Head Resourcing
About the Company
Hello,
We are a people centric business and we believe every individual matters whether it is a candidate, client or colleague.
We specialise in sourcing contract and permanent staff across the IT, digital and business change sectors. With a presence in Edinburgh, Glasgow and the North of England, however we work with businesses and candidates across the entire United Kingdom. Founded in 2001, we've grown organically through client recommendation, and hold an enviable reputation as a recruitment agency who really do think differently.
OUR VALUES:
- We care
- Proud to be us
- Bringing our best
- In it together
OUR VISION:
We're committed to making a positive impact on people's lives, by building connections and creating opportunities.
OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION MISSION
Promoting an Inclusive Workforce - Diversity and Inclusion enriches our people, business and communities. It enables us to learn and grow, to be creative and have the freedom to be ourselves. It starts with each of us. We all belong.
Making a positive impact on the lives of those we work with, be they our colleagues, clients or candidates and creating opportunities and connections, is our main purpose. We know that a key part of enabling us to deliver this is having an inclusive culture and workplace. One where diversity is valued and celebrated, where our colleagues are treated equitably and where we can all be ourselves.
If you are interested in working with Head Resourcing, or are interested in any roles we have available get in touch with our team for a chat on mail@headresourcing.com.
We are part of the Taranata Group; a group of professional services companies specialising in all aspects of talent and supplier excellence. Comprising of Head Resourcing, Head Medical, Change Recruitment, Change Digital, Hanya Partners and Rawmarsh Executive Search. www.taranatagroup.com
Listed Jobs
- Company Name
- Head Resourcing
- Job Title
- Hardware Specialist
- Job Description
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Head Resourcing are seeking a dynamic Hardware Asset Management (HAM) Specialist to join their financial services client. This role is crucial in ensuring the optimal management of IT assets throughout their lifecycle. As a HAM Specialist, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact, leverage your knowledge, and develop your skills in a supportive and innovative environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the development of integration points, triggers, data capture, and automated workflows for the lifecycle of assets from procurement to disposal.
Perform asset baselining and normalization.
Optimize the configuration and execution of the ServiceNow Asset and HAM PRO modules.
Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Implement and execute verification processes, stock audits, controls, metrics, KPIs, and reporting solutions to address data accuracy, reconciliation, duplication, and asset coverage challenges.
Implement and execute corrective actions necessary to resolve data integrity issues.
Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of all processes and procedures.
Develop and deliver training materials and sessions to ensure understanding and compliance with asset management practices.
Act as the primary point of contact for asset management.
Collaborate with all stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure successful delivery of objectives.
Required Qualifications:
Extensive experience in the design, implementation, support, and continual improvement of Asset (HAM) management at scale.
Hands-on experience in ServiceNow, specifically in managing the Asset and/or HAM modules.
Strong understanding of complex enterprise IT technologies, including servers, databases, networks, storage solutions, clusters, and both private and public virtualization.
Familiarity with ITIL principles, with ITIL v4 certification highly preferred but not mandatory.
In-depth understanding of concepts, data modeling, and governance principles to ensure data integrity and compliance.
Strong data analytical abilities and a proactive approach to problem-solving, enabling effective resolution of data-related challenges.
Strong skills in the development, implementation, and execution of dashboards, controls, metrics, KPIs, and reporting (preferably, but not exclusively, in the ServiceNow platform). SharePoint and PowerBI experience would be a strong advantage.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working in the financial services sector.
Experience in Configuration Management (CMDB) or Software Asset Management (SAM).
This role has a first-class benefits package, including a fantastic holiday entitlement of 38.5 days annual leave with the option to buy more and a market-leading pension.
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Remote
06-03-2025
- Company Name
- Head Resourcing
- Job Title
- Automation Test Analyst
- Job Description
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Automation Tester – Contract
6 months
Financial Services
Hybrid Working Edinburgh 2 days onsite per week.
Outside IR35 - £400-£500 per day
(Please note, my client is ideally seeking candidates locally based who can work in a hybrid style and frequently spend time onsite in Edinburgh each week)
An Edinburgh based Financial Services / FinTech Client is currently seeking a Automation Tester Contractor to join their team, supporting a new Digital Project / Digital Service.
A great Client with a great reputation, and an organisation we’ve worked with for several years, Contracts will be for 6 months and our Client is seeking someone with the following knowledge & experience:
Strong & detailed hands-on Automation Testing experience
Strong knowledge & experience around Automated Testing Tools, specifically Cypress
Strong experience from several other Financial Services Projects, ideally with some exposure to the Pensions/Investments/Savings sectors
Excellent people, communication & Stakeholder Management skills
If the above role sound of interest and match your background/skill-set, PLEASE APPLY NOW to be considered for this Contract. With some regular office time required each week, our Client is ideally seeking contractors from the local market who are available now/at short notice and who can join their team in Edinburgh and hit the ground running.
Head Resourcing is committed to being an inclusive business where diversity is valued and celebrated. Diversity to us, includes but is not limited to: educational background, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, age, marriage and civil partnership status, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, race and ethnicity. As such we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone. We will be happy discuss with you any workplace adjustments you need in order to be at your best during the recruitment process.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hybrid
10-03-2025
- Company Name
- Head Resourcing
- Job Title
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer
- Job Description
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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Head Resourcing is pleased to be working with one of the UK's leading retail banks who are looking for an experienced Cloud SRE to join our engineering team and help drive reliability, scalability, and automation across our cloud-based products and services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role is all about embedding SRE best practices, improving platform resilience, and troubleshooting service issues with an engineering-first approach, using code and automation rather than manual work.
Key Skills & Experience:
Background in software engineering or telemetry, ideally with SRE experience.
Hands-on expertise with GCP (or AWS/Azure), including security and networking.
Strong experience managing Kubernetes clusters in a production environment.
Proficiency in Python, Java, Golang, BASH, or PowerShell for scripting and automation.
Understanding of SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs, with experience in monitoring, alerting, and logging.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.).
Experience with observability tools like Dynatrace, Stackdriver, Cloud Operations Suite, Cloud Monitoring, and Cloud Logging.
Ability to mentor engineers, troubleshoot complex system issues, and improve automation to reduce manual effort.
Salary:
Up to £106k depending on experience
Discretionary bonus
Pension
Hybrid:
2 days per week onsite working in Bristol
Why Join Us?
We’re on a mission to transform our technology landscape, investing in automation, innovation, and engineering talent. If you want to help shape the future of cloud reliability, we’d love to hear from you.
Bristol, United Kingdom
Hybrid
18-03-2025
- Company Name
- Head Resourcing
- Job Title
- Linux Engineer
- Job Description
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Head Resourcing are recruiting for a Linux engineer for a financial services company. This role is predominantly remote although ideally you will be near one of the hubs in Gosforth or Glasgow for occasional office attendance.
The role pays £39,000 - £49,000 and offers a range of great benefits. The role will require some occasional weekend/evening work where you will receive additional pay on top of the base salary.
The core aspect of your role will be to support the management of the Operational Platform, with a focus on the Linux Server Estate. This will involve collaboration with internal customers, partners and external customers to deliver excellent service and ensure our systems are efficient, performant, resilient where emerging technology threats & risks are managed and change to our systems are managed effectively.
The role involves:
Innovating, supporting and maintaining the companies Linux server estate for Operational Platform.
Supporting the management of Patching lifecycles, including scheduling, deployment & verification.
Engineering, validating, implementing and quality assuring technical solutions.
Supporting projects implementing new infrastructure into the datacentres.
Supporting root cause analysis and remediation of issues.
Working closely with others to estimate work, manage domain scope, risks and issues.
Collaborating with project teams to ensure that change within the environment is managed and controlled effectively.
Experience required:
Strong sys admin skills and engineering experience of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Satellite (install, Configure, manage)
Experience of server implementation, upgrades, maintenance, monitoring and automation (Infrastructure as Code) with Ansible, AAP
VMware (upgrade, manage)
Understanding of Networking Technologies
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to own, diagnose and resolve platforms issues.
Python, Bash, API’s and data structures in JSON/YAML or other
Benefits
Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more.
Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
Excellent pension, with a minimum employer contribution of 8%
Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Remote
18-03-2025