This role of Head of IT is both strategic and hands-on, requiring the successful candidate to lead the Technology team in a thriving Technology & Telecoms business. The role is responsible for driving the company's technology strategy and managing overall IT operations. Client Details Our client is a large-scale player in the Technology & Telecoms industry. With several hundred employees, they lead the market in developing innovative solutions. Their operations are based in Manchester but their impact is felt globally. Description The key responsibilities of the Head of IT is responsible for but, not limited to: Develop and implement the company's technology strategy. Manage the Technology team, overseeing projects and operations. Ensure all IT systems and procedures lead to outcomes in line with business goals. Identify and eliminate security vulnerabilities with strategic solutions that increase data security. Communicate with the team and key stakeholders on project strategy and results. Collaborate with the executive team to assess and recommend technologies in support of company needs. Support the company's product team with technology related decisions. Ensure the company's technology assets are maintained and managed properly. Profile A successful Head of IT should have: A degree in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering or a related qualification. Strong knowledge of data analysis, budgeting and business operations. Superior strategic planning and project management skills. Experience in controlling information technology budget. Excellent organisational and leadership skills. Broad knowledge of current and emerging technologies. Strong problem-solving abilities. Job Offer A competitive salary, ranging from £65,000 to £75,000, based on experience. Generous holiday leave. A supportive and collaborative company culture. Opportunities for professional development within the Technology & Telecoms industry. A central Manchester location with great transport links. We invite all suitable candidates to apply and look forward to receiving your applications.
28/03/2024
Full time
This role of Head of IT is both strategic and hands-on, requiring the successful candidate to lead the Technology team in a thriving Technology & Telecoms business. The role is responsible for driving the company's technology strategy and managing overall IT operations. Client Details Our client is a large-scale player in the Technology & Telecoms industry. With several hundred employees, they lead the market in developing innovative solutions. Their operations are based in Manchester but their impact is felt globally. Description The key responsibilities of the Head of IT is responsible for but, not limited to: Develop and implement the company's technology strategy. Manage the Technology team, overseeing projects and operations. Ensure all IT systems and procedures lead to outcomes in line with business goals. Identify and eliminate security vulnerabilities with strategic solutions that increase data security. Communicate with the team and key stakeholders on project strategy and results. Collaborate with the executive team to assess and recommend technologies in support of company needs. Support the company's product team with technology related decisions. Ensure the company's technology assets are maintained and managed properly. Profile A successful Head of IT should have: A degree in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering or a related qualification. Strong knowledge of data analysis, budgeting and business operations. Superior strategic planning and project management skills. Experience in controlling information technology budget. Excellent organisational and leadership skills. Broad knowledge of current and emerging technologies. Strong problem-solving abilities. Job Offer A competitive salary, ranging from £65,000 to £75,000, based on experience. Generous holiday leave. A supportive and collaborative company culture. Opportunities for professional development within the Technology & Telecoms industry. A central Manchester location with great transport links. We invite all suitable candidates to apply and look forward to receiving your applications.
Position Available : Supplier Development Manager Location : Stevenage - Dynamic Working Hours Salary : Up to £50,000 Experience needed : Experience in ensuring effective supplier performance, capability and risk management, and implementing both Legacy and cutting-edge technologies. About the role We are a leading defence company who are at the forefront of innovation in the industry and your work will have a direct impact on the safety and security of the UK & our allies. We are currently looking for a Supplier Development Manager to work in our team who primarily focus on navigation and sensor technologies. In this role you will support the team in: Influencing the evolution of the company's business environment Improving internal working practices to drive efficiency and effectiveness Handling supplier performance in terms of delivery and quality Collaborating with fellow procurement professionals, with internal collaborators (internal customers, procurement colleagues, technical and quality authorities,) and with key suppliers Influence training and development programmes in Procurement and Quality knowledge What we need from you: Experience of supply chain management/Supplier Development Manager in the Aerospace, Defence or Manufacturing environments is desirable Demonstrated ability to improve Supplier Performance (Delivery and Quality) using appropriate tools and lean methodologies Handling a portfolio of suppliers on a day-to-day basis and reporting into designated project the performance and handle supply chain risks to closure Assess supply chain and suppliers' capability to meet the delivery profile for both current state vs Future state Proficient in creating/validating process flows, lead time analysis, understanding capacity bottlenecks, yield, resources, and sub-tier mapping activities to form an industrial view of supplier Hold excellent problem-solving skills and understanding of techniques such as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) to develop and implement root cause analysis and improvement plans within Supply Chain Identify, Advance, and mitigate potential Supply Chain Risks and put in place associated improvement and mitigation plans Conducting analysis and providing/delivering executive summaries Additionally, you may be responsible/assist in department supply chain excellence improvements If you would like to know more details about the position or want to register your interest, hit apply below. We'd love to hear from you!
28/03/2024
Full time
Position Available : Supplier Development Manager Location : Stevenage - Dynamic Working Hours Salary : Up to £50,000 Experience needed : Experience in ensuring effective supplier performance, capability and risk management, and implementing both Legacy and cutting-edge technologies. About the role We are a leading defence company who are at the forefront of innovation in the industry and your work will have a direct impact on the safety and security of the UK & our allies. We are currently looking for a Supplier Development Manager to work in our team who primarily focus on navigation and sensor technologies. In this role you will support the team in: Influencing the evolution of the company's business environment Improving internal working practices to drive efficiency and effectiveness Handling supplier performance in terms of delivery and quality Collaborating with fellow procurement professionals, with internal collaborators (internal customers, procurement colleagues, technical and quality authorities,) and with key suppliers Influence training and development programmes in Procurement and Quality knowledge What we need from you: Experience of supply chain management/Supplier Development Manager in the Aerospace, Defence or Manufacturing environments is desirable Demonstrated ability to improve Supplier Performance (Delivery and Quality) using appropriate tools and lean methodologies Handling a portfolio of suppliers on a day-to-day basis and reporting into designated project the performance and handle supply chain risks to closure Assess supply chain and suppliers' capability to meet the delivery profile for both current state vs Future state Proficient in creating/validating process flows, lead time analysis, understanding capacity bottlenecks, yield, resources, and sub-tier mapping activities to form an industrial view of supplier Hold excellent problem-solving skills and understanding of techniques such as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) to develop and implement root cause analysis and improvement plans within Supply Chain Identify, Advance, and mitigate potential Supply Chain Risks and put in place associated improvement and mitigation plans Conducting analysis and providing/delivering executive summaries Additionally, you may be responsible/assist in department supply chain excellence improvements If you would like to know more details about the position or want to register your interest, hit apply below. We'd love to hear from you!
Requirements Engineer Contract! Are you a motivated, self-starter with SAFe experience? We're looking for someone like you to play a key role in our clients Electronics Engineering Team. Your mission? To ensure project success and support our scrum teams. What You'll Do: Collaborate closely with Project Managers and stakeholders. Translate requirements into solution designs. Develop backlogs with Technical Product Owners. Maintain requirements for traceability and track metrics. What You Bring: Business or executive management experience. Proven technology portfolio and project management skills. Ability to manage multiple scrum teams effectively. Excellent communication skills. Dedication to efficiency and productivity. SAFe certifications are a plus! This is primarily a remote role with occasional travel. Ready to make an impact? Apply now! Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
28/03/2024
Project-based
Requirements Engineer Contract! Are you a motivated, self-starter with SAFe experience? We're looking for someone like you to play a key role in our clients Electronics Engineering Team. Your mission? To ensure project success and support our scrum teams. What You'll Do: Collaborate closely with Project Managers and stakeholders. Translate requirements into solution designs. Develop backlogs with Technical Product Owners. Maintain requirements for traceability and track metrics. What You Bring: Business or executive management experience. Proven technology portfolio and project management skills. Ability to manage multiple scrum teams effectively. Excellent communication skills. Dedication to efficiency and productivity. SAFe certifications are a plus! This is primarily a remote role with occasional travel. Ready to make an impact? Apply now! Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Main Purpose The consultant will be in the Security Systems Unit. The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical advice and expertise for projects to optimize the IT security systems. The consultant will collect and interpret information and events generated by internal security monitoring tools, and external threat intelligence providers. Furthermore he/she will be providing technical expertise to address information security research, monitoring, and investigations activities. This is a perfect opportunity for proactive technically savvy individuals who are looking to make an impact. Functions/Key Results Expected Collect and analyse evidence including network traffic, volatile data, logs, or other indicators of compromise in order to identify security threats. Perform Real Time analysis and correlation of events from a multitude of data sources with a focus on identifying new indicators of compromise or determine anomalies and potential security incidents. Provide technical resolution of security investigations tickets, ensuring that proper containment, eradication, recovery and lesson-learned activities are maintained. Advice on opportunities to improve security detection & monitoring capabilities based on observed, and provide recommendations on tuning of signatures, rules and alerts. Identify and characterize new emerging technologies trends, security methods, and threats based on relevant organizational context. Propose solutions on creative ways to do work faster, better and more effectively while maintaining a high quality of service Qualifications and Experience A first level university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. A high school diploma with additional 4 years of relevant work experience in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field will be considered in lieu of the university degree. At least 2 years' experience related to cybersecurity operations, endpoint, or email threat prevention management. Demonstrated experience using Microsoft security tools including but not limited to MS Defence centre, Advanced Treat Prevention (APT), Email Protection and Azure security. Demonstrated ability to drive changes and provide tangible results. Excellent problem-solving skills that would allow for the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues. Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate effectively and clearly to executive leadership Ability to use one or more of the programming languages JAVA, C++, Python, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, etc
26/03/2024
Project-based
Main Purpose The consultant will be in the Security Systems Unit. The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical advice and expertise for projects to optimize the IT security systems. The consultant will collect and interpret information and events generated by internal security monitoring tools, and external threat intelligence providers. Furthermore he/she will be providing technical expertise to address information security research, monitoring, and investigations activities. This is a perfect opportunity for proactive technically savvy individuals who are looking to make an impact. Functions/Key Results Expected Collect and analyse evidence including network traffic, volatile data, logs, or other indicators of compromise in order to identify security threats. Perform Real Time analysis and correlation of events from a multitude of data sources with a focus on identifying new indicators of compromise or determine anomalies and potential security incidents. Provide technical resolution of security investigations tickets, ensuring that proper containment, eradication, recovery and lesson-learned activities are maintained. Advice on opportunities to improve security detection & monitoring capabilities based on observed, and provide recommendations on tuning of signatures, rules and alerts. Identify and characterize new emerging technologies trends, security methods, and threats based on relevant organizational context. Propose solutions on creative ways to do work faster, better and more effectively while maintaining a high quality of service Qualifications and Experience A first level university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. A high school diploma with additional 4 years of relevant work experience in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field will be considered in lieu of the university degree. At least 2 years' experience related to cybersecurity operations, endpoint, or email threat prevention management. Demonstrated experience using Microsoft security tools including but not limited to MS Defence centre, Advanced Treat Prevention (APT), Email Protection and Azure security. Demonstrated ability to drive changes and provide tangible results. Excellent problem-solving skills that would allow for the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues. Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate effectively and clearly to executive leadership Ability to use one or more of the programming languages JAVA, C++, Python, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, etc
Network Risk and Compliance Analyst: Primary responsibilities will include: Develop and manage monitoring activities to ensure compliance with Information Security and Technology regulatory requirements and internal policies and standards Identify, develop and maintain key risk indicators to track and ensure compliance with established policies and standards Lead global and complex compliance remediation projects with cross-functional teams Conduct targeted reviews to identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement Lead development of management action plans; propose resolution options, identify responsible owners, and closure dates Proactively identify and report Information Security and Technology compliance risks Ensure risks are effectively identified, quantified, prioritized, communicated, and managed, including recommendations for risk mitigation, and identifying the root cause/key themes Effectively communicate findings and recommendations to management in detailed and organized format/process via presentations to stakeholders and senior management Manage Audit, Regulatory and Third-Part audits/risk assessments Lead development of formal responses to Audit and Regulatory inquiries or assessments. This may be comprised of documentation gathering, drafting of documents, and researching past activity and reports Centralize compliance responses/data to improve audit response time and create consistent responses across teams Interact with Auditors and Regulators as needed Develop and conduct ongoing risk and compliance training and education Role Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Security, Information Systems Management, Information Technology Auditing or related relevant field Strong technical background in order to communicate effectively with Network Engineers Experience in leading projects, preferably global projects Experience with audits and/or compliance assessments/monitoring. PMI, CISSP, CISM, CISA a plus Ability to operate in a fast-paced global environment. Ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines and embrace change. Ability to communicate clearly to various levels of management (including executive management), across various business functions (including engineering)
25/03/2024
Full time
Network Risk and Compliance Analyst: Primary responsibilities will include: Develop and manage monitoring activities to ensure compliance with Information Security and Technology regulatory requirements and internal policies and standards Identify, develop and maintain key risk indicators to track and ensure compliance with established policies and standards Lead global and complex compliance remediation projects with cross-functional teams Conduct targeted reviews to identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement Lead development of management action plans; propose resolution options, identify responsible owners, and closure dates Proactively identify and report Information Security and Technology compliance risks Ensure risks are effectively identified, quantified, prioritized, communicated, and managed, including recommendations for risk mitigation, and identifying the root cause/key themes Effectively communicate findings and recommendations to management in detailed and organized format/process via presentations to stakeholders and senior management Manage Audit, Regulatory and Third-Part audits/risk assessments Lead development of formal responses to Audit and Regulatory inquiries or assessments. This may be comprised of documentation gathering, drafting of documents, and researching past activity and reports Centralize compliance responses/data to improve audit response time and create consistent responses across teams Interact with Auditors and Regulators as needed Develop and conduct ongoing risk and compliance training and education Role Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Security, Information Systems Management, Information Technology Auditing or related relevant field Strong technical background in order to communicate effectively with Network Engineers Experience in leading projects, preferably global projects Experience with audits and/or compliance assessments/monitoring. PMI, CISSP, CISM, CISA a plus Ability to operate in a fast-paced global environment. Ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines and embrace change. Ability to communicate clearly to various levels of management (including executive management), across various business functions (including engineering)
Request Technology - Craig Johnson
San Francisco, California
*We are unable to sponsor for this 6+ Month Contract role* Prestigious Fortune 500 Company is currently seeking a Security Red Team Operator. Candidate will take a structured approach to Red Team operations (ie, testing in lab environments, creating and operating according to runbooks and SOPs, writing detailed after-action reports, participating in daily operation syncs). This is currently a two-person team. As such, the candidate will need to be a highly motivated, self-sufficient, and capable of collaborating on a small team where consensus is a must for operations to be successful. This role will also be involved in our Tabletop Exercise planning and execution, and therefore, will need excellent written and oral communication skills when dealing with all levels of the organization, from executives to individual contributors. The Red team is responsible for testing the overall strength of our organizations defenses (the technology, the processes, and the people) by simulating the objectives and actions of an attacker. Responsibilities: Perform internal and external penetration testing of network infrastructure and applications Perform Red team assessments including physical, social engineering, and network exploitation Perform well controlled vulnerability exploitation/penetration testing on applications, network protocols, and databases Perform network reconnaissance, OSINT, social engineering, and physical security reviews Participate in regular exercises and perform adversary simulations to test defense controls Assist with scoping prospective engagements, leading engagements from kickoff through remediation Work closely with Blue team to test efficacy of existing alerts and help create new detection. Create findings reports and communicate to stakeholders Contribute to enhancing the teams toolkit Write custom scripts to automate tasks related to finding new vulnerabilities Maintain runbooks to continually improve penetration testing methodologies and threat modelling. Qualifications : 5+ years of experience in Penetration testing, Red Team and Purple Team Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience Advanced knowledge in common penetration testing tools (Metasploit, Burp Suite, Cobalt Strike, Empire, KALI Linux etc.) Must have a demonstrable understanding of voice and data networks, major operating systems, Active Directory, cloud technologies Must demonstrate knowledge of MITREs ATT&CK framework, execute and chain TTPs Must be able to critically examine an organization and system through the perspective of a threat actor and articulate risk in clear, precise terms. Ability to optimally code in a Scripting language (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Perl, etc.) OSCP
13/03/2024
Project-based
*We are unable to sponsor for this 6+ Month Contract role* Prestigious Fortune 500 Company is currently seeking a Security Red Team Operator. Candidate will take a structured approach to Red Team operations (ie, testing in lab environments, creating and operating according to runbooks and SOPs, writing detailed after-action reports, participating in daily operation syncs). This is currently a two-person team. As such, the candidate will need to be a highly motivated, self-sufficient, and capable of collaborating on a small team where consensus is a must for operations to be successful. This role will also be involved in our Tabletop Exercise planning and execution, and therefore, will need excellent written and oral communication skills when dealing with all levels of the organization, from executives to individual contributors. The Red team is responsible for testing the overall strength of our organizations defenses (the technology, the processes, and the people) by simulating the objectives and actions of an attacker. Responsibilities: Perform internal and external penetration testing of network infrastructure and applications Perform Red team assessments including physical, social engineering, and network exploitation Perform well controlled vulnerability exploitation/penetration testing on applications, network protocols, and databases Perform network reconnaissance, OSINT, social engineering, and physical security reviews Participate in regular exercises and perform adversary simulations to test defense controls Assist with scoping prospective engagements, leading engagements from kickoff through remediation Work closely with Blue team to test efficacy of existing alerts and help create new detection. Create findings reports and communicate to stakeholders Contribute to enhancing the teams toolkit Write custom scripts to automate tasks related to finding new vulnerabilities Maintain runbooks to continually improve penetration testing methodologies and threat modelling. Qualifications : 5+ years of experience in Penetration testing, Red Team and Purple Team Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience Advanced knowledge in common penetration testing tools (Metasploit, Burp Suite, Cobalt Strike, Empire, KALI Linux etc.) Must have a demonstrable understanding of voice and data networks, major operating systems, Active Directory, cloud technologies Must demonstrate knowledge of MITREs ATT&CK framework, execute and chain TTPs Must be able to critically examine an organization and system through the perspective of a threat actor and articulate risk in clear, precise terms. Ability to optimally code in a Scripting language (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Perl, etc.) OSCP