Templeton and Partners

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid 3 days per week at the office) Contract: inside Ir35, 6 months Overview We are seeking an experienced IT Risk & Control Specialist to join a major technology function supporting enterprise-wide business services and workplace technologies. This is an excellent opportunity for a technology risk professional with strong experience in IT controls, cyber risk, vulnerability management, and governance to work within a complex, regulated environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in strengthening risk management practices, driving control improvements, and ensuring technology services remain secure, compliant, and resilient. Key Responsibilities Build strong relationships with technology teams, architects, developers, and service owners to understand end-to-end technology services and identify control gaps. Support the implementation and enhancement of IT risk and control frameworks across the technology estate. Partner with Cyber Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure security best practices are Embedded within technology operations. Analyse vulnerability and patch management data to identify risks and drive remediation activities. Design and produce meaningful risk, control, and vulnerability reporting for technical and senior business stakeholders. Support Identity and Access Management (IAM), Software Lifecycle Management, Evergreening, and Data Movement control activities. Maintain process documentation, control evidence, and governance reporting. Facilitate risk assessments and ensure remediation actions are tracked through to completion. Drive continuous improvement initiatives across risk management processes, tools, and controls. Present findings, recommendations, and progress updates to governance forums and senior management. Required Skills & Experience Strong experience in IT Risk Management, IT Controls, or Technology Governance. Solid understanding of risk management frameworks and control environments. Experience managing or analysing vulnerability management and patch remediation activities. Knowledge of information security principles including network, host, and application security. Ability to assess threats, risks, vulnerabilities, and control effectiveness. Experience working within large-scale, complex technology environments. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Strong analytical and reporting capabilities. Mandatory Skills Risk Management (IT Risk/Operational Risk) BMC Control-M Preferred Skills Vulnerability Management Cyber Security Risk Identity & Access Management (IAM/IDAM) Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Power BI Jira Confluence Cyberport Cyberflows Ideal Background Technology Risk Analyst IT Controls Analyst Technology Governance Specialist Cyber Risk Specialist IT Compliance & Controls Consultant Information Security Risk Analyst IT Risk Manager If you're an experienced technology risk professional looking to contribute to a highly regulated and fast-paced environment, we'd like to hear from you.

Principal AI Data Engineer (GenAI/Agentic AI) - Contract Opportunity Principal AI Data Engineer Hybrid Working Initial 6-Month Contract (Inside IR35) Long-Term Programme with expected extensions over a multi-year transformation initiative We are seeking an experienced Principal AI Data Engineer to join a large-scale AI and data transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver cutting-edge GenAI, Agentic AI and Data Engineering solutions , taking concepts from prototype through to enterprise-scale production deployment. You'll play a key role in designing, building and scaling AI-powered solutions that deliver real business value, while collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across a complex global environment. The Role As a Principal AI Data Engineer, you will: Develop and evaluate GenAI, Agentic AI and AI-powered prototypes using modern AI platforms and frameworks. Design, build and optimise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions, including embedding strategies, prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks. Build and deploy AI agents using technologies such as LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen and similar frameworks . Deliver production-grade AI applications using Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Databricks Mosaic AI, MLflow, Agent Bricks and Docker . Create scalable and reusable solutions using Python and modern software engineering practices. Build and manage AI workflows on Databricks , leveraging Delta Lake, DLT, Unity Catalog and MLflow. Develop robust evaluation, benchmarking and testing frameworks for GenAI systems. Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets, ensuring reproducibility and high engineering standards. Contribute to architecture, technical strategy and long-term platform design. Partner closely with stakeholders, translating complex AI concepts into clear business outcomes. Lead technical direction, influence delivery roadmaps and help shape future AI capabilities. Key Skills & Experience 8-12+ years' experience delivering Data Science, AI or Advanced Analytics projects Strong experience with: Databricks (DLT, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog) Azure Cloud Python, SQL and/or Scala Spark Structured Streaming and Auto Loader Data modelling, ETL/ELT and data architecture ADF and Qlik Replicate CI/CD, GitHub workflows and DevOps best practices Deep understanding of: Large Language Models including GPT, Llama, Claude and Mistral GenAI architecture and implementation RAG design patterns and evaluation techniques Agentic AI frameworks and orchestration Hands-on experience with: Microsoft Copilot Azure AI Foundry Databricks Mosaic AI MLflow Agent Bricks Genie Proven ability to: Take AI solutions from proof-of-concept to production Operate in Agile environments Influence senior stakeholders Lead technical workstreams and help define future delivery backlogs What's on Offer? Industry-leading AI and GenAI programme Opportunity to work on production-scale Agentic AI initiatives Long-term contract potential within a multi-year programme Hybrid working model High-profile role with significant technical influence If you're passionate about building enterprise AI solutions and want to be at the forefront of GenAI and Agentic AI delivery, we'd love to hear from you.