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Frontend Software Engineer (Typescript) - 1 Year Contract - £500 per day West London - Broadcast and Media Company We're excited to be recruiting for a skilled Frontend Software Engineer. You will be working on building front end components for of a brand new state of the art VoD & Linear Video Streaming platform setting new standards for media distribution globally. The team loves their technology and aspire to continuously deliver the best in class experience to customers world-wide. They always choose the top of the range technology and cutting-edge ideas (like Functional Reactive Programming) to guarantee high quality and performance. If you love pushing limits of technology, value collaboration and have lots of passion to learn you could be the perfect candidate for this role! Essential Skills: * Highly motivated, collaborative, inquisitive, independent, consistent and willing to learn * Very strong experience with modern web technologies (HTML, CSS) (at least 3 years) * Experience with React * Experience with Typescript * Experience building responsive web sites * Experience with Linux command line * Experience with JavaScript and VDOM (React, preact, etc, at least 1 year) * Experience with Testing and Continuous Integration Optional but highly valued: * Experience with Functional and / or Reactive programming * Experience with Streams or/and TypeScript * Background in streaming applications and DRM integrations * Experience with AWS and DevOps practices * Experience with test automation * Worked previously in a Kanban team

Web Systems Reliability Engineer (Web Platform Support / Linux Administration / DevOps). This position is for an experienced Systems Reliability Engineer to help create, build, and operate hosting platforms, automation frameworks and web applications that deliver amazing digital experiences. Primary responsibilities include maintaining, designing, building, and supporting java based web application systems for a large scale enterprise production environment that hosts a variety of online properties for this global media company based in west London. The Senior Systems Reliability Engineer is expected to have expert level systems administration skills on Linux and have extensive experience with supporting Java based web application platform/development environments (knowledge of Java and java components is required). The role will also help provide, source management, cloud hosting, container computing, and grow the DevOps and automation culture and help migrate applications to the public/private cloud. Develop and maintain scalable, resilient onprem and cloud-based infrastructure using an Infrastructure as Code approach Work with delivery teams to build and maintain continuous deployment practices Contribute to platform architecture and design and drive continuous improvement Work within and support a DevOps culture Recognized as a subject matter expert on Linux OS including OS performance monitoring, setup, configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting Strong experience with Java based web server and application server technology, including setup, configuration, performance monitoring, tuning, Resiliency, clustering, and debugging (e.g. JConsole). Although there will be no actual coding involved you will need to be able to understand Java and Java components Experience in public and private cloud hosting services (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, OpenStack, CloudStack) as well as familiarity with container computing (eg. Docker, Mesos, Kubernetes). Software Development Continuous Integration (CI) Pipeline knowledge (Jenkins) Experience with Source Control Management systems (Git) Config Management Experience (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Ansible) Proficient in web or webserver technologies: PHP, Node.js, Tomcat, IIS, Apache (IHS), MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, etc., including being able to perform basic setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. Expert on HTTP(S), TCP/IP, SNMP and DNS. Understand internet technologies and network protocols, including HTTP, basic load balancing configurations, security zones, VIPs, etc. Able to author tools and scripts to be used by others to automate repeatable production tasks in standard languages like bash, python, golang, csh, batch or VBscript. Other development skills may also be useful Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, Go, Swift or C++ and able to build unit test suites for all software being developed. Demonstrates exceptional troubleshooting methodology, including the ability to author and instruct new methodologies to the SE team. Demonstrate ability to independently triage moderately complex incidents. Independently resolve moderately to highly complex system and application incidents. Able to identify and propose system and application fixes for performance bottlenecks. This position will also bring expertise on systems, operational excellence and application stability, security, performance, and capacity management, as well as documentation. This position works closely with various application teams to brainstorm, architect, gather requirements, troubleshoot, and provide stellar customer support. The role requires someone who is creative, proactive, constructive, and highly motivated. The Senior Systems Engineer must be prepared to work in an extremely collaborative and high-energy environment.

Project Manager /Business Analyst with previous experience implementing OneTrust. Role is to help with the Delivery of OneTrust for this well know media company based in central London. Our client is looking for someone who can analyse the situation and then implement the requirements. The project is already underway and so the role will be more focused on the delivery. The role will be a 3 month contract to help them get the Project over the line and would need someone to start within a week. Must have previous experience of implementing OneTrust - (GDPR and Privacy Management Software) Must have good Project Management and Project Delivery Experience. Experienced in a hybrid Project Manager and Business Analyst role.

Infrastructure Architect - 6 Month Contract - West London Broadcast and Media Industry We are currently looking to speak with Talented Infrastructure Architects to join the Global Infrastructure Architect team of a Broadcast and Media company based in West London. You will responsible for the roadmap of our infrastructure designs and own design work for specific product and customer solutions. Reporting to the Head of Infrastructure Design & Delivery within the Infrastructure Team, you will work closely with teams both locally and within other countries to deliver world class solutions on which the business operates. The company is currently going through a global transformation of multiple architecture concepts to a single global unified infrastructure and architectural strategy, you will take ownership and be responsible for design and delivery of components of this strategy. Key Responsibilities Ensure end to end completeness of Infrastructure Technical Design, including NFRs validated and realized. Requirement gathering and responses for presales activities Ensure adherence to standards and influence solutions towards the Infrastructure future state model. Owning technology roadmaps and feeding wider business requirements into central infrastructure and engineering teams. Analysis of service-related trends and recommendation of technology change or improvements that better fit business needs. Working with implementation teams to ensure that delivered solutions match customer requirements Any other tasks to ensure successful delivery towards the end customer Contribution to Infrastructure Service Catalogue Technical Specification Ideally you will require experience in the following areas Expertise in design of Active Directory, ADFS, Microsoft Cluster Solution architecture and Integration of core infrastructure technologies. Good knowledge and understanding of Linux architecture & integration with Active Directory Expertise in the design & deployment of VMware, Hyper-V and other Virtualization Technologies. Knowledge Application deployment architectures specifically System Centre Configuration Manager advantageous. Experience with design of Ansible, Kubernetes & Puppet is advantageous. Strong knowledge of storage hardware including NAS & SAN environments. Experience in the design and deployment of public key infrastructure environments utilising the latest technologies. Knowledge of architecture for privilege management and implementation across a large scale organisation. Advanced knowledge and understanding of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Security, SQL Server Reporting Services & SQL Server Integration Services. Experience in deployment of all infrastructure systems. Ability to design and implement new systems Advanced knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Security Practices including experience in the design of group policies, machine hardening & management. Experience in TOGAF, Agile and waterfall are all advantages with experience in relevant consultancy and/or architecture roles.

FinTech / Software Engineer - PHP & Node.js - Central London The Company: A FinTech company - building a Cloud Based Digital Banking Platform You'll be building an entirely new breed of banking platform from the ground up so we are looking for a software engineer with breadth of skills and commercial experience to challenge the norm and work as part of a growing team of creative technologists who thrive on problem solving and building scalable, secure solutions. Essential skills required: Commercial programming experience in at least 3 languages including PHP + NodeJS Familiar with digital signatures, secure hashing algorithms and encrypting / decrypting data Cloud Hosting e.g. AWS or similar Continuous Integration / CI Jenkins or similar Unit Testing: PHPUnit, PHPSpec or similar Database experience: MySQL / Aurora / DynamoDB Source control management with Git Building and consuming secure APIs You should be familiar with PSR-2 Coding Standard - we like to be able to understand and collaborate on each other's work with ease Also, great if you have experience with: Front end development experience with JS frameworks Hardware Security Modules (HSM) Experience working within PCI compliant organisations Having a security conscious approach to programming Other attributes which will help you fit right in: Preferably having worked within a small company or start-up environment and desire to work on something meaningful You want to learn and develop new and exciting skills - such as Scalable Infrastructure and Banking grade security Enjoy solving problems and collaborating as part of a team The Team: Friendly, highly experienced, close knit team with strong working relationships and great respect for one another's skills and abilities. They share knowledge, collaborate and are always open to learning new skills and technologies. You'll be working with a CTO and Software Development Director with over 25 years of software development experience, huge breadth of languages, with the ability to develop his teams to thrive and succeed through his friendly, inclusive and approachable management style. Perks include A training budget - you get to choose how and when you use it - so you can learn in a way that suits you Work with a team who want to make a difference, have fun whilst getting to use bleeding edge technologies A flexible work environment - because our life outside of work is important too Fresh office coffee and Sonos speaker Employee Share Options

Sr Big Data Engineer AWS, Spark (Scala Stack) will Lead the design, implementation, and continuous delivery of pipelines using AWS services and Spark (with Scala Stack) big data technologies supporting data processing initiatives across batch and streaming datasets. Providing Global Data Analytics for this exciting Media company based in West London. Responsible for development using Scala, Python languages and Big Data Frameworks such as Spark, EMR, Presto, AWS Athena, Kafka, Zepplin , and Kinesis . The data engineer would design, develop, automate, maintain and test big data solutions within this well-known Global Media organisation based in West London. Required Experience: · 4+ years of development experience with AWS services Must have EC2, EMR, RedShift, Airflow (Must), S3, and CLI (must to have ) and Jenkins · 3+ years of development experience with Apache Spark (with Scala Stack), Presto, SQL, notebook and NoSQL Implementation · 4+ years of extensive working knowledge in different programming Scala (Must), Shell and Python . · Proficiency working with structured, semi-structured and unstructured data sets including social, web logs and real time streaming data feeds · Able to tune Big Data solutions to improve performance and end-user experience · Expert level usage with Jenkins, GitHub is preferred for Spark built · Comfortable to work in Agile environment · 5-6 years Software Industry experience and a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or software engineering Additional Experience · Big Data Developer Certification is a plus such as Spark Developer / AWS Developer · Experience in the media industry is a plus · Must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom and work on site in West London

Digital Product Manager for a high profile international Broadcast and Digital Media company in West London, developing market leading digital products. Looking for proven experience managing product and customer experience roadmap in direct to consumer, cross platform (Web and mobile apps), Product Development with some understanding of SVOD, VoD/OTT. Demonstrable experience of mobile/tablet product development and technology, who has an eye for great product design, and a commercial approach to product development in an Agile environment. Key Requirements Digital Product Manager developing market leading digital products.Proven experience in product development & technology, particularly as it relates to your product Track record of developing market leading products, preferably in the video space. Demonstrable experience of web, mobile/tablet or OTT product development. An eye for great product design, and a commercial approach to product development. Customer focussed with a real passion for creating best in class customer experiences and the ability to put the customer at the heart of the product Experience of using analytical tools to increase traffic to digital properties. Excellent written and oral communication. Able to write and present to non-digitally savvy audiences. Excellent decision making and judgment. Experience of stakeholder management. Able to apply sound judgment to make decisions in line overall development strategy and process. Able to demonstrate experience of some or all of the following domain areas: Customer-facing tools and services, including account management, FAQs, and self-help customer care systems. Billing and payment services. Single-sign on and Identity Management tools. Use of email and notifications for direct customer communications. UX feedback loop and user testing Key Responsibilities: Lead a digital product team to success, transcending reporting lines while generating a strong team culture. Manage product and customer experience roadmap whilst getting internal consensus and incorporating feedback from a range of sources to ensure the right features are delivered at the right time. Work with user-experience experts to ensure best-in-class products. Contribute to the delivery of high-quality products as perceived by the end user, measured against satisfaction metrics. Prioritise and effectively manage development time to maximize return on investment. Ensure complex business needs are documented and reflected in product roadmaps and in the resulting products. Continually assess trends, competitive landscape and customer behaviour to inform your backlog and the overall direction of mobile. Provide strong team leadership. Work successfully within a milestone-driven environment, utilising standardised product development processes. Contribute to on-time, on-budget delivery of products. Interface with international stakeholders and be able to travel, sometimes at short notice

Technical SEO Specialist - Global Entertainment Brand 6 month rolling contract Central London - c £54K per annum / £225 per day If you have been looking for an opportunity to be the driving force behind SEO for a global brand, then this will be an excellent opportunity for you. Working within the marketing department, you will be joining as the first technical SEO hire as the company creates its new division, responsible for the UK and International SEO across multiple digital channels and partner sites. You'll be managing the SEO roadmap including onsite optimisation, technical SEO, keyword research, content creation and link building to increase rankings and ensure SEO objectives are achieved. You'll be supported by 2 SEO executives and reporting into the Digital Marketing Manager. As technical SEO you'll collaborate with the IT team to implement technical and onsite SEO changes. Your technical skills will enable you build good relationships and influence the work carried out as well as enabling you to be an ambassador for SEO, educating key stakeholders. We're looking for a good mix of the following skills and experience: Strong knowledge of on-page and technical SEO essential HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development Proven SEM experience managing PPC campaigns across Google, Yahoo and Bing Knowledge of ranking factors and search engine algorithms Working experience with off-page / content outreach / link building Solid understanding of performance marketing, conversion, and online customer acquisition Providing SEO guidance to editorial team Performing ongoing keyword discovery, expansion and optimisation Researching and implementing SEO recommendations Developing and implement link building strategy Recommending changes to site architecture, content, linking and other factors to improve SEO Experience using analytical tools - Google, Adobe Analytics, Test & Target Experience with SEO tools - Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, MOZ, Rank Ranger, Deep Crawl, SEO Clarity, Click Equations, Marin, Kenshoo, SearchIgnite Track, report, and analyse website analytics and PPC initiatives and campaigns Ability to communicate complex technical SEO solutions in "plain English" to stakeholders who do not have strong SEO or digital understanding. Project management skills If you are looking for a new opportunity and feel your experience is a good match, then please get in touch with your latest CV. I look forward to hearing from you.

Software Developer with C#, CI/CD Cloud / Serverless & DevOps environment (Azure or AWS) and containerisation / Docker. Working for a small team in a well known Global broadcast and entertainment channel based in West London. Looking for a motivated developer with an all-round skill-set to work on a variety of technologies and projects. The core development skill we are looking for is C# (minimum of 3 years experience) and someone with good cloud knowledge (experience of Azure or AWS functions), as you will be building serverless functions, providing DevOps CI/CD pipelines, Docker containerisation etc We are also looking for someone with an additional scripting language such as JavaScript and or Python and the flexibility, ability and apatite to learn and apply new skills and technologies as and when needed. This will be an interesting and varied role and will require someone who is a self starter and can hit the ground running. Some knowledge of Docker is also required and this role will give you the opportunity to gain further practical experience in these areas and get involved in DevOps. You will be working on CI/CD pipelines, help design cloud infrastructure, help other teams, and have a desire to do more interesting development. Naturally, you also show a keen interest in emerging technologies and an enthusiasm for cloud engineering. You will be working with teams across Europe, either by deploying/designing solutions for them with an appropriate public cloud or by taking on their requirements and developing quick/scalable applications using the most appropriate technology/platform. Responsibilities: -Work with both internal and external teams, support their requirements and design appropriate solutions for them -Develop solutions with best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and serverless cloud technologies in mind -Support and monitor existing applications, as well as assist with the investigation of new technologies -Assist with the legacy applications teams into moving into 'the Cloud' and/or Application Lifecycle Management Primary IDEs: Visual Studio 2017, VS Code Platforms: Windows and Linux Other Technologies used in this role: GitHub, AWS and Azure products, (mainly serverless), Messaging technologies: Restful APIs, Queuing systems, Secure File Transfer etc, Docker (both Linux and Windows), Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) for automated build, testing and deployment, Python, Powershell, PHP, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL Databases. Experience in at least four of these is desirable Person Profile: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, related field or equivalent experience. 3 to 5 years of related experience including larger enterprise projects. If you have some broadcast media sector experience that would be even better! Organised, efficient, logical individual. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail. Good conversationalist. Innovative solution design skills. A demonstrated ability to maintain a positive, professional attitude.

Automation Tester (Python) - 6 Month Contract - Mass Media Company - West London We are currently looking for an experienced Automation Tester to join a mass media company in West London on a 6 month Contract. You will need extensive experience and working knowledge of test automation (coding), using Python. We are looking for: Selenium Framework Experience Experience of Linux Someone who can test as well as develop around it A Tester who can automate. This role is 70% automation and 30% manual. Recruitment Process: CV Review Phone Interview Completion of Unattended Test Face to Face Interview in Osterley Team Structure: 1 Scrum Master 3 QA's 4 Developers

FinTech / Software Engineer - PHP & Node.js - Central London The Company: A FinTech company - building a Cloud Based Digital Banking Platform You'll be building an entirely new breed of banking platform from the ground up so we are looking for a software engineer with breadth of skills and commercial experience to challenge the norm and work as part of a growing team of creative technologists who thrive on problem solving and building scalable, secure solutions. Essential skills required: Commercial programming experience in at least 3 languages including PHP + NodeJS Familiar with digital signatures, secure hashing algorithms and encrypting / decrypting data Cloud Hosting e.g. AWS or similar Continuous Integration / CI Jenkins or similar Unit Testing: PHPUnit, PHPSpec or similar Database experience: MySQL / Aurora / DynamoDB Source control management with Git Building and consuming secure APIs You should be familiar with PSR-2 Coding Standard - we like to be able to understand and collaborate on each other's work with ease Also, great if you have experience with: Front end development experience with JS frameworks Hardware Security Modules (HSM) Experience working within PCI compliant organisations Having a security conscious approach to programming Other attributes which will help you fit right in: Preferably having worked within a small company or start-up environment and desire to work on something meaningful You want to learn and develop new and exciting skills - such as Scalable Infrastructure and Banking grade security Enjoy solving problems and collaborating as part of a team The Team: Friendly, highly experienced, close knit team with strong working relationships and great respect for one another's skills and abilities. They share knowledge, collaborate and are always open to learning new skills and technologies. You'll be working with a CTO and Software Development Director with over 25 years of software development experience, huge breadth of languages, with the ability to develop his teams to thrive and succeed through his friendly, inclusive and approachable management style. Perks include A training budget - you get to choose how and when you use it - so you can learn in a way that suits you Work with a team who want to make a difference, have fun whilst getting to use bleeding edge technologies A flexible work environment - because our life outside of work is important too Fresh office coffee and Sonos speaker Employee Share Options

The Role and Opportunity: This is an exciting new role for a Lead MarTech Solutions Architect / Director Solutions Architecture, to support the UK division, of this successful global marketing business. You'll be joining as they expand the data driven marketing technology solutions within the UK client base. It's an opportunity to make your mark, drive your own career and benefit from the feel of working in a smaller more personal flexible start-up, but with all the backing that comes from working for a global company - it's the best of both worlds! Initially you'll be leading a small team of Junior Architects and consulting with EMEA based clients to design and demonstrate complex marketing technology solutions. That might mean supporting a RFP with you acting as the Subject Matter Expert, pitching ideas and innovating and adapting the best solution for the client. You'll use best practice to ensure the clients' requirements are documented and can be technically translated by development teams and help make sure the right solution is delivered. The Team: Sitting within the Engineering function of the business, you will be responsible for leading, mentoring and supporting two junior Architects - helping to develop their skills to take on more work as the client base grows. You'll also work in partnership with the Sales & Client Services teams for EMEA and liaise with global development teams and product teams. The Company: A leading global data-driven marketing company working with top brands - you'll be joining the growing international division of a large well established successful US company with all the benefits that are attached to that. However, the UK division is still small and with new leaders and a Professional Services growth strategy in place, you'll be given lots of autonomy and an opportunity to make your mark on how client solutions are delivered. Your Background: You have technical clout from your significant experience of working directly with clients in designing and developing marketing technology solutions (eg email marketing/CRMs/loyalty programmes/marketing automation etc.) along with a technical background (Solutions Architecture, with an understanding of best practice software engineering). You will have had some Technical team management experience previously. Your skills and experience: Significant experience in designing and developing marketing technology solutions / marketing platforms ideally marketing automation/email marketing Experience gained in a Senior Architect role, leading or mentoring a small team of more junior less technical architects, able to guide them, review their work, drive best practice Ability to assess client needs and translate these requirements into efficient and scalable digital marketing solutions Experienced in delivering automation marketing projects, collaborating with distributed global teams in a matrix organisation and overseeing the project management. An excellent communicator - for building relationships, managing stakeholders, working with clients and delivery teams - both orally and written and for technical and non technical audiences. Significant understanding of and experience in best practices around systems integration, security, performance and data management. Perks and benefits include: Around 80K + Full benefits package - including amongst other things; pension, medical and dental family cover, life assurance, five weeks holiday etc etc High level of trust in the business, supporting an individual's personal needs Able to work from home when needed Flexible working times 10% bonus To find out more about this opportunity, please send us a copy of your latest CV and, as it is not always easy for you to talk when you are in work, please let us know when would be a convenient time to call you. Suitable contractors who are immediately available will also be considered.