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Capacity and Demand Manager 12 months + Hybrid in Hampshire/Corsham DV cleared role - current active clearance is essential Sole British national only - due to nature of the project Outside IR35 We're seeking an experienced DV Cleared Demand & Capacity Manager to support the delivery of critical Defence services within a secure MOD environment. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong background in Service Management who also has a solid understanding of technical infrastructure . You'll play a key role in ensuring demand is effectively forecast, prioritised, and aligned with available resources and service capability across a complex, business-critical environment. Working from either Hampshire or Corsham, you'll collaborate with technical teams, delivery managers, service owners, and Defence stakeholders to ensure services remain resilient, scalable, and aligned with operational priorities. The Role As Demand & Capacity Manager, you will be responsible for managing demand across services and ensuring the right capacity is in place to support current and future requirements. Key responsibilities include: Managing demand and capacity planning across secure IT services. Working with service owners and technical teams to forecast resource and infrastructure requirements. Monitoring service performance, utilisation, and capacity trends. Supporting service management processes, governance, and continual service improvement. Identifying risks relating to capacity, performance, and service availability. Producing management information, reports, and recommendations for senior stakeholders. Working closely with project and operational teams to ensure future demand is understood and planned effectively. Essential Experience Current DV (Developed Vetting) clearance. Previous MOD or Defence sector experience is essential. Strong background in IT Service Management . Experience in demand management, capacity management, or service planning. Good understanding of technical infrastructure, including Servers, networks, hosting, or data centre environments (technical expertise is not required, but an appreciation of infrastructure is essential). Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills. Experience working within complex, secure IT environments. If you'd like to discuss this Demand and Capacity Manager role in more detail, please send your updated CV to me at (see below)

Job title: Senior VMware/VCF Infrastructure Engineer Rate: Up to £650 per day inside IR35 Location: Reading/Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite Contract: 6-month rolling contract Active SC Clearances required I'm recruiting for a Senior VMware/VCF Infrastructure Engineer to join a major UK defence programme supporting a high-profile submarine project. This is a genuinely interesting infrastructure transformation programme, centred around a significant on-premise to cloud migration, with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and NSX at the heart of the solution. We're looking for someone who can design, implement and migrate enterprise VMware infrastructure and is comfortable working on complex, security-sensitive environments. Expereince required: You'll need strong, hands-on experience across: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) - essential VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter NSX/NSX-T VMware infrastructure design & implementation On-premise to cloud migration Infrastructure transformation/SDDC vSAN, HCX and/or VMware Aria would be highly desirable If you're a VMware specialist with genuine VCF + NSX experience and want to work on a major UK defence programme with a direct impact on a strategically important submarine project, this is well worth a conversation.

Java Developer - Cloud Services + 12 month initial contract + Hybrid working out of Newcastle + SC Cleared role + £70 p/h - Inside IR35 Key Skills: + Java Developer + Cloud Services + RedHat/Kubernetes Role Overview - The Software Engineer will join our collaborative, forward-thinking Agile Scrum team, working on innovative Geospatial software, using the latest cloud-based technologies. The engineer will be involved in every stage of the software development life cycle, from initial design through development, testing, and deployment, delivering robust, scalable cloud-based services. The role is based at our Newcastle office. Flexible working arrangements are in place for the team. The successful candidate is expected to be in the office 3 days a week, with the opportunity to work 2 days from home. Responsibilities Develop high-quality, readable, scalable and easily maintained code, using Java and related technologies, meeting requirements and coding standards. Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enhance team velocity. Contribute to quality assurance by writing unit and automated tests. Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines Ensure code is sufficiently documented and share knowledge of solutions implemented. Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and daily stand-ups in a true Agile environment, contributing to agile based estimating. Work with the scrum team to meet the sprint commitments Essential Java Cloud Services development Unit testing Desirable DevSecOps awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, SonarQube Red Hat Openshift container platform or Kubernetes Quarkus Framework Front End development using Angular

Storage Engineer Onsite in Stevenage £43,000 per annum Security clearance required Are you an experienced Storage, Backup or Infrastructure Engineer looking for your next opportunity within a secure, enterprise-scale environment? We're looking for a Backup & Storage Engineer to join an established team of 2nd and 3rd Line engineers, supporting a high-profile customer environment across multiple data centres. This is a hands-on infrastructure role where you'll be responsible for the support, administration and development of enterprise storage and backup platforms , while working closely with customers, stakeholders and wider technical teams. The Role You'll be responsible for maintaining the availability, performance and resilience of large-scale storage and backup environments across three data centre sites . Your day-to-day responsibilities will include: Providing 2nd Line support across enterprise storage and backup environments. Supporting and administering NetApp storage and Cohesity backup platforms. Investigating and resolving incidents, service requests and problem tickets within agreed SLAs. Handling Severity 1 & 2 incidents and contributing to Root Cause Analysis. Administering NAS and SAN environments. Supporting VMware integration with NetApp . Configuring and troubleshooting storage fabric Switches and SAN zoning. Monitoring storage capacity, performance, availability and resilience. Identifying potential risks and implementing appropriate remedial actions. Planning and carrying out storage software and firmware upgrades. Installing and commissioning new storage and backup hardware. Raising and presenting Change Requests in accordance with established change processes. Maintaining technical documentation and working procedures. Supporting continuous service improvement initiatives. Sharing knowledge and technical expertise with other members of the team. What We're Looking For We're particularly interested in candidates with experience across: NetApp storage in an enterprise environment. NetApp storage hardware. NAS/SAN technologies and principles. VMware integration with NetApp . Enterprise backup environments. Storage troubleshooting and incident resolution. IT Service Management/ITIL environments. Managing P1/P2 incidents and contributing to RCA. Working to defined SLAs and KPIs. Change and release management. Cohesity , SAN fabric switching, zoning, storage upgrades and multi-data-centre experience would be highly advantageous. If this role is of interest, apply now or email your CV to me at (see below)

DV Cleared Security Manager - Command Centre Location: Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes Working Arrangement: Onsite Rate: £600-£650 per day, Inside IR35 Contract: 3 years Clearance: Developed Vetting (DV) - Essential The Role We are seeking an experienced DV Cleared Security Manager to join a high-profile government Command Centre capability based at Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes . The Security Manager will act as the senior operational authority and primary point of contact for the Command Centre during their shift , providing command and control across a broad range of operational capabilities, including Cyber/SOC, NOC, Infrastructure, Service Management and Physical Security . This is not a SOC Manager, Cyber Operations Manager or hands-on technical engineering position . The successful candidate will sit across multiple specialist teams, maintaining the overall operational picture, understanding business impact, setting priorities, coordinating responses and managing escalation. Key Responsibilities Act as the senior operational authority for the Command Centre during assigned shifts. Maintain a clear Common Operating Picture (COP) across cyber, network, infrastructure, service management and physical security operations. Coordinate the response to significant incidents, service disruptions, emerging risks and operational issues. Set operational priorities and ensure the appropriate specialist teams are engaged. Manage escalations across multiple technical and operational teams and third-party suppliers. Provide clear, concise and authoritative operational updates to senior leadership and stakeholders. Produce and deliver operational briefings covering significant incidents, service impacts, emerging risks and relevant overnight/weekend activity. Engage confidently with senior stakeholders and provide appropriate challenge where required. Bring in technical specialists when deeper technical expertise is required rather than attempting to resolve technical issues directly. Take operational ownership of the Command Centre's AV and command-wall capability , including SOC, NOC and other operational feeds. Help develop appropriate screen layouts, operational dashboards and the overall Common Operating Picture. Support the development of Command Centre runbooks, escalation procedures, reporting, operating processes and ways of working . Contribute to the transition towards a full 24/7 operational model . Support training and knowledge transfer for Command Centre personnel. Ensure effective handovers between shifts and maintain strong operational continuity. About You We are looking for someone who is comfortable operating at the intersection of technology, service management and operational command . You will ideally have experience in a 24/7 command centre, operations centre, major incident environment, government/defence environment or similarly critical operational setting . You should be able to demonstrate: Significant experience in operational command, duty management, major incident management or service operations . Experience coordinating multiple teams during complex or high-impact incidents. Strong understanding of SOC, NOC, infrastructure and IT service management environments . Experience operating in a 24/7 environment. Excellent stakeholder management skills, including the ability to brief senior leadership. Strong decision-making and prioritisation skills under pressure. Experience managing escalations and coordinating third-party suppliers. Ability to maintain an accurate operational picture across multiple concurrent issues. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Experience developing operational procedures, runbooks and escalation processes. A calm, authoritative and structured approach during significant incidents. Desirable Backgrounds Candidates may come from a variety of backgrounds, including: Duty Manager/Operations Duty Manager Command Centre/Command Centre Manager Major Incident Manager Service Operations Manager Operations Manager Watch Manager/Watch Officer Incident Commander Operations Controller Service Delivery Manager Operational Resilience Defence, government or critical national infrastructure 24/7 managed service or operations environments Experience within government, defence, national security, telecommunications, critical infrastructure or other highly regulated environments would be particularly valuable. Clearance Current Developed Vetting (DV) clearance is essential for this position. Candidates without current DV clearance will not be considered.

DV Cleared Duty Manager - Command Centre Location: Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes Working Arrangement: Onsite Rate: £600-£650 per day, Inside IR35 Contract: 3 years Clearance: Developed Vetting (DV) - Essential The Role We are seeking an experienced DV Cleared Duty Manager to join a high-profile government Command Centre capability based at Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes . The Duty Manager will act as the senior operational authority and primary point of contact for the Command Centre during their shift , providing command and control across a broad range of operational capabilities, including Cyber/SOC, NOC, Infrastructure, Service Management and Physical Security . This is not a SOC Manager, Cyber Operations Manager or hands-on technical engineering position . The successful candidate will sit across multiple specialist teams, maintaining the overall operational picture, understanding business impact, setting priorities, coordinating responses and managing escalation. Key Responsibilities Act as the senior operational authority for the Command Centre during assigned shifts. Maintain a clear Common Operating Picture (COP) across cyber, network, infrastructure, service management and physical security operations. Coordinate the response to significant incidents, service disruptions, emerging risks and operational issues. Set operational priorities and ensure the appropriate specialist teams are engaged. Manage escalations across multiple technical and operational teams and third-party suppliers. Provide clear, concise and authoritative operational updates to senior leadership and stakeholders. Produce and deliver operational briefings covering significant incidents, service impacts, emerging risks and relevant overnight/weekend activity. Engage confidently with senior stakeholders and provide appropriate challenge where required. Bring in technical specialists when deeper technical expertise is required rather than attempting to resolve technical issues directly. Take operational ownership of the Command Centre's AV and command-wall capability , including SOC, NOC and other operational feeds. Help develop appropriate screen layouts, operational dashboards and the overall Common Operating Picture. Support the development of Command Centre runbooks, escalation procedures, reporting, operating processes and ways of working . Contribute to the transition towards a full 24/7 operational model . Support training and knowledge transfer for Command Centre personnel. Ensure effective handovers between shifts and maintain strong operational continuity. About You We are looking for someone who is comfortable operating at the intersection of technology, service management and operational command . You will ideally have experience in a 24/7 command centre, operations centre, major incident environment, government/defence environment or similarly critical operational setting . You should be able to demonstrate: Significant experience in operational command, duty management, major incident management or service operations . Experience coordinating multiple teams during complex or high-impact incidents. Strong understanding of SOC, NOC, infrastructure and IT service management environments . Experience operating in a 24/7 environment. Excellent stakeholder management skills, including the ability to brief senior leadership. Strong decision-making and prioritisation skills under pressure. Experience managing escalations and coordinating third-party suppliers. Ability to maintain an accurate operational picture across multiple concurrent issues. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Experience developing operational procedures, runbooks and escalation processes. A calm, authoritative and structured approach during significant incidents. Desirable Backgrounds Candidates may come from a variety of backgrounds, including: Duty Manager/Operations Duty Manager Command Centre/Command Centre Manager Major Incident Manager Service Operations Manager Operations Manager Watch Manager/Watch Officer Incident Commander Operations Controller Service Delivery Manager Operational Resilience Defence, government or critical national infrastructure 24/7 managed service or operations environments Experience within government, defence, national security, telecommunications, critical infrastructure or other highly regulated environments would be particularly valuable. Clearance Current Developed Vetting (DV) clearance is essential for this position. Candidates without current DV clearance will not be considered.

Embedded Software Engineer + SC Cleared role + Long term contract + Paying up to £65 per hour + Hybrid working from Portsmouth Role Overview The role of Embedded Software Engineer is required due to increased demand for the work of our Advanced Developments Group - a small team of highly innovative, enthusiastic engineers providing cutting edge technology solutions to our key customers. Responsibilities Use your skills and knowledge to prototype innovative wireless solutions You will be primarily developing using C/C++ on Embedded platforms Development of Embedded software/firmware prototypes in an agile environment Further development of proven prototypes to a deployment standard Development of software in a Real Time Embedded environment using Linux. (eg Microblaze or RISC-V using C/C++) Experience of working with and configuring Embedded Linux systems with tools such as Buildroot and Yocto Experience of working with Uboot, Kernel config and device trees Building and deploying Embedded Linux systems in an offline environment Skill Set Essential Experience programming Embedded Systems using C/C++ Experience of bare-metal and Embedded Linux environments Experience of linux device drivers including DMA, Interrupts, and Device Trees Knowledge of Digital Signal Processing Knowledge of Software Defined Radio

Job Title: Service Designer Rate: £62.50 per hour inside ir35 Location: Bristol/Hybrid (1 day per week onsite) Contract: 6-month rolling contract Active SC clearance required We're looking for an experienced Service Designer to join a high-profile Cyber & Security environment, leading end-to-end service design across Discovery, Alpha, Beta and Live. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys tackling complex problems, bringing people together and turning user insight into services that genuinely work. Responsibilities: Lead end-to-end Service Design across the DDaT life cycle Create service maps, user journeys, service blueprints and ecosystem models Work across Product, Engineering, Technology and Policy teams Facilitate engaging workshops, co-design sessions and decision-making forums Use research and evidence to shape strategy and influence senior stakeholders Coordinate Service Design activity across multiple teams and delivery phases Help develop Service Design capability and mentor junior designers Expereince required: Strong DDaT Service Design experience Proven Discovery - Alpha - Beta - Live delivery Excellent service mapping, journey mapping and blueprinting skills Experience influencing complex stakeholder groups Agile/SAFe experience Government, Defence or regulated-sector experience highly desirable If you are interested in this role and wish to apply, please submit your CV

Job title: AI/ML Engineer Location: Romsey, Hampshire/Hybrid (2 days per week on site) Salary: £65,000 plus 6% bonus Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through SC security clearance. Build AI that solves problems others can't within Defence, National Security & Intelligence Are you an AI/ML Engineer, Research Engineer or Applied Scientist who wants to work on genuinely complex, technically challenging problems? This is an opportunity to join a leading technology and engineering business working across National Security, Defence, Intelligence and Commercial markets, where you'll be doing far more than simply implementing existing models. You'll be researching, experimenting, developing and delivering novel AI/ML solutions that can make a real-world difference. What you'll be working on: You'll operate at the cutting edge of AI/ML, working across areas including: Computer Vision Reinforcement Learning Large Language Models (LLMs) Natural Language Processing (NLP) Deep Learning and advanced ML techniques Novel algorithm development and experimentation A key part of the role is taking academic research and state-of-the-art techniques and turning them into practical, usable solutions for complex customer challenges. This isn't just a research role You'll remain hands-on technically, whilst also taking a leading role within engineering teams. You'll have the opportunity to: Develop novel AI/ML solutions from the ground up Lead technically complex R&D projects Translate research papers and emerging techniques into working solutions Build production-quality software using Python Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers Work across multidisciplinary engineering teams Engage directly with customers on early-stage technical challenges Contribute to bids, proposals and solution design Help shape the direction of Roke's AI/ML capability What we're looking for We're interested in people who combine genuine AI/ML expertise with strong software engineering ability. You'll ideally have: Proven commercial experience in AI/ML R&D Strong Python development skills Experience in one or more of Computer Vision, NLP, LLMs or Reinforcement Learning A track record of developing novel AI/ML applications Experience adapting and applying academic research Strong software engineering fundamentals Experience working in Agile engineering environments If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please submit your CV.

DV Cleared Duty Manager - Command Centre Location: Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes Working Arrangement: Onsite Rate: £550-£650 per day, Inside IR35 Contract: 3 years Clearance: Developed Vetting (DV) - Essential The Role We are seeking an experienced DV Cleared Duty Manager to join a high-profile government Command Centre capability based at Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes . The Duty Manager will act as the senior operational authority and primary point of contact for the Command Centre during their shift , providing command and control across a broad range of operational capabilities, including Cyber/SOC, NOC, Infrastructure, Service Management and Physical Security . This is not a SOC Manager, Cyber Operations Manager or hands-on technical engineering position . The successful candidate will sit across multiple specialist teams, maintaining the overall operational picture, understanding business impact, setting priorities, coordinating responses and managing escalation. Key Responsibilities Act as the senior operational authority for the Command Centre during assigned shifts. Maintain a clear Common Operating Picture (COP) across cyber, network, infrastructure, service management and physical security operations. Coordinate the response to significant incidents, service disruptions, emerging risks and operational issues. Set operational priorities and ensure the appropriate specialist teams are engaged. Manage escalations across multiple technical and operational teams and third-party suppliers. Provide clear, concise and authoritative operational updates to senior leadership and stakeholders. Produce and deliver operational briefings covering significant incidents, service impacts, emerging risks and relevant overnight/weekend activity. Engage confidently with senior stakeholders and provide appropriate challenge where required. Bring in technical specialists when deeper technical expertise is required rather than attempting to resolve technical issues directly. Take operational ownership of the Command Centre's AV and command-wall capability , including SOC, NOC and other operational feeds. Help develop appropriate screen layouts, operational dashboards and the overall Common Operating Picture. Support the development of Command Centre runbooks, escalation procedures, reporting, operating processes and ways of working . Contribute to the transition towards a full 24/7 operational model . Support training and knowledge transfer for Command Centre personnel. Ensure effective handovers between shifts and maintain strong operational continuity. About You We are looking for someone who is comfortable operating at the intersection of technology, service management and operational command . You will ideally have experience in a 24/7 command centre, operations centre, major incident environment, government/defence environment or similarly critical operational setting . You should be able to demonstrate: Significant experience in operational command, duty management, major incident management or service operations . Experience coordinating multiple teams during complex or high-impact incidents. Strong understanding of SOC, NOC, infrastructure and IT service management environments . Experience operating in a 24/7 environment. Excellent stakeholder management skills, including the ability to brief senior leadership. Strong decision-making and prioritisation skills under pressure. Experience managing escalations and coordinating third-party suppliers. Ability to maintain an accurate operational picture across multiple concurrent issues. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Experience developing operational procedures, runbooks and escalation processes. A calm, authoritative and structured approach during significant incidents. Desirable Backgrounds Candidates may come from a variety of backgrounds, including: Duty Manager/Operations Duty Manager Command Centre/Command Centre Manager Major Incident Manager Service Operations Manager Operations Manager Watch Manager/Watch Officer Incident Commander Operations Controller Service Delivery Manager Operational Resilience Defence, government or critical national infrastructure 24/7 managed service or operations environments Experience within government, defence, national security, telecommunications, critical infrastructure or other highly regulated environments would be particularly valuable. Clearance Current Developed Vetting (DV) clearance is essential for this position. Candidates without current DV clearance will not be considered.