Endeavour Recruitment has an opportunity for a Devops Engineer to join our client’s fast-growing Information Technology and Services company, specializing in the SMME market.
This is a Perm role, and we are open to all candidates who are willing to relocate to Cape Town, South Africa, as this work placement is onsite.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Devops Engineer who has experience with Azure, Linux, Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes and AWS. You will be working with and managing/mentoring a strong team, leading the team to produce the best possible outcome for the company.

The role:

The devops engineer will provide our client with devops support and services as seen fit by the company involved.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Assist with setting up IT and development environments for the developers on new and existing projects through an agile approach incorporating scrum techniques.
• Assist with making recommendations and executing improvements/optimization of the development environments.
• The above will be done in all phases of the projects be they development, staging or live environments.
• Going forward assist with ongoing services to clients in a devops as a service capacity.
• Maintain relevant live environments to ensure applications run optimally.
• Troubleshoot application issues and devise an approach to fixing them.
• Make use of relevant in-house applications of customers to facilitate the work placement.
• Constant communication with all relevant parties on projects, maintenance and troubleshooting activities.


You will be working with technologies like Azure, Linux based, Jenkins, CI/CD, Ansible,Kubernetes, AWS etc.

Our requires two profiles, one Azure heavy and one AWS heavy.

Please send your CV or get in touch for further details as soon as possible for this career building opportunity.

Long-term contract opportunity – 100% remote!

A growing UK based client is looking for a Technical Business Analyst to be part of their global team and help them with a transformation program.

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic and forward -thinking BA, used to working with development teams, specially focused on C#, .NET, Azure technologies.

Experience with financial, accounting debt management software payment systems industry is a strong asset.

The selected Technical Business Analyst will join a team to help deliver bigger and better Digital platforms. You will work with the developers to plan stories and take the lead as the BA throughout the development projects. In this role, you will build relationships across all levels of the organisation and help solve complex challenges by creating innovative business and/or digital enterprise solutions, within an Agile environment.

Required skills/experience:

• Experience of working within a regulated industry.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at senior levels, both written and oral, within the business and IT strategy areas.
• Experience of projects with significant integration challenges. Deep understanding of integration approaches and technologies.
• Experience of at least one technical architecture discipline (application, data or infrastructure), some knowledge of others.
• A broad and recognised set of knowledge across the full spectrum of Architecture, including things like; Leadership and ownership of technology solutions, Cloud transformation, Digital transformations, Technology architecture tools and techniques as well as knowledge of TOGAF or equivalent method awareness and real-world experience, Technology domain knowledge and experience.
• Establishing good relationships with clients and other professionals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Collaborative approach for driving decisions
• Fluent command of written and spoken English
• Ability to understand technical issues at a high level
• Strong problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail
• Working alongside Development teams working in an Agile Environment with DevOps, .Net, C#, Azure
• Experience in working with teams of >= 5 members

If this sounds like you, please send us your CV or get in touch ASAP for further details!

QA Analyst Required

Our client, an exciting fast growing SaaS company providing business management Software requires a QA Analyst to join the team in Manchester or Cheshire on a permanent basis.

The Role

The purpose of the role is to test work items while adhering to defined specifications within agreed timelines.

The QA Analyst must have the knowledge of the relevant test practices and technologies required to perform their daily tasks, liaising with their colleagues in Development, Support, and other departments to ensure delivery of a complete solution to each problem within agreed timelines.

By fulfilling this the role of QA Analyst and becoming custodians of quality, while following test process.

Skills

All members of the test team are experienced in understanding the principles of testing required in order to assess all pieces of work and create viable test scenarios.

Experience is needed in the following areas:

UI, Exploratory, Regression, API testing
Writing Test Documentation, Acceptance Criteria, BDD
Azure Devops, Azure Test Hub, Postman, SQL Server, Teams
Test Automation
ISTQB/ISEB
Lean Principles - Kanban

You

It is most important that you enjoy your work. Our Development and QA team love what they do and we need like-minded people!

Above all, you must be hard working, with a keen desire to progress. You will have a killer eye for detail and be confident in putting forward ideas to help us solve technical problems & make great improvements to the product.

Ultimately, our aim is to provide you with an environment that is thriving, challenging, flexible and inclusive; in a culture where people are rewarded with new opportunities for their hard work.

Benefits include:

· Competitive Salary

· Medical insurance

· Statutory Pension

· 25 days + bank holidays and your birthday off

· Company outings and events

· Professional development

· Flexible working (by prior arrangement)

If this sounds like you then apply now!

We have an excellent contract opportunity for a BI developer to join our client for an initial 6-month contract starting in December.

Fully REMOTE-UK based

The successful BI Developer will work in the Business Improvement development team. An ideal candidate would be an application developer with experience using Angular, C# & SQL Server and who is looking for a new challenge

Your role as a BI Developer will involve:

• Work with the Business Improvement organisation architect team to develop BI and application solutions
• Work to deliver database and application solutions, providing an integrated Self Service tool kit to managers and users across CNL.  Including hands-on delivery and development
• Delivering BI solutions in line with the priorities set out and agreed through the Business Improvements processes
• Providing solutions to manage datasets and updates
• Working on solutions and applications using the latest versions of C# and Angular, SQL Server, on Windows platforms.
• Development on current projects as well as new projects at a very early stage.

Skills and Experience required:

• Experience of building applications with Angular, ASP.NET Web API and C#.
• SQL Server development skills including, stored procedures, functions etc…
• Experience with source / version control systems such as DevOps.
• A maths / engineering / science or IT related degree
• Excellent communication skills.
• A willingness to support colleagues and provide support to other teams when required.

Please apply by sending us your CV or get in touch ASAP for further details on this excellent contract opportunity!

AWS DevOps Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for an AWS DevOps Engineer to join our client, a world leader in with bookings / transfer solutions.

The role is fully remote, occasional visits to the office will be required.

We are looking for someone to take ownership of the AWS Environments. Working alongside the senior management team to develop and grow your role.

You will love working in a fast-paced organisation where technology is central to everything we do. Working alongside passionate and innovative people your key areas of responsibilities will be:

• Maintaining current AWS workloads in multiple environments.
• Designing, deploying, and maintaining new infrastructure based on application requirements.
• Communicating with management, developers third party technology providers.
• Reviewing security practices regularly and implementing any required changes.
• Driving infrastructure improvements and migrations to new services and technologies.
• Planning and leading maintenance schedules and windows.
• Support and identify faults both in and out of hours.
• Reviewing costs and budgets for infrastructure in all environments.

Skills & Experience

You will have experience working with and maintaining highly available AWS workloads in a productionised environment using many of the following services: EC2 Autoscaling, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, CloudFront, WAF, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, VPC, S3, Route 53, IAM.

We are also looking for the successful candidate to have proficiency in:

• Server configuration with Ansible.
• Infrastructure provisioning with CloudFormation.
• Working with Linux and Windows Server.
• Maintaining a CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins
• CLI scripting i.e. Bash or Python.

Desirable

• PHP, Python and Node.js
• Consul and Vault
• Highly Available RabbitMQ
• Windows Server, SQL Server & Active Directory
• Redshift and Grafana
• Blue/Green Deployments
• PCI-DSS Compliance
• Working with monolithic applications
• Future direction to breakdown services & micro services, containerisation etc etc.
• Serverless stacks and event driven architecture
• Distributed Architectures
• Disaster Recovery

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

Contract opportunity for an experienced Agile Coach to join a Global Client in the Financial Services Sector based in Belgium.

Full time, onsite in Belgium

75 Euros per hour

English speaking

Essential skills:

Demonstrating strong knowledge of and background with Agile concepts

Minimum 5 years’ experience in practicing Agile

Prior experience (minimum 4 years) coaching teams in Agile adoption

Experience coaching multiple agile teams, Product Owners and Scrum Masters

Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Iteration Manager, Scrum Master, Team Leader or Project Manager in complex agile programs

Familiar with agile tools and engineering practices.

Experience facilitating, training and mentoring individuals and teams

Having some hands on DevOps experience is a plus

Desirable skills:

• Coaching certification
• Methodology and / or role specific certification such as Scrum Master, Kanban or SAFE
• Experience coaching at large organizations
• Specialist in either process (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) or technical (e.g. TDD, Agile Architecture) coaching

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

Azure Infrastructure Architect

Endeavour Recruitment currently has a need for a skilled Azure Infrastructure Architect to join our Client in Antwerp, Belgium. Our client is a Global Market Leading in the Technology and Energy sector.

We are looking for someone that is passionate about architecture and infrastructure. Someone that investigates new technologies. Communicatee’s and negotiates with people on different levels in the (customer) organization.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Make architectural designs, including infrastructure solution design, business continuity & disaster recovery designs, in close collaboration with the customer and colleagues
• Calculate the necessary size of environments (sandbox, production) and determine and provision the necessary hardware
• Closely collaborate with the project manager in sprint planning, license usage, cost management, setup of Azure devops project & templates, …
• Collaborate, coach and follow-up on colleagues executing installations, updates, impact assessments, releases … on an end-to-end basis
• Analyze performance (issues), create Azure resources and maintain software versions of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in architecture, infrastructure and/or Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of Dynamics 365 & related Microsoft-technologies is a plus
• A non-stop drive to go out of own comfort zone, to investigate new technologies & to guarantee an end-to-end solution

You are

• A strong communicator who can negotiate and build consensus on different levels (developers, business, C-level stakeholders, …)
• A multitasker with good time management skills
• A coach and motivator who can show confidence and easily builds up trust

We offer

• The possibility to work with the latest technologies and stay up to date with the latest changes
• A team culture that is based on trust and where continuous growth is naturally encouraged
• Real career opportunities: do you want to become an expert or rather grow towards a functional role, that’s up to you!
• Training and Support
• A very attractive salary package: company car, insurance, portable pc, iPhone, internet connection, etc. that you can adapt to your needs (you can exchange part of your 13th month for a lease-bike, iPad, extra vacation.

URGENT!

Exciting REMOTE contract opportunity for a skilled Kubernetes Administrator to join a financial sector client, based in Sweden!

The selected Kubernetes Administrator will be responsible for:

•             Designing and implementing solutions to leverage a Kubernetes cluster

•             Configuring hardware peripherals and services, managing settings and storage

•             Deploying cloud-native applications, monitoring, and supporting a Kubernetes environment

Required skills and experience:

•             Experience managing Kubernetes in production

•             Experience with monitoring tools like ELK/Prometheus/Grafana preferred

•             Experience with building and maintaining Kubernetes Operators

•             Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)

•             Experience managing AWS EKS clusters

•             General cloud architecture experience with AWS, in particular services used for administering a full software solution over time (CloudWatch, IAM, API Gateway, SNS, SES)

•             Highly experienced with Docker and Linux containers in general

•             Top notch Linux skills, Terraform and bash scripting skills

•             SRE experience for a mid-large system at least

General DevOps Experience a plus

•             A Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) is a plus

•             Working understanding of Kafka is a plus

Apply and send your CV ASAP or get in touch for further info on this excellent contract opportunity.