Test Analyst

November 2, 2011
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My client, a leading cards and payments organisation are looking to bring on Operational Acceptance Testers. Successful candidates will be involved in analysis, design and execution of both manual and automated tests. Strong analytical and hands on technical skills will also need to be demonstrated with previous experience in test analysis and execution.

Main Responsibilities:
*To produce test scripts from requirements documentation including expected results
*Execute test scripts against the System Under Test including testing documented operational procedures
*Analyse test results, comparing with benchmark
*Identify and raise defects against the System Under Test
*Re-test defects when resolved
*Create and manage test data requirements to suit expected results
*Record and report test results to an auditable standard
*Contribute to a process of continuous improvement in the quality of testing carried out on the team.

Key Skills and Experience

Essential Criteria:
*Working knowledge of UNIX (AIX or Solaris)
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills
*Good interpersonal skills
*Self starter
*Persistence in fact finding
*Ability to work under own initiative in a proactive manner
*Attention to detail and a desire to get the job done
*Flexible working practises to meet the demands of release timescales.

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Senior Analyst Programmer c++

November 2, 2011

Reporting to the Implementation and Analysis Manager the candidate will be responsible for development and maintenance of the data Measurement ‘Comtel’ batch processing software running on Linux servers.

They may be expected to perform many roles across the Software Development Lifecycle from Business Analysis to System Testing. Therefore broad knowledge of Software Engineering and a flexible approach are extremely important.

High importance is attached to the analysis part of the role and the person will need to be a skilled and confident communicator who enjoys direct contact with the business. The candidate is expected to work in conjunction with others to decide ‘what needs to be done’ and how to achieve this. The candidate will need to quickly build an understanding of the software used in our service solutions.

The person will also be expected to use their knowledge of the business, and various data formats used within specific services, to answer data queries, and provide 2nd line support as required. Often the role will involve analysis of issues in large data sets, and devising business rules to apply to the data to correct issues. There also likely take on responsibility as the contact point for one or more of the existing parkettgolv golvläggare Malmö services. This will involve fielding queries, impact assessments for new work, and resolving support issues and problems that cannot be dealt with elsewhere.

All work will be on Linux / Unix platforms. The code base is predominantly C++ although Java skills would also be an advantage as some more recent developments have been in Java. Strong SQL skills and experience with Database systems, preferably Oracle, are a must.

Given the skills and seniority of this role it is expected that the candidate has at least 5 years commercial experience in Software Development. Consideration may be given to exceptional candidates with less experience who can demonstrate practical skills suited to this role.

Looking forwards this role is likely to lead to a requirement to manage people and software so would suit someone with this experience or who is looking to move in that direction with their career.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

* Understand existing C++ code base and design, develop, and test software solutions to meet new requirements within this software framework.

* Develop a clear understanding of the Business and how our solutions are used by our clients and what is important to them.
* Ability to take sometimes vague business requirements and work with others in the department to define this as pieces of development work.
* Ability to develop quickly small programs / scripts to aid data analysis and problem resolution.
* Understand how to integrate and test new functionality in existing complex systems. The complexity exists in terms of the business rules, rather than technical complexity.
* Organised and methodical approach to problem investigation to identify data issues raised by operations teams.
* Produce fast and innovative solutions to assist with projects to secure new business.
* Produce design documents, possibly for more junior members of staff to implement.
* Able to manage delivery of software solutions and integration of these into a working service.

Technical Skills Required

* Strong practical C++ development experience.
* Strong practical experience of developing on the Unix / Linux environment
* Strong practical experience of UNIX tools and scripting to allow quick and efficient analysis of data files.
* Strong practical software integration experience
* Excellent testing and QA skills
* Good experience of Oracle database programming.
* Good SQL
* Good Unix shell scripting experience
* Python (desirable).
* XML (desirable).
* JAVA (desirable).

Person Specification

* Self-starter with a can-do attitude.
* Excellent customer and business skills.
* Excellent team player able to communicate with technical and non-technical team.
* Quick learner with ability to manage multiple tasks through to completion
* Good attention to detail
* Time management skills and ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently.

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Customer Service Architect

November 2, 2011

About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 175,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. For more information, please see: http:// …

Tasks

As a Customer Service Architect “Managed Data Center/Dynamic Cloud” you will be joining the Engagement team, located in Brussels. In close collaboration with sales you will be responsible for analyzing the local market, creating a local “Go-to-Market” plan and business plan in order to increase & develop our business and internal & external awareness.
You will do this by:
*Giving internal and external advice on the service design, which we offer within FTS’s “Managed Data Center/Dynamic Cloud”.
*Supporting the Account Managers by developing a modular “Managed Data Center/Managed Cloud” offer.
*Supporting customers in translating the existing organization to a “Managed Data Center/Managed Cloud” approach.
*Offering support to align our proposals with customer’s requirement and the vision and strategy of Fujitsu Technology Solutions.
*Designing and presenting complex solutions, ensuring a significant contribution/solution towards solving customer’s problems.
*Aligning the “Managed Data Center/Managed Cloud” concept with customers’ business and application requirements ;
*Giving training, presentations and workshops.
*Contributing to the overall competence of FTS and insuring the internal transfer of knowledge and recommendations.

Experience

*Relevant experience of minimum 5 years
*Demonstrate excellent technical knowledge in Datacenter/Cloud technology and in related services
*Familiar with and able to translate business needs into IT-infrastructure & services

Education and certifications

*Masters degree or comparable background by experience
Linguistic Skills

*Very good knowledge of Dutch, French and English
Soft skills

*Work autonomously
*Team-player (with sales, pre-sales, integration and service delivery)
*Customer oriented Excellent presentation skills
*Excellent communication & writing skills

We Offer

*A challenging job within a dynamic and flexible work environment
*A stimulating environment that will challenge and satisfy you
*A unique opportunity to develop your skills, expertise and confidence

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Senior – Local System Administrators LSA

November 2, 2011

Nature of tasks:

*Follow up of incidents with other services at the Commission, or external service providers ( example: BT) Propose alternatives and workarounds for problems and incidents
*Integration and test of new software versions, service packs, configuration changes
*Planning & follow-up with roll-out of new ICT projects in the delegations and HQ
*Drafting of procedures, installation notices and scripts for the integration, installation and upgrade of new products or new versions of products
*Development of scripts to improve central management and control facilities (central alerting, central logging, central security polices implementation …)
*Design of guidelines and writing of handouts for the local system administrators
*Management of central monitoring infrastructure
*Debugging of Network problems
*Participation in training seminars for IT officers
*On-site installation/migration/repair missions
*Management of small ICT infrastructure projects
*On-site ICT assessment missions
*LSA tasks

Knowledge of skills:

*Enforced skills and knowledge of LSA profile (see section 4.2.2)
*Project management skills
*Able to work independently
*Able to write technical notes in English

Minimal experience required:

*Experience as LSA- 8 years (5 years if university degree)
*ITIL foundations certification
*Incident & problem management – 2 years
*MCITP with specific Enterprise Messaging Administrator on Exchange 2010
*MCTS Exchange Sever 2010, configuration Deploying Messaging solutions with MS Exchange 2010
*Exchange 2003 – 2010 administration – 2 years
* Proven experience in at least one of the extra required domains (see below)

Extra experience required:

*Enhanced network experience – CCNA certification
*Citrix server administration – 2 years
*ICT infrastructure management systems (SMS, LANDESK, …) – 2 years
*Scripting (Perl, VBA or Windows scripting) – 2 years
*Microsoft Identity Information System (MIIS) – 2 years
*Database Administrator (Oracle, SQL) – 2 years
*Web server administration (Linux, Tomcat, Apache, PHP, MYSQL, …) – 3 years

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Head of Communication Marketing

November 2, 2011

Tasks
*Responsible for a marketing area of a large country/region
*Design programs of countrywide relevance and validity in compliance with the strategy as well as budget and division goals principles.
*Work with the Marketing HQ team to identify and agree the key strategic marketing objectives.
*Create and lead a team of high performance marketers
*Create and co-lead a country go-to-market and demand generation steering board with the following responsibilities:
oMarket Assessment / Monitoring
oBusiness Direction: Go-to-Market
oMarketing Planning as part of overall demand generation planning
o= based on local Market opportunities and sales plans
o= based on HQ Campaign framework
oregular monitoring of return: pipeline and pipeline gaps, plan changes
*Execute Marketing programs and campaigns in the most cost-efficient and sales-effective (pipeline creating) way
ostandardized
ohigh number of customer touch points
ohigh quality
owith partners and reference customers
*Contribute to strategic business planning to ensure the most appropriate marketing and communications programs are implemented in line with strategic business objectives.
*Assist to establish and reliable, long-term business relations with customers and partners.
*Select, manage, evaluate and promote employees in the Marketing & Communications department, currently consisting of 4 people.

Experience / Profile
*Bachelor or University degree
*A track record in driving marketing that has led to increased business results
*Proven campaign creation and demand generation experiences and successes in the IT industry
*Able to build partnering relationships with customers, suppliers, partners and colleagues, and work to ensure that the mutual interests of all parties are met.
*Maturity to establish credibility quickly, ability to work efficiently under pressure
*Well established business network in Belgium and Luxembourg
*Driven, energetic and entrepreneurial
*Delivers solutions that match customer needs
*Ability to drive change

Linguistic Skills
*Good knowledge of English and Dutch and French.

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VB Programmer

November 2, 2011

The Company:
We are an expert provider of insurance software solutions to the global general insurance market. We have a strong track record of designing insurance administration solutions that ensure our clients can differentiate their products quickly and efficiently, speed to market and cost reduction.

Based in South Wales we are part of a wider group which employs approaching 400 people across the UK and Australia and New Zealand and has over 30 years experience in providing software and outsourcing services for the financial services industry. In 2011 we secured a debut ranking of number 30 in the Sunday Times HSBC international track 100 league table of private companies with the fastest growing international sales in the last three years

The Job:
Our client is looking for a VB programmer to specify and make changes to new and existing systems as well as providing support for client solutions. You will also be responsible for interpreting client specifications/requirements and developing this information into maintainable code wit other developers in the team.

Essential experience
-VB6, VB.NET, MS .NET framework (v2.0/3.5 and ideally 4.0)
-XML/SOAP web services and WCF
-ASP.NET/HTML/CSS
-RDBMS, SQL (server 2005 and above)
-Dev tools such as – Visio Studio v6 2008 and preferably 2010

Any Experience of JavaScript/AJAX and JQuery with be beneficial as well as experience of UML design skills and XPATH/XSLT

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User Experience Designer

November 2, 2011

Our client is a fantastic new online service; they design and build solutions for advertising agencies, broadcasters, TV channels, and independent production companies. Clients include some of the world’s largest and well known broadcasters. All of the work is created in-house using a talented team of multi-skilled designers and developers. They have an opportunity for a UX Designer to work on this platform and create a seamless online digital media experience.

Responsibilities
*Create concept development and designed ideation with multidisciplinary teams across the VOD web platform.
*Participate in the design of internal content management tools.
*Become the internal advocate for innovative user-centric interaction models.
*Create seamless VOD applications for web, mobile and tablet.

Qualifications
*Solid understanding of user-centered design principles.
*Conceptual/strategic mindset.
*Good visual design skills.
*Experience on designing rich interactive applications for multimedia content.
*Experience of defining usability testing and other user research sessions.
*Understanding of multiplatform UX design across web, mobile and tablet.
*Familiarity with Social Media platforms, and Social-driven interaction.
*Bachelors or Master’s degree in Interaction Design, HCI, Digital Media Design or equivalent experience.
*Extensive experience as member of a UI team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of several successfully launched web and/or software applications.
*Strong design skills including user-flows, wireframing, prototyping, research and UI specifications
*Works well in a cross-functional environment with multiple stakeholders
*Project management skills (Agile environment)

Location
*Central London

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IT Data Manager

November 2, 2011

This outstanding central London Secondary School is looking to appoint an invaluable asset to the school staff. Due to the current post holder relocating the post of Data Manager is available from November and offered on a permanent basis!

Purpose of the Job:

You will be responsible for the use of systems in school in raising standards and performance across whole school. You will instrumental in creating, overseeing and developing the school’s use of data for the Senior Leadership Team and Teaching Staff. To utilise data to inform on value added performance of individual teachers, subjects and departments.

Some of the Tasks involved:

ORGANISATION

1. Advise and assist the Principal in reporting to the School Improvement Partner, Governors, School Development Advisor and Ofsted Inspectors in target setting and detailed analysis of school performance;

2. Support the Principal in curriculum reviews with Heads of Department on results and data analysis;

3. Create and prepare complex strategic and operational data analysis for Heads of Department by key stage, year groups, set group. Exercise highly developed training skills in order to ensure that “non data specialists” can translate data results in the classroom to impact on student achievement;

4. Lead staff through target setting process, data analysis, value added data, Raise Online and other processes – via whole school delivery of teaching staff INSET using own materials and systems;

5. Provide theoretical, practical and procedural knowledge in a specialist area of data in schools;

6. Establish and implement an effective target setting process in line with statutory/LA requirements;

7. Be responsible for the production of reports and arranging the distribution to students following liaison with teaching staff;

8. Strategic leadership for all aspects of SIMS

9. Strategic leadership of data

10. Presenting to and liaising with SLT colleagues

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Training of governors on data and interpreting results, findings and understanding;

2. Responsible for ensuring all teaching staff meet deadlines to ensure statutory requirements for reporting are met;

3. Comply with and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person;

4. Be aware of and support diversity and ensure equal opportunities for all;

5. Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others.

6. Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level of the post, as required to ensure the efficient and effective running of the Department/Section.

Experience

ESSENTIAL

1. Knowledge of ICT skills to support the data management of the school system and the analysis of whole school performance.

PREFFERED

2. A history of working with or caring for children and young people, ideally in a similar environment

3. Experience of data management using SIMs

4. Experience of target setting

QUALIFICATIONS/ TRAINING (Essential requirements)

1. Relevant degree in IT or Business or Higher Level qualification

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS (Essential requirements)

2. An ability to analyse and manipulate data in a logical methodical and accurate manner;

3. Expertise in use of IT and specialist equipment;

4. Ability to self evaluate and activity seek opportunity for improvement;

5. Resilience and ability to work well under pressure. Effective time management.

6. Willingness to work within organisational procedures, processes and to meet required standards for the role;

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Java Developer

November 2, 2011

 

The successful candidate will join a team of development staff who are responsible for development and support of the Matching Host applications. The role involves developing, testing, releasing and supporting core software development projects relating to the Matching Host, in addition to investigation of support issues escalated to the development team.

* Provides analysis, definition, design, construction, testing and modification of software systems and components relating to the Matching host
* Software solutions will be correctly engineered to meet agreed business needs as defined by the project stakeholders
* Appropriate test plans will be designed and executed against all software development initiatives
* The Technical Specialist will typically work on one or more projects at a time as a member of the development team, acting as technical lead where appropriate
* The role will require provision of software support, sometimes into multiple projects concurrently
* Accountable for quality of own work and compliance with agreed policies, standards and procedures
* Accountable for management of own time and responsible for estimating effort required for own work
* Where possible, the Technical Specialist will seek to drive technical innovation, process/quality improvements and provide specialist technical guidance and advice.

Required Skills:
* Experience working within a software development environment
* Development experience in Java and object-oriented design / programming
* Experience of working with software version control and software automated build systems
* Knowledge and experience of current software testing methodologies
* Knowledge of SQL and experience of working with Oracle databases
* Experience of working with Solaris, Linux and Windows Operating Systems
* Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
* Excellent written documentation skills
* Ability to quickly understand wider impacts of changes and technical issues
* Self-motivated and able to work to deadlines with minimal supervision
* Minimum of a bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, science or similar related discipline.

Desired Skills:
* Experience of working on a mission critical infrastructure where quality, resilience and performance are key
* Understanding of FX trading concepts (Spot, Forwards, etc)
* Experience of a variety of software development methodologies, e.g. Agile, iterative, waterfall etc.
* Exposure to all phases of software development; from design to release of production systems.
* C / C++ / C#, Perl, other scripting languages experience would also be advantageous.

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Ruby on Rails Developer (ROR).

November 2, 2011

You will join the web development team and focus on their mobile website.

Profile

You will be Detail-oriented and must be able to write well-structured, readable, well documented code
And provide examples of code you are proud of.
You will be Comfortable with HTML, CSS, unobtrusive Javascript, jQuery and Backbone.JS;
TDD oriented, loves Git;
Familiarity with Redis and MySQL;

Responsibilities

Development of entire features from scratch;
Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems;
Play a key role in Takrenovering Hässleholm product development and the direction of the feature set;

Desirable

Experience with mobile front-end development;
Uncanny obsession in regards to reducing bandwidth usage/network calls on the application;
Has used NodeJS one way or another;
A GitHub or StackOverflow profile;

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