I am currently looking for an experienced Programme Test Manager/ Head of QA to join a large organisation based in London. The role will be a contract role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities-

To co-ordinate the testing of multiple applications to meet the programme objectives.

To work with the application test managers to create a consolidated test strategy, test plans, for the systems integration testing, UAT and migration to the new infrastructure.

To work with the central programme test manager to co-ordinate and schedule testing activity between the different systems.

To track progress and identify risks and issues relating to testing impacting delivery.

To ensure project reporting to the team is provided in a timely manner and according to defined standards and quality.

Manage relationships with all key business and IT stakeholders.

Experience Required-

Experienced Programme Test Manager

Experience working on large scale transformation projects

Demonstrable experience of having co-ordinated a large number of projects in medium to large

software delivery environments.

Experience working with previous large-scale Logistics, FMCG firms is desired

Demonstrable experience of having managed the capture, tracking and reporting of a large and complex set of project activities.

A proven track record of the successful delivery of large scale projects in previous domains to tight deadlines.

Effective communication to team members and to senior stakeholders.

Contract

£500-£600 per day

Location- London

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

Connor

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for an Application Support Analyst (Python) to join a top hedge fund based in London. The role will be a permanent role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities

Resolution of L1/L2 issues

Detailed analysis of issues that need escalation to L3

Day to day management of a complex application suite, improving stability and performance over time

Overnight support as necessary, systems are global in scope. On call L2 support. Able to liaise with remote teams

Release management working closely with the Dev team

Improve processes, tools and procedures as needed

Perform low complexity development tasks if/when support tasks allow it

Key Requirements

Support Analyst experience

Must have strong experience around Python (essential)

Fixed Income knowledge

SQL

Financial Services background

Must be comfortable with shift work

Excellent communication skills

Permanent

Location- London

£60,000- £85,000

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for an experienced Software Engineer Manager to join a top organisation based in North West London. The role will be a permanent role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities:

• You will help my client migrate from a monolithic architecture to microservices
• Assist in architecting systems and applications
• Participate in regular retrospectives help surface what’s not working so we can fix it, and what we’re doing right so we can improve on it
• Lead the creation, availability, resilience, and scalability of software solutions
• Continuously improve software engineering practices
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies,

Essential skills/experience:

• Extensive experience with Java
• Demonstrable experience of Java, its libraries and frameworks
• Knowledge of Git, JIRA, Confluence
• Experience with build automation tools like Maven and Gradle
• Proven experience creating Docker containers
• Solid knowledge of microservices oriented architectures
• Demonstrable ability to fully understand and design an Event Sourcing system
• Experience of building and/or working with RESTful services
• Knowledge of Relational Database Management Systems, especially PostgreSQL
• Solid knowledge of working in cloud based infrastructure, in particular AWS
• Demonstrable knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Permanent role

£80,000- £85,000 (plus benefits)

Location- North West London (Harrow)

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for an experienced SAP Test Lead join a top organisation based in Chesterfield. The role will be a contract role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities-

Analyse new or changed functionality in order to create test plans, test cases and test scripts that can be carried out to agreed standards within a specified timeframe

Develop an understanding of the test environments and identify environment and data requirements before testing begins

Establish quality assurance procedures for the business’s software through the development lifecycle.

Perform manual testing on the business’s various software solutions including web apps, desktop apps, APIs, windows services and mobile apps.

Create and execute end-to-end test plans and cases.

Creating and maintaining full documentation of the testing processes.

Create and execute test scripts that determine optimal application performance according to the

Record and execute all test scripts in Quality Centre

Qualifications

Test Lead experience

SAP experience (very important)

An in-depth knowledge of the full testing life cycle

Experience working with previous large-scale Logistics, FMCG firms is desired

SIT/ UAT testing experience

ISEB certified

Quality Centre/ JIRA experience

Able to contribute to an environment of continuous improvement

Contract

£300-500 per day

Location- Chesterfield

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

Connor

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for an experienced Test Lead/ Manager to join a large organisation based in Milton Keynes. The role will be a permanent role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities-

To co-ordinate the testing of multiple applications to meet the programme objectives.

To work with the application test managers to create a consolidated test strategy, test plans, for the systems integration testing, UAT and migration to the new infrastructure.

To work with the central programme test manager to co-ordinate and schedule testing activity between the different systems.

To track progress and identify risks and issues relating to testing impacting delivery.

To ensure project reporting to the team is provided in a timely manner and according to defined standards and quality.

Manage relationships with all key business and IT stakeholders.

Experience Required-

Experienced Test Manager/ Lead

Demonstrable experience of having co-ordinated a large number of projects in medium to large software delivery environments.

Demonstrable experience of having managed the capture, tracking and reporting of a large and complex set of project activities.

A proven track record of the successful delivery of large scale projects in previous domains to tight deadlines.

Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal.

Effective communication to team members and to senior stakeholders.

Contract

Location- Milton Keynes

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

Connor

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for an experienced Programme Test Manager/ Head of QA to join a top logistics organisation based in London. The role will be a permanent role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities-

To co-ordinate the testing of multiple applications to meet the programme objectives.

To work with the application test managers to create a consolidated test strategy, test plans, for the systems integration testing, UAT and migration to the new infrastructure.

To work with the central programme test manager to co-ordinate and schedule testing activity between the different systems.

To track progress and identify risks and issues relating to testing impacting delivery.

To ensure project reporting to the team is provided in a timely manner and according to defined standards and quality.

Manage relationships with all key business and IT stakeholders.

Experience Required-

Experienced Head of Testing

Demonstrable experience of having co-ordinated a large number of projects in medium to large

software delivery environments.

Experience working with previous large-scale Logistics, FMCG firms is desired

Demonstrable experience of having managed the capture, tracking and reporting of a large and complex set of project activities.

A proven track record of the successful delivery of large scale projects in previous domains to tight deadlines.

Effective communication to team members and to senior stakeholders.

Permanent

£70,000- £90,000

Location- London

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

Connor

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for an experienced Test Lead/ Manager to join a large logistics organisation based in London. The role will be a permanent role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities-

To co-ordinate the testing of multiple applications to meet the programme objectives.

To work with the application test managers to create a consolidated test strategy, test plans, for the systems integration testing, UAT and migration to the new infrastructure.

To work with the central programme test manager to co-ordinate and schedule testing activity between the different systems.

To track progress and identify risks and issues relating to testing impacting delivery.

To ensure project reporting to the team is provided in a timely manner and according to defined standards and quality.

Manage relationships with all key business and IT stakeholders.

Experience Required-

Experienced Test Manager/ Lead

Demonstrable experience of having co-ordinated a large number of projects in medium to large software delivery environments.

Demonstrable experience of having managed the capture, tracking and reporting of a large and complex set of project activities.

A proven track record of the successful delivery of large scale projects in previous domains to tight deadlines.

Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal.

Effective communication to team members and to senior stakeholders.

Permanent role

£70,000- £85,000

Location- London

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

Connor

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for a Production Software Engineer/ SRE (C++/ Java/ Python) to join a top tier investment bank based in London. The role will be a permanent role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities-

Software development focused on creating sustainable systems and services that meet uptime and performance requirements through automation.

Technical and operational risk management of a fast-paced, multi-asset electronic trading business.

Managing the balance between feature development velocity and reliability with well-defined SLOs.

Finding opportunities for efficiency and cost savings in support process and physical environment.

Partnering with software and infrastructure owners to solve hardware/network issues.

Incident and crisis management.

Participation in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning.

Experience Required-

STEM degree with relevant work experience

Proficiency in several of the following: Python, C, C++, Java, or shell scripting

SRE experience (Sire Reliability Engineer)

Automation experience

Aptitude for algorithms, data structures, and software design.

Experience with Linux operating system internals and/or networking concepts.

Strong analytical skills, with an ability to quickly identify scope and impact of issues during high-pressure situations.

Permanent

Location: London

£80,000- £120,000 (plus benefits)

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

Connor

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for an experienced Non-Functional Test Engineer (Performance) to join a top organisation based in London. The role will be a contract role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities-

• Execute the performance tests planned for each product release prior to shipment and present the results in order to inform release decisions
• Plan and execute a continuous program of performance test case enrichment and increased coverage
• Create and maintain the environments and reference databases required for regular performance test execution on the current major release and in-development releases of all products
• Continuously seek to improve efficiency and effectiveness of performance test development through new and improved methods, techniques and processes
• Publish regular performance benchmark reports
• Ensure performance test automation components are supportable and maintainable by the provision of training and design documentation

Qualifications

• Experienced Non-Functional Test Engineer

• Experience planning, estimating, designing, executing and analysing output from performance tests to satisfy NFRs

• Familiar with performance testing tools (such as JMeter, MicroFocus Loadrunner/Performance Center, SOASTA), monitoring/logging tools (such as AppDynamics, New Relic, Splunk) and other UNIX/Linux/Web monitors & performance analysis tools to diagnose and resolve performance issues

• Understanding of common application technologies - Webserver, database
• Testing types - Smoke/Sanity testing, Load, Incremental Load, Scalability, Stress, Soak

Contract

£400-450 per day

Location- London

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

Connor

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

I am currently looking for an experienced Test Analyst join a top organisation based in London. The role will be a contract role and will be working on a new project within the business.

Responsibilities-

Analyse new or changed functionality in order to create test plans, test cases and test scripts that can be carried out to agreed standards within a specified timeframe

Develop an understanding of the test environments and identify environment and data requirements before testing begins

Establish quality assurance procedures for the business’s software through the development lifecycle.

Perform manual testing on the business’s various software solutions including web apps, desktop apps, APIs, windows services and mobile apps.

Create and execute end-to-end test plans and cases.

Creating and maintaining full documentation of the testing processes.

Create and execute test scripts that determine optimal application performance according to the

Record and execute all test scripts in Quality Centre

Qualifications

Test Analyst experience

An in-depth knowledge of the full testing life cycle

Experience working with previous large-scale Logistics, FMCG firms is desired

SIT/ UAT testing experience

ISEB certified

Quality Centre/ JIRA experience

Able to contribute to an environment of continuous improvement

Contract

£300- £375 per day

Location- London

If you feel like you are a strong match for my requirements, please send me over an updated copy of CV and I will get back in touch.

Many thanks,

Connor

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.