Heard of us?

We're an award-winning bank; backing people to fulfil life's hopes and dreams.

Now is your chance…

The Non-Production Environments and DevOps team are a small, multi-skilled team who look after Aldermore's test and development environments, as well as the development and roll-out of DevOps and other automation solutions across the whole Bank. The team's role is expanding as the Bank transforms and we are also becoming the primary support point for Aldermore's cloud hosted solutions.

We attract talent; by being fully immersed in our business, influencing and understanding our short, medium and long term aspirations. We develop our people; to ensure they fulfil their hopes and dreams, whilst continuing to meet the needs and expectations of our dynamic business.

We are a high performing, high profile team. We have worked hard to establish ourselves as trusted advisors; providing the correct balance of knowledge and challenge which supports managers and leaders make the right decisions at difficult times.

The role of DevOps and Environment Support Engineer is really important to us. You will be supporting the existing non-production environments, assisting the Bank's new and existing cloud hosted environments, and designing and developing automated deployment and configuration solutions.

Based in our dynamic Reading office, you will sit amongst a wide team and report to the Non-Production Environments and DevOps Manager

What would your day look like?

This is not a pure DevOps role. It is expected that the duties related to supporting the existing manually delivered environments will continue for some time and will make up a significant part of the day to day activities; however it presents an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to be part of a changing organisation.

DevOps

Environment Support

Change Management

Configuration Management

What do we expect of you?

• Proven experience with some of the following:

Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, Artifactory, SonarQube, Sentinel, GitHub, TFS, Maven, Ant, MSBuild, Docker

• Extensive Technical background in Azure and AWS cloud hosting solutions,

VMWare ESXi and/or Microsoft Hyper-V, networks, firewalls, load-balancers and web-application firewalls

• Good experience of Java and .NET software development environments
• A good working knowledge of Java EE application servers e.g. JBOSS, WebLogic etc.
• Experience supporting Windows Server and Linux operating systems (installation, configuration, patching)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (or another enterprise DBMS e.g. Oracle)
• A good understanding of the waterfall and agile software development methodologies

What can you expect of us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, synonymous with our proposition to our Customers.
• A smart yet comfortable working environment, well located for the daily commute and those lunchtime errands.
• A growing organisation that defines itself as being nimble, lean and strong.
• A drive for continuous improvement, for which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• A visible and approachable ExCo; who you will very likely to bump into whilst making your morning coffee.

And of course you will be compensated competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Still Curious?

A lot can happen in a year!

In 2019 the Group was formed; bringing together two very successful businesses, under the group umbrella. Whilst our parent company operates internationally from their HQ in South Africa, we are a UK-based financial services specialist that supports our customers across a range of products and services, with hubs throughout the UK, including London, Reading, Manchester and Cardiff.

We also celebrated our 10th Birthday and fundamentally 10 years of helping those with ideas; by saying yes to our customers. We've propelled entrepreneurs on their journeys; we've given first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; and we've opened up the lending market to many.

As for what the next 12 months has to offer; we are embarking upon the delivery of our Purpose; a Purpose that underpins our next 3 to 5 years as a growing business. Join us today and we will make the same Promises to you as an employee, as we do to each of our Customers.

We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by HR.

Where a DBS check or CIFAS check is identified as necessary, all application forms, job adverts and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that an application for a DBS certificate or a CIFAS check will be submitted in the event of the individual being offered the position.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer.

Heard of us?

We're an award-winning bank; backing people to fulfil life's hopes and dreams.

Now is your chance…

The Non-Production Environments and DevOps team are a small, multi-skilled team who look after Aldermore's test and development environments, as well as the development and roll-out of DevOps and other automation solutions across the whole Bank. The team's role is expanding as the Bank transforms and we are also becoming the primary support point for Aldermore's cloud hosted solutions.

We attract talent; by being fully immersed in our business, influencing and understanding our short, medium and long term aspirations. We develop our people; to ensure they fulfil their hopes and dreams, whilst continuing to meet the needs and expectations of our dynamic business.

We are a high performing, high profile team. We have worked hard to establish ourselves as trusted advisors; providing the correct balance of knowledge and challenge which supports managers and leaders make the right decisions at difficult times.

The role of DevOps and Environment Support Engineer is really important to us. You will be supporting the existing non-production environments, assisting the Bank's new and existing cloud hosted environments, and designing and developing automated deployment and configuration solutions.

Based in our dynamic Reading office, you will sit amongst a wide team and report to the Non-Production Environments and DevOps Manager

What would your day look like?

This is not a pure DevOps role. It is expected that the duties related to supporting the existing manually delivered environments will continue for some time and will make up a significant part of the day to day activities; however it presents an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to be part of a changing organisation.

DevOps

Environment Support

Change Management

Configuration Management

What do we expect of you?

• Proven experience with some of the following:

Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, Artifactory, SonarQube, Sentinel, GitHub, TFS, Maven, Ant, MSBuild, Docker

• Extensive Technical background in Azure and AWS cloud hosting solutions,

VMWare ESXi and/or Microsoft Hyper-V, networks, firewalls, load-balancers and web-application firewalls

• Good experience of Java and .NET software development environments
• A good working knowledge of Java EE application servers e.g. JBOSS, WebLogic etc.
• Experience supporting Windows Server and Linux operating systems (installation, configuration, patching)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (or another enterprise DBMS e.g. Oracle)
• A good understanding of the waterfall and agile software development methodologies

What can you expect of us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, synonymous with our proposition to our Customers.
• A smart yet comfortable working environment, well located for the daily commute and those lunchtime errands.
• A growing organisation that defines itself as being nimble, lean and strong.
• A drive for continuous improvement, for which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• A visible and approachable ExCo; who you will very likely to bump into whilst making your morning coffee.

And of course you will be compensated competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Still Curious?

A lot can happen in a year!

In 2019 the Group was formed; bringing together two very successful businesses, under the group umbrella. Whilst our parent company operates internationally from their HQ in South Africa, we are a UK-based financial services specialist that supports our customers across a range of products and services, with hubs throughout the UK, including London, Reading, Manchester and Cardiff.

We also celebrated our 10th Birthday and fundamentally 10 years of helping those with ideas; by saying yes to our customers. We've propelled entrepreneurs on their journeys; we've given first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; and we've opened up the lending market to many.

As for what the next 12 months has to offer; we are embarking upon the delivery of our Purpose; a Purpose that underpins our next 3 to 5 years as a growing business. Join us today and we will make the same Promises to you as an employee, as we do to each of our Customers.

We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by HR.

Where a DBS check or CIFAS check is identified as necessary, all application forms, job adverts and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that an application for a DBS certificate or a CIFAS check will be submitted in the event of the individual being offered the position.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer.

• This role sits within the data migration work stream and focuses on the continual development of bespoke data migration solutions based on environment shadow copies of source data systems
• Complex data quality and validation processes; static and dynamic data mapping
• Test and live data migration processes into third party operated Oracle eBusiness Suite staging tables and data load processes
• Supporting end-user inputs to data mapping, validation and test processes; reporting; and working with live system team.
• Decommissioning the temporary data migration environments to standards required for system security policy.
• This is a key technical role and will include interpreting complex requirements, contributing technical solutions and working with non-technical staff.

• Practical experience in the specification, development and implementation of database systems (within a public or private service environment)
• A theoretical knowledge of IT systems architecture gained through past implementations of product sets
• Specialist knowledge of technical aspects of systems; hardware, database, software and hardware integration environments and associated knowledge of legislation, best practices and procedures surrounding IT
• Experience of supporting and developing large-scale, multi-site IT systems.
• Working experience of a wide range of technologies, including Oracle DB, Oracle eBusiness Suite, PL/SQL, Visual Basic Scripting, MS SQL, MS SQL ETL

• This role sits within the data migration work stream and focuses on the continual development of bespoke data migration solutions based on environment shadow copies of source data systems
• Complex data quality and validation processes; static and dynamic data mapping
• Test and live data migration processes into third party operated Oracle eBusiness Suite staging tables and data load processes
• Supporting end-user inputs to data mapping, validation and test processes; reporting; and working with live system team.
• Decommissioning the temporary data migration environments to standards required for system security policy.
• This is a key technical role and will include interpreting complex requirements, contributing technical solutions and working with non-technical staff.

• Practical experience in the specification, development and implementation of database systems (within a public or private service environment)
• A theoretical knowledge of IT systems architecture gained through past implementations of product sets
• Specialist knowledge of technical aspects of systems; hardware, database, software and hardware integration environments and associated knowledge of legislation, best practices and procedures surrounding IT
• Experience of supporting and developing large-scale, multi-site IT systems.
• Working experience of a wide range of technologies, including Oracle DB, Oracle eBusiness Suite, PL/SQL, Visual Basic Scripting, MS SQL, MS SQL ETL

Risk Analyst Leeds £320 - £400 per day 3 months with likely extension

Your new company
A large organisation with a reach across the UK are looking to recruit a Risk Analyst to join them on a large scale programme of work that will likely last in excess of 12 months

Your new role
As Risk Analyst you will work within the organisation and its partners, to foster good working relationships with key influencers within the programme, ensuring that the management of risk and value within the programme is best in class

In addition you will effectively lead and line manage project teams, including training, development and performance management as well as establishing and managing a clear communication plan for Client and suppliers as appropriate, ensuring these meet the organisations essential KPIs.

What you'll need to succeed
To be considered for this role you should be a seasoned Risk Analyst able to demonstrate your experience in the following areas.

• Skill and experience in the delivery of project quantitative risk analysis.
• Good communication skills with an ability to translate complex data into useful information
• Determination and enthusiasm to drive change
• Working openly and collaboratively to optimise stakeholder inputs
• Enquiring and challenging approach which crystallises areas of opportunity
• Knowledge and experience of using enterprise risk management systems such as Active Risk Manager
• Advanced risk modelling skills including the development of project risk models in Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis and @RISK
• Strong experience of facilitation of project risk management processes
• Degree (or equivalent experience) in a numeric discipline
• Knowledge of commercial contracts and payment mechanisms and how they might affect the potential project risk profile
• Managing your activities and work within agreed timescales in a challenging, delivery-focused
• UK Rail Sector experience
• Other project controls disciplines e.g. planning, estimating, etc and/or project management
• Understanding of business case development and rail sector funding arrangements
• Risk Management qualification
• Sustainability experience including environmental awareness
• Commercial, Estimating, Contract and Procurement knowledge
• Railway access & Programme (P6) Awareness/Appreciation
• Quality Standards Awareness
• CDM (2015) Regulations Training
• Lean construction and general methods/awareness
• Chartership to relevant professional body
• Advanced Project/Programme Management qualifications.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant area.

What you'll get in return
For this role a competitive day rate of £320 - £400 is on offer, in addition to your own dedicated Hays Consultant to guide you through every step of the application process.

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

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

Risk Analyst Leeds £320 - £400 per day 3 months with likely extension

Your new company
A large organisation with a reach across the UK are looking to recruit a Risk Analyst to join them on a large scale programme of work that will likely last in excess of 12 months

Your new role
As Risk Analyst you will work within the organisation and its partners, to foster good working relationships with key influencers within the programme, ensuring that the management of risk and value within the programme is best in class

In addition you will effectively lead and line manage project teams, including training, development and performance management as well as establishing and managing a clear communication plan for Client and suppliers as appropriate, ensuring these meet the organisations essential KPIs.

What you'll need to succeed
To be considered for this role you should be a seasoned Risk Analyst able to demonstrate your experience in the following areas.

• Skill and experience in the delivery of project quantitative risk analysis.
• Good communication skills with an ability to translate complex data into useful information
• Determination and enthusiasm to drive change
• Working openly and collaboratively to optimise stakeholder inputs
• Enquiring and challenging approach which crystallises areas of opportunity
• Knowledge and experience of using enterprise risk management systems such as Active Risk Manager
• Advanced risk modelling skills including the development of project risk models in Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis and @RISK
• Strong experience of facilitation of project risk management processes
• Degree (or equivalent experience) in a numeric discipline
• Knowledge of commercial contracts and payment mechanisms and how they might affect the potential project risk profile
• Managing your activities and work within agreed timescales in a challenging, delivery-focused
• UK Rail Sector experience
• Other project controls disciplines e.g. planning, estimating, etc and/or project management
• Understanding of business case development and rail sector funding arrangements
• Risk Management qualification
• Sustainability experience including environmental awareness
• Commercial, Estimating, Contract and Procurement knowledge
• Railway access & Programme (P6) Awareness/Appreciation
• Quality Standards Awareness
• CDM (2015) Regulations Training
• Lean construction and general methods/awareness
• Chartership to relevant professional body
• Advanced Project/Programme Management qualifications.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant area.

What you'll get in return
For this role a competitive day rate of £320 - £400 is on offer, in addition to your own dedicated Hays Consultant to guide you through every step of the application process.

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

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

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Architect to join our Enterprise Strategy and Technology team at our Streatham office with the flexibility to work a day working from home.

About Us

PRS for Music Limited is the UK's leading collection society, bringing together two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and the Performing Right Society. We undertake collective rights management for musical works on behalf of over 140,000 members. We pay royalties to our members when their work is performed, broadcast, streamed, downloaded, reproduced, played in public or used in film and TV. We support them by influencing policy, supporting and hosting awards and events, and investing in new technology to ensure we’re fit for the digital music age.

About the Role

It’s an exciting time within the CIO team, our Portfolio is the largest it’s ever been with exciting Programmes and Projects covering numerous activities such as CRM, Data, Integration and re-platforming of our core operational systems to name but a few. All of these initiatives represent a huge opportunity not only for PRS but also for personal development and we’re looking for passionate team players to join the team.

The focus of this role is to ensure that PRS for Music operates efficient and effective IT services by delivering an overall IT architectural strategy that is aligned with the CIO team, our Strategic Imperatives and Transformation Portfolio.

Other duties include but limited to:

• Partnering with business stakeholders including the CIO Team, Transformation and various third parties to architect, prototype and drive the implementation of various projects and programmes.
• Work closely with Application Development, Technical Services and Digital teams to establish best practices, standards for development, utilisation of technical platform architecture and methods to drive enterprise alignment and consistency
• Promote best practices to support scalability, skills transfer and organisational change management related to object and service oriented software design and implementation
• Drive technical and architectural innovation across the across the CIO team
• Act as a technical advisor to the CIO Leadership Team to determine the most appropriate design of solutions, applications and infrastructure to support the business, taking into account the strategic imperatives of PRS and its music industry partners, prevailing best practice and technologies
• Input and advise on the CIO Implementation Plan, IT Roadmaps and IT Strategy, ensuring it is aligned with the 5-year business plan and Transformation Portfolio
• Establish an architecture roadmap to implement the architecture strategy, advising on the business cases for technology projects, such as platform upgrades or consolidation and data architecture rationalisation.
• Responsible for tracking and developing the application portfolio, applying application life cycle strategies for acquisition, enhancement, replacement, consolidation and retirement of applications, as well as ensuring architectural reuse, consistency and integrity within the application portfolio
• Lead the development and governance of corporate software development standards, methodologies and tools
• Engage with key vendors (e.g. Oracle, Salesforce, Mulesfoft, Microsoft etc) to understand and incorporate their roadmaps into PRS’ overall IT architectural strategy.
• Research and document solution options for specific projects considering both internal development options and externally sourced solutions
• Act as design authority for technical designs produced by the CIO teams to ensure compliance with agreed architecture strategy
• Provide leadership to IT Technical Leads and other Architects to ensure that the specific needs of each application portfolio are met

About You

You will have extensive demonstrable experience working within complex and high transactional data volume environments, with a working knowledge of the tools, platforms and services used within PRS such as Oracle (OCI a real bonus), Salesforce, Mulesoft, Azure and other Microsoft technologies.

With a background in digital services, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing (an advantage) the ideal candidate will have previous experience of leading an Architecture team and in defining, implementing and governing architecture strategies.

You will also be:

• Versed in a range of design and integration principles relating to enterprise architecture
• Have significant experience in IT Systems Lifecycle, relating to software development, methodologies and tools and IT Service Management
• Have a track record of producing high quality solutions documentation for internal and external use.
• An inspirational team leader with experience of coaching and developing teams.

Why PRS?

PRS for Music is a forward-thinking music copyright company with a focus on being the number one rights management company in the world.

We live by our values they are deeply ingrained in our company culture. We want to help you grow throughout your career, so we have plenty of development opportunities for you.

We run a number of well-being activities throughout the year and encourage flexible working and a relaxed dress code.

We also have a number of perks including roof terraces on both sites, regular live music events, subsidised cafes, corporate discounts including gym membership and home working.

Next Steps

Does this sound like you? If so, we would love to hear from you - apply by submitting your CV.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Architect to join our Enterprise Strategy and Technology team at our Streatham office with the flexibility to work a day working from home.

About Us

PRS for Music Limited is the UK's leading collection society, bringing together two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and the Performing Right Society. We undertake collective rights management for musical works on behalf of over 140,000 members. We pay royalties to our members when their work is performed, broadcast, streamed, downloaded, reproduced, played in public or used in film and TV. We support them by influencing policy, supporting and hosting awards and events, and investing in new technology to ensure we’re fit for the digital music age.

About the Role

It’s an exciting time within the CIO team, our Portfolio is the largest it’s ever been with exciting Programmes and Projects covering numerous activities such as CRM, Data, Integration and re-platforming of our core operational systems to name but a few. All of these initiatives represent a huge opportunity not only for PRS but also for personal development and we’re looking for passionate team players to join the team.

The focus of this role is to ensure that PRS for Music operates efficient and effective IT services by delivering an overall IT architectural strategy that is aligned with the CIO team, our Strategic Imperatives and Transformation Portfolio.

Other duties include but limited to:

• Partnering with business stakeholders including the CIO Team, Transformation and various third parties to architect, prototype and drive the implementation of various projects and programmes.
• Work closely with Application Development, Technical Services and Digital teams to establish best practices, standards for development, utilisation of technical platform architecture and methods to drive enterprise alignment and consistency
• Promote best practices to support scalability, skills transfer and organisational change management related to object and service oriented software design and implementation
• Drive technical and architectural innovation across the across the CIO team
• Act as a technical advisor to the CIO Leadership Team to determine the most appropriate design of solutions, applications and infrastructure to support the business, taking into account the strategic imperatives of PRS and its music industry partners, prevailing best practice and technologies
• Input and advise on the CIO Implementation Plan, IT Roadmaps and IT Strategy, ensuring it is aligned with the 5-year business plan and Transformation Portfolio
• Establish an architecture roadmap to implement the architecture strategy, advising on the business cases for technology projects, such as platform upgrades or consolidation and data architecture rationalisation.
• Responsible for tracking and developing the application portfolio, applying application life cycle strategies for acquisition, enhancement, replacement, consolidation and retirement of applications, as well as ensuring architectural reuse, consistency and integrity within the application portfolio
• Lead the development and governance of corporate software development standards, methodologies and tools
• Engage with key vendors (e.g. Oracle, Salesforce, Mulesfoft, Microsoft etc) to understand and incorporate their roadmaps into PRS’ overall IT architectural strategy.
• Research and document solution options for specific projects considering both internal development options and externally sourced solutions
• Act as design authority for technical designs produced by the CIO teams to ensure compliance with agreed architecture strategy
• Provide leadership to IT Technical Leads and other Architects to ensure that the specific needs of each application portfolio are met

About You

You will have extensive demonstrable experience working within complex and high transactional data volume environments, with a working knowledge of the tools, platforms and services used within PRS such as Oracle (OCI a real bonus), Salesforce, Mulesoft, Azure and other Microsoft technologies.

With a background in digital services, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing (an advantage) the ideal candidate will have previous experience of leading an Architecture team and in defining, implementing and governing architecture strategies.

You will also be:

• Versed in a range of design and integration principles relating to enterprise architecture
• Have significant experience in IT Systems Lifecycle, relating to software development, methodologies and tools and IT Service Management
• Have a track record of producing high quality solutions documentation for internal and external use.
• An inspirational team leader with experience of coaching and developing teams.

Why PRS?

PRS for Music is a forward-thinking music copyright company with a focus on being the number one rights management company in the world.

We live by our values they are deeply ingrained in our company culture. We want to help you grow throughout your career, so we have plenty of development opportunities for you.

We run a number of well-being activities throughout the year and encourage flexible working and a relaxed dress code.

We also have a number of perks including roof terraces on both sites, regular live music events, subsidised cafes, corporate discounts including gym membership and home working.

Next Steps

Does this sound like you? If so, we would love to hear from you - apply by submitting your CV.

Skills: Oracle, Project Manager, PM, Oracle Data Migrations, Oracle Reports, Oracle Database

Our leading financial services client requires an Oracle Project Manager to join their growing team on an initial 6 month basis with a view of extending.

You will be joining a market leading organisation as a significant point in their growth as they invest heavily in improving their infrastructure offering.

Required Skills:

• Oracle DB upgrades
• Oracle data migrations
• Oracle reports and forms upgrades, deprecated code remediation
• Solaris / upgrades
• Oracle Infrastructure as a Service (e.g. private cloud)
• OID (single sign on)

Not essential, but preferable:

• Encryption at rest
• Encryption in transit
• Role Based Access Control
• Privileged Access control
• Network security

Please note that this role is a 6 month contract position paying £500 - £550 per day inside, please submit your CV for immediate consideration.

Skills: Oracle, Project Manager, PM, Oracle Data Migrations, Oracle Reports, Oracle Database

Our leading financial services client requires an Oracle Project Manager to join their growing team on an initial 6 month basis with a view of extending.

You will be joining a market leading organisation as a significant point in their growth as they invest heavily in improving their infrastructure offering.

Required Skills:

• Oracle DB upgrades
• Oracle data migrations
• Oracle reports and forms upgrades, deprecated code remediation
• Solaris / upgrades
• Oracle Infrastructure as a Service (e.g. private cloud)
• OID (single sign on)

Not essential, but preferable:

• Encryption at rest
• Encryption in transit
• Role Based Access Control
• Privileged Access control
• Network security

Please note that this role is a 6 month contract position paying £500 - £550 per day inside, please submit your CV for immediate consideration.