OpticoreIT Limited

Overview Opticore IT are currently searching for a Senior Project Manager to lead a critical Cloud & Data Platforms project. The successful candidate will lead cross functional teams to build and migrate cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and data platforms. This opportunity is hybrid and based in Central London 1 or 2 days a week. Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more. Responsibilities Lead the build and delivery of new AWS accounts which host our Enterprise Platform workload and manage the migration of key workloads into this new account. Define project scope, goals, and deliverables. Prepare and maintain required governance artifacts, including the project charter, detailed project plans, budgets, and the RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions) log. Develop project plans, establishing clear milestones, cutover criteria, and rollback. Coordinate the technical categorisation and separation of data, guaranteeing zero data loss. Manage the development and execution of comprehensive communication plans, and business change strategies to ensure a seamless experience for users. Communicate project status, risks, and issues effectively to executive stakeholders and manage relationships with third party implementation partners and internal technical resources. Facilitate collaboration between Cyber Security, Data Privacy, Legal, and Technology teams to align technical automated controls with core business governance rules. What you'll bring Experience in managing complex Cloud infrastructure migrations. In depth experience in Cloud to Cloud migrations across AWS and GCP, utilising CSP tooling to achieve a simple and cost effective outcome. Understanding of Agile software delivery approaches including CI/CD and tooling like Github. Change Management skills: Strong background in organisational change management and user training strategies. Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. Been part of a delivery team that has experience of Data Centre Hardware capabilities. Diversity At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so, please speak to our recruitment team.

Opticore IT are currently searching for a Senior Network Engineer who is operating at a CCNP level with strong general routing and switching knowledge and experience delivering a variety of projects to join an enterprise financial services client. This opportunity is hybrid, with a HQ in Central London and requires travel initially around the UK for projects. Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more. What you'll be doing Required to travel for onsite deployments when required. Working on multiple projects under the direction of the IT/Network Manager. Deployment engineer supporting the following: DC exit program required this year (London), SDWAN rollout using Palo Alto Prisma (UK), WiFi refresh (UK), ISE refresh (London). Working out of hours and some weekends for deployments. Have and possess technical capability and experience to undertake tasks to complete the remaining migration tasks. Create documentation for the remaining migration tasks. Change planning including discovery, pre work, implementation, testing, validation and regression activities within Change Management guideline. What you'll bring Solid knowledge and hands on experience with Cisco networking technologies. Strong CCNP level capability. Ability to configure, troubleshoot, and optimise enterprise grade routing and switching environments. Good working experience with Palo Alto and firewalls. Basic understanding of WiFi. Ability to work independently and collaboratively with peers. Happy with UK wide travel when required. What you'll gain Here at Opticore IT we believe in investing in our team as we understand that we are only as great as our engineers, so learning and development is a big deal for us. Whether you're going for a CCNP, CCIE, HashiCorp, Python, Cloud Technology or anything in between, Opticore IT has your back with all our training, labs, courses, and shared knowledge and the most important part it's all free! On top of that, we also give you: Competitive Salary & discretionary bonus. 23 days holiday + bank holidays. Private healthcare & dental. Pension. EV car, workplace nursery, tech, and cycle to work salary sacrifice schemes. Team & Company Social events. EMI share scheme. Diversity At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process, so please speak to our recruitment team.

Opticore IT is seeking a Senior Network Engineer with CCNP level expertise to join an enterprise financial services client. The role is hybrid with a London HQ and requires UK travel to client sites for deployments and project delivery. You will lead routing and switching tasks, work under the Network Manager on multiple projects, and contribute to migration and security initiatives while documenting changes and supporting out-of-hours work.

OpticoreIT Limited is looking for an Identity Technical SME/Infrastructure Architect to lead infrastructure projects in Central London. This role involves attending project planning sessions, providing architectural guidance, and supporting identity and access management transformations. Candidates should have proven experience with Microsoft Entra ID implementations and complex enterprise infrastructures. OpticoreIT is committed to diversity and inclusivity within the workplace.

Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more. Opticore IT are currently searching for a Identity Technical SME/Infrastructure Architect with a history of delivering infrastructure projects, on time and under budget, to come and join the team. You'll join our excellent team on an initial 6 month contract with scope to extend, based in Central London. You'll be acting as an experienced Identity Technical SME / Infrastructure Architect to support a large scale identity and access management transformation programme. What you'll be doing: Attend project planning sessions, technical workshops and team governance meetings. Provide technical input and architectural guidance during programme and project discussions. Represent the End User Computing (EUC) / Identity function within wider project and stakeholder meetings. Communicate programme decisions, risks, status updates and technical guidance back to the wider Identity/EUC teams. Support the RFP (Request for Proposal) process, including: Technical requirements definition Supplier engagement Proposal evaluation and scoring Technical pack creation Review and assess existing technical processes and operational procedures to determine suitability, accuracy, completeness and required improvements. Work collaboratively with third party suppliers and enterprise architects to define and deliver integration points across identity platforms and services. Provide technical leadership and support for: Technical investigations Fact finding activities Design decisions Team technical queries and guidance What you'll bring: Microsoft Active Directory (AD) Microsoft Entra ID Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) Proven experience delivering or leading Microsoft Entra ID implementations or large scale identity transformation programmes. Strong understanding of enterprise identity and authentication architectures. Experience working within complex enterprise infrastructure environments. Experience engaging with suppliers, managed service providers, and architecture teams. Strong migration planning and technical delivery experience. Experience supporting service transition and operational readiness activities. Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholders. Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and technical leadership capabilities. Diversity: At OpticoreIT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so, please speak to our recruitment team.

We are currently seeking a Network Security Engineer, to join our Network Practice; within one of our Financial Services clients working in an elite Operations Team. This is an initial 6 month contract opportunity Inside IR35 with the prospect of extension. You will be required to be on site 3 days a week, based in Central London. Opticore IT is a rapidly expanding specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within challenging and exciting environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more. This is an exciting opportunity to join an elite Operations team focusing on BAU operational support with a strong emphasis on network security technologies, particularly firewalls. What you'll be doing: Working with multiple internal customers to deliver projects. Delivering on large and interesting projects spread across firewalls, proxy, web security & load balancers. Manage and resolve tickets from the ITSM system, ensuring timely updates and completion in line with SLAs. Implement and maintain firewall rules across Fortigate, Check Point, and Palo Alto firewalls. Perform firewall software upgrades, configuration backups, and post-upgrade validation. Work as part of the Network Operations Team to deliver BAU support and operational excellence, 1 week in 4 working on tier 3 tickets. Support network security policy enforcement and ensure compliance with security standards. Collaborate with other teams to troubleshoot connectivity or access issues related to firewall configurations or security controls. Maintain accurate configuration and change documentation for all managed devices. What you'll bring: Strong hands on experience with enterprise firewalls - particularly Fortigate, Check Point, and Palo Alto. Experience with L7 traffic inspection. Experience with Web Proxies (any vendor). Good understanding of network security principles and firewall rule management. Experience working within an ITSM ticketing environment, handling incidents and service requests through to resolution. Familiarity with TACACS and Cisco ISE for authentication and access control. Good Routing & Switching knowledge (Layer 2/3 fundamentals, VLANs, routing protocols, etc.). Diversity: At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, we want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team. At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

A leading IT consultancy is seeking a Network Security Engineer for a contract position in Central London. The role involves BAU operational support with a focus on network security technologies, particularly firewalls. Responsibilities include managing ITSM tickets, implementing firewall rules, and collaborating with teams. Candidates should have hands-on experience with Fortigate, Check Point, and Palo Alto firewalls. The role requires being onsite 3 days a week, offering an exciting opportunity to work in a diverse and inclusive environment.