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Job Description Technical Project Manager - Bank - City of London As the Technical Project Manager, you play an integral role in a high performing team to deliver technical projects on time, to budget and that achieve both the project objectives and increase internal customer satisfaction. This is a hybrid role where you apply your technical expertise in either software development or IT infrastructure projects. At times, you might need to chip in on business requirement scoping and technical delivery to get the project across the line. You leverage your project management expertise and adept communication skills to lead the end-to-end project lifecycle and by doing so, you directly shape the success of IT projects, and therefore our business. Key Responsibilities: • Maintaining high performance levels for service-related processes, and implementing improvement activities wherever necessary • Taking ownership of critical risks and issues, coordinating resolution with all appropriate constituents, and establishing effective communication between stakeholders • Developing a deep understanding of projects to gain insights into the scope of service delivery • Manage metrics reporting and analysis of business demand against capacity constraints • Manage the development and delivery of IT products utilizing Scrum and Kanban methodologies • Focus on the constant improvement of quality, speed and ensuring the team learns and gets better each sprint. • Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering, and security teams to comply with established policies and procedures and verifies that deliverables meet requirements • Provide communication and escalation to IT and business area management on critical issues • Foster and maintain good working relationships with business area representatives to remain in sync on direction and future delivery requests Key Requirements: • Comfortable capturing and challenging briefs to ensure we are delivering the most worthwhile solutions • Experience of leading, energising and mentoring project members • Experience in IT project delivery including managing all project phases from analysis, design, build, testing, implementation and hand over to BAU teams. • Ability to work to tight deadlines and work calmly under pressure • A high level of organisation and demonstrated skills to manage a team's capacity • Comfortable multitasking and prioritising several tasks at once • Hard-working with an outgoing and positive nature • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal • Technical skillsets within IT Infrastructure and Development will be mandatory Technologies: • Microsoft based environment including - MS SQL, Exchange, Active Directory, IIS, Symantec, Citrix • Network - Cisco, Palo Alto, ForcePoint, Symantec Email Security • Programming Language - T-SQL, VB.net, C#, PowerShell, ASP The Client is a bank based in the City of London. The salary for this position will be circa £60K - £70K. This is a 12 month FTC position. Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Job Description Storage & Server Architect As an Storage & Server Architect you would be a key part of the Infrastructure unit and have overall responsibility to design, maintain and provide 2 nd & 3 rd line support for all Storage & Systems hardware, Operating & Virtualisation Software, Open source and application integration. You would work towards providing a 24/7 support system. Ensure maximum availability of core systems and that performance monitoring is in place and appropriate system capacity planning is undertaken. You would also ensure that required DR and BCP provisions exist and are tested regularly. Maintenance of Infrastructure • Provide storage & server hardware, virtualisation,services management, enable technical innovation that can create business value to assist with the company's requirements and expectations. • Lead large technology initiatives to build and maintain key elements of the company's infrastructure and associated product portfolio, including but not limited to 24x7 data centre infrastructure management and evolution, remote access services and enterprise-scale database environments. • Carry out annual technology and user audits. • Manage the provision and maintenance of 3 rd party infrastructure to agreed SLA's including hosting, personal computing support and networking at all major NGC locations. • Manage all NGC owned servers, switches, firewalls and routers. • Maintain appropriate licenses and subscriptions for computer hardware and software. IT Governance • Manage system security, performance monitoring and alerting, ensure appropriate backups are in place and retained for all systems. • Ensure a disaster recovery arrangement is maintained, as required in collaboration with the compliance team and operations are in place to ensure compliance during business continuity events. • Work with Compliance Director in the development, adoption and enforcement of Information Security policies, procedures and standards. • Work with the Network and Security Architect to ensure appropriate security, patching, maintain secure Internet connectivity & private network connection to/from our partners, customers and other Data & Financial Clearing House • Work with Database and Development team for all compute, server and storage providing requirement & 24/7 availability. • Complete annual reviews and internal audit of required ISO 27001, 9001 and 22301 standards. Competency Profile • Extensive knowledge of data centre operations, , network engineering, datacentre applications, client/server computing and production operations support. • Specific technologies of note include Microsoft Server & Linux Operating System. • Experience with mid tier storage hardware & appliance is essential, more specifical experience with IBM Storage V37xx & V50xx series will be beneficial. • Infrastructure applications, Networking, VMware, Firewall, Security and/or Enterprise-level SANs. • Experience with Cloud Services & Provisioning (Experience of Oracle Cloud would be preferential) • Ability to lead cross functional project teams in implementing projects of a complex nature. The Client has offices in Central London - although this position will mainly remote. The salary for this role will be circa £65K - £80K. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Job Description IT Manager Purpose To be part of the IT Leadership Team in Europe focused on education and learning through the delivery of quality IT services and associated support to schools, departments, and associated businesses. This role will manage the IT services and technicians in two of London's most prestigious and innovative schools. Crucial to this role is the ability to build strong relationships with school leaders, work in the bustling environment of schools, communicate clearly and pro-actively, and lead a team of school-based IT technicians. Key Accountabilities Control and governance of school / businesses IT services ensuring that all infrastructure, hardware, software and cloud services are deployed, managed, maintained, supported and changed effectively. Facilitate Stakeholder Management with business leaders and leadership teams through regular engagement and reporting regarding performance, business requirements and continuous improvement. To manage the on-site 2 nd line IT Support provided by IT Technicians using the Group ITSM tool and following IT policies, processes, procedures, and standards as deployed in line with the ITIL framework. Leadership of a group of school-based IT technicians. To be the primary IT contact for the leadership teams in your assigned schools and associated business units. • Understand the role of technology in the provision of education and learning. • Conduct regular school / site inspection to identify weaknesses in technology deployment, improve quality and drive continuous improvement. • Conduct a formal service review each term with the school / business unit, present support performance, identify opportunities and risks, and develop areas for improvement and investment. • Identify and champion school/business improvement requirements associated with technology, ensuring alignment with Group, Regional and Country Policies and Standards. • Attend and represent IT at School, POD, and Regional meetings (Including School Governance in Autumn and Summer Term). • Identify, document, and define critical services / processes and associated KPIs to be measured. • Create periodic dashboards, scorecards and reports to demonstrate IT performance against SLA / KPI. • Define and maintain a list of all IT services and applications in use for allocated schools / business units as part of the IT service catalogue. • Maintain site documentation (technical, financial, and legal), ensuring the accuracy of information is preserved, kept up to date, and readily available to colleagues. • Plan and manage all changes to IT services to ensure they are approved, deployed effectively, and have appropriate support agreements in place. • Manage service problems and customer complaints through to resolution, engaging / updating where required with Executives and School Leadership Team members. • Facilitate periodic auditing of all IT hardware, software, services, and user accounts within a school/business unit to ensure accuracy of data held in the ITSM/CMDB. • Build, Manage and Develop a team of highly skilled School IT Technicians who work in the allocated schools / business units. • Collaborate with the EdTech team to ensure technology and associated support in schools is aligned. • Ensure all support incidents and requests allocated to technicians are correctly assigned and prioritised to ensure efficient resolution of 2nd line IT work within agreed SLAs. • Provide technical escalation support and/or assist IT colleagues in troubleshooting faults • To own and manage all Significant and Major Incidents in your assigned schools / business units; especially communication, incident review and follow up actions. • Conduct periodic appraisals of team members, setting objectives, identify areas for development and facilitate training. • Implement and monitor the adoption of ITIL process with specific focus on Stakeholder, Incident, Change, Problem and Asset Management. • Support and/or manage projects and initiatives as directed by the European IT Director or European IT Service Delivery Manager. • IT Management & Leadership • IT Support environment (2nd & 3rd line support) • ITSM tools and methodology • ITIL practice and methodology • Team Management (including Matrix Management of staff) • Supporting diverse / remote businesses Education or similar sector • Windows Desktop & Server • MAC Desktop & Server • Server Rooms & Cloud Services • Device Management (e.g. InTune / JAMF) • Network technologies and protocols • Cyber Security Business Systems (e.g. Finance, MIS, CRM) • Exceptional customer service and communication skills, including written and verbal. • Excellent interpersonal skills including communicating effectively and professionally with people at all levels of the organisation. • Ability to adjust communication style (especially in terms of language) to impart technical information to non-IT colleagues. • Strong leadership ability and team spirit with a can-do attitude. • Self-motivation, effective time management and the ability to work unsupervised. Must be able to use initiative and work under pressure, consistently employing a customer centric approach. Part of the role will be based on site in Central London for 4 days a week and the remaining day will be remote. The salary for this position if £50K - £55K. Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.

Job Description IT Support Technician Purpose The role of IT Support Technician will lead and manage all day-to-day ICT 2 nd and 3 rd line support activities for multiple schools as directed by the ICT Network Manager and/or ICT Schools Manager. The Support Technician will liaise with Head Office and School staff, the IT Service Desk and other 3 rd line support teams to identify, prioritise, own and resolve all IT support and service requests. Key Responsibilities • Provide 2 nd and 3 rd line support to UK staff, schools staff and students • Carry out routine maintenance of all computer hardware and network services to maintain agreed availability. • Respond to and resolve IT faults and requests through onsite visits and remote support tools to agreed service levels. • Install and configure approved computer hardware and licensed software, following agreed policies and procedures. • Maintain site documentation, including hardware and software inventories, to ensure accuracy of information, legal and financial compliance. • Manage staff and student user accounts following agreed policies and procedures. • Monitor and maintain server back-ups to ensure system and user data is protected and secure. • Monitor IT (physical and network) security and report any risks or incidents to School Head teachers, Network Manager or Schools IT Manager • Any other reasonably requested duties Person Specification • Exceptional customer service and communication skills, including written and verbal. • Excellent interpersonal skills including communicating effectively and professionally with people at all levels of the organization. • Effective communication skills in a technical respect with other IT professionals, and in non-technical terms with other colleagues • Self-motivation, effective time management and the ability to work unsupervised. • Must be able to use initiative and work under pressure, consistently employing a customer centric approach to resolving all IT issues. • Demonstrable methodical problem solving, excellent analytical skills and creative thinking. • Able to demonstrate good judgement and decision-making skills in resolving issues in challenging situations, knowing when to sign post, escalate and resolve issues. • Experience in establishing new processes and procedures as well as following those already in place and always looking for improvements. • A desire to, and demonstrable experience of supporting teaching and learning • Effective engagement with IT service partners and 3rd parties Technical Skills • Windows Server 2012/2016/2019 • Windows 10 • Active Directory support • Office365 • LAN & WAN technologies and protocols, including VLAN, wireless, DNS and DHCP. • SIMS.net and SOLUS3 support • Mobile device support including Apple, Windows, and Android tablets • AV and interactive boards and screens • Shared printing solutions • Desktop/Server Hardware support and troubleshooting • Apple device management and support Experience • Flexible working, travel to support multiple sites/offices. • Experience of working in a Service Desk environment (2nd or 3rd line support role) • Experience of working in the education or similar sector is preferable. • ITIL preferred but not essential. Key Competencies Role Specific • Work Planning and Scheduling • Time Management • Listening and Organisation • Training, Mentoring and Delegating • Problem Identification and Solution • Process Improvement Safeguarding Responsibilities • To comply with safeguarding policies, procedures and code of conduct • To demonstrate a personal commitment to safeguarding and student/colleague wellbeing • To ensure that any safeguarding concerns or incidents are reported appropriately in line with policy. • To engage in safeguarding training when required This will be a 2 to 3 months contract initially. The position will be in North London. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your daily rate and availability.

Job Description IT Support Technician Purpose The role of IT Support Technician will lead and manage all day-to-day IT 2 nd and 3 rd line support activities for Schools. The IT Support Technician will liaise with School staff, the IT Service Desk and other 3 rd line support teams to identify, prioritise, own and resolve all IT support and service requests. The IT Support Technician will work closely with the Projects teams to assist with the seamless delivery of technology transition projects This position is a UK role and will be required to support other schools/sites as requested by the UK Service Delivery Manager. Key Responsibilities • Provide 2 nd and 3 rd line support to UK School staff and students • Support Transformation Projects • Work alongside and support strategic technical delivery and IT Solutions Strategy • Carry out routine BAU maintenance of all computer hardware and network services to maintain agreed availability. • Respond to and resolve IT faults and requests through onsite visits and remote support tools to agreed service levels. • Install and configure approved computer hardware and licensed software, following agreed policies and procedures. • Maintain site documentation, including hardware and software inventories, to ensure accuracy of information, legal and financial compliance. • Manage staff and student user accounts following agreed policies and procedures. • Monitor and maintain server back-ups to ensure system and user data is protected and secure. • Monitor IT (physical and network) security and report any risks or incidents to School Head teachers, IT Manager • Any other reasonably requested duties Person Specification • Exceptional customer service and communication skills, including written and verbal. • Excellent interpersonal skills including communicating effectively and professionally with people at all levels of the organization. • Effective communication skills in a technical respect with other IT professionals, and in non-technical terms with other colleagues • Self-motivation, effective time management and the ability to work unsupervised. • Must be able to use initiative and work under pressure, consistently employing a customer centric approach to resolving all IT issues. • Demonstrable methodical problem solving, excellent analytical skills and creative thinking. • Able to demonstrate good judgement and decision-making skills in resolving issues in challenging situations, knowing when to sign post, escalate and resolve issues. • Experience in establishing new processes and procedures as well as following those already in place and always looking for improvements. • A desire to, and demonstrable experience of supporting teaching and learning • Project team member skills • Effective engagement with IT service partners and 3rd parties • A clean UK driving license. Technical Skills • Windows Server 2012/2016 • Windows 10 • Active Directory support • Office365 • Microsoft Office 2013/2016 suites • LAN & WAN technologies and protocols, including VLAN, wireless, DNS and DHCP. • SIMS.net and SOLUS3 support • AV and interactive boards and screens • Shared printing solutions • Desktop/Server Hardware support and troubleshooting • Apple device management and support Experience • Experience of working in a Service Desk environment (2nd - 3rd line support role) • Experience of working in the education or similar sector is preferable. • ITIL preferred but not essential. Key Competencies Role Specific • Work Planning and Scheduling • Time Management • Listening and Organisation • Training, Mentoring and Delegating • Problem Identification and Solution • Process Improvement Safeguarding Responsibilities • To comply with safeguarding policies, procedures and code of conduct • To demonstrate a personal commitment to safeguarding and student/colleague wellbeing • To ensure that any safeguarding concerns or incidents are reported appropriately in line with policy. • To engage in safeguarding training when required Remuneration • Competitive salary • Contributory pension scheme • Private healthcare • Life assurance • School fee discount • Professional development • 25 days holiday (pro-rata'd to part time) You will be based between 2 schools in Milton Keynes. The salary will be circa £28K - £30K + Benefits. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.

Job Description IT Security Manager Our Client is a large international organisation who are looking to recruit an IT Security Manager with at least 5 to 8 years proven expertise. Provide advice, support and guidance to all Company Corporate functions to assist them to maintain and improve their information security maturity. To work collaboratively with all areas of the Company Corporate and build networks and relationships to promote Information Security. • Act as subject matter expert on for IT Security, including legal and regulatory compliance • Advise Company Corporate functions on how to achieve the required controls and assist with solutions to support them. Eg Support in the development of standards and their application in line with Group security policies. • Participate in Company BU's Projects giving support, guidance, control validation and overall security assurance. This could also involve sitting on major project steering committees. • Support and encourage the ethos and methodology of security by design. • Aid GRC to build, implement and facilitate a mechanism to aid BU's to assess and measure their security compliance to policies. • Drive the development of BU/Divisional security roadmaps. Giving oversight of key non-conformities to feed into the CISO roadmap. • Coach, train and educate the Company IT and Functions to up skill and increase the security maturity in BU's. Be an active member of the Company's IS Security community, contributing to and leveraging the experience and lessons learned from other BU's • Produce, implement and standardise protocol and guidance material to support Business unit activities - examples - Asset register templates, third party due-diligence. • Facilitate and chair the security working group meetings • Engage and manage third party relationships to support the Company and its affiliates • Aid Procurement and the tendering process • Raising the security baseline controls and standardising where it makes sense to do so. • Understanding the different business requirements and aligning to their objectives Support Security operations to continuously improve information security awareness across the group, including phishing campaigns and associated reporting Experience • Experience in an information security risk leadership role within a large organisation. • Confident in presenting, discussing and championing ideas and concepts with senior stakeholders. • Experience of running information security risk governance processes and structures • Familiarity with relevant industry standards for information security (e.g. ISO27001, NIST CSF) • Experience of creating, implementing and assessing against information security policies and standards Creativity • Able to analyse complex, ambiguous problems and summarise clearly with a view to establishing practical solutions • Able to \"bridge the gap\" between technologists and business-people, bringing to life information security risks to the business, while maintaining a pragmatic outlook on likelihood and impact of the risk and cost/complexity of the mitigation. • Ensuring initiatives/programmes are anchored in best practice whilst still being highly practical/pragmatic. • Ability to defuse situations and resolve conflict to a win-win outcome • Influence others understand their views and agree ways of working that are acceptable to all parties. Business acumen to understand business risks and the information security implications • Able to identify when information security risks need to be escalated to achieve the right level of management visibility. • Able to prioritise security risks and controls, differentiating the essential from the \"nice to have\". • Able to judge how to communicate messages to people to maximise buy-in and/or understanding. • Able to analyse data with rigour & reach sound conclusions • Can assess when further data gathering, or analysis will bring diminishing returns. Can place appropriate weight on prevailing (sometimes conflicting) evidence. • Support and manage budget Responsibility • Responsibility of information security incident management • Responsibility for security assessments and assurance activities (e.g. penetration testing) and when to use them. • Oversee and management of security compliance management and reporting in relation to any relevant regulatory or legal requirements Operational responsibility of management of third parties Responsibility for managing change management around project and change leadership. Able to judge the political and other people aspects of a situation, and tailor messages and approach to bring people along. • Able to work with others, setting challenging but realistic targets for team members, and through coaching and appropriate guidance, securing a successful outcome. • A positive collegiate approach to developing relationships and networks at all levels across the Company and the gravitas to work persuasively with senior stakeholders. Is aware of different styles of stakeholders and can adjust own leadership style successfully to bridge any gaps. The Client and the role is based in Central London - and you will be required to be in the office at least 3 days week. The salary for this position will be £75K + £85K plus Benefits. Please do send your CV to us in Word format for this exciting new position along with your salary and availability.

Job Description Head of IT Infrastructure - City Our Client is looking to recruit a Head of IT Infrastructure with at least 7 to 10 years solid hands-on expertise to run the IT Infrastructure at this City based bank. Must be someone has been through the cycle from 1st to 3rd line support and subsequently moved in to project management or Head of IT Infrastructure. You will be involved with project planning and delivering upgrades to hardware and software and decisions with senior management. You must therefore be able work at all levels and understand the full project life-cycle. Must have experience of the following as a minimum: Active Directory and SCCM server management. Disaster Recovery Swift Messaging Windows Server EMC SAN Ability to communicate effectively at all levels. You will be working in a small team. Any experience from the banking World would be handy. The role will be based in the Central of London. The salary for this position will be in the range £70K - £90K plus benefits. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your daily rate and availability.

Job Description IT Security Manager Our Client is a large international organisation who are looking to recruit an IT Security Manager with at least 5 to 8 years proven expertise. Provide advice, support and guidance to all Company Corporate functions to assist them to maintain and improve their information security maturity. To work collaboratively with all areas of the Company Corporate and build networks and relationships to promote Information Security. • Act as subject matter expert on for IT Security, including legal and regulatory compliance • Advise Company Corporate functions on how to achieve the required controls and assist with solutions to support them. Eg Support in the development of standards and their application in line with Group security policies. • Participate in Company BU's Projects giving support, guidance, control validation and overall security assurance. This could also involve sitting on major project steering committees. • Support and encourage the ethos and methodology of security by design. • Aid GRC to build, implement and facilitate a mechanism to aid BU's to assess and measure their security compliance to policies. • Drive the development of BU/Divisional security roadmaps. Giving oversight of key non-conformities to feed into the CISO roadmap. • Coach, train and educate the Company IT and Functions to up skill and increase the security maturity in BU's. Be an active member of the Company's IS Security community, contributing to and leveraging the experience and lessons learned from other BU's • Produce, implement and standardise protocol and guidance material to support Business unit activities - examples - Asset register templates, third party due-diligence. • Facilitate and chair the security working group meetings • Engage and manage third party relationships to support the Company and its affiliates • Aid Procurement and the tendering process • Raising the security baseline controls and standardising where it makes sense to do so. • Understanding the different business requirements and aligning to their objectives Support Security operations to continuously improve information security awareness across the group, including phishing campaigns and associated reporting Experience • Experience in an information security risk leadership role within a large organisation. • Confident in presenting, discussing and championing ideas and concepts with senior stakeholders. • Experience of running information security risk governance processes and structures • Familiarity with relevant industry standards for information security (e.g. ISO27001, NIST CSF) • Experience of creating, implementing and assessing against information security policies and standards Creativity • Able to analyse complex, ambiguous problems and summarise clearly with a view to establishing practical solutions • Able to \"bridge the gap\" between technologists and business-people, bringing to life information security risks to the business, while maintaining a pragmatic outlook on likelihood and impact of the risk and cost/complexity of the mitigation. • Ensuring initiatives/programmes are anchored in best practice whilst still being highly practical/pragmatic. • Ability to defuse situations and resolve conflict to a win-win outcome • Influence others understand their views and agree ways of working that are acceptable to all parties. Business acumen to understand business risks and the information security implications • Able to identify when information security risks need to be escalated to achieve the right level of management visibility. • Able to prioritise security risks and controls, differentiating the essential from the \"nice to have\". • Able to judge how to communicate messages to people to maximise buy-in and/or understanding. • Able to analyse data with rigour & reach sound conclusions • Can assess when further data gathering, or analysis will bring diminishing returns. Can place appropriate weight on prevailing (sometimes conflicting) evidence. • Support and manage budget Responsibility • Responsibility of information security incident management • Responsibility for security assessments and assurance activities (e.g. penetration testing) and when to use them. • Oversee and management of security compliance management and reporting in relation to any relevant regulatory or legal requirements Operational responsibility of management of third parties Responsibility for managing change management around project and change leadership. Able to judge the political and other people aspects of a situation, and tailor messages and approach to bring people along. • Able to work with others, setting challenging but realistic targets for team members, and through coaching and appropriate guidance, securing a successful outcome. • A positive collegiate approach to developing relationships and networks at all levels across the Company and the gravitas to work persuasively with senior stakeholders. Is aware of different styles of stakeholders and can adjust own leadership style successfully to bridge any gaps. The Client and the role is based in Central London - and you will be required to be in the office at least 3 days week. The salary for this position will be £75K + £85K plus Benefits. Please do send your CV to us in Word format for this exciting new position along with your salary and availability.

Job Description IT Systems Network Support Engineer Our Client is a Bank based in Central London, are looking to recruit an IT Systems Support Engineer ideally with at least 2 years of experience in IT within the financial industry and overall 5 years of experience in IT. You will be working in a small team managing the day-to-day technology infrastructure to ensure that the Bank can operate efficiently. • Responsible for the maintenance of the IT infrastructure of the Bank by providing first line support of software, hardware and networking that incudes installation, configuration and troubleshooting • Manage day to day operational aspects of a project and scope • To design, plan and deploy IT projects to enhance the existing IT infrastructure and also any applications required by the bank. • End User Computing support for all staff. • Coordinator between the London Users and Group IT Security on all requests for systems access and to ensure that such permissions are provided promptly, are regularly updated and that the Group Access Matrix Protocol is followed at all times • Preserve the Assets of the Bank by implementing Disaster Recovery and back up procedures and ensuring that the standards comply with Group requirements • Provide IT support to ensure the smooth running of daily and periodic reports for the London Compliance team to ensure adherence to the Anti Money Laundering Provisions • Undertake Data Extraction for reporting requirements for all the other stakeholders at the bank • To monitor the CCTV, telephony systems and door access systems and to ensure that they are well maintained with proper backup and that relevant maintenance procedures are applied • Overall networking equipment monitoring (i.e. Network Switches, Firewall and other appliances) and support • To plan and carry out maintenance checks to ensure IT Operations, infrastructures are running smoothly and ensure daily routine task completeness • To maintain and ensure that the BCP site is always ready for continuous bank operations • To maintain the branch PABX system and to ensure that the recording system is always up and running at all times The following is a list of technical skills required for the role: Technical/Functional skills • Proficient in common operating systems • Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and above • Redhat Linux based Operating System • Software proficiency • VMWare v6.7 and above • Veeam Backup and Replication • Symantec Endpoint Protection • Symantec Endpoint Encryption • ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus • Microsoft Office 365 • Networking (IT) • Cisco Switches and Routers • Fortigate Firewalls • LAN/WAN Routing • Hardware • Dell PowerEdge Servers • Dell PowerVault SAN Storage • Project management • Data analysis Bachelor or Master's degree or professional qualification in relevant discipline (IT/Information Systems/Computer Science/Technology/Programming/Information Science/System Engineering/Computing) The salary for this role is in the range £40K - £50K. This is a hybrid role - 3 days in the office. The Client is based in Central London. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.

Job Description Digital Transformation Manager Our Client is a global organisation with offices in the City of London. You will lead the Digital Transformation (DX) team to support business units (BUs) in the EU region and drive relationship-based consultations to enhance the businesses with digital solutions, frameworks, and spearhead various digital transformation (DX) projects Leverage the Company's experience in DX, extensive knowledge base and business networks to bring distinctive insights and new ideas in the DX space for new project formulation (with investment) as well as future-proof existing businesses in the region Function of Position: • Deeply understand the individual businesses (undertaken by BUs), the needs, and consult with the person/team in charge with several DX ideas and hypotheses to add value to new investments or increase value to existing investment assets (subsidiaries/affiliates) • Develop short-term and long-term DX strategy in support of growth and revenue targets upon investment; Communicate various options, articulate quick wins, and tactics to realize benefits with DX for the respective business/service. • Strongly collaborate with DX team members and support with DX use case roll outs for different businesses in various countries • Conduct digital due diligence on a target company prior to investment decisions • Understand adequate depth and breadth of emerging tech such as AI, Big Data, blockchain, NFT, IoT or metaverse and propose the associated benefits, trade-offs, and implementation strategies to business stakeholders • Build innovative service and revenue models with the proposed DX ideas for the respective businesses. • Communicate and closely work with team members and share opinions while developing new service models and/or enhance operational efficiency with digital technologies and/or analytics • Continuously stay curious and up to date with the market trends/evolving tech to propose solutions for various Mitsui's businesses across assets in diverse industries • Establish trust with internal and external stakeholders along with the hypotheses/DX solutions sharing Relationships: • You will be working other team members of Digital Transformation Dept • DX team members in the Integrated Digital Strategy Division of the Company • Staff working in European offices • Staff working in Globally PERSON SPECIFICATION Skills/Knowledge: • Good communication skills (verbal, written, and listening) in English • Able to act confidently, despite incomplete information; expect iteration and change; lover of new technologies, always asking \"how can we do this better/differently?\", \"What if..\", etc. • Ability to listen and deep-dive pain points in BUs. Be able to summarise them with frameworks • Ability to explain technical concepts in non-technical language. Be able to articulate and passionately present digital concepts to various stakeholders • Proficient in sharing ideas/concepts using PowerPoint slides to relevant stakeholders within a short span of time • Possess positive/proactive mindset to acquire new knowledge about business to expand his/her expertise independently • Patience, empathy, understanding, and common sense. • Ability to work as part of the team or on own initiative. Should be a self-motivated and reliable individual. • Ability to multi-task, manage shifting priorities and work within strict deadlines. • Ability to build a rapport with a wide range of people • Ability to naturally communicate his/her ideas with analytical, logical, and abstract reasoning skills in project discussions towards investment decisions • Willingness to travel and attend lunch/dinner with customers/clients when required • Willingness to work in other countries such as Tokyo, Dubai, Singapore, New York, etc. including short-term training preferably Experience: • Experience as Project Manager or Team Leader in Digital Transformation DX projects preferably in Decarbonization, Sustainability or Quality of Life • 5-10 years of successful track record in consultancy experience in high growth areas such as retail, healthcare, food, chemical, mobility, energy or metal. • Experience in business development and business planning would be beneficial. Education: • Bachelor's or master's degree preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, or related degrees The Company is based in the City of London. The salary for this position will be in the range £50K - £60K Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.

Job Description Site Reliability Engineer with Python Our Client looking to bring on a site reliability engineer to help deploy, manage, troubleshoot, and enhance our complex cloud-based set of internal tools and externally managed services for a variety of users across our wide-ranging organization. You will have at least 7 to 10 years hands-on expertise working as a Site Reliability Engineer. You will work closely with IT, product, and engineering to extend and maintain this set of tools and services and to help debug and resolve problems. In addition, the ideal candidate will proactively look for system weaknesses and find ways to resolve them before they can cause production issues via monitoring and data we aggregate through various tools within our organization's IT & DevOps toolkit. Responsibilities • • Keep our suite of internal apps and services up and running or getting it back up and running quickly if a failure were to occur • • Be the technical point person of operational responsibility for two core platforms (one mobile and one web application) i.e. engaging as appropriate upon escalations from the IT support group whether it be problem solving, addressing production issues, enhancing features etc. - collaborating with engineers and others as needed • • Work closely with internal partners and teams as well as external vendors to ensure that we ship software that meets our code quality, security and performance requirements • • Write, update, and use our documentation, including runbooks and/or playbooks • • Help automate existing or build new internal workflows including ongoing infrastructure needs, testing, failover mitigations, and more • • Debug complex problems across our entire web and mobile application stack and advise key stakeholders on solutions, as well as implement said solutions if appropriate. • • Further our internal CI/CD processes to improve release cadence and developer experience • • Participate in the daily / weekly software development process (standups, sprint planning, retros, issue tracking, etc.) • • Actively lead any critical issue post-mortem processes, including coordination of any meetings and further steps to take Qualifications • • 7+ years experience with software engineering, software development, and/or system operations • • Experience debugging complex problems and implementing timely cost-effective solutions • • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale production systems • • Deep knowledge of Python is preferred, though other languages like Java, Go, Rust, or similar will also be heavily considered • • Experience using source control (Git, GitHub) and feature branching strategies • • Experience with a variety of open-source databases (MySQL, Postgres, Redis, etc.) • • Experience with DevOps engineering and working with container orchestration, such as with Docker or Kubernetes • • Experience with log monitoring and observability via platforms like Sumologic or Cloudwatch • • Experience automating infrastructure, testing, and deployments using tools like CircleCI Configuration management tooling and infrastructure as code knowledge is preferred but not required • • Experience working with AWS services, with knowledge of Azure / Google ecosystems helpful but not required • • Strong familiarity with general modern web and mobile application development, including hands-on experience working with JavaScript (Typescript preferred) and Python stacks • • Cross functional team collaboration experience, especially working with engineers and user experience / product designers, as well as external stakeholders • • Strong skills for weighing and managing scope, risk, quality and timelines • • Strong focus on quality, security, performance, and end user experience This is an exciting position with an exciting organisation based in Central London and New York. The position can be London or New York based. The salary for this position will be circa £80K - £100K. Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.

Job Description Database Engineer with SQL Server and SSIS Our Client is a bank based in Central London who are looking to recruit a Database Engineer with the ability to work with SSIS. Responsible for the development and delivery of new systems to automate and streamline processes required by different departments. To support the internal IT department with changes and upgrades to software platforms. To be primary contact for all technical questions relating to in-house bespoke systems and interfacing. Database Support Supporting budgeting and financial planning processes for Finance department, including loading and refreshing of data based on requirements. Understand and conduct the front-end functionality to amend and change hierarchical structures within the environment. Debug and analyse errors and anomalies within Hyperion system as raised by Finance and to pinpoint areas of failure and correct any issues. Liaise with Finance on a daily basis to ensure smooth running of the Hyperion environment. Build data flows within the SQL environment in SSIS packages. Risk & Regulatory Duties Maintain knowledge of all applicable regulatory requirements including the Bank's Risk and Compliance policies and procedures and adhere to these to avoid exposing the Bank to undue risk. Report policy/procedure breaches and areas of potential non-compliance and suspicions promptly upon identification in accordance with the Bank's Risk and Compliance policies. Accurately execute all controls within own area to minimise risk of policy, procedure, and/or regulatory breaches. Identify new risks/control gaps within own area and escalate accordingly to your Line Manager and/or Head of Department. Qualifications/Experience Degree level qualified or equivalent. SQL Programming. Knowledge and Skills Software analysis and design. SQL query language. Data warehouse design concepts, (Inmon or Kimball) Must have solid experience of working with SSIS and building data warehouses and some knowledge of reporting using SSRS. The Client is a Bank based in the Central London. This is a 12 month FTC position with a salary of circa £55K - £70K. You will be required to be in the office at least 3 days week. Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Job Description SQL Server Database Engineer with SSIS Our Client is bank based in Central London - who are looking to recruit Database Engineer with at least 5 to 7 years sold expertise of working SQL Server SSIS and SSRS. Responsible for the development and delivery of pipelines (collect, validate and prepare high quality data) to automate and streamline processes required by different departments. Support existing SSIS ETLs (overnight and intraday), proactively fine-tune and enhance existing codes to increase robustness and error monitoring. Support the internal IT department with changes and upgrades to software platforms. Convert legacy Hyperion reports to SSRS. Software Development: Analysis of issues pertaining to problems or errors raised by in-house systems, i.e. CORE, SharePoint interface, Equation end of day cycle. Understanding business requirements in order to develop and deliver appropriate solutions based on system definition documents. Proficiency in advanced 4GL programming languages and able to apply to the fully development life-cycle. Database Support To build data pipelines within the SQL environment in SSIS packages, where required, introduce new field and data types for new information to be collated in the CORE environment. To build tabular models (SSAS) for different business units. To build reports based on business requirements using SQL SSRS. To integrate with all the Bank's sub-systems using data abstraction and connectivity layers, i.e. ODBC, ADO.net. Ensure that the environment is running optimally and with high standard house-keeping procedures. Sharepoint Integration: To integrate the SharePoint environment and Forms with Equation system to introduce automation of processes thereby eliminating the need for duplicate entry. To utilise web services to integrate from cutting edge technology into legacy systems such as Equation. End of Day Cycle: To provide second and third level support for in-house programmes during the end of day cycle. To be able to analyse and rectify any problems raised in an independent and team scenario. To take ownership of a problem and deliver a solution in a timely manner. Provide out of office hours support. Risk & Regulatory Duties Maintain knowledge of all applicable regulatory requirements including the Bank's Risk and Compliance policies and procedures and adhere to these to avoid exposing the Bank to undue risk. Report policy/procedure breaches and areas of potential non-compliance and suspicions promptly upon identification in accordance with the Bank's Risk and Compliance policies. Accurately execute all controls within own area to minimise risk of policy, procedure, and/or regulatory breaches. Identify new risks/control gaps within own area and escalate accordingly to your Line Manager and/or Head of Department. Training & Competence Complete all annual mandatory regulatory refresher training as per the Bank's training plans and deadlines. Proactively seek to complete recommended technical and behavioural competencies training required for your role. Act in accordance with the FCA/PRA Code of Conduct. Fulfil all prescribed business continuity requirements as set out in the organisational or departmental specific plans or as instructed by the Line Manager/Head of Department. Qualifications/Experience Degree level qualified or equivalent. MS SQL stack (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS) to high level of proficiency - Essential C# Programming / JavaScript programming - Desirable Knowledge and Skills Software analysis and design good practice Dimensional modelling, Entity Relationship modelling, Normalised modelling. Data warehouse design concepts, (Inmon, Kimball) The position is based in Central and you will be required to be in the office for 3 days a week. Please note the Client does NOT provide sponsorship. The salary for this position is in the range £65K - £75K. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Job Description SQL Server Database Engineer with SSIS Our Client is bank based in Central London - who are looking to recruit Database Engineer with at least 5 to 7 years sold expertise of working SQL Server SSIS and SSRS. Responsible for the development and delivery of pipelines (collect, validate and prepare high quality data) to automate and streamline processes required by different departments. Support existing SSIS ETLs (overnight and intraday), proactively fine-tune and enhance existing codes to increase robustness and error monitoring. Support the internal IT department with changes and upgrades to software platforms. Convert legacy Hyperion reports to SSRS. Software Development: Analysis of issues pertaining to problems or errors raised by in-house systems, i.e. CORE, SharePoint interface, Equation end of day cycle. Understanding business requirements in order to develop and deliver appropriate solutions based on system definition documents. Proficiency in advanced 4GL programming languages and able to apply to the fully development life-cycle. Database Support To build data pipelines within the SQL environment in SSIS packages, where required, introduce new field and data types for new information to be collated in the CORE environment. To build tabular models (SSAS) for different business units. To build reports based on business requirements using SQL SSRS. To integrate with all the Bank's sub-systems using data abstraction and connectivity layers, i.e. ODBC, ADO.net. Ensure that the environment is running optimally and with high standard house-keeping procedures. Sharepoint Integration: To integrate the SharePoint environment and Forms with Equation system to introduce automation of processes thereby eliminating the need for duplicate entry. To utilise web services to integrate from cutting edge technology into legacy systems such as Equation. End of Day Cycle: To provide second and third level support for in-house programmes during the end of day cycle. To be able to analyse and rectify any problems raised in an independent and team scenario. To take ownership of a problem and deliver a solution in a timely manner. Provide out of office hours support. Risk & Regulatory Duties Maintain knowledge of all applicable regulatory requirements including the Bank's Risk and Compliance policies and procedures and adhere to these to avoid exposing the Bank to undue risk. Report policy/procedure breaches and areas of potential non-compliance and suspicions promptly upon identification in accordance with the Bank's Risk and Compliance policies. Accurately execute all controls within own area to minimise risk of policy, procedure, and/or regulatory breaches. Identify new risks/control gaps within own area and escalate accordingly to your Line Manager and/or Head of Department. Training & Competence Complete all annual mandatory regulatory refresher training as per the Bank's training plans and deadlines. Proactively seek to complete recommended technical and behavioural competencies training required for your role. Act in accordance with the FCA/PRA Code of Conduct. Fulfil all prescribed business continuity requirements as set out in the organisational or departmental specific plans or as instructed by the Line Manager/Head of Department. Qualifications/Experience Degree level qualified or equivalent. MS SQL stack (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS) to high level of proficiency - Essential C# Programming / JavaScript programming - Desirable Knowledge and Skills Software analysis and design good practice Dimensional modelling, Entity Relationship modelling, Normalised modelling. Data warehouse design concepts, (Inmon, Kimball) The position is based in Central and you will be required to be in the office for 3 days a week. Please note the Client does NOT provide sponsorship. The salary for this position is in the range £60K - £75K. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Job Description Technical Solutions Architect The primary role of the IT solutions architect, is to ensure all IT Infrastructure applications architecture and design, systems and software Integration, functional requirements gathering, whether from inception or enhancements, are delivered on-time, aligned to industry standards, redundant and simplified by design, as well as being delivered cost effectively, whilst ensuring project delivery meets architectural objectives. Responsible for providing hands-on design and technical leadership to the global IT and business related teams, with a solid technology background, experience in capability and data models, domain driven design for application strategy, across all phases of the software development lifecycle. Additional responsibilities include ensuring IT Infrastructure and application design are secure, reliable, and regularly reviewed. This role will also develop and enhance relationship management with key service partners, independent contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Key Responsibilities/Tasks: • Lead the architecture design, and delivery towards consolidation of O365 amongst operating companies globally. • Lead the architecture and design towards implementation of a robust, cost-effective disaster recovery solution for all key business applications globally. • Ownership of the workflow design between core system applications and functions. • Ownership of end architecture target designs with viable interim states. • Ownership of data integration complexity, with an aim of simplification. • Ownership of architectural and operational design and roadmap. • Ensure solutions are secure by design, with minimum customisation (as needed). • Support and train technical / business leads across functions, using agile decision making. • Responsible for ensuring the correct technical solutions and products are chosen. • Responsible for documenting the technology landscape, interfaces, and data flows. • Responsible for ensuring new and modified services, occur in a planned, controlled, and timely manner, with emphasis on design and implementation concepts. • Provide monthly reporting dashboard, on network security, IoT consumption, endpoint and server security, application security, including SLA and key KPI counters to the director of IT and associated stakeholders. • Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of IT transformation related projects and programs, to ensure application of appropriate governance processes are aligned. • Maintain and up to date solution architecture diagrams / workflows and documentation for all key IT programmes, projects and ongoing BAU activities. • Provide timely reports to management and key stakeholders on projects progress, and risks to delivery including non-compliance issues. • Collaborate with the director of IT, ensuring IT security policies & practices are adhered to within all regions and groups. Skills/Competencies Required: • Microsoft / AWS architecture (recent experience) • Agile methodology / delivery • Experience with interacting with business and technology leaders. • Experience designing physical data models (relational SQL desirable) • Experience rolling our mid-large platforms from inception to production. • SQL, Java, Oracle, Kubernetes exposure. • Hardware and software virtualisation techniques • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Prior experience in a complex IT infrastructure environment • Excellent analytical abilities and innovative problem-solving skills. • Excellent interpersonal skills and strong abilities to develop and enhance relationships with clients and peers. The Client is based in Central London. This is a hybrid role - 3 days per week in the office. The salary for this position circa £55K - £60K. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.

Job Description IT Infrastructure Engineer Our Client is a Global organisation with offices in the City of London. They are now looking to recruit an IT infrastructure system support and maintenance Engineer with at least 5 years experience in 1 st to 3 rd level experience in support. You will be working with users using Japanese and English, working closely with related parties to ensure a coordinated approach to IT infrastructure support and projects. IT Infrastructure Engineer • IT Infrastructure related project • Communicate and coordinate with the person in charge of the project in HQ (in Japanese) • Communicate and coordinate with the user in each office (in English) • Provide support for to end users during system deployment/migration(User manual, user training) • Global User Support • Act as 2 nd /3 rd line support for IT infrastructure related enquiries and incidents. • Escalate the incidents to the appropriate vendors. • Incident management with the ticketing system (etc. ServiceNow). Skills / Knowledge: Technical • Proven working experience in IT Service management operations • Basic network knowledge (e.g. TCP/IP, proxy, firewall, switching, routing and WiFi) • Basic operation system knowledge (e.g. Windows10, Windows server, Azure) • Basic Microsoft Office 365 knowledge • Second line level technical support and problem-solving skill • Candidate needs to have strong interpersonal communication skills • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. • Adoptability to work in a fast-changing environment • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Proficient in English & Japanese language skills (Reading/Writing/Speaking). • User facing support skills • Self-motivated and an innovative mindset Experience: • 3 to 5+ years IT experience in a corporate environment. • Second line technical support • System Maintenance • Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, Virtual desktop, Microsoft365 • Cisco/Fortinet • Project management experience preferred. The salary for this position will be in the range £35K - £45K. The Client is based in the City of London. Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.