Project Manager – Leading Investment Bank – London – CONTRACT – Market Rates

PTS’s Client, a leading Investment Bank are in need of an excellent PROJECT MANAGER who is an skilled in IT SECURITY SOLUTIONS DESIGN.  You must have a broad-based technical expertise in Windows and/or Unix/Linux, preferably with specific knowledge and skills in one or more near real-time file or system integrity monitoring solutions, and will additionally be involved in engineering, design and testing of upgrades and new features for infrastructure.

This position exists within the Platform Security Engineering team to assist in the evaluation, review, testing, selection and design of a near real time file/system integrity monitoring solution for Windows.  The setting up and configuring near real time system integrity monitoring solutions in a development lab environment and the defining policies for system integrity monitoring events.   Development of test plans for conducting full functional and performance testing of selected products against a rigorous set of defined criteria and requirements and integration with security and performance monitoring tools, ticketing systems, BladeLogic BBSA and Active Directory.

The initial design, engineering and planning of infrastructure required to support a global deployment of up to 30,000 servers and identification of further tasks required to enable a successful product implementation.  Aswell as the completion of engineering, design and testing of upgrades and new features for infrastructures.

You need to have the ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure to ensure target dates are met, and that the chosen solution will ultimately have a successful deployment.  There will be a need to liaise with other engineering teams at a detailed technical level, and to work independently when required. 

Project Managers with the above experiences and skillsets are preferred and are urged to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity.  Thank You. 

Programme Manager – Leading Investment Bank – London – CONTRACT – Market Rates

PTS’s Client, a leading Investment Bank are in need of an excellent PROGRAMME MANAGER who is an expert in IT SECURITY SOLUTIONS DESIGN.  You must be a subject matter expert capable of taking a lead role for technical aspects of the project including preparation of structured test plans to verify that requirements are met.  You will be advising on product selection, completing detailed engineering design, providing thorough and detailed documentation of the solution from the ground up, and reporting to internal management teams throughout the project.

This position exists within the Platform Security Engineering team to assist in the evaluation, review, testing, selection and design of a near real time file/system integrity monitoring solution for Windows.  The setting up and configuring near real time system integrity monitoring solutions in a development lab environment and the defining policies for system integrity monitoring events.   Development of test plans for conducting full functional and performance testing of selected products against a rigorous set of defined criteria and requirements and integration with security and performance monitoring tools, ticketing systems, BladeLogic BBSA and Active Directory.

The initial design, engineering and planning of infrastructure required to support a global deployment of up to 30,000 servers and identification of further tasks required to enable a successful product implementation.  Also the knowledge of engineering design documentation covering full detail of the chosen solution, including infrastructure, agent and baseline policy design and acceptance of delivered solution and confirmation by stakeholder groups that design meets defined requirements.

You need to have the ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure to ensure target dates are met, and that the chosen solution will ultimately have a successful deployment.  There will be a need to liaise with other engineering teams at a detailed technical level, and to work independently when required. 

Project Managers with the above experiences and skillsets are preferred and are urged to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.  Please send your WORD CV Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity.  Thank You. 

Client facing Technical Analyst / Consultant – Permanent – Edinburgh - £25 to £35K + excellent bonus and fantastic benefits

Client facing Technical Analyst / Consultant – Permanent – Edinburgh - £25 to £35K + excellent bonus and fantastic benefits

PTS’ client is looking for Graduate Technical Analysts to join their busy and expanding team in Edinburgh.  You will be responsible for meeting clients and capturing information related to their business and specific projects.

Projects assessed by my client can cover: the breadth and depth of the development lifecycle; performance challenges of desktop or internet applications; and algorithms developed to combat performance limitations or challenges.

NB* THIS ROLE REQUIRES TOP CLASS REPORT WRITING SKILLS.  Accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation are KEY elements of this role.

if You cAn’t do it; or aren’t gud at this then DON’t apply.

Essential Technical Skills

·         Educated to degree level (Honours), in an IT, computing/numeric/scientific discipline

·         Conversant with technical environments and full understanding of the software life cycle model

·         Excellent presentation skills and a confident communication style that easily adapts to different company stakeholders 

·         Strong Excel numerical analysis

·         Professional manner and confident in a customer-facing role

·         Excellent planning and organisational skills (can plan and meet own timescales)

Advantageous

·         Solid experience of or understanding of Cloud technologies and Web development

·         Driving license

You will be trained up in the relevant legislation to ensure that coupled with your drive, enthusiasm and expert technical knowledge, you will provide clients with the best service available in the market place.

My client need a “happy techy”, someone who will flourish in the autonomy of this challenging position and who is driven by their desire to be the best, deliver the best service to clients and to have fun whilst doing it.  Send me your CV NOW for IMMEDIATE consideration.

*An excellent package awaits the successful candidate as well as an impressive bonus scheme.

Please call or mail me for more information. 0131 2021 1741 or mailto:orpaul.watson@ptsconsulting.com

Service Desk Team Leader - Financial Services - North East - £Negotiable, depending on experience - CONTRACT OR PERMANENT

Service Desk Team Leader - Financial Services - North East - £Negotiable, depending on experience - CONTRACT OR PERMANENT

PTS Resourcings' client, a well known financial services company requires an experienced Service Desk Team Leader to inspire, train, lead and manage a large team of Customer Service and Technical Support Analysts.

You will need demonstrable experience in:

*  Staff Appraisals
*  Training Identification, Implementation and Review
*  Problem Resolution
*  Interviewing Techniques
*  Rota Scheduling

The environment is friendly, the staff all hard-working and genuine, and the level of support exceptional. The business is going through numerous changes, and my client is looking for someone who has worked for a fast-paced, dynamic company.

If you have ITIL or similar qualifications, that will help your application though isn't a prerequisite.
Interviews will be held in late April/early May although my client is keen to view suitably experienced Word CVs immediately.
PTS Resourcing have been working with this client for many years and have an enviable track record of placements and long term contracts. If successful, this could strategically and financially be an ideal career move. I look forward to reviewing your Word CV and Covering Letter at your earliest opportunity. Please send to Robin.Pettitt@ptsconsulting.com (0207 539 6310 / 07584 472 681). Thank You.

Junior Project Manager – Investment Bank – London – Contract - £300-£350/Day

PTS's Client, a High Profile Investment Bank require a JUNIOR PROJECT MANAGER with a technical background preferably in the end user access area with a good understanding of infrastructure impact on end users.  Previous experience in migrations, upgrades, etc for end users would be a very good start.  You will of course be guided by the Project Manager for assisting in the delivery of the ET (extended testing) environment.

The methodology to be used by the programme is hybrid - part build ahead and part lift & shift, so knowledge of this is beneficial.  As the programme is hybrid and the end user community is different to production, you will need to be able to offer different low cost and low risk approaches.

Your deliverables are:

·         Update the GTS end users’ desktop components requiring a technical configuration change.   Work with both Optimised and Non-Optimised countries BAU personnel on their specific requirements to deliver the updates either pre, during or post Cutover to minimise activities required on cutover weekend.  Provide rollbacks for No Go and uninstall of existing components and develop solutions for dress rehearsals for dual access by business users.

·         Review of Shared Services HLDs to drive out any end user access requirements or risks, including determining any EUA migration activities for cross environment shared services where shared services continue to be consumed from NL until last environment is cutover. Provide migration approach for all environment users for last cutover.

·         Provide solution and provision secure access to Target environments for resources and business users involved in build, migration and each testing phase including providing test tool and device access to/within the isolated environment.

·         Develop processes, provision and manage access to Target infrastructure (Unix Secure Gateway, iSeries, Wintel and Shared Services) for the purpose of migration and testing before and after BAU control ahead of cutover.

·         Provision application level access to GTS application set for the purpose of testing.  Setup a team segregated from testing teams for provisioning and managing access in line with requirements from Risk & Security for approval and control around access to applications with production data.

·         Develop After Care model for EUA.

Junior Project Managers with the above abilities are urged to apply ASAP.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity. Thank you.

PTS is an Equal Opportunities employer and applicants are selected solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities. No applicant shall receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, marital status, civil partnership status, trans-gender status, pregnancy, maternity, colour race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, belief, sexual orientation, disability, age. This is not an exclusive list.  

Wintel Technical Analyst – Investment Bank – Edinburgh – Contract - £330-£370/Day

PTS's Client, a High Profile Investment Bank requires a WINTEL TECHNICAL ANALYST to work on a Data Centre Programme that is currently running.   The ideal person should have previous experience of Data Centre migrations moving large, complex environments with both internal and external interfaces/connections.  Prior experience of working within an Investment Banking / Financials environment is beneficial but not essential.

You must have excellent Technical and Business/Systems knowledge:
- Excellent Windows w2k/w2k3 server skills
- AD, TCP/IP, DNS, WINS and Windows clustering
- HP rack & blade server hardware configuration and management
- Experience of HBA Fibre channel storage configuration
- Good knowledge of VMWare ESX / Virtual Centre implementations
- Good understanding of multi-tier enterprise application installation and configuration

- InfoMan, MS Excel, Technical support experience, general application experience

You will need to have excellent Consultancy knowledge that covers all meetings, discussions, challenges, documentation and data gathering.  Planning understanding involvement in defining plans and creating SOEs, Migration / Build awareness including all storage related tasks in preparing the target and source environments, including any target infrastructure builds and configuration. 

An understanding of Testing covering all defined testing, potential refreshes and dress rehearsals, aswell knowledge of Implementing the actual deployment from source to target and necessary configuration including data migration and Support of the Resolution of Wintel related issues post migration/warranty.

Wintel Technical Analysts with the above abilities are urged to apply ASAP.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity. Thank you. 

Change Analyst – Investment Bank – Edinburgh – Contract - £250-£280/Day

PTS's Client, a High Profile Investment Bank requires a CHANGE ANALYST to work on a Data Centre Programme that is currently running.   The ideal person should be ITIL Foundation Level qualified with 2 years’ experience in a Change Analyst role within a programme environment.  A self-starter who has excellent communication skills and is a team player is needed.

Objectives:  

·         To deliver source to target governance

·         Manage change control risk and issues

·         Effectively support colleagues relating to change implementations in both pre-production and production

Deliverables: 

·         Support the programme in an consultative manner and facilitate resolution of change conflicts

·         Provide the operational tracking governance in the identification for source to target change 

·         SME for change control

·         Attend and represent interests

·         Resolve change issues and provide training to members 

·         Mentor work streams with change support

·         Conduit for change planning and feeds

Change Analysts with the above abilities are urged to apply ASAP.  Please send your CV at your earliest opportunity. Thank you. 

PTS is an Equal Opportunities employer and applicants are selected solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities. No applicant shall receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, marital status, civil partnership status, trans-gender status, pregnancy, maternity, colour race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, belief, sexual orientation, disability, age. This is not an exclusive list.  

Senior UAT Test Analyst - IT Services Company - Manchester - Permanent - £30k-£35k + Bens

PTS's Client, a Leading IT Services Company is looking for Senior UAT Test Analysts to work onsite within a leading Investment Banking institute in Manchester.  So the need for experience of working on a UAT Test Analyst role within a Financial / UK Retail Banking background would be extremely beneficial. 

The ideal candidate must have the below knowledge and skills:

·         Strong understanding of Waterfall, V-Model and Agile test methodologies

·         Strong understanding of UAT test methods/disciplines

·         Experience in using test management tools including Quality Centre

·         Experience in test techniques including risk-based testing

·         Experience of UAT Test Management/ Test Team Leading

·         Defect Management experience

·         Experience in implementing/adhering to test governance controls

·         Experience in supporting Project Managers, Business Analysts and End Users

·         Experience producing UAT Test Strategies

·         Experience in reviewing UAT test conditions, scenarios and test scripts

·         Experience of providing test status reports and chairing UAT test progress meetings

·         Experience of completing UAT health-checks on test processes/procedures

·         Experience of communicating to Senior Management

·         Experience of managing stakeholder expectations

·         Good overall communication skills

·         Good presentation skills

·         Good interpersonal skills

·         Proactive approach to resolving issues

UAT Test Analysts with the above skills and experience are urged to apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity.  Thank You. 

UAT Test Analyst - IT Services Company - Manchester - Permanent - £25k-£30k + Bens

PTS's Client, a Leading IT Services Company is looking for UAT Test Analysts to work onsite within a leading Investment Banking institute in Manchester.  So the need for experience of working on a UAT Test Analyst role within a Financial / UK Retail Banking background would be extremely beneficial. 

The ideal candidate must have the below knowledge and skills:

·         Good understanding of Waterfall, V-Model and Agile test methodologies

·         Good understanding of UAT test methods/disciplines

·         Experience in using test management tools including Quality Centre

·         Experience in test techniques including risk-based testing

·         Experience of working in a team

·         Experience in developing UAT Test Plans and scope

·         Experience of analysing Business requirements to create UAT test conditions, scenarios and scripts

·         Experience in UAT test execution and defect management processes

·         Experience in supporting end user training during UAT test execution

·         Experience in providing UAT test progress updates

·         Experience in providing suggestions in test process improvements

·         Experience of communicating to Senior Management

·         Experience of managing stakeholder expectations

·         Good overall communication skills

·         Good presentation skills

·         Good interpersonal skills

·         Proactive approach to resolving issues

UAT Test Analysts with the above skills and experience are urged to apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity.  Thank You.