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Application Support Specialist - C# / SQL - Tier 1 Bank - 6 months - Hybrid Role - Application Support Specialist Rate - 416 per day Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office Tech Stack T/SQL C# .NET Oracle Role Application support responsibilities for development teams in production environments to cover all aspects such as communication with Data Centre/Help Desk staff, analysing/finding failure to reach a root cause, resolving issues by liaising with development teams, liaising with internal and external supports teams and providing explanations to our Business Clients. Tasks Troubleshooting Applications in the event of failure and implementing solutions (Code fix, SQL scripting etc), including checking Windows Servers, Databases (SQL Server or Oracle) and any other relevant environments where the Application is running. In some cases, this will involve liaising with other application support team staff across London and New York. Liaising with the relevant support teams (such as Technical Support, Network, Infrastructure, DBA) when users experience Application issues. Communicating with primary support Helpdesk staff in London and New York to give the team necessary advice and suggestions. Working with the team members and the wider development team to establish best practices to support Applications. Working with the wider Development team and other support teams to analyse and establish appropriate Application configuration to meet Business requirements. Contributing and regularly joining technical and design workshops within the team to suggest ideas to achieve stable Application operations. Critically and actively contributing to define Application support standards to ensure their applications are fully capable of running safely in production. Participating in exercises to both plan and estimate work volumes for Application supports. Working with the application release team in the rollout of applications in production that minimize Application failures after release. Adding consideration of performance, scalability and security matters across design and implementation phases. Follow established incident and problem management processes, ensuring accurate ticket updates and clear communication with stakeholders and with any relevant people. Participating in definitions and configuration of Application environments in Disaster Recovery sites. Supporting the continuous improvement and updating Application support methodology for all members in support team, as well as the wider Application support departments. Out of office hours support required as part of production support team GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Are you a motivated Salesforce Technical Architect who is passionate about Cloud and application architecture? Do you have expert knowledge of Salesforce products and are you looking to get involved at the onset of a new platform and have the chance to really make an impact? Note: This role is based out in Livingston, Leeds OR London (2days/week in office) What you'll do: Partner with product owners and solutions architecture to deliver tailored solutions across the Salesforce Ecosystem to support and realise business requirements. (Sales, Service, Communications, Experience and Marketing Clouds) Drive adoption of best practices and support a community of Salesforce Technical Designers across a wide range of initiatives to support business growth, adoption and exploitation of the Salesforce platform. Employ robust Engineering principles and practices across the design, development and delivery of changes to the Salesforce platform, working across a number of Communities of Practice to foster a culture of continuous improvement, working to define and implement best practices across the Salesforce ecosystem. Perform technical analysis, design and support implementation of changes to Salesforce platform following best practices, leveraging OOTB capabilities and customisation when necessary. Contribute to improvement of DevOps processes, Ways of Working and tools including scrum, user support, platform security, quality, version control and CI/CD. Work with domain and cross-functional agile teams to support and enhance features in CPQ, EPC, CLM and OM to support Salesforce application offerings in iterative release cycles. Manage and train advise a team of Salesforce developers and architects to build solutions using Visualforce, Lightning, APEX, APIs, and Comms Cloud components - OmniScripts, Data Raptors, Omnistudio Cards, Omnistudio Product Designer, Omnistudio Pricing Designer and Integration Procedures. What you'll bring: Extensive and in-depth experience of the Salesforce Digital Commerce platform and business processes including Comms Cloud (Vlocity, CPQ, EPC, OM, CLM), Sales, Service, Experience and Marketing Clouds, ideally in a Communications environment. Experience in design and development across the Salesforce platform including OmniScripts, Data Raptors, Omnistudio (Cards, Product Designer, Pricing Designer), Digital Commerce (including Cart based APIs), Lightning Web Component Framework, Apex, Triggers, SOQL/SOSL, Flows, Integration Procedures, Orchestration Plans and Event Driven integrations with external systems using SOAP, REST, BULK, Platform events and Streaming APIs. Experience of Salesforce core and Comms Cloud performance considerations and knowledge/techniques to avoid performance degradation. Good knowledge of industry CPQ offerings such as Assetization, Product lifecycle management, Digital Commerce/Cart based APIs and external APIs. Experience in building complex, scalable and high-performance software systems, including object modelling and OO design patterns that have been successfully delivered to customers. Knowledge of TOGAF principals would be advantageous. Experience with Version Control Systems and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery CI/CD workflows (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins) using Vlocity Build tool (CLI) or Vlocity IDX tool and SFDX. Knowledge of using SonarQube or other static code analysis tools and ELK or Splunk for log analysis would also be beneficial for this role. GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

OT Architect - OutsideIR35 Contract: 6 Months IR35: OUTSIDE IR35 Location: REMOTE - UK On-site: 1 day per month (North Yorkshire) Industry: Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences Engagement: Contract Rate: 450pd+ Outside The Opportunity We are working with a pharmaceutical manufacturing organisation undergoing a significant transformation across its IT, OT, automation and digital manufacturing environment. They are looking for an experienced OT Architect to provide architectural leadership across a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment, helping to define how IT, OT, automation, manufacturing systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity and enterprise platforms come together. This is a genuine Outside IR35 contract , offering predominantly remote working with only 1 day per month on-site . The successful candidate will operate at an architectural level, working across both strategic and technical domains to define target-state architecture, integration patterns, technology standards, roadmaps and governance across the manufacturing environment. Key Responsibilities Define and maintain the OT and site architecture vision, principles, standards, reference architectures and technology roadmaps . Provide architectural leadership across pharmaceutical manufacturing, including OT, automation, MES, SCADA, DCS, PLCs, historians, BMS, EMS, laboratory systems and enterprise platforms . Define and govern IT/OT convergence and integration architectures across manufacturing and corporate environments. Develop target-state architectures and practical transition roadmaps that consider production requirements, regulatory obligations, cybersecurity, resilience and lifecycle management. Work across platforms including MES, LIMS, QMS, WMS, ERP, EDMS, serialisation, CMMS, electronic batch records and shop-floor systems . Define secure and resilient architectures covering industrial networks, segmentation, DMZs, remote access, identity, infrastructure, servers, endpoints, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery . Assess existing OT environments to identify technical debt, obsolescence, cyber risk, unsupported technologies, architectural weaknesses, unmanaged interfaces and resilience gaps . Develop architecture patterns for validated and regulated manufacturing systems, including audit trails, electronic signatures, role-based access, segregation of duties, data integrity, master data, time synchronisation and lifecycle controls . Ensure architectural decisions support GMP, GxP, data integrity, patient safety, product quality and inspection readiness . Partner with Engineering, Automation, Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Data, Applications and senior site stakeholders. Support CSV/CSA, validation, risk assessments, design reviews, change control and regulated technology implementation . Lead architecture workshops, design authorities, technical reviews and supplier design assessments. Maintain architecture documentation including system landscapes, capability maps, data flows, integration diagrams, network/segmentation views, roadmaps and architecture decision records . Provide architectural input into technology investment cases, assessing business value, production impact, compliance, risk, lifecycle, scalability, supportability and total cost of ownership . Support digital manufacturing initiatives involving cloud, edge computing, advanced analytics, AI, automation and industrial data platforms , where appropriate for a validated environment. Help establish consistent architecture practices across OT, engineering, automation and technology delivery teams. Essential Experience We are looking for a proven OT / Industrial / Manufacturing Architect with experience operating in complex, highly regulated environments. You should have: Strong experience designing OT / IT architectures within pharmaceutical, life sciences, chemical, food & beverage or similarly regulated manufacturing environments . Strong understanding of GxP / GMP regulated environments and the implications these have on technology architecture. Experience with IT/OT convergence and industrial control environments . Strong understanding of ISA-95 and/or Purdue-style architectures . Practical knowledge of industrial environments including PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, historians, MES and industrial networks . Experience with OT network architecture, segmentation, industrial DMZs and secure remote access . Strong understanding of integration technologies including OPC UA, APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture, ETL/ELT and historian integrations . Experience working with validated systems and understanding of Computerised System Validation (CSV) / Computer Software Assurance (CSA) . Strong knowledge of EU GMP Annex 11, 21 CFR Part 11, GAMP 5 and ALCOA+ / data integrity principles . Understanding of OT cybersecurity principles and frameworks, ideally including IEC 62443, NIST and/or ISO 27001 . Ability to produce and communicate target-state architectures, reference architectures, roadmaps and architectural decision records . Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with engineering, automation, manufacturing, quality, cybersecurity and corporate IT . Experience operating in live manufacturing environments where changes must be carefully managed around production schedules, shutdowns, validation windows and batch campaigns . Desirable TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise / Solution Architecture certification. ISA-95 / ISA-88 experience. IEC 62443 certification or equivalent OT cybersecurity experience. Experience with pharmaceutical MES / electronic batch record environments. Experience with LIMS, QMS, WMS, serialisation or laboratory systems . Experience with cloud and edge architectures within regulated manufacturing. Experience supporting major OT transformation, digital manufacturing or IT/OT convergence programmes . Previous experience working with global pharmaceutical manufacturing organisations. Apply If you are an experienced OT Architect, Industrial Architect, Manufacturing Architect or IT/OT Architect with a background in pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing, we'd be keen to hear from you. Please apply with your latest CV and we will be in touch to discuss the programme, rate and engagement in more detail. GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Digital Marketing Manager We're looking for an experienced Digital Marketing Manager to join a leading global consumer brand, supporting markets across North Europe. This is a varied role combining strategic digital consultancy with hands-on delivery across web, CRM, email marketing, analytics, and direct-to-consumer initiatives. Working closely with brand, commercial, IT, and agency partners, you'll drive digital excellence through the delivery of impactful campaigns, optimisation of customer journeys, website performance improvements, and data-led decision making. Key Responsibilities Partner with brand teams to plan and deliver digital marketing campaigns across web, CRM, email, and digital channels. Manage and optimise digital platforms including Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and related commerce technologies. Support CRM strategy, audience segmentation, customer journeys, and email marketing execution through Salesforce Marketing Cloud . Analyse campaign and website performance using Google Analytics , providing actionable insights and recommendations. Support direct-to-consumer and digital commerce initiatives focused on acquisition, conversion, retention, and customer experience. Manage agency relationships, campaign delivery, budgets, and project timelines. Drive digital best practice adoption and capability building across regional teams. About You Proven experience in digital marketing, CRM, digital experience, or eCommerce environments. Strong knowledge of AEM, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Google Analytics , and website marketing platforms. Experience delivering customer journey, personalisation, and digital campaign initiatives. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across multiple teams and markets. Commercially minded, highly organised, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience within FMCG, consumer goods, retail, or other large matrix organisations is advantageous. This is an excellent opportunity for a digitally focused marketing professional who enjoys combining strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, and hands-on execution to deliver measurable business results. GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Contract - Microsoft 365 Subject Matter Expert Location: London - Onsite Type: Contract - 6 month duration Salary / Day Rate: Competitive The Opportunity We're partnering with a highly respected organisation looking to strengthen its internal Microsoft capability with the appointment of an experienced Microsoft 365 & Azure Subject Matter Expert. This is a hands-on technical role for someone who lives and breathes the Microsoft stack. You'll take ownership of core Microsoft services, security policies, governance controls and modern workplace technologies whilst acting as a trusted adviser to both technical and business stakeholders. You'll be responsible for driving best practice across Microsoft 365, Azure and associated security technologies, ensuring the environment remains secure, compliant and optimised for end users. Key Responsibilities Act as the technical SME for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure. Manage and optimise Microsoft 365 services and associated platforms. Administer and support SharePoint, Teams, Intune, Entra ID and Microsoft Defender. Design, implement and maintain Microsoft security policies and governance controls. Configure and manage Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions using Microsoft Purview. Manage Microsoft Exchange Online and email security policies. Support and enhance Microsoft Copilot Chat and Copilot Premium capabilities. Conduct reviews of Microsoft security configurations and recommend improvements. Implement and support BYOD and secure remote access solutions. Work closely with stakeholders to improve user experience, security posture and operational efficiency. Provide technical leadership on Microsoft roadmap initiatives and new technology adoption. Skills & Experience Required Extensive experience across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Strong Azure administration and management expertise. Hands-on experience with SharePoint, Teams, Intune, Entra ID and Microsoft Defender. Experience implementing and managing Microsoft Purview and DLP controls. Strong understanding of Microsoft email security, compliance and policy management. Experience deploying and managing Microsoft Copilot solutions. Knowledge of Microsoft security standards, governance frameworks and best practice. Experience supporting hybrid working, BYOD and remote access environments. Strong troubleshooting, stakeholder engagement and communication skills. Ability to operate as the recognised technical authority within a Microsoft environment. Desirable Experience Microsoft Fabric. Power BI. Power Automate. Power Apps. Relevant Microsoft certifications across Azure, Security or Modern Workplace technologies. GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Application Support Specialist - C# / SQL - Tier 1 Bank - 6 months - Hybrid Role - Application Support Specialist Rate - 416 per day Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office Tech Stack T/SQL C# .NET Oracle Role Application support responsibilities for development teams in production environments to cover all aspects such as communication with Data Centre/Help Desk staff, analysing/finding failure to reach a root cause, resolving issues by liaising with development teams, liaising with internal and external supports teams and providing explanations to our Business Clients. Tasks Troubleshooting Applications in the event of failure and implementing solutions (Code fix, SQL scripting etc), including checking Windows Servers, Databases (SQL Server or Oracle) and any other relevant environments where the Application is running. In some cases, this will involve liaising with other application support team staff across London and New York. Liaising with the relevant support teams (such as Technical Support, Network, Infrastructure, DBA) when users experience Application issues. Communicating with primary support Helpdesk staff in London and New York to give the team necessary advice and suggestions. Working with the team members and the wider development team to establish best practices to support Applications. Working with the wider Development team and other support teams to analyse and establish appropriate Application configuration to meet Business requirements. Contributing and regularly joining technical and design workshops within the team to suggest ideas to achieve stable Application operations. Critically and actively contributing to define Application support standards to ensure their applications are fully capable of running safely in production. Participating in exercises to both plan and estimate work volumes for Application supports. Working with the application release team in the rollout of applications in production that minimize Application failures after release. Adding consideration of performance, scalability and security matters across design and implementation phases. Follow established incident and problem management processes, ensuring accurate ticket updates and clear communication with stakeholders and with any relevant people. Participating in definitions and configuration of Application environments in Disaster Recovery sites. Supporting the continuous improvement and updating Application support methodology for all members in support team, as well as the wider Application support departments. Out of office hours support required as part of production support team GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

AI Copilot Developer - Power Apps - Power platform - Banking - Hybrid Role - AI Copilot Developer Rate - 490 per day (Inside IR35) Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office Tech Stack Copilot Powerapps Power platform Javascript Role Development and support of low code Business applications using Power platform, M365, C#, JavaScript. You will collaborate closely with business analysts, business users and stakeholders to understand requirements, design innovative solutions, and bring them to life through development, testing, and deployment. Tasks Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-powered solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, and Microsoft 365 technologies. Build and maintain intelligent agents, conversational AI experiences, and automated business processes. Integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems, including Dataverse, SharePoint, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, SQL, and other business applications. Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements, identify AI opportunities, and deliver innovative solutions that improve efficiency and user experience. Apply best practices for security, governance, compliance, and Responsible AI to ensure enterprise-grade solutions. Support solution architecture, documentation, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance activities. Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and low-code technologies to enhance business processes and decision-making. Provide technical support, troubleshooting, and knowledge sharing across AI, Copilot, and Power Platform initiatives GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Tier 1 Investment bank based in Canary Wharf. Role - C# Developer - Desktop Applications Duration - 6 months with likely extension Rate - 416 p/d (inside IR35) Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf Tech Stack C# WPF Winforms Javascript SQL Oracle Tasks Tasks range from understanding business requirements, designing application structures, business data analysis, programming WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications in Visual C#.NET on both Oracle and SQL Server database, testing with users, implementation through Development, Quality Assurance (QA), Production and Disaster Recovery environments. Supporting users and writing operation documents including User Helps (manuals) will also be required. As well as application development, this role will also include all aspects of system constructions and support for existing programmes which are written as WinForms (C#.NET) applications. Also, applications written in other languages like MS VBA for Excel and Access, MS VB and MS Excel Macros will also be required. Additional Tasks Defining Database objects required in systems to connect with SQL and Oracle Database Administrators in both London and New York. Providing script for database inquiry languages, i.e., T-SQL (SQL Server) and PL/SQL (Oracle) to perform data analysis based on requirements from business parties. Setting up a system distribution method to Citrix and application servers for both Web and Window applications. Troubleshooting systems in an event of failure and implementing necessary solutions by checking Windows Operating System, Internet Information Server and any other relevant environments where the applications are running. In some case this role will act to liaise with other application support team staff. Following the existing team programming policy to keep a common development style to be shared in team members. Updating versions of MS .Net Framework and MS Visual .NET platform to include any necessary changes of existing systems running in Production. Liaising with the relevant support teams such as other Development sections, Technical Support, Network and Infrastructure and DBA where Business users experience system problems. Assessing the impact of data processing loads on SQL and Oracle database and, when appropriate, finding alternative approaches. Rolling out changes with a coordination of Release manager. It is important to maintain the change history of applications GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Role Title: Senior Site Reliability Engineer Location: Knutsford or Glasgow - Hybrid (2 days per week onsite) Role Category: Permanent Overview: We're recruiting for an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer to drive reliability, scalability and performance across critical banking systems. This role combines hands-on SRE engineering with technical leadership, with a strong focus on observability, automation, continuous improvement and optimisation. Responsibilities: Build and maintain reliable, scalable and secure infrastructure platforms and solutions. Apply SRE and software engineering practices to improve reliability, availability and performance. Monitor systems, manage incidents and lead complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis. Develop automation using programming and scripting to reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency. Develop and improve observability, monitoring, instrumentation and performance capabilities. Use data and reliability metrics to drive continuous improvement and optimisation. Lead technical discussions, blameless retrospectives and problem-solving activities. Work with architects, engineers and stakeholders to define requirements and deliver effective solutions. Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance while helping to drive SRE maturity across teams. Required Skills: 5+ years' experience in SRE, Production Engineering, Platform Engineering or a related discipline. Strong practical experience with SRE principles and production environments. Strong programming/scripting skills, such as Python, Go, Java, C# or Bash. Proven experience in incident management, troubleshooting and root cause analysis. Strong observability and monitoring experience. Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP. Good understanding of operating systems, networking, cloud infrastructure and automation. Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code. Strong communication and technical leadership skills. Desirable Skills: SLOs, SLIs, SLAs and error budgets. Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic/ELK or OpenTelemetry. Kubernetes, containers and distributed systems. Performance and resilience engineering. Experience driving SRE maturity across engineering teams. Financial services or banking experience. This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior SRE to combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership and help improve reliability, observability and performance across critical banking systems. GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.