Network Engineer (CCNP) - Financial Services - London

I'm currently recruiting for a Networking Engineer to working for a leading Financial Services company based in the city of London. This position will be joining the global team.

Skills required for this role -

• Strong Networking experience (CCNP and above)
• Routing and Switching
• Scripting experience (Shell, Python or PowerShell
• Understanding and exposure to Cloud based networking (Azure/AWS)
• Palo Alto/Checkpoint
• Cisco video conferencing
• Experience working within a global/large team

If you'd like to hear more about this please apply below -

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

McGregor Boyall are a global Technology focussed Recruitment company with our head office being in London city. We are already beginning our search process for 2019's Graduate Training Academy!

If you are a money motivated, self driven, personable, confident and career minded individual, then Recruitment could be the perfect choice for you once you've graduated!

We'll be running our Graduate Training academies throughout 2019. If you would like to be considered, please tell us a bit about yourself by following the instructions below.

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This type of interview gives you the opportunity to truly let your personality shine and stand out from the rest of the candidates.

We are excited to learn more about you and review your responses! If successful, we will be in touch to discuss the next steps.

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

I am currently representing a world class investment solutions and retirement expertise organisation based in Tonbridge.

My client is a privately owned, independent company, with the commitment and resources to provide the investment expertise, technology and service innovation needed to help their clients achieve their financial goals.

They offer their own investment solutions and access to those of others, and deliver services relating to investing. They are currently seeking a Cloud Ops engineer to join the team on a perm basis.

Requirements for this position:

• Hands on experience of cloud based security technologies across multiple cloud providers Proficient in at least 3 different languages (ideally Ruby, Go, Python)
• Familiar with Terraform, Ansible & Jenkins/Concourse
• Excellent knowledge of creating & managing continuous delivery pipelines
• A responsible engineer who views TDD & software engineering as a ‘craft’
• A versatile engineer who has exposure of networking, virtualisation & all aspects of security

The client is based in Tonbridge however, will offer occasional work from home & flexible working, my client is looking to pay up to £100,000 that also includes £27,000 package.

If you are interested or would like to know more about the role, please apply for immediate consideration.

McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Lead Architect - Infrastructure - CI/CD - Docker - Kubernetes - Cloud - Automation

Permanent, Excellent package offered!

Global Financial services client is looking for a Lead Architect to join their team on a permanent basis.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design scalable, secure and resilient solutions utilizing standard enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions.
• Design scalable, secure and resilient solutions utilizing cloud technologies (private/hybrid/public).
• Deep knowledge of container based systems such as docker, kubernetes and cloud foundry
• Strong expertise of building CI/CD pipelines and processes
• Ability to create clear, concise proposals for solutions and brokering agreement across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience of automating processes and procedures end-to-end.

Skills and experience required:

• Experience in an enterprise environment including an understanding of traditional processes and procedures and how you may impact a digital transformation
• Understanding of modern development and associated tooling, integration, technology, patterns and practices to design, build and continuously improve an automated end-to-end factory for software delivery, through the route-to-live and into production.
• Experience of CI/D pipelines, modern deployment and release methodologies including automated configuration and provisioning at scale.

If this is of interest and you have the required skills, please submit your CV over for immediate consideration.

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

We are currently looking for a Change & Transformation Recruitment Consultant, to join a team who is on target for a record breaking 2018!

Opportunity & Team;

The successful candidate would have the opportunity to own and grow a sector within the Change & Transformation space, and have warm accounts from day one. We have a number of clients to be developed - a huge opportunity for someone to grow these into big accounts.

The aim for this person is to build a team around them in one of the areas mentioned below;

The team covers a wide remit;

• Operations, Organisational change, Process improvement
• Regulatory, Risk, FinCrime & Compliance Change
• IT, Systems Change
• Finance Change
• Procurement
• HR Change

Across a number of sectors;

• Investment Bank
• Buy-Side, Asset Management
• Retail Banking
• Insurance
• Commerce & Industry

The Person;

We are looking for a Consultant with 2 years Recruitment experience (we are open to industry background) to network across and build relationships within our current client base whist driving business development and winning new clients. You should expect a combination of working on existing roles and winning new business of around a 50/50 split, so we do need someone proactive as well as relationship building focussed.

The team lead & top biller will be on hand to mentor and shape your career as you navigate this market. However, if you can bring any pre-existing relationships, this will only help you to hit the ground running quickly!

You will need a proven track record of building a desk, driving business development and growing existing accounts.

We have a strong benefits / incentive scheme as well as a very competitive commission and salary package. Salary is negotiable depending on experience and success.

Please contact Gemma for more information or to apply please send us your CV!

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

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Role: My Client is currently migrating our hosting environments from dedicated physical servers across to AWS utilising Infrastructure as Code and best practices. We are looking for an experienced Linux SysAdmin and Cloud engineer to join our agile development and devops team.

It is essential you have a good understanding and working knowledge of Terraform and Ansible. This position will be working in an environment where cross skilling is essential, and quality is the responsibility of everyone within the organisation.

ESSENTIAL:

- AWS

- Ansible

- Terraform

The role will include, but not limited to:
? Responsibility for the day to day running and upkeep of the environments.
? Providing the required infrastructure and access to the environments to the dev team and consumers of the software.
? Maintaining quality process documentation to an ISO27001 standard.
? Enforcing security standards within the business, including key and password policy, management and rotation.
? Server hardening procedures and OS / module patch, security best practices and encryption.
? Running regular internal penn tests and collaboration with external testing providers
? Monitoring of all services.
? Maintaining the Linux and Windows Operating Systems
? Ensuring backups, log rotation, retention policies are fully operational.

Skills and experience:

? Proven experience of implementing and maintaining stable and secure environments for SaaS / web application platforms on Cloud using Infrastructure as Code.
? Expert knowledge of Ansible, Git, Linux , Terraform, Bash enc.
? AWS experience with EC2, RDS, ELB, S3, EFS, Route53, Packer, VPC.
? Data security, encryption, standards and best practice. GDPR and ISO 27001 compliance.
? Experience with Docker, Swarm/Kubernetes or similar..
? Networking, Firewalls and VPN configuration.
? Ability to configure and manage monitoring tools, such as Nagios, Cloudwatch etc.
? Log management, rotation, scripting, analysis.
? Previous experience working in Lean/Agile Open Source software development teams.
? Good understanding of agile development processes, including CI, Git, GitLab, code quality and standards, QA and test automation.

Key Attributes

? A self-motivated individual with the ability to multitask
? A well organised, outgoing, positive thinker, with consistent levels of evident enthusiasm
? Has high personal standards and promotes them in others
? Demonstrates a great attention to detail and a methodical approach to work
? Great communication skills with the ability to discuss difficult situations with ease

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

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

Wintel Engineer - Citrix - Financial Services - London

I'm currently recruiting for a Wintel Engineer with strong Citrix skills to work for a leading financial services company based in the City of London. This role will sit within the global Citrix and Infrastructure team.

The key responsibilities and requirements for the role -

• Have experience managing & maintaining large XenApp environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain global Citrix XenApp deployment for trading applications.
• Migrations from the v6.5 to v7.15
• Maintain & Upgrade physical Netscalers globally.
• Knowledge of Active Directory.
• Knowledge of PowerShell
• Strong knowledge of VMware
• Production and maintenance of system documentation.

If this is of interest and you have the required skills, please submit your CV over for immediate consideration.

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

DevOps Engineer - Python - Ansible - (Docker / Kubernetes) - London

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a DevOps Engineer work for an innovative Start-up based in London.

The role:

The successful candidate will help build a platform and infrastructure to power the data and product pieces that scale to meet the needs of millions of our users.

Key Requirements:

• Ability to code and script - strong knowledge of Python with Django a plus
• Strong grasp of automation tools such as Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes & Vagrant
• Familiarity with MYSQL, Datawarehouse systems and ETL processes
• Knowledge of Nginx, Varnish, Express, ElasticSearch
• Experience with cloud based services (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Experience in scaling applications

If this is of interest and you have the required skills, please submit your CV over for immediate consideration.

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

DevOps Engineers - CI/CD - Python - Ansible - Jenkins - Linux - Java/JavaScript

Permanent - Excellent package offered!

Leading financial services client is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join their team in London. The team work closely with Engineering Leads to collectively drive the tooling agenda whilst balancing the requirements.

Skills and Experience required:

• A track record of building first class CI/CD pipelines
• Continuous Integration tooling pipelines across a variety of technologies (e.g. Java/.NET),
• Containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/Google)
• Automated configuration delivery tools (Ansible, Chef or Puppet)
• Source control platforms (TFS/VSTS/Git/GitLab/GHE/Bitbucket/Gerrit)
• Good understanding of Jenkins 2.0
• Hands-on skills with application build tools (Npm or Gulp AND Maven or Gradle)
• Solid core OS level skills (e.g. UNIX/LINUX/Windows/ZOS)
• Strong Shell scripting skills and in one or more open source scripting languages, such as Groovy, Python or Bash.

If this is of interest and you have the required skills, please submit your CV over for immediate consideration.

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

DevOps (Platform) Lead Engineer - Java - Financial Services - London

Leading financial services client is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to join their team in the City. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development and adoption of the company software delivery platform and related tools and functions.

The role requires a business minded, highly collaborative, team-focussed lead with exceptional communication skills able to train other teams of developers in DevOps principles and tools within software delivery, in conjunction with the Global Head of Development and the Head of Architecture as well as other key technology stakeholders and leads as required.

Skills and experience required:

• Deep and broad experience of the AWS platform and services; and cloud computing in general
• Java Development background
• Git, TFS, SVN
• GitHub Enterprise
• TeamCity
• Scripting
• Docker
• Ansible, Ansible Tower, CloudFormation, Octopus Deploy
• Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana, CloudWatch
• Experience with messaging and streaming platforms desirable

If this is of interest and you have the required skills, please submit your CV over for immediate consideration.

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

SAAS Lead - CoE - Strategy - Permanent

Global financial services client is looking for a SAAS Lead to join their team who will have accountability for enabling the technical development and run-time operation of products and services within a Product Group or a set of development teams.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead a centre of excellence for large Software as a Service (SaaS) engagements
• Develop and coordinate a strategy for SaaS adoption
• Develop best practices for SaaS engagements
• Establish framework and network of supporting teams to successfully deliver and operate SaaS
• Ensure consistency in solution of technical integration aspects such as identity management, network connectivity and capacity management, security & encryption, impact on PC and browser builds and performance.
• Develop an effective hybrid service management operating model, ensure shared and divided responsibilities are well documented
• Develop and implement a vendor management model for SaaS including commercial & contractual arrangements, regular vendor relationship management reviews and regular vendor operational management.
• Provide consultancy and assistance on consistent Regulatory engagement for SaaS services, produce reporting as required
• Report on large SaaS service implementations and operations.

Skills and experience required:

• Proven experience in delivering complex Saas platforms including externally-hosted, Cloud based solutions using 3^rd parties for effective delivery and support.
• Functional knowledge of large scale IT processes
• Proven experience in delivering business transformation through technology solutions
• Strong knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and data integration technologies
• Experience managing IT teams globally and across IT disciplines
• IT service delivery and support.

If this is of interest and you have the required skills, please submit your CV over for immediate consideration.

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