Your New Company Our client specialises in the customs clearance of eCommerce parcels and mail to and from the UK. With over 20 years of experience in the dynamic eCommerce industry, they offer tailored solutions that empower businesses and delight customers. Your New Role As a Systems Administrator, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation of the in-house systems. Your responsibilities will span IT support, system maintenance, and database management. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our technical infrastructure, streamline processes, and drive organisational efficiency. You'll primarily be responsible for supporting the Systems Solutions Manager and the team in delivering agile project work based around our in-house bespoke enterprise management system, along with our web UI and client web portals. Responsibilities IT Support: Able to quickly get up to speed by understanding the systems' infrastructure. Be able to pick up complicated briefs and work with the team to deliver development and support in delivering the projects to completion. Take a list of requirements from the solutions team and on occasions directly from customers or stakeholders to enable a brief to be created to allow effective planning, design, and implementation of code to meet those requirements. In-House System Maintenance: Design, build, implement, and support database environments. Troubleshoot and resolve system-related issues promptly. Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures within our IT Solutions team. Documenting code and system functionalities to aid in maintenance and code reuse. Be able to implement PHP code as directed by the Systems Solutions manager or Systems solutions team. Coding, testing, and debugging programs Database Management: Administer, troubleshoot, and enhance database systems. Monitor system performance, identify problems, and optimise database performance. Protect the database against threats and unauthorised access. Regularly back up the database and ensure recoverability. Report on metrics related to usage and performance. Collaboration and Enhancement: Support the content team in managing and delivering the corporate websites and subdomains. Interacting with key managers and internal users regarding timelines, technical issues, and infrastructure integration. As new product goals and technical challenges emerge, work with the team to adapt and extend the architectural plan to accommodate these challenges. Communicate and work with a team that includes other internal and external programmers, systems solutions, and marketing. What You'll Need to Succeed Proficiency in supporting and maintaining bespoke in-house systems. Familiarity with PHP, JavaScript and React for either hands-on coding requirements or to solve problems when looking into code utilised. Strong database management and administration skills - familiarity with Power Automate/BI is deemed beneficial. Knowledge of Customs, Logistics or Supply Chain procedures is deemed beneficial but not essential. What you'll get in return A chance to be part of an innovative organisation in an important role with strong career growth opportunities. This role is perfect for someone with a good level of systems administration/maintenance experience who is keen to support an exciting period of enhancement within the company's IT team. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found on our website.
30/05/2024
Full time
Your New Company Our client specialises in the customs clearance of eCommerce parcels and mail to and from the UK. With over 20 years of experience in the dynamic eCommerce industry, they offer tailored solutions that empower businesses and delight customers. Your New Role As a Systems Administrator, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation of the in-house systems. Your responsibilities will span IT support, system maintenance, and database management. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our technical infrastructure, streamline processes, and drive organisational efficiency. You'll primarily be responsible for supporting the Systems Solutions Manager and the team in delivering agile project work based around our in-house bespoke enterprise management system, along with our web UI and client web portals. Responsibilities IT Support: Able to quickly get up to speed by understanding the systems' infrastructure. Be able to pick up complicated briefs and work with the team to deliver development and support in delivering the projects to completion. Take a list of requirements from the solutions team and on occasions directly from customers or stakeholders to enable a brief to be created to allow effective planning, design, and implementation of code to meet those requirements. In-House System Maintenance: Design, build, implement, and support database environments. Troubleshoot and resolve system-related issues promptly. Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures within our IT Solutions team. Documenting code and system functionalities to aid in maintenance and code reuse. Be able to implement PHP code as directed by the Systems Solutions manager or Systems solutions team. Coding, testing, and debugging programs Database Management: Administer, troubleshoot, and enhance database systems. Monitor system performance, identify problems, and optimise database performance. Protect the database against threats and unauthorised access. Regularly back up the database and ensure recoverability. Report on metrics related to usage and performance. Collaboration and Enhancement: Support the content team in managing and delivering the corporate websites and subdomains. Interacting with key managers and internal users regarding timelines, technical issues, and infrastructure integration. As new product goals and technical challenges emerge, work with the team to adapt and extend the architectural plan to accommodate these challenges. Communicate and work with a team that includes other internal and external programmers, systems solutions, and marketing. What You'll Need to Succeed Proficiency in supporting and maintaining bespoke in-house systems. Familiarity with PHP, JavaScript and React for either hands-on coding requirements or to solve problems when looking into code utilised. Strong database management and administration skills - familiarity with Power Automate/BI is deemed beneficial. Knowledge of Customs, Logistics or Supply Chain procedures is deemed beneficial but not essential. What you'll get in return A chance to be part of an innovative organisation in an important role with strong career growth opportunities. This role is perfect for someone with a good level of systems administration/maintenance experience who is keen to support an exciting period of enhancement within the company's IT team. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found on our website.
Request Technology - Craig Johnson
Chicago, Illinois
*This is a 2nd shift role, 2:30pm-11:00pm, Tuesday thru Saturday each week* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Production Server Operations Administrator. Candidate will provide 1st Level Support, escalation, and resolution for Incidents with minimal supervision and a high degree of decision making. Assist Operations Manager in ensuring adequate staff coverage, and other managerial duties in his/her absence. Assist in ensuring critical processing requirements are met by escalating and tracking Incidents in a consistent and timely manner to ensure that Quality Standards are met. Responsibilities: Employ first-level Incident identification and resolution techniques to address interruptions across Mainframe, UNIX, Windows, and Network platforms. Monitor multiple applications and systems using approved software. Monitor and respond to applications/systems alerts across all platforms in accordance with Quality Standards and/or Security Policies. Report and document any processing anomalies utilizing approved software. Maintain processing records and logs Escalate Production Incidents to Second-Level support as required per policy to ensure a timely resolution. Perform Mainframe IPL's, and other system commands if and when Support transmissions across SFTP/NDM. Support the execution and troubleshooting of UC4 jobs. Provide support for Production Installs, D/R and Industry tests. Maintain all off-site storage records and shipments. Rerun/Restart failed backups and perform restores when required. Work scheduled overtime when needed to ensure 24 x 7 coverage. Must adhere to all Production Operations policies and procedures Appreciation of the critically and timeliness of Service Level Agreements. Assist Management in updating and maintaining current procedures. Focus on identifying and executing on Continuous Improvement opportunities. Qualifications: Network troubleshooting. UNIX knowledge. UC4 Scheduler. Mobius via Document Direct. zOS/390 JCL, IBM utilities Transmission protocols: SFTP/NDM. Operating systems: Unix, Windows, zOS/390 Strong Desktop skills Microsoft Office Suite 5+ years of OS390 JCL and IBM utilities 5+ years working in a multi-platform environment 5+ years working knowledge of an open systems scheduling product (UC4). 5+ years working knowledge of Mobius/Brio. DevOps experience desired but not required. College degree in Computer Information Systems desired, but equivalent work experience will be considered
29/05/2024
Full time
*This is a 2nd shift role, 2:30pm-11:00pm, Tuesday thru Saturday each week* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Production Server Operations Administrator. Candidate will provide 1st Level Support, escalation, and resolution for Incidents with minimal supervision and a high degree of decision making. Assist Operations Manager in ensuring adequate staff coverage, and other managerial duties in his/her absence. Assist in ensuring critical processing requirements are met by escalating and tracking Incidents in a consistent and timely manner to ensure that Quality Standards are met. Responsibilities: Employ first-level Incident identification and resolution techniques to address interruptions across Mainframe, UNIX, Windows, and Network platforms. Monitor multiple applications and systems using approved software. Monitor and respond to applications/systems alerts across all platforms in accordance with Quality Standards and/or Security Policies. Report and document any processing anomalies utilizing approved software. Maintain processing records and logs Escalate Production Incidents to Second-Level support as required per policy to ensure a timely resolution. Perform Mainframe IPL's, and other system commands if and when Support transmissions across SFTP/NDM. Support the execution and troubleshooting of UC4 jobs. Provide support for Production Installs, D/R and Industry tests. Maintain all off-site storage records and shipments. Rerun/Restart failed backups and perform restores when required. Work scheduled overtime when needed to ensure 24 x 7 coverage. Must adhere to all Production Operations policies and procedures Appreciation of the critically and timeliness of Service Level Agreements. Assist Management in updating and maintaining current procedures. Focus on identifying and executing on Continuous Improvement opportunities. Qualifications: Network troubleshooting. UNIX knowledge. UC4 Scheduler. Mobius via Document Direct. zOS/390 JCL, IBM utilities Transmission protocols: SFTP/NDM. Operating systems: Unix, Windows, zOS/390 Strong Desktop skills Microsoft Office Suite 5+ years of OS390 JCL and IBM utilities 5+ years working in a multi-platform environment 5+ years working knowledge of an open systems scheduling product (UC4). 5+ years working knowledge of Mobius/Brio. DevOps experience desired but not required. College degree in Computer Information Systems desired, but equivalent work experience will be considered
*This is a 2nd shift role, 2:30pm-11:00pm, Tuesday thru Saturday each week* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Production Server Operations Administrator. Candidate will provide 1st Level Support, escalation, and resolution for Incidents with minimal supervision and a high degree of decision making. Assist Operations Manager in ensuring adequate staff coverage, and other managerial duties in his/her absence. Assist in ensuring critical processing requirements are met by escalating and tracking Incidents in a consistent and timely manner to ensure that Quality Standards are met. Responsibilities: Employ first-level Incident identification and resolution techniques to address interruptions across Mainframe, UNIX, Windows, and Network platforms. Monitor multiple applications and systems using approved software. Monitor and respond to applications/systems alerts across all platforms in accordance with Quality Standards and/or Security Policies. Report and document any processing anomalies utilizing approved software. Maintain processing records and logs Escalate Production Incidents to Second-Level support as required per policy to ensure a timely resolution. Perform Mainframe IPL's, and other system commands if and when Support transmissions across SFTP/NDM. Support the execution and troubleshooting of UC4 jobs. Provide support for Production Installs, D/R and Industry tests. Maintain all off-site storage records and shipments. Rerun/Restart failed backups and perform restores when required. Work scheduled overtime when needed to ensure 24 x 7 coverage. Must adhere to all Production Operations policies and procedures Appreciation of the critically and timeliness of Service Level Agreements. Assist Management in updating and maintaining current procedures. Focus on identifying and executing on Continuous Improvement opportunities. Qualifications: Network troubleshooting. UNIX knowledge. UC4 Scheduler. Mobius via Document Direct. zOS/390 JCL, IBM utilities Transmission protocols: SFTP/NDM. Operating systems: Unix, Windows, zOS/390 Strong Desktop skills Microsoft Office Suite 5+ years of OS390 JCL and IBM utilities 5+ years working in a multi-platform environment 5+ years working knowledge of an open systems scheduling product (UC4). 5+ years working knowledge of Mobius/Brio. DevOps experience desired but not required. College degree in Computer Information Systems desired, but equivalent work experience will be considered
29/05/2024
Full time
*This is a 2nd shift role, 2:30pm-11:00pm, Tuesday thru Saturday each week* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Production Server Operations Administrator. Candidate will provide 1st Level Support, escalation, and resolution for Incidents with minimal supervision and a high degree of decision making. Assist Operations Manager in ensuring adequate staff coverage, and other managerial duties in his/her absence. Assist in ensuring critical processing requirements are met by escalating and tracking Incidents in a consistent and timely manner to ensure that Quality Standards are met. Responsibilities: Employ first-level Incident identification and resolution techniques to address interruptions across Mainframe, UNIX, Windows, and Network platforms. Monitor multiple applications and systems using approved software. Monitor and respond to applications/systems alerts across all platforms in accordance with Quality Standards and/or Security Policies. Report and document any processing anomalies utilizing approved software. Maintain processing records and logs Escalate Production Incidents to Second-Level support as required per policy to ensure a timely resolution. Perform Mainframe IPL's, and other system commands if and when Support transmissions across SFTP/NDM. Support the execution and troubleshooting of UC4 jobs. Provide support for Production Installs, D/R and Industry tests. Maintain all off-site storage records and shipments. Rerun/Restart failed backups and perform restores when required. Work scheduled overtime when needed to ensure 24 x 7 coverage. Must adhere to all Production Operations policies and procedures Appreciation of the critically and timeliness of Service Level Agreements. Assist Management in updating and maintaining current procedures. Focus on identifying and executing on Continuous Improvement opportunities. Qualifications: Network troubleshooting. UNIX knowledge. UC4 Scheduler. Mobius via Document Direct. zOS/390 JCL, IBM utilities Transmission protocols: SFTP/NDM. Operating systems: Unix, Windows, zOS/390 Strong Desktop skills Microsoft Office Suite 5+ years of OS390 JCL and IBM utilities 5+ years working in a multi-platform environment 5+ years working knowledge of an open systems scheduling product (UC4). 5+ years working knowledge of Mobius/Brio. DevOps experience desired but not required. College degree in Computer Information Systems desired, but equivalent work experience will be considered
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Reading, Berkshire
Our Client are looking for an Billing/Finance Representative/Administrator. This is a pivotal role in ensuring Billing delivery excellence in the Order to Cash function, particularly focusing on the implementation of efficient payments through multiple portals (Ariba, Tungsten, Coupa etc.) with an emphasis on delivering positive customer experience. The role is Hybrid, with regular working days onside on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with scope to work remotely the other days. The successful candidate will bring their subject matter expertise in billing, third party portal infrastructure, teamwork, and business partner skills to effectively support their peers, leaders, sales, and other key stakeholders in delivering billing efficacy. They also bring their professional approach and strong process capabilities to support our process automation goals. The purpose of the Billing Representative, as part of the Billing Operations team, is to partner directly with the Billing Operations manager to support the day-to-day workload and ongoing development on the Billing team and processes. They will be one of the main points of back-up for the Billing Manager and typically work on the more complex billing opportunities, and complications within automated and portal payment systems. Key areas of experience for this position is going to include: Experience in 3rd party portal infrastructure, portal payment systems, Billing, process automation. Responsibilities include: - Manage customer requests related to portals, which include Vendor Onboarding, Request for Information, processing portal trading relationships, etc. - Refine and document end to end process and identify efficiencies for portal registrations. Partner with IT to drive system and process improvements - Identify opportunities and improvements to deliver on process automation goals - Collaborate with internal stakeholders: Legal, Deal Desk, GIS and Finance Teams to maintain accurate and timely records for portal customers. - Work with customers to resolve portal related escalations and ensure customer regulations adhere to legal requirements - Partner with Sales and Collections to resolve billing and collections issues, including completing account reconciliations to ensure accurate and complete resolution to achieve month-end, quarter-end targets; - Responsible to effectively manage external customer/stakeholder inquiries on billing processes, internal controls, and policies; What it takes: - Minimum 3+ years of experience in software billing function; global billing experience in the software services or high-tech industry preferred. - Extensive experience of managing complex and varied relationships with third party portal infrastructure - for example Ariba, Tungsten, Coupa, Taulia. - Above average Reporting skills which include expertise on Excel, Macro, Power BI, database management and the likes - Has extensive expertise of invoicing and collections processes and best practices and is viewed as a trusted advisor to the Sales Organisation. Applies expertise to multiple aspects of an order to cash. Possesses highly developed professional technical expertise, which is applied to complex customer negotiations and billing processes/projects, specifically the impact contractual language and agreements can have on time to invoice and cash collections - A customer focused, problem solving mindset - Understanding of various lines of business; Professional Services delivery, Cloud hosting operations and Software Licensing. - Ability to work as part of a sales team to contribute subject matter expertise in support of a successful sales outcome. - Demonstrated willingness to take full ownership and responsibility for assigned tasks and support issues. - Experience in delivering high quality guidance against challenging timelines. - Strong business and financial acumen, and ability to work with contracts teams for drafting commercial language. - Works independently on assignments of a complex nature where initiative and creativity are required in resolving problems and/or developing recommendations often to a very tight timescale due to financial deadlines. - Excellent attention to detail and analytical ability. - Self-starter as well as great teamwork abilities. - Demonstrated ability to train, utilising change management methodologies to ensure their peers and stakeholders successfully use new processes. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
29/05/2024
Project-based
Our Client are looking for an Billing/Finance Representative/Administrator. This is a pivotal role in ensuring Billing delivery excellence in the Order to Cash function, particularly focusing on the implementation of efficient payments through multiple portals (Ariba, Tungsten, Coupa etc.) with an emphasis on delivering positive customer experience. The role is Hybrid, with regular working days onside on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with scope to work remotely the other days. The successful candidate will bring their subject matter expertise in billing, third party portal infrastructure, teamwork, and business partner skills to effectively support their peers, leaders, sales, and other key stakeholders in delivering billing efficacy. They also bring their professional approach and strong process capabilities to support our process automation goals. The purpose of the Billing Representative, as part of the Billing Operations team, is to partner directly with the Billing Operations manager to support the day-to-day workload and ongoing development on the Billing team and processes. They will be one of the main points of back-up for the Billing Manager and typically work on the more complex billing opportunities, and complications within automated and portal payment systems. Key areas of experience for this position is going to include: Experience in 3rd party portal infrastructure, portal payment systems, Billing, process automation. Responsibilities include: - Manage customer requests related to portals, which include Vendor Onboarding, Request for Information, processing portal trading relationships, etc. - Refine and document end to end process and identify efficiencies for portal registrations. Partner with IT to drive system and process improvements - Identify opportunities and improvements to deliver on process automation goals - Collaborate with internal stakeholders: Legal, Deal Desk, GIS and Finance Teams to maintain accurate and timely records for portal customers. - Work with customers to resolve portal related escalations and ensure customer regulations adhere to legal requirements - Partner with Sales and Collections to resolve billing and collections issues, including completing account reconciliations to ensure accurate and complete resolution to achieve month-end, quarter-end targets; - Responsible to effectively manage external customer/stakeholder inquiries on billing processes, internal controls, and policies; What it takes: - Minimum 3+ years of experience in software billing function; global billing experience in the software services or high-tech industry preferred. - Extensive experience of managing complex and varied relationships with third party portal infrastructure - for example Ariba, Tungsten, Coupa, Taulia. - Above average Reporting skills which include expertise on Excel, Macro, Power BI, database management and the likes - Has extensive expertise of invoicing and collections processes and best practices and is viewed as a trusted advisor to the Sales Organisation. Applies expertise to multiple aspects of an order to cash. Possesses highly developed professional technical expertise, which is applied to complex customer negotiations and billing processes/projects, specifically the impact contractual language and agreements can have on time to invoice and cash collections - A customer focused, problem solving mindset - Understanding of various lines of business; Professional Services delivery, Cloud hosting operations and Software Licensing. - Ability to work as part of a sales team to contribute subject matter expertise in support of a successful sales outcome. - Demonstrated willingness to take full ownership and responsibility for assigned tasks and support issues. - Experience in delivering high quality guidance against challenging timelines. - Strong business and financial acumen, and ability to work with contracts teams for drafting commercial language. - Works independently on assignments of a complex nature where initiative and creativity are required in resolving problems and/or developing recommendations often to a very tight timescale due to financial deadlines. - Excellent attention to detail and analytical ability. - Self-starter as well as great teamwork abilities. - Demonstrated ability to train, utilising change management methodologies to ensure their peers and stakeholders successfully use new processes. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
AWS Cloud based performance testing Chicago - Hybrid 3 days on site. - Long term contract role C2C or W2 Must be AWS certified heavy cloud experience setting up and maintenance of a cloud-based performance system to automate and troubleshoot environmental issues. Performance testing, automation testings, financial experience strongly preferred. python Scripting: converting Java to python. Don't have to be application developers and as much. Devops and containerization as possible splunk confluence Jira API testing uc4 or similar. All about cloud testing system they are migrating from an old system to a new system kafka is a HUGE plus WORK TO BE PERFORMED: Performance Testing with open-source tools like JMeter, Gatling. Perl Scripting, PowerShell Scripting, solid Python Scripting and Java. Setting up of parallel testing environments that will be used to compare existing system business processes and data to a new cloud-based system/platform. Goal is to ensure that new system is producing correct results and performing as expected before it can become the official system of record. The ability to take raw data, mask it and create algorithms and solutions that increase the data load that will feed into our new Clearing System and with no issues, duplicates or any other data issues that will cause it to be rejected. Assist in the set up and maintenance of cloud-based performance and functional test environments in the Cloud (AWS) and define the steps to automate the process for continuous testing and iterations of cycles. SKILL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Python Scripting - familiarity with creating modules that multiply transactional data and other data multiplier strategies that will be used in test cycles of the Real Time Clearing System SDET automation testing skills/QA automation engineering Experience with Performance Engineering concepts and methodologies as well as cloud technologies and migrations using public cloud vendor. Solid utility building with Python, Perl and Powershell. Test automation using CI/CD concepts. AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or Certified Developer (required) Languages Technologies: Java, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, DB2, CyberArk, Harness, JIRA, Jenkins, Splunk, Confluence, Git, JSON, API Testing, Cucumber, Selenium, Terraform, Ansible, Veracode, Virtualan, UC4, Change Data Capture, Docker, AWS/Google/Azure Cloud, Open API/Swagger, SOAP Web Service(JAX-WS), Restful Web Service (JAX-RS), Apache-CXF, Spring-Core, Spring WS, Spring Transaction, Spring-Integration, JDBC, Shell Scripting, XML, JavaScript, SQL, Python, JMeter, Gatling, Perl, PowerShell. SignalFX, AppDynamics. Software tools and Utilities: Jenkins, Kubernetes, Enterprise Architect (EA), Enterprise Manager-UM, SQL Developer, JConsole, Visual Studio, JMeter, Bitbucket, Git, CVS, SVN, PuTTy, Microsoft Visio, TOAD, SourceTree, JIRA, Confluence, Sonar, Bamboo, Splunk, Automic (UC4), Apache Kafka, LogicMonitor, BMC MainView, Real Time, and Historical monitoring tools on-prem and in the Cloud.Web Servers/App. Servers/Containers Experience; Database Technologies: DB2, PostgreSQL; Operating Systems experience; Methodologies: Agile, Iterative Waterfall
28/05/2024
Project-based
AWS Cloud based performance testing Chicago - Hybrid 3 days on site. - Long term contract role C2C or W2 Must be AWS certified heavy cloud experience setting up and maintenance of a cloud-based performance system to automate and troubleshoot environmental issues. Performance testing, automation testings, financial experience strongly preferred. python Scripting: converting Java to python. Don't have to be application developers and as much. Devops and containerization as possible splunk confluence Jira API testing uc4 or similar. All about cloud testing system they are migrating from an old system to a new system kafka is a HUGE plus WORK TO BE PERFORMED: Performance Testing with open-source tools like JMeter, Gatling. Perl Scripting, PowerShell Scripting, solid Python Scripting and Java. Setting up of parallel testing environments that will be used to compare existing system business processes and data to a new cloud-based system/platform. Goal is to ensure that new system is producing correct results and performing as expected before it can become the official system of record. The ability to take raw data, mask it and create algorithms and solutions that increase the data load that will feed into our new Clearing System and with no issues, duplicates or any other data issues that will cause it to be rejected. Assist in the set up and maintenance of cloud-based performance and functional test environments in the Cloud (AWS) and define the steps to automate the process for continuous testing and iterations of cycles. SKILL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Python Scripting - familiarity with creating modules that multiply transactional data and other data multiplier strategies that will be used in test cycles of the Real Time Clearing System SDET automation testing skills/QA automation engineering Experience with Performance Engineering concepts and methodologies as well as cloud technologies and migrations using public cloud vendor. Solid utility building with Python, Perl and Powershell. Test automation using CI/CD concepts. AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or Certified Developer (required) Languages Technologies: Java, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, DB2, CyberArk, Harness, JIRA, Jenkins, Splunk, Confluence, Git, JSON, API Testing, Cucumber, Selenium, Terraform, Ansible, Veracode, Virtualan, UC4, Change Data Capture, Docker, AWS/Google/Azure Cloud, Open API/Swagger, SOAP Web Service(JAX-WS), Restful Web Service (JAX-RS), Apache-CXF, Spring-Core, Spring WS, Spring Transaction, Spring-Integration, JDBC, Shell Scripting, XML, JavaScript, SQL, Python, JMeter, Gatling, Perl, PowerShell. SignalFX, AppDynamics. Software tools and Utilities: Jenkins, Kubernetes, Enterprise Architect (EA), Enterprise Manager-UM, SQL Developer, JConsole, Visual Studio, JMeter, Bitbucket, Git, CVS, SVN, PuTTy, Microsoft Visio, TOAD, SourceTree, JIRA, Confluence, Sonar, Bamboo, Splunk, Automic (UC4), Apache Kafka, LogicMonitor, BMC MainView, Real Time, and Historical monitoring tools on-prem and in the Cloud.Web Servers/App. Servers/Containers Experience; Database Technologies: DB2, PostgreSQL; Operating Systems experience; Methodologies: Agile, Iterative Waterfall
Request Technology - Craig Johnson
Chicago, Illinois
*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a DB2 LUW Database Administrator. Candidate will design and maintain databases and database solutions that operate within prescribed resource limits and meet company standards. Participate in and contribute to all phases of systems development projects. Monitor and tune database and database application performance. Responsibilities: Assists with the design, implementation, and maintaining databases Manage database performance and disk usage Provides support in database access methods Provides consultation support in database analysis, modelling, coding, and production problem resolution. Develops maintenance, backup and recovery procedures and documentation Participates in Disaster Recovery drills Provides Primary On-Call Support for production problems Understands and supports corporate data standards Recommends and assists with new DBMS and operational standards. Participates in testing and in evaluations of new software and software release upgrades Supports business studies, proposal teams and costing/feasibility studies Prepares system documentation Maintains metadata repositories Other duties as assigned Qualifications: [Required] 3+ years' experience developing and maintaining complex applications that make extensive use of a supported database technology or 3+ years' experience as an associate DBA [Required] Well versed in all phases of Systems Analysis and Design [Required] Experienced in two or more programming languages and two or more Scripting languages [Required] Practiced at Entity/Relationship or Object modelling and translation to physical database designs [Required] Proficient in DML, DDL, and database utilities for at least two DBMS technologies [Required] Proficient in all access methods of a DBMS as well as the underlying operating system access methods [Required] Knowledge of hardware and operating system capabilities within one environment [Required] Understanding of all software subsystems (DBMS, TP Managers, etc.) for one environment [Required] Accepts ownership in assignments, team, and company and takes initiative outside immediate area of responsibility [Required] Speed/Sense of Urgency -Contributes additional effort when necessary to get the job done and to help others meet their objectives [Required] Seeks additional responsibility, shows initiative to learn every aspect of the job, and strives to become a mentor to others in area of expertise [Required] Communicates openly and effectively. Challenges established practices appropriately [Required] Ability to maintain composure under pressure and avoid defensive or irritated or reactions in challenging situations Technical Skills: [Required] 7+ years' experience with PostgreSQL [Required] 7+ years' experience with DB2 LUW; preferably on Red Hat Linux [Required] Proficient with coding and review of SQL, stored procedures, and triggers [Preferred] 1+ year' Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins & CI/CD skills [Preferred] 1+ years' EDB Postgres & EDB Postgres Distributed experience [Preferred] Basic Java, Perl & Linux Shell script skills [Preferred] 1+ years' experience with SQL Server [Preferred] 1+ years' experience with DB2 in a z/OS environment [Preferred] 1+ years' experience with MySQL/MariaDB [Preferred] Experience with BMC tools for DB2 (Change/Catalog Manager, MainView, Log Master) [Preferred] Basic JCL & REXX script skills [Required] bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Business [Preferred] Related financial industry experiences [Preferred] PostgreSQL Professional Certification [Preferred] IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 for Linux UNIX and Windows
27/05/2024
Full time
*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a DB2 LUW Database Administrator. Candidate will design and maintain databases and database solutions that operate within prescribed resource limits and meet company standards. Participate in and contribute to all phases of systems development projects. Monitor and tune database and database application performance. Responsibilities: Assists with the design, implementation, and maintaining databases Manage database performance and disk usage Provides support in database access methods Provides consultation support in database analysis, modelling, coding, and production problem resolution. Develops maintenance, backup and recovery procedures and documentation Participates in Disaster Recovery drills Provides Primary On-Call Support for production problems Understands and supports corporate data standards Recommends and assists with new DBMS and operational standards. Participates in testing and in evaluations of new software and software release upgrades Supports business studies, proposal teams and costing/feasibility studies Prepares system documentation Maintains metadata repositories Other duties as assigned Qualifications: [Required] 3+ years' experience developing and maintaining complex applications that make extensive use of a supported database technology or 3+ years' experience as an associate DBA [Required] Well versed in all phases of Systems Analysis and Design [Required] Experienced in two or more programming languages and two or more Scripting languages [Required] Practiced at Entity/Relationship or Object modelling and translation to physical database designs [Required] Proficient in DML, DDL, and database utilities for at least two DBMS technologies [Required] Proficient in all access methods of a DBMS as well as the underlying operating system access methods [Required] Knowledge of hardware and operating system capabilities within one environment [Required] Understanding of all software subsystems (DBMS, TP Managers, etc.) for one environment [Required] Accepts ownership in assignments, team, and company and takes initiative outside immediate area of responsibility [Required] Speed/Sense of Urgency -Contributes additional effort when necessary to get the job done and to help others meet their objectives [Required] Seeks additional responsibility, shows initiative to learn every aspect of the job, and strives to become a mentor to others in area of expertise [Required] Communicates openly and effectively. Challenges established practices appropriately [Required] Ability to maintain composure under pressure and avoid defensive or irritated or reactions in challenging situations Technical Skills: [Required] 7+ years' experience with PostgreSQL [Required] 7+ years' experience with DB2 LUW; preferably on Red Hat Linux [Required] Proficient with coding and review of SQL, stored procedures, and triggers [Preferred] 1+ year' Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins & CI/CD skills [Preferred] 1+ years' EDB Postgres & EDB Postgres Distributed experience [Preferred] Basic Java, Perl & Linux Shell script skills [Preferred] 1+ years' experience with SQL Server [Preferred] 1+ years' experience with DB2 in a z/OS environment [Preferred] 1+ years' experience with MySQL/MariaDB [Preferred] Experience with BMC tools for DB2 (Change/Catalog Manager, MainView, Log Master) [Preferred] Basic JCL & REXX script skills [Required] bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Business [Preferred] Related financial industry experiences [Preferred] PostgreSQL Professional Certification [Preferred] IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 for Linux UNIX and Windows
*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote* *We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role* A prestigious company is looking for an Associate Principal, Database Administrator. This DBA will focus on production support, performance back up, and DBMS. This company needs someone with 7+ years of working with DB2 LUW on Red Hat and PostgreSQL. This DBA is also expected to have heavy experience coding, reviewing SQL, and some experience with other Scripting languages such as basic Java, linux Shell, Pearl, etc. Responsibilities: Assists with the design, implementation, and maintaining databases Manage database performance and disk usage Provides support in database access methods Provides consultation support in database analysis, modelling, coding, and production problem resolution. Develops maintenance, backup and recovery procedures and documentation Participates in Disaster Recovery drills Provides Primary On-Call Support for production problems Understands and supports corporate data standards Recommends and assists with new DBMS and operational standards. Participates in testing and in evaluations of new software and software release upgrades Maintains metadata repositories Qualifications: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Business 3+ years' experience developing and maintaining complex applications that make extensive use of a supported database technology or 3+ years' experience as an associate DBA Experienced in two or more programming languages and two or more Scripting languages Practiced at Entity/Relationship or Object modelling and translation to physical database designs Proficient in DML, DDL, and database utilities for at least two DBMS technologies Proficient in all access methods of a DBMS as well as the underlying operating system access methods Understanding of all software subsystems (DBMS, TP Managers, etc.) for one environment Technical Skills: 7+ years' experience with PostgreSQL 7+ years' experience with DB2 LUW; preferably on Red Hat Linux Proficient with coding and review of SQL, stored procedures, and triggers 1+ year' Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins & CI/CD skills 1+ years' EDB Postgres & EDB Postgres Distributed experience Basic Java, Perl & Linux Shell script skills 1+ years' experience with SQL Server 1+ years' experience with DB2 in a z/OS environment 1+ years' experience with MySQL/MariaDB Experience with BMC tools for DB2 (Change/Catalog Manager, MainView, Log Master)
21/05/2024
Full time
*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote* *We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role* A prestigious company is looking for an Associate Principal, Database Administrator. This DBA will focus on production support, performance back up, and DBMS. This company needs someone with 7+ years of working with DB2 LUW on Red Hat and PostgreSQL. This DBA is also expected to have heavy experience coding, reviewing SQL, and some experience with other Scripting languages such as basic Java, linux Shell, Pearl, etc. Responsibilities: Assists with the design, implementation, and maintaining databases Manage database performance and disk usage Provides support in database access methods Provides consultation support in database analysis, modelling, coding, and production problem resolution. Develops maintenance, backup and recovery procedures and documentation Participates in Disaster Recovery drills Provides Primary On-Call Support for production problems Understands and supports corporate data standards Recommends and assists with new DBMS and operational standards. Participates in testing and in evaluations of new software and software release upgrades Maintains metadata repositories Qualifications: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Business 3+ years' experience developing and maintaining complex applications that make extensive use of a supported database technology or 3+ years' experience as an associate DBA Experienced in two or more programming languages and two or more Scripting languages Practiced at Entity/Relationship or Object modelling and translation to physical database designs Proficient in DML, DDL, and database utilities for at least two DBMS technologies Proficient in all access methods of a DBMS as well as the underlying operating system access methods Understanding of all software subsystems (DBMS, TP Managers, etc.) for one environment Technical Skills: 7+ years' experience with PostgreSQL 7+ years' experience with DB2 LUW; preferably on Red Hat Linux Proficient with coding and review of SQL, stored procedures, and triggers 1+ year' Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins & CI/CD skills 1+ years' EDB Postgres & EDB Postgres Distributed experience Basic Java, Perl & Linux Shell script skills 1+ years' experience with SQL Server 1+ years' experience with DB2 in a z/OS environment 1+ years' experience with MySQL/MariaDB Experience with BMC tools for DB2 (Change/Catalog Manager, MainView, Log Master)