Agile Test Analyst Are you passionate about quality and testing software with an Agile mindset? Do you care about 'building the right thing' and 'building the thing right'? Does being part of an innovative culture inspire you? Then we want you! We're looking for an Agile Test Analyst to join our ranks. With a strong collaborative focus and a drive for continuous improvement, you'll be a key part of the Delivery Team as they work to implement features to delight our customers. You'll be an experienced Agile advocate, with a strong testing background and a desire to iterate, innovate, and instigate quality-driven approaches and processes. You'll know all the basic testing techniques and some of the advanced ones too! You'll get to flex your automation skills and perhaps even teach others what you know. This is the perfect opportunity to be a part of meaningful change to our flagship and newer products, and help drive a culture of excellence in everything we do. What you'll do To be involved in the entire Software Delivery Lifecycle To drive an automation approach with the Test Pyramid in mind To prevent the creation of defects in our software To work proactively with the team to instil quality into our products and practices To embed modern testing approaches as a part of a whole-team responsibility for quality To communicate and collaborate effectively in an Agile environment

Junior Application Support Engineer CDL is one of the UK's leading insurance software houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a strong track record in the high volume retail insurance sector, with clients including Ageas Retail, Swinton Insurance, Tesco Bank, iGO4 and John Lewis, to name a few. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. There's also a subsidised restaurant and a games room. We've built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you're always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with. What you'll do Do you have a passion for technology? Do you enjoy tinkering and want to learn more? You will be providing support to the more senior members of the Strata Admin team and assist them with routine tasks. This includes building and deploying software, creating and maintaining environments (both internal to CDL and on the ASP), diagnosing and resolving problems. You'll work on Microsoft and Linux Operating Systems, gaining end-to-end experience in Application Support. There's plenty of time for learning new skills and technologies, as you find your feet. You'll have the opportunity learn everything Devops. From WebLogic/JBoss/Wildfly, AWS, Scripting in Python, Ruby, to build and configurations tools such as Puppet and Jenkins. We are looking for people who want to learn, and develop themselves, if you're a motivated graduated with programming experience and have a "can do" attitude, then we would love to hear from you.

Support Engineer (DevOps) CDL is one of the UK's leading insurance software houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a strong track record in the high volume retail insurance sector, with clients including Ageas Retail, Swinton Insurance, Tesco Bank, iGO4 and John Lewis, to name a few. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. There's also a subsidised restaurant and a games room. We've built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you're always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with. What you'll do Are you driven by technology? Do you enjoy using technology to deliver innovative solutions? If so then this role is for you. Working as a support engineer you will be responsible for building, configuring, supporting and enhancing our solutions from development through to production. As we grow, automation is key so we are looking for individuals who can make things happen. Whilst the skills are important, the 'right person' is just as, if not more important. We'd be happy with some of the above, a year or 2 of experience and a strong desire to learn. You'll join our project team, who are currently involved in a range of projects, from upgrading/standardising 150+ environments to development, to providing ongoing support of live services, other responsibilities include: Migrating current infrastructure to AWS Re-designing processes focusing on automation Writing infrastructure as code Maintaining major strategic clients Embracing DevOps, Continuous delivery & Continuous Integration Looking after over 1 million quotes a day across all clients Supporting developers, testers and support You'll also be involved in various cloud initiatives, from client services in the cloud, through to supporting the 'self-host' AWS solution. It doesn't stop there, you'll work with Elastic Stack, we're running the latest version and looking to make use of Machine learning and Metrics beats. This is a challenging role perfect for a support or Devops engineer with few years of experience. We'd be happy to put you through your Linux, Puppet, certifications to ensure your skill sets evolve with our technologies.

Java Developer CDL is one of the UK's leading insurance software houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a strong track record in the high volume retail insurance sector, with clients including Ageas Retail, Swinton Insurance, Tesco Bank, iGO4 and John Lewis, to name a few. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. There's also a subsidised restaurant and a games room. We've built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you're always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with. What you'll do You will work in a scaled agile environment to develop insurance solutions to brokers, third parties as well as direct to the public. Broadly, the role is to implement user stories into fantastic features, using your code craftsmanship skills. Helping you develop your craft and pass on this skill is equally important to us. You will work collaboratively, championing agile/scrum best practise focusing on continuous integration, delivery, whilst facilitating problem solving. It's pretty fast paced here, we release software every 6 weeks, following an iteration of two, three weekly sprints. Automation is key part of what we do at CDL, you will use SOAP UI, Selenium to regroup and refactor, allowing quick changes to code, reducing duplication and improving maintainability. You will promote development best practise, and work autonomously in a squad, driving product growth. We're facing exciting growth at CDL, and continuous improvement is at heart of what we do. This is an exciting opportunity for a middleweight, or an experienced developer to join a rapidly growing organisation, investing significantly in its employees, and best engineering practises. We're looking for enthusiastic, and passionate developers with an attitude to learn, collaborate, aspire, continuously improve, and thoroughly enjoy what they do. If this sounds like you, and you're up for the challenge, then we would love to talk technologies with you.