work they do. Because of this, their people are energized and motivated in their work - so much so that they have been ranked in the top 20 of Best Places to Work for businesses under 100 employees!

An ideal candidate will have proven experience within a sale driven environment and will need to be able to build relationships at C level across several high billing accounts. We are looking for a sale executive who is able to build multiple level relationships throughout a company and is able to engage at both technical and executive level.

Key Experience required:

• 4 years+ in Account Management or Account Executive position with a high-performance track record in sales, selling ideally to Digital, Cloud and/or IaaS, SaaS clients
• Market specialist who has built strong relationships with Digital, IaaS, SaaS and Corporate IT clients
• Previous experience at Hosting companies or companies selling Managed IT services is an advantage
• Strong ability to develop multi-level relationships within accounts from 'C’ level down.
• Proven record in up-selling and cross selling to regularly meet revenue targets
• Hunger to succeed with proven account management methodologies
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

If you want to consider the sunny lifestyle of Sydney and you have the rights skills and motivations, then we can offer working visa sponsorship. If you’re an Aussie ready to return or already have working rights for Australia then we want to hear from you.

• Sydney based role work for an Australian owned Cloud Services company
• Opportunity to work with uncapped bonuses
• Looking for a sales/results driven candidate
• Base Salary upto AUD$ 140K + Uncapped Commission

We are currently looking for an Account Executive to work for an Australian owned Cloud Services company based in Sydney CBD. This is a great opportunity for a hungry sales focused Account Executive to join a company who are looking to grow through sales. Ideal candidates will have previous technical experience in Cloud, Managed Services, System Integrators. Although will not be primarily responsible for the resolution of operational/technical issues, will be am escalation point.

Our client has made it their challenge to make people feel good and love the work they do. Because of this, their people are energized and motivated in their work - so much so that they have been ranked in the top 20 of Best Places to Work for businesses under 100 employees!

An ideal candidate will have proven experience within a sale driven environment and will need to be able to build relationships at C level across several high billing accounts. We are looking for a sale executive who is able to build multiple level relationships throughout a company and is able to engage at both technical and executive level.

Key Experience required:

• 4 years+ in Account Management or Account Executive position with a high-performance track record in sales, selling ideally to Digital, Cloud and/or IaaS, SaaS clients
• Market specialist who has built strong relationships with Digital, IaaS, SaaS and Corporate IT clients
• Previous experience at Hosting companies or companies selling Managed IT services is an advantage
• Strong ability to develop multi-level relationships within accounts from 'C’ level down.
• Proven record in up-selling and cross selling to regularly meet revenue targets
• Hunger to succeed with proven account management methodologies
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

If you want to consider the sunny lifestyle of Sydney and you have the rights skills and motivations, then we can offer working visa sponsorship. If you’re an Aussie ready to return or already have working rights for Australia then we want to hear from you.

DevOps Engineer - AWS Lambda|Kubernetes|Python

Are you a DevOps Engineer that wants to own the way software is built and deployed? Own the culture in the business? Whilst working with heavily with AWS and Kubernetes? Then read on..

A globally scaling eCommerce business backed by billions is looking for a DevOps Engineer to work within their Software engineering team to own the build and deployment of their software and drive a continuous improvement ethos working on a highly available and transaction web application.

this is a great position for any DevOps Engineer to have complete influence over tooling and architecture for the way deployments are managed. Reporting directly into the CTO you will be able to drive a lot of change over ways of working and the culture.

This is a hands-on position where you will be leading the set up of CI/CD pipelines whilst also focusing a lot of time on POC's for new technologies and driving improvements to the wider infrastructure. This is all with the view to be continuously improving and ensuring the system never falls down.

The successful DevOps Engineer will have:

Experience working with engineers setting up CI/CD Pipelines

Experience setting up infrastructure as code pipelines: Terraform or Ansible.

A background within software engineering: Python, Perl

Comfortable working within Cloud environments: AWS.

The company is on the bleeding edge of technology working on cloud-based microservices and you will have a brilliant opportunity to not only grow in terms of seniority but also technically working with Kubernetes and AWS.

An interesting company with a great working environment focused on collaboration, technology, and innovation which will suit all keen technologists!

If Interested in DevOps Engineer - APPLY NOW

Talent Point is a Hiring Communications business, working as sole hiring partners with our customer. We've ripped up the rules and torn apart the DevOps Engineer job spec to give you total clarity and visibility, painting a vivid picture (approved twice, both at Line and C-level) of the way this company lives, breathes and behaves, and how your role will look over years not months. We present only three applicants for every vacancy so, where we do represent you, you have a very high chance of securing a role with pre-booked interview times to plan around, in-depth vacancy details and no delays. Are you ready to seriously invest in your progression? Let's design your future.

Talent Point is an equal opportunities employer and no terminology in this advert is designed to discriminate on grounds of gender, race, colour, religion, creed, disability, age, sex or sexual orientation or any other class protected by applicable law.

For information on how Talent Point manages and processes your personal information please see our privacy notice at talentpoint.co/privacy-policy

DevOps Engineer - AWS Lambda|Kubernetes|Python

Are you a DevOps Engineer that wants to own the way software is built and deployed? Own the culture in the business? Whilst working with heavily with AWS and Kubernetes? Then read on..

A globally scaling eCommerce business backed by billions is looking for a DevOps Engineer to work within their Software engineering team to own the build and deployment of their software and drive a continuous improvement ethos working on a highly available and transaction web application.

this is a great position for any DevOps Engineer to have complete influence over tooling and architecture for the way deployments are managed. Reporting directly into the CTO you will be able to drive a lot of change over ways of working and the culture.

This is a hands-on position where you will be leading the set up of CI/CD pipelines whilst also focusing a lot of time on POC's for new technologies and driving improvements to the wider infrastructure. This is all with the view to be continuously improving and ensuring the system never falls down.

The successful DevOps Engineer will have:

Experience working with engineers setting up CI/CD Pipelines

Experience setting up infrastructure as code pipelines: Terraform or Ansible.

A background within software engineering: Python, Perl

Comfortable working within Cloud environments: AWS.

The company is on the bleeding edge of technology working on cloud-based microservices and you will have a brilliant opportunity to not only grow in terms of seniority but also technically working with Kubernetes and AWS.

An interesting company with a great working environment focused on collaboration, technology, and innovation which will suit all keen technologists!

If Interested in DevOps Engineer - APPLY NOW

Talent Point is a Hiring Communications business, working as sole hiring partners with our customer. We've ripped up the rules and torn apart the DevOps Engineer job spec to give you total clarity and visibility, painting a vivid picture (approved twice, both at Line and C-level) of the way this company lives, breathes and behaves, and how your role will look over years not months. We present only three applicants for every vacancy so, where we do represent you, you have a very high chance of securing a role with pre-booked interview times to plan around, in-depth vacancy details and no delays. Are you ready to seriously invest in your progression? Let's design your future.

Talent Point is an equal opportunities employer and no terminology in this advert is designed to discriminate on grounds of gender, race, colour, religion, creed, disability, age, sex or sexual orientation or any other class protected by applicable law.

For information on how Talent Point manages and processes your personal information please see our privacy notice at talentpoint.co/privacy-policy

Datawarehouse Developer

Looking to work for a global media organisation? Want to work for a company who values everyones opinion? 

Our client who are based near Kings Cross St Pancras have an exciting opportunity to join their Datawarehouse development team on a permanent basis. This opportunity is perfect for a Datawarehouse Developer who enjoys technology and isn't afraid to put forward different ideas. Collaboration is a key in this organisation and they strive to put out the best work by banding together as a unit. 

If you have worked for a similar global media organisation or even a relatively new start up company, if the above sounds like you, please send your CV in the first instance!

Role responsibilities:

• Document the proposed reports appropriate documentation
• Provide technical documentation for proposed development or extension to the DWH
• Design data model for the reporting
• Design mapping for any Extract Transform and Load (ETL) routines using SSIS, C#.Net (Data ETL)
• Develop reports/dashboards using MicroStrategy
• Answer questions and resolve ambiguities for the DBA/developers during development
• Develop system test plans, use cases, and execute the tests. Track issues and defects to resolution

Skills required:

•    Experienced in an SQL Server developer role

•    Strong interpersonal and communications skills

•    Excellent interview and presentation skills

•    Strong analytical skills

•    Quality Assurance skills

•    Critical thinking and problem-solving skills

•    Strong technical writing ability using department templates and tools

•    Excellent process mapping skills

•    Information Architecture skills

•    Data modelling and documentation

•    Data Warehousing

•    Dimension Modelling

•    ETL Design

•    SSIS

Datawarehouse Developer

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. 

Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation

We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously.  Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website http://proactive.it/privacy-notice/

Datawarehouse Developer

Looking to work for a global media organisation? Want to work for a company who values everyones opinion? 

Our client who are based near Kings Cross St Pancras have an exciting opportunity to join their Datawarehouse development team on a permanent basis. This opportunity is perfect for a Datawarehouse Developer who enjoys technology and isn't afraid to put forward different ideas. Collaboration is a key in this organisation and they strive to put out the best work by banding together as a unit. 

If you have worked for a similar global media organisation or even a relatively new start up company, if the above sounds like you, please send your CV in the first instance!

Role responsibilities:

• Document the proposed reports appropriate documentation
• Provide technical documentation for proposed development or extension to the DWH
• Design data model for the reporting
• Design mapping for any Extract Transform and Load (ETL) routines using SSIS, C#.Net (Data ETL)
• Develop reports/dashboards using MicroStrategy
• Answer questions and resolve ambiguities for the DBA/developers during development
• Develop system test plans, use cases, and execute the tests. Track issues and defects to resolution

Skills required:

•    Experienced in an SQL Server developer role

•    Strong interpersonal and communications skills

•    Excellent interview and presentation skills

•    Strong analytical skills

•    Quality Assurance skills

•    Critical thinking and problem-solving skills

•    Strong technical writing ability using department templates and tools

•    Excellent process mapping skills

•    Information Architecture skills

•    Data modelling and documentation

•    Data Warehousing

•    Dimension Modelling

•    ETL Design

•    SSIS

Datawarehouse Developer

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. 

Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation

We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously.  Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website http://proactive.it/privacy-notice/

Senior Developer / Team Leader VP

Your new company

Working leader in the global Investment Management space - my client is looking for an exceptional senior developer / team lead.

Located near Green Park - my client boasts fantastic offices.

Your new role

Developing Client facing applications, you will be leading a small, highly technical team working full project life cycle from development to implementation.

This is a perfect role for an astute hands on developer with technical design ability and leadership attributes.

Working front office, you'll have direct interaction with both users and clients.

You'll also have Exposure to the latest Cloud based technologies

What you'll need to succeed

C# / Python / MVC / WebApi

experience leading teams

strong education

clear concise communicator

What you'll get in return

In return you'll receive a salary north of £100 k

Excellent bonuses

Pension / benefits

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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

Senior Developer / Team Leader VP

Your new company

Working leader in the global Investment Management space - my client is looking for an exceptional senior developer / team lead.

Located near Green Park - my client boasts fantastic offices.

Your new role

Developing Client facing applications, you will be leading a small, highly technical team working full project life cycle from development to implementation.

This is a perfect role for an astute hands on developer with technical design ability and leadership attributes.

Working front office, you'll have direct interaction with both users and clients.

You'll also have Exposure to the latest Cloud based technologies

What you'll need to succeed

C# / Python / MVC / WebApi

experience leading teams

strong education

clear concise communicator

What you'll get in return

In return you'll receive a salary north of £100 k

Excellent bonuses

Pension / benefits

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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