Adam Whitehurst


Adam started his working career in an advertising sales role within the international financial sector. After a while, a friend recommended Adam to make the move into recruitment.

Adam spent eight years at his previous company recruiting for DevOps Engineering roles across the Irish market. Recently, he decided it was time to take on a new challenge. Now, Adam looks after DevOps & Software engineering recruitment for Trust in Soda in the Benelux region.

Give Adam a call anytime if you're interested in making a move!

JOBS FROM ADAM

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Senior QA Analyst
Senior QA AnalystWe've just had a new exclusive role go live with one of our long term financial services clients in Dublin city centre. They're looking for a senior QA to play a key role in the testing of their business critical applications. Their applications are predominantly built on .NET and hosted in an AWS environment. Alongside the technical skills, it's vital for this role that the successful applicant be someone with a great track record in cross-functional collaboration and excellent communication skills. Desired Tech Skills:Strong background in QA testing within the financial services/banking sectorIdeally someone who has experience testing financial trading/banking/payment softwareStrong understanding of .NET technologies and ideally AWS servicesHands-on experience with Azure DevOpsExperience with manual and automated testingExcellent communication and documentation skillsThe role is hybrid in Dublin CC and will be interviewing immediately. If you'd like to apply, send across your CV or contact Adam Whitehurst at Trust in Soda for more info.
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Galway, County Galway, Ireland
Platform Engineer (DevSecOps)
Platform Engineer (DevSecOps) We've had a number of new security roles go live with one of our FinTech partners based in Galway. They're going to be hiring a large number of engineers in this space over the coming months so there will be plenty of opportunity here for DevOps Engineers interested in moving into the security space. My client have 3 main skill-sets they need for this team, and to be considered you need to tick at least 3 of the boxes below: 1 - DevOps Experience - working with CI/CD pipelines, EKS, Docker, Kubernetes etc2- Software Development experience - not necessarily a full time developer, but someone with good understanding of code and the software development life cycle3 - Cyber Security - Application security being the preferred skill-setIf you feel like you tick 2 out of these 3 and you're passionate about a career in cyber security, send across your CV or contact Adam Whitehurst at Trust in Soda for more info!
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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Principal DevOps Engineer (Crypto)
Principal DevOps Engineer (Crypto)We've just had a new Principal DevOps Engineering role go live with a multinational financial services business. The most exciting thing about this role is that it's part of their digital assets division. You won't be doing blockchain development but you will be heavily involved in the crypto/digital assets space. If that's something you have an interest in and you're an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer, then this is the role for you! This role will give you the freedom to collaborate across multiple internal teams and at Principal level it will offer the opportunity to lead and mentor more junior members of the team. This can also open up a path to future leadership roles if that's something you desire in your career. If not, there's also plenty of opportunity to keep stepping up from a technical perspective in this growing multinational business.Desired Tech Skills: Extensive hands-on engineering experience in an AWS production environmentStrong hands-on work with Docker and KubernetesJenkins CI/CD pipelinesExperience on Kafka and also with monitoring tools like Datadog or CloudwatchWork with TerraformStrong Python programmingAkamai CDN experienceEverything there is beneficial but overall having extensive work with AWS services and applications in a large cross account environment is keyThis is a hybrid role based in my clients Galway office. If this sounds like the right tech stack and you have an interest in Crypto, drop your CV across and Adam from Trust in Soda will reach out to discuss things in more detail.
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County Dublin, Ireland
DevOps Engineer Team Lead (AWS)
DevOps Team Lead (AWS)I'm working with a multinational software company based in North Dublin who are looking for an experienced engineer to come in and lead their DevOps team.You'll join a small team with a lot of potential for growth as the business continues to expand over the coming years. They've opened up 2 new offices in 2024 and have some really ambitious growth targets for the next 12 months.This will be mostly a hands-on role but they are looking for someone to provide guidance and technical leadership as the team expands. It's a role for someone to really get their teeth into. There's a lot of challenges to solve and it'll be a great platform for someone to put their own stamp on the DevOps environment of a company currently expanding across the globe. Required tech stack:Strong Team Leadership experience (Tech Lead or Team Lead)Experience with a range of AWS servicesIn-depth Terraform experience is crucialCI/CD pipelinesExposure to Docker & Kubernetes would be a plusPythonIf you'd like to apply for the role, drop me across your CV or contact Adam Whitehurst at Trust in Soda for more info.
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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Senior Sales Consultant (SaaS)
Senior Sales Consultant (SaaS) I'm partnered with a rapidly growing SaaS business who are looking for a new experienced sales professional to join their team. This role will focus on high value opportunities. You'll be working at an enterprise level nurturing long term opportunities that will lead to big payoffs or successful tenders. We're looking for someone who works on the full sales cycle. They have the BD side covered and plenty of leads for you to get your teeth into, so they're looking for someone to run with those leads. communicate closely with clients and the internal solutions/engineering teams, and bring those opportunities through to the close. A crucial requirement here is having experience of extremely long term sales cycles. Someone who is used to being involved in the winning and management of tender processes. Previous experience selling into the high level education sector would also be a big plus. Experience required:At least 5 years selling SaaS software and servicesA successful sales track record of meeting and exceeding targetsStrong written and verbal communication with experience in proposal writingPassionate about technology, technically savvy and proficient in office applicationExperience winning and negotiating long term tendersThis is a hybrid role in Dublin with 2 days per week on-site with a competitive salary, package and commission structure. If this sounds like the next great step in your sales journey, send your CV across or contact Adam Whitehurst at Trust in Soda for more info.
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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Cyber Security Engineer
Cyber Security EngineerHad a great role just come in today with one of our clients who manage a portfolio of innovative start-ups within the insurance sector. They're looking for a mid-level security engineer looking to take the next step in their career. You'll get to work across a range of highly complex infrastructures working closely with the IT Director and CTO of the group. Key Requirements:Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft security tools, controls, governanceStrong experience with network and infrastructure securityGood knowledge of security of Apple productsIncident investigation and response experienceExcellent communication, both written and verbalNice to haves: CISSO, CISM or CISSP certsIf you think this sounds interesting on paper, drop your CV across or contact Adam Whitehurst at Soda for a more detailed chat about the business.
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