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· Student Focus requires final year students specifically from [your university]

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· Finalists can earn £10 for each completed questionnaire

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Test Driven Solutions – We’re Recruiting!

Test Driven Solutions, a local technology consultancy in Newcastle upon Tyne, are currently on the lookout for highly ambitious individuals, who are looking to be part of a company who care about their staff and offer extremely generous benefits.

We’re at the beginning, so we’re looking for individuals to help shape TDS to be one of the best consultancies in the UK. We want people who will not only be gifted technically, but also people who have a voice and will look to make a good impression on every client site we operate with.

We’re currently looking for Software Developers, specifically with Java & Python as well as DevOps Engineers to help us work with our clients. Below is a list of the skills we’re looking for.

Skills needed:

  • Experience designing, architecting, and implementing the next generation of cloud-based applications which are dynamically scalable, fault tolerant, secure, and reliable for a cloud platform such as Openshift, AWS, or Azure.
  • Experience working on highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems
  • Experience with Linux operating systems & shell scripting, and Containers
  • Understanding and Experience with DevOps tooling such as Cloudify, Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Salt, and/or Ansible
  • Proficiency in Python and at least one of the following languages: Java, Go, C#. Most of our development is in Python.
  • Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, and or Spinnaker
  • Experience in developing automated tests
  • Effective verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work well in a team environment If this is of interest,

Please send your cv to sam.clark@testdrivensolutions.co.uk

Build your experience online with Infosys ‘Summer of Ideas’ global learning initiative

Infosys the global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting has recently launched their ‘Summer of Ideas’ initiative for university students worldwide. Summer of Ideas is an 8-week ideathon where students will work on industry-relevant themes in collaboration with cross-functional teams from around the world, under the mentorship of technological experts, and get the chance to showcase their ideas to industry experts.

Infosys’ next-generation digital learning platform, Wingspan, will allow participants to shape their own learning and choose courses from a content library, curated carefully by subject matter experts and educators. You’ll also be able to network with others, collaborate with teams across geographies and share ideas using various digital tools.

Applications are welcome from all stages and degree programmes including masters and PhD students. Interested candidates are requested to register here for further details.



Graduate Positions at Kani Payments: Business Intelligence Developer/Data Analyst

THE COMPANY

Kani is Europe’s Leading Financial Services Start-up (awarded by the Emerging Payments Association) and one of the top 20 new technology companies in the UK according to TechNation.  Providing Software as a Service (SaaS) to the rapidly growing Financial Technology (FinTech) market & based in Newcastle upon Tyne, we are seeking a talented Business Intelligence (BI) Developer / Data Analyst to join our team.

Our objective is to provide an out-of-the-box solution that simplifies the complex back office technology and processes needed to manage Mastercard, Visa and other card issuing portfolios and mobile payment products.

We are a small but rapidly growing team with global aspirations.

THE ROLE

Permanent/Full-time

Location – Home working and/or our Newcastle upon Tyne office

We are looking for a person with skills in computer science, mathematics or data analysis to build data visualisations, reports, dashboards and data views over large datasets.

This will be achieved through writing SQL queries to transform data and put it into views, and then building & deploying reports and dashboards on behalf of our clients.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be responsible for:

  • Writing SQL queries in order to transform and collate data from multiple data sources into the desired format for reporting
  • Building data models that allow reports to be built efficiently and accurately
  • Maintaining an inventory of views, dashboards and reports, and managing changes to existing reports and the rollout of new reports
  • Authoring new reports on demand from clients as required by the business in order to improve our service offering
  • Proactively identifying new data that can be brought in to enhance business insights
  • Verification of data when required, ensuring integrity and ‘right first time’
  • Utilise automated tasks to deliver the right data and reporting to the right end users
  • Recommend improvements as to how data is generated and utilised

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

The person filling this role will have:

  • Prior work experience or qualification in one of the following fields:  computer science / programming; data analysis; mathematics
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience of IT systems and databases
  • Demonstrated analytical ability, including the management of data
  • Competent writing SQL queries to create views

SALARY AND BENEFITS

  • £18,000 – £25,000 depending on experience
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Remote working available