Office 365 implementation Project Manager with NHS Experience

Endeavour Recruitment has a urgent contract requirement for an Office 365 implementation Project Manager with NHS Experience.

This Project has an ASAP Start. We are looking for a Project manager that has implement Office 365 and would consider themselves an expert in this are with a very strong technical understanding. You will also be responsible for the migration from the exchange servers to the cloud.

You must be able to deal with all levels of the business and to also advise and make recommendations to ensure the project’s success.

Experience:

•             Experience of migrating from legacy on Premise to O365, ideally within the Healthcare sphere.

•             Experience of SharePoint and OneDrive Migration – from on Premise Files hares to O365 Cloud.

•             Experience of Exchange Online - from on Prem.

•             Business Change experience – due to changes to the way people will be working (e.g. Office 2010 to O365 online or Apps for Enterprise).

•             Experience of embedding new processes and procedures to identify the BAU roles and responsibilities and to ensure a robust plan for longevity of the product and information governance around this.

•             Experience with Comms and getting organisational level buy in to changes.

•             Experience of speaking at director level due to the need for buy in at that level – To get buy in from Chief Exec as a sponsor for the Trust wide changes that will need to happen.

•             Utilisation of extra features within the new license model.

•             Demonstratable experience of putting together complex and robust project plans as well as managing the governance and escalation of issues.

For further information regarding this opportunity, please don’t hesitate to apply.

APPLICATION OPERATIONS MANAGER required for long-term contract opportunity with global reputable organisation, based in Switzerland.

This is an excellent remote contract!

As an Application Operations Manager, you will be responsible for release, deployment and operation of a diverse portfolio of complex projects and business applications, providing a support role to the owners of business applications and ensuring operational efficiency, compliance, risk mitigation and the achievement of business area results. You will also help with onboarding of resources and setting up of development environments. 

 The selected Application Operations Manager will cover the following deliverable tasks:

• Be the first point of contact for application specific incidents. Provide analysis and details to business clients and development teams.
• Be responsible for maintaining of the lists of application specific incidents. Identify and analyse causes, prioritize improvements and work with teams on fixes.
• Working close with development and other client teams, continuously improve monitoring, alerting and resolution capabilities. Provide technical leadership and oversee the planning, design, implementation, and support of a wide range of varied and complex business software systems from release and operations point of view.
• Support and help business teams with onboarding, setting up of environments, access and using the systems. Input, correct and review business data if required.
• Support and help development teams with onboarding, setting up of environments, access to systems, interpretation of operational data, release management and CI/CD pipelines.
• Keep up to date with the latest technologies and methodologies, anticipate and analyse technological trends and assess their impact for delivering and supporting complex software applications.
• Ensure collaborative and active stakeholder engagement. Manage relationships between IT and business areas in major functional areas with multiple lines of service with a view to understanding and anticipating business and IT needs and establishing clear service expectations.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Required skills/experience:

•             Advanced university degree in computer science, information science or other closely related field. A first-level university degree, preferably in computer or information science, plus two years of relevant experience in addition to the experience required below may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

 Desirable: ITIL or another service and/or project management framework

 •            At least 5 years of experience in the provision of IT services working with the development and deployment of major IT systems. 

•             Significant hands-on experience in monitoring, problem analysis, prioritization and optimization.

•             Good understanding of release management and SDLC

•             Hands-on experience in at least 2 of the following technical areas:

o             Monitoring and alerting in AWS environment

o             CI/CD in AWS cloud

o             CI/CD of Java based applications

o             Data backup, recovery and migration

•             Experience or training in at least 2 of the following:

o             ITIL or another service management framework

o             Managing defects and incidents

o             Business continuity practices and/or ISO Quality Management Standards

o             PRINCE2 or another project management framework

•             Demonstrated soft skills in critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and adaptability.

•             Ability to cultivate innovation and manage change. Proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives and accountability in delivering results.

•             Ability to communicate on technical issues with a diverse audience. Excellent analytical skills.

•             Excellent written and oral communication skills.

•             Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

Please apply ASAP or get in touch for more info on this not-to-be-missed long-term opportunity!

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting new contract opportunity for an experienced Infrastructure Project Manager to work for an internationally renowned client in The Hague, Netherlands.

The selected Infrastructure Project Manager is expected to have experience working with cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure.

The Infrastructure Project Manager chosen for this role must have relevant experience working in the Oil and Gas industry to fulfil their duties as an Infrastructure Project Manager.

The duration of this role is initially for 3 months and the all-inclusive daily rate is €620 euros.

Role and Responsibilities:

• The client requires the selected Project Manager to manage Infrastructure projects.
• Infrastructure Projects often are migrations from Cloud and Infrastructure rationalisation projects.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• Experience with Cloud technologies such as Azure or AWS
• Extensive migration skills are essential
• English speaking with Agile experience
• Must have experience working with Global (e.g. India) teams
• PMI certified
• Relevant experience in Multinational companies
• Experience in the Oil & Gas sector

If you believe you are the right candidate for this role as an Infrastructure Project Manager, then please do not hesitate to apply with a copy of your most recent CV.

This role is for an experienced SAP HANA specialist.  You must be fluent in English and would ideally have working knowledge of French and Dutch.  You will be able to demonstrate expert skills with multiple years of hands on experience with:

• SAP HANA ( certified SAP )
• Design specialist SAP HANA

Required Technical experience:

• SAP Sybase migration specialist Oracle to Sybase on SAP, SAP ERP Cloud migration specialist BW APO SOLMAN SAP BWA Enterprise Portal SAP Content Server high skills
• Profound knowledge of SAP NetWeaver basis layer
• Experience with support packages, enhancement packages, installations and upgrades.
• SAP Certified Unicode migrations and OS/DB migrations Linux / Oracle / DB2 database
• GPFS key knowledge.
• Expert in SAP ABAP and Java technology
• Expert in SAP BO Syslink Xandria Monitoring.
• SAP Basis technology consultant with a minimum of 10 years of experience in a multi customer environment.
• Critical in depth knowledge of specific customer setup and workflows
• Key orchestrator
• RFS design / architecture skills
• L4 / L5 support for complex issues and projects
• Excellent communication skills

Please apply quickly to be shortlisted

Endeavour has a fantastic contract opportunity for a SharePoint Developer to join a multinational client in Sweden, on an English-speaking site.

This is a 12 months contract, 90% onsite – 10% off-site, with possibility of extension.

Required skills and experience: 

• University Degree and minimum 5 years of experience in SharePoint 2010/2013/2016 and C#.Net
• Experience with system maintenance, further development and refactoring of existing systems.
• Experience with application development using SharePoint 2010/2013/2016 (SharePoint object model, event receivers, web parts, Business Data Catalogue, extending SharePoint web services, Managed Metadata Services)
• Experience with application development using .Net technologies (technologies: C#, .NET 3.5 or higher, SOAP, WCF, Rest and LINQ, as well as T-SQL and MS SQL 2008R2/2012).
• Experience with client side scripting technologies: JavaScript, AJAX, XML, XSLT, HTML/XHTML and CSS.
• Experience with UNIT testing in SharePoint.
• Experience with solution packaging and scripted deployment using PowerShell.
• Experience with technical document writing
• Experience with migration/upgrade projects from SharePoint 2007/2010 to SharePoint 2013and/or 2016, including data migration.
• Experience with developing content management systems or publishing web-portals
• Experience with SharePoint Workflows and SharePoint Designer.
• Capability of integration in an international/multicultural team and good communication skills in English

Experience with the following would be an advantage:

• Experience with Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013 and Team Foundation Server.
• Agile software development (SCRUM)
• MS SQL Management Studio / MS SQL Profiler.
• RedGate SQL Compare and RedGate SQL Data Compare.

Please get in touch for further details ASAP and apply for this not-to-be-missed contract role!

Endeavour Recruitment is looking for a seasoned IBM WCM Consultant to join  multinational client in Vienna, for a contract role, initially till the end of this year, with strong possibility of long - term extension.

The succesful Consultant will be involved in the following tasks:

• Support the Corporate Applications team when dealing with the Infrastructure Team in the WPS/WCM upgrade exercise and specially in the Proof of Concept (PoC) from current version 6.1.5 up to the target version 8.5 by:

-          Identifying all potential issues and helping fixing encountered issues especially in the WCM assets (content items, templates, components, etc.) migration from version 6.1.5 to 8.5

-          Supporting the Infrastructure team with advise on application architectural issues which have an implication on infrastructure architectural decisions and strategies (e.g. in the areas of disaster recovery, availability and security)

-          Reformulating business requirements into Infrastructure architectural requirements such as availability, latent capacity, performance, scalability, security, serviceability and fault tolerance

• Support the Project Manager, Intranet Service Manager and Web Applications Architect with the work for the implementation of the scope of the new Intranet projects and concretely with the provision of strategy, advise, hands-on work and prototyping in the areas of:

-          WPS/WCM Information architecture

-          WCM libraries structuring

-          WCM Inheritance strategy

-          WCM Templating (CTC)

-          WPS/WCM Access Rights Structure

-          WCM Content Personalisation and Customisations rules and solutions

-          Rationalisation of WCM resources

-          Selection of a Front-end Web Editor for the WCM Editors

• Create and maintain technical documentation
• Knowledge transfer to the client (Infrastructure and Application areas)

Skills / Experience required: (red is mandatory)

• University degree with minimum 7 years hands on experience in IBM WebSphere Portal Server and IBM Web Content Manager (WCM)
• Good knowledge in solution architecture, in particular in Information Architecture.
• Expertise in IBM WebSphere Portal Server and Web Content Manager V6.0, V7, V8, V8.5
• Expertise in IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x, 6.x, 7, 8, 8.5
• Expertise in CTC (content Template catalogue) for WebSphere Portal 8.x
• Expertise in JSR 286 Portlets
• Knowledge or expertise in IBM WebSphere Portal Server/WCM performance and tuning will be beneficial
• Proven experience in upgrade projects and migration of assets through different major IBM WebSphere Portal Server/WCM versions (6.1.5 -> 7 -> 8 -> 8.5)
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation
• Good Communication skills in English, interpersonal skills and analytical skills.
• Knowledge and experience with Prince 2
• Knowledge in HTML5/CSS/JavaScript front-end technologies and frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap) will be beneficial
• Knowledge in Google Search Appliance will be very beneficial

Please get in touch ASAP to find further details about this exciting new opportunity!

Calling for an experienced Transition Manager to join a reputable, global organisation, based in Switzerland, for a 6 months+ contract.

The successful candidate will have over 5 years’ experience. A Swiss work permit is essential.

The  Transition Manager’s role will involve the following tasks:

• Create detailed plans based on an existing high level transition strategy, ensure schedules are aligned with the main Project Plan
• Coordinate the transition plans execution
• Manage the schedule of the associated resources to the activities
• Monitor and Control the progress of the activities
• Report periodically to the Hague Project Manager the progress of the activities according to Prince2 methodology
• Raise any deviation to the plan when detected to the Hague Project Manager
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery.
• Extensive understanding of project management principles, methods and techniques
• Perform other tasks as required.

Essential skills and experience:

• Recognized project management certification, preferably PRINCE2 practitioner level
• Knowledge of the PRINCE 2 project management methodology
• ITIL V3 Foundation Certification or above
• Good knowledge and experience of Agile project management methodologies, specifically Scrum
• Knowledge and experience in using project management tools such as Microsoft Project
• A team player with experience managing cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams working on short deadlines in both local and remote locations
• Ability to coordinate and understand the work of technical and business-oriented staff
• Understanding of green field development in a cloud environment
• Sound knowledge of industry leading cloud provider platform features and capabilities
• Technical background, university/college diploma or equivalent experience in a technical field
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience as senior project manager for delivery of large, resilient and secure software development projects.
• Experience in legacy system migration projects
• ITIL V3 Service Transition Management Certification
• French will be an advantage

Please apply and get in touch for further details on this not-to-be-missed contract opportunity!

Endeavour is looking for an experienced Oracle DBA to join our client, based in Switzerland, for an excellent 6 month contract, with possible extension.

The successful candidate must have a Swiss Work Permit for this contract role.

The project follows Agile software development methodology. A database model (Oracle SQL developer) and its design documentation already exist. Due to the Agile project methodology, regular adjustments to all database related elements are required during the development of the application components. All adjustments are being reviewed, implemented, documented, tested and tracked by a version-controlled (SVN) change request procedure (JIRA).

As the ideal Oracle DBA candidate, you will have a proven track record of 5 to 7 years’ experience.

Excellent English communication is required, and French speaking will be an advantage.

Your daily tasks will include the following:

• Perform regular updates of the  Platform data model, mapping documents, SQL scripts and database design documentation (English) during the agile development of the Hague Platform application. Ensure that all adjustments are reviewed, implemented, documented, tested and tracked by the version control system (SVN). Record change requests and related actions in JIRA.
• Ensure that the database design complies with security recommendations
• Assess and evaluate technical change requests from a database performance point-of-view.
• Enforce naming convention and general consistency of the model.
• Liaise with the data integration specialist(s) and legacy data experts to help the migration of legacy data effort.
• Develop and perform database tests to avoid regressions.

Please do get in touch for further details on this fantastic opportunity!

Endeavour Recruitment has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Software Architect with strong development experience, to join a client based in Switzerland, initially for a 6 months contract.

Required Skills:

• First-level university degree in information technology, computer science or a related field.
• Proficient (certified) in an industry leading cloud Architecture framework.
• 12 years+ of relevant software development and architecture, as well as professional experience in SOA architecture (specifically microservices and API development), as well as integrations combining custom and off-the-shelf products.
• Experienced at producing multi-tier, high-availability secure software architecture in a cloud environment adhering to Security, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Resilience best practice.
• Building and recommending a migration approach to architecting a green field development and/or production platform for new applications. Able to help shape transition and transformation strategies.
• Ability to maintain technology awareness, and provide analytical comparisons against specified criteria.
• Experience working with local and remote technical teams.
• Excellent knowledge of English (French will be an advantage).

Desirable experience:

• Exposure and understanding of automated build pipeline, continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Experience with highly secure ICT solutions.
• Knowledge and experience of cloud.

Please apply and get in touch for further details about this excellent contract role!

Endeavour Recruitment has a new opportunity for a Security Cleared Application Packaging Analyst for a role based in Portsmouth.  This is a 3-month initial contract with extension opportunities paying between £350-£375 per day.

Candidates must have demonstrable packaging and scripting experience in a corporate environment.  Excellent organisation and communication skills are crucial.  It is essential candidates are fully conversant with all aspects of applications packaging including rationalisation, discovery, packaging, QA, UAT, remediation and deployment.

Essential Experience:

• Applications Packaging MSI / App-V 5.0
• Flexera AdminStudio – 2014-2016
• SCCM Experience – 2012 / Current Branch
• Migration Project Experience – Windows 7 x65 / Windows 10 x64 OS
• Application Compatibility Testing
• Custom Actions and ICE Validation
• PowerShell / VBS / Batch File Scripting
• Packaging Tools (sysinternals suite)

Additional Competencies:

• 3 Years’ Experience with Packaging as a Primary Role
• Experience of Migration Projects (preferably Windows 10)
• End to End Applications Packaging Lifecycle Process Experience
• Experience of Packing for and Supporting Large Client Base

Applicants are invited to apply as soon as possible in order to be included in the shortlist.