Ashdown Group

A well-established business is looking for an accomplished Systems Engineer to join its team based in Central London. Please note this is an office based role and previous experience working for an MSP is highly desirable. In order to be suitable for this role of significant responsibility, you MUST be a consummate communicator with demonstrable expertise providing a proactive user and systems support service in a Windows environment. You will have deep experience with Office 365, Windows Server, Azure and Active Directory and will be a natural problem solver with a passion for technology. Key requirements include: Strong background in 3rd line IT support and infrastructure management Strong knowledge of Windows Server and Windows client environments Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Intune, and cloud migrations Solid understanding of networking, firewalls, and security best practices Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Intune, and cloud migrations Proven track record of technical project delivery As part of a small but dynamic team you will be responsible for the support, maintenance and development of client environments. Working with a broad range of technologies you will provide a proactive support service, ensuring systems remain accessible, available and well managed. You will also act as an escalation point for support issues.

An impressive global firm is looking for an enthusiastic IT Support Analyst to join its sizeable technology team in south-west London. Please note the role is primarily office based but you will be able to work from home one day per week. You will act as the first point of contact for internal IT queries so excellent communication skills and a friendly demeanour are essential. It is expected that you will have experience with Office 365, Active Directory, SharePoint, Teams and Entra.You will monitor, triage and resolve support tickets coming into the IT Service Desk, providing 1 st and some 2 nd line support for system and hardware issues. You will work with users to resolve technical problems and will escalate issues to 2 nd and 3 rd line engineers as needed.This is a great opportunity for a keen IT Support Analyst to work with cutting-edge software and network technologies across a broad range of platforms including Azure, Office 365, Exchange, and Windows Server, and join a household name that offers an outstanding range of benefits.

Ashdown Group is seeking a Junior QA Engineer for a 6-month fixed-term contract. This position offers a salary of circa £30,000 pro rata and includes the flexibility of predominantly Work-From-Home options, though occasional presence in Bishop's Stortford is required. The successful candidate will be responsible for quality assurance across the software development lifecycle, using a mix of manual and automated testing techniques. A strong focus on collaboration and continuous improvement is essential.

Ashdown Group is seeking a Data Engineer to join their data team in Central London. This hybrid role allows for 2 days of work from home each week. You will focus on improving data quality, building observability across data platforms, and ensuring data reliability end-to-end. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in SQL and Python, along with experience in cloud-based data environments and observability tools.

Ashdown Group, a well-established family-owned technology company, is seeking a Senior Full Stack Web Developer. This role offers the flexibility to work from home while being integrated with a small, agile team. The successful candidate will modernize critical websites using Microsoft technologies and support clients throughout the UK. With a competitive salary of up to £60,000 and benefits such as 25 days of holiday and a pension plan, this opportunity allows significant contributions to innovative projects.

Ashdown Group is seeking an accomplished Azure Data Engineer to join a multinational firm. This hybrid role allows you to work from the office 3 days a week while the remaining 2 days can be worked from home. You will be pivotal in designing and maintaining data solutions that offer clean, structured, and accessible data for stakeholders. Proficiency in Microsoft Fabric, Azure services, and advanced SQL is essential. This position offers excellent benefits and the opportunity to contribute to a robust data ecosystem.

Overview An impressive multinational firm is looking for an accomplished Data Engineer to join its team. The role is hybrid - you will work from the office 3 days per week with 2 from home. Responsibilities In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data solutions that provide clean, structured, and accessible data to internal teams, stakeholders, and external partners. Working closely with developers, analysts, and business teams, you will help deliver cloud-based data platforms that support reporting, analytics, and data-driven innovation. The successful Data Engineer will design, build, and maintain a modern cloud-based data platform that supports analytics, reporting, and operational systems across the organisation. Working closely with Data Science, development, and business teams, you will develop scalable data pipelines, manage SQL Server databases across on-premises and Azure environments, and ensure data is secure, reliable, and accessible. You will play a key role in shaping the organisation's data architecture, identifying opportunities to improve data acquisition, automation, and performance, while helping to deliver a robust and scalable data ecosystem that supports future growth. Qualifications In order to be suitable for this role you must be an accomplished Data Engineer with hand on experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services, including technologies such as Databricks, Data Factory, Azure SQL Managed Instances, and Data Lake solutions. You will have a proven track record of designing and optimising data warehouses and large-scale data platforms, supported by advanced SQL and reporting experience. Benefits This is an outstanding opportunity for a personable Data Engineer to join a market leading business that offers an excellent range of benefits.

An impressive multinational firm is looking for an accomplished Azure Data Engineer to join its team. Please note the role is hybrid - you will work from the office 3 days per week with 2 from home. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data solutions that provide clean, structured, and accessible data to internal teams, stakeholders, and external partners. Working closely with developers, analysts, and business teams, you will help deliver cloud based data platforms that support reporting, analytics, and data driven innovation. In order to be suitable for this role you must be an accomplished Data Engineer with hands on experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services, including technologies such as Databricks, Data Factory, Azure SQL Managed Instances, and Data Lake solutions. You will have a proven track record of designing and optimising data warehouses and large scale data platforms, supported by advanced SQL and reporting experience. The successful Data Engineer will design, build, and maintain a modern cloud based data platform that supports analytics, reporting, and operational systems across the organisation. Working closely with Data Science, development, and business teams, you will develop scalable data pipelines, manage SQL Server databases across on premises and Azure environments, and ensure data is secure, reliable, and accessible. You will play a key role in shaping the organisation's data architecture, identifying opportunities to improve data acquisition, automation, and performance, while helping to deliver a robust and scalable data ecosystem that supports future growth. This is an outstanding opportunity for a personable Data Engineer to join a market leading business that offers an excellent range of benefits.

Ashdown Group is seeking a Data Observability Engineer to join its growing data team in Central London. This hybrid role allows for remote work 2 days a week and is focused on ensuring data accuracy and reliability across the organization. In this role, you'll design frameworks for data monitoring, manage SLAs/SLOs, and drive a proactive reliability-led approach to data governance. The ideal candidate will have strong SQL and Python skills, along with hands-on experience in data observability tools.

This is a newly created position for a QA Lead / Lead Tester to take an instrumental position within a growing SME. This role paying circa £60,000 pro rata and is a 6 month FTC with the likelihood of extensions. This role can be predominantly work from home, but you must be able and willing to come into the Bishops Stortford HQ as & when if requested. My client is looking for a QA Lead to shape and drive quality assurance across our innovative bespoke product suite and client-facing technology platforms. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced QA professional to combine strategic leadership with hands on technical expertise in a fast paced, collaborative environment. As QA Lead, you will define and deliver the QA strategy, champion a quality first culture, and work closely with Product, Development and Leadership teams to ensure quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle. You'll also lead and mentor QA team members, helping to develop capability while influencing quality standards across the wider business. Key responsibilities include: Hands on experience with automation testing, UAT & regression testing Owning and evolving the QA strategy, standards and frameworks Leading test automation initiatives and CI/CD quality integration Managing the full testing lifecycle across multiple product workstreams Acting as the key quality authority for releases and product decisions Mentoring and developing QA team members Driving continuous improvement through metrics, reporting and best practice adoption Collaborating with Product Managers, Developers and stakeholders to improve delivery quality To be considered for this 6 month FTC you will have strong experience in both manual and automated testing, proven leadership or mentoring capability, and expertise with tools such as Selenium, Playwright or Cypress, and associated scripting languages. If you're excited by the opportunity to build quality processes, influence product delivery, and make a real impact within a growing technology team, then please send me your CV immediately.

Ashdown Group is seeking an accomplished Data Engineer to join its team in Greater London. The role is hybrid, requiring 3 days at the office and 2 days remote work. The Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data solutions and cloud-based data platforms, ensuring the accessibility and security of data. Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services, supported by a solid SQL and reporting background. This position offers an outstanding opportunity with a market-leading firm, featuring a significant range of benefits.

A successful multinational technology business is looking for a Data Observability Engineer to join its growing data team in Central London. This role is hybrid - you'll be able to work from home 2 days per week.This is a high-impact role focused on improving data quality, reducing incidents, and building scalable observability across a modern enterprise data platform. You'll help ensure data across the organisation is accurate, reliable, and trusted for critical business decision-making. You'll take ownership of data reliability end-to-end, designing and implementing frameworks that monitor data health, detect anomalies, and enforce standards across complex data pipelines and platforms.You'll have experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform, or Data Observability roles, with strong SQL and Python skills and experience working in modern cloud-based data environments. Hands-on experience with data observability tools such as Grafana, Monte Carlo, or Acceldata, and data governance/quality platforms like Informatica, Collibra or Microsoft Purview is highly desirable. Experience within the Azure ecosystem (data lakes, ETL/ELT pipelines) would be a strong advantage.Working across Data Engineering and Data Governance teams, you'll help shift the organisation from reactive issue resolution to a proactive, reliability-led approach. You'll define and manage data SLAs and SLOs, implement automated validation and observability tooling, and lead root cause analysis when issues occur.You'll also have experience building automated data validation frameworks, defining SLAs/SLOs, and working with distributed data architectures. Familiarity with CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code is beneficial. Most importantly, you're a proactive problem-solver who enjoys working collaboratively and improving systems at their root cause.If you're looking to take ownership of data reliability in a complex enterprise environment and make a real impact on how data is trusted and used, apply today for immediate consideration.

This is a newly created opportunity for a junior QA Engineer / Junior Tester to take a 6 month FTC at a growing SME consultancy firm. This FTC pays circa £30,000 pro rata and offers predominantly Work-From-Home options (but you must be able & willing to come to the Bishop's Stortford office if required). My client is looking for an enthusiastic Quality Assurance Engineer / Test Analyst to join their growing Product Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability and performance of innovative client-facing applications, working alongside Developers, Product Managers and senior stakeholders in a collaborative, agile environment. As our Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll take ownership of testing activities across the software development lifecycle, helping to establish robust QA standards while combining manual and automated testing techniques. You'll be instrumental in driving continuous improvement, enhancing test automation, and ensuring every release meets the highest quality standards. Key responsibilities include: Designing and executing comprehensive test plans, test cases and regression testing activities Performing functional, integration, API and exploratory testing across web-based applications Building and maintaining automated test frameworks using tools such as Playwright, Selenium or Cypress Integrating automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines Identifying, tracking and managing defects through to resolution Establishing QA processes, standards and best practices across the development team Collaborating closely with developers and product managers throughout agile delivery cycles The ideal candidate will have some experience in software testing or quality engineering, strong manual and automation testing skills, and experience with modern testing tools and CI/CD environments. In return, you'll join a forward-thinking organisation where your expertise will have a direct impact on product quality, customer satisfaction and business success. If you're a detail-oriented problem solver who enjoys championing quality and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you. This is a 6 month FTC with possible extensions. It pays circa £30,000 pro rata and offers hybrid working options.

A market leading organisation is seeking a personable and forward-thinking Business Systems Analyst to join its team based in Stoke-on-Trent. Please note, this role is fully office based, five days per week.In this role you will take ownership of core business systems and applications, ensuring they continue to support the organisation effectively while identifying opportunities for improvement, integration, and innovation. Working closely with teams across the business, you will gain a strong understanding of operational challenges and help deliver practical technology solutions that improve efficiency, performance, reporting, and the overall user experience.Alongside the day-to-day management and support of business systems, you will contribute to wider digital improvement initiatives, helping to streamline processes, enhance data quality, and support informed business decision-making.To be considered for this role, you must possess a strong blend of technical capability, commercial awareness, and excellent interpersonal skills. You should be comfortable managing projects, working with third-party suppliers, and leading system enhancements from concept through to delivery. Previous experience working with ERP, CRM, or other business-critical systems is expected, alongside exposure to reporting tools, system integrations, or data management processes.This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful and evolving organisation where you can make a visible impact and help shape future business improvements.

Ashdown Group is looking for a Full Stack Developer in Northampton with strong skills in Python, Node.JS, and AWS. The role involves developing and supporting full stack web applications within a hybrid work model, allowing for flexibility between office and remote work. The ideal candidate should also have working experience with front-end technologies like React JS and SQL databases. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £60,000 to £70,000, along with an additional bonus. Join us to be part of exciting development projects!

An impressive global firm is looking for an enthusiastic IT Support Analyst to join its sizeable technology team in south-west London. Please note the role is primarily office based but you will be able to work from home one day per week. You will act as the first point of contact for internal IT queries so excellent communication skills and a friendly demeanour are essential. It is expected that you will have knowledge of Office 365, Active Directory, SharePoint, Teams and Entra.You will monitor, triage and resolve support tickets coming into the IT Service Desk, providing 1 st and some 2 nd line support for system and hardware issues. You will work with users to resolve technical problems and will escalate issues to 2 nd and 3 rd line engineers as needed.This is a great opportunity for a keen IT Support Analyst to work with cutting-edge software and network technologies across a broad range of platforms including Azure, Office 365, Exchange, and Windows Server, and join a household name that offers an outstanding range of benefits.

Ashdown Group is seeking an experienced IT Manager to lead a small but busy IT helpdesk team in Northampton. This full-time position offers a salary of up to £50,000 and a potential 15% bonus. The ideal candidate will have a solid IT support background combined with team management experience, capable of resolving tickets while mentoring staff. Preferred skills include expertise in Windows 11, Office 365, and Azure AD.

IT Service Delivery Manager Hybrid Working (2 days a week in the office) Lincoln based - Salary up to £40k plus bonus and benefits We're currently partnering with a well-established organisation to recruit an IT Service Manager who will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality IT services across the business. This position is responsible for ensuring IT services meet agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs). You'll also support service transition activities, ensuring new or updated services are successfully introduced into live operations. In addition, you will help drive effective incident management processes to ensure critical services remain reliable and issues are resolved quickly. As IT Service Manager, you will act as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders on all IT service-related matters, building strong relationships and ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction. You will also work closely with third-party suppliers and service providers, managing performance and ensuring contractual obligations and service expectations are met. A key focus of the role will be identifying opportunities to improve service performance, efficiency, and value. Key responsibilities include: Managing relationships with internal stakeholders and acting as the primary contact for IT service delivery Ensuring IT services meet agreed SLAs and operational performance standards Supporting change initiatives by managing service transition activities for new or updated services Managing third-party vendors and suppliers to ensure service quality and value for money Supporting incident management processes and driving timely resolution of service disruptions Identifying root causes of recurring issues and implementing improvements to prevent future incidents Driving continuous improvement initiatives across IT service delivery To be considered for this role, you should have: Proven experience working as an IT Service Manager or in a similar IT service delivery role Understanding of ITIL principles and best practices ITIL certification (desirable) Experience managing service transition activities Familiarity with incident management processes and tools Understanding of project management methodologies (desirable)

A well-established organisation is seeking an experienced IT Service Delivery Manager in Bracebridge, UK. This role involves managing relationships with stakeholders, ensuring IT services meet SLAs, and driving improvements in service performance. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in IT service management and be familiar with ITIL principles. This position offers a hybrid working model with competitive salary up to £40k plus bonus and benefits.

An impressive global firm is looking for an enthusiastic IT Support Analyst to join its sizeable technology team in south-west London. Please note the role is primarily office based but you will be able to work from home one day per week. You will act as the first point of contact for internal IT queries so excellent communication skills and a friendly demeanour are essential. It is expected that you will have experience with Office 365, Active Directory, SharePoint, Teams and Entra.You will monitor, triage and resolve support tickets coming into the IT Service Desk, providing 1 st and some 2 nd line support for system and hardware issues. You will work with users to resolve technical problems and will escalate issues to 2 nd and 3 rd line engineers as needed.This is a great opportunity for a keen IT Support Analyst to work with cutting-edge software and network technologies across a broad range of platforms including Azure, Office 365, Exchange, and Windows Server, and join a household name that offers an outstanding range of benefits.