Endeavour has an excellent career opportunity for a passionate Test Engineer, who is keen to further their career, by joining our Cyber Security client, based in Worcestershire. This is a permanent position and the salary is up to £40,000 for the right candidate.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Writing test plans and test scripts at all levels.
• Running tests against scripts.
• Recording and documenting results.
• Raising defects.
• Prioritising your own work.
• Working within a closely-knit team.
• Production of documentation using industry-standard tools.
• Mentoring test engineers.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Suitability for holding a UK security clearance (SC).
• Recent experience of writing, modifying and executing software tests.
• Test automation experience.
• Recent experience of using scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell
• Experience of testing either network or desktop GUI applications (preferably both).
• Recent use of Test and Defect Management Tools.
• Experienced use of at least one of the following operating systems: Windows, Linux, Unix or Solaris 10.

Desirable Skills and Knowledge:

• Domain knowledge of cyber security.
• Experience of setting up and using virtual machines, such as VMware or Docker.
• Performing packet capture and analysis.
• TCP/IP protocols, particularly SMTP and HTTP.
• Encryption standards (e.g. public key encryption).
• Experience of setting up integrated test environments.
• Visual Studio and TFS 2017 or later.
• Cloud-based testing, e.g. AWS or Azure.
• Agile testing techniques.

If you want to enhance your career and join a client in the Cyber Security sector do not hesitate to apply with a copy of your most recent CV.

A growing cyber-security company is looking for a C++ Developer to join their existing highly skilled development team writing complex cyber security solution software. This is the perfect opportunity for somebody who has a passion for cyber security and for high quality coding.

2 years of C++ programming experience required.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Writing high quality code following the in-house full life cycle development methodologies and our clients chosen toolset.
• Unit, module and application testing.
• Production of documentation using industry-standard tools.
• Working within a closely-knit team.
• Mentoring of junior staff.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• Suitability to hold UK security clearance.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Computing, scientific or mathematical degree is preferred (2^nd Class honours or over).
• Domain knowledge of, or an interest in, cyber security is preferred.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience of programming in C++.
• The ability to work collaboratively across functions within the business and to be adaptable and flexible.
• Good communications skills are essential in both written and verbal form.

Desirable Skills and Knowledge:

• Development experience on multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux or Solaris.
• Full product life cycle development.
• Agile development methods.
• Internet standards and protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, SNMP etc.
• Virtualisation technologies such as VMWare, Docker, AWS, or Azure.
• Scripting languages such as PowerShell, shell scripts, Perl, Python, JavaScript or PHP.
• Object orientated programming languages such as C# or Java.
• Framework technologies such as React, Angular JS, NodeJS, jQuery, .NET

If you wish to be considered or you want to know more about the role then please contact us as soon as possible. These opportunities do not present themselves often.

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting contract opportunity for a UI Software Engineer with 5+ years’ experience.

Join a large client, in the Financial Services Sector based in La Hulpe, Belgium. The contract is initially for 6 months and the all-inclusive daily rate is market related.

Role and Responsibilities:

• As a user interface software engineer working in an Agile team, you are responsible for managing individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables. With your technical expertise you design, develop, test, maintain and enhance software solutions.
• We need engineers to be versatile and passionate to tackle new problems and continually improve our products.
• Design, develop, test, enhance and support cloud applications.
• Participate in feasibility studies to validate technical solutions for product enhancements.
• Analyse problems, propose and implement solutions.
• Understand and address security vulnerabilities.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• University degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in Object-oriented design, algorithms, and software design
• Extensive knowledge of Java
• Extensive knowledge of GWT and related UI technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Extensive knowledge of Browser specificities (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Edge, Firefox)
• Knowledge of the security aspects in software design and development and in security technologies (PKI, TLS)
• Knowledge of Windows, Linux (RHEL or similar) operating systems
• Knowledge of UX concepts

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication; fluent in English (both written and spoken)
• Quality oriented, meticulous, rigorous, disciplined
• Adaptability and responsiveness to change
• Proactive and autonomous
• Open to new ideas, innovative mind-set, intellectual curiosity and self-motivated learner
• A team player, willing to work in a multicultural environment

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.

Endeavour Recruitment has a new requirement for an experienced Embedded Software Consultant.  This is a short term assignment until the 29th March.  Flexible hours, option to work partially from home.  Based in Basingstoke.  Rate circa £50 per hour.

Role:

• Understand requirements 3rd parties
• Architect a demo solution to show benefits
• Write relevant software to create solution
• Clearly document solution for future development
• Other software tasks to support additional demonstrations if time allows

Necessary Experience:

• HW and SW solution development from technical requirements
• Embedded RTOS
• IoT platforms
• C/C++ programming
• Python, Bash programming
• IoT sensor interfaces (I2C, SPI)
• Connectivity (BLE, WiFi, LTE)

Desirable Experience:

• NuttX OS - http://nuttx.org/
• Linux (Ubuntu, Raspbian)
• Thingspeak - https://thingspeak.com/
• Predictive maintenance algorithms e.g. analysis of acoustic signatures
• Typical IoT sensors; accelerometers, gyroscopes, temperature, microphone

Please apply as soon as possible to be shortlisted.  Start date immediate/asap.

Endeavour Recruitment recherche actuellement un Ingénieur Système Linux expérimenté pour un CDD de 3 mois chez un de nos clients à Bruxelles, en Belgique.

Taux journalier tout-inclus: €600 euros.

Votre mission consistera à poursuivre le travail entamé depuis deux ans, sur le projet de migration Mainframe Siemens BS2000 de notre client.

Vous serez impliqué dans les multiples tâches à realiser suivantes:

• Coordination
• support aux équipes de développement dans le cadre de la migration
• support aux équipes système dans la mise en place de procédures de gestion du nouvel environnement, industrialisation des outils disponibles sur le Mainframe, etc…

Compétences requises :

• OS BS 2000
• Suite Software AG (Natural, Adabas, EntireX, Entire Network, Applinx, Natural One)
• Microfocus Cobol on Linux 
• Linux Redhat 7 et 8
• PHP - Scripting
• GIT
• Jenkins
• Grafana

Veuillez nous contacter dès que possible pour plus de renseignements sur cette excellente mission.

Endeavour Recruitment is looking for Test Analysts for their client based in Brighton.  This is primarily a Manual Testing role, but experience of Automated Testing would be advantageous.  Training for this would also be provided.  Between 2-5 years’ experience required.  The salary on offer is between £25K to £30K.

The ideal candidates will have worked in a Testing role before and therefore be familiar with Agile, TDD, and implementing test plans.   The client requires candidates who are excellent communicators, are extremely business focussed and are keen to build on their testing abilities to help deliver automated regression testing.

Essential Candidate Experience:

• 2-5 years’ Testing experience
• Jira &/or Bugzilla
• Linux / Windows
• Web Based Applications
• NoSQL, MySQL & SQL Server
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Apache, Tomcat, jBoss

If you are interested in this role and you have the right experience, then please apply for the role with your most up to date CV that includes the experience you have relevant to the role.

An international organisation is looking for a Monitoring Expert to join their team.  This is the perfect opportunity for somebody who enjoys working in a multi-cultural environment and is looking to take the next step in their career. This is a 1 year contract role and the all-inclusive daily rate for this role is €445.

You will be expected:

• Implement monitoring requests required by the Service Level Manager and the Developer’s Team
• Provide support to Incident Management to diagnose and fix issues in the production environment
• Design, build, configure and test monitoring probes for a wide range of systems and applications.
• Carry out research to define systems according to needs
• Pinpoint malfunction causes and suggest remedial action and alternative solutions
• Act as an acknowledged go-between for experts from other areas
• Investigate alerts
• Add probing to new Linux nodes
• Maintain monitoring CMDB
• Monitor technologies
• Put forward solutions to improve systems performance
• Establish rules for the proper management of systems
• Define systems from a functional and technical standpoint
• Check that standards are implemented

Technical Skills Required:

• University degree with at least 5 years’ experience
• Experience in writing secure and resilient code in Perl and Java
• Experience in using Monitoring tools: CA-Nimsoft is desirable and knowledge of AXWAY/Systar product is required
• Event management based on the interface between the monitoring tool and the ITSM tool
• Event correlation rules design and optimisation experience
• Experience in a vast range of enterprise technologies such as databases, Unix, Linux, Windows, Cloud-based applications, storage and virtualisation technologies, switches and firewalls
• Good knowledge of MS/SQL
• Basic knowledge of ITIL V3 is desirable.
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation
• Consistently meeting deadlines with high quality documentation
• Coordination of multiple procedures simultaneously
• Working with and communicating to, stakeholders at all levels of the organisation

If you wish to be considered or you want to know more about the role then please contact us as soon as possible. These opportunities do not present themselves often.

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 excellent new opportunity for a Senior Linux Engineer to work for a large, reputable client in Brussels, Belgium. The duration of this role is 12 months and the daily all-inclusive rate is €577 euros.

Duties:

We are looking for a Senior/Expert Linux Engineer with proven experience in managing Red Hat Linux environments. You will strengthen the System Operations team by maintaining our current Linux Server infrastructure and take a technical leading role in Linux/Infra related projects. Your tasks will mainly consist of:

• Assist in daily operations on Systems like deployments, maintenance, patching, upgrading, securing
• Manage, maintain and optimize the existing Linux environment
• Participate in an on-call 24/7 support team
• Assist in designing and implementing an overall Alerting and Monitoring Strategy for Linux environments

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• You are fluent in Dutch and English.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position
• RedHat Enterprise Linux (incl. Sattelite)
• Security hardening & patching
• Ansible Scripting
• Webservices/daemons (e.g. Apache, Tomcat)
• Accompanying web/application technologies such as ElasticSearch and Logstash
• Knowledge of MySQLDB, Oracle DB or SyBase is a definite plus
• Prior experience in supporting Dell and/or HP Hardware platforms is a plus

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.