Exciting career opportunity for a Technical Project Manager to join our client specialising in the provision of Intelligent content solutions systems, as they are expanding their operations!

The role of the Technical Project Manager includes:

• planning and managing a number of simultaneous customer projects from both the technical and requirements sides. It also includes coordinating internal development activities with a geographically distributed team.
• business development and account management activities. This includes identifying new opportunities, creating proposals for new business, and engaging in pre-sales discussions with prospects.

Our client is looking for a Technical Project Manager profile with excellent communication skills, client facing experience, and direct previous experience of working with large software development, IT implementations, and IT consultancy.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience with Project Management experience of IT projects and services, in either Waterfall or Agile methodologies
• Good organizational skills
• Good planning skills
• Effective customer communication
• Excellent written communication
• Project management qualification
• Jira experience (reporting)
• Experience of business development or account management is a bonus.

Industry experience in one or more of the following would be an advantage:

• Content management
• Software development
• Learning technologies
• Knowledge management
• Technical documentation
• XML-based content technologies

If you are looking for an opportunity that will give you the chance to shape the role to fit your abilities and the business needs, get in touch ASAP for further details!

Lead Software Engineer Needed! Endeavour Recruitment is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer for their client in Leicester.  The Lead Software Engineer is required to work closely with the project manager.  Primary responsibility will be the delivery of the technical scope of projects through the full lifecycle.  Salary up to £50K plus benefits.

Our client is based in Leicester, the largest city in the East Midlands.  It is home to manufacturing, engineering and IT industries.  With an excellent infrastructure of road and rail links this makes Leicester accessible from many regions.

Benefits:

•         Pension Contribution of 6%
•         Health Care Cash Plan
•         Dental Plan
•         Travel Insurance
•         Critical Illness Cover
•         Home Insurance
•         Holiday Trading Scheme
•         Cycle to Work Scheme
•         Discounts on Shopping, Cinema, Days Out

Responsibilities:

The Lead Software Engineer will manage teams of software engineers and testers to deliver projects to requisite quality standards on time and within budget. There will also be responsibility for the delivery of the technical scope of the project throughout the complete project lifecycle.  This is not a “hands on development role” but is about management of teams, resolving issues arising and guiding where necessary.

Working Knowledge Required:

•         Minimum of 5 Years in Full Software Development Lifecycle
•         Minimum of 3 Years in a Technical Lead role
•         Experience of Designing & Implementing High Availability Systems
•         Analysing Requirements & Compiling Functional Design
•         UML
•         Agile, Waterfall and V methodologies
•         SQL
•         C# - ASP.Net – Visual Studio
•         Experience of working in ISO9001 environment
•         Onsite Testing experience
•         Degree in Computer Science or related subject

Additional Competencies:

•         Business Intelligence reporting and associated dashboard design capability.
•         Good working knowledge of current software legislative requirements.
•         Previous experience in either Logistics, Material Handling or Airports or Manufacturing.
•         Eligible for, or holds current SC clearance

If you believe you have the right experience and previous track record to successfully deliver in this role, then please apply quickly in order to be shortlisted.  

Software Test Engineer Needed! Endeavour Recruitment is seeking an experienced Software Test Engineer for their client in Leicester.  The Software Test Engineer is required to take responsibility for testing software on multiple projects and ensure all defects are resolved. A background in process control, warehouse automation or industrial control logistics advantageous.  Salary up to £40K plus benefits.

Our client is based in Leicester, the largest city in the East Midlands.  It is home to manufacturing, engineering and IT industries.  With an excellent infrastructure of road and rail links this makes Leicester accessible from many regions.

Benefits:

•        Pension Contribution of 6%
•        Health Care Cash Plan
•        Dental Plan
•        Travel Insurance
•        Critical Illness Cover
•        Home Insurance
•        Holiday Trading Scheme
•        Cycle to Work Scheme
•        Discounts on Shopping, Cinema, Days Out

Responsibilities:

Working collaboratively with Software Engineers the Software Test Engineer would take ownership of the testing requirements.  You must ensure that all function and non-functional requirements are translated into test cases.  Manage the configuration control of hardware and software test environments.  Perform testing and record results.  Ensure testing is carried out with the project constraints.

Working Knowledge Required:

•        Software release and configuration management systems.
•        Installation and configuration of applications on Windows/Unix/Linux server environments.
•        SQL to query database table content.
•        Work in Process Control, Warehouse Automation, Control Logistics or a similar business area.
•        Experience in performing Factory and User Acceptance Testing.
•        Testing of mission critical high availability systems.
•        Generating test scenarios from client’s brief and translating into functional tests.
•        Minimum of ISEB foundation certificate for software testing
•        Experience using both V-model and Waterfall methodology is essential

If you believe you have the right experience and previous track record to successfully deliver in this role, then please apply quickly in order to be shortlisted.  

Java Software Engineer wanted!  Our client based in Weymouth is seeking a talented Java Software Engineer. A background in UX / UI is essential.  A skilled and talented person with a keen interest in software technology and the User journey through UX / UI is the ideal candidate.  Extremely competitive salary on offer.

Responsibilities:

The Java Software Engineer should have UML experience using Enterprise Architect.  Our client operates in areas where they support systems and equipment, both in the UK and International.  This job will be in the area of underwater warfare. 

Essential Requirements:

• Java
• UML
• UX / UI
• Requirement Analysis
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and V

Desirable Requirements:

• NetBeans, Eclipse, Java Swing, Java FX
• VMware, RedHat, Linux, Ansible
• Software Test Planning
• Configuration and Build
• SVN, Jenkins, Hudson
• Sonar or Signal Processing
• C++
• RTI DDS

Candidate Profile:

• Degree in Computer Science or related subject
• Previous experience working as a Java Software Engineer
• Must be eligible for Security clearance

If you have the talent and skill to be a Java Software Engineer plus experience with UX / UI then please apply now with an up to date version of your CV.

Endeavour Recruitment has an excellent opportunity for a Solution Architect specialising in Telecoms 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 leading and undertaking advanced Architecture Design and developing advanced software technologies. You must be familiar with mobile telecommunication network architecture and have at least 2 years’ experience developing Micro-Service systems.

Preferred Skillset –

• Extensive experience working in the Telecoms Industry
• Familiar with mobile telecommunication network architecture
• Experience developing Micro-Service systems in a Container, Orchestration, CI/CD environment
• OSS System Architecture
• Experienced in Network Technologies
• Analysing Business Requirements
• Waterfall or Agile Development Methodologies
• Previous experience working on large scale, complex projects
• Previous experience with Machine Learning, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is beneficial

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

Excellent, long term contract opportunity for an Operating Process Model Expert to join an International client based in The Hague, Netherlands.

The role of the team member will include the following deliverables:

• Review the existing process documentation
• Identify gaps and overlap
• Communicate gaps and overlaps to the process owners
• Support the integration of non-functional domains in the relevant processes
• Establish a list of required activities mapped onto the phases of the operating model and validate that the various process templates are fit for purpose to support these activities Provide an overview of gaps and overlaps and make recommendations for improvements and optimisation.
• Document the roles and responsibilities of the various actors involved in the delivery of projects/change activities.
• Propose and document different paths through the operating model depending on the size, complexity, risk and category of change activity.
• Make recommendations about the most adequate development method to use (waterfall, iterative, agile, scaled agile, etc.), the optimal sourcing model and underpinning contracts to put in place order to deliver change activities of different nature.
• Propose methods for sizing change activities and forecast effort and duration based on industry best practices (function points, story points, etc.).
• Propose and document a governance process to guarantee the timely delivery according to the defined quality criteria for the different change activities.
• Define a KPI framework that meets the needs of the stakeholders as defined in the stakeholder analysis.
• Support the definition of the measurement approach and provide input to the team that implements of the automation support.
• Propose dashboards for the different categories of stakeholders allowing to monitor and report on the status of the change portfolio.
• Create an Operating Manual of about 60-80 pages and release several versions of it throughout the duration of the contract.
• Support the implementation of a pilot that will validate the alignment of the processes, the governance process, the KPI framework and measurement approach, the dashboard(s) for the different categories of stakeholders

Required skills and experience:

• University Degree and at least 8 years of experience in process improvements
• Experience with introducing and improving SDLC processes in large enterprises
• Experience with industry wide recognized development methods (waterfall, iterative, scaled agile, agile, etc.) and sourcing models (outsourcing, on-shore, near shore, off shore) and corresponding underpinning contracts (T&M, fixed capacity, fixed price).
• Experience with defining, implementing and running governance (conformity and compliance) processes to ensure efficient and effective delivery following defined SDLC processes
• Experience with defining, implementing and (daily) monitoring of KPIs and dashboards.  Experience with state of the art tools to manage and monitor delivery following defined SDLC processes
• Experience with methods to perform sizing and forecasting of effort and duration change activities
• Excellent communication skills, including fluent writing, in the English language
• The knowledge of German and/or French would be advantageous.

Please get in touch for further details.

Endeavour Recruitment has a new opportunity for an experienced Lead Software Engineer. Working closely with the project manager, primary responsibility will be the delivery of the technical scope of projects throughout the full life cycle.

The Lead Software Engineer will manage teams of software engineers and testers to deliver projects to requisite quality standards on time and within budget. There will also be responsibility for the delivery of the technical scope of the project throughout the complete project lifecycle.  This is not a “hands on development role” but is about management of teams, resolving issues arising and guiding where necessary.

Essential Skills:

• Minimum of 5 Years in Full Software Development Lifecycle
• Minimum of 3 Years in a Technical Lead role
• Experience of Designing & Implementing High Availability Systems
• Analysing Requirements & Compiling Functional Design
• UML
• Agile, Waterfall and V methodologies
• SQL
• C# - ASP.Net – Visual Studio
• Experience of working in ISO9001 environment
• Onsite Testing experience
• Degree in Computer Science or related subject

Additional Competencies:

• Business Intelligence reporting and associated dashboard design capability.
• Good working knowledge of current software legislative requirements.
• Previous experience in either Logistics, Material Handling or Airports or Manufacturing.
• Eligible for, or holds current SC clearance

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

Endeavour Recruitment is seeking an experienced Data Architect for their client in  Gatwick Airport.  The successful candidate will work closely with a number of internal and external stakeholders to meet existing and future business needs.  This is initially a 6 month contract.  Rate £545 per day.

The successful candidate will be maintaining a clear set of Data Architectural principles, maintenance and ownership of a central set of core Data Architecture assets.   Also functional system end to end data flow documentation, data mapping, data lineage documentation, logical and physical data modelling.   The above forms part but not all of the responsibilities of this role.

Essential Candidate Experience:

• SQL Server
• SQL
• Advanced Excel
• Waterfall & Agile methodologies
• ETL
• Meta Data Tools
• SSADM Techniques

Desirable Experience:

• Experience of Credit Card Issuing Application Systems
• An Analytical background
• Technical Solution Skills
• Evidence of clear career progression

If you believe you have the right experience and previous track record to successfully deliver in this role, then please apply quickly in order to be shortlisted.  

URGENT REQUIREMENT for skilled .Net Developers to work as part of a team building responsive websites and to be the first point of contact for web solutions.   Two contractors required to start as soon as possible for our client prominent in the travel and tourism industry.   Duration 12 Weeks with possibility of renewals.   Rate £390-£410 per day. 

Our client is looking for candidates with good problem solving skills as well as the technical capabilities required of the role.   So if you have a practical approach, enjoy a challenge and you are available immediately we would like to hear from you today.  

CLOSING DATE 7^TH OCTOBER  11:00AM  -  INITIAL INTERVIEWING MONDAY

Essential Candidate Skills:

•        .NET
•        C#
•        MVC
•        Web APIs
•        REST APIs
•        HTML5 / CSS3
•        JavaScript
•        SASS
•        JQuery
•        Angular JS
•        Google Map APIs
•        EpiServer or other CMS Experience
•        Agile and Waterfall
•        SAP Integration

Desirable Experience:

•        EpiServer Commerce – EpiServer Find
•        ImageVault – Or Other Digital Asset Management Tools
•        SOAP & REST Web Services
•        RDMS

If you believe this is you, then please apply for the position as soon as possible.