Endeavour Recruitment has an exceptional opportunity for a Lead Full Stack Developer with strong coding skills in JavaScript, React, Redux and practical experience of AWS technologies, to join their client based in Central London. Salary £65K to £70K.

The Benefits:

Situated in the heart of London’s Tech City with easy access to the mainline and tubes, the area is now a trendy area to live and work, with creative businesses and smart studios in converted warehouses and factories.  There is no shortage of Gastropubs, Bars and Clubs. 

• Work with Iconic brands
• Manage & Mentor a Small Team
• Option to work remotely
• Flexible working hours

Responsibilities:

Our client is an award-winning digital agency with a unique foothold in a niche area of the marketplace.  Responsibilities will include working as part of team on interactive advertising.  With offices in New York, Singapore and Paris, our client has a strong belief in redefining advertising and an impressive client list is testament to their success.

• Leading the team to evolve the framework & technology stack
• Developing HTML5 JAM-stack applications, using React and Redux on the frontend together with microservices
• Developing and maintaining the backend server systems and API, with a future-proof mindset and a high level of discipline for QA
• Development and maintenance of bespoke tools and game engine, used in the creation and delivery of ad campaigns
• Team mentoring and best practice guidance and code reviews
• Experience with running or contributing to hackathons

 Skillset – Expert Knowledge/Experience

• Docker
• SQL / NoSQL
• AWS
• Lambda
• DynamoDB
• Application Security

Skillset:

• Degree in Computer Science or related area
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• HTML5
• ES2018
• React Redux
• Webpack
• Node.js
• REST APIs
• Git/workflow models
• Software Architecture
• Scalable Apps
• Optimisation
• SQL/NOSQL/RDBMS/Key-val stores
• Enterprise CMS implementation (nice to have)
• Knowledge of Machine Learning – beneficial

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

Successful E-Commerce business in the Retail & Wholesale Market is looking for a competent C# Developer.  As part of a small team you would be a key member in the success and progression of our clients’ E-commerce business.  Experience with C# and .Net necessary, as is Excel, SQL or Oracle.  Salary £35K to £40K DOE.

The benefits:

Situated in a rural location, that has appeal to many.  Enjoy the boutiques, restaurants and ‘chocolate box’ scenery while still being only 90 minutes from London and a stones throw from the M4, M5 and M40. 

• Work in a small company culture
• Be key member of the development team
• Holiday rising to 25 days
• Company Pension Scheme
• Option to work remotely
• Flexible working hours

Career Progression:

• Training in New Technologies
• Progress to Management
• Increase Technical Knowledge

About the Role:

Primary responsibilities will be to work on new projects, some of which will be ‘mission critical’.  On a day to day basis there will be maintenance of existing systems. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to learn new skills.  If solving complex problems is of interest to you then this could be the role for you.

 You will be expected:

• To produce structured code
• To take ownership of a task/project
• To Test work thoroughly and produce test plans when required
• To work with the team collaboratively
• To be creative, inspirational and proactive

Technical Skills Required:

• C#
• .Net
• SQL (SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL)
• Excel Advanced User – Pivots & Lookups

Beneficial Skills:

• WinForms
• WPF
• WebForms
• Perl
• VB6 or VBA
• AWS &/or Azure
• Sage Integration

If you are looking for the next step on the career ladder, then please do not hesitate to apply, or contact us for more information.

Endeavour Recruitment has an excellent new opportunity for Senior Oracle Database Administrator to work for a large client in Brussels, Belgium. The duration of this role is 6 months and the daily all-inclusive rate is €533 euros.

Role and Responsibilities:

• PL/SQL programming
• ERD realisation and validation (3NF modelling)
• Query tuning (xplain, trace)
• DB tuning (ASH, AWR, Advisor, DB parameters)
• Writing complex queries (also recursive queries and hierarchical queries)
• Architectural solution
• Security model (also GDPR)
• Data workflow analysis
• Provide high value technical solutions in Oracle for specific problems
• Test and Validation through proof of concept
• Assure daily DBA operational activities covering:
• Daily Monitoring
• Day to day DBA tasks (import/export, space management –TBS - ASM, problem solving, ACL, Schema management, security, session, promotion management, application migration to another database)
• Maintenance of monitoring tools
• DB installation and configuration
• Technical lead on DB upgrades and migration
• Be the first technical support in the scope of the projects and in operations

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• You have a master’s degree in computer science and at least 10 years of relevant experience as DBA and/or DB developer
• Administration of Oracle 11R2, 12R1 and 12R2.
• APEX 5  (Oracle express)
• SQL (Oracle style and sql ansi standard)
• PL/SQL
• Sqlloader
• EXPDP/IMPDP
• RMAN
• Basic Linux knowledge + scripting
• Dynamic queries
• Links (db_link, Sqlloader, impdp, Sftp)
• Transaction validation (A.C.I.D.)
• Java in DB
• XML
• Scheduler Job
• Triggers (tables, system)
• Compression
• Data security
• Data loading
• ETL
• Partitioning

Please get in touch for further details on this excellent, not to be missed contract opportunity!

NEW ROLE APRIL 2019

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting new opportunity for a DevOps Engineer for a contract in Vienna.  Deep knowledge of DevOps and related tools essential.  Good knowledge of Java and SQL and working in an Agile environment.  This is initially a 12 month contract with a further 12 month renewal anticipated, offering a rate of €60EUR per hour.

The beautiful city of Vienna has recently been ranked as the most liveable city in the world.  This role will provide the opportunity for somebody to live and work in Vienna. Fluent English is essential and German is advantageous. 

 The Role:

• Providing an efficient delivery pipeline, covering build, deployment and test automation as well as provisioning of infrastructure components on premise and in cloud infrastructures
• Devise concepts, evaluate tools & technologies to set up a delivery pipeline infrastructure
• Support developers, testers and operations to automate every aspect of the delivery pipeline
• Ensure efficient management in development, test and production environments
• Devise and enforce policies for developers, testers and operations that guarantee a stable delivery pipeline
• Establish solutions for logging and effective monitoring
• Work as part of an agile delivery team (Scrum)

The Skills:

• Degree in Computer Science/related subject or significant work experience
• Deep Knowledge of DevOps methods and related tools
• Unix / Linux
• Cloud / Virtualization / Containers
• Shell Scripting
• Java
• SQL
• Agile – Scrum and Kanban
• Confluence and Jira
• Fluent English – Excellent Communication Skills
• German is advantageous

If you are an experienced DevOps Engineer with a passion for technology looking for a new and exciting opportunity, then please do not hesitate to apply!

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting new contract opportunity for a Business Intelligence Technical Expert to join an international security client in Mons, Belgium. This contract is until the end of December 2019 and the rate for this role is €78 euros per hour.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• MUST HAVE CURRENT SC OR NATO CLEARANCE.
• Extensive database knowledge
• Experience developing complex SQL queries
• Experience in MS SQL Server (2014 and higher) Database administration
• Experience with Database Backup (full and incremental/differential) and Recovery
• In-depth knowledge of Extract, Transformation & Load (ETL) and Analytical tool
• Experience in developing in Java
• Experience with installation and configuration of MS Power BI Report Server

Desirable Skills and Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge of KNIME Analytics Platform is an advantage
• Knowledge of Oracle OBIEE & Analytics is a plus

Role and Responsibilities:

• Manage and administer the analytics and BI technology platform in line with guidance and in coordination with other Service Lines
• Contribute to BI architecture documentation as tasked
• Apply techniques and methods for object extraction and relationship identification
• Support the implementation of the enterprise reporting & business intelligence by developing initial visualizations of existing data
• Receive and document knowledge transferred from the team currently supporting the analytics and BI platform (PMAR). This task may require occasional travel to The Hague, The Netherlands.

If you are experienced and NATO/ SC cleared wanting to enhance your career and join an international client in the security sector do not hesitate to apply with a copy of your most recent CV.

Endeavour Recruitment has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Research and Development team of our client, a large telecommunications company, based in Dublin. This is a 12-month contract and our client will pay extremely competitive rates.

Your main responsibilities will be working with the Software Architect team to convert software architecture design into software components and developing and applying advanced software technologies.

Preferred Skillset –

• 5 years’ experience as a Software Engineer
• Full stack:
• UML
• OOAD
• Previous experience working on large scale, complex projects
• Previous experience with Machine Learning, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is beneficial

• JavaScript
• HTML
• Node.js
• REST
• JSON / YAML
• Cloud
• SQL

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

Our client is looking for an experienced Microsoft SQL Architect. The all-inclusive rate is  473 Euros per day.  The role  is full time, on site in Luxembourg.

Required Skills

• Expertise in using  MS SQL version 2012 to 2016
• Experience on High Availability using "Always On"
• PowerShell mandatory

Responsibilities

• The Architect is responsible for the definition of complex middleware infrastructures and architectures for at least one of the domains related to this call for tender. He or she is a technical leader in the relevant domain, most of the times in multiple domains.
• Architect will also assist project teams with technical issues including the definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy, research & development within the project life-cycle; technical analysis and design; and support of operations staff in executing, testing and rolling-out solutions.

Main activities/profile:

• At least 6 years of professional experience in a similar position
• In-depth technical knowledge of the concerned domain (Senior Level)
• Architectural studies and technical documentation, design and review of strategies, policies and best practices
• Organizational skills and analytical ability
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing purchase justifications, training users in complex topics, making presentations to an internal audience, and interacting positively with upper management
• Team working ability, communication and leadership skills
• Capability to manage small technical projects
• Capable to produce concise technical documentation
• Solid documentation skills
• Participation in product evaluation and project management
• Define policies and standard operating procedures (SOP) to be used by the operational teams
• Problem solving in a Problem Management context
• Impact assessments for changes
• Capacity management of the infrastructure used for the technological domain
• Provides technical lead for concerned technological domains

Please get in touch for further details on this excellent contract opportunity.

Are you a looking for an excellent career opportunity?

Our client, based in Southampton, specialising in delivering IT Technology solutions for payments in the retail sector, is recruiting for a 1^st line Technical Support Analyst to join their team.

The ideal candidate will have excellent demonstrable communication and problem solving skills, and be customer service orientated.

Your responsibilities will include the following deliverables:

• Ensure that calls are answered within the KPIs; Issues are logged both by email and telephone, and B2B for all customers.
• Escalate issues according to escalation process
• Ensure that the call management systems are up to date with all necessary relevant information.
• Provide software support using Remote Control/Access systems,
• Implement fixes. This includes providing Technical support for both onsite engineers and third party engineers on site and escalating to 2nd Line when necessary
• Deal with all system alerts in a proactive manner and provide support to the Operations Team & Service Desk Administrator when necessary.
• Assist with the Implementation of new software, hardware releases and adhoc rollouts as part of a team, ensuring that procedures are followed and installations double checked at all times.

Skills / Knowledge:

Basic understanding of the below would be preferred but not essential

• Windows Operating System ranging from 2000 – Windows 7

• Network infrastructure

• Borland & SQL

• Visual Basics and C#

• Microsoft office

• Petrol forecourt systems

• Card Payment Processes

• Remote Connections

Please, get in touch for further details on the exciting career opportunity!

French and or Dutch speaking Business/Functional analyst required to join a Bank in Brussels, Belgium.

You will play an important role in the Front End in the Internet banking team.

Essential skills and experience:

• Experience in Banking, ideally in Mobile Banking.
• Fluent in Dutch OR French, and understands the other language.
• Ability to translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications.
• Ability to communicate with the developers and to oversee the development of the product as per the specifications.
• Experience in running tests to ensure that the system meets the requirements
• Experience with performance monitoring
• Able to write user manuals and other documentation and train existing users on new capabilities.
• Able to write and run basic SQL.
• Basic knowledge of databases
• Able to read Java code

Should be meet the above requirements, please get in touch for further details on this 24-month contract.

Endeavour Recruitment has an excellent new opportunity for a QA Test Engineer to join a leading software development organisation based in Cork in Ireland.  The duration of this contract is 6 months and the all-inclusive daily rate for this role is €325.

Required Skills:

• Must have 4+ cumulative years of Software Test experience.
• Proven track record using Industry Standard Test Automation Tools, Visual Studio Team System (Test Edition), Selenium (WebDriver) or similar tools.
• Experience of structured testing methods and techniques.
• Working knowledge.Net advantageous.
• Strong testing background expected with experience writing test plans and test procedures.
• Experience in the use of Defect Tracking tools like Microsoft TFS, HP ALM or Jira.
• Experience testing business / enterprise applications.
• Working knowledge of SQL.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute test plans and test cases to solve technical challenges and shorten the test cycle through automation. 
• Add to our company’s testing efforts and improve the test frameworks, tools and technologies
• Contribute and evolve high quality test solutions for functional, regression and performance testing
• Develop an understanding of client business terminology practice and procedures within a reasonable timeframe.

• Provide input as per best practice (estimating, designing, developing and executing test procedures and test cases).
• Manage priorities and set expectations when faced with multiple demanding tasks.
  • Adhere to and promote internal information security policies and procedures
• Work closely with the Development team on a daily basis.
• Liaise with Business Analysts/Business Users if requirements are unclear.
• Execute Test plans and Regression Test plans within agreed timescales and standards.
• Test complex areas of application(s) and use business knowledge to determine if functionality is correct.
• Investigate and document defects in a defect-tracking system and verify resolution to ensure prompt closure of all defects.
• Clearly articulate and communicate testing status, and red/yellow flags, which might interfere with the achievement of QA milestones.

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