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Job Title: Technical Project Manager - Telco Cloud

Contract Length: 12 Months (Rolling Contract Long term)

Rate: £450 - £500 per day - Inside IR35

Start Date: ASAP

**Interviews taking place this week**



SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Within the Communications & Infrastructure group, the programme delivery team is responsible for delivering programmes/projects across multiple countries and variety of technologies from Mobile, Broadband, Voice, CDN, Internet peering, Data Centres (Private and Public cloud), with a mix of physical and virtual network components and automation.
We are looking for a promising and seasoned Senior Project Manager who has worked on complex digital projects, with a focus on Telco Cloud.

- NFVi infrastructure, cloud computing and storage

-IP networking for DC switching and routing

-Software defined networking

-VIM -IaaS layer knowledge (e.g Vmware, Redhat or and openstack )

-CaaS /Container / kubernetes (k8s) knowledge or openshift from Redhat

-Cloud native concept

-Telco core application VNF / CNF onboarding (any virtual network function or cloud native application)

-Telco application verification/ certification and instantination concept

-Cloud manager

-Automation and orchestration

-Cloud security concept



Public cloud competence is also complementary like AWS,(Outpost, wavelength), Microsoft Azure, Google Anthos etc..

It is difficult to have all these competences with one person but at least bold ones are key to have

The successful candidate will have a technical project management background, be detail driven, and have experience in managing virtual teams to deliver complex projects. You will be a passionate and proven leader with the ability to gain stakeholder buy-in, communicate confidently at both the executive and project team level, and collaborate with a wide range of technical and non-technical teams, regardless of geographical or organisational boundaries. You will be a natural problem solver with a cool head, that can deal with ambiguity and work autonomously to deliver results.

What you'll do:

* Take end-to-end ownership of a Telco cloud project, part of the virtualisation of the mobile network, including 5G.
* Manage telco cloud suppliers through design, integration, and testing project phase.
* Utilise your communication skills to interface with and influence a broad range of multi-disciplinary teams (solutions architecture, test & delivery, support, product, partners, customer team).
* Ensure necessary governance and controls are in place to ensure successful delivery, demonstrate adherence to agreed time, cost, and quality deliverables.
* Identify and proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, forecast resources demand and prioritisation.
* Develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels from stakeholders to project team members.
* Lead the project team by example. Motivate the team and create a collaborate 'can do' environment

What you'll bring:

* You will be passionate about delivering a great customer experience, driving innovation, and delivering successful migration programs.
* You will have a proven track record of successful complex transformation delivery projects, leading large teams in a multicultural environment.
* People leadership skills with proven experience.
* A strong background across broadband network technologies core and access, telco cloud, and OSS.
* Superior written and verbal communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to effectively deliver information at the C-suite/VP level

Please send your CV to p.robinson@jeffersonfrank.com

DevOps Engineer | Remote | Contract | 6 months



We at Jefferson Frank are proud to have partnered with a leading household name in the pursuit of looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within the trading space and to help manage the client's Ultra Low Latency trading environment and take on several critical projects with board level visibility.



Inside IR35

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 6 month initial contract

Location: Remote

Required skills:

* Minimum 5 years work experience as Systems Administrator or applications support role with advanced level skills in Linux.
* Previous experience working in a ULL trading/technology group a big plus.
* Advanced level shell programming required, Perl/python required
* Advanced level knowledge of System and Network monitoring/troubleshooting.
* Corvil experience desirable
* Some knowledge of databases, ex Oracle, Postgres
* Experience with Splunk and Ansible a big plus.



If you have the required skills and experience, please apply at first instance.

**Major Duties & Responsibilities
They need someone that's got experience on the project management side. Someone that's got experience using Smartsheets or other cloud based or collaborative software.

* Partner with technical teams (R and D) and product development teams to establish clear, objective, and quantitative success criteria by which trial and overall development execution is measured and tracked.
* Quarterback test planning and execution; facilitate execution readiness to ensure technical teams can successfully accomplish objectives on time.
* Manage contracts with vendors and team members by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables.
* Interact, integrate, and drive results across cross functional teams in manufacturing, supply chain, quality, production, sales, service, etc.
* Provide regular program updates to leadership and other key stakeholders using standard reports and KPI's.
* Ensure that projects operate within the confines of the company's goals, vision, and core values.
* Proactively identify and manage risks and issues.
* Lead cross-functional teams in conducting. postmortem reviews following product launch to gather and communicate key learning's for continuous improvement.
* Ensure that all NPI processes are followed and be a leader in adopting NPI processes.
* Learn and manage all program management tools, using all requisite documents in conjunction with industry best practices.
* Execute implementation and improvement projects for program management tools and processes.
* Have familiarity with AWS Cloud and tools.

**Required Knowledge And Skills**
* Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field (or related experience), PMP certification preferred
* 8+ years of related work experience
* Relevant experience in program, project, or product management
* Experience in or knowledge of NPI/NTI processes including TRL concepts
* Background in manufacturing/industrial engineering is required
* The ability to effectively partner with cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment
* Team player with experience working in a fast-paced, high intensity environment
* Open minded self-starter with the ability to adapt, improvise and problem solve
* A data-driven mindset with a strong attention to detail
* Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify and focus
* Experience with Smartsheets or other project management tools

AWS DevOps Engineer-Inside IR35 Remote+PD 6-12 Month Contract

A leading client for us is currently looking to onboard a seasoned AWS DevOps Engineer specializing in current platform/architecture. Ideally, you will come from a strong software engineering/ background and more recent knowledge of Serverless and security.

You will be responsible for building, testing, packaging, deploying and operating an enterprise-scale cloud platform alongside shared platform tooling within the cloud. You will use your development skills to automate the build of infrastructure resources within AWS, along with the packaging of services into AMIs, Docker containers or Serverless deployments.

The current technology stack is...

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or equivalent experience (3+ years in AWS DevOps role).

Essential

* Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining AWS Cloud solutions
* Building CI and/or CD pipelines using cloud platforms, GitHub Actions, CircleCI or similar.
* Demonstrable experience of using GitHub for source control and peer review via Pull Requests following a git flow approach
* Building Containers with Docker on ECS and implementing with Terraform whilst adhering to infrastructure as code principals.

Other desirables:

- Confident and strong communicator

- Team player

If you or anyone you know are interested in this position, please send a brief introduction and CV to j.herbert@jeffersonfrank.com or you can contact me on+44 (0)203 808 7305

Senior AWS Engineer | Premier AWS Partner | Inside IR35 Contract

Jefferson Frank are working with an premier AWS partner, who are looking for SC cleared (or SC eligible) AWS engineers. This is a 6 month fully remote contract, INSIDE IR35 - paying very handsomely.

Key Requirements

* Strong Terraform knowledge, mainly on AWS modules
* CI/CD knowledge - preferably Gitlab
* Experience with Linux and Windows systems
* Strong containerisation knowledge
* Hashicorp stack
* Leadership experience
* SC cleared (or SC eligible at least)

If this sounds like you, please reply with your CV and I will be in touch.

Senior AWS Engineer | Premier AWS Partner | Inside IR35 Contract

Our client is a multi- global, award winning establishment. In this role you will be exposed to working with the latest technologies and given the opportunity to work innovatively. I am seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to join their team of engineers working on cloud applications.

Role & Responsibilities

* You will be working on the delivery of IT solutions in cloud.
* You will be a vital member of supporting the DevOps tools platform.
* You will be using AWS to build, configure and support infrastructure at cloud scale.
* You will be reviewing the possibilities of transformation of client IT and Cloud architecture.

Skills & Qualifications

* Strong knowledge of AWS, preferably with documented certificates.
* Previous experience developing applications / scripts with Python.
* A strong understanding of Jenkins, Git, GitLab, Atlassian Stack is essential.
* Experience maintaining, managing and deploying secure language.

Benefits

* Rewarding Environment.
* Career Progression.
* Private medical care.
* Life insurance.

Lead MongoDB Engineer

Jefferson Frank are currently supporting a Tier 1 financial organisation who are seeking the expertise of an experienced MongoDB Engineer on a fully remote contract basis.



Essential MongoDB Engineer skills and experience:

* MongoDB (Preferably with certification)
* Java programming
* Kubernetes/Docker
* GCP (desirable)

If you have the required skills and experience and would like to know further information then please apply with your CV at first instance.

My client is a Dublin based partner looking for a Architect for a long term project. Its a great opportunity for the right person, Please apply directly on the job ad or email me on k.donnelly@jeffersonfrank.com or message on LinkedIn.

Main Skill is Java, thats is a must.

QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Skills :

* 6 plus years of experience in Java with a minimum of 3 years team lead to experience with emphasis is on the drive, innovation, communication, and organizational skills.
* Expert in Java 7 / 8 development
* Spring frameworks like Spring MVC, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud for developing REST APIs Microservices
* Testing frameworks and TDD (like JUnit or Mockito)
* Version Control Systems (CVS, Subversion, GIT)
* Application Servers like Tomcat or WebLogic
* Databases: Relational (e.g. Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server) and NoSQL (e.g. HBase, Hazelcast)
* Front-End development using HTML5, JavaScript and JavaScript Frameworks (e.g. AngularJS), CSS/SASS/LESS
* Intimate knowledge of design patterns and best practices
* Strong commitment to code quality
* Strong technical and business writing skills
* Comfortable working with senior stakeholders
* Experience gathering requirements and translating into technical requirements
* Experience in both Waterfall and Agile

Desirable Skills :

* IDEs: IntelliJ, Eclipse or Netbeans
* API Design environments such as SwaggerHub.
* Microservice Architectures (MSA) based on Java.
* Messaging platforms including ActiveMQ
* JVM performance analysis and instrumentation.
* Familiarity with DevOps in general and tools like Docker, Chef, Kubernetes, OpenShift
* Build tools: Maven
* Continuous Integration: Jenkins
* Testing: SoapUI/LoadUI, JMeter, Selenium, Cucumber, JBehave, Fitnesse

Calling all Cloud Architect's, an incredible opportunity has arisen in a multi global company. You will be collaborating with like-minded talented individuals and have the opportunity to work remotely.

Role & Responsibilities

* You will be working alongside another CIA consultant on a regular basis.
* You will have the opportunity to grow your technical skillset.
* You will be assessing front end and backend service, implementing necessary changes.
* You will be designing and developing the architecture in line with the accordance, gathering requirements from stakeholders.
* You will be developing CDK/CFT to create infrastructure in AWS accounts.

Skills & Qualifications

* The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in IT engineering.
* Excellent leadership skills.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Experience as a Cloud Architect or similar role is essential.

Skills Required

* CICD Pipeline.
* Lambda.
* DNS, Route 53.
* Application Load Balancer.
* CDK/CFT.
* IAM.

Benefits

* 100% Remote.
* Rewarding Environment.
* Life Insurance.
* Wellness Programmes.

Jefferson Frank is searching for a DevOps Engineer to work with a high profile financial services company based in London. This is contract is remote but candidates would need to be flexible with occasional travel to the offices for key stakeholder meetings.

This is a 6 month contract role which is inside IR35 via umbrella.

Skills/Requirements

5 years exp within DevOps/Engineering role.

Experience with automated application build and support using Maven, Gradle or other build tools

Experience writing Python, Groovy, go and Bash scripts.

Experience with performing version control and continuous integration of build, deploy, and test, using tools like Jenkins, Stash, Concourse and uDeploy.

Experience with configuration management and infrastructure management systems like Ansible, Chef, Docker, CloudFormation.

Experience with container technologies like Docker. LWC and containerization orchestration tools like ECS, AKS, EKS preferred.

Experience with monitoring systems such as CloudWatch, Datadog/Splunk, ELK stack.

Experience with Cloud technologies with cloud providers AWS, Azure, GCP etc. Knowledge of AWS Cloud Devops services such as IAM, VPC, ECS, Lambda, RDS.

Have a working knowledge of databases, SQL and NOSQL (MongoDB/CouchDB/DynamoDB).

Excellent writing and communication skills.

The role would be based around setting up production/non production enviroments with CICD and improving automation processes. A linux background would be helpful and strong IAC experience.



The ideal candidate would be an immediately available DevOps Engineer with experience working within the financial services industry.

If this profile sounds like you, Jefferson Frank want to hear from you Job Type:

Full time, contract