Are you a Software QA / Test Analyst with experience of documenting data flows in complex processes/projects?

If the answer is yes, then Autoglym may have the opportunity you have been waiting for…

We are currently recruiting for a Software QA / Test Analyst to join our Ecommerce team based in Letchworth Garden City. This is a full time, permanent position offering a competitive salary plus attractive rewards and benefits.

Autoglym’s growth through our domestic and International Ecommerce channels is a core strategic initiative for the business. Having formed the team in 2018 as a result of the changing market place and the way customers and consumers shop, the focus of the team is to grow Autoglym through our own ecommerce platforms, customer ecommerce channels and online marketplaces worldwide.

As a Software QA / Test Analyst your main responsibilities will include:

Create, maintain and enhance testing processes and documentation for all Autoglym Ecommerce and digital customer facing platforms.

Develop and execute end-to-end tests spanning multiple systems to ensure all scenarios are considered, tested and that the platforms are working as required.

Understand and interpret business processes. Identify and tackle gaps in development documentation.

Where required develop detailed functional specifications, user stories, testing vectors and changes resulting from testing and feed these into the development team.

Be the first point of contact for troubleshooting to identify where program faults are occurring and liaise with the development team to correct.

Assist in the design of the flow of interfaced data through ecommerce systems.

Ensure robust process are in place with inbuilt error checks to prompt timely identification of system issues.

Ensure all digital development is consistent with Altro Group IT, Development, and Security policies.

Attend project meetings to input into process analysis and definition of requirements.

Assist in the development of strategies to improve the maturity of the test/QA discipline within the team, helping to incorporate penetration/security testing, automated regression testing, and code coverage testing.

Communicate effectively to a variety of stakeholders from technical staff to business owners on project developments, progress, key timings and testing requirements.

Who are Autoglym?

Autoglym is a British manufacturer of a premium range of vehicle care and valeting products, which are sold in over 45 countries. As the holder of two Royal Warrants our products are used by enthusiasts and professionals and include customers such as vehicle manufacturers, major high street retailers, car dealerships, distributors, professional valeting companies and transport operators.

What are we looking for?

Relevant degree or computing/engineering qualification

Able to track transactions in SQL including viewing data in the database, reviewing stored procedures and ensuring the flow of data in the database matches the business process.

Previous experience within a commercial environment handling accuracy of end to end financial information.

Experience using JIRA, Confluence, and other industry standard tools for the purpose of maintaining project and testing documentation.

Able to demonstrate understanding and experience of the processes required in software or website software testing and project delivery

Experience working across multiple functional areas especially in sales, marketing and technical related projects.

Can demonstrate understanding of business processes, including integrations with other business systems.

Experience working on website or web technology projects

Exposure to Magento or other Enterprise Level ecommerce platforms.

Ideally has experience working within an Agile environment, with demonstrable working knowledge of ‘SDLC’, Scrum’ and ‘Kanban’ principles.

Excellent verbal communication and customer service skills working as part of a large team with many stakeholders

If you have the relevant experience and would describe yourself as self-motivated with excellent attention to detail, then we would love to hear from you, click ‘Apply’ today!

Are you a Software QA / Test Analyst with experience of documenting data flows in complex processes/projects?

If the answer is yes, then Autoglym may have the opportunity you have been waiting for…

We are currently recruiting for a Software QA / Test Analyst to join our Ecommerce team based in Letchworth Garden City. This is a full time, permanent position offering a competitive salary plus attractive rewards and benefits.

Autoglym’s growth through our domestic and International Ecommerce channels is a core strategic initiative for the business. Having formed the team in 2018 as a result of the changing market place and the way customers and consumers shop, the focus of the team is to grow Autoglym through our own ecommerce platforms, customer ecommerce channels and online marketplaces worldwide.

As a Software QA / Test Analyst your main responsibilities will include:

Create, maintain and enhance testing processes and documentation for all Autoglym Ecommerce and digital customer facing platforms.

Develop and execute end-to-end tests spanning multiple systems to ensure all scenarios are considered, tested and that the platforms are working as required.

Understand and interpret business processes. Identify and tackle gaps in development documentation.

Where required develop detailed functional specifications, user stories, testing vectors and changes resulting from testing and feed these into the development team.

Be the first point of contact for troubleshooting to identify where program faults are occurring and liaise with the development team to correct.

Assist in the design of the flow of interfaced data through ecommerce systems.

Ensure robust process are in place with inbuilt error checks to prompt timely identification of system issues.

Ensure all digital development is consistent with Altro Group IT, Development, and Security policies.

Attend project meetings to input into process analysis and definition of requirements.

Assist in the development of strategies to improve the maturity of the test/QA discipline within the team, helping to incorporate penetration/security testing, automated regression testing, and code coverage testing.

Communicate effectively to a variety of stakeholders from technical staff to business owners on project developments, progress, key timings and testing requirements.

Who are Autoglym?

Autoglym is a British manufacturer of a premium range of vehicle care and valeting products, which are sold in over 45 countries. As the holder of two Royal Warrants our products are used by enthusiasts and professionals and include customers such as vehicle manufacturers, major high street retailers, car dealerships, distributors, professional valeting companies and transport operators.

What are we looking for?

Relevant degree or computing/engineering qualification

Able to track transactions in SQL including viewing data in the database, reviewing stored procedures and ensuring the flow of data in the database matches the business process.

Previous experience within a commercial environment handling accuracy of end to end financial information.

Experience using JIRA, Confluence, and other industry standard tools for the purpose of maintaining project and testing documentation.

Able to demonstrate understanding and experience of the processes required in software or website software testing and project delivery

Experience working across multiple functional areas especially in sales, marketing and technical related projects.

Can demonstrate understanding of business processes, including integrations with other business systems.

Experience working on website or web technology projects

Exposure to Magento or other Enterprise Level ecommerce platforms.

Ideally has experience working within an Agile environment, with demonstrable working knowledge of ‘SDLC’, Scrum’ and ‘Kanban’ principles.

Excellent verbal communication and customer service skills working as part of a large team with many stakeholders

If you have the relevant experience and would describe yourself as self-motivated with excellent attention to detail, then we would love to hear from you, click ‘Apply’ today!

Contract Java / Web Server Engineer - 20k - 28k AED Monthly + Healthcare
12-month contract
Dubai

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Big Data Security Architect to join a globally recognised organisation in Dubai.
We are Looking for a seasoned Java engineer who has hands-on configuration and administration experience with application servers. You will be working on Java servers' management and configurations, performance monitoring, capacity management and issue escalation from Operations point of view. You will be supporting the J2EE application servers, working as part of the Web team.

Skills required

*Extensive experience with J2EE application servers - RedHat Jboss EAP, Oracle Weblogic, IBM WebSphere
*Expert knowledge and administration experience with Linux, Windows and AIX
*J2EE Server deployment and management
*Development experience with Java, J2EE, Shell/Python scripting
*Experience with tools like Maven, Gradle, SQL*PLUS, Heap Dump and Thread Dump analysers, Wireshark
*Experience with IBM BPM suite of products, Rules and Event processing, Automation, Oracle/Couchbase Databases, RedHat JBoss DataGrid/Oracle Coherence, SOA
*Deep knowledge and experience with HTTP
*Support on-call teams for operational issues and performance degradation
*Monitoring and performance tracking
*Create and maintain documentation as required
*Knowledge of networking and application protocols, such as TCP/IP, HTTP/S, mTLS, DNS and WAF (NetScaler/f5)
*Operational experience running a production 24x7x365 infrastructure at scale
*Container management platforms - Kubernetes, RedHat OpenShift
*Experience with .Net, MS IIS, hosting solutions, public cloud usage, CI/CD toolset

We are keen to build strong relationships with IT consultants based on providing a transparent and supportive service. Now in our 18th year we pay promptly and are a stable contracting partner in good financial health. Deerfoot IT: Est. 1997. REC member. ISO certified. *Each time we send a CV to a recruiting client we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation (charity no. (phone number removed)). We never send you CV without your email authorisation.

Contract Java / Web Server Engineer - 20k - 28k AED Monthly + Healthcare
12-month contract
Dubai

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Big Data Security Architect to join a globally recognised organisation in Dubai.
We are Looking for a seasoned Java engineer who has hands-on configuration and administration experience with application servers. You will be working on Java servers' management and configurations, performance monitoring, capacity management and issue escalation from Operations point of view. You will be supporting the J2EE application servers, working as part of the Web team.

Skills required

*Extensive experience with J2EE application servers - RedHat Jboss EAP, Oracle Weblogic, IBM WebSphere
*Expert knowledge and administration experience with Linux, Windows and AIX
*J2EE Server deployment and management
*Development experience with Java, J2EE, Shell/Python scripting
*Experience with tools like Maven, Gradle, SQL*PLUS, Heap Dump and Thread Dump analysers, Wireshark
*Experience with IBM BPM suite of products, Rules and Event processing, Automation, Oracle/Couchbase Databases, RedHat JBoss DataGrid/Oracle Coherence, SOA
*Deep knowledge and experience with HTTP
*Support on-call teams for operational issues and performance degradation
*Monitoring and performance tracking
*Create and maintain documentation as required
*Knowledge of networking and application protocols, such as TCP/IP, HTTP/S, mTLS, DNS and WAF (NetScaler/f5)
*Operational experience running a production 24x7x365 infrastructure at scale
*Container management platforms - Kubernetes, RedHat OpenShift
*Experience with .Net, MS IIS, hosting solutions, public cloud usage, CI/CD toolset

We are keen to build strong relationships with IT consultants based on providing a transparent and supportive service. Now in our 18th year we pay promptly and are a stable contracting partner in good financial health. Deerfoot IT: Est. 1997. REC member. ISO certified. *Each time we send a CV to a recruiting client we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation (charity no. (phone number removed)). We never send you CV without your email authorisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test companies’ server-side components

• Configure and maintain the project’s development, test and production environments in Azure

• Review and sign-off key technical deliverables to ensure consistency of design and quality across the team

• Develop, maintain and communicate the application architecture, functionality and designs, through presentations, documentation and regular review with the company’s management team

• Manage and resolve any technical issues with server-side applications in a timely manner

• Remain fully abreast of the latest changes in technology, with an emphasis on Azure and anything that will impact our architecture on that platform

• Manage the build process to ensure the reliable and repeatable production of deployable versions of our applications, using best practices such as continuous integration and deployment

• Adhere to the companies programming standards, and participate in their definition and maintenance

• Adhere to the company’s software testing approach using established test environments and defect tracking tools

• Provide input into system documentation, particularly design artefacts, configuration and user help and “how to” guides

• Participate in the Agile/Scrum development process, as implemented by the companies software engineering team

• Represent the company in technical meetings with the company’s investors, customers and prospects

The responsibilities of this role may vary from time to time given the small and dynamic nature of the technology team, but the core requirements are those listed above.

Experience & Qualifications

• Seven or more years’ experience with the development of back-end services and client applications using the Microsoft .NET framework

• In-depth knowledge of designing architectures and establishing environments for developing, building, testing and releasing server-side components to hosted cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure

• Experience of developing and launching cloud-based Software as a Service (SAAS) products

• Extensive experience of Agile development approaches (e.g. Scrum) for iterative, adaptive product development, continuous integration and regular releases

• Any experience of the development of IP telephony systems would be an advantage, for example integrations with Asterisk, Broadsoft or another IP PBX

Core skills:

• Languages: .NET, C#, F#

• IDEs: Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code

• Technologies: JSON, RESTful HTTP APIs

• Platforms: Microsoft Azure (Function Apps, App Services, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Notification Hubs, Event Hubs, Storage Accounts, Data Factory) • Databases: SQL Server, Azure SQL Database

• Protocols: TCP/IP, SSL, HTTP(s)

• Cloud Computing Services, such as: Realm.io, Twilio, SendGrid, Stripe, GoCardless

• Tools: Postman, Fiddler, Git, SourceTree, Azure DevOps, JIRA • Security and Authentication: OAuth2.x (Auth0)

• Microservices-based architectures, asynchronous messaging patterns

Useful skills:

• MySQL, Angular 2, Javascript, JQuery, Node.js, WebRTC, MySQL

• iOS and Android development (Swift, Kotlin, Java), APNS, GCM/FCM

• VoIP, SIP

• XCode, Android Studio

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test companies’ server-side components

• Configure and maintain the project’s development, test and production environments in Azure

• Review and sign-off key technical deliverables to ensure consistency of design and quality across the team

• Develop, maintain and communicate the application architecture, functionality and designs, through presentations, documentation and regular review with the company’s management team

• Manage and resolve any technical issues with server-side applications in a timely manner

• Remain fully abreast of the latest changes in technology, with an emphasis on Azure and anything that will impact our architecture on that platform

• Manage the build process to ensure the reliable and repeatable production of deployable versions of our applications, using best practices such as continuous integration and deployment

• Adhere to the companies programming standards, and participate in their definition and maintenance

• Adhere to the company’s software testing approach using established test environments and defect tracking tools

• Provide input into system documentation, particularly design artefacts, configuration and user help and “how to” guides

• Participate in the Agile/Scrum development process, as implemented by the companies software engineering team

• Represent the company in technical meetings with the company’s investors, customers and prospects

The responsibilities of this role may vary from time to time given the small and dynamic nature of the technology team, but the core requirements are those listed above.

Experience & Qualifications

• Seven or more years’ experience with the development of back-end services and client applications using the Microsoft .NET framework

• In-depth knowledge of designing architectures and establishing environments for developing, building, testing and releasing server-side components to hosted cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure

• Experience of developing and launching cloud-based Software as a Service (SAAS) products

• Extensive experience of Agile development approaches (e.g. Scrum) for iterative, adaptive product development, continuous integration and regular releases

• Any experience of the development of IP telephony systems would be an advantage, for example integrations with Asterisk, Broadsoft or another IP PBX

Core skills:

• Languages: .NET, C#, F#

• IDEs: Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code

• Technologies: JSON, RESTful HTTP APIs

• Platforms: Microsoft Azure (Function Apps, App Services, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Notification Hubs, Event Hubs, Storage Accounts, Data Factory) • Databases: SQL Server, Azure SQL Database

• Protocols: TCP/IP, SSL, HTTP(s)

• Cloud Computing Services, such as: Realm.io, Twilio, SendGrid, Stripe, GoCardless

• Tools: Postman, Fiddler, Git, SourceTree, Azure DevOps, JIRA • Security and Authentication: OAuth2.x (Auth0)

• Microservices-based architectures, asynchronous messaging patterns

Useful skills:

• MySQL, Angular 2, Javascript, JQuery, Node.js, WebRTC, MySQL

• iOS and Android development (Swift, Kotlin, Java), APNS, GCM/FCM

• VoIP, SIP

• XCode, Android Studio

Senior Data Engineer (Edinburgh)
Head Resourcing are delighted to be recruiting for an experienced Senior Data Engineer for a technically forward-thinking organisation in Edinburgh city centre. This a permanent role for a skilled individual to add to a growing team of data experts. This addition to the team will be responsible for expanding and optimising the flow of data and collection across several cross-functional teams. As a new and exciting area of expansion, I would love to talk to candidates with experience of data pipeline builder and who enjoy optimising data systems. This role is pivotal to supporting the software engineers, Database architects and data analysts on the initiatives around consistent data architecture whilst optimising and designing the next generations of products and data initiatives for the cloud. A mandate across the business is to support and fund cloud (AWS) certification.


Key Activities
* Expertise in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Glue, Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Elastic Map Reduce (EMR), Amazon Kinesis, and Amazon Redshift. Also related Database technologies such as Postgres, MySQL and SQL Server.
* Work with our internal engineering teams to convey needs and feedback as input to technology roadmaps. Share real world implementation challenges and recommend new capabilities that would simplify adoption and drive greater value from use of AWS cloud services.
* Drive business outcomes through agile principals while and working in a sprint-based manner.
Required Skills
* Experience of Big Data solutions implementation in a highly technical and analytical role.
* Track record of thinking strategically about business, product, and technical challenges whilst designing and delivering innovating solutions in an enterprise environment.
* Experience with massively-parallel-processing (MPP) models, real-time processing and analytics, data ingestion (batched and streamed) and data storage solutions.
* Experience with DevOps related tooling constructs (Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD)
* Familiarity with Hadoop/EMR/Spark ecosystem and associated technologies and processes.
* Experience developing and testing software in one or more programming languages (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python)
Desirable Skills
* Hands on experience leading large-scale global data warehousing and analytics projects.
* Deep understanding of database and analytical technologies in the industry including MPP and NoSQL databases, Data Warehouse design, BI reporting and Dashboard development.
* Demonstrated industry leadership in the fields of database, data warehousing or data sciences.
* Implementation and tuning experience of Big Data solutions specifically using Amazon Web Services.
* Track record of implementing AWS services in a variety of distributed computing, enterprise environments.

Senior Data Engineer (Edinburgh)
Head Resourcing are delighted to be recruiting for an experienced Senior Data Engineer for a technically forward-thinking organisation in Edinburgh city centre. This a permanent role for a skilled individual to add to a growing team of data experts. This addition to the team will be responsible for expanding and optimising the flow of data and collection across several cross-functional teams. As a new and exciting area of expansion, I would love to talk to candidates with experience of data pipeline builder and who enjoy optimising data systems. This role is pivotal to supporting the software engineers, Database architects and data analysts on the initiatives around consistent data architecture whilst optimising and designing the next generations of products and data initiatives for the cloud. A mandate across the business is to support and fund cloud (AWS) certification.


Key Activities
* Expertise in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Glue, Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Elastic Map Reduce (EMR), Amazon Kinesis, and Amazon Redshift. Also related Database technologies such as Postgres, MySQL and SQL Server.
* Work with our internal engineering teams to convey needs and feedback as input to technology roadmaps. Share real world implementation challenges and recommend new capabilities that would simplify adoption and drive greater value from use of AWS cloud services.
* Drive business outcomes through agile principals while and working in a sprint-based manner.
Required Skills
* Experience of Big Data solutions implementation in a highly technical and analytical role.
* Track record of thinking strategically about business, product, and technical challenges whilst designing and delivering innovating solutions in an enterprise environment.
* Experience with massively-parallel-processing (MPP) models, real-time processing and analytics, data ingestion (batched and streamed) and data storage solutions.
* Experience with DevOps related tooling constructs (Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD)
* Familiarity with Hadoop/EMR/Spark ecosystem and associated technologies and processes.
* Experience developing and testing software in one or more programming languages (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python)
Desirable Skills
* Hands on experience leading large-scale global data warehousing and analytics projects.
* Deep understanding of database and analytical technologies in the industry including MPP and NoSQL databases, Data Warehouse design, BI reporting and Dashboard development.
* Demonstrated industry leadership in the fields of database, data warehousing or data sciences.
* Implementation and tuning experience of Big Data solutions specifically using Amazon Web Services.
* Track record of implementing AWS services in a variety of distributed computing, enterprise environments.

An growing family run business in the healthcare sector are looking to hire a full stack developer on a permanent basis, to become part of their talented team and contribute to a vibrant company culture. 

The experience we need. 

Ideally:

• SQL (MySQL)
• HTML5 + Javascript
• PHP
• Python 3 (Django experience preferred)

The role.

• Develop new internal and external web-based systems
• Develop new thick-client/mobile applications
• Extend and support existing web-based solutions
• Peer review code changes and perform security evaluations providing suggestions for improvements
• Actively contribute to planning, development and root-cause investigation sessions
• Continuously update skills and knowledge

The company.

A medium sized family run business who operate in the healthcare sector.


What you’ll get in return.

Salary in the range of c£45k
Free parking
Generous holiday allowance
Pension
Social committee 

How to apply.

If this sounds of interest, then please click the apply button right away! For more info on this or similar roles please give Dan a call.

An growing family run business in the healthcare sector are looking to hire a full stack developer on a permanent basis, to become part of their talented team and contribute to a vibrant company culture. 

The experience we need. 

Ideally:

• SQL (MySQL)
• HTML5 + Javascript
• PHP
• Python 3 (Django experience preferred)

The role.

• Develop new internal and external web-based systems
• Develop new thick-client/mobile applications
• Extend and support existing web-based solutions
• Peer review code changes and perform security evaluations providing suggestions for improvements
• Actively contribute to planning, development and root-cause investigation sessions
• Continuously update skills and knowledge

The company.

A medium sized family run business who operate in the healthcare sector.


What you’ll get in return.

Salary in the range of c£45k
Free parking
Generous holiday allowance
Pension
Social committee 

How to apply.

If this sounds of interest, then please click the apply button right away! For more info on this or similar roles please give Dan a call.