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SQL Consultant
  • Hatfield
  • Competitive Salary
    • Permanent

Job Introduction

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Technical Consultant to join our dynamic and rapidly expanding Consultancy Practice with our client, with a strong focus on Microsoft SQL Server. The role can be based from any of our offices and will involve regular UK wide travel. The Technical Consultant will assist with pre and post sales consultancy to our customers, acting as technical resource within a team of consultants.

Main Responsibilities

The role requires in depth technical expertise in SQL Server technology (multiple editions and versions), in standalone, virtualised, clustered and cloud environments as demonstrated by experience in administering or consulting on the product.

  • Solution Design
    • Design and configuration of high availability and disaster recovery scenarios
    • Designing robust implementation and migration plans;
  • SQL Server performance tuning and health checks
  • Proven troubleshooting skills
  • Scalability planning
  • SQL Server maintenance and operations

In addition, the candidate will need experience in conducting technical performance and scalability reviews, SQL Server design reviews, SQL Server High Availability reviews, etc

The Ideal Candidate

  • Experience in Cloud offerings for SQL Server – Azure and/or AWS.
  • Proven experience with AlwaysOn Availability Groups and Failover Clustering
  • A good knowledge of the SQL Server Business Intelligence stack is a great plus
  • A broad awareness of storage (including replication), networking, Active Directory and server technologies (including virtualisation)
  • Demonstrated ability to present formal training to a number of delegates and/or published technical SQL Server articles in any format (blog, white paper, internal training documentation etc.)
  • Demonstrated ability to engage in IT discussions related to availability, agility, business value, security management, disaster recovery and data protection.
  • An awareness of other database technologies (Sybase, Oracle).
  • Fluent in T-SQL

Accreditations

  • Microsoft certifications in SQL Server 2012/14 or above.

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 on 0116 261 5039


Unix - Infra engineer
  • City of London
  • £454 per day outside
    • Contract

Unix – Infra engineer

  • £454 per day outside IR35
  • 6 months
  • North Greenwich

The client is looking for a new Uni infra engineer to supplement the existing T&D Technology Service Operations (TSO) - Networks and Hosting (N&H) Team to deliver outcomes for the following hosting transformation workstreams.

T&D Hosting Transformation has several initiatives to implement a strategy to reduces T&D’s application hosting costs, develop a flexible, scalable and agile hosting model whilst ensure data security and compliance is not compromised.

Essential
X3 Keys skills the individual must have to be considered for the role
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 & 7 System administration
Red Hat Satellite administration
Azure fundamentals/administration

Desirable
X5 (approx.) skills that would be highly advantageous
Solaris OS
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Veritas storage for Solaris
LDAP and Active Directory

Other Skills
Such as MS Office or ITIL
ITIL
MS DevOps
PowerBi

Behaviours & Competencies
Planning control, Using Data effectively
Attention to detail,
Process focused
Self-motivated

If you meet the requirements listed above please make sure to apply by COP on 04/03/20 to avoid disappointment, similarly if you have any other questions about the role feel free to contact me via the details provided.

Unix - Infra engineer
  • City of London
  • £454 per day outside
    • Contract

Unix – Infra engineer

  • £454 per day outside IR35
  • 6 months
  • North Greenwich

The client is looking for a new Uni infra engineer to supplement the existing T&D Technology Service Operations (TSO) - Networks and Hosting (N&H) Team to deliver outcomes for the following hosting transformation workstreams.

T&D Hosting Transformation has several initiatives to implement a strategy to reduces T&D’s application hosting costs, develop a flexible, scalable and agile hosting model whilst ensure data security and compliance is not compromised.

Essential
X3 Keys skills the individual must have to be considered for the role
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 & 7 System administration
Red Hat Satellite administration
Azure fundamentals/administration

Desirable
X5 (approx.) skills that would be highly advantageous
Solaris OS
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Veritas storage for Solaris
LDAP and Active Directory

Other Skills
Such as MS Office or ITIL
ITIL
MS DevOps
PowerBi

Behaviours & Competencies
Planning control, Using Data effectively
Attention to detail,
Process focused
Self-motivated

If you meet the requirements listed above please make sure to apply by COP on 04/03/20 to avoid disappointment, similarly if you have any other questions about the role feel free to contact me via the details provided.

Application Support Analyst (C#)
  • Watford
  • Circa £40,000 p/a
    • Permanent

Your new company
This organisation is a huge brand name that is known all over the world. It is part of a wider group of businesses that stand out globally, with a huge on-line presence and daily interaction with millions all of the the world! This particular business in the group has the biggest customer base in the UK with heavy traffic online daily.

Your new role
You'll be supporting the wider development team by providing support, maintenance and upgrades to over 40 applications. You'll also be working closely with 3rd parties, testing the code and ensuring work is completed the best ability. Debugging and deploying C#, WebForms & WinForms web app and windows services. Dealing with front-end services within in JavaScript/HTML/CSS. 12 Month Fixed Term Contract...

What you'll need to succeed
  • Demonstrable knowledge of C# and Oracle is a MUST
  • the ability to hit the ground running as you'll be the only individual in this role from the start
  • You need to have strong customer facing capabilities and be comfortable talking to others to understand their issues
  • Some experience with .Net, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
  • Some testing experience would be a benefit
  • A minimum of 2 year working in a similar role

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary up to £40,000, good holiday allowance and exclusive retail discounts. Flexible working and potential occasional remote work. Great exposure to a fast paced working environment across multiple applications which will guarantee career growth! Great training courses both on the job and externally to ensure you have the best tools to provide the best service!

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.

Application Support Analyst (C#)
  • Watford
  • Circa £40,000 p/a
    • Permanent

Your new company
This organisation is a huge brand name that is known all over the world. It is part of a wider group of businesses that stand out globally, with a huge on-line presence and daily interaction with millions all of the the world! This particular business in the group has the biggest customer base in the UK with heavy traffic online daily.

Your new role
You'll be supporting the wider development team by providing support, maintenance and upgrades to over 40 applications. You'll also be working closely with 3rd parties, testing the code and ensuring work is completed the best ability. Debugging and deploying C#, WebForms & WinForms web app and windows services. Dealing with front-end services within in JavaScript/HTML/CSS. 12 Month Fixed Term Contract...

What you'll need to succeed
  • Demonstrable knowledge of C# and Oracle is a MUST
  • the ability to hit the ground running as you'll be the only individual in this role from the start
  • You need to have strong customer facing capabilities and be comfortable talking to others to understand their issues
  • Some experience with .Net, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
  • Some testing experience would be a benefit
  • A minimum of 2 year working in a similar role

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary up to £40,000, good holiday allowance and exclusive retail discounts. Flexible working and potential occasional remote work. Great exposure to a fast paced working environment across multiple applications which will guarantee career growth! Great training courses both on the job and externally to ensure you have the best tools to provide the best service!

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.

AWS DevOps Engineer
  • United Kingdom
  • £550 per day
    • Contract
A leading Independent IT Infrastructure and Services Consultancy are looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to work with a multinational Entertainment giant in the Gaming Industry, 3 month contract initially, remote working, Inside IR35.

This person will join a global team of architects, engineers, and other subject matter experts who focus on delivering a secure and frictionless experience for users accessing applications and services. This role will focus on the creation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, developing infrastructure as code via Terraform, CloudFormation, and Serverless. This role will also be responsible for deployment and QA automation, assisting in the design and best practices for cloud infrastructure, and will participate in solution design with a broader engineering team.This role will work in fast paced and exciting environment and must be an active participant helping to drive engineering excellence while providing highly scalable, secure, and stable solutions. The ability to clearly communicate, be self-motivated, and able to quickly learn new skills will be required for this role.

Required Skills
Extensive experience developing infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Serverless
Experience developing and deploying services to AWS and Azure (GCP a plus), specifically:
AWS API Gateway
AWS Lambda
AWS WAF
AWS XRay
AWS S3 and CloudFront
AWS Route53
AWS SSM and KMS
AWS IAM
Azure Functions
Azure CosmosDB
Azure Active Directory / Active Directory
Extensive experience creating, managing, and deploying services via CI/CD pipelines
Experience working with Gitlab, Docker, AWS ECS, Azure Container Service, Kubernetes
Experience working with AWS CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, and associated services and tooling
Experience with Linux and Windows physical and virtual server administration
Experience with PowerShell, Bash, Perl, and Python
Experience administering and integrating with LDAP solutions (Active Directory, OpenLDAP, etc…)
Experience administering, configuring, and troubleshooting databases (SQL and NoSQL. E.g. MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, RDS, CosmosDB, MySQL / MariaDB, Oracle, etc…)
Experience with Terraform and Serverless developing infrastructure as code
Excellent technical troubleshooting skills
Good understanding of IT security principles
Experience working with Gitlab, Jira, Confluence, and Postman
Knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, networking, DNS, etc...) and load balancing techniques

Desired Skills
Experience working with Ansible
Experience developing Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions
Understanding of architecture models and paradigms (e.g. TOGAF, SOA, function-oriented architecture)
Experience with threat modelling
Experience with AWS SageMaker
Basic knowledge of load balancing techniques
Basic knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, and networking
Basic understanding of machine learning and AI concepts and solutions
Experience working with OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML 2.0

Duties And Responsibilities
Develop secure and highly scalable services in AWS and Azure
Understand business and technical requirements and translate these requirements into working solutions
Experience working with a global multi-national team
Creativity, initiative, and out-of-the-box thinking are highly valued
Excellent collaboration skills
Build great relationships within the global community
Work independently
Design and develop solutions according to standards and best practices
Create and design secure services according to industry wide standards
Extensive self-directed experience problem solving and troubleshooting
Assist operation support teams with troubleshooting and resolving production issues
Ability to accurately estimate development efforts and coordinate with the project management teams to plan, escalate, and mitigate project risk
Ability to self-prioritise work and simultaneously manage multiple concurrent projects
Lead and mentor junior team members
Understand the business context and processes driving solution demand
Contribute to the development of business and technical requirements
Co-develop software technical requirements
Create and document runbooks and KT articles as it pertains to software architecture, design, troubleshooting, and support
Clearly communicate (proficient English is required)
Ability to travel internationally (< 10%)


AWS DevOps Engineer
  • United Kingdom
  • £550 per day
    • Contract
A leading Independent IT Infrastructure and Services Consultancy are looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to work with a multinational Entertainment giant in the Gaming Industry, 3 month contract initially, remote working, Inside IR35.

This person will join a global team of architects, engineers, and other subject matter experts who focus on delivering a secure and frictionless experience for users accessing applications and services. This role will focus on the creation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, developing infrastructure as code via Terraform, CloudFormation, and Serverless. This role will also be responsible for deployment and QA automation, assisting in the design and best practices for cloud infrastructure, and will participate in solution design with a broader engineering team.This role will work in fast paced and exciting environment and must be an active participant helping to drive engineering excellence while providing highly scalable, secure, and stable solutions. The ability to clearly communicate, be self-motivated, and able to quickly learn new skills will be required for this role.

Required Skills
Extensive experience developing infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Serverless
Experience developing and deploying services to AWS and Azure (GCP a plus), specifically:
AWS API Gateway
AWS Lambda
AWS WAF
AWS XRay
AWS S3 and CloudFront
AWS Route53
AWS SSM and KMS
AWS IAM
Azure Functions
Azure CosmosDB
Azure Active Directory / Active Directory
Extensive experience creating, managing, and deploying services via CI/CD pipelines
Experience working with Gitlab, Docker, AWS ECS, Azure Container Service, Kubernetes
Experience working with AWS CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, and associated services and tooling
Experience with Linux and Windows physical and virtual server administration
Experience with PowerShell, Bash, Perl, and Python
Experience administering and integrating with LDAP solutions (Active Directory, OpenLDAP, etc…)
Experience administering, configuring, and troubleshooting databases (SQL and NoSQL. E.g. MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, RDS, CosmosDB, MySQL / MariaDB, Oracle, etc…)
Experience with Terraform and Serverless developing infrastructure as code
Excellent technical troubleshooting skills
Good understanding of IT security principles
Experience working with Gitlab, Jira, Confluence, and Postman
Knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, networking, DNS, etc...) and load balancing techniques

Desired Skills
Experience working with Ansible
Experience developing Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions
Understanding of architecture models and paradigms (e.g. TOGAF, SOA, function-oriented architecture)
Experience with threat modelling
Experience with AWS SageMaker
Basic knowledge of load balancing techniques
Basic knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, and networking
Basic understanding of machine learning and AI concepts and solutions
Experience working with OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML 2.0

Duties And Responsibilities
Develop secure and highly scalable services in AWS and Azure
Understand business and technical requirements and translate these requirements into working solutions
Experience working with a global multi-national team
Creativity, initiative, and out-of-the-box thinking are highly valued
Excellent collaboration skills
Build great relationships within the global community
Work independently
Design and develop solutions according to standards and best practices
Create and design secure services according to industry wide standards
Extensive self-directed experience problem solving and troubleshooting
Assist operation support teams with troubleshooting and resolving production issues
Ability to accurately estimate development efforts and coordinate with the project management teams to plan, escalate, and mitigate project risk
Ability to self-prioritise work and simultaneously manage multiple concurrent projects
Lead and mentor junior team members
Understand the business context and processes driving solution demand
Contribute to the development of business and technical requirements
Co-develop software technical requirements
Create and document runbooks and KT articles as it pertains to software architecture, design, troubleshooting, and support
Clearly communicate (proficient English is required)
Ability to travel internationally (< 10%)


Automation Tester
  • Cardiff
  • £50,000 - £55,000 + Benefits + Flexible Working
    • Permanent
A permanent Opportunity has arisen for an Automation Tester to join an organisation as they embark on their largest programme of work over the last 5 years.

Due to this large programme of work they are looking for someone to come in and create automation test frameworks to support this with integrated CI pipelines while helping raise the profile of automation within the organisation.

This is the first role and once you're in, a team will be built around you to help support the ongoing programme of work and as such will require you to help mentor and coach these individuals.

To be considered for this position you will need experience in a similar role with experience of coding in any language (C#, Java, JavaScript or similar). You will also need experience in;

  • Experience in developing test frameworks (e.g. Selenium) on both Windows and Linux environments
  • Continuous Integrations tools
  • Cloud Experience, preferably Azure
  • Implementing BDD Frameworks using Cucumber

Other areas of interest are;
  • Junit
  • TestNG
  • Use of source control tools, (e.g. Git)
  • Service & integration testing experience
  • API development
  • Experienced in SQL and Oracle database technologies
  • Proficient in Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
  • Angular JS & Angular Components
  • Ansible
  • Build tools, e.g. Maven, NPM.

In return you will receive a competitive salary, excellent working environment with flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package.

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.

Automation Tester
  • Cardiff
  • £50,000 - £55,000 + Benefits + Flexible Working
    • Permanent
A permanent Opportunity has arisen for an Automation Tester to join an organisation as they embark on their largest programme of work over the last 5 years.

Due to this large programme of work they are looking for someone to come in and create automation test frameworks to support this with integrated CI pipelines while helping raise the profile of automation within the organisation.

This is the first role and once you're in, a team will be built around you to help support the ongoing programme of work and as such will require you to help mentor and coach these individuals.

To be considered for this position you will need experience in a similar role with experience of coding in any language (C#, Java, JavaScript or similar). You will also need experience in;

  • Experience in developing test frameworks (e.g. Selenium) on both Windows and Linux environments
  • Continuous Integrations tools
  • Cloud Experience, preferably Azure
  • Implementing BDD Frameworks using Cucumber

Other areas of interest are;
  • Junit
  • TestNG
  • Use of source control tools, (e.g. Git)
  • Service & integration testing experience
  • API development
  • Experienced in SQL and Oracle database technologies
  • Proficient in Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
  • Angular JS & Angular Components
  • Ansible
  • Build tools, e.g. Maven, NPM.

In return you will receive a competitive salary, excellent working environment with flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package.

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.

Inventory Management Engineering - Securities
  • UK-London

WHAT WE DO

 

At Goldman Sachs, our engineers don’t just make things – they make things possible. They change the world by connecting people and capital with software. The Inventory Management team is comprised of highly-skilled engineers embedded within the Securities Division, the part of our business which aims to help our clients buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. The core value of our division is to build strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. Our engineers solve the most challenging technology problems faced by our clients and our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

 

WHO WE LOOK FOR

 

Goldman Sachs engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, passionate about building solutions to enhance all facets of our business: from client experience to risk management capability. We look for creative collaborators who love a challenge and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. Technology is at the heart of our multi-billion dollar business. Our engineers develop highly scalable and resilient solutions, which drive global equities trading at Goldman Sachs and, depending on the situation, they need to be: architects, technical experts, mentors, leaders and more.

 

OUR IMPACT

 

The Inventory Management team is a new team responsible for the creation of an innovative platform, which will track the location of billions of dollars’ worth of inventory in real time, the restrictions applied on each piece, how they can be efficiently used throughout the firm, ultimately impacting critical trading decisions. Our brand-new platform leverages innovative event sequencing technology, born from the firm’s systematic market-making effort, and operational research algorithms to optimally manage the firm’s cash and securities inventory. We work closely with the Prime Services and Synthetics Product Group (SPG) which provide clients with equities financing and securities lending services. In this role, you will be a part of a global team of engineers involved in development of this new trading platform – it will replace existing, less efficient, disparate, systems with a state-of-the-art platform to manage inventory. The role will also involve building real-time analytics, visualization of results of recommendations, and provide traders with innovative interfaces to allow them to act decisively.

At Goldman Sachs, our culture is one of teamwork, innovation and meritocracy. We often say our people are our greatest asset and we take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally.  From collaborative work spaces and ergonomic services to wellbeing and resilience offerings, we offer our people the flexibility and support they need to reach their goals in and outside of the office.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

YOUR IMPACT

 

As part of our team, you will participate in projects to continue building our brand new platform hence directly impacting the firm’s inventory management capability. You will work on all aspects of the project from gathering requirements, working with regional and global traders, to implementing and deploying the platform. You will also have the opportunity to influence our core technology build out with the goal of seamlessly handling ever-increasing order volumes from our clients. Our team members:

  • Create highly scalable systems, build services, develop user-facing, web applications and analytics.
  • Lead the design and development process working closely with users.
  • Analyse requirements, investigate available technologies, build proof-of-concepts.
  • Provide timely updates on milestone deliverables and statuses of projects to management.
  • Mentor junior developers on the team globally.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
  • Strong programming experience in Java, Python, C, C++ or equivalent language
  • Knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms
  • Strong written and oral communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • High performance & throughput server side programming.
  • Experience building RESTful web services with frameworks like Spring Boot or Dropwizard.  
  • Full stack development experience including knowledge of HMTL5, JavaScript, Angular/React frameworks, as well as GraphQL.
  • Well versed with software development lifecycle and associated SDLC tools for version control, build, deployment, testing and controls
  • Experience with Apache Kafka, messaging systems like TIBCO and analytics engines like Apache Spark.
  • Knowledge of SQL and experience of RDBMS such as Sybase/Oracle/DB2 or an equivalent technology.