Position: Junior Dev Ops Engineer
Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 0QX
Hours: Permanent position, full-time
Salary: competitive between £25,000 and £35,000 yearly gross (to be defined depending on candidate’s experience)
Benefits: Company Pension

Our client, siHealth Ltd, is a fast-growing SME company focused on smart solutions in Health & Wellness. The main mission is to use satellite data and smart diagnostics tools to provide innovative services on mobile devices supporting healthy lifestyles and disease prevention & treatment.  

POSITION

We are looking for a full-time Junior Dev Ops (Development Operations) Engineer to join our IT team on a permanent basis, providing operational support mainly to our backend development team, but also the Front-end and R&D teams as and when required.

Candidates should enjoy debugging, troubleshooting and solving technical problems, and have an interest in developing their knowledge and experience of the various dev. ops. technologies they will be working with. Support will be provided by more senior colleagues but you will be expected to be able to deploy and provision cloud resources on your own. All candidates will be evaluated fairly, on their merits and suitability for the role.

Main Responsibilities:  

• Actively supporting the Back-end team with the configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting of core backend infrastructure, under the supervision of and liaising closely with the Back-end Software Engineer and the IT Manager;
• Supporting the Front-end and R&D teams as and when necessary;
• Keeping up to date with and learning emerging technologies of relevance or interest.

Skills & Experience:

Required

A sound working knowledge of:

• Python - Python scripting, runtime environments and command line tools (pip and virtualenv);
• Git - we are looking for someone who is comfortable with all the most commonly used Git operations (init, add, status, commit, log, branch, checkout, remote, push, pull, fetch, merge, stash);
• Linux - Linux shells and shell scripting (Bash preferred), and key command line tools and services; bonus points for some understanding of the Linux kernel, services and OS architecture.
  
  • At least one cloud service (Azure, AWS, GCP);
  • At least one CI technology (Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Travis, Circle).
  • Candidates should be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Desirable:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other STEM subjects;
• Flask or Django web service frameworks;
• Docker containerisation;
• Ansible, Chef, Puppet;
• Apache 2, NGINX;
• Big data models and file formats, such as NetCDF4, HDF5;
• In-memory databases, such as Redis;
• Python testing tools and frameworks, e.g. Tox, Pytest, Coverage, Hypothesis;
• Sphinx or other Python documentation tools.

For this position, no recruitment agency support is envisaged.

If you’re the ideal candidate, please send your CV today by clicking the APPLY button!

Keywords: Junior Dev Ops Engineer, Dev Ops Engineer, Development Operations Engineer, IT Engineer, Linux, Python, Sphinx, Computer Science, Software Engineer, Software Development

Position: Junior Dev Ops Engineer
Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 0QX
Hours: Permanent position, full-time
Salary: competitive between £25,000 and £35,000 yearly gross (to be defined depending on candidate’s experience)
Benefits: Company Pension

Our client, siHealth Ltd, is a fast-growing SME company focused on smart solutions in Health & Wellness. The main mission is to use satellite data and smart diagnostics tools to provide innovative services on mobile devices supporting healthy lifestyles and disease prevention & treatment.  

POSITION

We are looking for a full-time Junior Dev Ops (Development Operations) Engineer to join our IT team on a permanent basis, providing operational support mainly to our backend development team, but also the Front-end and R&D teams as and when required.

Candidates should enjoy debugging, troubleshooting and solving technical problems, and have an interest in developing their knowledge and experience of the various dev. ops. technologies they will be working with. Support will be provided by more senior colleagues but you will be expected to be able to deploy and provision cloud resources on your own. All candidates will be evaluated fairly, on their merits and suitability for the role.

Main Responsibilities:  

• Actively supporting the Back-end team with the configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting of core backend infrastructure, under the supervision of and liaising closely with the Back-end Software Engineer and the IT Manager;
• Supporting the Front-end and R&D teams as and when necessary;
• Keeping up to date with and learning emerging technologies of relevance or interest.

Skills & Experience:

Required

A sound working knowledge of:

• Python - Python scripting, runtime environments and command line tools (pip and virtualenv);
• Git - we are looking for someone who is comfortable with all the most commonly used Git operations (init, add, status, commit, log, branch, checkout, remote, push, pull, fetch, merge, stash);
• Linux - Linux shells and shell scripting (Bash preferred), and key command line tools and services; bonus points for some understanding of the Linux kernel, services and OS architecture.
  
  • At least one cloud service (Azure, AWS, GCP);
  • At least one CI technology (Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Travis, Circle).
  • Candidates should be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Desirable:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other STEM subjects;
• Flask or Django web service frameworks;
• Docker containerisation;
• Ansible, Chef, Puppet;
• Apache 2, NGINX;
• Big data models and file formats, such as NetCDF4, HDF5;
• In-memory databases, such as Redis;
• Python testing tools and frameworks, e.g. Tox, Pytest, Coverage, Hypothesis;
• Sphinx or other Python documentation tools.

For this position, no recruitment agency support is envisaged.

If you’re the ideal candidate, please send your CV today by clicking the APPLY button!

Keywords: Junior Dev Ops Engineer, Dev Ops Engineer, Development Operations Engineer, IT Engineer, Linux, Python, Sphinx, Computer Science, Software Engineer, Software Development

Job Description

We're looking to recruit a full-stack PHP developer to join our company at an exciting time of rapid growth and expansion and are willing to consider someone without substantial commercial experience providing they can evidence their ability and skillset. This position may particularly appeal to a recent graduate.

This is an opportunity to work in an environment where you can really see the impact and benefit of your efforts.

Working for us as a commercial energy broker, you'll be assisting in the development of software for our business that will be used by our colleagues, partners and clients to assist in the management of client data, energy contracts and business processes. You'll be invited to collaborate in the planning of new functionality and features however will work on constructing and implementing these features independently, with the full support and consultation of an experienced developer within the business. It is therefore important that you are comfortable working independently.

We’re fast paced and developing as a company and therefore seek someone who is receptive to rapid change and able to work in a collaborative way with us to develop software to enhance our continuously evolving business processes.

You will be working from your own private office within our recently refurbished offices in Washington, Tyne and Wear. Working hours can be flexible to suit you to cover 37.5 hours between Mon-Fri 8am-6pm.

For this position, you will be able to demonstrate full competency with:

- PHP

- HTML5/CSS

- JavaScript/jQuery/JSON

- MySQL

- CakePHP or other frameworks

Experience with the following would be advantageous though not essential

- RESTful APIs

- Git/other version control systems

- GDPR / Security by design/default

- AWS

- Linux

- Agile development

- Nginx

Benefits:

Salary 25-30k DOE/negotiable with regular reviews.

Relaxed and supportive working environment

Free parking

Job Description

We're looking to recruit a full-stack PHP developer to join our company at an exciting time of rapid growth and expansion and are willing to consider someone without substantial commercial experience providing they can evidence their ability and skillset. This position may particularly appeal to a recent graduate.

This is an opportunity to work in an environment where you can really see the impact and benefit of your efforts.

Working for us as a commercial energy broker, you'll be assisting in the development of software for our business that will be used by our colleagues, partners and clients to assist in the management of client data, energy contracts and business processes. You'll be invited to collaborate in the planning of new functionality and features however will work on constructing and implementing these features independently, with the full support and consultation of an experienced developer within the business. It is therefore important that you are comfortable working independently.

We’re fast paced and developing as a company and therefore seek someone who is receptive to rapid change and able to work in a collaborative way with us to develop software to enhance our continuously evolving business processes.

You will be working from your own private office within our recently refurbished offices in Washington, Tyne and Wear. Working hours can be flexible to suit you to cover 37.5 hours between Mon-Fri 8am-6pm.

For this position, you will be able to demonstrate full competency with:

- PHP

- HTML5/CSS

- JavaScript/jQuery/JSON

- MySQL

- CakePHP or other frameworks

Experience with the following would be advantageous though not essential

- RESTful APIs

- Git/other version control systems

- GDPR / Security by design/default

- AWS

- Linux

- Agile development

- Nginx

Benefits:

Salary 25-30k DOE/negotiable with regular reviews.

Relaxed and supportive working environment

Free parking

Automation Software Tester - Sheffield

Hands-on Software Tester with Automation Skills needed for a brand new role based just South of Sheffield!

The successful candidate will have a significant input on the QA/testing process and be integral in reviewing and improving QA/testing procedures.

This is a company where the testing team are valued as a hugely important part of the process - testers are integrated from the start of the software development lifecycle, rather than being an add-on at the middle or the end, so continuous testing is a key focus for this team.

The Company

An opportunity to join a multi-national team, this position will provide a successful candidate with a broad range of experience working with complex implementations of many of the market leading products and technologies.

Projects here focus upon aiding a variety of different client's to advance productivity, safety and environmental performance.

The firm are well on their way to fully transitioning into Agile practice, having just undergone a brand new office refurb with new & improved break out spaces for the entire IT team where its all hands on deck to complete modern projects as quickly as possible.

The Role

You will provide test coverage throughout the creation and implementation of test scripts and their review. You will also ensure that scripts maintain quality standards through their lifecycle including upgrades and enhancements.

You will take care of existing Automation test scripts specifically and be committed to bringing new ideas and perspectives in to improve overall Automation Testing. We need someone who loves problem-solving and dynamic working, someone who can work to understand issues and be passionate about solving these!

Key Skills & Experience

To perform this job successfully, you should have the following:
** Knowledge of at least one Automation test tool
** Experience testing in an Agile environment
** A fan of dynamic work
** Knowledge of Git, Jira and C.I.

Advantagous Experience

** Internal and external client liasing
** Ability to present technological workflows to non-technical personnel
** Building Automation frameworks from scratch

Location & Salary

Located just South of Sheffield, commute would be very comfortable for those who live in the City itself or the surrounding Derbyshire area.

The company are looking to offer anything from £30,000 to £45,000 for the right candidate along with their benefits package. With an increasingly flexible workforce they are also supportive of tailoring to the individual wherever possible.

If this role sounds like you then please do apply with your most up to date CV. If you would like any more information please contact Courtney at Cathcart Associates for a chat on

Automation Software Tester - Sheffield

Hands-on Software Tester with Automation Skills needed for a brand new role based just South of Sheffield!

The successful candidate will have a significant input on the QA/testing process and be integral in reviewing and improving QA/testing procedures.

This is a company where the testing team are valued as a hugely important part of the process - testers are integrated from the start of the software development lifecycle, rather than being an add-on at the middle or the end, so continuous testing is a key focus for this team.

The Company

An opportunity to join a multi-national team, this position will provide a successful candidate with a broad range of experience working with complex implementations of many of the market leading products and technologies.

Projects here focus upon aiding a variety of different client's to advance productivity, safety and environmental performance.

The firm are well on their way to fully transitioning into Agile practice, having just undergone a brand new office refurb with new & improved break out spaces for the entire IT team where its all hands on deck to complete modern projects as quickly as possible.

The Role

You will provide test coverage throughout the creation and implementation of test scripts and their review. You will also ensure that scripts maintain quality standards through their lifecycle including upgrades and enhancements.

You will take care of existing Automation test scripts specifically and be committed to bringing new ideas and perspectives in to improve overall Automation Testing. We need someone who loves problem-solving and dynamic working, someone who can work to understand issues and be passionate about solving these!

Key Skills & Experience

To perform this job successfully, you should have the following:
** Knowledge of at least one Automation test tool
** Experience testing in an Agile environment
** A fan of dynamic work
** Knowledge of Git, Jira and C.I.

Advantagous Experience

** Internal and external client liasing
** Ability to present technological workflows to non-technical personnel
** Building Automation frameworks from scratch

Location & Salary

Located just South of Sheffield, commute would be very comfortable for those who live in the City itself or the surrounding Derbyshire area.

The company are looking to offer anything from £30,000 to £45,000 for the right candidate along with their benefits package. With an increasingly flexible workforce they are also supportive of tailoring to the individual wherever possible.

If this role sounds like you then please do apply with your most up to date CV. If you would like any more information please contact Courtney at Cathcart Associates for a chat on