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Application Migration Technical Architect |
| Salary/rate |
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£65000 - £85000/annum |
| Location |
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City, London |
| Job Number |
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113595955 |
| Posted |
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24/05/2012 (14:29) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Conrad Knight Associates |
Description
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Application Migration Technical Architect
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading Application Management Providers to FTSE 100 enterprises. With skills encompassing Microsoft, VM Ware, Citrix, SMS/SCCM, Cloud services and infrastructure as a service (IAAS), the company is enjoying considerable success and business growth.
As a Principal Technical Consultant, you will be responsible for the development of Application Portfolio Management. You will deliver fully integrated and highly manageable future state infrastructures. All systems designed by you must be technically appropriate, cost effective and profitable.
Predominantly a consulting appointment with some pre sales aspects, the role demands a broad and detailed infrastructure technology background combined with general business skills. The ideal candidates are technologists with in depth technical solutions design experience, who understand the commercial and technical needs of businesses and can translate this into a design solution that meets the business needs and the cost requirements of customers. Potential future career development offers the opportunity of becoming a thought leader and SME in this field.
Candidates will have held a technology consultant role within a SI or Consultancy and will have experience of delivering value propositions across all aspects of a business. A minimum of 5 years' industry experience is essential.
Technical experience required:
• Experience of designing and owning Microsoft based architecture solutions
• Enterprise application migration and desktop virtualization
• Career background to include at least 4 years and experience of Microsoft technical consulting at enterprise level preferably with team leadership
• Cloud Computing and IAAS
• Virtualisation, VMWare, Hyper V, Cisco, Citrix etc,
• Has worked for a consultancy in a fee-based delivery role.
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft operating systems at a server/desktop level
• Strong knowledge of deployment technologies with SMS / SCCM
• Can demonstrate solid knowledge of desktop technologies and creation of core desktop builds
• MCSE in, 2000or 2003 or above or equivalent qualification is preferred.
• Knowledge of application lifecycle management with proven knowledge of application virtualization
• Can demonstrate knowledge in service creation and delivery
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with clients
• Knowledge of standards, ‘industry best practice’ and quality initiatives
• Understanding of knowledge management and knowledge transfer
• Can provide quality technical and reporting documentation
• Operated in ‘blue chip’ company or quality services partner
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Permanent |
| Contract Length |
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N/A |
| Start Date |
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Immediate |
| Contact Details |
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| Job Title |
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Application Migration Technical Consultant |
| Salary/rate |
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£55000 - £65000/annum Standard |
| Location |
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Central London, London |
| Job Number |
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113598895 |
| Posted |
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24/05/2012 (14:27) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Conrad Knight Associates |
| Description
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Application Migration Technical Consultant
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading Application Management providers to FTSE 100 enterprises. With skills encompassing Microsoft, VM Ware, Citrix, SMS/SCCM, Cloud services and infrastructure as a service (IAAS), the company is enjoying considerable success and business growth.
As a Technical Consultant, you will be responsible for the development of Application Portfolio Management. You will deliver fully integrated and highly manageable future state solutions. All systems designed by you must be technically appropriate, cost effective and profitable.
Candidates will ideally have held a technical consultant role within a SI or Consultancy and will have experience of delivering technical solutions across all aspects of a business. A minimum of 3 years' industry experience is essential.
Core experience required:
• Bringing specific design and delivery experience to bear for the client’s advantage, leveraging skills in areas such as:
o Application packaging a deployment
o Enterprise application migration
o Enterprise desktop virtualisation
o Cloud services and Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS)
o Microsoft based infrastructure skills
• Managing commercial client relationships including scope and change requests, working with or without project management expertise depending on size and complexity of project.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a relevant commercial or technical environment with at least 2 years demonstrable success in consulting or project equivalent.
• Strong in chosen consulting specialisation and demonstrates adaptability to embrace new disciplines.
• Sound experience of at least one major business vertical (e.g. Telco, Financial Services).
• Experience of several different application portfolio management projects, having played a key part in the project delivery team.
• Broad business & technology understanding and a good awareness of industry trends and their potential impact on current & future business applications.
• Sound ability to formally present to senior client audiences.
• Good commercial awareness and sound understanding of project and business dynamics.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure taking a balanced view of client demands and commercial deliverables.
• Ability to widen and maintain a network of external contacts.
Technical experience required:
Candidates will have a background in the design and delivery of Enterprise-level application migration strategies leveraging the following technical components:
• Application migration tools – e.g Citrix AppDNA, ChangeBase
• Knowledge of application lifecycle management with proven knowledge of application virtualisation infrastructures.
• Virtualisation technologies – VDI, App-V, ThinApp, XenApp etc.
• Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager
• Active Directory – Domain Services & Federation Services
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft operating systems at a server/desktop level
• Strong knowledge of deployment technologies with SMS / SCCM
• Can demonstrate solid knowledge of desktop technologies and creation of core desktop builds.
• MCSE 2003/2008 or equivalent qualification is preferred.
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Permanent |
| Contract Length |
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N/A |
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Immediate |
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| Job Title |
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Software Development Team Leader/Manager |
| Salary/rate |
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£55000 - £65000/annum Attractive Package |
| Location |
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London |
| Job Number |
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113597431 |
| Posted |
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24/05/2012 (14:21) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Conrad Knight Associates |
| Description
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Software Development Team Leader/Manager
Here is an opportunity to join a leading financial and benefits service provider and build a software engineering capability from the ground up. The primary objective of this exciting appointment is to recruit and lead a software development team that will radically enhance and redevelop an online benefits platform.
The product provides a service to employers and their employees that helps manage and communicate employee benefits such as pensions, medical insurance and childcare vouchers. A key short term aim is to bring a pensions auto-enrolment enhancement to market and a longer term aim is to conceive and develop an international offering.
Job responsibilities
Primary responsibilities
• Line management of a small team of highly skilled developers
• Project planning, estimating and on-time delivery management of
o Major platform enhancements (including pension auto-enrolment)
o Minor incremental releases
o Infrastructure (e.g. configuration management, tool chains, test methodologies)
• Software implementation
• Internal communication and documentation of new product features and timescales
Additional responsibilities
• Recruitment
• Identification of market trends and opportunities
• Representation of the firm on any appropriate industry bodies
Person specification
We’re looking for an innovative, highly motivated individual who eats, breathes and sleeps software engineering and who is keen to take ownership for, and drive the creation of, an (internal) start-up culture.
Engineering skills
Mandatory
• University education with a good degree in Engineering, Computer Science or similar subject
• Philosophically attuned to the Linux/Open Source world
• In-depth experience of at least two modern, structured languages e.g. C++, Java, Python etc.
• Familiarity with web technology and languages e.g. HTML, XML, JavaScript etc.
• Committed to learning new technologies and techniques
Desirable
• A minimum of 8 years experience in software engineering
• Appreciation of databases, SQL, relational and “noSQL” technology
Project management skills
Mandatory
• Conceptualising, analysing and trading-off various features to produce an optimal requirements specification
• Developing and defining project plans
• Record of on-time delivery
• Ability to hold the trust of a variety of stakeholders
Desirable
• Familiar with the theory of and preferably the practice of, agile development methodologies
General skills
• Ability to select, manage and evaluate team members
• Strong, rational decision making with the ability to make the right compromises and trade-offs
• Able to conceptualise and be the voice of the customer
• Motivational and inspiring leadership both within the team and more general organisation
• A desire to mentor and grow junior members of the team
• Clear written and oral communication
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Permanent |
| Contract Length |
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N/A |
| Start Date |
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June 2012 |
| Contact Details |
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Procurement Manager IT |
| Salary/rate |
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£30000 - £38000/annum Standard Benefits |
| Location |
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North West London, London |
| Job Number |
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113605305 |
| Posted |
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24/05/2012 (14:18) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Conrad Knight Associates |
| Description
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Procurement Manager - IT Services
Description
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an accomplished IT procurement specialist within one of the UK’s leading Managed Services Providers to the SME sector where this company is enjoying considerable success and business growth. Client service excellence is central to their ethos and they strive to ensure that their clients have the best infrastructure and applications support services available 24/7. The Procurement Manager is accountable for managing and capitalizing on renewals (licencing, maintenance etc) and also the upselling of IT accessories, laptops, laptop bags, cables, mouse etc., to a multitude of customer accounts.
Responsibilities and deliverables are as follows:
1. Build and develop relationships with key suppliers and customers.
2. Ensure that the company’s pricing structures are competitive and that the company is buying in at best possible price.
3. Order equipment, licensing and services against negotiated and appropriately approved contracts.
4. Review and agree quotations.
5. Create and maintain ‘standard equipment’ price-lists
6. Generate additional sales through production of ‘special offer’ newsletters detailing special deals negotiated with suppliers.
7. Ensure that all opportunities for upselling to customers are realised.
8. Approve and issues purchase orders in accordance with company policy and negotiated terms and conditions.
9. Maintain procurement files. Ensure all 3rd party licensing (including SPLA), warranty information, care pack information and other is logged, tracked and renewed as necessary.
10. Ensure all renewals are kept up-to-date and assist with the development of this critical function as required.
11. Track Purchasing activity and measurements.
12. Train purchasing Clerks and Salesmen in the department.
13. Discuss defective or unacceptable new goods or services with users, vendors and others to determine cause of problem and take corrective and preventative action.
14. Manage vendor relationships and assist in building effective partnerships
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15. Assist the PMO in developing and implementing purchasing strategies for products.
16. Responsible for sourcing and purchasing project equipment \ licensing in a timely and cost effective way.
17. Liaise with Accounts Payable Department to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business.
18. Be aware and comply with Company and statutory requirements.
19. Assist the company in its primary purpose of generating profit.
20. Undertake any other duties that you may be asked to undertake from time to time.
Experience Required:
o Extensive experience of IT procurement
o Demonstrable experience of working in an IT services environment is essential
o Proven experience of selling IT services, IT consumables and products
o A solid track record of achieving sales targets with demonstrable experience of managing and achieving
o Good technical understanding of IT technologies and products
o Disciplined in service management, delivery, support and supplier management
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Permanent |
| Contract Length |
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N/A |
| Start Date |
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June 2012 |
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