Network Engineer - Professional Services Co - Perm - £40k-£45k pa + Ex Bens – London

PTS' Client an established Professional Services Company in London are for looking for a Network Engineer to come on board to help manage their network of around 35 offices throughout EMEA of which they have around 50-100 staff in each.  In 2013 they will embarking on a change of switches which due to take around 12-18 months to complete, so some minimal design experience would be essential but please bear in mind this is not an Architect position.

This role is ideal for a 2nd / 3rd Line Support Engineer who has a few years’ experience of network infrastructure support behind them in a Professional Services environment.  A CCNA qualification is hugely preferential, aswell as knowledge of working within an ITIL environment again will add strength to the skills that this role requires.  Good knowledge of core network topologies including of VoIP technologies along with an solid understanding of some of the below technologies listed:

·         Cisco Routers, Cisco IOS, Cisco Wireless Access Points

·         Cisco ASA or PIX firewalls

·         Switching technology (in particular Extreme/Cisco)

·         SNMP and NetFlow

·         BlueCoat web filtering appliances

·         F5 BIG IP load balancers

·         Proxy server: Microsoft ISA 2006

Do you have strong interpersonal and presentational skills and have the ability to communicate to all levels of a business and IT?  Also needed are excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making skills, exceptional time management and the ability to continually upgrade Business and Technology skills to adapt to new management and working practices we urged you to send in your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com to avoid disappointment.  Thank You.

Windows 7 Migration PMO - Investment Bank - London - Contract - Market Rates

PTS’s Client, a leading Investment Bank are in need of an experienced PMO Coordinator with strong Windows 7 Migration knowledge.  The ideal candidate must be adaptable and accommodating to adhoc requests with the need to be able to coordinate multiple processes.

The Coordinator's role is to work with equivalents in other regions as well as deployment technicians, the deployment lead and the end user for any pre and post migration queries.  The Coordinator will work with deployment tools to determine who is Windows 7 ready and schedule accordingly.

Please only apply if you have Windows 7 Migration experience in a PMO / Coordinator background. Send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity.  Our client is very keen to fill this role ASAP.  Thank You.  

Project Manager – Outsourcing Company – Home – Perm – upto £40k + Bens

PTS's Client, a Leading Outsourcing Company are looking for a Project Manager with Housing experience, and knowledge of ensuring project delivery of software implementations to enable them to complete efficiently, on quality, time and to budget.  You need to have the ability to liaise with all relevant parties to ensure any customer issues are dealt with satisfactorily both pre and post implementation.  

You must have relevant skills to manage and maintain appropriate project documentation and handover completed implementation paperwork to appropriate support departments post implementation.   The responsibilities are below:

·         Meeting with customers to discuss status of implementations, managing of resources and budget.

·         Reporting to project delivery manager as appropriate.

·         Dealing with customer throughout project life-cycle.

·         Managing the demands of the project through liaisons with internal departments.

·         Production where required of updated project plan.

·         Continuous assessment of implementation status.

·         Introduce contingency planning when implementation is not running to schedule.

·          Keep customer informed of status of project at all time.

·         Coordinate all resource requirements to ensure implementation is completed on budget and on time

Experience of project management preferably within a LG environment is required, extensive knowledge of the project lifecycle, excellent communication skills and being able to convey complex and difficult issues verbally and in writing.  ITIL and PRINCE2 Practitioner skills are desirable aswell as a Full Clean Driving License.  Please bear in mind that Housing experience is essential for this role.

This role is home based but travel to the Newbury office will be essential.  So Project Managers with the above skills and experience are urged to apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.  Please send your WORD CV Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity.  Thank You.

Desktop Support Manager – Education – Manchester – Perm – upto £40k + Pension

PTS's Client, a large Education Campus in Manchester are looking for an experienced Desktop Support Manager to come on board to assist in the Desktop Service that they provide to its students, staff and alumni members.  You will be responsible to the IT Services Desktop Operations Manager and for the support and day to day management of the IT Technical Support Officers, Windows Officers, ITS Technician Team and delivery of the Desktop services to the business.  The hardware supported across the Desktop estate currently consists of Mobiles, PC’s, MAC’s and Laptops.

You must have experience of managing across multiple sites, aswell as managing a team of around 10-15+ IT Technicians in a Desktop function ideally helping to improve Service Delivery.  You must be a technical person or have been technical in previous roles and also have a progressive management mindset.  Our client has in excess of 6000 units so experience of supporting units of around 3000+ units is essential for this opportunity.

You should have a good understanding of Microsoft Operating Systems such as Windows XP and Windows 7, MAC O/S up to and including Lion, Desktop virtualisation and image/software deployment.  Aswell as specific skills, knowledge and experience related to the specific service/s managed, this position requires a broad understanding of IT Services capabilities, technologies and their potential to address the business requirements of the constituents.

Desktop Support Managers with the above skills and experiences are urged to apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity.  Thank You.

Operations Manager - Leading Global Cloud Services Company - Oxford, UK - Perm - £35k-£45k

PTS' client are a Global Leading Cloud Services Company who have a new role suited for an advanced team manager that is interested in managing a small team of system engineers.  You will help them to to execute a full and varied technical program including the provision, management and monitoring of our Public and Private Cloud offerings, from the Data centre hardware and networking stack through to the customer provisioning layer, as well as designing and implementing incremental developments to the service in this is fast moving area of IT.

This role is only really suitable for for candidates wanting to seize an opportunity to do something challenging in an innovative technology company with ambitious growth plans.

Key Responsibilities:

·         Management of the System Engineering team

·         Responsible for maintaining our agreed customer SLAs

·         Operational management of the Fabric

·         Running the NOC

·         Operational management of customer clouds

·         Development of new functionality and capability

Desired Skills Experience:
They are looking to recruit an Operations Manager that specialises within at least one the following skill sets, but preferred candidates will ideally have skills or qualifications across multiple skill sets, and have at least 4 years proven experience in a similar position.

Microsoft - Active Directory group policy, Windows server, Windows workstation, Hyper-V, System centre, SQL, CRM, DFS, and Clustering. Application installation and automation technologies
Citrix - Xenapp 4.5, Webinterface, ICA Client technology, Netscaler, Xenserver and XenDesktop
Exchange - Exchange 2010, Clustering, DAG's, Outlook 2010, Exchange backup technologies (software and hardware), virus and anti-spam best practise and PowerShell scripting
Networking - Cisco Networking Stack ie;  UCS, ASA ,ASR,L2 L3 networking
Storage -  NetApp San infrastructure, aggregates, luns, snapshots and replication
General Skills - Cloud technologies; public, private and multi tenancy clouds, Iaas, Saas and Cloud service provision. A team player, but with the ability to work independently with good written skills. Excellent verbal communication skill, showing an ability to communicate with a range of contacts from users to Director level and proven management experience within a technical team.

If you are an innovative and experienced systems engineer with management experience that wants to maintain a hands on approach while leading a vibrant systems engineering team then we want to hear from you!  You are urged to send in your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com ASAP to avoid disappointment.  Thank You.

Business Development Manager - IT Services and Solutions - Edinburgh - upto £30k + OTE + Bens

PTS' Client a Leading IT Services and Solutions company based in Edinburgh have a new Business Development Manager (BDM) opportunity available and are looking for an enthusiastic person experienced in Business to Business sales ideally with an IT background. 

Based in their Edinburgh office, you will need to have significant proven experience in the IT (Software) licensing and services industry, and be able to hit the ground running to sell their range of solutions and vendor lines. Demonstrable knowledge in the form of vendor accreditations (such as Microsoft Certified Professional) would be advantageous, but it is more important that you can demonstrate your ability to approach a new business account patch, and start to generate revenue at an early stage. 

So if you are not a self-proclaimed Account Manager as this is New Business and are looking for an excellent BDM opportunity please do not hesitate to send in your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com. 

Software Application Packager - Permanent -Yorkshire

Software Application Packager - Permanent - up to £25k, plus up to 10% bonus - Yorkshire

My client is looking for a software application packager to assist desktop transformation projects. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter capable of servicing requests from both our customers and internal sources in order to create automated software installation packages for use within managed IT environments.

Application packaging experience including MSI, AdminStudio and Application Virtualisation (App-V) is advantageous but not a necessity as training will be provided.

Duties

·         Package and sequence applications for unattended installation and streaming

·         Provide technical documentation on a range of technical issues as required.

·         Produce procedural documentation of application packaging processes for the benefit of knowledge sharing and improved efficiency.

·         Management of application packaging library and workflow tracking system

Skills

·         Admin Studio -  Desirable

·         App-V Sequencing – Desirable

·         Visual Basic Scripting – Desirable

·         Windows Operating System knowledge - Desirable

·         SCCM 2007 / 2012  - Desirable

·         AppDNA – optional

NB – Some travelling may be required (Sheffield/Wetherby/Salford) so you MUST have your own car

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing company. Excellent salary and benefits await the winning candidate. Please send me your CV NOW for IMMEDIATE consideration.

call me now on 0131 202 1741 or mail me paul.watson@ptsconsulyting.com