2nd Line Support Analyst / Swindon / £23,000 - £30,000
Commutable locations: Bristol, Cirencester, Bath, Marlborough, Chippenham
Key skills: SQL / Shell , Unix / Oracle
 
My client are engaged with a huge client base internationally where they provide state of the art software solutions catering for the private and public sector.
 
Your day to day responsibilities will include:
 

• Changes requested on existing client setups & products
• Contribute in streamlining the product set up and maintenance process (tools and techniques) including the automation of changes and liaise with the relevant development teams
• Document new processes, new tools and new functionality. Train other team members on these where required.
• Change Management (writing change procedure for deploying to the production environment). Scripting (shell/SQL) to deploy changes onto Unix/oracle environment.
• Provide work effort estimates for new Projects and Change Requests
• Review and refine changes to ensure accuracy and minimise all possible risk
• Provide out of hours support on a rota basis for team changes

 
You will have the following skills:
 

• Excellent knowledge of SQL – ability to develop complex SQL queries
• Windows scripting knowledge or programming languages (Java, HTML, XML).
• Experience of Windows server and client operating systems.
• First class communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Server and software diagnostic skills.
• Logical methodology to problem solving.

 
Beneficial:

• Experience of UNIX
• Agile Methodology

My client is reviewing C.Vs this week, to be considered or to find out more information please get in touch either by email or to my direct line.
 
George Aldridge – 0117 300  6448
Email: george.aldridge@opusrs.com

2nd Line Support Analyst / Swindon / £23,000 - £30,000
Commutable locations: Bristol, Cirencester, Bath, Marlborough, Chippenham
Key skills: SQL / Shell , Unix / Oracle
 
My client are engaged with a huge client base internationally where they provide state of the art software solutions catering for the private and public sector.
 
Your day to day responsibilities will include:
 

• Changes requested on existing client setups & products
• Contribute in streamlining the product set up and maintenance process (tools and techniques) including the automation of changes and liaise with the relevant development teams
• Document new processes, new tools and new functionality. Train other team members on these where required.
• Change Management (writing change procedure for deploying to the production environment). Scripting (shell/SQL) to deploy changes onto Unix/oracle environment.
• Provide work effort estimates for new Projects and Change Requests
• Review and refine changes to ensure accuracy and minimise all possible risk
• Provide out of hours support on a rota basis for team changes

 
You will have the following skills:
 

• Excellent knowledge of SQL – ability to develop complex SQL queries
• Windows scripting knowledge or programming languages (Java, HTML, XML).
• Experience of Windows server and client operating systems.
• First class communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Server and software diagnostic skills.
• Logical methodology to problem solving.

 
Beneficial:

• Experience of UNIX
• Agile Methodology

My client is reviewing C.Vs this week, to be considered or to find out more information please get in touch either by email or to my direct line.
 
George Aldridge – 0117 300  6448
Email: george.aldridge@opusrs.com

Micro-strategy Developer - Manchester

A repeat client is looking for a Lead BI Developer to join the IT Team and work with senior and talented members to help drive 2020 strategy for the year in BI.

It will be up to talented individuals to make sure requirements are met and that projects are delivered to the best of your ability.

Skills required from you;

• Being able to use Micro-strategy for Business Intelligence and Reports
• work with colleagues to take complex BI requirements, understanding what data is required and what insight it needs to provide.
• present back to the business the proposed solution to make sure it delivers what has been requested
• design, develop, test, and optimise solutions, with a focus on usability, performance, flexibility and standardisation
• completion of individual development project plans covering all developer activity
• Assist in the development of junior team members

Key Skills;

• intelligence tools & applications (MicroStrategy, PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau, Oracle BI)
• strong experience using SQL (essential), Java & Java Script (desirable)
• Experience of building management reports, suites and dashboards across web and mobile platforms
• Dynamic way of working
• Speak to business partners across all levels of the business, challenging and influencing along the way
• Any Cloud technologies would be beneficial

They are a really exciting company with award-winning benefits too: Get in contact to have a chat or email about more details:  olivia.redfearn @opusrs.com or we can have a chat 0161 2749 642

Micro-strategy Developer - Manchester

A repeat client is looking for a Lead BI Developer to join the IT Team and work with senior and talented members to help drive 2020 strategy for the year in BI.

It will be up to talented individuals to make sure requirements are met and that projects are delivered to the best of your ability.

Skills required from you;

• Being able to use Micro-strategy for Business Intelligence and Reports
• work with colleagues to take complex BI requirements, understanding what data is required and what insight it needs to provide.
• present back to the business the proposed solution to make sure it delivers what has been requested
• design, develop, test, and optimise solutions, with a focus on usability, performance, flexibility and standardisation
• completion of individual development project plans covering all developer activity
• Assist in the development of junior team members

Key Skills;

• intelligence tools & applications (MicroStrategy, PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau, Oracle BI)
• strong experience using SQL (essential), Java & Java Script (desirable)
• Experience of building management reports, suites and dashboards across web and mobile platforms
• Dynamic way of working
• Speak to business partners across all levels of the business, challenging and influencing along the way
• Any Cloud technologies would be beneficial

They are a really exciting company with award-winning benefits too: Get in contact to have a chat or email about more details:  olivia.redfearn @opusrs.com or we can have a chat 0161 2749 642

Network Infrastructure Engineer – Tonbridge - £35,000 - £45,000

This is an opportunity to work in a well-established company based in Tonbridge that has been delivering software products and solutions to their clients for the past couple of decades.

They are on the lookout an experienced technical support engineer (Network Engineer) to join the business as soon as possible.
My client are offering a great working atmosphere in a challenging and supportive environment.
Required Skills
 

• Assist in maintaining all network resources including servers, server O/S, database(s) and storage (SAN/NAS/On-premise Cloud Storage – including capacity planning, growth projections, and scalability requirements).
• Knowledge of the following services including, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, VLAN, WINS, Active Directory client services. General understanding of Networking/Security technologies (Ethernet, routers, switches, firewalls, VPN, etc.)
• Design and architecture of datacentre technologies including data centre switches, firewall, proxy servers, web filters, load balancers, storage and virtualization from various vendors.
• Layer 2/3 technologies and routing protocol experience
• Supporting the design setup and maintenance of all Citrix Environments
• Experience of supporting Citrix XenApp 6.x/7.x environments - Including build, deployment and migration
• Extensive experience as Citrix systems administrator providing operational support and maintenance for Citrix NetScaler, XenDesktop, XenApp, and Citrix App-Layering technologies.
• Configure, install, and maintain host servers in a virtual (Hyper-V) environment.
• Provision virtual servers and virtual desktops per specifications.
• Administration of a virtual IT infrastructure - Specializing in Hyper-V
• MS SQL and Oracle DB experience – Installation, configurations and maintenance
• Experience installing and maintaining all Windows OS Desktop and Server
• Experience installing and maintaining Mac OSX

What to do next -

My client are wanting to interview potential candidates next week, so please get in contact with myself as soon as possible. Please contact me on the below details - 

0117 300 64 20
Network Infrastructure Engineer – Tonbridge - £35,000 - £45,000

Network Infrastructure Engineer – Tonbridge - £35,000 - £45,000

This is an opportunity to work in a well-established company based in Tonbridge that has been delivering software products and solutions to their clients for the past couple of decades.

They are on the lookout an experienced technical support engineer (Network Engineer) to join the business as soon as possible.
My client are offering a great working atmosphere in a challenging and supportive environment.
Required Skills
 

• Assist in maintaining all network resources including servers, server O/S, database(s) and storage (SAN/NAS/On-premise Cloud Storage – including capacity planning, growth projections, and scalability requirements).
• Knowledge of the following services including, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, VLAN, WINS, Active Directory client services. General understanding of Networking/Security technologies (Ethernet, routers, switches, firewalls, VPN, etc.)
• Design and architecture of datacentre technologies including data centre switches, firewall, proxy servers, web filters, load balancers, storage and virtualization from various vendors.
• Layer 2/3 technologies and routing protocol experience
• Supporting the design setup and maintenance of all Citrix Environments
• Experience of supporting Citrix XenApp 6.x/7.x environments - Including build, deployment and migration
• Extensive experience as Citrix systems administrator providing operational support and maintenance for Citrix NetScaler, XenDesktop, XenApp, and Citrix App-Layering technologies.
• Configure, install, and maintain host servers in a virtual (Hyper-V) environment.
• Provision virtual servers and virtual desktops per specifications.
• Administration of a virtual IT infrastructure - Specializing in Hyper-V
• MS SQL and Oracle DB experience – Installation, configurations and maintenance
• Experience installing and maintaining all Windows OS Desktop and Server
• Experience installing and maintaining Mac OSX

What to do next -

My client are wanting to interview potential candidates next week, so please get in contact with myself as soon as possible. Please contact me on the below details - 

0117 300 64 20
Network Infrastructure Engineer – Tonbridge - £35,000 - £45,000

C#, .Net, Multi threading,Azure, Low latency, High Throughput,Grid Computing, Data Synapse, Banking

A major financial institution in the city is looking for an experienced C# . Net Developer to join a flagship team that handles a major risk platform. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, dedicated and focused team of open-minded, experienced developers, all based in the London office. They also directly shape the future of the product they handle and are trusted to make all the technical decisions with a large amount of responsibility and autonomy.

The successful candidate will be a strong full stack C# developer with strong server side experience and some exposure to grid computing (Data Synape/ HPC) as well as experience with Azure if possible.

Principal Accountabilities

• Software development, on a compute Grid Risk-PnL and XVA Calculation system based both on Cloud and on internal Data Centres.
  
  
• Make changes to the Risk-PnL software stack using TDD, developing adequate understanding to ensure system stability and performance is maintained while delivering change to customers
  
  
• Interact with Product Owner, Quantitative Analysts, and Front Office Customers to understand, design, estimate and delivery solutions.
  
  Required Skills
  
  
• Senior C# server-side developer
  
  
• Kanban, Test Driven Development, Jenkins;
  
  
• Azure (Batch, SQL, CosmosDB); or Tibco Data Synapse;
  
  
• Secondary skills in Scala-Akka-Kafka will be at an advantage
  
  
• A passion for delivering collaboratively and continuously with other engineers as part of an agile feature team, with a strong focus on delivering stable performant solutions
  
  
• Please provide a copy of your most recent CV

Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. It is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.

C#, .Net, Multi threading,Azure, Low latency, High Throughput,Grid Computing, Data Synapse, Banking

A major financial institution in the city is looking for an experienced C# . Net Developer to join a flagship team that handles a major risk platform. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, dedicated and focused team of open-minded, experienced developers, all based in the London office. They also directly shape the future of the product they handle and are trusted to make all the technical decisions with a large amount of responsibility and autonomy.

The successful candidate will be a strong full stack C# developer with strong server side experience and some exposure to grid computing (Data Synape/ HPC) as well as experience with Azure if possible.

Principal Accountabilities

• Software development, on a compute Grid Risk-PnL and XVA Calculation system based both on Cloud and on internal Data Centres.
  
  
• Make changes to the Risk-PnL software stack using TDD, developing adequate understanding to ensure system stability and performance is maintained while delivering change to customers
  
  
• Interact with Product Owner, Quantitative Analysts, and Front Office Customers to understand, design, estimate and delivery solutions.
  
  Required Skills
  
  
• Senior C# server-side developer
  
  
• Kanban, Test Driven Development, Jenkins;
  
  
• Azure (Batch, SQL, CosmosDB); or Tibco Data Synapse;
  
  
• Secondary skills in Scala-Akka-Kafka will be at an advantage
  
  
• A passion for delivering collaboratively and continuously with other engineers as part of an agile feature team, with a strong focus on delivering stable performant solutions
  
  
• Please provide a copy of your most recent CV

Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. It is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.

C#, .Net, SQL, .Net core,

A world leading systematic trading hedge fund is looking for a junior/ graduate developer from a world leading university to join the Market data and feeds team.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a market leading proprietary low-latency electronic trading infrastructure that connects the firm to the global markets, the team's main responsibilities include:

• They are responsible for developing, conforming, deploying and supporting a large number of real-time market feeds from multiple exchanges and data vendors
  
  
• The team is responsible for the reliable distribution of market data across the firm
  
  
• They are the owners of the high performance order management systems and market gateways for order placement, involving bespoke protocol development and tools for real-time risk control, measurement and monitoring
  
  The individual responsibilities of the successful developer would be:
  
  
• Monitoring of ~200 trading connections and ~350 market data processes
  
  
• Monitoring archives of historic data (tick and trade)
  
  
• Investigating outages and unexpected data
  
  
• Developing new trading connections and market data feeds
  
  
• Writing tools to aid investigations and allow other teams visibility on the low level messages sent to/received from counterparties.
  
  
• Understanding various asset classes and methods of trading
  
  
• Able to keep a cool head under pressure and act decisively to minimise impact of outages
  
  
• Troubleshooting network problems
  
  
• Troubleshooting general host problems (short of memory/paging, CPU-bound, running out of disk space etc.)
  
  
• Understanding and maintaining pre-trade risk systems
  
  
• Understanding and maintaining market abuse detection systems
  
  The ideal developer would have a strong educational background from a world leading university ideally in Computer Science or Scientific subject with significant exposure to programming. Desired skills would also include:
  
  
• Strong understanding of the principles of OOA/D, data modelling, database design, data structures and algorithms.
  
  
• Good knowledge of a primary OO language is essential C#
  
  
• Experience with .net core or server side C# is essential
  
  
• Strong mathematical foundations
  
  
• Knowledge of FIX protocol preferable

Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. It is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.

C#, .Net, SQL, .Net core,

A world leading systematic trading hedge fund is looking for a junior/ graduate developer from a world leading university to join the Market data and feeds team.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a market leading proprietary low-latency electronic trading infrastructure that connects the firm to the global markets, the team's main responsibilities include:

• They are responsible for developing, conforming, deploying and supporting a large number of real-time market feeds from multiple exchanges and data vendors
  
  
• The team is responsible for the reliable distribution of market data across the firm
  
  
• They are the owners of the high performance order management systems and market gateways for order placement, involving bespoke protocol development and tools for real-time risk control, measurement and monitoring
  
  The individual responsibilities of the successful developer would be:
  
  
• Monitoring of ~200 trading connections and ~350 market data processes
  
  
• Monitoring archives of historic data (tick and trade)
  
  
• Investigating outages and unexpected data
  
  
• Developing new trading connections and market data feeds
  
  
• Writing tools to aid investigations and allow other teams visibility on the low level messages sent to/received from counterparties.
  
  
• Understanding various asset classes and methods of trading
  
  
• Able to keep a cool head under pressure and act decisively to minimise impact of outages
  
  
• Troubleshooting network problems
  
  
• Troubleshooting general host problems (short of memory/paging, CPU-bound, running out of disk space etc.)
  
  
• Understanding and maintaining pre-trade risk systems
  
  
• Understanding and maintaining market abuse detection systems
  
  The ideal developer would have a strong educational background from a world leading university ideally in Computer Science or Scientific subject with significant exposure to programming. Desired skills would also include:
  
  
• Strong understanding of the principles of OOA/D, data modelling, database design, data structures and algorithms.
  
  
• Good knowledge of a primary OO language is essential C#
  
  
• Experience with .net core or server side C# is essential
  
  
• Strong mathematical foundations
  
  
• Knowledge of FIX protocol preferable

Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. It is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.