2nd/3rd Line Desktop Support/Migration Support - Investment Bank – London – Contract – upto £200pd

PTS's client a Leading Investment Bank is urgently looking for a Desktop Support Engineer with solid experience within Investment Banking either Front or Middle Office.  This is a 3 month rolling project to migrate users within the bank.

The ideal candidate’s tasks will include:

·         Taking calls from users

·         Recording their request in internal tracking system

·         Handling incidents reported by users and when needed addressing them to the relevant IT teams (software, networks, telecoms, systems, etc.)

·         Making follow up of incident solving and updating documentation

·         Informing users through alerts and communication

·         Documenting the incident database

Do you have excellent Windows XP SP3, Active Directory skills, aligned with MS Office 2003/2010 and Lotus Notes knowledge? And do you speak fluent English and French aswell as having knowledge of the Equity and Financial Markets?

Desktop Support Engineers with the above skillsets and knowledge are urged to send their WORD CV's to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at their earliest opportunity.  Our client is very keen to fill this role ASAP.  Thank You. 

Front End Web Developer – Investment Bank – London – Contract – Market Rates

PTS's Client, a leading Investment Bank are in URGENT need of an experienced Front End Web Developer. This position requires a Web Front End developer with strong skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript (and a modern JavaScript library such as jQuery) is needed to join a team of developers to implement the concepts (wireframes) and visual designs on top of a well-structured web application framework.

The Front End developer will work closely with a permanent member of staff in a similar role and Back End developers. The developer will also work with the developers and support staff of existing portals to discover and meet their needs. Very strong UI and UX skills are essential, Web 2.0 skills including AJAX, Java Script and CSS will be required. It is essential that the candidate have experience with a Perl based web development framework and a strong grasp of OO Perl.

Front End Web Developers are urged to send in their Word CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at their earliest opportunity. Our client is very keen to fill this role ASAP. Thank You.

Platform Security Engineer – Investment Bank – London – CONTRACT – Market Rates

PTS’s Client, a leading Investment Bank are in URGENT need of an experienced Platform Security Engineer for an off-the-shelf solution to help detect and report weak file share permissions across Windows, Unix and Linux servers within the Bank.  This is a technical lead role in the evaluation, testing, selection, design and engineering of a solution to meet technical and functional requirements.

A detailed knowledge and experience of Windows server is required, and specifically SMB/CIFS and NTFS permissions.  Similar experience of SAMBA and NFS access controls and permissions is preferred.  Previous experience in the engineering and design of solutions in a large global organisation is required, preferably with a focus on security solutions.  With knowledge in one or more vendor solutions specifically designed to detect and report weak file share permissions would be beneficial.

Please send your Word CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as our client is very keen to fill this role ASAP. Thank You.

Senior IT Systems Analyst - Leading IT Consultant - London - Perm - upto £45k pa

PTS Managed Services specialises in providing Enterprise grade IT solutions to SME financial and non-financial institutions such as Fund Managers, Private Equity Institutions, legal, accounting, insurance etc. through the provision of Project Management, IT Consulting, IT Systems Integration and post-project support.  Originally founded in London in 1983, PTS Consulting now has offices in most of the major global financial hubs including London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney and Dubai. PTS has over 300 delivery staff world-wide.

PTS MS has developed its outsourced IT solutions through a convergence of our IT and Project Management skills and experiences.  As a result of our planned and continuing expansion programme, PTS MS is now seeking to employ a Senior IT Systems Analyst with a rich background of IT experience to join its rapidly growing division.  This individual will combine technical excellence with excellent customer facing skills and an analytical approach and a commitment to attention to detail.

The ideal candidate should have a passion for technology combined with a sound business-awareness, proven technical skills, and a willingness to engage in both support and project work.  This exciting and dynamic role will give the individual opportunity to work on a variety of client engagements including on-going operational support, new infrastructure and applications build-outs, upgrades, migrations and enhancements, and tuning and refresh of existing environments.  

Key Responsibilities 

·         Provide technical expertise and support services to clients, including pre-sales support, design, project inception, implementation, testing and business-as-usual operation

·         Engage in requirements capture, systems analysis, contribute to design process, undertake systems integration tasks including server, networking and voice system deployment and support

·         Work at PTS offices and clients site as required, typically based in the City and West End

·         Take part in callout rota for overnight support and be available for out-of-hours work when required

Key Skills and Experience

·         Experience of domain migrations, email migrations, technology relocations and enterprise technology deployments and upgrades.  Candidate should have some hands on experience in a technical role in these types of projects

·         Experience of providing end-user support including roles encompassing 1st 3rd level support

Strong skills in

·         Microsoft Window Server 2008, including Active Directory

·         Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010

·         VMware and virtualisation of both servers and workstations

·         Microsoft Windows XP and 7; Microsoft Office 2007 and 2012

·         Networking including TCP/IP, WAN/LAN and firewall technologies, especially with Cisco, HP, Sonicwall and Juniper products

·         Common backup products and anti-virus products

Desirable technical skills include

·         NAS and SAN technologies

·         Blackberry Enterprise Servers

·         IP phone systems, especially Avaya, Cisco, Mitel

·         Working knowledge of cloud technologies and their benefits and challenges

·         Experience of trading floor technologies including turret systems

·         Experience of supporting Bloomberg and other market data products

·         Common administrative tasks relating to SharePoint and SQL servers

Personal Qualities and Certifications

·         Top quality interpersonal and questioning and listening skills including excellent spoken and written English

·         Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people

·         Strong documentation skills

·         Attention to detail

·         Ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task

·         Microsoft, Cisco and/or VMware certifications are highly desirable

·         ITIL training or experience of working in an ITIL environment is a definite plus

·         Japanese, Mandarin or Cantonese language skills will be a benefit but NOT essential

Senior IT Systems Analyst with the above knowledge and experiences 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.  

Data Centre / IT Service Migration Project Manager – Leading IT Consultancy – London – PERM – upto £65,000pa

PTS is looking to recruit a Senior Technical IT Project Manager with experience in the Migration of Data Centre IT Services.  The ideal candidate will need to be able to demonstrate a sound methodology and experience of having performed this role before and a sound Project Management skillset.

Aswell as the above the Project Manager will need to demonstrate an ability to structure the Project and to communicate effectively, areas that need to be completed at an early stage of the project.  Have the experience of delivering previous IT Infrastructure Projects to budget and on time, with prior involvement of successful delivery of an IT Infrastructure Procurement exercise and an ability to gain Project buy in of the IT Technical team at an early stage of the Project.

Anybody looking to apply should have around 7 years’ experience in a Project Manager role, with a Project Management Qualification (I.e. Prince2), aswell as the delivery of at least one Data Centre / IT Service Migration Project.  A sound understanding of IT Infrastructure components and how they interconnect with sound written, spoken and presentation skills in English.  Aswell as having managed technical teams either directly or in matrix model and third party service relationships for the delivery of IT services.

The Project manager will need to be able to identify additional opportunities to sell PTS services to support areas of the Project.  This role could act as a Lead Project Manager of multiple Projects or as a Project Manager of a single Data Centre / IT Migration Project.  Project Manager's with the above skills 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. 

Business Analysts – IT Services Company – London – Contract – £375-£425pd

PTS's Client, a Leading IT Services Company is for looking multiple Business Analysts who MUST have experience of working on LARGE HR TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMMES.  If your experience is within a Financial Organisation then this would be beneficial but not essential.

There are currently 3 roles available with different remits within the programme:

1.       Business Analyst with an understanding of resourcing processes

2.       Business Analyst for Employee SAP data maintenance

3.       Business Analyst for a HR focussed CRM specialist with SAP interaction

The ideal candidates will have experience in producing and / or implementing global standardised HR processes and knowledge of the localisation of global processes.  You need to have the ability to handle Stakeholder engagements and management across many different countries and time zones and with 5 Years’ experience in a Business Analyst background.  Aswell as being skilled in developing Business Requirements documentation and Functional Specifications, you need to have excellent gap analysis process skills.

You also need to have experience in developing process flows, communicating Business requirements to project teams, supporting the test phase, waterfall or agile methodologies knowledge and experience of working with offshore teams.  You also need to have been involved in providing status reports, communicating to Senior Management and showing your communication skills.

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