Data Platform Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test scenarios for both System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Develop, maintain, and optimize automated test scripts in line with project requirements and testing best practices.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate closely with product owners, developers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and user stories.
• Analyze functional and business requirements to contribute to the overall test strategy and automation approach.
• Provide regular project updates while effectively managing client and stakeholder expectations.
• Support delivery teams in a fast-paced Agile environment to ensure high-quality software releases.
• Drive continuous improvement by enhancing automation coverage, maintaining test stability, and improving reusable test assets.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in software testing.
• Experience designing, developing, or implementing test automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum software development methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience working with clients and managing stakeholder relationships.
• Strong analytical skills with experience gathering and interpreting requirements and translating them into effective test scenarios.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced project environment.

About the Company

Our client is a global technology platform that connects developers, founders, investors, and technology companies through large-scale events, community programmes, and industry partnerships.

They are building a strong international developer ecosystem and is looking for an experienced Developer Relations Lead to grow its technical community and lead developer-focused initiatives worldwide.

About the Role

The Developer Relations Lead will be responsible for building meaningful relationships with developers, engineers, technical founders, and technology communities.

A major focus of the role will be developing and running hackathons, workshops, and technical community programmes. You will work closely with internal product, engineering, marketing, and events teams to create experiences that encourage developers to engage, experiment, and build.

This role would suit someone who is technically credible, well connected within the developer community, and comfortable representing a company at major technology events.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the company’s global developer relations and community strategy.
• Plan and deliver virtual and in-person hackathons, including programme design, partnerships, logistics, participant engagement, and follow-up.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with software engineers, technical founders, open-source contributors, and developer communities.
• Encourage developers to participate in programmes and gather feedback to share practical insights with the product and engineering teams.
• Create technical resources such as guides, tutorials, sample applications, starter projects, and API documentation.
• Deliver workshops, technical presentations, and community sessions.
• Represent the company at conferences, meetups, hackathons, and other industry events.
• Maintain an active presence across relevant developer platforms and online communities.
• Track the performance of developer programmes and report on participation, engagement, project quality, and community growth.

Requirements

• At least five years of experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, Developer Evangelism, Community Engineering, or a similar role.
• Proven experience organizing hackathons, developer events, technical workshops, or community programmes.
• An established network within the developer, engineering, or technology startup ecosystem.
• Strong technical knowledge and the ability to communicate confidently with engineers and technical leaders.
• Experience working with APIs and the ability to build or troubleshoot simple technical integrations and sample applications.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Good project management skills with the ability to manage multiple programmes, partners, and timelines.
• Willingness to travel internationally for conferences, hackathons, and community events.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience as a software engineer or in another hands-on technical role.
• Experience within artificial intelligence, Web3, cloud infrastructure, open-source technology, or a related technical sector.
• An established personal presence within the developer community through speaking, content, open-source contributions, or online engagement.
• Experience working with global developer communities and international technology events.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Dublin (Hybrid)

Type: Permanent

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our client's team and help design, automate and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You'll work closely with engineering teams to improve deployment processes, infrastructure automation and platform reliability in a cloud-native environment.

Required Experience

• 5+ years' experience
• Strong experience with cloud platforms, containerisation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Solid understanding of cloud security, CI/CD best practices and microservices.
• Experience building secure, scalable and highly available cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Enterprise.
• Automate infrastructure deployments using Terraform for example.
• Develop automation scripts using Python and Bash.
• Deploy and manage containerised workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement monitoring and observability using CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus or equivalent tools.
• Manage artifact repositories with JFrog Artifactory.
• Integrate code quality and security tools including SonarQube
• Implement secure IAM roles, policies and permissions across environments.

Reach out to imran.jiwo@nicollcurtin.com for more information

We are looking for an Executive Assistant for one of our big corporate clients.

This is a 6 month contracting role, which is going to be internalised after that period.

As an Executive Assistant, you will provide comprehensive support to senior leadership, ensuring the smooth day-to-day management of business operations, schedules, and stakeholder interactions.

You will act as a trusted partner to executives, coordinating complex calendars, organising meetings and travel arrangements, preparing presentations and reports, and handling confidential information with the utmost discretion.

In addition, you will serve as a key point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders, helping to facilitate communication across different departments and supporting various strategic and administrative initiatives. Your proactive approach and strong organisational skills will enable you to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

To be successful in this position, you should have previous experience supporting senior executives within a fast-paced corporate environment, ideally within financial services or another professional services setting. Excellent communication skills, a high level of professionalism, and the ability to work independently are essential.

Your Profile

• Proven experience as an Executive Assistant or Senior Administrative Assistant
• Experience supporting senior management or C-level executives
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Proactive, service-oriented, and detail-focused mindset
• Fluent German and English are required

If you are an experienced Executive Assistant looking for your next challenge within a dynamic and prestigious organisation, we would love to hear from you.

To get in touch with me directly, please refer to the contact details below:

📧 vuk.susa-stupar@nicollcurtin.com

📞 41 43 508 26 71

Test Automation

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using tools such as Tosca, Playwright (JavaScript), and API automation.
• Support test automation frameworks, including regression testing and automation enablement initiatives.
• Assist in the development, enhancement, and integration of AI-assisted tools to improve testing efficiency and productivity.
• Build, maintain, and execute automated regression test suites for enterprise-scale applications.
• Review and assess the existing automation landscape, including tools, test scripts, and automation coverage.
• Analyze business and technical requirements to identify automation opportunities.
• Design automated test scenarios and determine the required test data.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to create and obtain test data for automation execution.
• Execute automated test scripts, identify defects, and manage defect logging, tracking, and retesting.
• Work across multiple automation tools and technologies, adapting to environments where tool selection varies by system or project.
• Support testing activities for complex enterprise systems and applications.

Nice to Have

• Experience leveraging automation accelerators, reusable components, or shared assets.
• Knowledge of enterprise test automation best practices and automation strategy.
• Experience contributing to process improvements and testing efficiency initiatives.
• Willingness to participate in knowledge sharing and capability-building activities within the team.

Cloud Platform Engineer (Government Project)

We are seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate the cloud foundation for a large-scale initiative, supporting OT, IoT, analytics, AI, and enterprise application workloads. This role is responsible for end-to-end platform engineering, including cloud landing zone architecture, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, cloud security, observability, governance, and production operations.

The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience in Terraform, cloud platform services (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and DevSecOps/CI/CD practices. You will work closely with software, data, and OT integration teams to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms. Responsibilities include provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure, implementing IAM/RBAC and secrets management, designing secure network segmentation, enabling OT/IoT telemetry ingestion, supporting databases and storage services, building monitoring and alerting capabilities, automating operations, and enforcing governance through policy-as-code frameworks.

Mandatory Skills

• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (production-scale deployments)
• Cloud Platform Engineering (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• DevSecOps / CI/CD pipeline design, automation, and security integration

Preferred Skills

• OT/IoT platforms and real-time telemetry ingestion
• Smart City, critical infrastructure, or industrial environments
• Data platforms, data lakes, streaming, and analytics
• GCC 2.0, IM8, or similar compliance frameworks
• OPA, Sentinel, or other policy-as-code tools

Requirements

• 3–8 years of cloud, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering experience
• Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated delivery experience with IaC repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and production environments
• Relevant cloud and platform certifications are advantageous but hands-on expertise is essential.

Are you an IT Project Manager?

Do you enjoy working on big transformation projects?

If that is the case, the role below of a Senior IT Project Manager is the right fit for you!

We are looking for a Senior IT Project Manager for one of our banking clients who will focus on Liquidity Risk Management.

This is a 100% workload contract (12 months with possible extension, immediate start).

In this role, you will lead the implementation and enhancement of a Liquidity Risk Management programme across Asia, helping to strengthen internal liquidity controls and ensure regulatory compliance.

You will work closely with stakeholders across Risk, Treasury, Compliance, Finance, and IT to gather and translate complex requirements into effective solutions.

You will take full ownership of end-to-end project delivery, ensuring scope, timeline, budget (> CHF 1m), and quality standards are met while following strict governance and regulatory frameworks.

Acting as the main point of contact, you will manage stakeholders across regions, deliver clear reporting, steer executive discussions, and ensure smooth collaboration across global teams and vendors.

You will also oversee project finances, resource planning, and risk management, using tools such as Jira and Confluence in an agile setup.

This position requires a hands-on project leader with experience in large-scale IT programmes within financial services, ideally with exposure to liquidity risk, treasury operations, or regulatory reporting.

A recognised project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or similar), strong communication skills, and the ability to navigate complex, global environments are essential.

You will join a highly collaborative environment where your impact will directly contribute to regulatory readiness and business resilience.

If you want to hear more about this role, apply directly to:

vuk.susa-stupar@nicollcurtin.com

Phone: +41 43 508 26 71

We are looking for a Business Analyst for one of our clients, a leading global reinsurance company in Zurich, for a 12-month contract with immediate start.

In this role, you will be part of a dynamic Finance Data & Analytics team, contributing to the implementation of a modern Finance Target Architecture built on Azure Databricks.

You will work end-to-end on finance data flows, from ingestion and transformation to reporting, while collaborating closely with business stakeholders and development teams to translate requirements into actionable items in Azure DevOps.

Your day-to-day will involve analysing complex finance data landscapes, defining data rules, supporting testing and UAT activities, and driving solutions through to go-live and beyond.

You will join a fast-paced, highly collaborative international environment, working alongside teams across Zurich, India, Bratislava, and Bari.

The role requires strong interaction with stakeholders on a daily basis and offers the opportunity to contribute to large-scale finance transformation initiatives, including legacy decommissioning and data foundation improvements.

If you bring around 5 years of Business Analysis experience within complex environments, strong SQL and data analysis skills, and a solid understanding of finance and data modelling, this could be the right opportunity for you.

Experience working in agile setups and the ability to clearly translate business needs into technical solutions will be key to your success.

This is a full-time (100%) position, primarily based in Zurich (Adliswil), with up to 20% remote work after the initial 3 months on-site.

The project offers an exposure to cutting-edge technologies, IFRS 17, and a highly complex data environment, making it an excellent step for further career growth.

If you want to hear more about this role, apply directly to:

vuk.susa-stupar@nicollcurtin.com

Phone: +41 43 508 2671