Mainframe Programmer/Analyst (Cobol) INSIDE IR35. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, and ideally eligible for SC clearance This is a great new opportunity to join our growing team as a Mainframe Developer specializing in Cobol. Your primary responsibility as a VME Consultant will be to manage and optimize Legacy VME systems within the UK public sector. This pivotal role involves ensuring the smooth operation, thorough testing, and successful implementation of VME applications. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including testers, programmers, and implementation specialists, to deliver high-quality solutions. Key responsibilities include conducting comprehensive tests, developing and maintaining VME applications using Cobol, Assembler, or PL/I, and optimizing code for performance and security. Additionally, you will coordinate the deployment of VME solutions, provide technical support, propose enhancements, and create detailed technical documentation. Strong problem-solving skills, familiarity with Legacy Mainframe environments, and excellent communication abilities are essential. Experience in technology consultancy and public sector environments is highly desirable. * Conduct thorough testing of VME applications, identifying and resolving issues promptly. * Collaborate with testers to create test plans, execute test cases, and validate system functionality. * Develop, enhance, and maintain VME applications using languages such as Cobol, Assembler, or PL/I. * Optimise code for performance, reliability, and security. * Coordinate the deployment of VME solutions, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems. * Provide technical support during implementation, addressing any challenges that arise. * Analyse existing VME codebase and propose enhancements or modernisation strategies. * Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for system improvements. * Create comprehensive technical documentation for VME applications. * Train end-users and technical staff on VME best practices and troubleshooting. * Communicate effectively with project managers, business analysts, and end-users. * Understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Requirements: * Proven experience working with VME systems, including Cobol, Assembler, or PL/I. * Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. * Familiarity with Legacy Mainframe environments and associated tools. * Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. Desirable Requirements: * Experience working with a technology consultancy. * Experience in Public Sector environments Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. 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.
05/07/2024
Project-based
Mainframe Programmer/Analyst (Cobol) INSIDE IR35. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, and ideally eligible for SC clearance This is a great new opportunity to join our growing team as a Mainframe Developer specializing in Cobol. Your primary responsibility as a VME Consultant will be to manage and optimize Legacy VME systems within the UK public sector. This pivotal role involves ensuring the smooth operation, thorough testing, and successful implementation of VME applications. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including testers, programmers, and implementation specialists, to deliver high-quality solutions. Key responsibilities include conducting comprehensive tests, developing and maintaining VME applications using Cobol, Assembler, or PL/I, and optimizing code for performance and security. Additionally, you will coordinate the deployment of VME solutions, provide technical support, propose enhancements, and create detailed technical documentation. Strong problem-solving skills, familiarity with Legacy Mainframe environments, and excellent communication abilities are essential. Experience in technology consultancy and public sector environments is highly desirable. * Conduct thorough testing of VME applications, identifying and resolving issues promptly. * Collaborate with testers to create test plans, execute test cases, and validate system functionality. * Develop, enhance, and maintain VME applications using languages such as Cobol, Assembler, or PL/I. * Optimise code for performance, reliability, and security. * Coordinate the deployment of VME solutions, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems. * Provide technical support during implementation, addressing any challenges that arise. * Analyse existing VME codebase and propose enhancements or modernisation strategies. * Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for system improvements. * Create comprehensive technical documentation for VME applications. * Train end-users and technical staff on VME best practices and troubleshooting. * Communicate effectively with project managers, business analysts, and end-users. * Understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Requirements: * Proven experience working with VME systems, including Cobol, Assembler, or PL/I. * Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. * Familiarity with Legacy Mainframe environments and associated tools. * Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. Desirable Requirements: * Experience working with a technology consultancy. * Experience in Public Sector environments Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. 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.
Mercator Digital is looking for a Scala Developer to to be part of our growing consultancy. What we're looking for We're seeking a dynamic, forward-thinking Scala Developer with excellent communication skills. You will be open-minded, happy to work on your own or as part of a team and want to learn new technologies and promote best practice. As a Scala developer you will: build, deploy and operate outstanding digital services within an agile environment that meet well defined user needs deliver application designs that meet web standards, ensuring that key elements are built in from the outset collaborate with Design Specialists to translate designs into high quality websites, apps, HTML emails, and interactive experiences contribute to the development and continual enhancement of products partner with Product Managers, Design Specialists, Business Analysts and Software Developers to facilitate a consistent user experience participate in the rapid development of user driven digital prototypes work in cross functional teams to write and test production quality, sustainable code for world-class user interfaces for new and existing systems ensure that new and updated digital services are thoroughly tested for accessibility and can be maintained and improved over the long term provide mentorship and/or line management for more junior Front End Developers where necessary contribute to a culture of continual improvement in which key systems owned by your digital service team are regularly analysed, maintained and improved contribute to a robust automated test suite to work in a continuous integration environment become involved in the wider web development community (outside of Mercator), building relationships with other Front End Developers and identifying best practices that we can adopt share knowledge of tools and techniques with technical and non-technical team members in Mercator Essential Skills and Experience: Scala/Play development skills Experience of agile development techniques, test driven development (TDD) and paired programming, etc. Experience building scalable, distributed web applications in Scala (Java with Scala experience gained in personal projects may be considered) Experience of working with Microservices Experience with REST and asynchronous event driven programming Demonstrable experience in using automated testing solutions Problem solving skills: you will be able to logically break down a problem into smaller manageable parts to reach a solution Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience Any knowledge of MongoDB or working with large datasets would be useful but is not essential Knowledge of the use of version control systems, such as git Experience implementing RESTful APIs for integration with internal and external systems This would be a contract role and outside IR35. *Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and the ability to pass BPSS vetting
03/07/2024
Mercator Digital is looking for a Scala Developer to to be part of our growing consultancy. What we're looking for We're seeking a dynamic, forward-thinking Scala Developer with excellent communication skills. You will be open-minded, happy to work on your own or as part of a team and want to learn new technologies and promote best practice. As a Scala developer you will: build, deploy and operate outstanding digital services within an agile environment that meet well defined user needs deliver application designs that meet web standards, ensuring that key elements are built in from the outset collaborate with Design Specialists to translate designs into high quality websites, apps, HTML emails, and interactive experiences contribute to the development and continual enhancement of products partner with Product Managers, Design Specialists, Business Analysts and Software Developers to facilitate a consistent user experience participate in the rapid development of user driven digital prototypes work in cross functional teams to write and test production quality, sustainable code for world-class user interfaces for new and existing systems ensure that new and updated digital services are thoroughly tested for accessibility and can be maintained and improved over the long term provide mentorship and/or line management for more junior Front End Developers where necessary contribute to a culture of continual improvement in which key systems owned by your digital service team are regularly analysed, maintained and improved contribute to a robust automated test suite to work in a continuous integration environment become involved in the wider web development community (outside of Mercator), building relationships with other Front End Developers and identifying best practices that we can adopt share knowledge of tools and techniques with technical and non-technical team members in Mercator Essential Skills and Experience: Scala/Play development skills Experience of agile development techniques, test driven development (TDD) and paired programming, etc. Experience building scalable, distributed web applications in Scala (Java with Scala experience gained in personal projects may be considered) Experience of working with Microservices Experience with REST and asynchronous event driven programming Demonstrable experience in using automated testing solutions Problem solving skills: you will be able to logically break down a problem into smaller manageable parts to reach a solution Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience Any knowledge of MongoDB or working with large datasets would be useful but is not essential Knowledge of the use of version control systems, such as git Experience implementing RESTful APIs for integration with internal and external systems This would be a contract role and outside IR35. *Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and the ability to pass BPSS vetting
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (JAVA) SALARY: $160k - $170k plus 15% bonus LOCATION: Chicago, IL Hybrid 3 days onsite and 2 days remote NO SPONSORSHIP Looking for a candidate with 5 plus years Back End Java development version 8 or above. financial big plus. Must have event-driven systems experience of cloud-based AWS data solutions any devops terraform ansible jenkins. big plus memory model data structures concurrency and Multithreading strong testing flint Apache Spark kafka streams etc. Re: Java, do you understand Multithreading What is your level of experience in Spring. A Re: Kafka Can you answer basic user/developer questions Re: Flink do you have any experience Do you have any skills or understanding of BigO notations. This role supports and works collaboratively with business analysts, team leads and development team. A contributor in developing scalable and resilient hybrid and Cloud-based data solutions supporting critical financial market clearing and risk activities; collaborate with other developers, architects and product owners to support enterprise transformation into a data-driven organization. The Specialist, Application Developer will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in a project environment. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. Support the application development of big data application for business requirements in agreed architecture framework and Agile environment Thoroughly analyzes requirements, develops, tests, and documents software quality to ensure proper implementation Follows agreed upon SDLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet: both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, architectural standards, performance requirements, audit requirements, security rules are upheld, and external facing reporting is properly represented Performs application and project risk analysis and recommends quality improvements Assists Production Support by providing advice on system functionality and fixes as required Communicates in a clear and concise manner all time delays or defects in the software immediately to appropriate team members and management Experience with resolving security vulnerabilities Qualifications: The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions. 5+ year of experience in building high speed, data-centric solutions 5+ years of experience in Java Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks like FLINK, Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, etc Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience developing and delivering technical solutions using public cloud service providers like Amazon, Google Experience writing unit and integration tests with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus Experience following Git workflows Working knowledge of DevOps tools like Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics Technical Skills: Java-based software development experience and Multithreading Fluent in object-oriented design Strong testing experience Experience working with two or more of the following: Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, public-cloud platforms Hands-on experience with Java version 8 onwards, Spring, SpringBoot, Microservices, REST API
02/07/2024
Full time
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (JAVA) SALARY: $160k - $170k plus 15% bonus LOCATION: Chicago, IL Hybrid 3 days onsite and 2 days remote NO SPONSORSHIP Looking for a candidate with 5 plus years Back End Java development version 8 or above. financial big plus. Must have event-driven systems experience of cloud-based AWS data solutions any devops terraform ansible jenkins. big plus memory model data structures concurrency and Multithreading strong testing flint Apache Spark kafka streams etc. Re: Java, do you understand Multithreading What is your level of experience in Spring. A Re: Kafka Can you answer basic user/developer questions Re: Flink do you have any experience Do you have any skills or understanding of BigO notations. This role supports and works collaboratively with business analysts, team leads and development team. A contributor in developing scalable and resilient hybrid and Cloud-based data solutions supporting critical financial market clearing and risk activities; collaborate with other developers, architects and product owners to support enterprise transformation into a data-driven organization. The Specialist, Application Developer will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in a project environment. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. Support the application development of big data application for business requirements in agreed architecture framework and Agile environment Thoroughly analyzes requirements, develops, tests, and documents software quality to ensure proper implementation Follows agreed upon SDLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet: both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, architectural standards, performance requirements, audit requirements, security rules are upheld, and external facing reporting is properly represented Performs application and project risk analysis and recommends quality improvements Assists Production Support by providing advice on system functionality and fixes as required Communicates in a clear and concise manner all time delays or defects in the software immediately to appropriate team members and management Experience with resolving security vulnerabilities Qualifications: The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions. 5+ year of experience in building high speed, data-centric solutions 5+ years of experience in Java Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks like FLINK, Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, etc Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience developing and delivering technical solutions using public cloud service providers like Amazon, Google Experience writing unit and integration tests with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus Experience following Git workflows Working knowledge of DevOps tools like Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics Technical Skills: Java-based software development experience and Multithreading Fluent in object-oriented design Strong testing experience Experience working with two or more of the following: Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, public-cloud platforms Hands-on experience with Java version 8 onwards, Spring, SpringBoot, Microservices, REST API