Endeavour Recruitment has an excellent contract opportunity for a SQL Database Specialist with SC clearance for an initial 8 week contract in Brussels. Working language is English.

Essential skills :

Data Analytics -

• Extensive database knowledge
• Experience in developing with SQL queries
• Experience in MS SQL Server Database administration
• Experience with Database Backup-full, differential, Recovery
• In depth Knowledge of ETL and Analytical tools (preferably KNIME Analytics Platform)
• Extensive knowledge of KNIME Analytics Platform is an advantage (currently using system)
• Experience in developing in Java
• Experience with installation and configuration of Power BI Report Server

Duties:

• Design  and  develop  workflows  for  extracting  data  from  production databases  /legacy systems
• Design and develop business data marts
• Design of business reports and dashboards
• Monitor and maintain the execution of the system

Kindly apply for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you.

Endeavour has a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned System administrator to join a global organization, based in Switzerland, for a long-term contract opportunity.

You will be responsible for the configuration and operation of Web and Internet applications, systems and services. You will be reporting to the head of the Systems Management and Integration Section, IT Technical Division and work in close collaboration with Business Sectors development teams.

The successful System administrator will be involved in the following duties:

• Web Applications and Internet Services support above
• Performing Application Deployment processes, respecting the specified timelines, and following the standard maintenance procedures
• Maintenance of Application Server Platforms and System administration tasks;
• Participate in the harmonization of client Web application environments in view of consolidating and standardizing of the system architecture;
• Completes necessary documentation for Web-based systems, services and related support procedures as required for supporting client Documentation Library;

• Helps with the support of other services related to the global client IT infrastructure

Required skills/experience:

• Excellent working knowledge of English;
• At least six years of relevant professional experience with Application Integration support, System Administration of Web Application Environments;
• Expert knowledge in Red Hat Linux administration, including clustering and high available system setup;
• Expert knowledge in maintaining Web servers and Application support.
• Experience with Apache, Tomcat, Jboss, WildFly;
• Good experience with open source products support, development, and implementation is important;
• Experience in Application deployment, Change and Release Management;
• Knowledge of Application Containers technologies, such as Dockers, Kubernetes, OpenShift;

Desirable skills/knowledge:

• Good knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing, services, protocols: http, ftp, smtp, ssh, dns, ldap, proxy, and others;
• Programming experience and application development will be an asset - java, perl, shell scripts;
• Strong capacity to deploy new products, in a rapidly evolving and challenging technical environment.

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

Endeavour has an exciting contract opportunity for an experienced JDEdwards Developer to work with a reputable client based in Belgium, initially for 6 months. This is an English speaking site.

The successful applicant will have proven and extensive experience as JDEdwards developer (Oracle EnterpriseOne).

You will participate in the design, development, integration and testing of new applications or functionality enhancements. 

Required knowledge and experience:

• experience with Business Services (BSSV).
• JDE8.12 or JDE9

For further details on this fantastic opportunity, please get in touch as soon as possible.

Endeavour is looking for a DevOps Specialist to join a reputable,  multinational client in The Hague, initially for a 10 months contract.

The ideal DevOps specialist will be an excellent communicator and have strong interpersonal skills. Knowledge of another language – French or German – would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:

• Review, propose and improve workflows intended for the future state of the CI/CD pipeline;
• Support the technical personnel in delivering solutions that adhere to the principles, policies and patterns established in the enterprise architecture;
• Design, code and engineer, integrate, test, correct and document customisations;
• Adhere where appropriate to the overall enterprise architecture through the delivery of solutions, solution architectures and models, design patterns, principles, models, requirements, standards and policies of security;
• Perform the necessary implementations, customizations and integrations, based on the current platform state and setup, to update and to deliver Container-based deployments;
• Interface with corresponding directorates as well as with other contracting services, e.g. in the context of plugin maintenance and process automation;
• Perform platform maintenance tasks and support build projects in case of issues and in their evolution;
• Support the introduction of Git/Bitbucket and HipChat, especially during the project’s guarantee phase and maintenance;
• Maintain related process automation implemented in Java and JavaScript in the form of a Bitbucket plugin integrating the Git application server with the HipChat collaboration server, implement related changes and fixes (where applicable) to this toolset integration automation;
• Support the newly created Container-based CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise test setup by implementing related changes (if needed);
• Design and implement a Container-based platform system test spanning SCM, Jenkins, Nexus and potentially SonarQube;
• Deliver solutions to open, build platform-related Jira tickets, especially for (but not restricted to) Nexus, SonarQube, Docker/Container-related, Maven/Maven-plugin-related;
• Develop and implement a REST API-based HipChat data export and import option;
• Trigger and support either SVN-to-Git migration or guide the introduction of code access restriction for development projects that have stayed/decided to stay on Subversion (the process for access restriction is known);

Required skills and experience

• University degree
• Experience with multi-sourcing delivery environments;
• Expert knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices;
• DevOps mentality;
• Expert knowledge on Distributed Source Code Management solutions and corresponding work flow models;
• Strong implementation and development skills;
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation;
• Knowledge of ITIL v3;
• Good troubleshooting capabilities;
• Good Communication skills, interpersonal skills and analytical skills.
• Being active in a multi-cultural environment, the applicant shall have a very good level of English (oral and written).

You will also have demonstrable knowledge/experience of as many as possible of the following technical skills:

• Expert knowledge in the tools which are part of the build and deployment platform (such as SVN, Git/Bitbucket, HipChat, CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise, Maven, Nexus, SonarQube);
• Demonstrated experience with plugin development for Bitbucket and Maven;
• Expert knowledge in the area of Software Containers/Docker;
• AMF and ADS expert knowledge;
• Knowledge in Middle-tier (web services, web clients, backend of web clients, REST, Java/Groovy, JBoss);
• Knowledge of JavaScript, Node.js, npm and related frameworks;
• Good knowledge of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and shell scripting (bash);
• Good knowledge of JEE technologies;

Please apply for further details on this not-to-be-missed contract opportunity!

• Are you a skilled UX developer?
• Do you have strong experience with CSS, HTML and Javascript?
• Are you fluent in Dutch?
• Do you enjoy working independently?
• Would you like to work in Belgium?

If the answer is yes to all questions, then we definitely want to hear from you.

One of our large Media client is looking for an experienced UX developer to join them for a long-term contract.

The successful candidate will be involved in the following tasks:

• Develop front-end  websites, landing pages, e-mails, etc
• advise on the technical feasibility of projects
• convert design into code TAKEN
• layout planning based on the work of the FA, back end developers.

Please get in touch ASAP for further details on this exciting opportunity! 

• Are you a skilled UX developer?
• Do you have strong experience with CSS, HTML and Javascript?
• Are you fluent in Dutch?
• Do you enjoy working independently?
• Would you like to work in Belgium?

If the answer is yes to all questions, then we definitely want to hear from you.

One of our large Media client is looking for an experienced UX developer to join them for a long-term contract.

The successful candidate will be involved in the following tasks:

• Develop front-end  websites, landing pages, e-mails, etc
• advise on the technical feasibility of projects
• convert design into code TAKEN
• layout planning based on the work of the FA, back end developers.

Please get in touch ASAP for further details on this exciting opportunity! 

Endeavour Recruitment has a new opportunity for an experienced Head of Software Development. The successful candidate should come from a development background and have significant experience of leading development teams.  The Head of Development should be a natural and strong leader with a good work ethic that can lead by example.  You should be confident, organised, analytical with excellent attention to detail.   This role is based in Central London and the salary will be in the region of £75K plus benefits.

Responsibilities:

Act as Scrum Master, mentor and creating a professional team culture.

Ensure quality and technical approach adheres to the company strategy.

Minimum of 8 years’ experience in a similar role.

Be responsible for web solutions that meet client needs.

Attend client facing meetings.

Manage outsourced vendor relationships.

Work with other teams to ensure delivery of work is on time and to budget.

Technical Skills:

• HTML5
• LINQ
• ASP.Net
• MVC
• C#
• Umbraco / Sitecore
• SQL Server
• Cloud
• GIT
• Team City
• Octopus
• Lucene and SOLR

Additional Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills, written and spoken
• Self-motivated
• Natural leadership ability

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

Endeavour has an exciting opportunity for a seasoned Java Developer, to join a large, well-known European Organisation, based in Luxembourg, initially till the end of the year.

As the ideal candidate, you will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience using ESB integration in SOA Architecture
• Experience building SOAP/REST Web-services
• Good knowledge of JAVA, XML, WDSL, XSD
• Experience using SVN, NEXUS, Tomcat, Maven, Jenkins
• Knowledge of Authentication mechanisms, SAML token, Kerberos token
• Must be a good team player and able to work independently

If this sounds like a good match for your profile, please get in touch ASAP for further information!

Endeavour Recruitment is seeking an extremely capable individual for the senior role of Head of Technology.  The successful candidate must come from a development/architect background and has since progressed their career to a Lead/Managerial level.  Previous experience of working within Retail, Finance, Marketing or Travel would be advantageous.  This is a permanent opportunity based in Central London, with an attractive salary in the region of £90K plus benefits package.

As an individual, you must be creative with good UX/UI knowledge, plus innovative and passionate about new technology trends.  You should have the ability to lead a talented team applying best practice principles, quality assurance and governance.   Familiarity of working in an Agile/Scrum environment is essential.   A particular interest in developing mobile applications, Native, Web or Hybrid is essential along with accompanying technical knowledge.

Essential Experience/Skills for the role:

• Creativity
• Leadership skills
• From a Development/Architectural Background
• Mobile Development
• Responsive Design
• UI/UX
• Best Practice/Governance/Quality
• Integration with CMS
• New platform knowledge: AI, NLP, 36 / AR
• Agile/Scrum
• Managing client relationships
• Industry experience in Finance, Retail, Marketing or Travel

Our client is looking to fill this role as soon as possible.   Therefore, please apply quickly.

Identity/Access Management System Developer required to join a dynamic team for a long term contract in Brussels. Hands-on technical position.

Your role:

The Identity/Access Management (IAM) System Developer ensures that end-user needs for access to systems are met in a secure, comprehensive and cost-effective manner.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for the ongoing migration, development, deployment, and support of the IAM system. The IAM System Developer identifies business needs, implements these in the IAM system, administers the IAM components and overall system, and resolves complex system problems.

The IAM System Developer performs technical analysis, design, installation, maintenance and modification of the  IAM platform.

Your duties will include the following:

• Ensures that the needs for IAM are met in a comprehensive and consistent manner by analyzing business processes and integrating application requirements with the technical capabilities of the IAM-related products.
• Identifies gaps in the current IAM setup and process infrastructure; investigates options and makes recommendations.
• Plans, installs, configures and optimizes the operation of IAM components including the tracking of new releases available from vendors, patches, etc.
• Writes code to integrate IAM components (e.g. drivers, connectors, scripts, programs); tests it for both functional and robustness, and moves it into production.
• Produces and updates system documentation to record the IAM environment, including documentation of configuration settings, operating and recovery procedures and data structures.
• Troubleshoots IAM system/component failures as they occur and provides solutions.
• Functions as the primary liaison to IAM system vendor.
• Guides the formation of IAM policies that balance the need for seamless access with the requirement of enterprise security.
• Works with server and network administrators to ensure that end-to-end system integrity and security are maintained for the IAM system.

Skills and experience:

• The incumbent has experience in Identity and Access Management, including hands-on experience with an Identity Management system. Broad and deep experience with computing, network and system software environments.
• Experience in Forgerock, OpenAM, OpenDJ, OpenIDM and Open IG modules is a must.

Please apply for further details on this excellent long-term contract opportunity.