About the job
New Role - Immediate Start - Test Manager (Perm or Contract - Inside IR35) I am currently seeking a proven Test Manager for a large migration project which will involve building key and trusted stakeholder relationships quickly. The project sits within the FMCG sector for any SAP experience would also be beneficial .
Feb 25, 2021
Duration not stated
About the job
New Role - Immediate Start - Test Manager (Perm or Contract - Inside IR35) I am currently seeking a proven Test Manager for a large migration project which will involve building key and trusted stakeholder relationships quickly. The project sits within the FMCG sector for any SAP experience would also be beneficial .
Our needs:
DevOps Guidance: Support with rolling out (and auditing) DevOps best practices on specific engagements. Guiding the team in identifying automated tool options for monitoring/auditing of DevOps practices also.
Guiding/brainstorming with the team to make optimal decisions around tech-stack, depending on the requirements of the project. As well as budget/timeline.
Guiding/coaching Engineers on the team on how to think, converse, operate, on various engagements. E.g. Groom specific Engineers on how to plan projects, considering best software development approaches such as performance, robustness, scalability, etc. Ask tough questions. Request strong why 's. Train team members to get comfortable in being challenged for the greater good of the project/product that they 're working on. Train team members on how to justify decisions/ideas/thoughts.
Auditing for any technical debt at specific intervals (once ev. 2-3 months) on specific engagements....
Feb 25, 2021
Duration not stated
Our needs:
DevOps Guidance: Support with rolling out (and auditing) DevOps best practices on specific engagements. Guiding the team in identifying automated tool options for monitoring/auditing of DevOps practices also.
Guiding/brainstorming with the team to make optimal decisions around tech-stack, depending on the requirements of the project. As well as budget/timeline.
Guiding/coaching Engineers on the team on how to think, converse, operate, on various engagements. E.g. Groom specific Engineers on how to plan projects, considering best software development approaches such as performance, robustness, scalability, etc. Ask tough questions. Request strong why 's. Train team members to get comfortable in being challenged for the greater good of the project/product that they 're working on. Train team members on how to justify decisions/ideas/thoughts.
Auditing for any technical debt at specific intervals (once ev. 2-3 months) on specific engagements....
A Lotus Notes/Domino Developer position has become available to join our team. You will have extensive experience of Notes Development with a particular focus on LotusScript. We are currently upgrading to HCL V11, whilst looking to further develop and support our suite of business critical Notes Applications. This is an exciting time to join a small and friendly team who are motivated to continually modernise and integrate our suite of Lotus Notes Applications which are core to the companies business. Skills required by the Lotus Notes Developer: Proven Domino Development experience 5+ years LotusScript 5+ years Lotus Notes Integration with MS Office Products Ability to work in a small, dynamic team liaising with a broad cross section of business users. Ability to efficiently manage own time Ability to work remotely Excellent communication skills (English) Willingness to ask for help or advice when needed 9-5 working hours but can be flexible Scotland - Central Belt...
Feb 25, 2021
Duration not stated
A Lotus Notes/Domino Developer position has become available to join our team. You will have extensive experience of Notes Development with a particular focus on LotusScript. We are currently upgrading to HCL V11, whilst looking to further develop and support our suite of business critical Notes Applications. This is an exciting time to join a small and friendly team who are motivated to continually modernise and integrate our suite of Lotus Notes Applications which are core to the companies business. Skills required by the Lotus Notes Developer: Proven Domino Development experience 5+ years LotusScript 5+ years Lotus Notes Integration with MS Office Products Ability to work in a small, dynamic team liaising with a broad cross section of business users. Ability to efficiently manage own time Ability to work remotely Excellent communication skills (English) Willingness to ask for help or advice when needed 9-5 working hours but can be flexible Scotland - Central Belt...
For one of our clients, based in Erskine we are looking for your Subject Matter Expertise in User and Data Migration. Your Responsibilities: Evaluate customer needs based on applications requirements, current capacity and growth trends Deliver engineering specifications, assist with functional specifications, and collaborate on technical designs and specifications for projects and initiatives. Estimate effort, both development and product delivery timelines, to determine a course of action for project. Provide technical input for specific migration needs or objectives in order to meet business requirements. Work closely with external vendors and other personnel in order to optimize and facilitate the best solution to meet the needs of the business. Provide technical services for customers in a highly complex migration environments. Demonstrate ability to assess technical impact to the project/new technology along with technical risks. Resolve complex problems...
Feb 25, 2021
up to 6 Months
For one of our clients, based in Erskine we are looking for your Subject Matter Expertise in User and Data Migration. Your Responsibilities: Evaluate customer needs based on applications requirements, current capacity and growth trends Deliver engineering specifications, assist with functional specifications, and collaborate on technical designs and specifications for projects and initiatives. Estimate effort, both development and product delivery timelines, to determine a course of action for project. Provide technical input for specific migration needs or objectives in order to meet business requirements. Work closely with external vendors and other personnel in order to optimize and facilitate the best solution to meet the needs of the business. Provide technical services for customers in a highly complex migration environments. Demonstrate ability to assess technical impact to the project/new technology along with technical risks. Resolve complex problems...
WeShape are looking to engage a Senior Platform Engineer where you'll be working on CI/CD pipelines, packaging and deployment of workloads and ensuring Kubernetes resources are ready to be deployable with Terraform and in a production ready state. Technical expertise: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins Immediate requirement working with a wider technical squad - Ideally require start for 1st March.
Feb 25, 2021
Duration not stated
WeShape are looking to engage a Senior Platform Engineer where you'll be working on CI/CD pipelines, packaging and deployment of workloads and ensuring Kubernetes resources are ready to be deployable with Terraform and in a production ready state. Technical expertise: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins Immediate requirement working with a wider technical squad - Ideally require start for 1st March.
We are David & George - a small, Edinburgh based web design company.
We are looking for a new trainee designer / client manager with a good visual eye to help create web page layouts and be trained to build out sites on the Squarespace Platform.
You will be a good and confident communicator - you will be required to present designs and handle feedback queries from a wide range of professional clients.
NOTE: coding skills are NOT required but you should have basic Photoshop / Illustrator skills.
Your potential and attitude is more important than experience - and you should be a quick learner - willing to develop your skills and career.
You will have:
1 - A good visual eye - perhaps a background in graphic design or other visually based study/practice 2 - An eye for contemporary, clean and minimal design 3- Be hardworking and focussed with a can do attitude 4 - Meticulous work with attention to detail 5 - Good communication skills and a confident phone manner...
Feb 24, 2021
Duration not stated
We are David & George - a small, Edinburgh based web design company.
We are looking for a new trainee designer / client manager with a good visual eye to help create web page layouts and be trained to build out sites on the Squarespace Platform.
You will be a good and confident communicator - you will be required to present designs and handle feedback queries from a wide range of professional clients.
NOTE: coding skills are NOT required but you should have basic Photoshop / Illustrator skills.
Your potential and attitude is more important than experience - and you should be a quick learner - willing to develop your skills and career.
You will have:
1 - A good visual eye - perhaps a background in graphic design or other visually based study/practice 2 - An eye for contemporary, clean and minimal design 3- Be hardworking and focussed with a can do attitude 4 - Meticulous work with attention to detail 5 - Good communication skills and a confident phone manner...
We are looking for a Network and Security Consultant. This role is INSIDE IR35 therefore applicants should be willing to be paid via a PAYE solution. The team is made up of 5 internals and 2 externals, dealing with study, deployment of new network/security solutions and support N2-N3 for the client. The Network & Security consultant will be responsible for: IT referent on all solutions: Firewall & VPN, Proxy, switching, Wifi, routing, SD-WAN, SASE, monitoring Products: Checkpoint, Zscaler, Meraki, Pulse VTM, Microsoft Azure – representing 35% of activity Project management: Study for opportunity / Architecture design on LAN&WAN / DC migrations / Solution deployment (SASE) -representing 35% of activity Report: Follow ticket (dispatch/follow-up/resolution), report team activity to his manager (30% of activity) The right candidate should fulfill the following: Strong knowledge in network (LAN/Wlan/WAN/Azure) and security (Checkpoint, VPNs)...
Feb 24, 2021
Duration not stated
We are looking for a Network and Security Consultant. This role is INSIDE IR35 therefore applicants should be willing to be paid via a PAYE solution. The team is made up of 5 internals and 2 externals, dealing with study, deployment of new network/security solutions and support N2-N3 for the client. The Network & Security consultant will be responsible for: IT referent on all solutions: Firewall & VPN, Proxy, switching, Wifi, routing, SD-WAN, SASE, monitoring Products: Checkpoint, Zscaler, Meraki, Pulse VTM, Microsoft Azure – representing 35% of activity Project management: Study for opportunity / Architecture design on LAN&WAN / DC migrations / Solution deployment (SASE) -representing 35% of activity Report: Follow ticket (dispatch/follow-up/resolution), report team activity to his manager (30% of activity) The right candidate should fulfill the following: Strong knowledge in network (LAN/Wlan/WAN/Azure) and security (Checkpoint, VPNs)...
WeShape are looking to engage to engage a Software Engineer with extensive technical experience across Node.JS, AWS and Lambda. You'll form part of a wider technical squad working on an existing project where you'll be required to support with the initial design and thereafter implementing a replacement to the existing 'monolith' lambda. This is an initial 3 month scope of work - Looking for immediate deployment of expertise. If interested please apply directly for immediate consideration.
Feb 24, 2021
Duration not stated
WeShape are looking to engage to engage a Software Engineer with extensive technical experience across Node.JS, AWS and Lambda. You'll form part of a wider technical squad working on an existing project where you'll be required to support with the initial design and thereafter implementing a replacement to the existing 'monolith' lambda. This is an initial 3 month scope of work - Looking for immediate deployment of expertise. If interested please apply directly for immediate consideration.
An opportunity to join a team made up of world class scientists, technology and logistic experts, brought together to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Our objectives include developing a LIMS system and IOT integration, using emerging technology to develop a backend support system for a mobile application, conducting R+D into virology, and more. We're currently looking for a self motivated, creative and autonomous software engineer to work with the dynamic team and be responsible for ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability. Key requirements include: ? Python and Django (5 years) Nice to have: ? React ? Typescript What we’re working with: ? Django ? Rest Framework ? React ? Postgresql ? NoSQL ? TDD ? CI/CD #London #Contract #django #react #python NO SPONSORSHIP PLEASE
Feb 23, 2021
Duration not stated
An opportunity to join a team made up of world class scientists, technology and logistic experts, brought together to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Our objectives include developing a LIMS system and IOT integration, using emerging technology to develop a backend support system for a mobile application, conducting R+D into virology, and more. We're currently looking for a self motivated, creative and autonomous software engineer to work with the dynamic team and be responsible for ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability. Key requirements include: ? Python and Django (5 years) Nice to have: ? React ? Typescript What we’re working with: ? Django ? Rest Framework ? React ? Postgresql ? NoSQL ? TDD ? CI/CD #London #Contract #django #react #python NO SPONSORSHIP PLEASE
Waracle is looking for a talented NodeJS Developer to join our talented team working on cutting edge FinTech projects. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering happy customers, a team player, have excellent communication skills and have a proven track record in an agile project. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application; so, a sound knowledge of front-end technologies is preferable. This position can be permanent or contract and is remote home working. Waracle is already an industry leading team delivering digital solutions that transform how we live, work and play. We’ll not hide from the fact we have exciting growth plans and this has been recognised with our recent inclusion in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100, listing the UK’s fastest growing tech companies....
Feb 23, 2021
Duration not stated
Waracle is looking for a talented NodeJS Developer to join our talented team working on cutting edge FinTech projects. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering happy customers, a team player, have excellent communication skills and have a proven track record in an agile project. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application; so, a sound knowledge of front-end technologies is preferable. This position can be permanent or contract and is remote home working. Waracle is already an industry leading team delivering digital solutions that transform how we live, work and play. We’ll not hide from the fact we have exciting growth plans and this has been recognised with our recent inclusion in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100, listing the UK’s fastest growing tech companies....
eTrading Support Consultant (eTrading, Trade Support, Application Support, Production Support, Front Office, Interest Rates, Investment Banking) We are recruiting for eTrading Support Consultant / Specialists with Front Office Investment Banking experience (eTrading, Application, Production, Support, Front Office, Interest Rates). You will be deployed onsite, working, and supporting various different projects for emagine onsite with leading global Investment Banks. Work will include challenging BAU with Incident and Problem Management, Supporting Multiple Applications in a Complex Architecture on the Trading Floor. Required - eTrading Support Consultant (eTrading, Trade Support, Application Support, Production Support, Front Office, Interest Rates, Investment Banking): · Do you work in a Support function within eTrading? · Do you work in a Support function with Investment Banking experience? · Do you work in a Support function with Front Office...
Feb 22, 2021
Duration not stated
eTrading Support Consultant (eTrading, Trade Support, Application Support, Production Support, Front Office, Interest Rates, Investment Banking) We are recruiting for eTrading Support Consultant / Specialists with Front Office Investment Banking experience (eTrading, Application, Production, Support, Front Office, Interest Rates). You will be deployed onsite, working, and supporting various different projects for emagine onsite with leading global Investment Banks. Work will include challenging BAU with Incident and Problem Management, Supporting Multiple Applications in a Complex Architecture on the Trading Floor. Required - eTrading Support Consultant (eTrading, Trade Support, Application Support, Production Support, Front Office, Interest Rates, Investment Banking): · Do you work in a Support function within eTrading? · Do you work in a Support function with Investment Banking experience? · Do you work in a Support function with Front Office...
£525 outside IR35
We are hiring a Business Analyst to join our project team. You will work alongside other business analysts and report directly to the project manager. Your main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing some user acceptance testing. To succeed in this role you should have a natural analytical way of thinking and be able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.
Business Analyst Responsibilities:
Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.
Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.
Staying up-to-date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.
Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
Performing requirements analysis.
Documenting and communicating the results of your...
Feb 19, 2021
Duration not stated
£525 outside IR35
We are hiring a Business Analyst to join our project team. You will work alongside other business analysts and report directly to the project manager. Your main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing some user acceptance testing. To succeed in this role you should have a natural analytical way of thinking and be able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.
Business Analyst Responsibilities:
Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.
Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.
Staying up-to-date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.
Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
Performing requirements analysis.
Documenting and communicating the results of your...
Exception is looking for a Network Engineer to join an existing team in Glasgow, working on site with a key client.
The role will be part of Exception's established team providing technical expertise on several projects as well as BAU. As a Network Engineer you will be responsible for implementation of changes to the networks, monitoring and reporting of the network environments across multiple sites and overall maintenance of network and Firewalls.
Candidates will have experience of managing/working within a large ICT infrastructure support environment involving multiple load balancer, Firewall technologies and switching/routing services across multiple environments. This will be part of a team handling project network tasks and BAU.
The role will involve the following:
Building F5 LTM virtual Servers
Adding client and Server Side ssl profiles
Creating pools with persistence profiles and correct health monitors
Configuring iRules to select pools based on...
Feb 18, 2021
6 Months or more
Exception is looking for a Network Engineer to join an existing team in Glasgow, working on site with a key client.
The role will be part of Exception's established team providing technical expertise on several projects as well as BAU. As a Network Engineer you will be responsible for implementation of changes to the networks, monitoring and reporting of the network environments across multiple sites and overall maintenance of network and Firewalls.
Candidates will have experience of managing/working within a large ICT infrastructure support environment involving multiple load balancer, Firewall technologies and switching/routing services across multiple environments. This will be part of a team handling project network tasks and BAU.
The role will involve the following:
Building F5 LTM virtual Servers
Adding client and Server Side ssl profiles
Creating pools with persistence profiles and correct health monitors
Configuring iRules to select pools based on...
WeShape are looking to engage multiple SRE's / DevOps engineers for 3 month project engagements where you'll bring expertise across CI-CD build pipelines, Terraform, Kubernetes and AWS.
We are looking for 1 - 2 week notice for deployment (max) - Please note there will be a support and troubleshooting element to this project.
I f interested please apply directly for more project info.
Feb 18, 2021
Duration not stated
WeShape are looking to engage multiple SRE's / DevOps engineers for 3 month project engagements where you'll bring expertise across CI-CD build pipelines, Terraform, Kubernetes and AWS.
We are looking for 1 - 2 week notice for deployment (max) - Please note there will be a support and troubleshooting element to this project.
I f interested please apply directly for more project info.
Glasgow, GB
Contract
Axis Studios seeks a dedicated SENIOR REALTIME DEVELOPER to join our Realtime team supporting multiple AAA titles and being part of the future of Realtime at Axis Studios. Join Axis in developing brand new AAA IP from the ground up, creating Cinematics for once of the most anticipated titles of 2022 and more! Working alongside our Developers Supervisors, Lighting, FX, Layout and animation artists to deliver high end in-game seamless cinematics, from storyboards all the way to final characters and in game cinematics.
As part of the Realtime team you will be working closely with all of our team, helping diagnose and develop our pipeline in Unreal, Maya and other software. Be a cornerstone of our next gen development of Realtime Assets Pipeline and be a key part of the technical development of the project and final delivery of our in-game content.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to shape the future of an animation studio growing...
Feb 17, 2021
Duration not stated
Glasgow, GB
Contract
Axis Studios seeks a dedicated SENIOR REALTIME DEVELOPER to join our Realtime team supporting multiple AAA titles and being part of the future of Realtime at Axis Studios. Join Axis in developing brand new AAA IP from the ground up, creating Cinematics for once of the most anticipated titles of 2022 and more! Working alongside our Developers Supervisors, Lighting, FX, Layout and animation artists to deliver high end in-game seamless cinematics, from storyboards all the way to final characters and in game cinematics.
As part of the Realtime team you will be working closely with all of our team, helping diagnose and develop our pipeline in Unreal, Maya and other software. Be a cornerstone of our next gen development of Realtime Assets Pipeline and be a key part of the technical development of the project and final delivery of our in-game content.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to shape the future of an animation studio growing...
Java Developer – Microservices
Waracle is looking for a talented Java Developer with experience in Microservices to join our team. You must be passionate about Java development.
Glasgow
Permanent or Contract
Competitive
Feb 17, 2021
Duration not stated
Java Developer – Microservices
Waracle is looking for a talented Java Developer with experience in Microservices to join our team. You must be passionate about Java development.
Glasgow
Permanent or Contract
Competitive
We are looking for a Network and Security Consultant. This role is INSIDE IR35 therefore applicants should be willing to be paid via a PAYE solution.
The team is made up of 5 internals and 2 externals, dealing with study, deployment of new network/security solutions and support N2-N3 for the client.
The Network & Security consultant will be responsible for:
IT referent on all solutions: Firewall & VPN, Proxy, switching, Wifi, routing, SD-WAN, SASE, monitoring
Products: Checkpoint, Zscaler, Meraki, Pulse VTM, Microsoft Azure – representing 35% of activity
Project management: Study for opportunity / Architecture design on LAN&WAN / DC migrations / Solution deployment (SASE) -representing 35% of activity
Report: Follow ticket (dispatch/follow-up/resolution), report team activity to his manager (30% of activity)
The right candidate should fulfill the following:
Strong knowledge in network (LAN/Wlan/WAN/Azure)...
Feb 17, 2021
Duration not stated
We are looking for a Network and Security Consultant. This role is INSIDE IR35 therefore applicants should be willing to be paid via a PAYE solution.
The team is made up of 5 internals and 2 externals, dealing with study, deployment of new network/security solutions and support N2-N3 for the client.
The Network & Security consultant will be responsible for:
IT referent on all solutions: Firewall & VPN, Proxy, switching, Wifi, routing, SD-WAN, SASE, monitoring
Products: Checkpoint, Zscaler, Meraki, Pulse VTM, Microsoft Azure – representing 35% of activity
Project management: Study for opportunity / Architecture design on LAN&WAN / DC migrations / Solution deployment (SASE) -representing 35% of activity
Report: Follow ticket (dispatch/follow-up/resolution), report team activity to his manager (30% of activity)
The right candidate should fulfill the following:
Strong knowledge in network (LAN/Wlan/WAN/Azure)...
We are looking to engage a Project Support Network Engineer for one of our customer projects.
You will have extensive Palo Alto expertise and know how to operate them (access control) and also VPN profiles management. i.e. Panorama within a commercial environment.
This is a 3 month project and ideally require 1 week notice max, you'll be working alongside our Network team.
Please drop me a message directly for project info.
Feb 17, 2021
up to 6 Months
We are looking to engage a Project Support Network Engineer for one of our customer projects.
You will have extensive Palo Alto expertise and know how to operate them (access control) and also VPN profiles management. i.e. Panorama within a commercial environment.
This is a 3 month project and ideally require 1 week notice max, you'll be working alongside our Network team.
Please drop me a message directly for project info.
We have an opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to join an ongoing Cloud Security program on an initial three-month contract basis but with the potential to extend. The role can be based in London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester or Bristol. The ideal candidate with have a proven background in business analysis within IT Financial Services sector & have experience in the following areas:
Identity Governance, Systems & Access
Technical Assurance, Security Compliance & Vendor Management
Network Bridges & Infrastructure Build
Anomaly Detection, Identity & Access Management
Cloud exposure & experience of working on large Cloud Security programs would also be beneficial. ECS has over 850 employees and Associates, and is headquartered in Glasgow, with offices in Edinburgh, Manchester, London and Pune. We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and...
Feb 16, 2021
up to 6 Months
We have an opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to join an ongoing Cloud Security program on an initial three-month contract basis but with the potential to extend. The role can be based in London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester or Bristol. The ideal candidate with have a proven background in business analysis within IT Financial Services sector & have experience in the following areas:
Identity Governance, Systems & Access
Technical Assurance, Security Compliance & Vendor Management
Network Bridges & Infrastructure Build
Anomaly Detection, Identity & Access Management
Cloud exposure & experience of working on large Cloud Security programs would also be beneficial. ECS has over 850 employees and Associates, and is headquartered in Glasgow, with offices in Edinburgh, Manchester, London and Pune. We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and...
Waracle is looking for a talented NodeJS Developer to join our talented team working on cutting edge FinTech projects. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering happy customers, a team player, have excellent communication skills and have a proven track record in an agile project. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application; so, a sound knowledge of front-end technologies is preferable. This position can be permanent or contract and is remote home working. Waracle is already an industry leading team delivering digital solutions that transform how we live, work and play. We’ll not hide from the fact we have exciting growth plans and this has been recognised with our recent inclusion in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100, listing the UK’s fastest growing tech companies....
Feb 16, 2021
Duration not stated
Waracle is looking for a talented NodeJS Developer to join our talented team working on cutting edge FinTech projects. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering happy customers, a team player, have excellent communication skills and have a proven track record in an agile project. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application; so, a sound knowledge of front-end technologies is preferable. This position can be permanent or contract and is remote home working. Waracle is already an industry leading team delivering digital solutions that transform how we live, work and play. We’ll not hide from the fact we have exciting growth plans and this has been recognised with our recent inclusion in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100, listing the UK’s fastest growing tech companies....