Harvey Nash UK Job Listing

Interim Resourcing Business Partner

Sat, 26 May 2012 16:36:57 PST

This interim Resourcing Business Partner role is critical to a challenging and highly commercial nationwide service provider. This is a challenging brief to meet changing client requirements and deadlines and involves volume recruitment of roles that are senior in nature and varied in discipline. Your ability to operate as an effective recruiter and resource planner alongside effective stakeholder management, will be key to the project's success. With an overall objective of achieving efficiencies in recruitment costs, practice and process you will over-see the delivery of an end-to-end, value-add resourcing service with individual responsibility to drive selection strategy.

Examples of Responsibilities
� Effectively make use of appropriate selection methods to include psychometric and ability testing
� Manage the use of Applicant Management Systems, ensuring effective utilisation for candidate management and reporting purposes
� Manage multiple vacancies effectively, recruiting to quality, time and cost
� Consult with the business across multiple divisions at all levels, ensuring strong relationships are maintained, best practice shared and formulate resource plans
� Manage senior stakeholder relationships, to effectively understand needs, manage expectations and influence effectively

Skills & Experience
� In-house or RPO experience within large and complex, commercial businesses
� Proven track record of managing multiple and varied vacancies at a �50k plus level
� Track record of working through business change
� Experienced in executive resourcing
� Knowledge and experience of Applicant Management Systems
� BPS Level A & B qualification is highly preferable
� Strong influencing skills with experience of managing challenging senior stakeholder relationships

ABOUT HARVEY NASH HR

Harvey Nash's Human Resources Division specialises in the recruitment and development of HR professionals. We set up Harvey Nash HR with one simple vision in mind - to create a specialist HR division that has the passion and razor-sharp focus of a boutique, whilst at the same time provide our clients and candidates with the unique market insight, resources and international contacts of one of the most respected brands in recruitment.

We are part of Harvey Nash, a global professional recruitment consultancy and IT outsourcing service provider, and trusted advisor to some of the world's leading businesses, governments and institutions. We operate from 37 offices covering the USA, Europe and Asia

HR Team Leader

Sat, 26 May 2012 16:15:21 PST

My client is a leading service provider with a nationwide presence and they are currently seeking to appoint an HR Team Leader within the HR Service Centre. Your role shall be to manage a small team of HR Assistants with responsibility for the provision of first line generalist HR advice. Your role with be key to ensuring the quality of service to the business and that feedback to the business is provided, relating to key trends and management information.

Examples of responsibilities:
� Lead, supervise and motivate a small team of HR Assistants
� Act as a point of contact for escalated Advisory issues
� Reporting to the HR Manager; monitor performance and feedback on development needs and process improvements
� Develop an understanding of wider HR, people and business issues by maintaining strong working relationships with HR Advisors, HR Business Partners and Directors
� Undertake ad-hoc project work as required particularly relating to business change, TUPE, restructure and redundancy etc

You will already have experience in a similar HR role that must include the supervison of others. You will have strong organisational and admin skills and enjoy developing and working to processes and procedures. Experience working within a recruitment or HR shared service centre would be a distinct advantage and you will ideally have worked within large, complex organisations. This role is an excellent opportunity to gain experience within a large and challenging organisation with potential for longer-term career progression.

ABOUT HARVEY NASH HR

Harvey Nash's Human Resources Division specialises in the recruitment and development of HR professionals.We set up Harvey Nash HR with one simple vision in mind - to create a specialist HR division that has the passion and razor-sharp focus of a boutique, whilst at the same time provide our clients and candidates with the unique market insight, resources and international contacts of one of the most respected brands in recruitment.

We are part of Harvey Nash, a global professional recruitment consultancy and IT outsourcing service provider, and trusted advisor to some of the world's leading businesses, governments and institutions. We operate from 37 offices covering the USA,Europe and Asia.

.Net Developer - C#/VB.Net, SQL Server

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:01:45 PST

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a .Net developer to join my rapidly expanding client, based in the West Midlands. You will be working on some exciting new, cutting edge projects and be involved in the full development lifecycle. The knowledge my client is looking for is knowledge of either C# or VB.net and SQL Server. Knowledge of WCF, ADO.Net, Windows Mobile or SOAP would be advantageous. The package on offer for this position is a basic salary of �22k - �27k plus holiday, pension and other benefits. For more information, please forward your CV ASAP! Harvey Nash Plc operates as an employment agency when recruiting for permanent vacancies, and an employment business when recruiting for contract vacancies.

Oracle Apex Developer

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:01:31 PST

West Yorkshire based client is looking for an Oracle APEX (Application Express) Developer for an initial 3 month contract, with an extension likely!. You will be responsible for requirements gathering and then the hands on development to meet these. The essential knowledge I am looking for is knowledge of oracle databases, Pl/SQL, SQL, Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Wallstreet or Treasury systems knowledge is also essential. Any knowledge of HTML, JavaScript or CSS would be highly advantageous. Harvey Nash Plc operates as an employment agency when recruiting for permanent vacancies, and an employment business when recruiting for contract vacancies.

Permanent C# .NET Developer

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:44:33 PST

After recent success and being a market leader in the development of management software field our client is looking to expand and grow existing and new business streams across multiple sectors.Currently the core product is being re-developed and is due to be released in the coming months. This role will be joining a small team of developers/testers and the successful individual will have the opportunity to contribute greatly to the future core product. � You will be maintaining and improving code base and being technical lead on core projects.� Have excellent technical abilities and a strong appreciation for solution architecture, design and development.� Contributing towards the implementation and embedding of agile processes and principles across the team.� Have experience of the full software development lifecycle and the ability to 'hit the ground running' and add value quickly to the development of the product.Technologies - Key Skills:� C#� WPF / WCF (winforms/web services)� NET 3.5, 4.0� SQL Server - including SSRS� Agile Development experience - TDD/BDD � Multi-tier service-oriented architecturesTechnologies - Desirable Skills:� Team Foundation Server (TFS)� MVC/MVVC� Entity Framework� Spec-flow

.Net Developer - Midlands - �35,000pa

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:37:57 PST

We are currently working with a Microsoft Gold Partnered Software house in the Midlands who are experiencing a period of fantastic, sustained, growth of the back of a number of years of strong performance. As part of their growth, we are looking for a number of skilled and experienced ASP.Net Developers with exposure to VB.Net, JQuery and JavaScript. Our client are market leaders in Financial Software solutions with a list of high-profile clientele.This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation experiencing huge growth, with a focus on professional and personal development with a very to career progression.

Based just south of Birmingham, with strong transport links to the Midlands, this role is offering a salary in the region of �35,000pa - there is flexibility here for excellent candidates.

Agile Business Analyst

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:36:58 PST

My client is a technology driven business, who have a fantastic brand and reputation in the Online, E-Commerce markets. This is a key role within the delivery team building advanced software solutions for their on-line business. Successful candidates will have a desire to grow in a rapidly expanding firm that seeks to differentiate itself through technology. You must have great technology skills combined with excellent written and verbal communication skills. A passion for technology and a mature approach to software development using the latest agile techniques and technologies. You will work within a Business Analysis team to initite, shape, design and deliver system solutions. If you are a Certified Agile Scrum Master, Analyst or Product Owner then this is an advantage, but not essential.

You will support the Software Development team to document, design and deliver high quality systems. You will have the ability to produce Agile stories adhering to INVEST principles including acceptance criteria. You will help manage the Product and Sprint backlog. You will act as the central conduit between the business and the IT Development team. You will drive and challenage business units on their assumptions. You must have a minimum of 4 years experience as a Business Analyst with solid understanding of Agile/SCRUM methodologies (essential), as well as working on system design and development. Good problem solving skills needed and the abiility to mitigate potential issues. Any experience of working in the Utilities industry would be an adavantage. Excellent role based in Warwick.

Offering a salary of �45,000 + bonus + benefits.

PMO Analyst

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:24:44 PST

PMO Analyst - Excel + SQL

�27,000-�33,000 per annum + bonus

A position has arisen within the Project Management Office for a PMO Analyst for my client a leading insurance company.

The purpose of this job is to support the effective delivery of IT related projects and programmes by supporting compliance with methodologies and governance requirements.

The key responsibilities of the role are as follows:
� Managing the collection, maintenance and associated process of project and resource information
� Managing, administering, tracking and enhancing governance project and programme processes
� Production, consolidation and analysis of project related information to identify exceptions and potential problems which could inhibit project delivery. This will liaison with appropriate project staff and senior management to ensure appropriate mitigating actions are in place

The skills/experience required for this role are as follows:
� Ideally attained project management / support qualification (e.g. ISEB PPSO, PRINCE2)
� A sound understanding of project management lifecycle & methodology and typical problems associated with the implementation of IT projects
� Experience in dealing with multiple projects and a general understanding of programme management
� Must be able to understand project requirements and the delivery process
� Strong experience in the general use of databases particularly SQL and VBA with some basic programming experience (writing queries and extracting data)
. Strong practical experience of the Microsoft Office suite particularly Excel (including macros)
� Effective communication and interpersonal skills, both orally and in writing, with colleagues and customers at all levels, both formally and informally
� A systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to all work undertaken
� Good understanding of finance procedures, in particular awareness of Capital & Revenue

If you feel suitable for this role please apply.

Front Office Developer - Excel VBA

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:20:47 PST

Front Office Developer - Excel VBA

My client, a Global Energy Organisation, is looking to hire a Front Office Developer - Excel VBA

As part of the drive to develop an organisational capability in the front office, my client is looking for an experienced Front Office technologist to help create the next generation of risk and grid infrastructure

Roles and Responsibilities:-

You will directly face trading and structuring teams in a fast paced, high pressure front office environment to deliver bespoke solutions.
You will work with other developers, Business Analysts and testers as part of the wider team.
You will contribute to analysis, design and development of systems, business processes, data and interfaces.

Essential Skills & Experience:-

� Previous experience in designing and developing similar Excel/VBA based pricing and risk tools is a MUST.
� Working with the front office traders

If you feel suitable please apply

Business Analyst - Commodity

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:17:01 PST

Business Analyst - Commodity Trading

My client, a Global Energy Organisation, is looking to hire a Business Analyst with Commodity Trading experience

Roles and Responsibilities:-

Own and manage the relationship with the Users
Drive consensus and approval of requirements and solution definition across the global user community.
Provide 3rd line expert support for the production solution including incident and problem analysis of production issues as they arise.
Conduct business and systems analysis of change and maintenance requests producing appropriate analysis deliverables (e.g. change request impact assessments; functional specifications and logical data models).

Essential Skills & Experience:-

Knowledge of Commodity trading business trading physical products, preferably Oil or other Energy products
Appreciation of the overall Back-office process for a physical Oil trading organisation including settlement pricing and accounting processes
Able to develop domain knowledge with respect to the new solutions such as Bespoke, Java, Weblogic, Oracle, and SAP R3, SAP, BW
Solid experience as a business analyst within IT development project environments
Full project life-cycle experience from requirements gathering to testing with evidence of creating specification documentation
Good understanding of structured analysis methodologies, standards, tools & techniques e.g. UML, SSADM, Agile techniques (Scrum).

If you feel suitable please apply

Actuarial Modellers

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:15:04 PST

Harvey Nash’s client, a leading professional services organisation, are looking to recruit two Actuarial Modellers to join their growing modelling team. This is a rare opportunity to join a renowned firm in a role which will allow you to gain wide exposure of all aspects of the investment management and pensions industries.

If you are the chosen one, you will work closely with key stakeholders and join a superb environment where your work will be recognised and rewarded. The structure and work ethos means you won’t blend into the background, but will be empowered to work in a creative and friendly atmosphere on interesting and challenging work.

We are recruiting for positions in both London and Scotland, so whether you are a Northerner or a Southerner or in between and looking to relocate. Get involved.
You need to have:
� Previous modelling experience and of a particular modelling technology
� The aptitude to apply that experience to new situations using emerging technologies.
� Excellent communication skills. Team-work is an essential ingredient to the team’s
performance as is the ability to engage with our key stakeholders.
� Problem solving expertise. Solving analytical problems is key to this role
� Versatility. The ability to work across range of areas and different modelling challenges.
In order to carry out:

� On-going development of pension scheme models and their integration with asset
and risk models:
� Hands-on programming and design work
� Consultation with key stakeholders across divisions
� Production of high-level specifications where necessary
� Assisting with test, deployment and support activities where appropriate.
� Building a credible understanding of the actuarial modelling and risk analytics

You must be highly intelligent and have:

� Actuarial experience- fully qualified, part qualified or given-up exams.
� Some pensions or other life knowledge would be desirable
� Experience of actuarial model development (MoSes or a similar platform)
� Creative thinking to solve advanced modelling problems
� Demonstrate leadership skills

As well as a highly competitive benefits package our client rightly prides themselves on having developed excellent working conditions, where employee development and personal growth is top of the agenda.

To apply please forward your CV via the following link or call Robert Bainbridge on 0131 2605132 for more information.

Business Systems Manager - Public Sector - London

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:13:50 PST

Business Systems Manager - Public Sector - London - required strong in Application and System Support, Stakeholder Management, Contract and Supplier Relationsship Management / Procurement, Project Managment and Compliance Review and Security Administration to work for my established London based client. This is an excellent opportunity for a Busines Systems Manager to manage the relationships with suppliers and stakeholders intefacing with various application teams and all service parts of the business in ensure the departments have the right tools in order to deliver thier long term strategy. To apply the chosen candidate will have:

-Application and System Support
-Stakeholder Relationship Management
-Contract and Supplier Relationsbip Management and Procurement (�250k)
-Project Management
-Compliance Review and Security Administration

Only candidates with experience working in large scale, enterprise wide businesses, with experience in business systems management across multiple site locations / offices will be considered. Please note this position is 30% technical and 70% management. If you have the above and would like to know more then PLEASE APPLY NOW!!!

Project Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:11:18 PST

Project Manager - Software Delivery

�50,000-�60,000 per annum

My client, a leading Oil and Gas company are looking for a Project Manager with extensive experience with Software Delivery projects. The role will require the successful candidate to develop and maintain relationships with key project stakeholders, solution vendor(s) and service delivery partners. They will be responsible for producing and actively managing detailed project plans and budgets forecasts.

The key skills required for this role are as follows:
� Energy Trading or Investment Banking (desirable)
� Extensive IT project management experience in the delivery of IT solutions to business customers including incremental enhancement and change projects
� Experience of the full IT project lifecycle: from business analysis through to implementation and support.
� Proven annual and project budgetary experience of �500k or above.
� Proven experience of managing and developing project teams.
� Experience of working with 3rd party onshore and offshore vendors.
� Experience of Release Planning: defining and tracking delivery of projects and all activities required for successful implementation.
� Solid understanding of the whole Software Delivery Life Cycle.
� Strong decision making and governance skills.
� Knowledge of back-office, front-office, mid-office and integration applications.

If you feel suitable for this role please apply.

Administrator Supply Chain

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:10:08 PST

Administrator - Digital Supply Chain

My client a key player in the music industry is actively looking to recruit a Coordinator to work with their digital supply chain team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic and passionate around the music industry and keen to start their career with a leading and recognisable brand.

Responsibilities:
Receive commercial product information requests from the business and ensure the products are marked to reflect requirements.
Deal with general label issues, questions, and requests with regards to product status, ordering, and deliveries.
Run the adhoc product order process (e.g. requests from labels to rush certain products to certain partners), associated monitoring of delivery and reporting back to interested parties.
Ensure efficient end-to-end coordination of product and data deliveries in a fast moving and often demanding environment.

Background:
Preferably degree qualified or similar experience.
Admin/operational support experience in a fast moving digital media environment.
Experience working with media and data syndication systems is preferred.
Excellent knowledge of MS Office, Word and Excel. Proficiency using MS Access to analyse large datasets is also strongly preferred.

If you feel suitable please apply.

QA Engineer - Enterprise Systems

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:02 PST

QA Engineer - Enterprise Systems (SCRUM - Java - .Net)

�50,000 - �55,000 per annum

My client, a leading gaming organisation is actively looking to recruit a QA Engineer to join the existing team.

The role requires the strong application of Quality Assurance practices in the new enterprise system delivery teams. The role will involve working within an agile software delivery team and as part of the Quality Organisation. The environment is fast-paced and includes state-of-the-art functionality requiring a quick mind to understand and implement new concepts in a dynamic workplace.

The key responsibilities of the role are as follows:
* Work as an effective member of a scrum team - understanding and contributing to the agile delivery process, and taking ownership for your team’s software from concept to production
� Own quality - all aspects of testing and championing the QA Strategy and Vision
� Derive appropriate, comprehensive tests from user story acceptance criteria & input from Bas
� Develop, execute & maintain automated & manual tests for moderately complex areas of the systems, & write simple test utilities
� Identify requirements defects and work with your team to resolve them
� Contribute to continuous improvement of your team’s processes, methods and tools to increase delivery efficiency
� Provide advice and troubleshooting support to front-line Support Teams
� Stay up to date on general knowledge of the organisation and high level software architecture

Key Skills & Atributes:
* Strong testing and QA fundamentals
� Excellent analytical and technical problem solving skills with a pro-active approach
� A strong sense of good practice with respect to testing techniques
� Capable of or demonstrable aptitude to writing simple test utilities
� Able to work in a rapid development environment with flexible requirements
� Desire to learn new skills, gain knowledge and innovate
� Ability to back decisions with sound rationale
� A capacity to review and be reviewed constructively
� Excellent verbal and written communication skills
� Self-motivating, adaptable and flexible in approach
� Active contributor to a positive and enjoyable working environment

Essential Knowledge & Experience:
� Strong background in functional testing with the ability to plan, design, script and execute automation and manual test cases
� Experience in applying automated testing tools to successful software projects and understanding the strengths and limitations of various testing tools
� Experience of creating and maintaining automated &/or manual user acceptance tests for operational systems
� Good understanding of object oriented programming languages
� Experience of programming in .NET or Java
� Awareness of the different types of testing frameworks - data driven and keyword driven
� Proven diagnostic and debugging skills
� Experience of testing transactional systems, web technology & operational systems
� Broad experience of the various models of the SDLC, with a high priority focus on Agile Software Delivery
� Ability to learn new technologies and software quickly
� Build strong relationships across teams

� Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to work well with both technical and non-technical colleagues
� Experience with customer centric industries and mission critical quality software standards

If you feel suitable for this role please apply.

Project Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:58:30 PST

Project Manager - Consulting

My client, a leading consulting firm are actively looking to recruit a Project Manager with specific experience in delivering software development projects into the financial services and insurance sectors.

You will need to have a demonstrable background in a client facing consulting role with full end to end delivery life cycle experience with a strong commercial and budgetary background.

Some of the key areas that they are looking for are:-

Experience in a development environment with experience of demonstrable success in a project management in a consulting environment.

Experience of at least 2 business applications environments (e.g. CRM, eBusiness, ERP, etc).
Broad technology experience and a sound awareness of technology trends and their potential impact on current & future projects.
Experience of working with at least 2 different clients and demonstrable evidence of building sound client relationships.
Experience of creating and working to project plans together with handling change controls.
Sound communication skills including formal presentations.
Strong commercial awareness and sound understanding of project dynamics.
Experience of adhering to project management disciplines and quality standards.
Ability to manage and motivate team members and lead by example.
Ability to work to tight deadlines.

If you feel suitable please apply.

Incident Management Analyst

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:55:49 PST

Incident Management Analyst, Application Support, Software Support Analyst, Product Support, Incident Support, IT Support, Systems Support, Visualfiles, InterAction, SolCase, Streamline, CRM, SQL, .Net- Leeds

Incident Management Analyst required to work for a dynamic and reputable business based in the Leeds area. You will be responsible for acting as the first point of contact for customers; providing support on the company’s in house software and applications resolving issues and restoring service as quickly and effectively as possible.

Day to day responsibilities will include recording timely and accurate incident information, research, analyse, investigate and resolve reported incidents in line with agreed SLAs and you will perform regular maintenance task including the installation of software/release. It would be of high advantage if you had any experience providing support on Visualfiles, SolCase, InterAction CRM or Streamline; however full training would be provided.

This role is not a high call volume environment; you will be getting involved with more in-depth and complex problems. You must have proven experience of supporting software applications or bespoke products. You will have strong analytical skills and will possess a methodical approach towards your work.

The company offer a rewarding working environment and have a really strong team ethic. You will be a good communicator with the ability to interact well with other areas of the business.

Based just on the outskirts of Leeds the role is commutable from Bradford, Harrogate, Wakefield, York, Ilkley, Skipton, Huddersfield and surrounding areas.

Automated QA Engineer

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:49:34 PST

Automated QA Engineer (Mobile/Web Applications)

�45,000 - �50,000 per annum

My client, a leading gaming organisation is actively looking to recruit an Automated QA Test Engineer to join the existing team.

The successful candidate will need to be a dedicated, self-motivated and experienced QA Engineer with Mobile and Automation Experience. The role involves working closely with other QA engineers, developers and Product Owners as part of an automated and functional QA team within a growing agile software delivery department. The successful candidate will have a drive and passion to really get under the skin of the experience/product.

The key responsibilities of the role are as follows:
* Contribute to the overall quality assurance and testing effort on projects
* Design, develop and execute automated and manual tests
* Contribute to increasing test coverage on Automated Mobile Web Applications and Web Service testing
* Assume ownership of project QA requirements and deliverables
* Contribute to improvements to Test framework.

Essential Skills & Experience:
* Experience in Testing Mobile Web Applications on one or more Mobile Platforms(Android SDK, iPhone SDK, HTML5\CSS3,and RIM\Blackberry)
* Experience using test automation frameworks for example Selenium Web Driver and TestNG/Junit
* Experience coding in Java.
* Able to suggest and implement improvements to framework/ utilities.
* Understanding of HTML,CSS and JavaScript
* Understanding of HTTP Request / Response
* Background in functional/automated testing with the ability to plan, design, script and execute test cases
* Experience of Agile software development practices
* Proven diagnostic and debugging skills
* Proactive work ethic with the ability to deliver results and meet challenging deadlines
* Good communication skills (written, oral, presentations)

Desirable Skills & Experience:
* Capable of writing simple to advanced test utilities in Java.
* Experience working in Continuous Integration environments
* Basic Spring
* Experience using issue tracking systems(Rally,Jira)

If you feel suitable for this role please apply.

HR Shared Service Manager - Administration

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:35:45 PST

The role of HR Shared Services Manager is an exciting opportunity to set up a new centralised HR Administration centre within a leading edge and highly successful global service business. This is a brand new role that has arisen due to positive business change and development and provides a longer-term opportunity to grow the HR Shared Services function to cover other areas such as Reward, Recruitment and HR Systems.

Examples of Responsibilities
* Set up HR processes and admin procedures in relation to meet service requirements relating to organisational and employee lifecycle changes
* Monitor and report on people data and management information
* Consult with HR and global stakeholders in order to establish business needs and identify areas for improvement
* Take responsibility for the development of the function to include recruitment of team members as and when required and design new structures and processes to support further HR activities at a later date

Skills & Qualifications
* Educated to A’Level standard or equivalent
* CIPD qualification is highly advantageous
* Proven experience with a HR Shared Services environment; ideally to include the design and implementation of new HR admin processes and procedures
* High level of numeracy, ability to analyse data and manage processes
* Confidence in liaising with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
* Previous experience of using SAP HR would be highly advantageous

ABOUT HARVEY NASH HR

Harvey Nash’s Human Resources Division specialises in the recruitment and development of HR professionals.

We set up Harvey Nash HR with one simple vision in mind - to create a specialist HR division that has the passion and razor-sharp focus of a boutique, whilst at the same time provide our clients and candidates with the unique market insight, resources and international contacts of one of the most respected brands in recruitment.

We are part of Harvey Nash, a global professional recruitment consultancy and IT outsourcing service provider, and trusted advisor to some of the world’s leading businesses, governments and institutions. We operate from 37 offices covering the USA,
Europe and Asia.

Linux Systems Engineer - Global Media Company

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:34:29 PST

Linux Systems Engineer - London - Large Media Company

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Linux Systems Engineer with solid MySQL experience to join an global Media company.

Linux Systems Engineer who wish to be considered for this position must display the following skills and expertise:

� Solid Linux Systems Engineer background, 3+ years
� Good Linux, Red Hat/Cent OS
� Experience with scripting (Perl, Shell or PHP etc)
� Knowledge of VMware
� Storage experience (Beneficial)

If you are an experienced Linux Systems Engineer and have solid experience with Linux, MySQL, Apache & scripting then we want to hear from you.

My client is offering a competitive salary of up to �45,000 + Bens + Bonus. Apply now for more details.

Infrastructure Engineer - Wireless Specialist

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:24:20 PST

To apply for this position please click (or copy and paste) the following link: http://www.harveynash.com/uk/microsites/hulluni/

Infrastructure Engineer - Wireless Specialist

The University of Hull are looking to appoint an Infrastructure Engineer (Wireless Specialist) to be part of their ICT Infrastructure Team, which is part of the Operations Group. The role is based at the Hull campus.

The role will report to the Infrastructure Support Manager and will be part of an expanding department that offers exciting challenges and development opportunities. The post holder will need to have the knowledge and technical understanding to contribute to the support and improvement of the ICT infrastructure. They will also be expected to have the technical skills to embrace new technologies, practices and processes.

The post holder will be required to take some responsibility for individual and combined systems typically including:

� Communication and collaboration systems, including Lync and VoIP technologies
� Wireless networking
� Network Services, including DHCP and DNS
� Data Centres, including security and access control, and environmental conditions
� Servers, including the maintenance of Dell and Sun/Oracle hardware, and the installation of Windows and Solaris Operating Systems, in addition to updates.

They may also be involved with general duties including:

� Monitoring of systems and services, including alerts from automated procedures, anti-virus and management systems.
� Proactive improvement and automation of auditing and housekeeping tasks.
� Third line support to the Service Desk

Due to the Technical Nature of the following skills are deemed essential:

� Demonstrable substantial knowledge and experience with regards to the principles applications and support of wireless networks

In return Hull University is offering a base salary of �19,972 - �23,121 depending on experience. This also comes with an excellent benefits package and a fantastic working environment. Furthermore a generous relocation package is offered if necessary.

To apply for this position please click (or copy and paste) the following link: http://www.harveynash.com/uk/microsites/hulluni/

Desktop & Systems Engineer

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:19:58 PST

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Desktop & Systems Engineer
(Desktop Applications and Delivery Specialist)

The University of Hull is looking to appoint Desktop and Systems Engineer (Desktop Applications and Delivery Specialist) to be a part of the Desktop and Systems Support team, based at their Hull Campus.

The Desktop and Systems team is part of the Operations Group and is responsible for developing, supporting and managing a range of systems and services that are delivered to the university and the wider community. The post holder will report to the Desktop and Systems Support Manager and will be part of an expanding department that offers exciting challenges and development opportunities.

The post holder will need to have the knowledge and technical understanding to contribute to the support and improvement of systems and services that fall under the Group’s remit. They will also be expected to have the technical skills to embrace new technologies, practices and processes.

The post holder will be required to take some responsibility for individual and combined systems and services typically including:

� Workstation and applications update systems.
� Directory services, including Active Directory, Group Policy and Forefront Identity Manager.
� Image deployment systems.
� Server-based third-party applications

Day to day duties will include monitoring systems and services, including alerts from automated procedures and management systems. In order to be considered for this role, candidates must be able to demonstrate substantial knowledge and experience in the principles, technology, implementation, support and management of:

� Desktop application and delivery
� Application virtualisation

In return the University of Hull is offering a base salary of �19,972 - �23,121 depending on experience. This also comes with an excellent benefits package and a fantastic working environment. Furthermore a generous relocation package is offered if necessary.

To apply for this position please click (or copy and paste) the following link: http://www.harveynash.com/uk/microsites/hulluni/

Desktop & Systems Engineer - Active Directory

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:16:54 PST

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Desktop & Systems Engineer - (Active Directory Specialist)

The University of Hull is looking to appoint Desktop and Systems Engineer (Active Directory Specialist) to be a part of the Desktop and Systems Support team, based at their Hull Campus.

The Desktop and Systems team is part of the Operations Group and is responsible for developing, supporting and managing a range of systems and services that are delivered to the University and the wider community. The post holder will report to the Desktop and Systems Support Manager and will be part of an expanding department that offers exciting challenges and development opportunities.

The post holder will need to have the knowledge and technical understanding to contribute to the support and improvement of systems and services that fall under the Group’s remit. They will also be expected to have the technical skills to embrace new technologies, practices and processes.

The post holder will be required to take some responsibility for individual and combined systems and services typically including:

� Workstation and application update systems.
� Directory services, including Active Directory, Group Policy and Forefront Identity Manager.
� Image deployment systems.
� Server-based third-party applications

Day to day duties will include monitoring systems and services, including alerts from automated procedures and management systems. In order to be considered for this role, candidates must be able to demonstrate substantial knowledge and experience in the principles, technology, implementation, support and management of:

� Microsoft Active Directory
� Identity Management systems
� Microsoft DNS and DHCP services
� Radius authentication services

In return the University of Hull is offering a base salary of �19,972 - �23,121 depending on experience. This also comes with an excellent benefits package and a fantastic working environment. Furthermore a generous relocation package is offered if necessary.

To apply for this position please click (Or copy and paste) the following link: http://www.harveynash.com/uk/microsites/hulluni/

Service Desk Analyst

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:13:41 PST

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Service Desk Analyst

The University of Hull is looking to appoint a Service Desk Analyst to be a part of the Service Desk team, based at the Hull Campus. The Service Desk team is a vitally important element of the ICT department, providing a single point of contact for customers and handling all incidents, access and service requests.

The post holder’s primary responsibility will be to provide frontline support to staff and students where they will display high levels of service and constantly strive to provide the best outcomes for the customers of the ICT Department.

The day to day activities of the role are to:

� Provide ICT support to staff and students
� Perform front line duties and escalate problems were necessary
� Record all calls and emails using a commercial ICT service management software application
� Work Closely with other areas of the ICT Department in order to focus on obtaining the best outcome for the customer

Due to the technical nature of the role the following technologies are deemed essential:

� Substantial knowledge of and experience using and supporting Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems, Microsoft Office 2007 and Apple OS X or higher
� Be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience in connecting client devices to wired and wireless networks
� Experience on using an I.T Service management call logging system
� Worked previously in a first line role, providing high quality, customer focused support

In return Hull University is offering a base salary of �19,972 - �23,121 depending on experience. This also comes with an excellent benefits package and a fantastic working environment. Furthermore a generous relocation package is offered if necessary.

To apply for this position please click (or copy and paste) the following link: http://www.harveynash.com/uk/microsites/hulluni/

Infrastructure Engineer - Network Specialist

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:11:35 PST

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Infrastructure Engineer - Network Specialist

The University of Hull are looking to appoint an Infrastructure Engineer (Network Specialist) to be part of their ICT Infrastructure Team, which is part of the Operations Group. The role is based at the Hull campus.

The role will report to the Infrastructure Support Manager and will be part of an expanding department that offers exciting challenges and development opportunities. The post holder will need to have the knowledge and technical understanding to contribute to the support and improvement of the ICT infrastructure. They will also be expected to have the technical skills to embrace new technologies, practices and processes.

The post holder will be required to take some responsibility for individual and combined systems typically including:

� Communication and collaboration systems, including Lync and VoIP technologies
� Wireless networking
� Network Services, including DHCP and DNS
� Data Centres, including security and access control, and environmental conditions
� Servers, including the maintenance of Dell and Sun/Oracle hardware, and the installation of Windows and Solaris Operating Systems, in addition to updates.

They may also be involved with general duties including:

� Monitoring of systems and services, including alerts from automated procedures, anti-virus and management systems.
� Proactive improvement and automation of auditing and housekeeping tasks
� Third line support to the Service Desk
Due to the Technical Nature of the following skills and knowledge are deemed essential:
� ICT networking principles, technology, applications and support
� The management and support of DNS, DHCP and Radius services

In return Hull University is offering a base salary of �19,972 - �23,121 depending on experience. This also comes with an excellent benefits package and a fantastic working environment. Furthermore a generous relocation package is offered if necessary.

To apply for this position please click (or copy and paste) the following link: http://www.harveynash.com/uk/microsites/hulluni/

Oracle DBA Leeds

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:09:29 PST

Database Administrator, Leeds, West Yorkshire. DBA, EBS, Oracle, Linux x64, 11gR2 databases, UC4, DR, Test, Development, UAT.Harvey Nash is currently recruiting on behalf of a well known retail business based in Leeds.
This dynamic organisation actively seeks a quality Database Administrator on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Technical Manager you will work as part of a well skilled and highly respected Technical Team. You will be responsible for providing general DBA support across all environments as required. You will be an experienced and professional database administrator with proven skills in SQL server and Oracle.
You must have excellent communication skills as you will be required to speak with colleagues at a variety of different levels on a daily basis. This is a diverse role that will require you to 'turn your hand' to a wide spectrum within Database Administration, such as; database management, performance management, disaster recovery, installation of software, development and UAT.
Salary �35,000 - �40,000
Key words: Database Administrator, Leeds, West Yorkshire, DBA, EBS, Oracle, Linux x64, 11gR2 databases, UC4, DR, Test, Development, UAT.

Infrastructure Engineer - Unified Comms Specialist

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:09:08 PST

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Infrastructure Engineer - Unified Communications Specialist

The University of Hull are looking to appoint an Infrastructure Engineer (Unified Communications Specialist) to be part of their ICT Infrastructure Team, which is part of the Operations Group. The role is based at the Hull campus.

The role will report to the Infrastructure Support Manager and will be part of an expanding department that offers exciting challenges and development opportunities. The post holder will need to have the knowledge and technical understanding to contribute to the support and improvement of the ICT infrastructure. They will also be expected to have the technical skills to embrace new technologies, practices and processes.

The post holder will be required to take some responsibility for individual and combined systems typically including:

� Communication and collaboration systems, including Lync and VoIP technologies
� Wireless networking
� Network Services, including DHCP and DNS.
� Data Centres, including security and access control, and environmental conditions
� Servers, including the maintenance of Dell and Sun/Oracle hardware, and the installation of Windows and Solaris Operating Systems, in addition to updates.

They may also be involved with general duties including:
� Monitoring of systems and services, including alerts from automated procedures, anti-virus and management systems.
� Proactive improvement and automation of auditing and housekeeping tasks
� Third line support to the Service Desk

Due to the Technical Nature of the following skills are deemed essential:

� ICT networking
� Voice over IP technology
� Microsoft Lync technologies and its integration within a Unified Communications deployment

In return Hull University is offering a base salary of �19,972 - �23,121 depending on experience. This also comes with an excellent benefits package and a fantastic working environment. Furthermore a generous relocation package is offered if necessary.

To apply for this position please click (or copy and paste) the following link: http://www.harveynash.com/uk/microsites/hulluni/

UK IT Director - Manchester

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:08:08 PST

UK IT Director - Manchester

A client centric and ambitious organisation based in Manchester are actively seeking a UK IT Director to maximise capability, whilst providing excellent service to customers through information technology. You will look to maintain the existing software and hardware systems, taking on key projects to enhance and develop new technology to meet business objectives.

Maximising operating system performance will be key to this role, identifying issues correctly, performing appropriate actions to fix problems as well as preventing operation malfunctions to maximize efficiency. Maintenance of servers to ensure 97% Up-time is achieved, space and speed issues are optimised and feedback from users is positive will be essential.

You will look to develop a strategic plan for the I.T. Systems within the organisation, making strategic decisions to improve both hardware and software systems. Establishing policies and procedures to ensure IT systems are being used appropriately, you will work with management team to comply with all regulatory requirements of the business providing effective and efficient IT solutions.

You will have a strong technical background across infrastructure and software, whilst also being that client facing, business minded individual. This role will liaise with senior stakeholders within the business, however you will also have direct exposure to the business development piece, being heavily involved with attracting and securing new business developments to the organisation.

The IT Director is required to make recommendations on the best course of action to take in maintaining, developing and enhancing computer hardware, software and mainframe systems. They are also required to make recommendations to the Group CIO, UK CFO and UK Managing Director regarding Capex in this area.

This exciting opportunity is paying a competitive salary of �60,000 - �65,000 + Car Allowance, Benefits and Bonus.

Field and Media Services Engineer

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:05:16 PST

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Field and Media Services Engineer

The University of Hull is looking to appoint a Field and Media Services Engineer, based at the Hull Campus. Reporting directly to the Field and Media Services Manager, the role will be part of a team of Field and Media Engineers, who will be tasked with providing day to day, audio-visual and media support to the University campuses and its satellite sites.

While general calls for support are routed and prioritised through the Service Desk team, calls for support from teaching spaces are given direct access through a ';hot line’ to the Field & Media Services workshop.

The role holder will be expected to provide day to day technical support as part of the team, to liaise with first, second and third line support teams and be focussed on obtaining the best outcome for the customer.

The main activities of the Field and Media Services team will include:

� The installation, configuring, upgrading and troubleshooting of personal computer components and their associated peripheral equipment
� Installation and maintenance of audio-visual, video-conferencing, video capture and digital signage equipment
� Instructing teaching staff on the use of equipment in teaching spaces
� Fault diagnosis and repairs down to motherboard or sub-assembly level
� Setting up staff and student IT equipment to access the University network
� Digital media creation, storage, editing and transfer

Because of the technical nature of the role, the following skills are deemed essential:

� Previous experience of using and supporting Microsoft Windows 7 operating system or higher
� Previous experience of using and supporting Microsoft Office 2007 or higher
� An understanding of networking principles
� Demonstrable experience of repair and maintenance of both PC’s and Apple Macintosh’s
� Fault diagnosis, maintenance, repair and support of audio-visual equipment and control systems

In return Hull University is offering a base salary of �19,972 - �23,121 depending on experience. This also comes with an excellent benefits package and a fantastic working environment. Furthermore a generous relocation package is offered if necessary.

To apply for this position please click (or copy and paste) the following link: http://www.harveynash.com/uk/microsites/hulluni/

Software Developer (C#.net, TSQL, MVC), Leeds

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:35:30 PST

C#.net Software Engineer, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Software Developer, Applications Developer, Systems Developer, Programmer, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005, T-SQL, .net, C#, software development, Prince II, Project Management, Web services , MVC Framework, N-Tier Development, Active Directory, WPF, object orientated methodologies.

C# / ASP.Net Developer required urgently for my client who is one of the market leaders in their chosen field. This is a hands on development / coding role where you will take ownership of the full project lifecycle. Working as part of a small, dedicated development team you will see your efforts well rewarded. Reporting to the Development Team Leader and Project Manager you will work on projects from inception through to completion. This will include gathering requirements, producing technical specifications, developing the solution, ensuring all development is unit tested, providing input to release plans and project management methodology.

You will have a solid CV demonstrating at least 4 years commerical experience in application development using C# .net, T-SQL, Web Services, MVC, N-Tier Development, Active Directory, WPF and object orientated methodologies.

This is an exciting opportunity working for a rapidly growing organisation where you will have a genuine input into the design and development of business critical applications. You will have experience in the full life cycle of the development process from gathering requirements to bug fixing. Project based work will include varied .NET web, desktop and windows service applications development. You must be a confident communicator able to liase with internal and external stakeholders at a variety of levels.

Whilst your skills and experience are very important to my client. It is equally important that you have an outgoing personality to share the charisma that this dedicated team have. Regular training opportunities to progress you career will be given.

For immediate consideration for this role please email ed.embley@harveynash.com or call Ed Embley on 0113 202 8911.

Software Development Project Manager - Stockport

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:34:35 PST

Project Manager - Software Development - Maternity Cover - Stockport
Project Manager required by my international client to be based at their offices in Stockport, to manage the delivery of software projects within the development team.
Please note this position is a fixed term contract for 9 months.
As Project Manager you will have significant experience in the full lifecycle delivery of software development projects, with experience in authoring production documentation including project initiation documents, business case requirements specifications and software briefs.
You will be an experienced Project Manager with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
If you are interested in this position please apply directly
The salary on offer for this position is �30,000 - �35,000 dependant upon experience
Keywords: Project Manager, Software Development, Agile

Online Designer

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:32:13 PST

Our client a well-known high street retailer, are seeking an experienced and highly creative Web designer to help drive their e-commerce interfaces forward. If you are in a similar role or looking for a step up in your designer career with a huge high street brand, get in touch now.

Key Responsibilities
* Designing and maintaining the online UI interface
* Designing and Integrating new e-commerce platform features
* Designing and implementing a variety of HTML e-mail creative in accordance with best practices
* Analysing and researching e-commerce user experience and designing work flows accordingly
* Designing supplier micro sites, including graphic content, site navigation, and layout of content with a good understanding of user experience and usability
* Support and contribute to development projects on their main site.

Desirable experience required

* Excellent graphic design skills
* Strong development skills in XHTML and CSS
* An understanding of and ability in animation, illustration, presentation, and publishing applications (DreamWeaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, ImageReady, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, etc.)
* Strong understanding of e-commerce user experience best practices
* Good understanding of the importance of SEO
* To be a keen team player able to take briefs and develop compelling customer content working collaboratively with colleagues
* A good understand of design fundamentals, such as type, colour, layout and imagery creation/optimisation
* Eager to learn and apply latest advancements in e-commerce practices and social media

If you would like to learn more about the company, role and huge opportunity on offer, please get in touch now with your most up to date CV before you miss out.

Business Continuity Analyst, Manchester

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:31:58 PST

Business Continuity Analyst, Manchester, North West. Disaster recovery, Business Continuity Plans, Business Unit Recovery, IS BCP, Compliance, Audit, service planning.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a full-time, permanent Disaster Recovery (DR) / Business Continuity (BC) Analyst to join one of our major clients in west Manchester.

The purpose of this role is to ensure that adequate technical and organisational provisions / plans are in place to recover the business in the event of a major incident, and that these are tested and kept appropriately current.

You will be required to work closely with nominated business and IS co-ordinators providing support and guidance. You will be involved in agreeing testing procedures, supporting reviews of Business Unit Recovery Requirements & Business Continuity Plans and maintaining the overall IS plans etc.

To be considered for this role you will have good project management skills, you will be a confident communicator and you will be able to demonstrate and apply principles of BCP and those of continuous improvement. You must also have an understanding of ITIL Service Management, with particular emphasis on "IT Service Continuity Management".

Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity Co-ordinator, Manchester, DR/BC testing, Business Continuity Management Planning, BS25999 Business Continuity Management standard, ITIL Service Management.

For immediate consideration for this role please email ed.embley@harveynash.com or call Ed Embley on 0113 202 8911.

Web Developer (Vb.net, C#, SQL 2008), Leeds

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:27:37 PST

Web Developer, Leeds, West Yorkshire. C#, VB.net, SQL Server, SQL 2008, HTML, CSS, Javascript, MVC, NHibernate, ASP.net 4.0, winforms, software developer, engineer, programmer.

My client is currently offering one of the best opportunities in Leeds for technically minded Web Developers. You may come from a vb.net background or a c#.net background. The most important factor is that you know how to develop high quality web applications and that you are culturally aligned to my client. One of the most important elements in a new recruit for my client is that you have a very strong team ethic. In this team of 12 developers it is very important that all members of the team are willing to share ideas and help each other to identify areas of improvement. Very rarely do developers leave this team to work for another organisation due to the fantastic working environment my client offers.

The essential requirements of this role is for candidates to have strong c# or vb.net skills with SQL 2008. Thereafter the desirable skills are HTML, CSS, Javascript, MVC and NHibernate. As long as you have the key essential requirements and you are an outstanding team player my client can provide assistance to train you in other areas such as MVC and NHibernate. Your attitude and personality will be of upmost importance. The work you will be doing is split between greenfield applications and also some maintenance of existing systems.

By way of benefits my clients offers a general holiday allowance with the opportunity to buy and sell additional holidays. There is a bonus based on your attendance that is the same value regardless of your seniority in the business. You will also be given a microsoft subscription and the opportunity to go on training courses of your choice (project & management discretion). Your personal development is high on the priorty list of my client therefore you are gauranteed to find this opportunity a cut above the rest.

Based in Central Leeds this role is easily commutable from Bradford, York, Huddersfield, Halifax, Harrogate, Ilkley, Otley, Wakefield, Ossett, Normanton, Hebden Bridge, Mirfield, Brighouse, Wetherby, Leeds and surrounding areas.

For a confidential discussion about this fantastic opportunity please contact Ed Embley on 0113 202 8911 or email ed.embley@harveynash.com

Application Support Developer, Leeds, Yorkshire

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:23:52 PST

Application Support Developer, Leeds, West Yorkshire. .Net, ASP.net, ASP, SQL Server 2000-2005, jQuery, Javascript, C#, VB.Net, ITIL, Source Control, HTML, XML, .Net Nuke, MVC, SSIS, VB, Developer, Programmer, Engineer, Systems developer, Application support analyst, Support Analyst, 2nd Line Support, 3rd Line Support, technical support, IT Support, Service Desk Analyst, ICT Technician.

One of the most prestigious, well thought of companies in Leeds is offering a fantastic opportunity as an Application Support Developer. One day a week will be spent working in a support function and the rest of the week will be spent in a developer capacity working on business critical projects.

You will have a development and /or support background. If you have a development background you will have experience in C# or VB.Net and SQL server. If you come from a support background you will ideally have had experience of working in an ITIL environment with an understanding of incident / problem / change management. Other desirable skills are HTML, XML, SSIS, jQuery, Javascript, Source Control and .Net Nuke. However, personality and attitude are one of the most important elements that the successful candidate will have. This is because my client is looking for a long term addition to the team that will enjoy team work and sharing of ideas. The successful candidate will be passionate about technology, approachable and have a good sense of fun. You will have evidence of being a proactive self learner. You will have a strong focus on being able to deliver what is required within agreed SLA's.

By way of benefits my clients offers a general holiday allowance with the opportunity to buy and sell additional days. There is a bonus based on your attendance that is the same value regardless of your seniority in the business. You will also be given a Microsoft subscription and the opportunity to go on training courses of your choice (project & management discretion). Your personal development is high on the priority list of my client therefore you are guaranteed to find this opportunity a cut above the rest.
Based in Central Leeds this role is easily commutable from Bradford, York, Huddersfield, Halifax, Harrogate, Ilkley, Otley, Wakefield, Ossett, Normanton, Hebden Bridge, Mirfield, Brighouse, Wetherby, Leeds and surrounding areas.

For immediate consideration for this role please email ed.embley@harveynash.com or call Ed Embley on 0113 202 8911.

IT Systems Administrator - London

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:22:02 PST

IT Systems Administrator - Public Sector - London - required strong in Windows Server 2003/2008, Exchange 2007/2010 and VMware (Vsphere) support to work for my established client. This is an excellent opportunity for the chosen IT Systems Administrator to work on the provisioning, installation, operation and maintenance of systems hardware and software. To be considered you must have strong experience in the following:

-Microsoft Server including Windows 2000/2003/200
-Active Directory
-Exchange 2007/2010-TCP/IP, WAN/LAN Routing
-VMWare 4/5Operation and Administration

Any candidates with exposure to SAN (preferably Netapp), MAC OSX and Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) would be highly desirable. If you have the above and are keen to work as part of a small team on Systems Administration duties and projects then PLEASE APPLY NOW!!!

Business Analyst - Fixed Income Tech

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:21:32 PST

Fixed Income - Business Analyst - Technology - Derivatives - Risk
My client, a leading investment bank is looking for a Business Analyst to generate requirements for front office pricing and risk solutions across Global Fixed Income Derivatives products. This London based position requires candidates to possess excellent communication skills dealing with trading/support groups on a frequent basisAdditionally candidates should have an excellent understanding of fixed income products and trade lifecycle and be capable of generating independent ideas and able to work effectively within a global team split across several different locations and time zones.
Experience Required:
� Experience developing requirements for Fixed Income applications.
� Experience working with Fixed Income analytics (government and corporate bonds, callable securities, index-linked instruments, swaps , CDS, vanilla options)
� Familiar with risk calculations (greeks, duration, cexity)
� Understanding of derivatives P&L decomposition
� Experience working with quantitative analysts and developers, traders and risk management

PHP Developer, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:16 PST

PHP Web Application Developer- PHP, OO (object orientation), Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML, CSS, MVC, LAMP, XML, SCRUM, Agile, Memcache, SQL, Java, scala, Ruby , API, RESTful, AWS.

Harvey Nash currently has a very exciting vacancy for an Oobject orientated) PHP developer / Software Engineer to join an forward thinking and fast paced international company based in Leeds.

The successful candidate will be joining a team that work on mission critical B2C and B2B high transactional systems (front and back end systems). You will be responsible for developing the key parts of the systems along with working on design, architecture and delivery to production. The ideal candidate will have experience of developing high performance and scalable code on a Web 2.0 LAMP stack and a full understanding of object orientation. You will focus on rapid development, performance, latency and scalability. You will be a high level coder with at least 3 years experience. This role would be ideally suited to an experienced, hands on and results driven PHP developer looking to work within an Agile environment. You will also have experience in Javascript, jQuery AJAX and MVC framework. Other desirable skills for this role are XML and SCRUM.

The founder of this organisation is very entrepreneurial; therefore the successful candidate will enjoy working in a fast paced and vibrant atmosphere. For the right candidate there is a lot of opportunity for this role to develop into a Senior Software Engineer role due to the excelled growth my client has planned.

Our client is at the forefront of technology and innovation which therefore makes this company and exciting place to advance your career within. Flexible working hours are provided with my client; core hours being between 10am- 4pm.

For immediate consideration for this role please email ed.embley@harveynash.com or call Ed Embley on 0113 202 8911.

Software Developer, Liverpool, Merseyside, Web

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:15:34 PST

Software Developer, Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside. Software Engineer, Microsoft .Net Framework, Dynamics CRM 4.0, C#, ASP.net, Microsoft SQL Server, source control, Team Foundation Server (TFS), web services, WCF, SQL, win-forms, WCF.

Harvey Nash is exclusively working on behalf of a leading and well known organisation looking to actively recruit a Software Developer. My client is looking for high calibre candidates with good business acumen and solid communication skills.

You will have some proven commercial experience working the Microsoft .net framework in either a web or windows environment. Ideally candidates should have a minimum of 3 years experience utilising ASP.net and Microsoft SQL Server. Ideally this will be programming with C#. Any experience of Dynamics CRM 4.0 would be advantageous but not essential. Experience of working in a team environment utilising source control software, preferably Team Foundation Server would be advantageous. Candidates with experience of developing disperate systems using web services and WCF and other areas of the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 would be advantageous.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on large scale systems with an organisation that is fully committed to supporting and progressing your career from within. It is a fast paced and exciting environment, to find out more about this great opportunity please call Ed Embley 0113 202 8911 or email ed.embley@harveynash.com

SAS Developer/Analyst

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:13:45 PST

Due to an increase in work load, exciting opportunities have arisen at my West Yorkshire based client to join their SAS based teams. You will be responsible for hands on SAS reporting/development, helping to manage/maintain the SAS data warehouse and also reporting. The knowledge my client is looking for is good knowledge of SAS, ideally 9.2, and knowledge of DI Studio, Enterprise Guide, data warehouses or similar would be highly advantageous. The salary on offer for these positions is �28k - �34k plus benefits. For more information please send your CV ASAP! For more information please send in your CV ASAP! Harvey Nash Plc operates as an employment agency when recruiting for permanent vacancies, and an employment business when recruiting for contract vacancies.

Infrastructure Team Lead - Perm/Leeds

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:10:26 PST

infrastructure Team Leader - Permanent - Leeds (West Yorkshire).

MS Windows server environments, (Windows 2003 +, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange 2003 onwards), IIS, SQL, Networking (LAN/WAN/VPN), systems security, Blade servers, SAN's, VMWare ESXi server virtualisation, Citrix.

Infrastructure Lead required to provide hands-on IT infrastructure systems development, management and technical support for a successful Yorkshire based business.Main responsibilities are to cover network, desktop, server, hosting and other IT technical infrastructure while supervising a small team of technical support staff.

* Develop and implement a consistent approach to IT network, software and infrastructure development in line with the IT Strategy.
* Provide day to day infrastructure and technical systems support across the whole business
* Provide hands-on technical support to the IT support team
* Delivery of assigned infrastructure improvement projects on time and to business requirements
* Work with and provide technical support to the Project Management team in the identification, development and implementation of new business systems
* Ensure appropriate security and system policies are developed and adhered to.
* Manage external providers to ensure contractual services are provided to a satisfactory level and that SLA's are met.
* Support the ongoing development and operation of the IT Help Desk provision and SLA's to best practice standards.
* Management of technical communications including communications lines, VPN's, web services, email and define standards for base line performance reporting
* Develop and maintain systems documentation.
* Provide key input into the development and implementation of change controls, system updates and software releases.
* Production of regular updates and IT service performance reporting to management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED:
* Extensive experience of managing and supporting a corporate IT infrastructure with particular skills in MS Windows server environments, (Specifically Windows 2003 onwards, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange 2003 onwards), IIS, SQL, Networking (LAN/WAN/VPN) and systems security.
* Experience of Blade servers, SAN's, VMWare ESXi server virtualisation and Citrix technologies is highly desirable.
* Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills covering network administration and security, server management, software and issue resolution.
* Good knowledge of a wide range of PC and network applications.
* Experience in managing technical staff
* MCSE accreditation

To Apply: Send CVs Initially

Senior Developer, Web, Macclesfield

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:08:39 PST

C# ASP.NET Senior Web Developer, Macclesfield, Manchester. Lead Developer, Senior Developer, C#, Microsoft .NET (2 / 3 / 3.5 / 4), ASP.NET (2, 3.5, 4), AJAX, MVC / MVP, JSON, JQuery, SQL Server 2005/2008, T-SQL, XHTML/HTML, JavaScript, Web Services (WCF, SOAP) , XML, TFS (Team Foundation Server), web forms, object orientated software development.

Harvey Nash is recruiting on behalf of an International client that employs over 40,000 employees worldwide with offices in the Manchester area, Leeds, Coventry, Europe, Australasia, Americas and South Africa. You will be an experienced C# ASP.NET Developer looking to become part of an award winning IT team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a face paced environment for an organisation that values its employees and supports their career growth within the business.

You will have solid commercial experience of working with web based applications and consumer focused websites using C# ASP.NET. Being a developer in the team you will be supported in achieving Microsoft Certification (MCTS) within the first 6 months if you do not already have this qualification. You will be responsible for developing consumer facing web applications using C#, ASP.NET, MVC / MVP, AJAX and SQL Server 2005/2008. As part of the role you will also be working with Visual Studio and TFS using the latest Microsoft .NET web technologies. Successful candidates must have a strong understanding of web based technologies and web services as it is a critical aspect to the role. You will support and help develop the skills of less experienced developers and therefore must be highly proficient in C# ASP.net web development. You will have strong experience with object orientated software development methodologies and practices and have experience of the full development lifecycle.

Any commercial exposure to MVC architecture would be a distinct advantage but is not essential. Successful candidates must have a strong understanding of web based technologies and web services as it is a critical aspect to the role. You will have very strong communication skills and a strong desire to grow a long term career within this organisation.

For immediate consideration for this role please email ed.embley@harveynash.com or call Ed Embley on 0113 202 8911.

Project Manager (Software Implementation), London

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:08:24 PST

Project Manager - Software Implementation. Central London. Business Analyst, Project Management, Prince2.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager / Software Implementation consultant based in Central London. My client works with an enviable list of bluechip clients for which you will be required to meet with face to face to under requirements and implement bespoke solutions for.

You will be an experienced of project manager with a solid exposure to the implementation of online systems and web based applications. My client is seeking software implementation experience as a top priority. Prince2 is beneficial but not essential. You will have fantastic verbal and written communication skills and you will enjoy working in a dynamic, fast paced environment. This role sits within an implementation team and will see you taking on responsibility for major online projects. You will assist in the interpretation, creation, implementation and deployment of online systems. You will understand the key deliverables of a project from start to finish, you will need to be organised, able to work with project plans, possess strong communication skills and ideally have exposure to Project Management methodologies such as Prince2.

In return, you will receive an excellent package and the opportunity to work with a market leading organisation. For further details, please contact Katie Uttley on 0113 202 8998 or katie.uttley@harveynash.com

Senior Web Designer, Cheshire, Macclesfield

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:01:30 PST

Senior Web Designer, Cheshire, Macclesfield, North West. CSS, XHTML, HTML, SEO, Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash, Javascript.

Harvey Nash is working hand in hand with an International Brand name whose head quarters are based in America. Employing over 40,000 people world wide this long established company now seeks a talented Senior Web Designer to join their UK business based out of Macclesfield, Cheshire. This comprehensive company whose service and product offerings have a wide remit is actively looking for the best talent as a matter of urgency due to the business critical nature of this role.

The main responsibilities of this position are to plan, design and produce both mobile websites and desktop applications along with other screen based digital media projects. You will be a skilled creative web designer with a real flare for digital design along with well developed technical skills. You will be well versed in website/interface design, typography, usability and general design principles. You will be very comfortable with designing websites from the ground up and therefore possess in-depth knowledge of front end development tools such as CSS, XHTML and HTML. You will have very strong design ability and be a proficient user of Adobe Production Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks and Flash. You will also have excellent verbal communication skills as you will have client contact on a regular basis to understand design requirements etc. Experience of pulling together costings would also be beneficial.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a large international organisation. You will be given responsibility from day one with large projects, this will therefore be a exciting environment to part of where you will develop your skills whilst been fully supported by more experienced team member. A minimum of 4 years relevant experience and a strong portfolio of work is required to make an application.

For immediate consideration for this role please email ed.embley@harveynash.com or call Ed Embley on 0113 202 8911.

Infrastructure Manager - South Yorkshire

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:58:51 PST

Infrastructure Manager - South Yorkshire
Infrastructure Manager required by my client, to be based at their offices in South Yorkshire, to lead and manage a team of technical analysts and team leaders across Server, Data, Network, Telephony and Security, ensuring the core infrastructure systems are maintained and enhanced to support the business.
As Infrastructure Manager you will assist in defining and implementing the infrastructure strategy for the business and ensure that processes and systems are implemented and adhered to ensuring effective support.
The ideal candidate will hold ITIL service management certification and will demonstrate significant experience in leading Server, Data, Network, Telephony and Security technical teams within and ITIL service environment.
Knowledge and understanding of Information Security Principles is highly desirable
If you are interested in this position please apply directly
The salary on offer for this position is �35,000 - �41,000 dependant upon experience
Keywords: ITIL, Server, Network, Telephony, Data, Security, Infrastructure Manager

IT Director, EMEA - Leeds, West Yorkshire

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:11:57 PST

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced IT Director to join the EMEA leadership team of a global distibrution business with offices across UK and Europe. The business requires the post holder to be based in the north of England, commutable to Leeds, with the ability and willingness to travel across the UK & EMEA where necessary.

The primary aim of the role is two fold: firstly, to maintain and evolve the EMEA IT strategy so that it provides a seamless business service in answer to business objectives, including proactive business process improvements (ITIL best practice for example), and secondly to become a valued boardroom member driving corporate strategy and growth activities. Another dimension worth noting, is that the post holder will also face off with the global business, headquartered in the US, making sure that IT in the EMEA region is represented properly, getting the resources/ engagement it needs and vica-versa.

For this reason the position offers the successful candidate the opportunity to utilise past experience of managing european wide technology functions within a global business to drive wide reaching operational improvements, implement proper governance & control and ultimately create a highly effective business change function (including PMO).

The post holder will have to possess strong interpersonal skills to effectively engage with boardroom peers, direct reports (their team members), business stakeholders and suppliers. The role demands a resilient and confident leader who possesses humility, patience and intelligence.

The position promises to offer the successful candidate a challenging and highly rewarding career move, where they will be making step changes to continually improve and deliver a world class IT service throughout the company's EMEA operation, whilst also becoming an influential business leader in the boardroom.

The salary range on offer is open and flexible (dependent on experience) and is highly market competitive in order to attract the best.

SQL DBA - Media - London

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:40:26 PST

DBA - Media - London - required strong in the support of MS SQL and MYSQL databases within a mixed UNIX and Windows platform environment to join my highly established Media client based in London. This is an excellent opportunity to work on my clients database structures, theories, principles, and Practices including design, installation, configuration and support of database servers. To apply the chosen SQL DBA will have an excellent track record of supporting web sites or application databases, as well as underlying infrastructure. To be considered you mush have excellent experience in MS SQL 2000, 2005 and 2008. Any experience in MySQL is highly desirable alongside knowledge of Linux OS. If you keen to support and optimise a diverse range of databases around web applications within a support and development function and have experience working in a enterprise level web hosting environment then PLEASE APPLY NOW!!!

Digital Marketing - Online Marketing Executive

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:55:59 PST

Online Marketing Executive - Digital Marketing - �25-�28k per annum dependent on experience

My client is a not-for-profit organisation based in West Yorkshire and they are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and proactive Online Marketing Executive.

Role - To manage the day to day online traffic generation activities for the business.

Your responsibilities will include:
* Managing all online customer acquisition activities for the company's client's websites including directory websites, display advertising, affiliate, referral, social media advertising, email, video advertising and partnerships (commercial and reciprocal) to ensure return on investment and increased number of customer enquiries.
* Managing SEO and PPC campaigns and relevant external agencies and activity within set budgets in order to achieve visitor number and sales enquiry targets whilst driving return on investment.* Managing and maintaining tracking and analytical tools relating to search engine marketing and customer acquisition activity including such tools provided by, for example, Google Analytics, video content provider, sharing tool and keyword tracker.
* Providing detailed analytical reports to the Digital Marketing Manager and wider business with recommendations on a weekly, monthly and ad hoc basis e.g. for specific acquisition campaigns and activity.
*Assisting in the production of online digital content (e.g. web pages and multimedia) to ensure suitability and optimisation for search engine marketing and other customer acquisition activity.
* Identifying new technology and solutions which will help our client acquire customers online and provide return on investment.Job

Requirements -
You will have experience in building, running and optimising customer acquisition campaigns online.
You will also have experience in SEO on-page and off-page techniques and best practice, with a proven track record of increasing the number of website visitors and enquiries from SEO campaigns.
You will have experience in utilising industry standard tools including Google Adwords, Google Web Master Tools, Google Analytics, and be used to creating and managing PPC campaigns.
The ability to effectively manage internal (Advertising, Communications, IS, Contact Centre) and external relationships (online agencies, affiliate partners, other online partners) is essential.
You will have an analytical and methodical approach, and be able to work effectively under pressure, despite multiple deadlines and conflicting demands.
A basic understanding of web development languages and technologies would be beneficial to the role.
People who may be interested in this role include: Digital Marketing Executives, Online Marketing Executives, SEO, PPC, Google Analytics, Digital Marketing Assistants looking for progression.

For further detail please contact Ria Morgan directly asap on - 0121 717 1925 / ria.morgan@harveynash.com

java kdb

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:20:50 PST

High frequency trading / Java / KDB / low latency / ION / FIX / Agile / commodity / fixed income

* Knowledge of Commodity products - Nice to have
* Fixed Income - nice to have
* Experience of profiling application performance / GC tuning.
* Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
* KDB/q - Nice to have
* ION / FIX or other connectivity technologies
* Understanding of market structure and dynamics

The successful candidate will work as part of the High Frequency Trading Technology team aligned with the Commodities business and be responsible for developing execution, hedging and quoting algorithms and their associated user interfaces.

This role is in a small agile team of developers, based in London but collaborating across the HFT group in New York and Moscow. The responsibilities of the role include:

- developing low latency, multithreaded, real-time trading algorithms.
- developing the low-latency trading framework.
- tuning the application and environment for high performance.
- working closely with traders/quants and business analysts to deliver algorithmic solutions for hedging and quoting.
- promoting good development practices;
- provision of third-line support for production issues.

The platform is based on a proprietary light-weight, distributed, Java technology stack combined with a C# front-end. As well as working at the application layer, the candidate could be expected to dive into operating systems and networking protocols and infrastructure where appropriate.

The ideal candidate will thrive on achieving engineering excellence and successful implementation of new technologies. He or she will understand the importance of rigorous development methodologies, low latency principles, and scalable design. He or she will also have the drive and capability to contribute to wider technology architecture and strategy.

This is a great opportunity to:

- contribute to the bottom line of an exciting new business;
- work with new technologies;
- solve low latency problems;
- make agile deliverables, and experience the direct impact of your work;
- be part of a close-knit technology and business team that excels in the field.

* Record of delivering low latency, multi-threaded systems in an investment bank, hedge fund or innovative technology firm.
* Excellent core Java and C# (Nice to Have) skills with an excellent understanding of collections, multi-threading and OO design.
* Attention to detail and passion for quality.
* Enthusiastic about working with new technologies.
* Works well under pressure.
* Strong academic background from a top tier university
* Strong mathematical ability

Junior Project Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:08:05 PST

Junior Project Manager - Hampshire - Managed Services - Project management experience, extensive experience in the IT or Telecommunications industry, experience working as a team member in one or more business process projects. Excellent opportunity to work for a leading Global Managed Service organisation in a 12 month fixed term position. My client is looking for a Junior Project manager to work in their Hampshire head office. You must be able to use Microsoft applications including Project, Visio and Prince2.

IT Service Delivery Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:22:48 PST

IT Service Delivery Manager - 45000 - 50000 - Central London - ITIL - A leading Media Entertainment company is seeking an IT Service Delivery Manager to join their growing team. The successful will become the IT Service Manager who works closely with the other parts of the IT department in order to provide IT governance, implement and continue Best Practice processes. The main areas of this role are: Service Level Management, IT Management Reporting, Best Practice and IT Governance. Service Level Management they require the definition of a Service Catalogue, reviewal and maintenance of Service Level Agreements, ensuring that there owners of the IT services such as service improvement plans, capacity planning and roadmaps. The ideal IT Service Delivery Manager will be required to implement a Continuous Service Improvement Programme, responsibility for the IT Management Reporting, providing service metrics. Also the IT Service Manager will be responsible for the maintenance of the ITIL processes, providing project management and will also oversee strategic planning. The ideal IT Service Manager will have previously had exposure to business transformation, IT Service Improvement, ITIL accredited or equivalent and Prince 2 exposure.

Linux Systems Administrator - LAMP - MySQL

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:15:09 PST

Linux Systems Administrator - London - Online Entertainment

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Linux Systems Administrator to join an Online Entertainment company who are based in West London.

Linux Systems Administrators who wish to be considered for this position must display the following skills and expertise:

� Solid LAMP experience (MySql, Apache)
� Good Linux, Red Hat etc
� Experience with scripting (Perl etc)
� Solid MYSQL experience
� Experience in an online/real time environment is highly beneficial

If you are an experienced Linux Systems Administrator and have solid experience with LAMP, Linux, MySQL & Perl etc then we want to hear from you.

My client is offering a competitive salary of up to �60,000 + Bens + Bonus. Apply now for more details.

Network and Infrastructure Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:38:41 PST

Network and Infrastructure Manager required for a high profile leisure / hospitality organisation based in central London (Barbican). Reporting into the Head of IT this role will take responsibility for managing the day to day activities within the Network and Infrastructure team. This role will provide clear strategic direction and support to ensure the companies data, infrastructure and corporate MPLS network is stable, reliable, secure and accessible. This role will take ownership of all network, infrastructure and security related IT issues communicating at every level to ensure all areas of the IT team are aware of any issues and the agreed resolutions. This position will be part of the senior management team where you will work with the Head of IT and IT Director to ensure successful delivery against a defined IT strategy and long term roadmap. To be considered for this role candidates will be well educated and have a proven track record as a Network / Infrastructure Manager working for a complex, multi site organisation. Retail, hospitality or leisure experience would be highly advantageous. You will have a competent understanding of ITIL and an excellent knowledge of Microsoft operating systems. Advanced windows skills including active directory design will be required aswell as experience with Cisco (or similar network design experience). Firewall and security experience will be needed (preferably utilising checkpoint solutions) aswell as datacentre management and third party vendor management abilities. The ability to manage challenging third parties will be essential. You'll be a strong communicator, dynamic and able to engage and interact with all levels of the business.

IT Service Delivery Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:32:33 PST

IT Services Lifecycle Manager - Media - �45000 - West London - ITIL - Infrastructure - Leading Media organisation is seeking an IT Service Delivery Manager / Business Relationship Manager to join a growing team. The business is recruiting an individual who is going to be the contact between the IT team and the business.
This IT Service Manager should ideally have a technical background and is strong in Service Improvement, Incident Management, Problem Management, Capacity Management and Process Design.
They are ideally seeking an individual who has worked within a large Media organisation which has a complex set up.
The company is a well known Media business which pushes the boundaries of technologies and is always seeking to improve the services that they provide customers.
If you feel that you would be a suitable candidate then please apply now!

Project Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:48:26 PST

Project Manager - Leicestershire - �45-55,000 + Car

Our market leading services client based in Leicestershire is currently looking to recruit a Project Manager to join the Group IT function.

Reporting to the Programme Director, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of a wide variety of business critical, IT projects. This role has the potential for career progression, and would suit a candidate looking to move into Programme Management further on in their career.

As the ideal candidate, you will have the following skills and experience:
� Solid track record of project management in an IT environment
� Strong infrastructure background with demonstrable evidence of delivering infrastructure facing projects
� Excellent communication skills� An aspiration to become Programme Manager
� Ideally you will have exposure to working within Manufacturing, Retail or Distribution, but these are not essential

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a leading organisation who offers exceptional career progression. To be considered for this role, please send your CV for immediate, confidential discussion.

Finance - SAP - Senior Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:21:39 PST

SAP FICO Lead / Manager - �70k - �85k + Car + Bens

SAP FICO Lead / Manager required for my client a leading management consultancy. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced SAP FICO lead to work within the Financial Services division of one of the most respected management consultancies in the world. You will be working on the most complex and challenging SAP Projects in the world.

You must have -

* Multiple implementation experience
* Configuration skills in core FI; New , AP, AR etc
* Lead project experience
* Consulting experience
* Experience in TAX or Banking would be beneficial, but not essential
* Preferable Financial Services experience, not essential.

This is a truly fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to move their career to the next level in the Consulting world. This is a great opportunity to work with the best Consultants in the business and world on the best projects.

Please apply to this role ASAP.

SAP FICO Lead / Manager - �70k - �85k + Car + Bens

SAP Senior Manager

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:16:26 PST

SAP Manager/Managing Consultant - �60k - ��90k base

SAP Manager/Managing Consultant required for a dynamic SAP Management Consultancy (Big Four) who have committed heavily to growing their SAP Team by hiring the best consultants in the marketplace. Despite a number of SAP wins recently, my client will not dilute their skills by hiring people who do not have the talent and/or desire to progress their career.

The SAP Manager/ Managing Consultant will come from a strong consulting background and could have any modular background, but the biggest current need is within SAP FI/CO and SAP SCM.

It is important that the SAP Manager/ Managing Consultant who has shown consistent career progression, is extremely client facing and is entrepreneurial. To work at this level exposure to SAP Sales and SAP Full Project Lifecycles are absolutely key.

This is a wonderful opportunity for an SAP professional currently working in the SAP Consulting Industry, whether from a ';Big Four’ background or a major SAP Systems Integrator. This is an opportunity to join organisations that are looking for their leaders of the future.

I would recommend this opportunity to anyone who enjoys being in a high calibre environment where you can learn consistently from your colleagues and like to have a strong career structure in place.

We are looking for SAP FI/CO or SAP SCM Consultants

* who know how to spot an opportunity
* Enjoy and excel at mentoring more junior members of staff
* Have experience of working onshore at client site to complete SAP Business Transformation Programmes
* Have experience/exposure to the sales cycle

This is an exciting opportunity and here at Harvey Nash we are proud to represent the most high calibre organisations in the market in an ethical and discrete manner.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation to explore the opportunity in more depth then please get in contact and we can run through whether this opportunity or any other that we are dealing with would be a good career move at this stage in your career.

SAP Manager/Managing Consultant - �60k - ��90k base

SAP SCM Consultant Big 5 Consultancy

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:13:35 PST

SAP SCM Consultant

SAP SCM Consultants required for my client, one of the biggest SAP Consultancies in the World. My client has recently won a high profile SAP Implementation Project. My clients are keen to interview immediately.

It is essential that the SAP SCM consultants have hands-on experience across modules such as;
* SAP APO
* SAP SD/MM,
* SAP QM, PP, PP-I, PE, LE, WM

The SAP SCM Consultants can range from Consultant level all the way through to SAP Solution Architect or Principal Consultant Level.

It is essential that the SAP SCM Consultant will have the ability to use his/her technical skills in a complex supply chain environment and will be able to implement industry specific demand and supply planning models requiring complex enhancements.

There is a huge need currently for these skills on client site and within the wider SAP Consulting Organisation so we can arrange interviews extremely quickly and ensure that the successful applicants are working on an exciting project straight away.

This is an exceptional career opportunity at an organisation who have large training budgets and offer an exceptional balance between autonomy and support.

Please apply straight away to ensure the best chance of securing an interview.

SAP SCM Consultant

SAP BI/BW (with Business Objects) Team Lead

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:09:01 PST

SAP BI/BW Team Lead - �65k - �75k + Car + Bonus + Bens

SAP BI/BW Team Lead required for my client, a fantastic end user based in North London. My client is looking for a very experienced SAP BI/BW Team Leader to join their team where they will oversee the overall architecture of the Business Intelligence solution. The will be in charge of the design, development and evolution of the business intelligence solution. You must also have experience of Leading and managing the Business Intelligence team.

Key responsibilities -

* Management and planning of all workload with the functional area team.
* Supervising the implementation of changes to the system.
* Supervising all testing of changes within the application and associated systems.
* Applying configuration changes to the application.
* Running Projects or sub-projects in the application area.
* Acting as a point of contact for all application support managers of the user community.
* Responsible for management of all 3rd party staff working in their function.
* Ensuring a high quality business system, through co-ordinated, robust and multi-brand/ global testing documentation.
* Investigation and planning of training requirements for business users.
* Identifying and making pro-active changes to the application software in anticipation of business needs.
* Investigating and communicating to the business improvements and developments within the application.
* Day to day responsibility for all activities occurring in their functional area.
* Day to day support and troubleshooting of the specialist application area in their function.
* Responsible for ensuring procedures related to identification, changes, testing, documentation, approval and communication of any modification to the system are followed.
* Quality assurance; ensuring that quality checks are carried out in a controlled manner.

Technical key responsibilities -
* Identification of new technologies and trends in BI/BW.
* Software selection. Requirements definition, Blueprint, Implementation, Configuration, Stabilisation, Test and User acceptance with on-going support of the SAP BI landscape.
* The candidate will understand the integration points of SAP BI/BW with the internal SAP landscape which includes: Customer services, Finance, Logistics.
* Have a high level overview of Business objects and the advantages this can bring to reporting including mobile, data analysis, and data visualisation.
* Will have a good understanding of how the ABAP coding language supports the SAP BW/BI modules and be able to identify obvious coding errors and use automated debugging tools.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced SAP BI/BW Team leader, to join a fantastic end user in north London.

Please apply ASAP.

SAP BI/BW Team Lead - �65k - �75k + Car + Bonus + Bens

SAP APO DP Lead

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:04:30 PST

SAP APO DP Team Lead

SAP APO DP Team Lead required for my client, an exciting end user who invest heavily in SAP and run their own projects are looking for an APO DP Lead to come and join their dynamic and highly skilled team.

The SAP DP Team Lead must have an exceptional experience of completing full project lifecycles in SAP APO DP and as well as having extensive and in depth hands-on configuration experience will have managed functional SAP APO Teams including SAP APO DP, SAP APO SNP and will understand the integration points with all other modules and will have extensive stakeholder management experience.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious SAP DP Lead who wants to work in an organisation who run exciting cutting edge projects as well as treat their staff with a great mixture of autonomy and support.

This unique opportunity is interviewing immediately so please send your CV asap to give yourself a chance of securing an exceptional SAP DP Lead role with a first class company.

SAP APO DP Team Lead

Linux Systems Engineer (Puppet/Apache)

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:57:00 PST

Linux Systems Administrator - Apache/Tomcat

My West London media/broadcasting client is looking for a Linux Systems Administrator with experience of Red Hat, Apache and Tomcat web environment. Team involved in building and rolling out platforms, so looking for someone with experience of building highly scalable systems, experience of using administrative build tools, ideally Puppet / Clobber, knowledge of Tomcat, Maven and Hudson software tools, and Apached configuration and management (ideally large scale deployments). Experience of deploying RPM files, using YUM program, is also required. Knowledge of database admin, ideally MySQL is highly desirable, as well as significant experience in complex scripting e.g. perl / shell /other.

Interim HR Manager - 6 months day rate

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:53:49 PST

Interim HR Manager- Day rate 6 months

My client is experiencing a challenging period of major change and restructure and is seeking an experienced day rate HR Consultant to support on complex change, due diligence and TUPE activity alongside ';business as usual’ HR activity. This is an urgent requirement and my client requires an immediate start.

Working closely with a small established HR team and reporting to the Head of HR of Organisational Development your role shall be to develop a strong understanding of the organisation and planned changes, formulate systems and processes in order to understand people data and MI and effectively manage processes and communications in relation to TUPE.

Skills and Qualifications

* Recent working knowledge of TUPE is essential; with the ability to manage multiple and complex TUPE projects
* Strong employment law knowledge
* Strengths in change and project management
* Attention to detail, with the ability to capture and manipulate people data effectively
* Ability to work at pace within strict timeframes and deadlines
* Proven track record of working within complex and unionised organisations
* Flexible attitude to working both hands on and strategically depending on client’s requirements
* MCIPD or FCIPD qualified

ABOUT HARVEY NASH HR

Harvey Nash’s Human Resources Division specialises in the recruitment and development of HR professionals. We set up Harvey Nash HR with one simple vision in mind - to create a specialist HR division that has the passion and razor-sharp focus of a boutique, whilst at the same time provide our clients and candidates with the unique market insight, resources and international contacts of one of the most respected brands in recruitment.

We are part of Harvey Nash , a global professional recruitment consultancy and IT outsourcing service provider, and trusted advisor to some of the world’s leading businesses, governments and institutions. We operate from 37 offices covering the USA, Europe and Asia.

C++ Developer

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:16:28 PST

C++ Developer sought by leading financial services client focused on HFT space.

Essential skills

Exceptional C++ with strong object oriented design skills
Experience in developing with STL and/or Boost
Understanding and experience developing mission critical performance sensitive real-time systems
Experienced in multi-threaded and preferably network software development
Cross-platform development (Windows and Linux)
Thorough understanding of software development methodologies - especially Scrum/Agile methods

Key Responsibilities:

Gaining an understanding of option pricing theory, market making and trading conditions
Actively seeking and clarifying product requirements with end users and other knowledgeable staff
Finding new techniques on how to improve our trading algorithms and systems
Meeting and exceeding end users expectations in terms of functionality, quality and performance
Designing and delivering code with automated testing & performance always in front of mind

Benefits include Two discretionary bonuses a year.

Please apply for further details or call on 02073331525
Kishan Shah
Harvey Nash Banking & Finance

C# Developer

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:02:47 PST

C# Developer sought by leading financial services client focused on the HFT space.
Essential skills
Exceptional C# skills: .NET 3.5/4, asynchronous programming, Linq
Strong Object Oriented design skills
Multithreaded C# development, experience in developing with WinForms
Understanding and experience in performance-critical GUI development
MS SQL Server 2008 (desirable)

Key Responsibilities:
Produces the fastest and best trading tools by:
Actively seeking and clarifying product requirements with end users and other knowledgeable staff
Meeting and exceeding end users expectations in terms of functionality, quality and performance
Designing and delivering code with automated testing & performance always in front of mind
Producing meaningful unit-tests, documentation & configuration to support all code developed
Provide post-implementation support to users and IT operations to resolve critical issues and bugs promptly

Benefits include Two discretionary performance related bonuses a year.

Please apply for further details or call on 02073331525
Kishan Shah
Harvey Nash Banking & Finance

Process and Data validation lead

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:48:50 PST

Process and Data validation lead- Finance BW Upstream Deployment

My client, a leading global Oil & Gas giant Is look for a strong process and data validation lead. You will be working directly with the Upstream SAP businesses (North Sea, Indonesia, Egypt, India, Australia) and closely with the central Finance BW deployment team, the role will assist the Upstream regional business teams in the remediation and alignment of their current SAP master data to support the deployment of Finance BW. The role will also provide support to the business in the setup, monitoring and reporting of plan activities, status reporting, and identification and management of critical path issues.

Skills and experience
� Experience working with technical and non-technical teams across a broad range of Finance or IT disciplines
� Core Project Management / Change Management Experience
� Experience in SAP R3 and Business Warehouse BEX reporting
� Accounting background previous BP Experience / Knowledge particularly in Finance projects.
� Experienced in the use of MS Office suite, e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and collaboration tools e.g. SharePoint, LiveMeeting
� Excellent communication, analytical and documentation skills

If you feel you are a good match for this role please contact me ASAP for immediate consideration

YOU MUST have upstream oil and gas experience

Contracts Manager

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:42:02 PST

Contracts Manager

My client a leading borough council are actively looking to recruit a Contracts Manager to
identify and manage external suppliers of IT Services to ensure successful delivery of products and services to achieve outcomes.
You will have to influence policy formation on the contribution of specialist business objectives. You will influences a significant part of own organisation and influence customers/suppliers and industry at senior management level.

You will perform highly complex work activities covering technical, financial and quality aspects. They will contribute to the formulation of IT strategy and creatively apply a wide range of technical and/or management principles.

You will have budget responsibility for IT related contracts in excess of �3 million per annum.

Ensure that a Service Catalogue of all available services is created, maintained, and used as the basis of the Service Level Agreements. Take responsibility for command structure and escalation procedures, and ensure that the requisite operational methods, procedures, facilities and tools are established, reviewed and maintained.

If you feel suitable please apply.

Entry Level .net Developer - ASP.net, SQL Server

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:25:33 PST

.net, C#, entry level, junior developer, permanent, SSRS, London
.net, C#, entry level, junior developer, permanent, SSRS, London
My client a leading player in safety software solutions is looking to add an entry level / mid level C# developer to there successful web application development team. They are currently using .net 4 and Visual Studio 2010 but are happy to consider individuals with earlier versions.� We are looking for someone to assist us in the development of new modular components within our web-based product as well as enhancement of existing code;� The current product is an N-tier ASP.NET application, with SQL 2008 back end, within a hosted environment;� The position requires experience of C#, SQL , ASP.NET, HTML, CSS and Javascript; Any reporting SSRS/OLAP/Crystal experience highly desirable Immediate Interviews, SOLE AGENT

Delivery Manager - Front Office.

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:49:47 PST

Front Office Delivery Manager

My client, a leading energy company are actively looking to recruit a Technical Delivery Manager to work within their front office trading environment.
You will be responsible for managing the Front Office delivery and performance agenda. To this end, the role performs five broad functions:

Direct portfolio management.
Front Office delivery.
Stakeholder Management.
Leadership
Delivery Support.

You will need demonstrable experience in the following:

Proven experience as a Portfolio, Programme or IT Delivery Manager managing a multi-function budget > �5m and interpreting other performance data within a Front Office / Trading / Commodities environment.
Proven experience managing individual software development project/release deliveries and knowledge of the full delivery lifecycle. Must have experience leading SCRUM teams.
Demonstrated experience of managing a team of 12+ including appraisals, performance monitoring and management, performance improvement and personal development.
Proven experience of building and monitoring quality standards for a Portfolio or Project team.
Project Management certification (Prince II or PMI) is essential.

If you feel suitable please apply.

Mechanical Design Engineer - (Solid Edge or Solid Works)

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:18:18 PST

Mechanical Design Engineer - - Solid Edge or Solid WorksMy Satallite client is looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to design and manufacture of precision pressed metal parts, die-castings and plastic mouldings. The mechanical design engineer will have to travel globally and must have strong expeirence generating designs with 2D and 3D CAD using Solid Edge. It is essential to have strong FEA experience and good knowlegde designing high volume productions - pressure diecasting, platic moulded parts and metail pressing. Candidates should have strong experience as a mechanical design engineer ideally in the satallite industry.

Desktop Support Analyst - West London

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:11:53 PST

MUST HAVE FINANCIAL/BANKING BACKGROUND
Desktop Support Analyst - West LondonDesktop Support Analyst required by my client based in West London.The successful candidate will work as part of a small team providing 1st/2nd line support a user base of around 500, some of whom will be VIPs/Partners. In order to be successful the candidates should have good experience of supporting Windows 7 and Office 2010 and have supported senior users in a Financial Services or Professional Services business.Experience of working in an ITIL environment or supporting AV equipment such as telepresence suites, Lenovo laptops, Exchange or Cisco would be advantageous but is not essential. This role is a contract initially but has a strong potential to go permanent.If this role is of interest, please forward your CV without delay!

.NET Developer

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:43:53 PST

.NET Developer

My client is looking for a vb.net developer to work on business change projects. They require a vb.net developer with a flexible approach and a eagerness to further develop their technical ability.

They work on a Microsoft .NET framework and the successful vb.net developer will have excellent web development skills in ASP.NET(VB.NET). The ideal candidate will have solid experience of developing web based systems using the .NET Frameworks 2, 3.5 and 4. Experience of ASP.NET MVC would be beneficial. Experience of web services and SOA would be desirable.

Strong knowledge of Agile or other iterative models for software development is also desirable. A good knowledge of Oracle is also desirable but it is essential that the successful candidates will have a good knowledge of working with Relational Database technologies such as SQLServer and/or Ingres

1st Line Support Analyst

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:40:33 PST

A major ecommerce organisation is looking to on board a 1st Line Support Analyst.

Your role will be to maintain all IT systems to a high standard ensuring a operational availability and respond effectively to all helpdesk requests, conduct research of new networking technologies where applicable and install, assemble and configure computers, monitors, network infrastructure and peripheral such as printers, scanners and related hardware as required.

To be considered for this position you will have the ability to install, troubleshoot and upgrade Windows based operating systems and be able to work as part of a team, prioritising your work, on more than one task concurrently, to tight deadlines.

My client will also give you excellent training in order to improve your career for the future which will be organised by your direct manager or senior management.

Also you will receive a salary of up to �19,000 per annum.

Application Packager

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:14:15 PST

The Application Packager (Packager) will be part of a packaging team to support application packaging for a Windows 7 deployment. The packaging team is tasked to complete 160 packages in approximately 10 weeks. The Packager will be responsible for packaging COTS type internally developed applications using Admin Studio 10 packaging software following an established process and work flow. Packaging will consist of building silent installation packages in a MSI/MST format and performing initial installation testing on Windows 7 before hand off to the client for user acceptance testing. Virtualization and shimming are initially out of scope. App-V 4.6 expertise is also required.

Skills Required or Desired:
� Must have prior experience with using Admin Studio for packaging.
� Must have packaged applications for Windows XP and Windows 7 OS platform.
� Must understand and have used one of the following: Windows Command Shell Script, VBScript, or Powershell.
� Expertise in virtualizing applications through sequencing is desired, but not required.
� Expertise in shimming is desirable, but not required.

Knowledge Required or Desired:
� Must understand a standard packaging process and work flow.
� Must understand MSI packaging best practices and standards.
� Must have an understanding of software deployment leveraging Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM 2007/2012).
� Must have knowledge of desktop deployments for Windows platforms.

Abilities Required or Desired:
� Must have demonstrated ability to work on-site in a secure customer environment
� Must have political awareness and sensitivity in customer situations.
� Must be able to work independently and as a team member.
� Must be able to troubleshoot packaging problems.
� Must be able to meet deadlines.

Interested candidates are to apply immediately for consideration.

Infrastructure Systems Administrator

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:24:06 PST

My client is a fast paced technology led, online business. Due to internal promotion, they are now looking to recruit a new Infrastructure Systems Administrator to work within their Infrastructure team.

This is a key role for them and we are looking for someone who has a strong wide range of skills and experience around this area. The most important experience we are looking for is around Networking IP skills, so things like improving, configuring and troubleshooting around Routers and Switches, Cisco, Firewalls etc. Diagnostic skills are looked for also.

We are also looking for strong Linux experience (Red Hat) and administration skills. Back up skills are also extremely important - my client uses the Open Source tool Bacula, but any tools knowledge are important.

Internal monitoring experience is looked for also, my client uses Nagios. Automation & Configuration Management experience is also looked for - if you have any experience of Puppet that is a bonus.

It would help if you had good scripting skills also in things like Bash scripting or Perl. SQL skills are also a plus. General knowledge/awareness of Cloud technologies is looked for i.e. Amazon.

This role will report to the Infrastructure Manager and include leading projects, constantly looking at ways to improve the general Infrastructure, manage, support and administer. A background in working in another ISP, Telecoms or large blue chip (i.e. large fast paced Infrastructure enviroment). They are also moving towards a DevOps environment so you will be part of this.

This role is based in Warwick, commutable from Leamington, Birmingham, Worcester, Solihull, Coventry, Daventry. Salary on offer is up to �50,000 + bonus + benefits.

Software Development Manager - Microsoft

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:38:18 PST

An opportunity has arisen for a Development Manager to join a large organisation and lead a team of c. 6 specialist Microsoft Analyst/Programmers. Reporting into the Director of Software Development, this is a newly established senior role withing the organisation and as a result it is absolutely essential that you have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Access to be responsible for their use in the development and support of a range of business systems across the organisation as well as to the development of strategy relating to future architecture, development tools, programming languages and technical direction of the Microsoft platform. Your team will work closely with other areas of Software Development who are working with different technologies. Additionally you will need to work with Project Managers and Business Analysts as well as Customer and Technical Services staff within the Department.

The right candidate for this role will have strong understanding of the full lifecycle of software development gained from previous employment in a commercial software development environment or major software implementation project preferably in a complex matrix organisation. IN addition,you will have a proven track record of experience in systems analysis, relational database and software design, you will be an expert in the development and integration of systems using Microsoft technologies enabling you to advise us on their use. Likewise you will advise on how the organisation can move to an Agile development methodology where appropriate to do so. You will need to have experience of managing, motivating and developing a technical development team. Needless to say you have the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels.

Solutions Architect

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:22:30 PST

An outstanding permanent opportunity has arisen for a Solutions Architect with a background in retail (preferable but not prerequisite) to join a thriving and growing leading brand business in central Leeds.

My clients IT estate spans everything from small bespoke .Net and SQL Applications to some of the largest Enterprise implementations of Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, etc on the planet. Serving 10,000’s of concurrent users and capacities measured in the Petabytes

Scope of Role:

* Infrastructure and application design for business end users and to achieve Every Day Low Cost (EDLC) and Every Day Low Prices (EDLP)
* Multi system / platform design / integration
* Identifies and recommends ways to continually improve and streamline processes and practices.

Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

* Supports the design / project team by developing conceptual, logical, or physical infrastructure / application / integration designs;
* Evaluating and recommending external products and services;
* Ensuring designs meet architecture and Customer requirements;
* Ensuring design solutions meet service requirements;
* Creating architecture documentation for new and existing systems.
* Good Customer service, management and negotiation

Required experience and personal qualities:

* Proactively shares relevant information and timely updates.
* Listens attentively and asks questions to ensure understanding.
* Demonstrates creativity and resilience in the face of change, obstacles, and adversity.
* Adapts to competing demands and shifting priorities.
* Updates and shares knowledge and skills to keep current in one’s area of expertise.
* Embraces change and supports its implementation.
* Builds trusting, collaborative relationships and alliances across functional and organisational boundaries.
* Maintains a detailed knowledge of controls and governance procedures
* Researches information for and prepares documents and presentations that effectively convey relevant information in a timely manner.
* Pragmatic approach to customer service management
* Sees problems as opportunities
* Demonstrates and maintains a broad knowledge of technology solutions, current trends and techniques and actively communicates new technology developments.
* Working knowledge of architecture development tools and techniques
* Strong influencing skills
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills,
* Presents logical, convincing and reasoned arguments.
* Has worked in an Enterprise Environment previously
* 3rd Party Management / vendor selection and management experience
* Current solution design experience across multiple interfaces and systems

The position is a rare opportunity to join a thriving business which has very exciting times ahead and thus offers genuine and wide reaching prospects for career development in the future.

PLEASE NOTE - if an application does NOT meet the essential criteria listed above it will not be acknowledged.

PHP Developer - 3 Months - London

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:16:05 PST

My Client based in London requires a contractor for the following role:

Ecommerce application developer based at head office to own the development of ecommerce web applications. Applications include the Main Website, Mobile Sites, Store Finder and Social Media integrations.

The role requires a technical professional with a high degree of expertise to develop complex business requirements. The job holder is analytical and solutions driven while working to tight deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

-Development, maintenance and support the primary ecommerce application
-Own specific web development tasks and projects to enhance the main ecommerce application
-Analyse and consult on technical business solutions for the main eCommerce application
-Trouble-shooting and bug fixing
-Managing upgrades and patches on the eCommerce platform
-Analysing and researching eCommerce platform advancements
-Responsible for user acceptance testing and cross browser compatibility
-Assisting other members of the eCommerce team where necessary

Technical requirements:

-Expert knowledge of PHP, MYSQL, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, XML and API integration
-Good knowledge of Linux and Apache
-Good knowledge of eCommerce application web development on an open source platform
-Excellent knowledge of W3C web standards and browser compatibility issues
-Understanding of HTML 5 and CSS 3

Desirable but not essential

- Understanding of MVC architecture
- Familiarity with the software development life cycle

Experience

- At least four years' experience in a similar online role
-Practical development experience in an eCommerce environment
-Practical experience developing, maintaining, testing and launching online commercial business requirements on an eCommerce platform
-Experienced in interfacing with internal customers, project managers and other developers
-Experience of interpreting business requirements from documentation and verbal briefings; testing, trouble-shooting and bug fixing

Person Specification:

-Good written and spoken English and numeracy skills;
-Passionate about web application development, eCommerce and an eagerness to learn more
-Analytical and solution driven
-Strong understanding of eCommerce usability and best practices
-Ability to be pro-active and able to show initiative/ideas to constantly improve the business interest
-Proven ability to meet critical deadlines

This is initially a 3 month contract. If you have the required experience and would like to work for a leading British brand then please apply or call Harry Blackhurst on 0207 333 1434.