Synechron

About the Company

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron's progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,000+, and has 55 offices in 20 countries within key global markets. For more information on the company, please visit our website: www.synechron.com.

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Company Name

Synechron

Job Title

Project Manager

Job Description

We're Synechron, a global consultancy Laser-focused on accelerating digital initiatives in financial services. With over 14,500 members of staff across 17 countries and a unique mix of end-to-end digital, business and technology services, we help clients solve complex challenges with modern and innovative solutions.
We're big enough to be taken seriously, yet small enough to operate with an agile, open, relationship-driven approach. Our clients come to us with problems that need genuine thought, intelligence and knowledge; we're not just putting bodies on seats.
One of our key clients, a global financial institution is looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to lead the pre-study phase of the replacement of our clients Loan Product Management System as part of a broader EMEA transformation programme, MIT BIT. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Commercial Banking operations, particularly with regards to Loans as a product, and extensive experience in project management within complex, global environments. The role requires effective stakeholder management across Europe and the US, and a deep understanding of software development life cycles, and strong vendor management skills. The successful candidate will be a responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of the IT component of pre-study phase of this critical project, working with the overall PM, ensuring EMEA's requirements are fed into the US Loan re-platforming project and aligning with our overarching goal of cost-efficient and sustainable IT architecture. Beyond this initial focus, there is an expectation that this role will be expected to contribute to the successful delivery of various other projects within the MIT BIT program, covering a wide range of initiatives across the EMEA banking and securities domains.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Project Leadership: Lead the Loan Product Management System Replacement pre-study, ensuring alignment with the overall MIT BIT program's goals and timelines.
Stakeholder Management: Engage with senior stakeholders across headquarters, US, and within the European context to ensure clear communication, alignment and support for the project.
Planning & Coordination: Develop detail project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, and risk management strategies, ensuring all deliverables are met within budget and scope.
Software Development Oversight: Oversee all aspects of the software development life cycle (SDLC) for the replacement system, ensuring best practices are followed and quality standards are met.
Vendor management: Manage and control the package vendor, ensuring their progress aligns with project timelines and quality standards. Negotiate with the vendor when necessary to address any issues, delays, or changes in scope.
Risk Management & Escalation: Identify potential risks and issues proactively across all delivery activities, and manage them through appropriate mitigation strategies, escalating when necessary to ensure the overall program remains on track.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
In-depth understanding of the software development process and overall project life cycle.
In-depth knowledge and work experience of banking product and finance, and a strong understanding of the regulatory environment in the banking sector.
Strong experience in IT Project management, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale projects within complex, multinational organizations, Experience in managing long-term assignments and contributing to multiple projects within a broader program is highly valued.
Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and control external application vendors, ensuring they meet project requirements and timelines.
Demonstrated ability to manage relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple regions, including Europe, with a clear understanding of reginal and global impact.
Strong understanding of the software development life cycle and experience overseeing all stages from requirements gathering to development and post implementation support.
A conceptual thinker who can present complex ideas and topics to a wide audience (both technical and non-technical).
Recruitment London Boilerplate
Synechron's stunning top floor offices are located in London's bustling Square Mile, close to Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Bank. We're a stone's throw from the Bank of England and a five-minute walk from St. Paul's Cathedral.
Our open-plan offices feature breakout areas, innovation spaces and a stunning roof terrace with great views of the city! We're a friendly bunch and host regular summer and Christmas parties, and team-building activities.
Our flexible working policy means three days in the London office and two days at home - and we're happy to accommodate individual circumstances like school drop-offs and pick-ups (this will need to be worked out with your line manager).

Synechron's Diversity Statement
Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

London, United Kingdom

On site

10-10-2024

Company Name

Synechron

Job Title

Senior EUC & Container Solutions Engineer

Job Description

We're Synechron, a global consultancy Laser-focused on accelerating digital initiatives in financial services. With over 14,500 members of staff across 17 countries and a unique mix of end-to-end digital, business and technology services, we help clients solve complex challenges with modern and innovative solutions.
We're big enough to be taken seriously, yet small enough to operate with an agile, open, relationship-driven approach. Our clients come to us with problems that need genuine thought, intelligence and knowledge; we're not just putting bodies on seats.
One of our key clients, a global financial institution is looking for a Senior EUC & Container Solutions Engineerto join their team in London.
Key Responsibilities:
Assisting with issue triage, ensuring users are responded to and kept informed of progress
Ability to work independently, analysing each issue as it is presented in order to effectively route to the correct teams for resolution
Dev Container issue analysis and remediation, including assisting with creating new Dev Containers for use within WSL
Dev Container engineering work, including updating the base image to support new tools and technologies required by developers
Working with developers to understand their container requirements, engineering solutions to support their workloads, helping to accelerate the uptake of containerisation
EUC Technical Skills:
Level 2 desktop troubleshooting for Windows, macOS and Ubuntu operating systems.
Knowledge of End User Computing architecture (including virtual and physical devices, modern management technologies and zero trust principles)
Privilege management software application
Understanding of software installation via standard channels
Experience with Linux/WSL
General awareness of developer workflows and tooling, including best practice and general industry trends
Container Developments Skills:
Experience with the design and development of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, and being able to apply this knowledge to assist others undertaking similar tasks
Work with other teams to create portable packages that contain bundled code, tools, libraries
Owning and maintaining a catalogue of container build images, with differing target programming languages, for use by developers, optimising for security and performance
Support of base images, being able to identify problems and performing routine updates (eg certificate changes, configuration changes) where necessary
Develop CI/CD pipelines, particularly to validate changes to container build definition/base image before rollout
Implement centralised logging solutions of containerized environments, allowing them to be used within the parameters set by Cyber
Contribute to development of container strategies and best practices
Required Qualifications:
Knowledge of Container cluster architecture
3+ years of experience with container technologies (Docker, WSL, Kubernetes) for Linux and Windows
Good understanding of and experience with creating and maintaining Dev containers
Awareness of container procurement, secure pipeline scanning and best practice
Good understanding of and experience in Programming languages (Python, Java, Powershell,C#)
Strong knowledge with cloud platforms
Recruitment London Boilerplate
Synechron's stunning top floor offices are located in London's bustling Square Mile, close to Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Bank. We're a stone's throw from the Bank of England and a five-minute walk from St. Paul's Cathedral.
Our open-plan offices feature breakout areas, innovation spaces and a stunning roof terrace with great views of the city! We're a friendly bunch and host regular summer and Christmas parties, and team-building activities.
Our flexible working policy means three days in the London office and two days at home - and we're happy to accommodate individual circumstances like school drop-offs and pick-ups (this will need to be worked out with your line manager).

Synechron's Diversity Statement
Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

London, United Kingdom

On site

10-10-2024

Company Name

Synechron

Job Title

DevOps Developer _ Glasgow

Job Description

About Us
We're Synechron, a global consultancy laser-focused on accelerating digital initiatives in financial services.
With over 14,500 members of staff across 17 countries and a unique mix of end-to-end digital, business and technology services, we help clients solve complex challenges with modern and innovative solutions.
We're big enough to be taken seriously, yet small enough to operate with an agile, open, relationship-driven approach. Our clients come to us with problems that need genuine thought, intelligence and knowledge; we're not just putting bodies on seats.
Job Location: Glasgow (Hybrid - 3 days from office)
Role:
The candidate will be working with a global team of experts on modernizing the Firm's SDLC platform to enable deployment automation to private and public cloud endpoints and SaaS-based tooling.
This role affords the opportunity to get in on the ground floor to help build the next-generation of development and deployment tooling across a diverse set of tech stacks for the next decade.
Prior experience in the financial industry is not required; candidates from software companies are welcome.
Skills Required:
Hands-on development experience in Python. Additional experience with Java, C#, or Typescript would be an asset
Highly technical and passionate about SDLC tooling and processes
Familiar with the tools of the trade - experience working with multiple SCM systems, code review systems, issue tracking tools, build tools, test frameworks, code quality tools, CI systems, and IDEs
Experience working as a developer on a large-scale project in an agile, globally-distributed environment
Interested in getting to bottom of things - to understand how they work and why
Skills Desired:
Prior experience developing tools for build automation, version control (Bitbucket, Github), issue tracking (Jira), continuous integration (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Github Actions), automated testing, or deployment automation
Deployment orchestration experience using Terraform, Ansible or other related technologies.
Experience integrating development and deployment tools with Azure or AWS.
Experience using Containers and Kubernetes to realize large-scale software distribution
System administration experience on Linux or Windows
If you are a highly motivated and skilled DevOps Developer with a passion for designing and implementing cloud infrastructure solutions, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and join our dynamic team of professionals.
Synechron's Diversity Statement
Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

On site

14-10-2024

Company Name

Synechron

Job Title

Angular Front End Developer

Job Description

About Us
We're Synechron, a global consultancy laser-focused on accelerating digital initiatives in financial services. With over 14,500 members of staff across 17 countries and a unique mix of end-to-end digital, business and technology services, we help clients solve complex challenges with modern and innovative solutions.
We're big enough to be taken seriously, yet small enough to operate with an agile, open, relationship-driven approach. Our clients come to us with problems that need genuine thought, intelligence and knowledge; we're not just putting bodies on seats.
Job Location: Belfast (Hybrid - 3 days from office)
Primary Skills:
Proficient in Angular, with a solid understanding of core concepts like modules, components, directives, services, and dependency injection.
Strong skills in TypeScript for writing modular, maintainable, and well-typed code.
Familiarity with Node.js, especially for server-side rendering and Back End communication.
Experience using or integrating design systems (eg, Cardinal) into Front End development to ensure consistency in design.
Experience with Gitlab and version control workflows
Experience in integrating RESTful APIs or GraphQL into Front End applications
Experience ensuring compatibility across multiple browsers and devices.
Experience with micro frontends architecture, enabling independent development and deployment of Front End applications.
Additional Skills:
Knowledge of testing frameworks like Jasmine, Karma, or Jest for writing and maintaining unit and integration tests.
Familiarity with Back End development concepts, especially with Node.js and Express.
Knowledge of web performance tools and techniques such as Lighthouse, lazy loading, and code splitting.
Experience working in Agile environments and familiarity with tools like Jira or Trello.
Responsibility:
Design, develop, and maintain dynamic, responsive, and accessible web applications using Angular, Node.js, and TypeScript.
Build reusable components and libraries for future use, following best practices and coding standards.
Work with design systems like Cardinal to ensure consistent and user-friendly UI/UX across the application.
Work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and Back End engineers to gather requirements, create solutions, and solve complex challenges.
Write unit and integration tests, and ensure the code is thoroughly tested and bug-free. Debug and resolve issues in a timely manner.
Participate in code reviews to maintain high code quality and ensure that solutions are secure, scalable, and performant.
Monitor and optimize the performance of the Front End to ensure fast load times and smooth interactions.
Technology:
Angular ver 15+, Node.js, expressjs, npm, gulp, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, SaSS/SCSS or LESS, Angular CLI, Webpack, npm scripts or Gulp, TSLint or ESLint, Bootstrap or other responsive design framework.
If you are a highly motivated and skilled Frontend Developer with a passion for designing and implementing cloud infrastructure solutions, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and join our dynamic team of professionals.
Synechron's Diversity Statement
Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Belfast, United Kingdom

On site

14-10-2024