Endeavour has an exciting opportunity for a Cloud Systems Administrator to join an Energy industry sector client based in Leicestershire, initially for a 3 months contract, with renewals after that period.

The role is 100% remote outside IR35  – working in UK

Our client is looking for a Cloud Systems Administrator to plan for, deploy, and administer their cloud-based infrastructure. Together with their IT department, renewable energy engineers, and other stakeholders, you will be responsible for the deployment, monitoring, and optimisation of their cloud-based systems, as well as the protection and adherence of those systems.

Your role:

• Create and deploy cloud-based solutions to sustain solar, wind, and hydroelectric power plants, making sure they run smoothly and effectively.
• Conceive, develop, and implement cloud-based data collecting and analysis systems for monitoring and optimising the performance of renewable energy assets, such as energy output, weather, and equipment health, in real time.
• Integrate cloud-based tools and services, such as remote monitoring and control of renewable energy assets, predictive maintenance, and energy forecasting, into renewable energy systems in collaboration with renewable energy engineers.
• Implementing best practices for data protection, access control, and regulatory compliance, such GDPR, NERC CIP, will help us keep our renewable energy systems running smoothly and securely in the cloud.
• Using diagnostic tools and monitoring data, locate and fix problems with cloud-based renewable energy systems including slowdowns in performance or corrupted data.
• Incorporate regular backups, replication, and testing of disaster recovery strategies into our cloud-based renewable energy systems.
• Increase the efficiency and efficacy of our renewable energy systems by implementing the newest trends and technology in cloud computing, renewable energy, and related disciplines and provide recommendations for adopting new technologies and best practices.

Required skills and experience:

• Proficiency in cloud platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud infrastructure management, virtualization, networking, and storage.
• Experience with cloud-based data collection and analysis tools, such as IoT platforms, data lakes, and big data analytics frameworks, for monitoring and optimizing renewable energy systems.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash, for automating cloud operations, system configuration, and deployment processes.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices, such as identity and access management (IAM), encryption, auditing, and compliance, and experience in implementing security measures for cloud-based systems.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools, such as CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (e.g., Git), and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible), for managing cloud-based infrastructure and applications.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in a timely and efficient manner.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts, technologies, and best practices
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Apply and send us your CV ASAP to be considered for this excellent opportunity!

Endeavour Recruitment has a not to be missed permanent opportunity for an experience DevOps Engineer.

Excellent career and financial prospects!

Hybrid role

Cape Town or Johannesburg based

As the DevOps Engineer you will be working in an agile environment alongside a dynamic, multi-skilled team of developers and operational staff. 

You will take full responsibility for the uptime, performance, security and deployment of the entire web and development environment.

Fast- paced environment where efficiency is a priority and multi-tasking is a requirement.

You will be instrumental in being part of the transition from a traditional hosted environment to a fully cloud hosted environment with containerisation and serverless on the horizon.

This position is demanding yet very rewarding. If you can visualise the future and drive progress to move towards it, this position is made for you!

• Focus will be on delivering solutions in Azure, AWS and GCP while automating deployment, system maintenance, and keeping the platforms monitored and stable.
• Working in collaboration with the operations team.
• Architect and manage Azure infrastructure.
• Manage AWS and GCP infrastructure.
• Manage security.
• Manage CDN services.
• Implement and oversee secure practices in hosting and the SDLC process.
• Manage backup and disaster recovery.
• Manage infrastructure and licencing budgets.
• Automate deployment, monitoring, response, backup, and recovery procedures.
• Modernize legacy infrastructure to take advantage of Azure capability.
• Collaborate with architects to deliver solutions that are both cost efficient and highly scalable.
• Continuous scalability and cost optimisation.
• Documentation of all infrastructure and procedures.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of IIS, nGinx, ElasticSearch, Redis, MySQL, MS SQL.
• Investigate and resolve technical issues.
• Be available after hours to attend to critical outages and planned changes.

Skills and competence:

• Proven track record of designing, implementing, and supporting high scale services.
• Ability to match business needs with smart solutions to meet scalability and costing needs.
• Ability to constructively lead others and by so doing raise team performance.
• An excellent communicator both verbally and written.
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to absorb pressure in stressful situations.
• Broad cloud knowledge, staying abreast of all tech trends.
• Flexible about working with a wide range of technologies.

Qualifications and experience:

• 5+ years’ experience in managing and building scalable infrastructure.
• 5+ years’ hands-on DevOps experience
• 3+ years’ experience in working in agile teams.
• Software related degree/diploma
• Preferred certifications: Microsoft Azure Architect Design / Technologies, Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions and Security Technologies
• Hands on experience with the following:
• Architectural and strategic input
• Cost calculations and budgeting for forecasts and planning
• Documentation for both knowledge sharing and auditing needs
• Azure
• Virtual Networking
• Secure practices
• Windows
• Linux
• IIS
• MS SQL
• PowerShell
• Bash
• Infrastructure as code

Desirable skills:

• Redis
• ElasticSearch
• AWS
• nGinx
• MySQL
• GCP
• Containerisation
• Serverless architecture

Does the above match your experience and expectations? If so, please get in touch asap. We look forward to receiving your cv!

Endeavour Recruitment has an superb opportunity for a degree educated Cloud Automation Developer with a minimum 7 years relevant experience and expertise to join our Devops team in  Brussels. This is a 6 month contract with possible extension.

Requirements of the project

As a Cloud Automation Developer, you will take up a role in the Devops team. You will take  ownership in the implementation and maintenance of the data center tooling landscape.

You will focus on automating service delivery and providing means for easy and low cost operations. You support different teams that design.

This includes the specific following tasks and responsibilities:

• Development and support on our CMDB & Automation engine
• Analysis & development for data center automation projects
• Development & operational support on our external world interface

Candidate Requirements:-

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience and expertise in:
• Java, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, PrimeFaces, …
• SQL (MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, Oracle, NoSQL, ...)
• Adobe Flex, ActionScript
• Perl, Phyton, Ruby, PHP…
• WebServices: SOAP, REST, JSON, …
• Linux (RedHat)
• Tomcat, Apache, JBOSS suite, ..
• Agile development & Scrum principles
• SVN, GitLab source control
• JIRA
• CI/CD methodology and tooling experience (Jenkins, …)
• Knowledge of typical data center related technologies (TCP/IP, networking, security, virtualization, storage, systems, monitoring, ...)

• You take initiative and systematically drive for results
• You are a team player
• You are able to meet and exceed customers’ expectations (internal or external)
• You are able to inform your customers/colleagues timely and efficiently
• You manage your time and project planning efficiently
• You are able to learn quickly

Endeavour Recruitment has an excellent contract opportunity for an Architect / Technical Analyst.

6-month contract, commencing early January 2018 with strong possibility of extension.

Essential skills:

Analyst / Developer:

• Technical analyst within the SAMSS department
• Service assurance monitoring support systems as well as GIS (geographical information systems) analyst.
• Knowledge of Linux, React, PHP, perl & Java, Git
• Knowledge of .Net, Asp.net, jQuery,  C#, javascript is an added value
• Development tasks
• Technical analysis
• Estimation of roadmap / release scope items

Technical architect:

• Technical architect for the SAMSS departement  (both domains)
• Monitor the architecture

Support and technical analyst with regards to the SAMSS architecture

• Loadbalancing
• Networking
• Cross domain aspects
• Security
• Frameworks to be used

Please get in touch for further details regarding this role.

Endeavour Recruitment has a new requirement for an experienced Service Desk Analyst for their busy client in Brighton.  Our client is seeking candidates who are Customer Focused and can provide technical troubleshooting support at 1^st and 2^nd Line.  This is a Desktop, Server and LAN support role.  The salary will be commensurate with experience.

Primary responsibilities will be to maintain computer stations and software, set up new users, liaise with 3^rd party suppliers, prioritise tickets and ensuring that all SLA’s are met.

Skillset Required:

• 2 Years’ Experience in a similar role
• Windows Desktop O/S
• Windows & Linux
• SQL
• Office 365
• Networking – Switches, Routers, Broadband, Leased Lines, VoIP and Cabling
• Security – Patching & Firewalls
• Videoconferencing
• Contact Centre Software
• Service Desk and Projects

If you don’t have all of the required experience, then please still apply as our client is keen to find the “right person” for the role regardless of experience.

Endeavour Recruitment has urgent requirement for a contract for an SC Cleared Network Design Engineer to join an international technology business based in Hook. Initially a 10 month engagement paying in the region of £375 to £400 per day.

Working within large enterprise network environments, the Network Design Engineer will design (HLD & LLD), and manage network solutions, migrations or new device implementations.

Solutions are mainly HP, Cisco (Routers, Switches and wireless controllers); Riverbed WAN accelerators, Aruba wireless, Software Defined Networks and F5 BigIP Load Balancers.

Ideal skills & experience profile;

• Cisco CCNP or other equivalent professional level of certification
• Knowledge of Cisco or HP routers and switches technologies is a must
• Knowledge in at least one more technology (Load balancers, proxy servers, wireless, voice etc.)
• Experience of designing and scoping multiple deliverables across a number of technologies
• Knowledge of one or all of the following is extremely beneficial: - F5 Load Balancers / Checkpoint Firewalls, Cisco and HP Wireless / Riverbed WAN accelerators.
• Understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Infrastructure Libraries (ITIL) processes

Beneficial qualifications include;

• Degree in Computer Science, Telecommunication or equivalent.
• Certification: HP ASE, HP MASE, CCIP, CCDP, CCNP Security, CCIE, Checkpoint CCSA/CCSE, Juniper JNCIA/JNCIE, Fortinet/Fortigate certification.

If you are SC cleared, live a commutable distance to Hook and are looking to work on enterprise scale solutions and using a wide variety of technologies, then please apply with your CV today. 

Endeavour Recruitment is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer for their client based close to Gatwick Airport.  The successful candidate must have prior experience with SAP Basis as well as technical expertise in a variety of areas.   Candidates should have at least 10 years’ prior experience working in IT support..  12 Month Contract at £454.00 per day.

Our client is seeking an experience Infrastructure Engineer to assist with the upgrade and re-platform of their IT Department Infrastructure.   The successful candidate will be involved in the planning, transitioning and migration.  Excellent communication skills are essential.

Expected Knowledge Base:

Endeavour Recruitment has a rare opportunity to join an innovative global digital company as part of their Systems Administration Department.  The team support overall development and live server infrastructures, both Windows and Linux.  Although initially the successful candidate would be supporting the central London office, the opportunity to work with European counterparts often arises.   The salary guideline is £30K to £40K depending on experience.  Range of benefits and unique perks are on offer, as is the chance to work in a fun, professional and exceptional working environment.

The ideal candidate will be quality and deadline driven, whilst seeking to achieve high levels of satisfaction. The role would suit a Windows System Administrator who is focused on providing efficient and stable systems environments. Experience should include; ensuring back-ups are in place and tested, troubleshooting for both development and staging service, providing solutions that are both effective and efficient. Finally you will need to be constantly striving to improve systems and processes.

Responsibilities will include:

• Administering Windows Server 2012 R2, Active Directory (AD), Office 365 and Exchange
• Basic network troubleshooting skills and a full understanding of each network layer
• Solid experience of Virtualisation, preferably VMware
• Experience of CommVault would be highly advantageous
• Administering Cloud technologies such as; AWS / Azure / Google would be beneficial as would experience of Linux command line.

If you are looking for a challenging role in an exciting environment, then please do not hesitate to apply!!

Embedded Linux Software Engineer required to join a large digital tech client based in Edegem, Belgium on a six month initial contract. Working language is English, knowledge of Dutch would be an advantage.

As part of the platform, driver and networking scrum team, the ideal candidate will take up development activities for Linux based gateway products. Working on implementing generic and customer requirements and troubleshooting.

Duties:

• Develop embedded SW modules that are part of the networking stack (OSI layer 2 and up)
• Troubleshoot and fix issues
• Unit test, automated component/functional test, SCA, code review
• Write design documents
• Interface with 3rd parties
• Follow technology evolution
• Operate in a multi-disciplinary agile team following an iterative development model (scrum) ensuring quality by applying different validation techniques (unit, component, feature, test) during development and continuous integration, making use of advanced software tools.

Technical skills and experience :

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in embedded software development.
• Experience with developing for an embedded Linux device
• Embedded SW development (kernel and user space)
• Linux embedded development (kernel & user space)
• IP networks, routers, DSL gateways, Network security
• Ethernet, IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, IGMP
• Networking protocols (DHCP, DNS, RAD, ND, PPP, IGMP, MLD, )
• Strong coding skills in C, scripting languages, shell
• Packet switching
• OSI model
• QoS
• OpenWRT
• Network tools like ping, iperf, tcpdump, ethereal
• Debugging on target (JTAG, gdb)

Please don't hesitate to apply for further details.

Endeavour Recruitment has a rare opportunity for a Continuous Integration Engineer who will be responsible for maintaining the continuous integration system, work closely with stakeholders to define requirements and support project teams in the use of the continuous integration system.

The successful candidate will have a degree in computer science or engineering, have a good understanding of continuous delivery and support and promote development testing.   In return you will have the opportunity to work for a large blue chip corporation in the heart of London with state of the art modern offices.

Essential Skills:

•        C# or Java or Python or JavaScript
•        Previous use of continuous integration system Jenkins
•        Version control, i.e. git, Perforce, svn
•        Build scripts, i.e. Apache Ant
•        Test automation system
•        Knowledge of networking

To be considered for shortlisting please apply by submitting an up to date CV.

As we anticipate a large number of applications, apologies if we are not able to personally respond to each application, but we do thank you in advance.