Infrastructure Project Manager – Financial – Edinburgh - £380-£420 per day - CONTRACT

Infrastructure Project Manager – Financial – Integration & migration

Infrastructure Project Manager urgently required for a 1-year contract with a Global Financial organisation based in Edinburgh. This is a huge project and certainly one that will add some real credibility to your CV. It is essential that you have previous and recent financial experience and a strong track record delivering infrastructure projects. You should have experience working on integration programmes and migration projects and ideally you will be Prince2 certified.

One of the core deliverables will be the delivery of MQ infrastructure for the data centre and the delivery of external MQ Channel migrations across 20+ countries in various deployments. Experience of programmes working across multiple countries would be advantageous as would experience of MQ/Middleware projects.

Project Manager’s with the above infrastructure and financial experience along with experience with

Integration & migrations and governance are urged to apply ASAP.  Please send your CV to adam.lowe@ptsconsulting.com or call me on 020 7539 6325

Java Developer – East Kilbride – Permanent – upto £33K pa

Java Developer – East Kilbride – Permanent – upto £33K pa

PTS’ client is looking to recruit a strong web developer with excellent Java skills. You will be working on a number of high profile projects in a company that is at the cutting edge of their sector.

Essential

• Java

Desired

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Database skills Oracle, MySQL, SQL ,PL/SQL
• Data manipulation
• Software testing experience

You will be working in a growing team with exciting plans for the future. Please send me your latest CV for IMMEDIATE consideration. Interviews are taking place NOW with an immediate start possible thereafter.

To apply or for more details please call me on 0131 202 1741 or mail me paul.watson@ptsconsulting.com

PMO Manager – Financial Services – Edinburgh - £280-350 per day - CONTRACT

PMO Manager – Financial Services – Edinburgh - £280-350 per day - CONTRACT

PMO Manager urgently required for a demanding role within a Global Financial Services organisation based in Edinburgh. You must have solid PMO Management experience in a Financial Services company where you will have had a strong commercial / financials focus.

We are looking for an experienced professional with the ability to identify and deliver process improvements with PMO. You will also be able to deliver accurate and complete complex reports on a weekly basis, SOX compliance, address governance & finance issues, and chair / lead / minute meetings.

The PMO Manager will be responsible for the following activities:

• Preparation of weekly status report pack (on progress, financials, issues) with extreme attention to quality in terms of information and formatting.

• Preparation and maintenance of documentation (Configuration Management).

• Prepare operational dashboard, and other reports.

• Cyclical financial reporting for department, cost allocations, financial reconciliations and invoice settlement.

• Project budgeting and finance management including tracking of project resource costing, expenses, etc.

• Identify any improvements in existing corporate processes needed to support project management

• Assist the management office manager with ad-hoc tasks relating to management of the project/programs delivery

• Regular and ad-hoc (exception) reports

• Execute ad hoc projects and tasks

We are looking for an experienced PMO Manager with demonstrable success within a fast paced PMO / IT environment. Advanced MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Visio skills will be very advantageous. Strong reporting, stakeholder management and process improvement skills will also be extremely beneficial as would Prince2 certification. Please apply ASAP by sending your CV to adam.lowe@ptsconsulting.com or call me direct on 020 7539 6325

Technical Project Manager – Cisco – CISSP - Network Deployment - Investment Bank - London - Market Rates - CONTRACT

Network Deployment – Technical Project Manager – Cisco – CISSP

Network Deployment Technical Project Manager urgently needed to join a leading Global Investment Bank in London. This is a key role working in the infrastructure team where you will be responsible for expanding and configuring the Bank’s network infrastructure. The Technical Project Manager will have a strong Networking background in a financial institution and will have the following certifications; CISSP, ITIL, and at least one of CCNA, CCNP or CCDP. In order to meet current and future demands the Bank is enhancing its infrastructure, meaning you will be responsible for the delivery of multiple network projects. Cisco is the main skill required although; you are expected to have skills and experience in the following areas:

·         Server connectivity.

·         LAN / WAN / MAN network infrastructure.

·         Internet Firewall systems including Internet ecommerce, Internet Browsing and Remote Access.

·         Global Backbone Networks.

·         Merger, Divestment, Outsourcing and Acquisition Projects.

·         Expert in technologies such as QoS and Multicast.

·         Cisco and Foundry networking devices

·         UNIX / Linux systems

You will have a proven track record managing multiple projects and you will have a strong understanding of networking principles, network security and system integration concepts. To apply please forward your CV ASAP to adam.lowe@ptsconsulting.com or call me on 020 7539 6325

Senior Network Engineer - Dundee - Permanent

Dundee   £40,000 pa

Senior Network Engineer – Award-Winning Company - Dundee – upto £40k Permanent

PTS’ client, one of Scotland’s leading and award-winning companies are urgently looking to recruit a key member for their Network Engineering team. As Senior Network Engineer you will be responsible for designing new networks, implementing new access solutions and maintaining the ISP core. 

• CCNP level
• Experience with PIX\ASA, Cisco IOS firewall features, VPN - Install and Support
• OSPF including areas, inter-area filtering and redistribution
• Experience of BGP including peer groups, inbound and outbound filtering, redistribution
• Layer 3 switching , Spanning-tree (PVST+) and Spanning tree optimization, MST, CST
• Full, clean UK driving license 

This is a perfect opportunity to join this dynamic and expanding company at one of the most exciting times in their history. *Fantastic salary, excellent benefits and holidays.

PLEASE NOTE. My client really is looking for a top quality engineer and as such there will be a stringent technical pre-screening exam in place before progression to interview. We really want THE BEST so if this is you then send me your latest Word CV for IMMEDIATE consideration. Thank You.

For further information please call me or or e-mail me directly.
0131 202 1741
paul.watson@ptsconsulting.com

Senior Test Manager – ITSM Platform – Investment Bank – Contract – London

Senior Test Manager – ITSM Platform – Investment Bank – Contract – London

PTS is working on behalf of a leading investment bank who are seeking to bring on board a test manager to help them with their testing strategy for their next generation IT service management platform. The successful candidate will have experience of Remedy, HP SM or Service Now.

You will lead a team of up to 6 testers and be involved in their hiring as well.

For further information please contact Brian.sanchez@ptsconsulting.com

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.

Windows 7 / Office 2010 Senior Project Managers (2) - Investment Banking - London - URGENT CONTRACT

WINDOWS 7/OFFICE 2010 SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERS (2) - URGENT CONTRACTS - INVESTMENT BANKING - LONDON 

PTS's client, a Leading Global Investment Bank urgently require 2 x Senior Project Managers. PTS have already successfully placed one Senior Win7 Project Manager last week, and our client is conducting 1st and 2nd interviews this week (w/b 16/05/11).

If you have directly managed Global Implementations/Upgrades/Migrations recently (preferably Win7, although XP/Vista would be acceptable) within the Banking Sector call me today to discuss in detail. 

The required essential experience follows: 

 • Demonstrated Project Management experience ideally within Investment Banking (banking or finance experience thereafter advantageous) 

• Demonstrated Windows Client migration experience in a Project Management capacity 

• Experience managing projects where the following technology was in scope and being introduced: 

• System Center Configuration Manager 
• Citrix technologies, XenApp/XenDesktop ideal 
• Windows 7 ideal, Windows Vista advantageous 
• Office 2010 ideal, Office 2007 advantageous

You will have DIRECTLY MANAGED large scale migration / transformation activities in the banking sector, End-User computing migration (Windows Client) and have Application migration experience tied to Windows migration / upgrade (ideal).

For roles in the above context, I need to understand the PM structure for the programme / project in question and where the candidate was in relation.

If this is you please send your Word CV to Robin.Pettitt@ptsconsulting.com and call (0207 539 6310) at your earliest opportunity. The rate on the role is c.£450-£550/day, depending on experience and I look forward to hearing from you very soon... Thank You.