Join our team as a MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of designing and maintaining robust, high-performance systems that power critical financial services. In this dynamic and fast-paced environment, your role will be essential to ensuring our infrastructure remains resilient, secure, and scalable. You'll work on automating operations, enhancing system observability, and driving continuous improvements that reduce downtime and improve efficiency. If you're motivated by solving, multi-layered problems and building systems that perform reliably amid shifting priorities, we encourage you to apply. To be successful as a MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer, you should have experience with: Working in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, and MongoDB administration in financial services. Using MongoDB features like replicaset, sharding, backups, performance tuning, and shell scripting. Writing scripts in Python or Bash to automate tasks and reduce manual work. Some other highly valued skills may include: Using Percona, ClusterControl, CI/CD tools, and automation platforms like Ansible or Chef. Monitoring systems with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and running containers with Kubernetes. Building APIs with FastAPI and supporting scalable, high-performance systems. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role will be based in Knutsford. Purpose of the role To effectively monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations. Accountabilities Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders. Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance. Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing. Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes. Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management. Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues. Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
09/03/2026
Full time
Join our team as a MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of designing and maintaining robust, high-performance systems that power critical financial services. In this dynamic and fast-paced environment, your role will be essential to ensuring our infrastructure remains resilient, secure, and scalable. You'll work on automating operations, enhancing system observability, and driving continuous improvements that reduce downtime and improve efficiency. If you're motivated by solving, multi-layered problems and building systems that perform reliably amid shifting priorities, we encourage you to apply. To be successful as a MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer, you should have experience with: Working in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, and MongoDB administration in financial services. Using MongoDB features like replicaset, sharding, backups, performance tuning, and shell scripting. Writing scripts in Python or Bash to automate tasks and reduce manual work. Some other highly valued skills may include: Using Percona, ClusterControl, CI/CD tools, and automation platforms like Ansible or Chef. Monitoring systems with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and running containers with Kubernetes. Building APIs with FastAPI and supporting scalable, high-performance systems. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role will be based in Knutsford. Purpose of the role To effectively monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations. Accountabilities Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders. Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance. Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing. Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes. Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management. Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues. Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Join Barclays as a Mainframe DB2 System Specialist, where you'll install, configure, and maintain the IBM DB2 system to ensure strong performance and reliability. You'll play a key role in enhancing the Mainframe Automation environment, streamlining manual processes through automation to reduce risk and increase efficiency. We're seeking candidates with hands-on mainframe installation experience, ideally involving IBM DB2 system tools or similar mainframe technologies. To be successful in this role, you will need the following: Proven experience in the installation, maintenance, and upgrade of IBM DB2 and related tools (e.g., DB2 CA, DB2 Connect, Data Studio, etc.). Strong working knowledge of mainframe operating system tools, including TSO, JCL, REXX, SQL, and others. Several years of hands-on experience as a DB2 Systems Programmer. Solid understanding of system performance, optimisation, and monitoring techniques. Other highly valued skills include: Experience with DevOps tooling, such as VS Code, Db2 Developer Extensions, and similar technologies. Knowledge of z/OSMF. Familiarity with Broadcom and IBM Db2 tools. Understanding of Db2 internals and RACF security. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. The successful candidate can be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall) or Glasgow Campus. Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Assistant Vice President Expectations Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions. Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
09/03/2026
Full time
Join Barclays as a Mainframe DB2 System Specialist, where you'll install, configure, and maintain the IBM DB2 system to ensure strong performance and reliability. You'll play a key role in enhancing the Mainframe Automation environment, streamlining manual processes through automation to reduce risk and increase efficiency. We're seeking candidates with hands-on mainframe installation experience, ideally involving IBM DB2 system tools or similar mainframe technologies. To be successful in this role, you will need the following: Proven experience in the installation, maintenance, and upgrade of IBM DB2 and related tools (e.g., DB2 CA, DB2 Connect, Data Studio, etc.). Strong working knowledge of mainframe operating system tools, including TSO, JCL, REXX, SQL, and others. Several years of hands-on experience as a DB2 Systems Programmer. Solid understanding of system performance, optimisation, and monitoring techniques. Other highly valued skills include: Experience with DevOps tooling, such as VS Code, Db2 Developer Extensions, and similar technologies. Knowledge of z/OSMF. Familiarity with Broadcom and IBM Db2 tools. Understanding of Db2 internals and RACF security. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. The successful candidate can be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall) or Glasgow Campus. Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Assistant Vice President Expectations Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions. Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Join us as a Senior 3rd Line Desktop Support Engineer, to help shape the future of our end user technology environment and ensure a resilient, secure, and scalable desktop service for colleagues across the organisation. This role acts as a senior point of technical authority within the 3rd Line support function, providing specialised guidance on escalated issue resolution, influencing engineering roadmaps, and strengthening stability and compliance across our desktop estate. To be successful as a Senior 3rd Line Desktop Support Engineer, you should have experience with: Advanced MS Intune and Group Policy configuration, including the ability to design, implement and optimise policies at scale. In depth knowledge of Windows Operating Systems (Win11) and associated security tooling such as desktop anti virus and encryption technologies. Practical experience with M365 services, including proficient use of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). Advanced device performance monitoring and diagnostic capabilities, with the ability to identify systemic issues and recommend improvements. Some other highly valued skills may include: Working knowledge of MacOS, enabling support across a diverse endpoint landscape. Solid understanding of laptop/desktop hardware configuration and troubleshooting. Familiarity with ITIL processes and the ability to apply industry standard service practices in an enterprise environment. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job specific technical skills. This role will be based in Knutsford. Purpose of the role To effectively monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations. Accountabilities Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders. Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance. Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing. Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes. Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management. Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues. Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
09/03/2026
Full time
Join us as a Senior 3rd Line Desktop Support Engineer, to help shape the future of our end user technology environment and ensure a resilient, secure, and scalable desktop service for colleagues across the organisation. This role acts as a senior point of technical authority within the 3rd Line support function, providing specialised guidance on escalated issue resolution, influencing engineering roadmaps, and strengthening stability and compliance across our desktop estate. To be successful as a Senior 3rd Line Desktop Support Engineer, you should have experience with: Advanced MS Intune and Group Policy configuration, including the ability to design, implement and optimise policies at scale. In depth knowledge of Windows Operating Systems (Win11) and associated security tooling such as desktop anti virus and encryption technologies. Practical experience with M365 services, including proficient use of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). Advanced device performance monitoring and diagnostic capabilities, with the ability to identify systemic issues and recommend improvements. Some other highly valued skills may include: Working knowledge of MacOS, enabling support across a diverse endpoint landscape. Solid understanding of laptop/desktop hardware configuration and troubleshooting. Familiarity with ITIL processes and the ability to apply industry standard service practices in an enterprise environment. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job specific technical skills. This role will be based in Knutsford. Purpose of the role To effectively monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations. Accountabilities Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders. Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance. Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing. Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes. Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management. Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues. Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Join us at Barclays as a Google Cloud Engineer as part of a team designing, building, and evolving our secure, scalable GCP landing zone. In this role you will develop, mature, and maintain the platform, ensuring it meets the needs of our business and customers. Working closely with the engineering lead, product owners and technical teams, you will apply modern development practices to deliver a robust foundation for our cloud services, enabling innovation and efficiency across the bank. To be successful as a Google Cloud Engineer, you should have: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Implementation & Operations - Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and operating GCP services at scale, including networking, IAM, monitoring, and resource management. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform - Proficient at writing, modularizing, and managing Terraform code for complex cloud environments, including state management and CI/CD integration. DevOps & CI/CD using GitLab - Experience setting up GitLab (or similar) pipelines for automated provisioning, testing, and deployment of cloud infrastructure Some other highly valued skills may include: Cloud Security & Compliance - Familiar with Cloud / GCP security best practices for landing zones. Agile Delivery - Experience delivering projects using Agile/Kanban methodologies. Multi-Cloud Experience (AWS and Azure) - Experience with AWS and Azure in addition to GCP, including networking, identity federation, and workload migration. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role will be based out of our Knutsford campus. Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
09/03/2026
Full time
Join us at Barclays as a Google Cloud Engineer as part of a team designing, building, and evolving our secure, scalable GCP landing zone. In this role you will develop, mature, and maintain the platform, ensuring it meets the needs of our business and customers. Working closely with the engineering lead, product owners and technical teams, you will apply modern development practices to deliver a robust foundation for our cloud services, enabling innovation and efficiency across the bank. To be successful as a Google Cloud Engineer, you should have: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Implementation & Operations - Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and operating GCP services at scale, including networking, IAM, monitoring, and resource management. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform - Proficient at writing, modularizing, and managing Terraform code for complex cloud environments, including state management and CI/CD integration. DevOps & CI/CD using GitLab - Experience setting up GitLab (or similar) pipelines for automated provisioning, testing, and deployment of cloud infrastructure Some other highly valued skills may include: Cloud Security & Compliance - Familiar with Cloud / GCP security best practices for landing zones. Agile Delivery - Experience delivering projects using Agile/Kanban methodologies. Multi-Cloud Experience (AWS and Azure) - Experience with AWS and Azure in addition to GCP, including networking, identity federation, and workload migration. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role will be based out of our Knutsford campus. Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: Network Proxy (Zscaler) Architect Location: Knutsford, UK(3 days WFO) Duration: 30/9/2026 Pay Rate: £653 per day through FCSA Umbrella Job Description: Lead Zscaler and enterprise Proxy security architecture including secure web gateway and zero trust access. Key Responsibilities : Design and optimise Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Private Access (ZPA). Create Client file strategies, traffic steering, authentication flows. Ensure integration with identity providers and zero trust policies. Technical Skills: Zscaler, Palo Alto Prisma, Symantec ProxySG. Understanding of SSL inspection, CASB, and SASE frameworks. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
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We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: Network Proxy (Zscaler) Architect Location: Knutsford, UK(3 days WFO) Duration: 30/9/2026 Pay Rate: £653 per day through FCSA Umbrella Job Description: Lead Zscaler and enterprise Proxy security architecture including secure web gateway and zero trust access. Key Responsibilities : Design and optimise Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Private Access (ZPA). Create Client file strategies, traffic steering, authentication flows. Ensure integration with identity providers and zero trust policies. Technical Skills: Zscaler, Palo Alto Prisma, Symantec ProxySG. Understanding of SSL inspection, CASB, and SASE frameworks. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: Cloud Security Architect Location: Knutsford, UK (3 days WFO) Duration: 30/9/2026 Pay Rate: £653 per day through FCSA Umbrella Job Description: Architect and govern security for cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, and GCP. Key Responsibilities: Define cloud security controls, landing zones, and guardrails. Architect IAM, network security, encryption, logging, and threat protection. Ensure compliance with security standards (NIST, CIS benchmarks). Technical Skills: Azure Security Centre, AWS Security Hub, GCP SCC. Kubernetes security, API security, workload identity, KMS/HSM. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
09/03/2026
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We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: Cloud Security Architect Location: Knutsford, UK (3 days WFO) Duration: 30/9/2026 Pay Rate: £653 per day through FCSA Umbrella Job Description: Architect and govern security for cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, and GCP. Key Responsibilities: Define cloud security controls, landing zones, and guardrails. Architect IAM, network security, encryption, logging, and threat protection. Ensure compliance with security standards (NIST, CIS benchmarks). Technical Skills: Azure Security Centre, AWS Security Hub, GCP SCC. Kubernetes security, API security, workload identity, KMS/HSM. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
Job Description: We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role: Application Security Specialist Location: Knutsford Working Mode: Hybrid (3 days Onsite weekly) Contract Type: Inside IR35 Duration: 6 months Pay Rate: £426 per day Inside IR35 Role Description: "The Application Security Specialist ensures secure software development, secure design, code review, and threat modelling across the application life cycle. Responsibilities Perform secure code reviews, SAST/DAST analysis, and threat modelling. Support DevSecOps integration including CI/CD pipeline tooling. Define secure coding standards and developer training. Review architecture for security controls. Skills OWASP Top 10, SAST/DAST tools, API security, cloud architectures. Experience with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines." If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
09/03/2026
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Job Description: We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role: Application Security Specialist Location: Knutsford Working Mode: Hybrid (3 days Onsite weekly) Contract Type: Inside IR35 Duration: 6 months Pay Rate: £426 per day Inside IR35 Role Description: "The Application Security Specialist ensures secure software development, secure design, code review, and threat modelling across the application life cycle. Responsibilities Perform secure code reviews, SAST/DAST analysis, and threat modelling. Support DevSecOps integration including CI/CD pipeline tooling. Define secure coding standards and developer training. Review architecture for security controls. Skills OWASP Top 10, SAST/DAST tools, API security, cloud architectures. Experience with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines." If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: Network Consulting Architect Location: Knutsford, UK(3 days WFO) Duration: 30/9/2026 Pay Rate: £653 per day through FCSA Umbrella Job Description: Architect intrusion detection/prevention systems ensuring enterprise threat visibility and detection capability. Key Responsibilities: Design IDS/IPS architectures and integration with SIEM/SOC. Define detection policies, tuning strategies, and false positive reduction processes. Implement network traffic mirroring, packet brokers, and sensor placement. Technical Skills: Deep knowledge of Snort/Suricata-based systems, Palo Alto Threat Prevention, Cisco Firepower, Zeek. Strong packet analysis, threat detection logic, and signature development. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
09/03/2026
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We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: Network Consulting Architect Location: Knutsford, UK(3 days WFO) Duration: 30/9/2026 Pay Rate: £653 per day through FCSA Umbrella Job Description: Architect intrusion detection/prevention systems ensuring enterprise threat visibility and detection capability. Key Responsibilities: Design IDS/IPS architectures and integration with SIEM/SOC. Define detection policies, tuning strategies, and false positive reduction processes. Implement network traffic mirroring, packet brokers, and sensor placement. Technical Skills: Deep knowledge of Snort/Suricata-based systems, Palo Alto Threat Prevention, Cisco Firepower, Zeek. Strong packet analysis, threat detection logic, and signature development. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
Role Title: Cyber Azure Security Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 707.15 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary The Azure Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing security controls across cloud platforms, with a focus on Zero Trust, secure build standards, and network segmentation. This role ensures that security controls are embedded into all solution components and aligned with organisational and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain Azure security architecture aligned to Zero Trust principles, ensuring least privilege, segmentation, and strong identity control. Define secure configuration standards for Azure resources, including network, compute, storage, identity, and monitoring components. Overview: The Cyber Resilience Architect designs resilient enterprise environments with a focus on assurance, recovery, and compliance. This role ensures that solutions can withstand, contain, and recover from modern cyber threats and operational disruptions. Key Responsibilities: Produce overarching cyber resilience architecture patterns across infrastructure, applications, identity, data, and network layers. Design resilience controls including isolation zones, immutable backups, privileged environment separation, and containment strategies. Lead assurance activities, evaluating technical resilience controls for completeness, maturity, and effectiveness. Define and validate compliance to regulatory and organisational resilience standards. Collaborate with Security, Infrastructure, and Operations teams to integrate recovery capabilities into solution designs. Undertake resilience risk assessments and support the creation of mitigation strategies. Provide architectural governance on change, ensuring resilience remains a core requirement across the programme. Technical Components: Knowledge of backup/restore architectures, cyber vaults, privileged admin models, and ransomware containment strategies. Experience with cloud-native resilience (availability zones, DR strategy, replicated storage, service failover). Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST CSF, NCSC CAF, ISO27035 All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
07/03/2026
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Role Title: Cyber Azure Security Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 707.15 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary The Azure Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing security controls across cloud platforms, with a focus on Zero Trust, secure build standards, and network segmentation. This role ensures that security controls are embedded into all solution components and aligned with organisational and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain Azure security architecture aligned to Zero Trust principles, ensuring least privilege, segmentation, and strong identity control. Define secure configuration standards for Azure resources, including network, compute, storage, identity, and monitoring components. Overview: The Cyber Resilience Architect designs resilient enterprise environments with a focus on assurance, recovery, and compliance. This role ensures that solutions can withstand, contain, and recover from modern cyber threats and operational disruptions. Key Responsibilities: Produce overarching cyber resilience architecture patterns across infrastructure, applications, identity, data, and network layers. Design resilience controls including isolation zones, immutable backups, privileged environment separation, and containment strategies. Lead assurance activities, evaluating technical resilience controls for completeness, maturity, and effectiveness. Define and validate compliance to regulatory and organisational resilience standards. Collaborate with Security, Infrastructure, and Operations teams to integrate recovery capabilities into solution designs. Undertake resilience risk assessments and support the creation of mitigation strategies. Provide architectural governance on change, ensuring resilience remains a core requirement across the programme. Technical Components: Knowledge of backup/restore architectures, cyber vaults, privileged admin models, and ransomware containment strategies. Experience with cloud-native resilience (availability zones, DR strategy, replicated storage, service failover). Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST CSF, NCSC CAF, ISO27035 All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Identity & Access Architect Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote -Knutsford Duration: 30/10/2026 Rate 706 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: "The Network Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, reliable network infrastructure across on?premises and cloud environments. The role ensures high availability, performance, and resilience of network services while supporting business growth and operational stability. Working closely with security, cloud, and platform teams, the Network Engineer provides technical expertise to ensure end?to?end connectivity, segmentation, and network control. Key Responsibilities: Design, configure, and support core networking components including switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers. Implement network segmentation, routing policies, VPNs, and secure connectivity across sites and cloud platforms. Manage firewalls, ACLs, and network security controls to maintain a secure perimeter and internal environment. Monitor network performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimise for reliability and speed. Support cloud networking across Azure/AWS, including VNets, VPCs, private endpoints, and hybrid connectivity. Participate in change management, incident resolution, and continuous improvement activities. Maintain network documentation, topology diagrams, and operational procedures. Assist in capacity planning, resilience testing, and failover validation. Skills & Experience: Strong understanding of routing, switching, firewalls, and network security. Experience with cloud networking, monitoring tools, and troubleshooting complex connectivity issues. Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent are beneficial."
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Identity & Access Architect Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote -Knutsford Duration: 30/10/2026 Rate 706 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: "The Network Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, reliable network infrastructure across on?premises and cloud environments. The role ensures high availability, performance, and resilience of network services while supporting business growth and operational stability. Working closely with security, cloud, and platform teams, the Network Engineer provides technical expertise to ensure end?to?end connectivity, segmentation, and network control. Key Responsibilities: Design, configure, and support core networking components including switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers. Implement network segmentation, routing policies, VPNs, and secure connectivity across sites and cloud platforms. Manage firewalls, ACLs, and network security controls to maintain a secure perimeter and internal environment. Monitor network performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimise for reliability and speed. Support cloud networking across Azure/AWS, including VNets, VPCs, private endpoints, and hybrid connectivity. Participate in change management, incident resolution, and continuous improvement activities. Maintain network documentation, topology diagrams, and operational procedures. Assist in capacity planning, resilience testing, and failover validation. Skills & Experience: Strong understanding of routing, switching, firewalls, and network security. Experience with cloud networking, monitoring tools, and troubleshooting complex connectivity issues. Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent are beneficial."
Engagement Lead/Programme Manager Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote - Knutsford Duration: 30/10/2026 Rate to 952 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: "Overview: The Engagement Lead / Programme Manager is accountable for end?to?end delivery oversight across the programme, ensuring governance, strategic alignment, and effective stakeholder management. This role acts as the primary interface between delivery teams, senior stakeholders, and the client steering group. The individual owns programme performance, scope, budget, risks, and dependencies. Key Responsibilities: Provide overall leadership for programme delivery, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and outcomes are met. Establish and maintain programme governance structures, including steering committees, RAID logs, delivery frameworks, reporting cadence, and escalation paths. Drive strategic alignment between business objectives, delivery plans, and technical workstreams. Own resource planning, financial tracking, budget management, and contract compliance. Facilitate client steering, executive updates, and strategic decision?making sessions. Oversee cross?functional teams, ensuring coordination between technical, operational, and business workstreams. Manage high?level risks, issues, dependencies, and assumption tracking (RAID). Ensure adherence to delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid) and organisational standards. Align programme outputs with change management, communications, and training requirements. Act as escalation point for critical delivery challenges, blockers, vendor issues, and scope variations. Technical/Delivery Components: Understanding of enterprise delivery frameworks, SDLC, Agile at scale, and cloud transformation programmes. Ability to interpret solution architectures, integration requirements, and data dependencies at a high level. Experience with project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, and Confluence."
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Engagement Lead/Programme Manager Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote - Knutsford Duration: 30/10/2026 Rate to 952 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: "Overview: The Engagement Lead / Programme Manager is accountable for end?to?end delivery oversight across the programme, ensuring governance, strategic alignment, and effective stakeholder management. This role acts as the primary interface between delivery teams, senior stakeholders, and the client steering group. The individual owns programme performance, scope, budget, risks, and dependencies. Key Responsibilities: Provide overall leadership for programme delivery, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and outcomes are met. Establish and maintain programme governance structures, including steering committees, RAID logs, delivery frameworks, reporting cadence, and escalation paths. Drive strategic alignment between business objectives, delivery plans, and technical workstreams. Own resource planning, financial tracking, budget management, and contract compliance. Facilitate client steering, executive updates, and strategic decision?making sessions. Oversee cross?functional teams, ensuring coordination between technical, operational, and business workstreams. Manage high?level risks, issues, dependencies, and assumption tracking (RAID). Ensure adherence to delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid) and organisational standards. Align programme outputs with change management, communications, and training requirements. Act as escalation point for critical delivery challenges, blockers, vendor issues, and scope variations. Technical/Delivery Components: Understanding of enterprise delivery frameworks, SDLC, Agile at scale, and cloud transformation programmes. Ability to interpret solution architectures, integration requirements, and data dependencies at a high level. Experience with project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, and Confluence."
Scrum Master/Delivery Manager Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote Knutsford Duration: 30/10/2026 Rate 706 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: "Overview: The Scrum Master / Delivery Manager is responsible for day?to?day Agile delivery, facilitating ceremonies, ensuring sprint discipline, and enabling high?performing engineering teams. This hybrid role supports both coaching responsibilities and delivery oversight of backlog, teams, and sprint execution. Key Responsibilities: Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand?ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and sprint reviews. Manage sprint governance, velocity tracking, forecasting, and delivery reporting. Promote Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and team collaboration. Work closely with Product Owners to prioritise and refine the backlog, ensuring clarity of user stories, acceptance criteria, and readiness for development. Remove impediments, manage risks, and escalate blockers that impact sprint delivery. Coach teams on Agile principles, practices, and ways of working. Ensure alignment across cross?functional roles including developers, testers, UX, and business SMEs. Maintain delivery tracking in tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira. Support release planning, dependency management, and coordination with other teams in scaled environments. Ensure delivery transparency through dashboards, metrics, and progress reporting. Technical/Delivery Components: Practical experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS). Understanding of SDLC processes, DevOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and quality assurance practices. Ability to interpret technical conversations and support decision-making without needing deep engineering expertise."
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Scrum Master/Delivery Manager Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote Knutsford Duration: 30/10/2026 Rate 706 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: "Overview: The Scrum Master / Delivery Manager is responsible for day?to?day Agile delivery, facilitating ceremonies, ensuring sprint discipline, and enabling high?performing engineering teams. This hybrid role supports both coaching responsibilities and delivery oversight of backlog, teams, and sprint execution. Key Responsibilities: Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand?ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and sprint reviews. Manage sprint governance, velocity tracking, forecasting, and delivery reporting. Promote Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and team collaboration. Work closely with Product Owners to prioritise and refine the backlog, ensuring clarity of user stories, acceptance criteria, and readiness for development. Remove impediments, manage risks, and escalate blockers that impact sprint delivery. Coach teams on Agile principles, practices, and ways of working. Ensure alignment across cross?functional roles including developers, testers, UX, and business SMEs. Maintain delivery tracking in tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira. Support release planning, dependency management, and coordination with other teams in scaled environments. Ensure delivery transparency through dashboards, metrics, and progress reporting. Technical/Delivery Components: Practical experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS). Understanding of SDLC processes, DevOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and quality assurance practices. Ability to interpret technical conversations and support decision-making without needing deep engineering expertise."
Solution Architect Lead Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote - Knutsford Duration: 30/10/2026 Rate 706 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: The Solution Architect Lead provides end?to?end ownership of programme architecture, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, integrated, and aligned with enterprise standards. This role serves as the design authority across all technical domains, guiding engineering teams and validating architectural decisions. Key Responsibilities: Own the end?to?end technical architecture across all solution components, ensuring coherence, alignment, and technical viability. Lead architectural design sessions, blueprint creation, and technical governance. Define solution patterns, integration approaches, and technical standards across the programme. Ensure security-by-design principles are embedded, including IAM, data protection, encryption standards, and threat modelling. Oversee integration architectures across APIs, data pipelines, cloud platforms, microservices, and third-party systems. Act as final approver for technical design decisions, architectural reviews, and engineering escalations. Work with security, infrastructure, DevOps, and engineering teams to ensure compatibility and compliance. Participate in vendor assessments, technology evaluations, and tooling strategy. Manage architectural risks, technical debt, and system interdependencies. Ensure technical documentation, design artefacts, and architectural repositories are maintained to enterprise standards. Technical/Delivery Components: Strong understanding of cloud architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP), containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), and serverless design patterns. Expertise in integration patterns (REST, GraphQL, Event?Driven Architecture, messaging queues). Knowledge of security frameworks (ISO27001, NIST, Zero Trust), identity management (OAuth, SSO, Azure AD). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps toolchains, infrastructure as code, and environment strategy. Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical designs."
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Solution Architect Lead Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote - Knutsford Duration: 30/10/2026 Rate 706 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: The Solution Architect Lead provides end?to?end ownership of programme architecture, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, integrated, and aligned with enterprise standards. This role serves as the design authority across all technical domains, guiding engineering teams and validating architectural decisions. Key Responsibilities: Own the end?to?end technical architecture across all solution components, ensuring coherence, alignment, and technical viability. Lead architectural design sessions, blueprint creation, and technical governance. Define solution patterns, integration approaches, and technical standards across the programme. Ensure security-by-design principles are embedded, including IAM, data protection, encryption standards, and threat modelling. Oversee integration architectures across APIs, data pipelines, cloud platforms, microservices, and third-party systems. Act as final approver for technical design decisions, architectural reviews, and engineering escalations. Work with security, infrastructure, DevOps, and engineering teams to ensure compatibility and compliance. Participate in vendor assessments, technology evaluations, and tooling strategy. Manage architectural risks, technical debt, and system interdependencies. Ensure technical documentation, design artefacts, and architectural repositories are maintained to enterprise standards. Technical/Delivery Components: Strong understanding of cloud architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP), containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), and serverless design patterns. Expertise in integration patterns (REST, GraphQL, Event?Driven Architecture, messaging queues). Knowledge of security frameworks (ISO27001, NIST, Zero Trust), identity management (OAuth, SSO, Azure AD). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps toolchains, infrastructure as code, and environment strategy. Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical designs."
Role Title: Azure Platform Engineer Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 427.90 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary Build and secure the core Azure environment for a segregated tenant. Key Responsibilities: Deploy and configure VMs, VNets, subnets, and PaaS services. Implement baseline security controls and policies across the platform. Ensure network segmentation, identity integration, and governance compliance. Support infrastructure automation and environment hardening. Skills : Azure IaaS/PaaS Networking Security baselines ARM/Bicep/Terraform. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
06/03/2026
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Role Title: Azure Platform Engineer Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 427.90 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary Build and secure the core Azure environment for a segregated tenant. Key Responsibilities: Deploy and configure VMs, VNets, subnets, and PaaS services. Implement baseline security controls and policies across the platform. Ensure network segmentation, identity integration, and governance compliance. Support infrastructure automation and environment hardening. Skills : Azure IaaS/PaaS Networking Security baselines ARM/Bicep/Terraform. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Role Title: Azure Security Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 543.45 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary The Azure Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing security controls across cloud platforms, with a focus on Zero Trust, secure build standards, and network segmentation. This role ensures that security controls are embedded into all solution components and aligned with organisational and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain Azure security architecture aligned to Zero Trust principles, ensuring least privilege, segmentation, and strong identity control. Define secure configuration standards for Azure resources, including network, compute, storage, identity, and monitoring components. Lead design and assurance of secure network segregation, including hub-and-spoke, firewalls, private endpoints, and micro-segmentation. Oversee policy implementation through Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, RBAC, Conditional Access, and security baselines. Conduct threat modelling, risk assessments, and architectural reviews. Guide engineering teams on hardening patterns, remediation activities, and secure deployment practices. Ensure alignment with compliance standards (ISO, NIST, CIS benchmarks). Technical Components: Expertise with Azure AD/Entra, Defender suite, Sentinel, NSGs/ASGs, WAF, Azure Firewall, Key Vault, and managed identities. Experience implementing ARM/Bicep/Terraform for secure build deployments. Strong knowledge of network security patterns within cloud-native and hybrid architectures. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
06/03/2026
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Role Title: Azure Security Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 543.45 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary The Azure Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing security controls across cloud platforms, with a focus on Zero Trust, secure build standards, and network segmentation. This role ensures that security controls are embedded into all solution components and aligned with organisational and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain Azure security architecture aligned to Zero Trust principles, ensuring least privilege, segmentation, and strong identity control. Define secure configuration standards for Azure resources, including network, compute, storage, identity, and monitoring components. Lead design and assurance of secure network segregation, including hub-and-spoke, firewalls, private endpoints, and micro-segmentation. Oversee policy implementation through Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, RBAC, Conditional Access, and security baselines. Conduct threat modelling, risk assessments, and architectural reviews. Guide engineering teams on hardening patterns, remediation activities, and secure deployment practices. Ensure alignment with compliance standards (ISO, NIST, CIS benchmarks). Technical Components: Expertise with Azure AD/Entra, Defender suite, Sentinel, NSGs/ASGs, WAF, Azure Firewall, Key Vault, and managed identities. Experience implementing ARM/Bicep/Terraform for secure build deployments. Strong knowledge of network security patterns within cloud-native and hybrid architectures. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Role Title: Monitoring & Logging Engineer Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £416.86 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary The Monitoring & Logging Engineer designs, builds, and maintains observability capabilities across applications, infrastructure, and cloud platforms. The role ensures reliable log ingestion, actionable monitoring, and high-quality telemetry to support operations, incident response, and platform assurance. Key Responsibilities Monitoring & Observability Implement and manage monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Elastic, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or similar tools. Build dashboards, alerts, and health checks for performance, availability, and reliability. Define monitoring standards and onboarding requirements for new services and platforms. Log Pipeline Engineering Develop and maintain log collection pipelines, including parsing, filtering, enrichment, and routing. Ensure consistent, compliant log ingestion from Servers, applications, and cloud services. Optimise data retention, indexing, and storage efficiency. Operational Support & Assurance Support troubleshooting and incident response through log analysis and metrics insights. Conduct platform tuning, optimisation, and capacity reviews. Identify monitoring gaps and implement improvements to strengthen observability. Collaboration & Integration Work with cloud, security, application, and operations teams to align monitoring with business needs. Integrate logging and monitoring with SIEM/SOAR and security tools for detection and response. Participate in incident reviews and help improve platform reliability. Documentation & Governance Create runbooks, onboarding guides, data dictionaries, and architecture diagrams. Ensure monitoring and logging meet compliance, audit, and governance standards. Skills & Experience Required Experience with Splunk, Elastic, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or similar platforms. Strong understanding of log pipelines, event schemas, and telemetry design. Ability to build dashboards, alerts, and actionable insights. Experience supporting cloud or hybrid environments. Scripting (PowerShell, Python) is beneficial. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
06/03/2026
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Role Title: Monitoring & Logging Engineer Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £416.86 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary The Monitoring & Logging Engineer designs, builds, and maintains observability capabilities across applications, infrastructure, and cloud platforms. The role ensures reliable log ingestion, actionable monitoring, and high-quality telemetry to support operations, incident response, and platform assurance. Key Responsibilities Monitoring & Observability Implement and manage monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Elastic, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or similar tools. Build dashboards, alerts, and health checks for performance, availability, and reliability. Define monitoring standards and onboarding requirements for new services and platforms. Log Pipeline Engineering Develop and maintain log collection pipelines, including parsing, filtering, enrichment, and routing. Ensure consistent, compliant log ingestion from Servers, applications, and cloud services. Optimise data retention, indexing, and storage efficiency. Operational Support & Assurance Support troubleshooting and incident response through log analysis and metrics insights. Conduct platform tuning, optimisation, and capacity reviews. Identify monitoring gaps and implement improvements to strengthen observability. Collaboration & Integration Work with cloud, security, application, and operations teams to align monitoring with business needs. Integrate logging and monitoring with SIEM/SOAR and security tools for detection and response. Participate in incident reviews and help improve platform reliability. Documentation & Governance Create runbooks, onboarding guides, data dictionaries, and architecture diagrams. Ensure monitoring and logging meet compliance, audit, and governance standards. Skills & Experience Required Experience with Splunk, Elastic, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or similar platforms. Strong understanding of log pipelines, event schemas, and telemetry design. Ability to build dashboards, alerts, and actionable insights. Experience supporting cloud or hybrid environments. Scripting (PowerShell, Python) is beneficial. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Role Title: Azure Security Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £543.45 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary The Azure Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing security controls across cloud platforms, with a focus on Zero Trust, secure build standards, and network segmentation. This role ensures that security controls are Embedded into all solution components and aligned with organisational and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain Azure security architecture aligned to Zero Trust principles, ensuring least privilege, segmentation, and strong identity control. Define secure configuration standards for Azure resources, including network, compute, storage, identity, and monitoring components. Lead design and assurance of secure network segregation, including hub-and-spoke, Firewalls, private endpoints, and micro-segmentation. Oversee policy implementation through Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, RBAC, Conditional Access, and security baselines. Conduct threat modelling, risk assessments, and architectural reviews. Guide engineering teams on hardening patterns, remediation activities, and secure deployment practices. Ensure alignment with compliance standards (ISO, NIST, CIS benchmarks). Technical Components: Expertise with Azure AD/Entra, Defender suite, Sentinel, NSGs/ASGs, WAF, Azure Firewall, Key Vault, and managed identities. Experience implementing ARM/Bicep/Terraform for secure build deployments. Strong knowledge of network security patterns within cloud-native and hybrid architectures. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
06/03/2026
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Role Title: Azure Security Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £543.45 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary The Azure Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing security controls across cloud platforms, with a focus on Zero Trust, secure build standards, and network segmentation. This role ensures that security controls are Embedded into all solution components and aligned with organisational and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain Azure security architecture aligned to Zero Trust principles, ensuring least privilege, segmentation, and strong identity control. Define secure configuration standards for Azure resources, including network, compute, storage, identity, and monitoring components. Lead design and assurance of secure network segregation, including hub-and-spoke, Firewalls, private endpoints, and micro-segmentation. Oversee policy implementation through Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, RBAC, Conditional Access, and security baselines. Conduct threat modelling, risk assessments, and architectural reviews. Guide engineering teams on hardening patterns, remediation activities, and secure deployment practices. Ensure alignment with compliance standards (ISO, NIST, CIS benchmarks). Technical Components: Expertise with Azure AD/Entra, Defender suite, Sentinel, NSGs/ASGs, WAF, Azure Firewall, Key Vault, and managed identities. Experience implementing ARM/Bicep/Terraform for secure build deployments. Strong knowledge of network security patterns within cloud-native and hybrid architectures. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Role Title: VMWare SME Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £637,43 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary Design, deliver, and govern secure, scalable Azure Virtual Desktop environments that meet business, user, and security needs. Core Responsibilities Architect AVD solutions: host pools, session hosts, FSLogix profiles, and image life cycle. Implement security: Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, Defender, network controls. Lead deployments and migrations from on-prem VDI to AVD. Optimise performance and cost using autoscaling, monitoring, and usage analysis. Produce HLD/LLD documentation, runbooks, and handover materials. Enable operational teams and support early-life troubleshooting. Collaborate with cloud, security, networking, workplace, and application teams. Key Skills: Strong hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop architecture experience. Deep knowledge of Entra ID, FSLogix, Azure networking, image management, Azure Monitor. Ability to design secure, scalable cloud solutions. Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement. Preferred Qualifications: Azure certifications: AZ-140, AZ-104, AZ- Background in VDI, cloud engineering, or modern workplace All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
06/03/2026
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Role Title: VMWare SME Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £637,43 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary Design, deliver, and govern secure, scalable Azure Virtual Desktop environments that meet business, user, and security needs. Core Responsibilities Architect AVD solutions: host pools, session hosts, FSLogix profiles, and image life cycle. Implement security: Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, Defender, network controls. Lead deployments and migrations from on-prem VDI to AVD. Optimise performance and cost using autoscaling, monitoring, and usage analysis. Produce HLD/LLD documentation, runbooks, and handover materials. Enable operational teams and support early-life troubleshooting. Collaborate with cloud, security, networking, workplace, and application teams. Key Skills: Strong hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop architecture experience. Deep knowledge of Entra ID, FSLogix, Azure networking, image management, Azure Monitor. Ability to design secure, scalable cloud solutions. Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement. Preferred Qualifications: Azure certifications: AZ-140, AZ-104, AZ- Background in VDI, cloud engineering, or modern workplace All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Role Title: Network Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £543.45 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary The Network Architect ensures the design and governance of secure, scalable, and resilient connectivity across cloud and on-premise environments. The role focuses on network segmentation, Firewalling, routing, and containment patterns to support secure operational states. Key Responsibilities: Design network architectures across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, ensuring secure connectivity and operational stability. Define Firewall rulesets, segmentation patterns, and isolation design across multiple zones. Enable containment strategies to support cyber resilience, including rapid isolation, controlled recovery, and blast-radius reduction. Oversee routing, load balancing, VPN/ExpressRoute, and secure edge patterns. Validate network changes through governance, assurance, and architectural review. Collaborate with Security, Identity, and Infrastructure teams to ensure network designs align with Zero Trust principles. Conduct capacity planning, performance optimisation, and telemetry integration. Technical Components: Strong expertise in Firewalls, WAFs, proxying, micro-segmentation, network monitoring, and packet inspection. Experience designing network topologies including hub-and-spoke, mesh, private endpoints, and SD-WAN. Familiarity with network security and resilience certifications, compliance, and best practice frameworks. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
06/03/2026
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Role Title: Network Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £543.45 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary The Network Architect ensures the design and governance of secure, scalable, and resilient connectivity across cloud and on-premise environments. The role focuses on network segmentation, Firewalling, routing, and containment patterns to support secure operational states. Key Responsibilities: Design network architectures across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, ensuring secure connectivity and operational stability. Define Firewall rulesets, segmentation patterns, and isolation design across multiple zones. Enable containment strategies to support cyber resilience, including rapid isolation, controlled recovery, and blast-radius reduction. Oversee routing, load balancing, VPN/ExpressRoute, and secure edge patterns. Validate network changes through governance, assurance, and architectural review. Collaborate with Security, Identity, and Infrastructure teams to ensure network designs align with Zero Trust principles. Conduct capacity planning, performance optimisation, and telemetry integration. Technical Components: Strong expertise in Firewalls, WAFs, proxying, micro-segmentation, network monitoring, and packet inspection. Experience designing network topologies including hub-and-spoke, mesh, private endpoints, and SD-WAN. Familiarity with network security and resilience certifications, compliance, and best practice frameworks. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Role Title: AVD Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £637,43 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary Design, deliver, and govern secure, scalable Azure Virtual Desktop environments that meet business, user, and security needs. Core Responsibilities Architect AVD solutions: host pools, session hosts, FSLogix profiles, and image life cycle. Implement security: Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, Defender, network controls. Lead deployments and migrations from on-prem VDI to AVD. Optimise performance and cost using autoscaling, monitoring, and usage analysis. Produce HLD/LLD documentation, runbooks, and handover materials. Enable operational teams and support early-life troubleshooting. Collaborate with cloud, security, networking, workplace, and application teams. Key Skills: Strong hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop architecture experience. Deep knowledge of Entra ID, FSLogix, Azure networking, image management, Azure Monitor. Ability to design secure, scalable cloud solutions. Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement. Preferred Qualifications: Azure certifications: AZ-140, AZ-104, AZ- Background in VDI, cloud engineering, or modern workplace All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
06/03/2026
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Role Title: AVD Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/10/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £637,43 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose/summary Design, deliver, and govern secure, scalable Azure Virtual Desktop environments that meet business, user, and security needs. Core Responsibilities Architect AVD solutions: host pools, session hosts, FSLogix profiles, and image life cycle. Implement security: Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, Defender, network controls. Lead deployments and migrations from on-prem VDI to AVD. Optimise performance and cost using autoscaling, monitoring, and usage analysis. Produce HLD/LLD documentation, runbooks, and handover materials. Enable operational teams and support early-life troubleshooting. Collaborate with cloud, security, networking, workplace, and application teams. Key Skills: Strong hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop architecture experience. Deep knowledge of Entra ID, FSLogix, Azure networking, image management, Azure Monitor. Ability to design secure, scalable cloud solutions. Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement. Preferred Qualifications: Azure certifications: AZ-140, AZ-104, AZ- Background in VDI, cloud engineering, or modern workplace All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role Title: Network Architect Location: Knutsford - Hybrid 60% office-40% remote Duration: 30/10/2026 Role Description: Overview: The Network Architect ensures the design and governance of secure, scalable, and resilient connectivity across cloud and on-premise environments. The role focuses on network segmentation, Firewalling, routing, and containment patterns to support secure operational states. Key Responsibilities: Design network architectures across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, ensuring secure connectivity and operational stability. Define Firewall rulesets, segmentation patterns, and isolation design across multiple zones. Enable containment strategies to support cyber resilience, including rapid isolation, controlled recovery, and blast-radius reduction. Oversee routing, load balancing, VPN/ExpressRoute, and secure edge patterns. Validate network changes through governance, assurance, and architectural review. Collaborate with Security, Identity, and Infrastructure teams to ensure network designs align with Zero Trust principles. Conduct capacity planning, performance optimisation, and telemetry integration. Technical Components: Strong expertise in Firewalls, WAFs, proxying, micro-segmentation, network monitoring, and packet inspection. Experience designing network topologies including hub-and-spoke, mesh, private endpoints, and SD-WAN. Familiarity with network security and resilience certifications, compliance, and best practice frameworks." If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
06/03/2026
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We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role Title: Network Architect Location: Knutsford - Hybrid 60% office-40% remote Duration: 30/10/2026 Role Description: Overview: The Network Architect ensures the design and governance of secure, scalable, and resilient connectivity across cloud and on-premise environments. The role focuses on network segmentation, Firewalling, routing, and containment patterns to support secure operational states. Key Responsibilities: Design network architectures across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, ensuring secure connectivity and operational stability. Define Firewall rulesets, segmentation patterns, and isolation design across multiple zones. Enable containment strategies to support cyber resilience, including rapid isolation, controlled recovery, and blast-radius reduction. Oversee routing, load balancing, VPN/ExpressRoute, and secure edge patterns. Validate network changes through governance, assurance, and architectural review. Collaborate with Security, Identity, and Infrastructure teams to ensure network designs align with Zero Trust principles. Conduct capacity planning, performance optimisation, and telemetry integration. Technical Components: Strong expertise in Firewalls, WAFs, proxying, micro-segmentation, network monitoring, and packet inspection. Experience designing network topologies including hub-and-spoke, mesh, private endpoints, and SD-WAN. Familiarity with network security and resilience certifications, compliance, and best practice frameworks." If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
Job Description: We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role: VDI Engineer Location: Knutsford Working Mode: Hybrid (3 days Onsite weekly) Contract Type: Inside IR35 Duration: 10 months Pay Rate: £416 per day Inside IR35 Job Requirement- Purpose: Build and secure a virtual desktop environment with hardened images. Key Responsibilities: Create VDI images, golden templates, and session configurations. Implement hardening standards and access controls. Troubleshoot performance, connectivity, and profile issues. Support integration with identity, storage, and endpoint tools. Skills: AVD/VDI tech, FSLogix, image management, security hardening. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
06/03/2026
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Job Description: We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role: VDI Engineer Location: Knutsford Working Mode: Hybrid (3 days Onsite weekly) Contract Type: Inside IR35 Duration: 10 months Pay Rate: £416 per day Inside IR35 Job Requirement- Purpose: Build and secure a virtual desktop environment with hardened images. Key Responsibilities: Create VDI images, golden templates, and session configurations. Implement hardening standards and access controls. Troubleshoot performance, connectivity, and profile issues. Support integration with identity, storage, and endpoint tools. Skills: AVD/VDI tech, FSLogix, image management, security hardening. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
Job Description: We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role: Monitoring & Logging Engineer Location: Knutsford Working Mode: Hybrid (3 days Onsite weekly) Contract Type: Inside IR35 Duration: 10 months Pay Rate: £389 per day Inside IR35 Job Description - Purpose: Provide observability and assurance through logging, dashboards, and alerting. Key Responsibilities: Integrate Splunk/Elastic with platform services. Build log pipelines, routing rules, and data retention policies. Develop dashboards, alerts, and health monitoring. Ensure telemetry supports security operations and compliance. Skills: Splunk/Elastic, log pipelines, telemetry design, Scripting. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
06/03/2026
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Job Description: We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role: Monitoring & Logging Engineer Location: Knutsford Working Mode: Hybrid (3 days Onsite weekly) Contract Type: Inside IR35 Duration: 10 months Pay Rate: £389 per day Inside IR35 Job Description - Purpose: Provide observability and assurance through logging, dashboards, and alerting. Key Responsibilities: Integrate Splunk/Elastic with platform services. Build log pipelines, routing rules, and data retention policies. Develop dashboards, alerts, and health monitoring. Ensure telemetry supports security operations and compliance. Skills: Splunk/Elastic, log pipelines, telemetry design, Scripting. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
Tanium Tech SME Location: Hybrid 3 days on site in Knutsford Duration: 31/03/2027 Rate 497 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: As part of the Cyber Enhancement Programme (CEP), the Tanium Technical SME will address critical capability and coverage gaps in the organisation's current Tanium EDR and telemetry estate. These roles are required to ensure the organisation can prevent, detect, respond to, and contain cyber threats at speed and scale. Internal SME capacity is fully consumed, and no Tanium resources are currently available to deliver the 2026 CEP Book of Work, necessitating external specialist support. Key Responsibilities Lead remediation of an agreed list of known Tanium EDR gaps across the estate. Activate, configure, and deploy Tanium Reactions aligned to containment and detection requirements. Support Tanium device discovery, improving asset visibility across hardware, software and telemetry. Integrate device data, software data, and extended telemetry into SIEM and wider detection tooling. Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines for Detection Engineering content deployed through Tanium. Conduct Tanium testing and validation cycles, including rollback procedures to support CI/CD and containment operations. Collaborate with Detection Engineering, Endpoint, and C2E workstreams to ensure readiness for platform go-live. Provide expert input into Tanium architecture, enhancements, integrations, and operational uplift. Produce documentation, operational runbooks, and configuration standards for long-term sustainability. Skills & Experience Required Proven expertise configuring, deploying, and operating the Tanium platform at enterprise scale. Strong experience in Tanium modules including: Tanium Threat Response Tanium Discover / Asset Tanium Deploy Tanium Signals & Reactions Deep knowledge of endpoint telemetry, EDR technologies, and cyber threat detection. Hands?on CI/CD experience, including automated content build, testing, and rollback. Experience integrating Tanium data into SIEM platforms and detection pipelines. Ability to troubleshoot complex endpoint, sensor, and configuration issues. Strong communication and documentation skills, with ability to influence multiple workstreams.
03/03/2026
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Tanium Tech SME Location: Hybrid 3 days on site in Knutsford Duration: 31/03/2027 Rate 497 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: As part of the Cyber Enhancement Programme (CEP), the Tanium Technical SME will address critical capability and coverage gaps in the organisation's current Tanium EDR and telemetry estate. These roles are required to ensure the organisation can prevent, detect, respond to, and contain cyber threats at speed and scale. Internal SME capacity is fully consumed, and no Tanium resources are currently available to deliver the 2026 CEP Book of Work, necessitating external specialist support. Key Responsibilities Lead remediation of an agreed list of known Tanium EDR gaps across the estate. Activate, configure, and deploy Tanium Reactions aligned to containment and detection requirements. Support Tanium device discovery, improving asset visibility across hardware, software and telemetry. Integrate device data, software data, and extended telemetry into SIEM and wider detection tooling. Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines for Detection Engineering content deployed through Tanium. Conduct Tanium testing and validation cycles, including rollback procedures to support CI/CD and containment operations. Collaborate with Detection Engineering, Endpoint, and C2E workstreams to ensure readiness for platform go-live. Provide expert input into Tanium architecture, enhancements, integrations, and operational uplift. Produce documentation, operational runbooks, and configuration standards for long-term sustainability. Skills & Experience Required Proven expertise configuring, deploying, and operating the Tanium platform at enterprise scale. Strong experience in Tanium modules including: Tanium Threat Response Tanium Discover / Asset Tanium Deploy Tanium Signals & Reactions Deep knowledge of endpoint telemetry, EDR technologies, and cyber threat detection. Hands?on CI/CD experience, including automated content build, testing, and rollback. Experience integrating Tanium data into SIEM platforms and detection pipelines. Ability to troubleshoot complex endpoint, sensor, and configuration issues. Strong communication and documentation skills, with ability to influence multiple workstreams.
Tanium Tech SME Location: Hybrid 3 days on site in Knutsford Duration: 31/03/2027 Rate £497 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: As part of the Cyber Enhancement Programme (CEP), the Tanium Technical SME will address critical capability and coverage gaps in the organisation's current Tanium EDR and telemetry estate. These roles are required to ensure the organisation can prevent, detect, respond to, and contain cyber threats at speed and scale. Internal SME capacity is fully consumed, and no Tanium resources are currently available to deliver the 2026 CEP Book of Work, necessitating external specialist support. Key Responsibilities Lead remediation of an agreed list of known Tanium EDR gaps across the estate. Activate, configure, and deploy Tanium Reactions aligned to containment and detection requirements. Support Tanium device discovery, improving asset visibility across hardware, software and telemetry. Integrate device data, software data, and extended telemetry into SIEM and wider detection tooling. Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines for Detection Engineering content deployed through Tanium. Conduct Tanium testing and validation cycles, including rollback procedures to support CI/CD and containment operations. Collaborate with Detection Engineering, Endpoint, and C2E workstreams to ensure readiness for platform go-live. Provide expert input into Tanium architecture, enhancements, integrations, and operational uplift. Produce documentation, operational runbooks, and configuration standards for long-term sustainability. Skills & Experience Required Proven expertise configuring, deploying, and operating the Tanium platform at enterprise scale. Strong experience in Tanium modules including: Tanium Threat Response Tanium Discover/Asset Tanium Deploy Tanium Signals & Reactions Deep knowledge of endpoint telemetry, EDR technologies, and cyber threat detection. Hands on CI/CD experience, including automated content build, testing, and rollback. Experience integrating Tanium data into SIEM platforms and detection pipelines. Ability to troubleshoot complex endpoint, sensor, and configuration issues. Strong communication and documentation skills, with ability to influence multiple workstreams.
03/03/2026
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Tanium Tech SME Location: Hybrid 3 days on site in Knutsford Duration: 31/03/2027 Rate £497 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: As part of the Cyber Enhancement Programme (CEP), the Tanium Technical SME will address critical capability and coverage gaps in the organisation's current Tanium EDR and telemetry estate. These roles are required to ensure the organisation can prevent, detect, respond to, and contain cyber threats at speed and scale. Internal SME capacity is fully consumed, and no Tanium resources are currently available to deliver the 2026 CEP Book of Work, necessitating external specialist support. Key Responsibilities Lead remediation of an agreed list of known Tanium EDR gaps across the estate. Activate, configure, and deploy Tanium Reactions aligned to containment and detection requirements. Support Tanium device discovery, improving asset visibility across hardware, software and telemetry. Integrate device data, software data, and extended telemetry into SIEM and wider detection tooling. Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines for Detection Engineering content deployed through Tanium. Conduct Tanium testing and validation cycles, including rollback procedures to support CI/CD and containment operations. Collaborate with Detection Engineering, Endpoint, and C2E workstreams to ensure readiness for platform go-live. Provide expert input into Tanium architecture, enhancements, integrations, and operational uplift. Produce documentation, operational runbooks, and configuration standards for long-term sustainability. Skills & Experience Required Proven expertise configuring, deploying, and operating the Tanium platform at enterprise scale. Strong experience in Tanium modules including: Tanium Threat Response Tanium Discover/Asset Tanium Deploy Tanium Signals & Reactions Deep knowledge of endpoint telemetry, EDR technologies, and cyber threat detection. Hands on CI/CD experience, including automated content build, testing, and rollback. Experience integrating Tanium data into SIEM platforms and detection pipelines. Ability to troubleshoot complex endpoint, sensor, and configuration issues. Strong communication and documentation skills, with ability to influence multiple workstreams.
Tanium Cyops Resources Location: Hybrid - 3 days on site Knutsford Duration: 31/03/2027 Rate 426 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: The CyOps Analyst will support the Cyber Enhancement Programme by operationalising new detection capabilities, improving cyber readiness, and supporting endpoint and containment tooling as Tanium capabilities expand. These roles ensure T1 milestones can be met and that Detection Engineering and C2E workstreams are ready for platform go?live. Key Responsibilities Operate, monitor, and triage enhanced detection outputs generated through Tanium and SIEM integration. Support operational readiness for new containment capabilities deployed as part of C2E workstream. Validate and operationalise detection content delivered via CI/CD and Tanium telemetry ingestion. Aid in correlating endpoint, device discovery, and telemetry insights to support investigations and incident response. Work with SMEs to assess gaps, document findings, and ensure operational closure of identified EDR issues. Support cyber incident response activities, providing endpoint expertise and rapid analysis. Maintain operational dashboards, reporting, and KPI tracking for CEP governance. Enhance playbooks and operational procedures to reflect new Tanium-driven capabilities. Skills & Experience Required Experience in Cyber Operations, SOC Level 2/3, or Incident Response. Strong understanding of endpoint telemetry, EDR, and detection technologies (Tanium experience desirable). Experience triaging and analysing alerts from SIEM, EDR, and endpoint tooling. Ability to work across Detection Engineering and IR teams to enhance detection logic and response actions. Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail. Clear communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills."
03/03/2026
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Tanium Cyops Resources Location: Hybrid - 3 days on site Knutsford Duration: 31/03/2027 Rate 426 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: The CyOps Analyst will support the Cyber Enhancement Programme by operationalising new detection capabilities, improving cyber readiness, and supporting endpoint and containment tooling as Tanium capabilities expand. These roles ensure T1 milestones can be met and that Detection Engineering and C2E workstreams are ready for platform go?live. Key Responsibilities Operate, monitor, and triage enhanced detection outputs generated through Tanium and SIEM integration. Support operational readiness for new containment capabilities deployed as part of C2E workstream. Validate and operationalise detection content delivered via CI/CD and Tanium telemetry ingestion. Aid in correlating endpoint, device discovery, and telemetry insights to support investigations and incident response. Work with SMEs to assess gaps, document findings, and ensure operational closure of identified EDR issues. Support cyber incident response activities, providing endpoint expertise and rapid analysis. Maintain operational dashboards, reporting, and KPI tracking for CEP governance. Enhance playbooks and operational procedures to reflect new Tanium-driven capabilities. Skills & Experience Required Experience in Cyber Operations, SOC Level 2/3, or Incident Response. Strong understanding of endpoint telemetry, EDR, and detection technologies (Tanium experience desirable). Experience triaging and analysing alerts from SIEM, EDR, and endpoint tooling. Ability to work across Detection Engineering and IR teams to enhance detection logic and response actions. Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail. Clear communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills."
Your new company A large, well-established financial institution undergoing significant transformation in its core banking and current-account landscape. The environment is highly regulated, technology-driven, and focused on modernising legacy platforms while adopting cloud, automation, and scalable architectural patterns. You would be joining a team that works across business and technology to shape strategic banking capabilities. Your new role You will operate as a Core Banking Solution Architect specialising in current accounts, payments, and cards. The role centres on designing end-to-end technology solutions for complex banking journeys such as loans, savings/current accounts, account switching, and operational platforms. You will lead architectural design, guide integration strategies, and ensure solutions meet standards for scalability, resiliency, security, and regulatory compliance. Collaboration with product owners, project managers, and business analysts is central, along with producing governance artefacts and supporting innovation across the banking ecosystem. What you'll need to succeed Strong domain expertise in cards and payments, including card issuance and authorisation journeys. Broad understanding of core banking, current account operations, and payment schemes. Experience designing solutions across payments, core banking, and card systems, with a focus on cloud, APIs, DevOps, and security principles. Ability to manage architectural governance, including privacy, records management, and risk-aligned design artefacts. Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence strategy across multiple teams. Familiarity with delivery and reporting tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Tableau, and Confluence. A blend of technical depth and business acumen to align architecture with operational and strategic goals. What you'll get in return A strategic architecture role with the opportunity to shape the future of core banking and current-account capabilities. You will influence major transformation programmes, work with senior stakeholders, and contribute to modernising critical banking platforms. The role offers exposure to cloud adoption, automation initiatives, vendor integrations, and the chance to drive innovation across a large-scale financial environment. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Talent Solutions is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
03/03/2026
Full time
Your new company A large, well-established financial institution undergoing significant transformation in its core banking and current-account landscape. The environment is highly regulated, technology-driven, and focused on modernising legacy platforms while adopting cloud, automation, and scalable architectural patterns. You would be joining a team that works across business and technology to shape strategic banking capabilities. Your new role You will operate as a Core Banking Solution Architect specialising in current accounts, payments, and cards. The role centres on designing end-to-end technology solutions for complex banking journeys such as loans, savings/current accounts, account switching, and operational platforms. You will lead architectural design, guide integration strategies, and ensure solutions meet standards for scalability, resiliency, security, and regulatory compliance. Collaboration with product owners, project managers, and business analysts is central, along with producing governance artefacts and supporting innovation across the banking ecosystem. What you'll need to succeed Strong domain expertise in cards and payments, including card issuance and authorisation journeys. Broad understanding of core banking, current account operations, and payment schemes. Experience designing solutions across payments, core banking, and card systems, with a focus on cloud, APIs, DevOps, and security principles. Ability to manage architectural governance, including privacy, records management, and risk-aligned design artefacts. Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence strategy across multiple teams. Familiarity with delivery and reporting tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Tableau, and Confluence. A blend of technical depth and business acumen to align architecture with operational and strategic goals. What you'll get in return A strategic architecture role with the opportunity to shape the future of core banking and current-account capabilities. You will influence major transformation programmes, work with senior stakeholders, and contribute to modernising critical banking platforms. The role offers exposure to cloud adoption, automation initiatives, vendor integrations, and the chance to drive innovation across a large-scale financial environment. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Talent Solutions is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Tanium Cyops Resources Location: Hybrid - 3 days on site Knutsford Duration: 31/03/2027 Rate £426 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: The CyOps Analyst will support the Cyber Enhancement Programme by operationalising new detection capabilities, improving cyber readiness, and supporting endpoint and containment tooling as Tanium capabilities expand. These roles ensure T1 milestones can be met and that Detection Engineering and C2E workstreams are ready for platform go live. Key Responsibilities Operate, monitor, and triage enhanced detection outputs generated through Tanium and SIEM integration. Support operational readiness for new containment capabilities deployed as part of C2E workstream. Validate and operationalise detection content delivered via CI/CD and Tanium telemetry ingestion. Aid in correlating endpoint, device discovery, and telemetry insights to support investigations and incident response. Work with SMEs to assess gaps, document findings, and ensure operational closure of identified EDR issues. Support cyber incident response activities, providing endpoint expertise and rapid analysis. Maintain operational dashboards, reporting, and KPI tracking for CEP governance. Enhance playbooks and operational procedures to reflect new Tanium-driven capabilities. Skills & Experience Required Experience in Cyber Operations, SOC Level 2/3, or Incident Response. Strong understanding of endpoint telemetry, EDR, and detection technologies (Tanium experience desirable). Experience triaging and analysing alerts from SIEM, EDR, and endpoint tooling. Ability to work across Detection Engineering and IR teams to enhance detection logic and response actions. Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail. Clear communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
03/03/2026
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Tanium Cyops Resources Location: Hybrid - 3 days on site Knutsford Duration: 31/03/2027 Rate £426 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: The CyOps Analyst will support the Cyber Enhancement Programme by operationalising new detection capabilities, improving cyber readiness, and supporting endpoint and containment tooling as Tanium capabilities expand. These roles ensure T1 milestones can be met and that Detection Engineering and C2E workstreams are ready for platform go live. Key Responsibilities Operate, monitor, and triage enhanced detection outputs generated through Tanium and SIEM integration. Support operational readiness for new containment capabilities deployed as part of C2E workstream. Validate and operationalise detection content delivered via CI/CD and Tanium telemetry ingestion. Aid in correlating endpoint, device discovery, and telemetry insights to support investigations and incident response. Work with SMEs to assess gaps, document findings, and ensure operational closure of identified EDR issues. Support cyber incident response activities, providing endpoint expertise and rapid analysis. Maintain operational dashboards, reporting, and KPI tracking for CEP governance. Enhance playbooks and operational procedures to reflect new Tanium-driven capabilities. Skills & Experience Required Experience in Cyber Operations, SOC Level 2/3, or Incident Response. Strong understanding of endpoint telemetry, EDR, and detection technologies (Tanium experience desirable). Experience triaging and analysing alerts from SIEM, EDR, and endpoint tooling. Ability to work across Detection Engineering and IR teams to enhance detection logic and response actions. Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail. Clear communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Knutsford, Cheshire
Role Title: CISO Security Consultant Location: Knutsford, Cheshire/ Hybrid - 2/3 days per week onsite Duration: 8 months Rate: 465 per day inside ir35 We're looking for a proactive Security Consultant to assess, design, and strengthen secure systems across infrastructure and applications. You'll bring hands-on expertise in areas such as networking, application security, pentesting, databases, or operating systems (Linux/Windows), along with a strong grasp of risk management and secure design principles. CISSP is highly desirable (additional certifications a bonus). Strong analytical skills, clear communication, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively are essential. Familiarity with MS Office, Confluence, and Jira is advantageous. Role Description As a Security Consultant, you will work closely with clients and internal teams to assess, design, and enhance secure systems. You will provide expert guidance across infrastructure, applications, and enterprise environments, ensuring best practices and industry standards are consistently applied. Required Skills & Experience Strong experience in at least one of the following areas: Computer networking Application security Cryptography (desirable but not essential) Penetration testing Databases Operating systems (Linux and/or Windows) Solid understanding of security principles, risk management, and secure design Ability to assess vulnerabilities and recommend practical remediation strategies Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills Strong written and verbal communication skills Certifications CISSP certification is highly desirable Additional security certifications (e.g., CEH, CISM, OSCP, Security+) would be advantageous Desirable IT Skills Proficiency in MS Office Experience using Confluence Familiarity with Jira What We're Looking For A proactive and detail-oriented professional Comfortable working independently and as part of a team Strong stakeholder engagement skills A commitment to continuous learning and professional development
28/02/2026
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Role Title: CISO Security Consultant Location: Knutsford, Cheshire/ Hybrid - 2/3 days per week onsite Duration: 8 months Rate: 465 per day inside ir35 We're looking for a proactive Security Consultant to assess, design, and strengthen secure systems across infrastructure and applications. You'll bring hands-on expertise in areas such as networking, application security, pentesting, databases, or operating systems (Linux/Windows), along with a strong grasp of risk management and secure design principles. CISSP is highly desirable (additional certifications a bonus). Strong analytical skills, clear communication, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively are essential. Familiarity with MS Office, Confluence, and Jira is advantageous. Role Description As a Security Consultant, you will work closely with clients and internal teams to assess, design, and enhance secure systems. You will provide expert guidance across infrastructure, applications, and enterprise environments, ensuring best practices and industry standards are consistently applied. Required Skills & Experience Strong experience in at least one of the following areas: Computer networking Application security Cryptography (desirable but not essential) Penetration testing Databases Operating systems (Linux and/or Windows) Solid understanding of security principles, risk management, and secure design Ability to assess vulnerabilities and recommend practical remediation strategies Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills Strong written and verbal communication skills Certifications CISSP certification is highly desirable Additional security certifications (e.g., CEH, CISM, OSCP, Security+) would be advantageous Desirable IT Skills Proficiency in MS Office Experience using Confluence Familiarity with Jira What We're Looking For A proactive and detail-oriented professional Comfortable working independently and as part of a team Strong stakeholder engagement skills A commitment to continuous learning and professional development
API Security Architect Knutsford - Hybrid, 3 days on site Contract - £700 - £750 per day (inside) Our client is seeking an API Security Architect who will join the security team of a major organisation. You will have strong knowledge of enterprise-level API Security Architecture, as you will ensure that APIs are built securely, and align with organisational security and compliance requirements. Technical Skills & Competencies: Proven experience in API security architecture within large-scale environments. Expertise in API gateways (Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong, Mulesoft). Strong knowledge of OAuth2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, TLS, and Zero Trust principles. Deep understanding of OWASP API Security Top 10 and secure design patterns. Experience designing security controls in the cloud (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Ability to create architectural artefacts (HLDs, LLDs, security patterns). Desirable: Strong communication and stakeholder management skills Comfortable working directly with senior leadership Problem-solver with a hands-on mindset Prior experience working with global banks or financial institutions Security certifications (CISSP, GIAC, SABSA, CCSP - preferred but not mandatory) Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
24/02/2026
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API Security Architect Knutsford - Hybrid, 3 days on site Contract - £700 - £750 per day (inside) Our client is seeking an API Security Architect who will join the security team of a major organisation. You will have strong knowledge of enterprise-level API Security Architecture, as you will ensure that APIs are built securely, and align with organisational security and compliance requirements. Technical Skills & Competencies: Proven experience in API security architecture within large-scale environments. Expertise in API gateways (Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong, Mulesoft). Strong knowledge of OAuth2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, TLS, and Zero Trust principles. Deep understanding of OWASP API Security Top 10 and secure design patterns. Experience designing security controls in the cloud (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Ability to create architectural artefacts (HLDs, LLDs, security patterns). Desirable: Strong communication and stakeholder management skills Comfortable working directly with senior leadership Problem-solver with a hands-on mindset Prior experience working with global banks or financial institutions Security certifications (CISSP, GIAC, SABSA, CCSP - preferred but not mandatory) Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Network Business Analyst Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% Knutsford Duration: 18/12/2026 Rate to SSC (including supplier charge): 527 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description : Bridge business/risk objectives and technical change. Capture requirements, map them to controls, maintain traceability and prove value delivered by remediation. Responsibilities Requirements & analysis: elicit and document user journeys, process maps and control requirements; maintain traceability to NIST CSF categories and regulatory obligations. Story writing and acceptance: write clear user stories with measurable acceptance criteria; orchestrate UAT and evidence packs. Service process alignment: map as?is/to?be across incident, problem, change and vulnerability management; support CAB documentation and communication. Benefits and reporting: quantify risk reduction, SLA improvements and user impact; maintain dashboards for stakeholders. Must?Have Skills & Experience 5+ years' BA experience in FSI/network/security programmes; proficient with ITIL practices and ServiceNow workflows. Strong data literacy and stakeholder facilitation; able to turn qualitative risk into measurable outcomes. Preferred Certifications BCS BA; ITIL 4 Foundation; vendor fundamentals (e.g., Cisco/Zscaler/Fortinet/Splunk) desirable. KPIs Requirements?to?controls traceability coverage; cycle time from story ready ? accepted; % first?time pass; measurable benefit realisation.
20/02/2026
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Network Business Analyst Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% Knutsford Duration: 18/12/2026 Rate to SSC (including supplier charge): 527 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description : Bridge business/risk objectives and technical change. Capture requirements, map them to controls, maintain traceability and prove value delivered by remediation. Responsibilities Requirements & analysis: elicit and document user journeys, process maps and control requirements; maintain traceability to NIST CSF categories and regulatory obligations. Story writing and acceptance: write clear user stories with measurable acceptance criteria; orchestrate UAT and evidence packs. Service process alignment: map as?is/to?be across incident, problem, change and vulnerability management; support CAB documentation and communication. Benefits and reporting: quantify risk reduction, SLA improvements and user impact; maintain dashboards for stakeholders. Must?Have Skills & Experience 5+ years' BA experience in FSI/network/security programmes; proficient with ITIL practices and ServiceNow workflows. Strong data literacy and stakeholder facilitation; able to turn qualitative risk into measurable outcomes. Preferred Certifications BCS BA; ITIL 4 Foundation; vendor fundamentals (e.g., Cisco/Zscaler/Fortinet/Splunk) desirable. KPIs Requirements?to?controls traceability coverage; cycle time from story ready ? accepted; % first?time pass; measurable benefit realisation.
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Knutsford, Cheshire
Role: Senior DevOps Integration Engineer Location: Hybrid - 60% onsite / 40% remote - Cheshire Contract Length: Until 30/11/2026 Rate: 600 to 630 per day Role Overview We're looking for a Senior DevOps Integration Engineer to take ownership of designing, automating, and integrating modern CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and platform tooling. This is a hands-on technical role focused on building scalable, resilient DevOps solutions that improve deployment speed, platform reliability, and engineering efficiency across multiple teams. If you like solving complex automation problems and making pipelines purr rather than scream, you'll feel at home here. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines across multi-service environments Integrate build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows Automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) Build and manage container platforms using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE) Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting integrations Collaborate with engineering, SRE, and security teams to embed DevOps best practices Troubleshoot pipeline failures, environment inconsistencies, and integration issues Drive continuous improvement, performance optimisation, and platform resilience Produce clear documentation, automation standards, and reusable tooling Required Skills & Experience Strong hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) Solid cloud engineering experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP) Deep Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform highly preferred) Kubernetes and container orchestration experience Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell) Good understanding of DevSecOps practices (SAST, DAST, secrets management, code scanning) Excellent troubleshooting and systems integration skills Nice to Have Cloud / DevOps certifications (Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS DevOps Pro, CKA) Experience with API integration, service automation, or event-driven pipelines Familiarity with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk) Experience with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux)
20/02/2026
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Role: Senior DevOps Integration Engineer Location: Hybrid - 60% onsite / 40% remote - Cheshire Contract Length: Until 30/11/2026 Rate: 600 to 630 per day Role Overview We're looking for a Senior DevOps Integration Engineer to take ownership of designing, automating, and integrating modern CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and platform tooling. This is a hands-on technical role focused on building scalable, resilient DevOps solutions that improve deployment speed, platform reliability, and engineering efficiency across multiple teams. If you like solving complex automation problems and making pipelines purr rather than scream, you'll feel at home here. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines across multi-service environments Integrate build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows Automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) Build and manage container platforms using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE) Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting integrations Collaborate with engineering, SRE, and security teams to embed DevOps best practices Troubleshoot pipeline failures, environment inconsistencies, and integration issues Drive continuous improvement, performance optimisation, and platform resilience Produce clear documentation, automation standards, and reusable tooling Required Skills & Experience Strong hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) Solid cloud engineering experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP) Deep Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform highly preferred) Kubernetes and container orchestration experience Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell) Good understanding of DevSecOps practices (SAST, DAST, secrets management, code scanning) Excellent troubleshooting and systems integration skills Nice to Have Cloud / DevOps certifications (Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS DevOps Pro, CKA) Experience with API integration, service automation, or event-driven pipelines Familiarity with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk) Experience with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux)
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Knutsford, Cheshire
Role: Senior Akamai Security Engineer Location: Hybrid - 60% onsite / 40% remote - Knutsford, Cheshire Contract Length: Until 30/11/2026 Rate: 550 to 600 per day Inside IR35 Role Overview We're looking for a Senior Akamai Security Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of Akamai security solutions across large-scale digital platforms. This role sits at the sharp end of web security - protecting high-traffic environments from modern threats while improving performance and resilience. Expect real engineering challenges, complex environments, and zero room for checkbox security. Key Responsibilities Architect, configure, and optimise Akamai security solutions including Kona Site Defender, WAF, Bot Manager, and CDN Lead end-to-end implementation of Akamai security policies and custom rules Perform threat analysis, log monitoring, and security incident response for web traffic Implement and manage rate limiting, bot mitigation, DDoS protection, and zero-trust controls Partner with engineering and application teams to embed secure Akamai configurations into delivery pipelines Manage Akamai properties, edge redirects, certificates, and traffic routing rules Tune WAF policies to minimise false positives while maximising threat coverage Provide technical leadership, documentation, and best-practice guidance Required Skills & Experience Extensive hands-on experience with the Akamai platform: Kona Site Defender, WAF, Bot Manager, EdgeWorkers, CDN Strong understanding of web security fundamentals: OWASP Top 10, DDoS, bot protection, API security Deep knowledge of HTTP/S, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, caching strategies, and CDN optimisation Experience supporting large-scale, high-traffic production environments Scripting and automation skills (Python, Shell, Akamai APIs) Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and performance-tuning capability Nice to Have Akamai certifications (ACE, Akamai Security Architect) Cloud platform experience (Azure, AWS, GCP) Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code Experience with SIEM platforms and security analytics
20/02/2026
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Role: Senior Akamai Security Engineer Location: Hybrid - 60% onsite / 40% remote - Knutsford, Cheshire Contract Length: Until 30/11/2026 Rate: 550 to 600 per day Inside IR35 Role Overview We're looking for a Senior Akamai Security Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of Akamai security solutions across large-scale digital platforms. This role sits at the sharp end of web security - protecting high-traffic environments from modern threats while improving performance and resilience. Expect real engineering challenges, complex environments, and zero room for checkbox security. Key Responsibilities Architect, configure, and optimise Akamai security solutions including Kona Site Defender, WAF, Bot Manager, and CDN Lead end-to-end implementation of Akamai security policies and custom rules Perform threat analysis, log monitoring, and security incident response for web traffic Implement and manage rate limiting, bot mitigation, DDoS protection, and zero-trust controls Partner with engineering and application teams to embed secure Akamai configurations into delivery pipelines Manage Akamai properties, edge redirects, certificates, and traffic routing rules Tune WAF policies to minimise false positives while maximising threat coverage Provide technical leadership, documentation, and best-practice guidance Required Skills & Experience Extensive hands-on experience with the Akamai platform: Kona Site Defender, WAF, Bot Manager, EdgeWorkers, CDN Strong understanding of web security fundamentals: OWASP Top 10, DDoS, bot protection, API security Deep knowledge of HTTP/S, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, caching strategies, and CDN optimisation Experience supporting large-scale, high-traffic production environments Scripting and automation skills (Python, Shell, Akamai APIs) Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and performance-tuning capability Nice to Have Akamai certifications (ACE, Akamai Security Architect) Cloud platform experience (Azure, AWS, GCP) Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code Experience with SIEM platforms and security analytics
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Knutsford, Cheshire
Akamai Security Engineer months+ +Inside IR35 + 425 - 466 a day +Hybrid working in Knutsford We are looking for an experienced Akamai Security Engineer to support the configuration, deployment, and ongoing optimisation of Akamai security solutions across enterprise web and API platforms. You will work closely with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure secure, resilient, and high-performing digital services. Key Responsibilities Configure and maintain Akamai security tools including Kona Site Defender (KSD), WAF, and Bot Manager Implement and manage security policies, rulesets, and traffic routing configurations Monitor web traffic, identify threats, and support incident response activities Tune WAF and bot protection rules to minimise false positives and enhance effectiveness Support CDN configuration, caching strategies, and performance optimisation Manage certificates, edge redirects, property updates, and console changes Collaborate with application teams to ensure secure deployments and adherence to best practice Maintain documentation and contribute to continuous improvement of web security operations Required Skills & Experience Hands-on experience with Akamai technologies (KSD, WAF, CDN) Strong understanding of web security fundamentals (OWASP Top 10, DDoS mitigation, bot management) Solid knowledge of HTTP/S, DNS, TLS, caching, and content delivery networks Basic scripting or automation experience (Python, Shell, or Akamai APIs) Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills Nice to Have Akamai certification (ACE) Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) Exposure to DevSecOps tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or Infrastructure as Code Experience working with SIEM or monitoring tools This is an excellent long-term contract opportunity within a large-scale financial technology environment, offering hybrid flexibility and the chance to work on critical digital security initiatives. If you'd like to discuss this Akamai Security Engineer in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch.
20/02/2026
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Akamai Security Engineer months+ +Inside IR35 + 425 - 466 a day +Hybrid working in Knutsford We are looking for an experienced Akamai Security Engineer to support the configuration, deployment, and ongoing optimisation of Akamai security solutions across enterprise web and API platforms. You will work closely with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure secure, resilient, and high-performing digital services. Key Responsibilities Configure and maintain Akamai security tools including Kona Site Defender (KSD), WAF, and Bot Manager Implement and manage security policies, rulesets, and traffic routing configurations Monitor web traffic, identify threats, and support incident response activities Tune WAF and bot protection rules to minimise false positives and enhance effectiveness Support CDN configuration, caching strategies, and performance optimisation Manage certificates, edge redirects, property updates, and console changes Collaborate with application teams to ensure secure deployments and adherence to best practice Maintain documentation and contribute to continuous improvement of web security operations Required Skills & Experience Hands-on experience with Akamai technologies (KSD, WAF, CDN) Strong understanding of web security fundamentals (OWASP Top 10, DDoS mitigation, bot management) Solid knowledge of HTTP/S, DNS, TLS, caching, and content delivery networks Basic scripting or automation experience (Python, Shell, or Akamai APIs) Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills Nice to Have Akamai certification (ACE) Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) Exposure to DevSecOps tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or Infrastructure as Code Experience working with SIEM or monitoring tools This is an excellent long-term contract opportunity within a large-scale financial technology environment, offering hybrid flexibility and the chance to work on critical digital security initiatives. If you'd like to discuss this Akamai Security Engineer in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch.
Role Title: PMO Analyst Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026 Location: Knutsford Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 460.62 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary We are looking for a PMO Analyst to support governance, reporting, planning, and delivery assurance across programmes and projects. Key Responsibilities Maintain RAID logs, project documentation, dashboards, and reports. Support governance forums, meeting packs, and status reporting. Track milestones, financials, dependencies, and resource allocations. Maintain delivery standards, templates, and compliance checks. Provide analytical insights and challenge to delivery teams. Required Skills Strong organisational and analytical skills. Proficiency with reporting tools (Excel, Power BI, dashboard) All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
19/02/2026
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Role Title: PMO Analyst Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026 Location: Knutsford Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 460.62 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary We are looking for a PMO Analyst to support governance, reporting, planning, and delivery assurance across programmes and projects. Key Responsibilities Maintain RAID logs, project documentation, dashboards, and reports. Support governance forums, meeting packs, and status reporting. Track milestones, financials, dependencies, and resource allocations. Maintain delivery standards, templates, and compliance checks. Provide analytical insights and challenge to delivery teams. Required Skills Strong organisational and analytical skills. Proficiency with reporting tools (Excel, Power BI, dashboard) All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Service Transition Manager/SDM Location: Knutsford 3 days on site Duration: 30/11/2026 Rate 517 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: We are looking for a Service Transition Manager to ensure new or changed services are successfully introduced into BAU with minimal risk and maximum stability. Key Responsibilities Plan and manage service transition activities for new solutions or releases. Coordinate acceptance criteria, operational readiness, and service documentation. Ensure support models, SLAs, and handover processes are defined and agreed. Track risks, issues, and dependencies impacting service introduction. Liaise between project teams, support teams, and stakeholders. Support continual service improvement initiatives. Required Skills Experience in ITIL?aligned service transition. Strong understanding of support models, SLAs, and operational processes. Excellent coordination and communication skills.
19/02/2026
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Service Transition Manager/SDM Location: Knutsford 3 days on site Duration: 30/11/2026 Rate 517 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: We are looking for a Service Transition Manager to ensure new or changed services are successfully introduced into BAU with minimal risk and maximum stability. Key Responsibilities Plan and manage service transition activities for new solutions or releases. Coordinate acceptance criteria, operational readiness, and service documentation. Ensure support models, SLAs, and handover processes are defined and agreed. Track risks, issues, and dependencies impacting service introduction. Liaise between project teams, support teams, and stakeholders. Support continual service improvement initiatives. Required Skills Experience in ITIL?aligned service transition. Strong understanding of support models, SLAs, and operational processes. Excellent coordination and communication skills.
Network Component Product Owner Location: Hybrid Knutsford 3 days on site Duration: 18/12/2026 Rate 646 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: Own a component area (e.g., segmentation, NAC, DDI, egress, SIEM detections, runbook automation) within the pod. Refine epics into stories with clear acceptance tests; manage dependencies and keep delivery flow unblocked. Responsibilities Story elaboration: translate risk/controls and design artefacts into user stories; define DoR/DoD; orchestrate UAT. Dependency management: maintain cross?tower dependency map (networks, identity, endpoint, SOC, service management) and negotiate sequencing. Change enablement: co?create standard change models and evidence packs with Tech Leads; ensure PIR actions feed the backlog. Reporting: visualise progress and value (burn?up, control coverage) and maintain a tight feedback loop with the Key Product Owner. Must?Have Skills & Experience 5+ years as PO/BA in network/security domains; excellent story writing and backlog hygiene. Comfortable with config/policy artefacts (firewall baselines, ISE/NAC policy, DDI plans, proxy/ZTNA, SIEM rules). ITIL change fluency; ServiceNow request/change models. Preferred Certifications PSPO / CSPO; ITIL 4 Foundation; vendor fundamentals in one or more stacks (Cisco/Zscaler/Fortinet/Splunk/Infoblox/Forescout). KPIs Backlog health (aging, WIP, throughput); % first?time pass against DoD; change lead?time and change?related incidents."
19/02/2026
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Network Component Product Owner Location: Hybrid Knutsford 3 days on site Duration: 18/12/2026 Rate 646 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: Own a component area (e.g., segmentation, NAC, DDI, egress, SIEM detections, runbook automation) within the pod. Refine epics into stories with clear acceptance tests; manage dependencies and keep delivery flow unblocked. Responsibilities Story elaboration: translate risk/controls and design artefacts into user stories; define DoR/DoD; orchestrate UAT. Dependency management: maintain cross?tower dependency map (networks, identity, endpoint, SOC, service management) and negotiate sequencing. Change enablement: co?create standard change models and evidence packs with Tech Leads; ensure PIR actions feed the backlog. Reporting: visualise progress and value (burn?up, control coverage) and maintain a tight feedback loop with the Key Product Owner. Must?Have Skills & Experience 5+ years as PO/BA in network/security domains; excellent story writing and backlog hygiene. Comfortable with config/policy artefacts (firewall baselines, ISE/NAC policy, DDI plans, proxy/ZTNA, SIEM rules). ITIL change fluency; ServiceNow request/change models. Preferred Certifications PSPO / CSPO; ITIL 4 Foundation; vendor fundamentals in one or more stacks (Cisco/Zscaler/Fortinet/Splunk/Infoblox/Forescout). KPIs Backlog health (aging, WIP, throughput); % first?time pass against DoD; change lead?time and change?related incidents."
Role Title: Application Security Specialist Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 517.78 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary We are looking for an Application Security Specialist to assess and strengthen the security of applications across development, deployment, and operations. Key Responsibilities Conduct security reviews, threat modelling, and vulnerability assessments. Support secure coding practices and provide guidance to development teams. Operate security scanning tools (SAST/DAST/IAST). Validate remediation of vulnerabilities and track risk reductions. Contribute to secure design standards and best practices. Work with DevOps to embed security into CI/CD pipelines. Required Skills Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and secure development principles. Experience with scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, Veracode, Fortify). Understanding of cloud security and API/application architecture. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
19/02/2026
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Role Title: Application Security Specialist Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to 517.78 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary We are looking for an Application Security Specialist to assess and strengthen the security of applications across development, deployment, and operations. Key Responsibilities Conduct security reviews, threat modelling, and vulnerability assessments. Support secure coding practices and provide guidance to development teams. Operate security scanning tools (SAST/DAST/IAST). Validate remediation of vulnerabilities and track risk reductions. Contribute to secure design standards and best practices. Work with DevOps to embed security into CI/CD pipelines. Required Skills Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and secure development principles. Experience with scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, Veracode, Fortify). Understanding of cloud security and API/application architecture. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Service Transition Manager Location: Hybrid 3 days on site Knutsford Duration: 27/11/2026 Rate - 638 Role Description: "As an experienced Service Transition Manager responsible for the service design and transition process that supports Product/ Application Transition from Programme delivery into BAU Service Support/ operations at an enterprise level. Primary Responsibilities Responsible for ensuring that the impact of every element of the life cycle of developmental change is considered, from the time a project is confirmed to its eventual deployment, involving co-ordination of the processes of operational level acceptance, transition planning, support requirements definition, configuration and change management, performance and risk evaluation, test management, release, deployment, early life support and release review. Facilitate the transition of all aspects of service change deriving from a programme of projects, from the stage where a project is owned fully by a project team, through transition, to service management, where business-as-usual support services are delivered by the support groups. Work closely with the projects teams, service owner and service delivery manager, the first line and second line support managers and SME teams, change management and the infrastructure teams. Responsible for gathering and articulate service requirements Review validate project deliverables, ensuring they meet the minimum quality standards for service operations and be robust when they fall short Championing agile ways of working, growing and promoting IT service management best practices Ensure alignment to Application and Security control standards whilst working closely with engineering ensuring maintenance of documentation including documenting & publishing fixes in central knowledge base. Technical Skills & Competencies 5+ years of working in an IT service environment within a complex and diverse organisation Deep understanding and experience in change delivery adopting different delivery methods (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) Technical background - able to understand various architecture solutions (Cloud,SaaS, on-premise) Experience developing support models for new services, establishing clear roles and responsibilities, and able to negotiate with stakeholders to gain acceptance of those models Strong understanding of ITIL Incident, Change & release management and service continuity processes Strong analytical skills with data driven approach and ability to grasp technical design Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, comfortable presenting to large/senior audiences Ability to train team members and stakeholders and pass on best practice procedures in IT service management Ability to developed presentation and influencing skills, and be capable of making the case for and achieving effective service transition deliverables in project environments where delivery timescales may be inflexible. Experience of Service Acceptance Criteria. Structured thinker, able to develop and implement new processes and operate in areas of ambiguity. Ability to work across and manage a large number of stakeholders. Excellent written/verbal communication skills Customer and relationship focused, process driven, metric focused, results oriented, organized, and self-directed. Desirable: Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or a related discipline. Previous experience/ track record of working in Financial Services Industry. ITIL Certification and ITIL Service Transition-certified DevOps and ServiceNow experience Self-starter, capable of working independently Experienced in the use of the Microsoft Office toolset Collaboration with outsourced and / or external development partners Understanding of scalable architecture patterns and client / backend systems design An appreciation of project and programme governance activities required in a large regulated financial services firm"
17/02/2026
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Service Transition Manager Location: Hybrid 3 days on site Knutsford Duration: 27/11/2026 Rate - 638 Role Description: "As an experienced Service Transition Manager responsible for the service design and transition process that supports Product/ Application Transition from Programme delivery into BAU Service Support/ operations at an enterprise level. Primary Responsibilities Responsible for ensuring that the impact of every element of the life cycle of developmental change is considered, from the time a project is confirmed to its eventual deployment, involving co-ordination of the processes of operational level acceptance, transition planning, support requirements definition, configuration and change management, performance and risk evaluation, test management, release, deployment, early life support and release review. Facilitate the transition of all aspects of service change deriving from a programme of projects, from the stage where a project is owned fully by a project team, through transition, to service management, where business-as-usual support services are delivered by the support groups. Work closely with the projects teams, service owner and service delivery manager, the first line and second line support managers and SME teams, change management and the infrastructure teams. Responsible for gathering and articulate service requirements Review validate project deliverables, ensuring they meet the minimum quality standards for service operations and be robust when they fall short Championing agile ways of working, growing and promoting IT service management best practices Ensure alignment to Application and Security control standards whilst working closely with engineering ensuring maintenance of documentation including documenting & publishing fixes in central knowledge base. Technical Skills & Competencies 5+ years of working in an IT service environment within a complex and diverse organisation Deep understanding and experience in change delivery adopting different delivery methods (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) Technical background - able to understand various architecture solutions (Cloud,SaaS, on-premise) Experience developing support models for new services, establishing clear roles and responsibilities, and able to negotiate with stakeholders to gain acceptance of those models Strong understanding of ITIL Incident, Change & release management and service continuity processes Strong analytical skills with data driven approach and ability to grasp technical design Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, comfortable presenting to large/senior audiences Ability to train team members and stakeholders and pass on best practice procedures in IT service management Ability to developed presentation and influencing skills, and be capable of making the case for and achieving effective service transition deliverables in project environments where delivery timescales may be inflexible. Experience of Service Acceptance Criteria. Structured thinker, able to develop and implement new processes and operate in areas of ambiguity. Ability to work across and manage a large number of stakeholders. Excellent written/verbal communication skills Customer and relationship focused, process driven, metric focused, results oriented, organized, and self-directed. Desirable: Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or a related discipline. Previous experience/ track record of working in Financial Services Industry. ITIL Certification and ITIL Service Transition-certified DevOps and ServiceNow experience Self-starter, capable of working independently Experienced in the use of the Microsoft Office toolset Collaboration with outsourced and / or external development partners Understanding of scalable architecture patterns and client / backend systems design An appreciation of project and programme governance activities required in a large regulated financial services firm"
Role Title: Service Transition Manager Location: Knutsford, Hybrid, 2-3 day onsite Duration: Until 29 April 2026 Rate: 500 per day - PAYE via Umbrella Only Role Description: As an experienced Service Transition Manager responsible for the service design and transition process that supports Product/ Application Transition from Programme delivery into BAU Service Support/ operations at an enterprise level. Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for ensuring that the impact of every element of the life cycle of developmental change is considered, from the time a project is confirmed to its eventual deployment, involving coordination of the processes of operational level acceptance, transition planning, support requirements definition, configuration and change management, performance and risk evaluation, test management, release, deployment, early life support and release review. Facilitate the transition of all aspects of service change deriving from a programme of projects, from the stage where a project is owned fully by a project team, through transition, to service management, where business-as-usual support services are delivered by the support groups. Work closely with the projects teams, service owner and service delivery manager, the first line and second line support managers and SME teams, change management and the infrastructure teams. Responsible for gathering and articulate service requirements Review validate project deliverables, ensuring they meet the minimum quality standards for service operations and be robust when they fall short Championing agile ways of working, growing and promoting IT service management best practices Ensure alignment to Application and Security control standards whilst working closely with engineering ensuring maintenance of documentation including documenting & publishing fixes in central knowledge base. Technical Skills & Competencies: 5+ years of working in an IT service environment within a complex and diverse organisation Deep understanding and experience in change delivery adopting different delivery methods (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) Technical background - able to understand various architecture solutions (Cloud, SaaS, on-premise) Experience developing support models for new services, establishing clear roles and responsibilities, and able to negotiate with stakeholders to gain acceptance of those models Strong understanding of ITIL Incident, Change & release management and service continuity processes Strong analytical skills with data driven approach and ability to grasp technical design Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, comfortable presenting to large/senior audiences Ability to train team members and stakeholders and pass on best practice procedures in IT service management Ability to developed presentation and influencing skills and be capable of making the case for and achieving effective service transition deliverables in project environments where delivery timescales may be inflexible. Experience of Service Acceptance Criteria. Structured thinker, able to develop and implement new processes and operate in areas of ambiguity. Ability to work across and manage a large number of stakeholders. Excellent written/verbal communication skills Customer and relationship focused, process driven, metric focused, results oriented, organised, and self-directed. Desirable: Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or a related discipline. Previous experience/ track record of working in Financial Services Industry. ITIL Certification and ITIL Service Transition-certified DevOps and ServiceNow experience Self-starter, capable of working independently Experienced in the use of the Microsoft Office toolset Collaboration with outsourced and / or external development partners Understanding of scalable architecture patterns and client / backend systems design An appreciation of project and programme governance activities required in a large regulated financial services firm
04/10/2025
Contractor
Role Title: Service Transition Manager Location: Knutsford, Hybrid, 2-3 day onsite Duration: Until 29 April 2026 Rate: 500 per day - PAYE via Umbrella Only Role Description: As an experienced Service Transition Manager responsible for the service design and transition process that supports Product/ Application Transition from Programme delivery into BAU Service Support/ operations at an enterprise level. Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for ensuring that the impact of every element of the life cycle of developmental change is considered, from the time a project is confirmed to its eventual deployment, involving coordination of the processes of operational level acceptance, transition planning, support requirements definition, configuration and change management, performance and risk evaluation, test management, release, deployment, early life support and release review. Facilitate the transition of all aspects of service change deriving from a programme of projects, from the stage where a project is owned fully by a project team, through transition, to service management, where business-as-usual support services are delivered by the support groups. Work closely with the projects teams, service owner and service delivery manager, the first line and second line support managers and SME teams, change management and the infrastructure teams. Responsible for gathering and articulate service requirements Review validate project deliverables, ensuring they meet the minimum quality standards for service operations and be robust when they fall short Championing agile ways of working, growing and promoting IT service management best practices Ensure alignment to Application and Security control standards whilst working closely with engineering ensuring maintenance of documentation including documenting & publishing fixes in central knowledge base. Technical Skills & Competencies: 5+ years of working in an IT service environment within a complex and diverse organisation Deep understanding and experience in change delivery adopting different delivery methods (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) Technical background - able to understand various architecture solutions (Cloud, SaaS, on-premise) Experience developing support models for new services, establishing clear roles and responsibilities, and able to negotiate with stakeholders to gain acceptance of those models Strong understanding of ITIL Incident, Change & release management and service continuity processes Strong analytical skills with data driven approach and ability to grasp technical design Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, comfortable presenting to large/senior audiences Ability to train team members and stakeholders and pass on best practice procedures in IT service management Ability to developed presentation and influencing skills and be capable of making the case for and achieving effective service transition deliverables in project environments where delivery timescales may be inflexible. Experience of Service Acceptance Criteria. Structured thinker, able to develop and implement new processes and operate in areas of ambiguity. Ability to work across and manage a large number of stakeholders. Excellent written/verbal communication skills Customer and relationship focused, process driven, metric focused, results oriented, organised, and self-directed. Desirable: Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or a related discipline. Previous experience/ track record of working in Financial Services Industry. ITIL Certification and ITIL Service Transition-certified DevOps and ServiceNow experience Self-starter, capable of working independently Experienced in the use of the Microsoft Office toolset Collaboration with outsourced and / or external development partners Understanding of scalable architecture patterns and client / backend systems design An appreciation of project and programme governance activities required in a large regulated financial services firm
Role: Cryptography Analyst - Contract Location: Hybrid - 60% office/40% remote Site: Knutsford Contract Length: Until 31/12/2025, with extension Security Clearance: BPSS required Rate to SSC: £500/day Engagement: PAYE via umbrella only We are looking to speak to experienced Cryptography Analysts for a long-term engagement supporting enterprise-level cryptographic infrastructure. This is a hybrid role requiring at least two days per week onsite in Knutsford. The focus is on cryptographic hardware and infrastructure - not software development. Candidates must have hands-on experience with HSM management and monitoring tools, as well as automation and Scripting skills (Python or similar). Key Responsibilities: HSM configuration, installation, and support (Thales, Entrust, Gemalto or equivalent) SSH key and certificate management Cryptographic key life cycle management across IBM, Tandem, Unix platforms Incident and change management Maintaining audit trails and governance records Supporting cryptographic infrastructure and delivering to SLAs Out-of-hours support may be required Good experience with Python Essential Skills: Strong background in cryptography or information security Hands-on HSM experience Proficiency in HSM monitoring tools Automation and coding skills (Python or similar) ITIL Foundation certification Degree in Computer Science or related field Strong stakeholder management and decision-making under pressure Desirable Skills: Experience in IT security operations Knowledge of cryptographic standards and compliance Familiarity with SharePoint, Confluence, JIRA Unix/Windows OS skills Experience in change and release management Strong incident response and audit support capabilities Please send me a copy of your CV is you meet these requirements and are interested. My email is (see below)
03/10/2025
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Role: Cryptography Analyst - Contract Location: Hybrid - 60% office/40% remote Site: Knutsford Contract Length: Until 31/12/2025, with extension Security Clearance: BPSS required Rate to SSC: £500/day Engagement: PAYE via umbrella only We are looking to speak to experienced Cryptography Analysts for a long-term engagement supporting enterprise-level cryptographic infrastructure. This is a hybrid role requiring at least two days per week onsite in Knutsford. The focus is on cryptographic hardware and infrastructure - not software development. Candidates must have hands-on experience with HSM management and monitoring tools, as well as automation and Scripting skills (Python or similar). Key Responsibilities: HSM configuration, installation, and support (Thales, Entrust, Gemalto or equivalent) SSH key and certificate management Cryptographic key life cycle management across IBM, Tandem, Unix platforms Incident and change management Maintaining audit trails and governance records Supporting cryptographic infrastructure and delivering to SLAs Out-of-hours support may be required Good experience with Python Essential Skills: Strong background in cryptography or information security Hands-on HSM experience Proficiency in HSM monitoring tools Automation and coding skills (Python or similar) ITIL Foundation certification Degree in Computer Science or related field Strong stakeholder management and decision-making under pressure Desirable Skills: Experience in IT security operations Knowledge of cryptographic standards and compliance Familiarity with SharePoint, Confluence, JIRA Unix/Windows OS skills Experience in change and release management Strong incident response and audit support capabilities Please send me a copy of your CV is you meet these requirements and are interested. My email is (see below)
Job Title: AWS Platform Lead Location: Knutsford (candidates must be within 1 hour or willing to relocate) Contract Duration: Until 31st December 2025 Day Rate: £425 (Inside IR35) Onsite Requirement: 2-3 days per week (non-consecutive) The Role We are seeking an experienced AWS Platform Lead to provide both technical leadership and strategic direction for our cloud transformation. You will lead a team of AWS engineers and architects, drive adoption and migration strategies, and ensure secure, scalable, and resilient AWS solutions that align with business goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage AWS engineers and architects. Define and deliver cloud adoption and migration strategies. Design and implement secure, scalable AWS architectures. Oversee deployment, monitoring, and optimisation of AWS infrastructure. Conduct well-architected reviews and ensure compliance with best practices. Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources. Mentor team members and provide technical guidance. Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Application Development teams. Drive automation using IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines. Stay up to date with AWS services and emerging cloud technologies. Essential Skills & Experience: Proven experience in leading AWS-focused teams and projects. Strong expertise in AWS architecture, migration, and cloud best practices. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools. Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
03/10/2025
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Job Title: AWS Platform Lead Location: Knutsford (candidates must be within 1 hour or willing to relocate) Contract Duration: Until 31st December 2025 Day Rate: £425 (Inside IR35) Onsite Requirement: 2-3 days per week (non-consecutive) The Role We are seeking an experienced AWS Platform Lead to provide both technical leadership and strategic direction for our cloud transformation. You will lead a team of AWS engineers and architects, drive adoption and migration strategies, and ensure secure, scalable, and resilient AWS solutions that align with business goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage AWS engineers and architects. Define and deliver cloud adoption and migration strategies. Design and implement secure, scalable AWS architectures. Oversee deployment, monitoring, and optimisation of AWS infrastructure. Conduct well-architected reviews and ensure compliance with best practices. Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources. Mentor team members and provide technical guidance. Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Application Development teams. Drive automation using IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines. Stay up to date with AWS services and emerging cloud technologies. Essential Skills & Experience: Proven experience in leading AWS-focused teams and projects. Strong expertise in AWS architecture, migration, and cloud best practices. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools. Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Cheshire Up to £50k Excellent benefits Hybrid Are you great with numbers, highly organised, and ready to make an impact in a global business? We re looking for a proactive PMO Analyst to join the Group PMO team of a leading international organisation. This newly created role is perfect for someone who enjoys working across finance and governance, with the chance to shape processes and improve project visibility at group level. What you ll be doing Tracking and reconciling project costs, ensuring accuracy of CAPEX vs OPEX allocations. Partnering with Finance on accruals, forecasts, and P&L reporting. Producing high-quality Steering Committee packs by pulling together data from multiple teams. Supporting project governance, frameworks, and stage gate documentation. Helping to improve and embed new processes across the PMO. What we re looking for Strong financial and analytical skills, with solid Excel knowledge (pivot tables, lookups, reporting). Experience in a PMO, finance analyst, or cost analyst role. Confidence working with stakeholders across Finance, Governance, and Project teams. Organised, detail-driven, and comfortable handling multiple priorities. Why join? Excellent benefits and progression opportunities. Hybrid working (2 3 days on-site). Chance to influence and improve cost/governance frameworks from the ground up. Exposure to senior leadership and group-wide projects, including opportunities to travel to their European head office. If you re looking for a role where numbers meet projects, and where you can make a real difference to how a global brand runs its initiatives, then we d love to hear from you. Please apply and I ll be in touch shortly (phone number removed); Our client is an equal opportunity employer they celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Tilt Recruitment are specialists in IT Recruitment. We work hard to find our candidates their perfect roles within fantastic organisations across the UK. If this role isn t right for you, please still get in touch with us as we may have other roles which may suit you better. We also offer up to £500 for every successful referral, if you know someone who matches this skill set please let us know. Tilt Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
02/10/2025
Full time
Cheshire Up to £50k Excellent benefits Hybrid Are you great with numbers, highly organised, and ready to make an impact in a global business? We re looking for a proactive PMO Analyst to join the Group PMO team of a leading international organisation. This newly created role is perfect for someone who enjoys working across finance and governance, with the chance to shape processes and improve project visibility at group level. What you ll be doing Tracking and reconciling project costs, ensuring accuracy of CAPEX vs OPEX allocations. Partnering with Finance on accruals, forecasts, and P&L reporting. Producing high-quality Steering Committee packs by pulling together data from multiple teams. Supporting project governance, frameworks, and stage gate documentation. Helping to improve and embed new processes across the PMO. What we re looking for Strong financial and analytical skills, with solid Excel knowledge (pivot tables, lookups, reporting). Experience in a PMO, finance analyst, or cost analyst role. Confidence working with stakeholders across Finance, Governance, and Project teams. Organised, detail-driven, and comfortable handling multiple priorities. Why join? Excellent benefits and progression opportunities. Hybrid working (2 3 days on-site). Chance to influence and improve cost/governance frameworks from the ground up. Exposure to senior leadership and group-wide projects, including opportunities to travel to their European head office. If you re looking for a role where numbers meet projects, and where you can make a real difference to how a global brand runs its initiatives, then we d love to hear from you. Please apply and I ll be in touch shortly (phone number removed); Our client is an equal opportunity employer they celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Tilt Recruitment are specialists in IT Recruitment. We work hard to find our candidates their perfect roles within fantastic organisations across the UK. If this role isn t right for you, please still get in touch with us as we may have other roles which may suit you better. We also offer up to £500 for every successful referral, if you know someone who matches this skill set please let us know. Tilt Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our GB Mid-Market Technology & Business Improvement (TBI) Team as a Cloud Platform & Applications Senior Associate, leading the management and implementation of technology services across multiple systems and applications. This senior role is pivotal in maintaining and evolving our Azure Cloud tenant and associated business applications. Working closely with TBI Team colleagues and global DevOps and technology teams, the Senior Associate will help shape the future of our GB Mid-Market technology estate through the design and implementation of cloud and application governance frameworks, and by delivering technical activities that ensure performance, security, and operational efficiency. This role includes working with business stakeholders to identify application improvements, supporting technology improvement projects, and providing technical expert solutions across multiple platforms. This role is based in Knutsford with a hybrid working arrangement. For the first two weeks, office attendance is required three days per week for training and onboarding, followed by occasional visits every few months or as needed. The H&B GB Technology & Business Improvement Team manage the technology estate for our Mid-Market business and provide innovative solutions to support business improvement in automation and data management. A small but specialised team, we work closely with business leads, global support teams and external third parties to design and deliver technology and business improvement projects, while maintaining the cloud platform and business applications that provide critical services throughout the GB Mid-Market services. The Role: Cloud Platform Maintenance, Security and Management Collaborate with global DevOps and cloud support teams to manage Azure infrastructure. Implement monitoring and logging solutions for performance, availability, and security. Apply cloud security best practices and resolve vulnerabilities across cloud servers and resources. Manage cloud-based databases for optimal performance, availability, and security. Maintain and optimize virtual machines (VMs), ensuring patching, configuration, and compliance. Application Maintenance, Security & Improvement Implement application monitoring tools and resolve critical issues affecting business applications. Provide technical expertise for new technologies, data processing, and automation projects. Liaise with global teams to mitigate adverse impacts from global technology changes. Compliance & Governance Frameworks Design and implement governance and compliance controls aligned with global IT policies. Embed frameworks into operational processes to ensure ongoing compliance. Stakeholder Management Engage with Mid-Market business stakeholders to identify issues and lead improvement initiatives. Collaborate with global technology and operational teams to support global initiatives. Manage third-party technology vendors and ensure alignment with internal standards. Supporting Technology and Automation Projects Support Automation leads in releasing solutions via PowerApps. Troubleshoot network and cloud connectivity issues. Assist in the development and deployment of cloud databases and DevOps pipelines. The Requirements: Critical Expertise: Azure cloud architecture and services Cloud networking, virtual machines (VMs), and server management SQL Server and database optimization PowerApps and Power Platform Vulnerability remediation ISO standards and ITIL best practices Preferred Experience: Dynamics 365 & Dataverse Project Management methodologies (Agile, Scrum) DevOps principles and CI/CD pipeline integration Equal Opportunity Employer At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organization. We embrace all types of diversity. At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a "hybrid" style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and "hybrid" is not a one-size-fits-all solution. We're committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants.
02/10/2025
Full time
We have an exciting opportunity to join our GB Mid-Market Technology & Business Improvement (TBI) Team as a Cloud Platform & Applications Senior Associate, leading the management and implementation of technology services across multiple systems and applications. This senior role is pivotal in maintaining and evolving our Azure Cloud tenant and associated business applications. Working closely with TBI Team colleagues and global DevOps and technology teams, the Senior Associate will help shape the future of our GB Mid-Market technology estate through the design and implementation of cloud and application governance frameworks, and by delivering technical activities that ensure performance, security, and operational efficiency. This role includes working with business stakeholders to identify application improvements, supporting technology improvement projects, and providing technical expert solutions across multiple platforms. This role is based in Knutsford with a hybrid working arrangement. For the first two weeks, office attendance is required three days per week for training and onboarding, followed by occasional visits every few months or as needed. The H&B GB Technology & Business Improvement Team manage the technology estate for our Mid-Market business and provide innovative solutions to support business improvement in automation and data management. A small but specialised team, we work closely with business leads, global support teams and external third parties to design and deliver technology and business improvement projects, while maintaining the cloud platform and business applications that provide critical services throughout the GB Mid-Market services. The Role: Cloud Platform Maintenance, Security and Management Collaborate with global DevOps and cloud support teams to manage Azure infrastructure. Implement monitoring and logging solutions for performance, availability, and security. Apply cloud security best practices and resolve vulnerabilities across cloud servers and resources. Manage cloud-based databases for optimal performance, availability, and security. Maintain and optimize virtual machines (VMs), ensuring patching, configuration, and compliance. Application Maintenance, Security & Improvement Implement application monitoring tools and resolve critical issues affecting business applications. Provide technical expertise for new technologies, data processing, and automation projects. Liaise with global teams to mitigate adverse impacts from global technology changes. Compliance & Governance Frameworks Design and implement governance and compliance controls aligned with global IT policies. Embed frameworks into operational processes to ensure ongoing compliance. Stakeholder Management Engage with Mid-Market business stakeholders to identify issues and lead improvement initiatives. Collaborate with global technology and operational teams to support global initiatives. Manage third-party technology vendors and ensure alignment with internal standards. Supporting Technology and Automation Projects Support Automation leads in releasing solutions via PowerApps. Troubleshoot network and cloud connectivity issues. Assist in the development and deployment of cloud databases and DevOps pipelines. The Requirements: Critical Expertise: Azure cloud architecture and services Cloud networking, virtual machines (VMs), and server management SQL Server and database optimization PowerApps and Power Platform Vulnerability remediation ISO standards and ITIL best practices Preferred Experience: Dynamics 365 & Dataverse Project Management methodologies (Agile, Scrum) DevOps principles and CI/CD pipeline integration Equal Opportunity Employer At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organization. We embrace all types of diversity. At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a "hybrid" style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and "hybrid" is not a one-size-fits-all solution. We're committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants.
