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Data Engineer (SQL, Unix) - MUST HAVE VALID SC CLEARANCE - Telford and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £475 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a Data Engineer (SQL, Unix). Please find some details below: Clearance Required: SC is required. Duration: 6 months Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office Job Description: Familiarity with general data engineering concepts Experience on data engineering projects Experience with SQL and Unix Ideally experience with bash Scripting, GitLab, Pentaho DI, Berlin JobScheduler and AWS Willingness to learn and get involved Good work ethic Good learning ability Good problem solving ability Good attention to detail Good communication skills Good listening skills Good spoken and written English skills HMRC Kit required. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

Dynatrace/Observability Engineer - Remote and Telford - 6 months+/RATE: £565 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a Dynatrace/Observability Engineer. Please find some details below: Clearance Required: SC Eligible Duration: 6 months Location: Telford - 2 days min per month Job Description: Role Description: As a Dynatrace/Observability Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting monitoring solutions across a range of technologies and platforms, ensuring service stability, performance insight, and proactive incident management. Key Responsibilities: Translate high-level monitoring and non-functional requirements (NFRs) into actionable configurations in Dynatrace. Deliver full-stack observability solutions, including application-aware network performance monitoring (NPM), synthetics, log analytics, and infrastructure metrics. Collaborate with architects and project teams to integrate monitoring into solution designs and test strategies. Maintain and enhance dashboards, alerts, and visualisations to support proactive service management. Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and tooling exploitation to enhance operational efficiency within immature teams. Required Skills and Experience: Strong experience configuring Dynatrace alerts, workflows, extensions, DQL Queries Strong understanding and experience with implementing and using APM tooling including Dynatrace Experience delivering Dynatrace configuration using automation (Terraform or Monaco) Hands-on experience with monitoring tools including Dynatrace Strong understanding and experience in SRE principals and methodologies Strong understanding of Observability within a complex tech stack. Ability to analyse and resolve complex technical problems and document solutions effectively. Understanding of log and synthetic monitoring principles Able to work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders, to bring them along on a journey of change Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive and detail-oriented mindset. Mandatory Certifications: Dynatrace Associate Certification Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

SAS Data Engineer (Pentaho, Talend, Denodo) - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £525 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a SAS Data Engineer (Pentaho, Talend, Denodo) Please find some details below: Clearance Required: SC Duration: 6 months Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office Please find some details below: Project Overview: The Preventative Risking (PR) team within RIS is responsible for managing the risking and compliance referral processes for Self-Assessment (SA) registrations. Currently, the system identifies approximately 200,000 fraudulent registrations out of 1 million, resulting in an estimated £51 million to £219 million in lost SA repayment claims (based on 2021/2022 figures). To address this, a proof of concept (POC) was developed using: SAS Enterprise Guide for table creation, SAS Studio V and SAS RTENG to build the SA registration network, SAS Viya 3.5 tools for risk assessment of new SA registrations. The POC leveraged data from 20 different sources, most of which were already housed in the Minerva Oracle database. Previously, some data had to be transferred manually. However, the automated file transfers described in this Solution Design Document (SDD) will now move that data to the SAS platform using approved Enterprise Architecture (EA) integration patterns, with the initial phase, targeted for delivery in April 2026. This role will form part of a new scrum team within Minerva Platfrom to develop and deliver the Ingestion and Risking within the SAS Platform including IDP. Key Responsibilities: Design, development, and deployment of data integration and transformation solutions using Pentaho, Denodo, Talend, and SAS. Architect and implement scalable data pipelines and services that support Business Intelligence and analytics platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and deliver robust data solutions. Champion Agile and Scrum methodologies, ensuring timely delivery of sprints and continuous improvement. Drive DevOps practices for CI/CD, automated testing, and deployment of data services. Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation. Ensure data quality, governance, and security standards are upheld across all solutions. Troubleshoot and resolve complex data issues and performance bottlenecks. Key Skills: SAS 9.4 (DI), SAS Viya 3.x (SAS Studio, VA, VI). Platform LSF, Jira, Platform Support. GIT. Strong expertise in ETL tools: Pentaho, Talend. Experience with data virtualization using Denodo. Proficiency in SAS for data analytics and reporting. Oracle (good to have). Solid understanding of Agile and Scrum frameworks. Hands-on experience with DevOps tools and practices (eg, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes). Strong SQL and data modelling skills. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership abilities. Key Qualifications: Proven track record of data projects and teams. Certifications in Agile/Scrum, DevOps, or relevant data technologies are a plus. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

HVR Solution Architect (High Volume Replication) - MUST BE MOD SC CLEARED - Remote and travel - 3-4 months+/RATE: £656 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for an HVR Solution Architect. Please find some details below: Nationality requirement: British National Location: Hybrid role, predominantly remote, but some travel to Client site will be required (estimate routinely up to 1 day per week to London and/or the South/South East eg Bristol, with occasional multi-day workshops/meetings). Work type: Hybrid Description and Location Overview We are seeking an experienced HVR Solution Architect to design and implementing a secure, scalable data integration solution to replicate a Legacy Oracle DW data feeds using HVR technology within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This role sits at the intersection of data architecture, cloud engineering, and security governance, ensuring that data can be reliably transferred from MOD source systems through the MOD gateway into a newly designed OCI landing zone. The architect will review and understand the end-to-end solution, including connectivity and storage, and will review HVR documentation of the Legacy HVR feed to Legacy SDW1. They will install and configure HVR at the target end of a new feed. Overall, the role ensures that a compliant, production-ready landing zone and HVR integration capability is established, forming a critical foundation for the transition of data feeds from a Legacy Oracle platform to Oracle OC. Key responsibilities Design and deliver HVR-based data integration architecture replicating the Legacy feed for SDW1, to an SDW2 landing zone Produce High-Level and Low-Level Designs for HVR aspects of the solution Support the OCI architect to define and implement secure landing zone architecture (OCI storage, DB, networking) Configure and deploy HVR target agent in OCI aligned to SDW1 setup Analyse data volumes, frequency, retention, and life cycle requirements Develop cost, capacity, and volumetric forecasts (HVR licensing, storage, infrastructure) Lead governance and approvals (SbD, DEAB, MOD SOC) and prepare ATT evidence packs Support network connectivity enablement (eg, gateway changes, CRs) Oversee system testing of landing zone and integration components Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure integration readiness Key Skills and Experience Essential Strong experience with HVR (data replication and ingestion tools) Proven expertise in cloud data architecture, ideally in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Experience designing data landing zones and ingestion pipelines Knowledge of data modelling, storage, and life cycle management Experience producing HLD and LLD documentation Understanding of secure data transfer, encryption, and network architecture Experience working in regulated or secure environments with governance processes Strong stakeholder communication and documentation skills Highly Desirable Experience with MOD, defence, or government environments Familiarity with SbD, DEAB (AtT), MOD SOC approvals Hands-on experience with Oracle Database, OCI Object Storage, and networking Knowledge of OCI Data Integration or Oracle AI Data Platform (AIDP) Experience supporting large-scale data migration or transformation programmes Clearance: MOD SC Travel: Hybrid role, predominantly remote, but some travel to Client site will be required (estimate routinely up to 1 day per week to London and/or the South/South East eg Bristol, with occasional multi-day workshops/meetings). Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

Scala Developer - Telford and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £481 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a Scala Developer. Please find some details below: Clearance Required: BPSS Duration: 6 months Location: Telford 2 days onsite per week Description and Location We have vacancies for Scala Play developers to join our dynamic team building solutions for public sector clients. Our mature Agile environment will give you a great working environment to collaborate with fellow specialists from development and other disciplines. Working with us will mean delivering user-centric digital services from Cradle to grave working on high performance cloud platforms using emerging languages and technologies. As a member of our self-empowered and multi-disciplined teams you will be given the freedom to shape the way you work to ensure you are working to latest industry practices, tools and technologies. We have vacancies for Scala Play developers to join our dynamic team building solutions for public sector clients. Our mature Agile environment will give you a great working environment to collaborate with fellow specialists from development and other disciplines. Working with us will mean delivering user-centric digital services from Cradle to grave working on high performance cloud platforms using emerging languages and technologies. As a member of our self-empowered and multi-disciplined teams you will be given the freedom to shape the way you work to ensure you are working to latest industry practices, tools and technologies. We're looking for people who challenge the status quo and are constantly looking to shape their working environment to make it an exciting, fun and interesting place to work. Keeping things fresh is something we encourage in our working practices, but the culture of continuous improvement is equally as important in our technical approach to building and delivering modern digital services. As a valued team member, your knowledge and experiences will be used to change the way we build solutions including utilising new tools and technologies to solve new problems or improve existing services. Working on our services means you'll have your own team, but you'll also be a part of a several communities spread over multiple sites. This means you'll always have people on hand to share and discuss ideas and get help when needed. Like your team, your communities are also self-sufficient, so if you want to change something it's within your power to do so. Ideal candidates will have strong technical competence in: Scala Play Unit testing and integration testing Experience of Cloud based infrastructure is desirable, along with an understanding of application security principles, continuous integration and continuous delivery. As a well-rounded Agile developer, we expect adaptability plus general skills in problem solving, business analysis, quality assurance, application design and architecture to compliment your Scala development specialism. In an Agile environment communication is key and therefore we expect professionalism, good communication skills and approachable team members. As a Scala Developer your primary focus will be to deliver user stories whilst working as a part of a multi-disciplined team. You'll be working closely with user researchers and designers to build, deploy and support your Scala Play microservices using well established software development techniques such as TDD and pair programming. We get involved with all stages of service delivery including configuring, deploying and monitoring using industry standard tooling, to truly work in a DevOps capacity. Whilst working in a collaborative environment you are going to meet a variety of different people who, like you, have a wealth of knowledge and experience. As a part of one or more communities you will have the opportunity to influence how we grow as delivery centre and how we do things by sharing ideas and working with others to make things better. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

SQL DBA Lead - MUST BE SC CLEARED - Manchester + On Call work (NO REMOTE WORK) - 6 months+ (SQL Server DBA, SQL DBA) One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a SQL DBA Lead. This role is full time onsite in Manchester - NO REMOTE WORK IS ALLOWED In addition this role requires someone who is able to work to the following working hours: You would need to cover service hours of 7am to 7pm UK time as part of a 4 man team, where the other 2 consultants are based outside of the UK. You would need to work on a 24/7 out of hours rota again as part of the 4 man team. Please find some details below: Clearance required: BPSS + SC equivalent account specific vetting requirements IR35 Status: PAYE via Umbrella company only Job Description: SQL Database Administrator Role Context The SQL DBA will act as a subject matter expert for Azure and on-prem Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL environments. The role supports enterprise-level database operations across production, UAT, and development environments, ensuring performance, availability, and security. This role will be based full time in the Manchester secure room. Key Responsibilities - Administer and maintain MS SQL and MySQL databases, including clustering, replication, backups, and performance tuning. - Provide third-line support and resolve incidents via call management systems. - Perform planned releases, patching, and upgrades across environments. - Monitor and optimise database performance, including space management and alert log checks. - Mentor junior DBAs and contribute to knowledge sharing across the team. Skills and Experience Required Well versed in Microsoft SQL Server (2016 onwards) Significant experience with T-SQL, stored procedures, triggers Experience with Azure VM's, Windows Server and Azure DevOps SSIS - experience in creating, maintaining and deploying packages through SQL Server Integration Services Power BI - knowledge of Power BI report server, and an ability to troubleshoot issues around access and performance issues, perform upgrades and install SSL certificates Basic working knowledge of SCOM and/or Azure Monitor Experience working with ServiceNow or a similar ITIL system Nice to have: Powershell Qualifications - Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate or equivalent certification (preferred). - ITIL Foundation certification (preferred). Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

UNIX Engineer - MUST BE SC CLEARED - Barrow in Furness, Cumbria - 6 months+ - Blue chip client is urgently looking for a Unix Engineer Description CONTRACTOR MUST EITHER HOLD MOD SC CLEARENCE OR SC CLEARANCE (ACTIVE) AND BE A SOLE UK NATIONAL (ONLY UK NATIONALITY) Role Title: UNIX Engineer Location: Full Onsite - BARROW IN FURNESS, Cumbria MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA (inside IR35) Role Description: Role Overview The UNIX Engineer will be responsible for managing and supporting enterprise UNIX environments, focusing on Oracle Solaris platforms and advanced virtualization technologies. This role involves system configuration, migration projects, and ensuring high availability through resilient cluster setups. Key Responsibilities Administer and maintain Oracle Solaris systems on T-series hardware (T5, T7, T8). Configure and manage LDOMs (Logical Domains) for virtualization. Perform system migrations and upgrades across UNIX environments. Design and implement resilience clusters for high availability and disaster recovery. Monitor system performance and troubleshoot complex UNIX issues. Collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to ensure seamless integration. Maintain compliance with security and operational standards. Required Skills & Experience Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Solaris operating systems. Expertise in LDOM configuration and management. Familiarity with Oracle T-series hardware (T5, T7, T8). Proven experience in migration projects and UNIX system upgrades. Knowledge of cluster technologies for resilience and failover. Solid understanding of UNIX networking, storage, and security principles. Security Clearance Must hold or be eligible to obtain SC clearance Must be UK British National (not dual passport holder) Ability to work with sensitive and classified information in compliance with government and organizational security policies. Additional Requirements Will require on-site work at customer location in Barrow-in-Furness as part of project delivery. Preferred Qualifications Certifications in Oracle Solaris or related UNIX technologies. Experience in large-scale enterprise environments. Familiarity with automation tools and Scripting (eg, Shell, Python Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client

SAP SuccessFactors Senior Consultants - MUST BE SC CLEARED - Preston and Remote - 3 months+ Blue chip client is urgently looking for many SAP SuccessFactors Consultants Clearance required: BPSS + SC eligible is fine but they need to at least be in the process of applying for them to begin working on the account. Dual nationals are also fine. Location: It is 3 days a week Tues-Thur in Preston. IR35 Status: PAYE via Umbrella company only Job Description: Key Responsibilities (The Work) - (Mandatory) Implement innovative, robust, and future-proof SAP SuccessFactors solutions with expertise and certifications in one or more SuccessFactors module(s) Lead high performing teams that can work flexibly, incorporating both on and offshore delivery models Guide clients on SAP best practise and innovations, whilst being up to date with the SuccessFactors roadmap and having an awareness of other HR technologies Ensure quality delivery of our Technology solutions Contribute to shaping our response to RFPs and collaborate with other teams during the pre-sales process, including the delivery of expert demos to prospective clients Build and continually strengthen your network across, our Clients and Partners Person Profile ( Why You) - (Mandatory) You will have strong knowledge of SuccessFactors across multiple modules and experience in working across multiple HR domains on Global projects Excellent communication skills, with the ability to deliver high quality presentations to senior client stakeholders Understands emerging technology trends and disruptions and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models. Familiar with supporting technologies such as Qualtrics & SAP WorkZone, and how they enhance employee experience Experience in leading pre-sales activities and articulating the benefits SuccessFactors brings to clients Enjoy mentoring and developing talent as well as sharing knowledge across the team and the wider SAP Practice Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client