Main Purpose of the Job: 

• To promote the availability, performance, security, effective provisioning, installation / configuration, operation and maintenance of assigned infrastructure and services (both on-premise and cloud). 

• Perform regular system monitoring to verifying the integrity and availability of appropriate infrastructure and services. 

• Perform regular security and performance monitoring activity, implementing and responding to established alerts, to quickly identify possible intrusions and performance issues. 

• Participate in 3rd Line incident resolution; including identification, diagnosis and root cause analysis ensuring rapid resolution and minimal impact on services and data integrity. 

• Actively and openly communicate risks, operational problems and incidents accurately ascertaining business impact and escalating where appropriate. 

• Respond to request for support in a timely fashion to meet overall service levels ensure the quality of customer service. 

• Support our 24/7 business by participating in an out of hours rota. 

• Follow and contribute to the appropriate controls over configuration and change. Maintain the expected level of documentation, to ensure adherence to common process and reference resources are created to describe all changes. 

• Identifying gaps in services and highlighting underlying performance, recommending solutions where known, to contribute to the improvement of services. 

• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for in-scope technologies and services (More detail in Desired Skills below) 

You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing c. 11,500 colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites we supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.

• A demonstrated aptitude and interest in IT developed in an IT focused group or organisation 

• Strong experience in service management and knowledge of the ITIL Framework 

• Good customer service skills, with experience of strong stakeholder management (IT and beyond). 

• Good problem-solving skills and techniques 

• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated skills in prioritisation and resource management with minimal guidance. 

• Experience working within a multi-region or global organisation 

• Experience of working with multiple suppliers/vendors/partners and contributing to or owning the relationship (Supplier reviews etc) 

• Experience in troubleshooting network related issues (WAN, LAN, WiFi, ISE etc.) 

What skills are we looking for

Operating Systems:

Required: 

Windows Server 2008 R2 and above 

Desired: 

Redhat 7 and above 

Software and Services: 

Required: 

Office 365 Administration 

Standard Office Suite 

Exchange Online 

Sharepoint Online 

Azure Connect 

Security and Compliance 

Licensing 

On-Premise Skype for Business 

PowerShell (Scripting) 

VMWare Management 

Citrix 6 and above Management 

Client and Server Management (Ivanti) 

Active Directory 

Group Policy 

DNS and DHCP 

Veeam Backup and Cloud Sync 

Azure Cloud Sync 

Symantec Endpoint Protection 

One Identity (Quest) Active Roles 

One Identity (Quest) Password Manager 

Desired: 

Azure Cloud Administration 

Microsoft Teams 

Microsoft SQL Administration 

Zabbix Monitoring 

Forcepoint Websense 

SSL Certificate Management 

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Main Purpose of the Job: 

• To promote the availability, performance, security, effective provisioning, installation / configuration, operation and maintenance of assigned infrastructure and services (both on-premise and cloud). 

• Perform regular system monitoring to verifying the integrity and availability of appropriate infrastructure and services. 

• Perform regular security and performance monitoring activity, implementing and responding to established alerts, to quickly identify possible intrusions and performance issues. 

• Participate in 3rd Line incident resolution; including identification, diagnosis and root cause analysis ensuring rapid resolution and minimal impact on services and data integrity. 

• Actively and openly communicate risks, operational problems and incidents accurately ascertaining business impact and escalating where appropriate. 

• Respond to request for support in a timely fashion to meet overall service levels ensure the quality of customer service. 

• Support our 24/7 business by participating in an out of hours rota. 

• Follow and contribute to the appropriate controls over configuration and change. Maintain the expected level of documentation, to ensure adherence to common process and reference resources are created to describe all changes. 

• Identifying gaps in services and highlighting underlying performance, recommending solutions where known, to contribute to the improvement of services. 

• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for in-scope technologies and services (More detail in Desired Skills below) 

You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing c. 11,500 colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites we supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.

• A demonstrated aptitude and interest in IT developed in an IT focused group or organisation 

• Strong experience in service management and knowledge of the ITIL Framework 

• Good customer service skills, with experience of strong stakeholder management (IT and beyond). 

• Good problem-solving skills and techniques 

• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated skills in prioritisation and resource management with minimal guidance. 

• Experience working within a multi-region or global organisation 

• Experience of working with multiple suppliers/vendors/partners and contributing to or owning the relationship (Supplier reviews etc) 

• Experience in troubleshooting network related issues (WAN, LAN, WiFi, ISE etc.) 

What skills are we looking for

Operating Systems:

Required: 

Windows Server 2008 R2 and above 

Desired: 

Redhat 7 and above 

Software and Services: 

Required: 

Office 365 Administration 

Standard Office Suite 

Exchange Online 

Sharepoint Online 

Azure Connect 

Security and Compliance 

Licensing 

On-Premise Skype for Business 

PowerShell (Scripting) 

VMWare Management 

Citrix 6 and above Management 

Client and Server Management (Ivanti) 

Active Directory 

Group Policy 

DNS and DHCP 

Veeam Backup and Cloud Sync 

Azure Cloud Sync 

Symantec Endpoint Protection 

One Identity (Quest) Active Roles 

One Identity (Quest) Password Manager 

Desired: 

Azure Cloud Administration 

Microsoft Teams 

Microsoft SQL Administration 

Zabbix Monitoring 

Forcepoint Websense 

SSL Certificate Management 

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Application Support Analyst
Central London
£25,000-£35,000 Per Annum + Benefits

The Client

This is an exciting chance for an Application Support Analyst to join an established Software House and Software Product Delivery Consultancy, that operate within the global Insurance markets. They have a very strong track record and reputation in producing pioneering and industry leading software solutions to the Insurance sector

You will be working on one their flagship products, which is an exposure management and risk modelling and reporting software. With such a high demand for this award-winning product, you will rapidly grow your knowledge of catastrophe risk management software.

The Role

• Working within a team environment, the application support analyst will assist in investigating and resolving application
• and system issues as well as executing administrative tasks for clients and the team
• Interrogating SQL databases – enhancing proficiency in database management systems
• Develop skills in communication, time management, prioritisation, client service, IT disciplines, etc.
• Attend regular client meetings and engage with key stakeholders in projects and client support teams
• Alongside more senior members of the team visit client offices, and work remotely alongside clients as needed according to demands and any upgrades/periods of increased risk

Essential Skills

• A formal tertiary qualification, preferably a completed degree in computer science, business information systems or similar
• Able to communicate effectively with both customers (technical and non-technical) and internal stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Confidence to seek support of peers and management as required
• Good grasp of Microsoft Office

Desirable Skills

• Acquired experience (1+ years) within a customer-facing software support role
• Experience working in the insurance industry
• Understanding of SQL Server Management Studio / SQL Server Profiler

To apply please click the “Apply” button and follow the instructions.

For a further discussion, please contact Jordan Ford.

83zero Consulting Limited is a boutique consultancy specialising in Project Management | ITSM | Change | Agile within the UK. We provide high quality interim and permanent senior IT professionals.

Application Support Analyst
Central London
£25,000-£35,000 Per Annum + Benefits

The Client

This is an exciting chance for an Application Support Analyst to join an established Software House and Software Product Delivery Consultancy, that operate within the global Insurance markets. They have a very strong track record and reputation in producing pioneering and industry leading software solutions to the Insurance sector

You will be working on one their flagship products, which is an exposure management and risk modelling and reporting software. With such a high demand for this award-winning product, you will rapidly grow your knowledge of catastrophe risk management software.

The Role

• Working within a team environment, the application support analyst will assist in investigating and resolving application
• and system issues as well as executing administrative tasks for clients and the team
• Interrogating SQL databases – enhancing proficiency in database management systems
• Develop skills in communication, time management, prioritisation, client service, IT disciplines, etc.
• Attend regular client meetings and engage with key stakeholders in projects and client support teams
• Alongside more senior members of the team visit client offices, and work remotely alongside clients as needed according to demands and any upgrades/periods of increased risk

Essential Skills

• A formal tertiary qualification, preferably a completed degree in computer science, business information systems or similar
• Able to communicate effectively with both customers (technical and non-technical) and internal stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Confidence to seek support of peers and management as required
• Good grasp of Microsoft Office

Desirable Skills

• Acquired experience (1+ years) within a customer-facing software support role
• Experience working in the insurance industry
• Understanding of SQL Server Management Studio / SQL Server Profiler

To apply please click the “Apply” button and follow the instructions.

For a further discussion, please contact Jordan Ford.

83zero Consulting Limited is a boutique consultancy specialising in Project Management | ITSM | Change | Agile within the UK. We provide high quality interim and permanent senior IT professionals.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

A global manufacturer within the automotive industry is looking to recruit an IT Systems Administrator to work at their renowned site in Peterlee in a stand-alone role. This well-established organisation has an excellent reputation within the North East and across the globe and so this is a great time to join a thriving, fast-paced manufacturing business.

They are looking to appoint someone as soon as possible so if you are interested and feel you meet the below criteria, please do get in touch/apply!
THE ROLE

As IT Systems Administrator, you will take responsibility for ensuring the smooth running of all computer equipment, together with the implementation of any new systems, hardware and software required in a cost effective and efficient manner. You will also support staff with the implementation and management of systems data.
This is a stand-alone role, whereby you will be responsible for the IT Management across the site. Therefore, you must be able to effectively communicate with other managers and employees, providing them with ongoing support.
As an excellent problem solver with a highly organised approach and an ability to meet tight deadlines, your key responsibilities will include:

- Providing support for the network administration, network support and end user support
- Identifying software/hardware specification analysis and business needs analysis
- Ensuring in-house programming, testing, implementation and support is provided in a friendly and courteous manner
- Network design, installation and procurement
- Cost effectively managing the company communication system including the provision of mobile phones, digital cameras and other portable equipment
- Managing business tablets using MDM (Mobile Device Management)
- Taking responsibility for the company IT policies and procedures
- Participating in regular management meetings, providing reports as required

Ongoing project work will also form a key part of your role, to ensure accurate and cost-effective changes to the company systems. This will involve working closely with departments across the business, namely utilising the support of the HR function.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

To apply for this role, it is essential you meet the following criteria:

- Degree, HND or equivalent in an IT related subject
- Fully conversant with Microsoft Office suite
- Experience using Sage systems or similar MRP packages
- Experience of: Windows Server 2012, mobile device management, VPN, Active Directory, SQL Server, Web Based Tracking Systems, EDI Data Transfer, telephone systems and wireless networking
- Personality wise, you must carry excellent communication skills, be highly organised, enjoy solving problems and be able to use your own initiative.

THE SALARY
This role comes with a salary of up to £30,000 per annum.

THE CONTRACT
This is a permanent, full time role. You will work from 8.00am until 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and from 8.00am until 3.30pm on a Friday.
Benefits include a company pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme, a child care voucher scheme and other remuneration schemes.
TO APPLY
The point of contact for this role is Katie Newton. You can send her a copy of your CV and covering letter directly to (Email Removed) or call her on (phone number removed) for more information

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

A global manufacturer within the automotive industry is looking to recruit an IT Systems Administrator to work at their renowned site in Peterlee in a stand-alone role. This well-established organisation has an excellent reputation within the North East and across the globe and so this is a great time to join a thriving, fast-paced manufacturing business.

They are looking to appoint someone as soon as possible so if you are interested and feel you meet the below criteria, please do get in touch/apply!
THE ROLE

As IT Systems Administrator, you will take responsibility for ensuring the smooth running of all computer equipment, together with the implementation of any new systems, hardware and software required in a cost effective and efficient manner. You will also support staff with the implementation and management of systems data.
This is a stand-alone role, whereby you will be responsible for the IT Management across the site. Therefore, you must be able to effectively communicate with other managers and employees, providing them with ongoing support.
As an excellent problem solver with a highly organised approach and an ability to meet tight deadlines, your key responsibilities will include:

- Providing support for the network administration, network support and end user support
- Identifying software/hardware specification analysis and business needs analysis
- Ensuring in-house programming, testing, implementation and support is provided in a friendly and courteous manner
- Network design, installation and procurement
- Cost effectively managing the company communication system including the provision of mobile phones, digital cameras and other portable equipment
- Managing business tablets using MDM (Mobile Device Management)
- Taking responsibility for the company IT policies and procedures
- Participating in regular management meetings, providing reports as required

Ongoing project work will also form a key part of your role, to ensure accurate and cost-effective changes to the company systems. This will involve working closely with departments across the business, namely utilising the support of the HR function.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

To apply for this role, it is essential you meet the following criteria:

- Degree, HND or equivalent in an IT related subject
- Fully conversant with Microsoft Office suite
- Experience using Sage systems or similar MRP packages
- Experience of: Windows Server 2012, mobile device management, VPN, Active Directory, SQL Server, Web Based Tracking Systems, EDI Data Transfer, telephone systems and wireless networking
- Personality wise, you must carry excellent communication skills, be highly organised, enjoy solving problems and be able to use your own initiative.

THE SALARY
This role comes with a salary of up to £30,000 per annum.

THE CONTRACT
This is a permanent, full time role. You will work from 8.00am until 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and from 8.00am until 3.30pm on a Friday.
Benefits include a company pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme, a child care voucher scheme and other remuneration schemes.
TO APPLY
The point of contact for this role is Katie Newton. You can send her a copy of your CV and covering letter directly to (Email Removed) or call her on (phone number removed) for more information

Full-Stack Developer - 40k - Mansfield

My client are a world renowned manufacturing company. They have been industry leaders for over 30 years, and develop intelligent manufacturing solutions for the Aerospace industry. Due to the acquisition of a new, major contract, they are looking to add a number of Developers to their team.

You will report to the Development Director. This role will see you working mainly on the backend in C#, .Net and SQL. Although strong JavaScript isn't necessary, it will certainly help in your success. You will work with clients all over the world, ranging from governments, militaries and airlines. They have a large development team operating in an agile environment.

Skills Required:

• Extensive C#, .Net experience
• Experience with SQL Server/MySQL
• Understanding of Rest API's
• Previous use of WinForms
• Experience in Agile environment
• Ability to work within tight deadlines and under pressure
• Willingness to learn, improve and develop

If you feel like this is suited to your skill set, and that you can craft clean and reusable code, please get in touch with Kieran Haynes on (phone number removed) or via email. Send over your CV to be considered immediately.

Full-Stack Developer - 40k - Mansfield

For more information about Shift F5 and the opportunities we have to offer follow us on Twitter @F5_Jobs

Shift F5 Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Full-Stack Developer - 40k - Mansfield

My client are a world renowned manufacturing company. They have been industry leaders for over 30 years, and develop intelligent manufacturing solutions for the Aerospace industry. Due to the acquisition of a new, major contract, they are looking to add a number of Developers to their team.

You will report to the Development Director. This role will see you working mainly on the backend in C#, .Net and SQL. Although strong JavaScript isn't necessary, it will certainly help in your success. You will work with clients all over the world, ranging from governments, militaries and airlines. They have a large development team operating in an agile environment.

Skills Required:

• Extensive C#, .Net experience
• Experience with SQL Server/MySQL
• Understanding of Rest API's
• Previous use of WinForms
• Experience in Agile environment
• Ability to work within tight deadlines and under pressure
• Willingness to learn, improve and develop

If you feel like this is suited to your skill set, and that you can craft clean and reusable code, please get in touch with Kieran Haynes on (phone number removed) or via email. Send over your CV to be considered immediately.

Full-Stack Developer - 40k - Mansfield

For more information about Shift F5 and the opportunities we have to offer follow us on Twitter @F5_Jobs

Shift F5 Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

About Us

Friday Media Group is a business with an international scope, where our primary purpose remains the same, to bring people and businesses together in niche industries across the globe. We do this in 4 key areas:  Marketplace Websites, Job Boards, E-Commerce brands and most recently, Web Services.

We are a start up with a 40 year history, owning over 30 different brands across multiple fields, making us experts in various industries. 

Location 

We are currently based in Sayers Common, but will be relocating to Central Brighton within the next 12 months. 

Summary of Role

As a Data Scientist you will use your passion for data and analytics to deliver a variety of niche market driven insights across the FMG business units.

You will work closely with internal stakeholders to define the business problems they are trying to solve. From there you will use your experience with a variety of methodologies, including python scripting, machine learning and AI, to craft solutions that will drive real business outcomes.

Working within the established team you will come in as the department lead, acting as the main point of call for senior stakeholders, whilst also working as a mentor to the more junior members of the team and ensuring they get the support they need.

The successful candidate will:

• Collaborate with product owners and developers to identify, collect, and transform data for research and analysis

• Understand the day-to-day issues that our business faces, which can be better understood with data

• Develop predictive models, applying analytics and machine learning algorithms to support business decisions

• Demonstrate experience in developing Deep Learning and other sophisticated models, leveraging complex unstructured data

• Run optimisations to achieve commercial objectives and spot market opportunities

• Develop clear visualisation to convey complicated data in a straightforward fashion

• Proactively investigate and discover new techniques, technologies and data sources to enhance the group’s data universe and analytical capabilities

• Use data science tools and techniques to prototype and develop statistical / Machine learning models to solve business problems

• Run multiple analytical experiments simultaneously; analysing, interpreting and translating results into actionable insights 

• Build Models in Data Science Ecosystems such as AWS 

Skills we’d like you to possess:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, or equivalent field

• Proficient in Python, R and SQL

• Ability to time manage and a hunger to learn within a collaborative team

• Excellent communication and presentation skills (both verbal and written)

• Confidence to express opinions and challenge others

Company Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

• Birthday off

• Use of company gym

• Membership to perkbox

• Access to Villa in Spain for all staff

• Flexible working / Work from home options

Salary: Up to £50k DOE

About Us

Friday Media Group is a business with an international scope, where our primary purpose remains the same, to bring people and businesses together in niche industries across the globe. We do this in 4 key areas:  Marketplace Websites, Job Boards, E-Commerce brands and most recently, Web Services.

We are a start up with a 40 year history, owning over 30 different brands across multiple fields, making us experts in various industries. 

Location 

We are currently based in Sayers Common, but will be relocating to Central Brighton within the next 12 months. 

Summary of Role

As a Data Scientist you will use your passion for data and analytics to deliver a variety of niche market driven insights across the FMG business units.

You will work closely with internal stakeholders to define the business problems they are trying to solve. From there you will use your experience with a variety of methodologies, including python scripting, machine learning and AI, to craft solutions that will drive real business outcomes.

Working within the established team you will come in as the department lead, acting as the main point of call for senior stakeholders, whilst also working as a mentor to the more junior members of the team and ensuring they get the support they need.

The successful candidate will:

• Collaborate with product owners and developers to identify, collect, and transform data for research and analysis

• Understand the day-to-day issues that our business faces, which can be better understood with data

• Develop predictive models, applying analytics and machine learning algorithms to support business decisions

• Demonstrate experience in developing Deep Learning and other sophisticated models, leveraging complex unstructured data

• Run optimisations to achieve commercial objectives and spot market opportunities

• Develop clear visualisation to convey complicated data in a straightforward fashion

• Proactively investigate and discover new techniques, technologies and data sources to enhance the group’s data universe and analytical capabilities

• Use data science tools and techniques to prototype and develop statistical / Machine learning models to solve business problems

• Run multiple analytical experiments simultaneously; analysing, interpreting and translating results into actionable insights 

• Build Models in Data Science Ecosystems such as AWS 

Skills we’d like you to possess:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, or equivalent field

• Proficient in Python, R and SQL

• Ability to time manage and a hunger to learn within a collaborative team

• Excellent communication and presentation skills (both verbal and written)

• Confidence to express opinions and challenge others

Company Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

• Birthday off

• Use of company gym

• Membership to perkbox

• Access to Villa in Spain for all staff

• Flexible working / Work from home options

Salary: Up to £50k DOE