Syntax Consultancy Ltd

Agile Delivery Manager (SC Cleared) London (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract £500/day (Inside IR35) Agile Delivery Manager needed with active SC Security Clearance to work on an IT Transformation programmes. 6 Month Contract based in London (Hybrid). Paying up to £500/day (Inside IR35). Start ASAP in February 2026. Hybrid Working 2-3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2-3 days/week working on-site in the London office. A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government projects. Key experience + tasks will include: Agile Delivery Manager ideally with experience of delivering IT Transformation programmes. Support decision-making and contribute to shaping delivery approaches. Strong understanding of complex IT system and experience working on IT Transformation programmes, ideally Azure Procurement knowledge is essential, especially within large, regulated environments Ability to understand and work with regulatory frameworks Strong background working in Public Sector and ideally Banking / Financial Services Experience engaging with programme teams to help shape and guide delivery decision Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage at Board / Senior Management level, including project board meetings, to help guide business decisions. Experience of Agile delivery methodologies, Jira tools, and SAFe Agile practices -eg- Quarterly PI Planning. Knowledge of software tech + software development methods including: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD + Lean Development. SC Security Clearance active essential.

BI Data Analyst Croydon (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract £(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35) BI Data Analyst needed with both active SC Clearance and NPPV3 Security Clearance. 6 Month Contract based in Croydon (Hybrid). Paying up to £(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35). Start ASAP in Feb/March 2026. Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in the Croydon office, plus occasional travel to the Birmingham office. A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government / Public Sector projects. Key experience + tasks will include: BI Data Analyst needed to transform raw data into meaningful insights, create performance dashboards + support strategic decision-making. In-depth experience of Power BI, Tableau + ETL tools for reporting dashboards + data visualisation. Strong SQL + advanced MS Excel skills for data extraction, analysis + modelling. Experience of AWS Cost Management tools including: Cost Explorer, Budgets, CUR, tagging strategies. Analysing AWS cloud spend, producing AWS Cloud cost reporting, forecasting, usage analysis, cost insights + expenditure tracking. Able to analyse + interpret complex datasets and translate them into meaningful insights and reports. Creating programme-level dashboards, reports + performance packs for key stakeholders and governance boards. Analysing delivery progress, risks, dependencies + KPI metrics to support sound decision-making. Producing programme level reporting packs, KPI dashboards + performance summaries. Providing 'deep dive' analysis on delivery performance, operational trends + financial impacts. Understanding of AWS Cloud architecture concepts including: EC2, Lambda, VPC, S3, RDS, CloudWatch. Government / Public Sector / (url removed) transformation project experience preferred, especially Cloud migration.

Delivery Manager (SC + NPPV3 Cleared) Birmingham (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract £500/day (Outside IR35) Delivery Manager needed with both active SC Clearance and NPPV3 Security Clearance. 6 Month Contract based in Birmingham (Hybrid). Paying up to £500/day (Outside IR35). Start ASAP in Feb/March 2026. Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in the Birmingham office, plus occasional travel to the London office. A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government / Public Sector projects. Key experience + tasks will include: Technical Delivery Manager ideally with experience of delivering AWS Cloud environments ( I.e EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS.) Delivery of IT Digital or Technology projects using both Agile methodologies on Government projects. Delivery of Software or Infrastructure projects on time and within budget. Lead teams including Developers, Architects, Engineers, service desk engineers and operations teams. Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management. Experience managing incident, problem, change management processes and hands-on delivery experience. Lead end to end delivery of complex Software or Application projects, often involving multiple workstreams Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage end users. Experience of Agile delivery methodologies,. Need active SC - Security Clearance and NPPV3 essential

SecOps Engineer Croydon (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract £500/day (Outside IR35) SecOps Engineer needed with both active SC Clearance and NPPV3 Security Clearance. 6 Month Contract based in Croydon (Hybrid). Paying up to £500/day (Outside IR35). Start ASAP in Feb/March 2026. Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in the Croydon office, plus occasional travel to the Birmingham office. A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government / Public Sector projects. Key experience + tasks will include: SecOps Engineer needed to perform a key role in supporting technically complex + secure Government Cloud services programmes. SecOps Engineer with in-depth experience of Security Operations, Security Consultant, or Information Security related roles. Experience of supporting secure government Cloud migration / transformation programmes. Ensuring security procedures, controls + operational practices are compliant with Government Security Classifications framework and security policies. Maintaining Security Operating Procedures (SysOps), and Information Security management policies. Continuous improvement of security processes, supporting secure delivery across Cloud services + maintaining a strong security culture. Investigating security incidents and breaches, performing vulnerability scans for releases, vulnerability risk assessments + remediation planning. Conducting threat modelling to identify risks and inform secure design decisions. Providing assurance over patching operations, release notes + change management activities. Assessing external threat intelligence feeds + providing recommendations to mitigate risks. Conducting security incident investigations, accurate reporting + taking follow-up actions. Creating ITHC (IT Health Check) Remediation Action Plans, tracking progress, ITHC change management + delivery Kanban board tickets. Supporting certificate management ceremonies + cryptographic control processes. Managing digital access requests + supporting Joiner/Mover/Leaver processes to maintain secure access controls. Security Certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer), or similar. Experience of Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and Government / (url removed) programmes preferred.

Java Developer Birmingham (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract £(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35) Java Developer needed with both active SC Clearance and NPPV3 Security Clearance. 6 Month Contract based in Birmingham (Hybrid). Paying up to £(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35). Start ASAP in Feb/March 2026. Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in the Birmingham office. Occasional travel to the Croydon office, typically once every 1-2 months. A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government / Public Sector projects. Key experience + tasks will include: Java Developer needed to work on developing solutions for a large-scale Government / Public Sector programme. Government / Public Sector / (url removed) sector experience strongly preferred. Strong hands-on Java development expertise including: Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Microservices, REST, SOAP Web Services, JPA (Hibernate). Experience of developing Java solutions for large-scale integration projects including: microservices, web services, messaging + distributed systems. Connecting processes across multiple systems using message brokers like ActiveMQ. Robust experience of Web Services, SOAP, RESTful), Containerization (Docker), and testing frameworks (Mockito, JUnit, Powermock, DBUnit, JMock, TestContainers). Supporting live systems + diagnose / resolving incidents. Continuous Integration methodologies such as: Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, Git + Stash Repository. AWS Cloud Services (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, Cloudwatch, KMS). Any experience of Linux, Atlassian products, open-source DBs, PostgreSQL, or Grafana monitoring would be helpful. Technical Environment: Quartz, SQL PostgreSQL databases, Aurora, Messaging Services (ActiveMQ), Maven, Jenkins, Junit, AWS Cloud hosting, Bootstrap, Docker, TDD + Agile/Scrum methods. Advantageous Skills: Angular, Node JS, Jaspersoft, Spring Cloud, Spring Batch, Spring Integration, SQL queries, Postgres/Aurora DB config, Activiti BPMN, Postfix, AWS/Azure Devops, CI/CD tools.

Agile Delivery Manager (SC Cleared) London (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract £500/day (Inside IR35) Agile Delivery Manager needed with active SC Security Clearance to work on an Azure / Power Platform implementation project. 6 Month Contract based in London (Hybrid). Paying up to £500/day (Inside IR35). Start ASAP in February 2026. Hybrid Working - 2-3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2-3 days/week working on-site in the London office. Occasional travel to the Leeds office, typically once every 1-2 months. A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government projects. Key experience + tasks will include: Agile Delivery Manager ideally with experience of delivering Azure Cloud and/or Power Platform projects. Delivery of IT related projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage at Board / Senior Management level, including project board meetings, to help guide business decisions. Experience of Agile delivery methodologies, Jira tools, and SAFe Agile practices -eg- Quarterly PI Planning. Knowledge of software tech + software development methods including: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD + Lean Development. Banking / Financial Services sector experience is an advantage. SC Security Clearance strongly preferred.

Java Developer Leeds (Hybrid) Permanent £70,000 £75,000 (DOE) Java Developer needed for a permanent career opportunity based in Leeds (Hybrid). Start ideally Feb/March 2026. Hybrid Working 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the Leeds office. A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government digital modernisation projects. Key skills, experience + duties to include: Java Developer needed with strong front/back-end development skills + experience of AWS Cloud environments. Designing, developing + implementation robust + secure Java software solutions using Core Java and Spring Boot. AWS Cloud Services including: S3, Lambda, Step Functions, Athena, Glue, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, CloudFormation, API Gateway, ECS, CloudWatch. Advantageous skills: understanding of DevOps/DevSecOps concepts, Docker, Containerisation + AWS Associate Developer accreditation. Technical Environment: Core Java, Spring Boot, AWS Cloud Services, Kotlin, AngularJS, Jenkins, NodeJS, SQL/NoSQL databases, DynamoDB, GitHub, Backend, Frontend, CI/CD, DevOps, (url removed). Benefits: Salary to £70k-75k (DOE) + Hybrid + 10% Bonus + Pension + 22 days holiday + BHs (rising to 25 days) + Death in Service + Health Care Plan + More.

Network Engineer - Data Centres Cisco SC Cleared Only £(Apply online only)/ Day (Outside IR35) 6 Months Contract Reading / Southern locations Network Engineer with active SC only (Security Cleared used last 12 months) is required for a 6-month contract based in Reading/ Bath (Hybrid) working Data Centres to configure Routers and Switches, Cisco routers and switches (e.g., 3850s, Nexus 9k, ISRs, ASRs) 6 Month Contract based in Southern locations Reading, Bath , West Midlands. Paying £(Apply online only)/day per day (Outside IR35). Start ASAP ideally Feb 2026. Hybrid Working - 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 2/3 days/week working on-site from the office in Southern locations Reading, Bath, West Midlands when required. Flexibility is needed as you will be required to provide out of hours standby support (min. 1 in 6 ROTA basis), with a requirement to travel to a location if a physical intervention is required during incident management. Key skills, experience + tasks will include: Hands-on expertise with Cisco routers and switches (e.g., 3850s, Nexus 9k, ISRs, ASRs), Cisco related catalyst devices. Configure routers and switches in line with design documents (IP data perspective) Onboard devices onto the network management platform Rack and stack relevant devices in Data Centres Attend internal meetings and work closely with project managers to deliver the implementation plan Strong knowledge of Cisco LAN and Wireless LAN technologies, including switching and IP addressing best practice Experience configuring networks in a managed data-networking environment, supported by a relevant networking qualification Self-motivated, with the ability to build strong customer relationships and work effectively in a team environment Strong interpersonal and communication skills Essential: Active SC clearance used last 9-12 months.

Business Analyst (SC Cleared / Financial / Regulatory / Data Mapping) 6 Month Contract London (Hybrid) £500/day (Inside IR35) Business Analyst needed with active SC Security Clearance and Financial or Regulatory environments experience with Data management principles including data mapping . 6 Month Contract based in London (Hybrid). Paying up to £500/day (Inside IR35). Start ideally in Jan/Feb 2026. Hybrid Working 2/3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2/3 days/week working on-site in the London office. You can work from Leeds office. A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government projects. Key experience + tasks will include: Must hold active SC Security Clearance that has been in used on a project within the past 12 months. Business Analyst strong Financial or Regulatory environments , Banking and Payments experience. Key Tasks include: Excellent in Business Analysis requirements, analysis & management, process mapping, data management principles (including data mapping and analysis). Experience in working in a Product Management is strongly desirable. Strong experience across the full software development lifecycle with practical knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Ability to coach team on Agile principles. Carry out impact assessments for proposed changes to systems and processes, identifying risks, dependencies and potential business impacts. Skilled in developing and using operating models and business processes, including BPMN 2.0. Expertise in analysing, communicating and documenting business and solution requirements using different BA techniques (i.e process models, wireframes, use cases, data models). Experience producing high-quality outputs from high-level concepts to detailed specifications, including functional and technical artefacts. Excellent stakeholder management, including the ability to persuade, influence and collaborate with key stakeholders up to senior management level, and build constructive working relationships.

ServiceNow Developer 6 Month Contract Newbury (Hybrid) £(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35) ServiceNow Developer needed ideally with TSOM development and implementation project experience. 6 Month Contract based in Newbury (Hybrid). A chance to work with a global IT Consultancy on a project for an Telecoms external client. Start ideally Jan/Feb 2026. Hybrid Working - 2-3 days/week working remotely + the rest of the time working from the Newbury office. Key skills, experience + tasks will include: Strong ServiceNow technical expertise ideally on TSOM design, development + implementation projects. In-depth technical experience on ServiceNow ITSM and other common modules -eg- TSOM, ITOM, ITAM, HRSD, CSM, GRC, SecOps + custom applications. Leading the design, development + implementation of ServiceNow solutions. Proven expertise in ServiceNow integrations including: REST, SOAP, APIs, MID Servers. Designing, developing + implementing CMDB and Discovery. ServiceNow scripting (JavaScript, Glide, Flow Designer), and ServiceNow data models. Deep technical expertise in the ServiceNow platform + serving as a technical authority on ServiceNow architecture, design + best practice. Exposure to cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) and enterprise IT ecosystems preferred. Qualifications: ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA), ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist (CIS), ServiceNow Certified Application Developer (CAD), ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect (CTA).

AWS Security Engineer 6 Month Contract Essex (Hybrid) £525/day (Inside IR35) AWS Security Engineer needed for a 6 Month Contract in Essex (Hybrid). Active SC Security Clearance preferred. Start asap in Jan/Feb 2026. Hybrid Working - 3-4 days/week remote (WFH), and 1-2 days/week working on-site from the office based in Grays (Essex). A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government projects. Key experience + tasks will include: Must have extensive AWS Cloud Security Engineering expertise. Key Objective: taking ownership of AWS Cloud Security across discovery, design, implementation + large-scale workload migration. The role sits at the centre of a major AWS transformation program including Landing Zone establishment, EUC/Citrix-to-WorkSpaces modernisation, and full datacentre migration. Shaping identity, compliance, guardrails, monitoring, MFA/Conditional Access, and ongoing hardening for production. Validating MFA, Conditional Access, encryption, logging in discovery phase. Designing + embedding IAM, RBAC, federation + authentication patterns into architectures. Defining AWS security guardrails, SCPs, monitoring + compliance baselines. Configuring IAM roles, key management, encryption, logging, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty + Security Hub. Supporting Landing Zone build-out including identity federation, tagging, audit + multi-account governance. Implementing VDI, WorkSpaces, Citrix security hardening, MFA, Conditional Access + admin console security. Validating security during pilot migration and bulk migration (200+ workloads) across IAM, MFA, encryption, BCP. Tuning monitoring dashboards, alerting + incident triage in hypercare. Technical Skills: IAM, RBAC, SCP, AWS Organizations, MFA, Conditional Access, Entra AD federation, CIS, compliance, encryption, KMS, RPO/RTO, enabling GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config + migration security validation.

Technical Solution Architect - LAN, WAN, firewalls, F5, Zscaler ZPA/ZIA, BGP/OSPF 5 Month Contract London (Remote, Hybrid) £330-£400/day (Outside IR35) Technical Solution Design Lead / Technical Authority experience needed for a 5 Month Contract mainly remote with 2 to 3 times a month in London travel when required (Hybrid). Start ASAP in January 2026. Must have handson design / migration of at least two of the following at scale : Check Point R8x firewalls , Cisco or Juniper LAN and WAN, F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM/AFM, Zscaler ZIA & ZPA, SD-WAN. Working with a global IT Consultancy for a Telecoms end client on large-scale projects. Paying £(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35). Hybrid working - Contract mainly remote with 2 to 3 times a month in London London . Key skills, experience + tasks will include: Network Security architecture or senior engineering across enterprise environments. Proven experience as a Technical Design Lead / Technical Authority Must have hands-on design / migration of at least two of the following at scale: Check Point R8x firewalls, Cisco or Juniper LAN and WAN, F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM/AFM, Zscaler ZIA & ZPA, SD-WAN. Strong routing fundamentals (BGP, OSPF, route maps, redistribution). Ownership of end-to-end technical design decisions (not implementation-only roles) Demonstrable leadership in complex enterprise or carrier-scale environments Providing end-to-end technical design for complex network security architecture deployments and migrations. Documentation & tooling : Expertise with Visio or draw.io for architecture diagrams; PowerPoint for executive decks; Word/Confluence for LLDs. Familiarity with change tools (ServiceNow, Remedy) and SharePoint governance. Validating / integrating component designs for LAN, firewall, F5, WAN, VPN, ZPA/ZIA + security controls. Owning overall solution architecture, low-level designs (LLD), solution integrity from high-level architecture through to handover, acting as the single technical point of contact for external customers. Producing / maintaining architecture decks, LLDs, change packs (ER/CR forms), rollback procedures, and run books. Reviewing implementation artefacts (configs, Ansible/ Terraform scripts, F5 iRules) to ensure alignment to LLD. Qualifications: CCNP/CCIE Enterprise or Security, JNCIP/JNCIE, F5 CTS, Check Point CCSE, Zscaler ZCCA IA / ZCCA IAE, TOGAF, ITILv4. Providing 24/7 escalation cover to meet migration deadlines when rostered.

Firewall Security Engineer 6 Month Contract Warwick (Hybrid) £380/day (Outside IR35) Firewall Security Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance and in-depth experience of F5 firewalls. 6 Month Contract based in Warwick (Hybrid). The vast majority of work is expected to be remote, plus occasional travel to Data Centre sites in the West/South of England, on average once/twice a month. Working with a global IT Consultancy on large-scale network solutions projects for a Telecoms client. Key skills, experience + tasks will include: Must have in-depth F5 firewalls experience, plus Checkpoint or Juniper firewall security skills. Technical Ownership of a Telecoms end client's Network Security Infrastructure estate, processes, documentation + lifecycle management. Acting as the technical point of contact for all Network Security related projects, changes and modifications, including firewall rules base. Point of escalation and link to vendor support for Network Security infrastructure incidents. Design of customer networks including input into High-Level and Low-Level design (HLD/LLD). Technical support, change management (physical/remote), customer inventory management, EOL, hardware, software. Technical Environment: F5, Checkpoint, Juniper, Bluecoat, Cisco Networking, Cisco IPT / QoS / 802.1x, switches, wireless, Inflobox DNS, SSL VPN, DMVPN, IPsec, WAN, routing protocols. SC Security Clearance is essential for this contract.