Square One Resources

About the Company

With over 25 years in the technology recruitment sector, Square One is an award-winning specialist recruitment agency. Based in London, we manage recruitment on an international scale with clients ranging from start-ups to global corporations. Our goal is to offer a comprehensive recruitment service for our clients, building long-term relationships with them to ensure candidates receive the best career opportunities possible.

Our consultants continually upskill, ensuring that they're at the forefront of industry, market and technology changes to better help with what your business needs to succeed.

Across permanent and contract roles, we place into the following sectors:

Blockchain | Cloud | Cyber Security | Development | Digital & Creative | Emerging Technologies | EV | Gaming | Infrastructure | MS Dynamics | Oracle | SAP | Telecommunications

Our Awards & Nominations
Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work For in the UK (ranked 16th) | Top 10 Recruitment Companies to Work For in the UK (ranked 10th) | Top 10 Best Small Companies to Work For in London (ranked 6th) | TIARA Best Recruitment Company to Work For (£50m+) Nominee

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Square One Resources

Job Title

Pension Platform Administrator

Job Description

Job Title: Pension Platform Administrator
Location: Bristol OR London OR Manchester
Salary/Rate: PS140-190 per day
Start Date: 21/10/24
Job Type: 6 Month Contract - Inside IR35

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading Financial Services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Pension Platform Administrator to join their team for a six-month contract.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
You will be responsible for the platform release support, process & governance control, administration support & new business transfers.

1. Assessing new platform functionality, understanding where it fits with the business needs (or not), overseeing UAT/QA, communicating the change to the business (including updates to processes) and ensuring the functionality is fully utilised.
2. Support with the resolution of platform issues. Provide comms out to the business where needed and complete the root cause analysis for platform complaints, issues and breaches.
3. To support the day to day running of the platform by; managing the queries that come from the platform provider for exception cases, resetting client passwords including forgotten memorable details. (until the IC solution is in place) and ensuring orphaned investors are identified and reallocated or provided with options to move them.
4. Responsible for maintaining the process and control documentation for relevant procedures. Support the improvement of processes within the platform operation function.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

1. Must have previously worked as a Pension Platform Administrator.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Not with standing any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

Bristol, United Kingdom

On site

11-10-2024

Company Name

Square One Resources

Job Title

Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description

In this role, you will collaborate closely with data scientists and engineers from our Cloud and DevSecOps teams to implement best practices and ensure technical excellence across multiple projects. Utilizing open-source frameworks like LangChain and Azure-based tools, including the Azure AI Services suite, you will maintain and expand our repository of AI assets. Your innovative mindset will help identify and develop state-of-the-art solutions that deliver business value, while your commitment to staying current with AI advancements will ensure our team remains at the forefront of technology.
As a member of the Machine Learning Enablers team, you will actively research and develop agent-based AI use cases, focusing on multi-agent systems. Your work will support the day-to-day needs of our data scientists through the practical maintenance and enhancement of AI assets, while also driving innovation in our AI initiatives.
Responsibilities
* Manage and expand our repository of reusable Generative AI components on Azure DevOps, ensuring it's robust, up-to-date, and user-friendly, and implements MLOps standards.
* Collaborate with data scientists to identify new components to build, provide technical support, and promote best practices in using the repository.
* Research and experiment with multi-agent systems and emerging frameworks to address real-world use cases.
* Develop proof-of-concept projects to validate innovative multi-agent AI applications.
* Design and create reusable components that enable data scientists to integrate agent-based approaches into their projects.
* Implement and promote machine learning best practices (e.g., MLFlow), ensuring high-quality standards across the team.
* Collaborate with Cloud and DevSecOps engineers to ensure we deliver high-quality, scalable, and maintainable AI solutions, contributing to setting technical and architectural standards.

Education
*Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
* A Ph.D. is a plus, especially with research in Generative AI or agent-based systems.
Professional Experience
* Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience in a business environment.
* Proven experience working with generative AI models and LLMs in real-world projects.
* Demonstrated ability to develop proof-of-concept projects, and transition innovative solutions to production-ready components.
* Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working alongside a diverse team of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Technical Skills
* Strong coding skills in Python, with proficiency in software development best practices, including version control (e.g., Git) and DevOps (e.g., CI/CD pipelines).
* Hands-on experience implementing MLOps best practices (e.g., experiment tracking with MLFlow).
* Experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure AI Services.
* Experience with LangChain and other Generative AI frameworks.
* Ability to drive innovation by experimenting with new techniques and frameworks to solve real-world problems.
* Familiarity with Retrieval-Augmented Generation architectures and improvement techniques.
* Strong communication skills for providing technical support, mentorship, and clear guidance to team members.
* Strong collaboration skills and ability to manage tasks independently.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
Nice to Have
* Experience contributing to the development of reusable AI components or libraries, contributions to open-source AI projects.
* Experience with multi-agent systems and related frameworks (e.g. LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen).
* Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation tools for generative AI applications.
Languages
Fluent in English and preferably also French and/or Dutch.

Brussels, Belgium

Hybrid

14-10-2024

Company Name

Square One Resources

Job Title

Infrastructure Analyst

Job Description

Job Title: Infrastructure Analyst
Location:Remote/London
Salary/Rate: PS80k Fixed term contract
Start Date: November
Job Type: Fixed Term contract, 6 months
This role will be a Fixed Term Contract initially for 6 months, working for a reputable Retail organisation
Responsibilities
To provide 3rd line configuration, operation, management and support for our on-premise and Cloud-based server, storage and backup infrastructure to ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of the business.
The Infrastructure Analyst will work hands-on as part of the support function to enhance all on-premise and Cloud infrastructure and systems.
The scope includes server hardware, hypervisors, virtual machines, operating systems and Microsoft services including Office365, Azure, IAAS and PAAS, IIS, SQL Server, SCCM, File & Directory services.
This role will own and champion standardised O/S imaging and application deployment mechanisms for both the Retail/Hospitality POS and corporate desktop environments.
Whilst day-to-day network support is provided by a 3rd party, the ability to understand and communicate network-related concepts (both voice and data) is essential.
There will be occasional need for out-of-hours work
Skills
Windows Server 2019 Server administration Essential
Active Directory administration (including DNS/DHCP/Group Policy etc) Essential
Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager (OSD, Software Deployment, Patching) Essential
Microsoft Azure (AAD, IAAS, VM, VNets) Essential
PowerShell Scripting Essential
Microsoft SQL basic administration (2008 R2 and later) Essential
VMware vSphere setup and administration (v6.5 or later) Essential
VMware vSAN support and administration Essential
Microsoft365 & Office365 PS troubleshooting and best practice Essential
Server and storage hardware technology (Dell) Essential
Experience with Enterprise backup technologies (Veeam) Essential
LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi/TCP/IP/Firewalls/Routing concepts and admin (Cisco Meraki) Essential
Microsoft Azure (Data Factory, SQL PAAS, VPN) Desirable
Microsoft SharePoint Online & MS Teams administration Desirable
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

London, United Kingdom

On site

16-10-2024

Company Name

Square One Resources

Job Title

Programme Planner

Job Description

Job Title: Programme Planner - Financial Services Experience
Location: Manchester/hybrid
Salary/Rate: Up to PS326 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 04/11/2024
Job Type: Contract

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Programme Planner to join their team for a six-month contract.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:Require advance programme planning skills (ie provide support when it comes to operating budgets, overseeing the schedule for projects, and identifying areas for improvement) and expertise with MS Project, Excel, and PowerPoint (have to an expert/advance user).
Must have done complex programme planning using MSP and is advanced user of the tools.
Working knowledge of Confluence and JIRA also required.
A solid PMO analyst with planning background will also be suitable.
BFS industry experience will also be a nice to have.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

Manchester, United Kingdom

On site

21-10-2024