Ascent Sourcing Ltd

IT Project Manager Feltham (Hybrid Working) £45,000 - £50,000 Base + Benefits The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering technology projects that align with business goals and strategic priorities. This role ensures projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet defined objectives. The IT Project Manager works closely with cross functional teams-including software developers, network engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and business stakeholders-to ensure seamless project delivery. Key Responsibilities Project Planning & Execution Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business objectives. Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, including resource allocation and risk management. Manage all phases of the project lifecycle-initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure. Track progress, manage dependencies, and ensure timely delivery of milestones. Collaborate with IT teams to ensure infrastructure, applications, and security requirements are properly integrated. Oversee software development, system implementations, cloud migrations, or IT infrastructure upgrades. Coordinate vendor relationships and third-party integrations when applicable. Serve as the key liaison between technical teams, business leaders, and end-users. Communicate project status, risks, and issues through detailed reports and executive updates. Facilitate meetings, sprint reviews, and retrospectives in Agile environments. Identify and mitigate project risks and issues proactively. Ensure deliverables meet quality assurance standards and align with IT governance frameworks. Maintain compliance with internal IT policies, data protection laws, and cybersecurity standards. Leadership & Team Management Lead and motivate project teams across technical disciplines. Support Agile and DevOps principles to foster collaboration and continuous improvement. Mentor junior project coordinators or business analysts when needed. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.• Experience: 3+ years of experience managing IT projects, including software development, system integration, or infrastructure projects. • Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, Agile (CSM, PMI-ACP), or ITIL certifications preferred. Skills & Competencies Required Strong understanding of IT systems, cloud technologies, and software development life cycles (SDLC). Proficiency in project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Asana. Experience with Agile, Scrum, or hybrid delivery methodologies. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills. Ability to balance technical depth with business understanding

AI Engineer (Contract, 2 Months - Possible extensions) Location: UK Remote Our client is an exciting, ambitious, rapidly growing AI powered Property Tech business. Due to rapid start-up growth, they now require a passionate AI Engineer to join the team on a contract basis for 2 month initial period. The successful candidate will help build and scale advanced AI-driven applications, with a strong focus on production-ready LLM workflows, efficient architecture, and seamless integrations. You'll work alongside a tight-knit team of engineers and product leads who are deeply committed to building responsible, high-impact AI systems. If you're excited by the intersection of AI, software engineering, and emerging agentic architectures-this is your place. The business is an ambitious, fast-moving team building next generation AI-native systems - products that think, learn, and adapt in real time. The vision is to redefine how intelligent software interacts with the world, enabling capabilities that feel more like working with a creative partner than a machine. We're looking for someone who's not just skilled but obsessed with AI. If you're driven by curiosity, excited by experimentation, and motivated to contribute to a team building meaningful and novel AI experiences, we want to hear from you. Minimum Requirements: Strong Python skills with clean, maintainable code. Proven production experience with LLM workflows and scaling them in real-world applications. Solid understanding of advanced prompt engineering techniques. Good knowledge and practical experience with FastAPI and RESTful APIs. Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL. Experience with DevOps/MLOps, including deploying and monitoring ML pipelines. Good understanding of audio protocols (e.g., WebRTC, SIP, RTP). Preferred (Bonus) Skills: Production experience with Agno or Phidata. Familiarity with Microsoft Autogen or CrewAI agent frameworks. Experience with LlamaIndex (formerly GPT Index). Practical experience with memory frameworks like Mem0 or Letta. Understanding and production experience with traditional RAG and agentic RAG architectures. Strong grasp of embedding systems and vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS). Production experience with LiveKit or similar audio/video platforms. What You'll Be Doing: Building and deploying scalable AI features, agents, and services powered by LLMs. Prototyping and refining advanced prompt strategies and memory techniques. Contributing to backend and front-end components for real-time, interactive applications. Collaborating closely with product and infrastructure teams to ship impactful features. Driving clean and reliable deployments with MLOps best practices.

IT/Infrastructure Support - Edinburgh, Scotland - Permanent, Full-time to £30k Looking for an organisation that loves technology but also builds it? This is for you. This role may suit a recent Graduate in Computer Science, Electronics or similar with a passion for Computers. Our client are seeking someone to provide exceptional internal IT support and troubleshooting on a day to day basis, including desktop and general IT support (Phones, Office 365, Printers, etc) to both their technical and non-technical teams located in Edinburgh, and working with the global infrastructure team supporting internal teams across the UK, UAE, Asia and Australia. They offer a fantastic working environment and a unique opportunity for team members to broaden their knowledge, improve their skills and further their career. Including flexible work arrangements, , hackathon days, sponsorships to sporting and fundraising events, and more. They are a stock-market listed, CX driven Fintech with 20 years of expertise. Their investment technology administers over $100billion of assets across 5 continents serving more than 500,000 investors worldwide. Their goal is to make the financial services more automated, intelligent, and happier by providing outstanding investment technology, at scale. They want financial services to be streamlined, integrated and easy to use, and a great experience for customers and those they provide services to. Your key responsibilities will include: Configure equipment for new starters (laptop, desktop, phone, cabling), including new users' account set up and access Support the rollout and provision of hardware and software for corporate use, assist with monitoring and maintaining them across the business Train team members in using their tools and systems, and at times, run presentations to introduce changes to the broad team Maintain servers, computers, printers, and other software and hardware peripherals In addition, you will be part of local and global projects to ensure successful rollout of new technologies, helping to improve our stack, continuously improving IT delivery by using automation tools and ensuring consistency across environments Experience, qualifications and attributes sought after: Some experience in a desktop or basic PC support, knowledge of PC hardware and software Experience in Windows desktop troubleshooting Some knowledge in infrastructure, scripting (preferably in powershell), and O365 support will be advantageous Basic networking knowledge (IP addressing, VLAN, etc) Strong communication skills both verbal and written Proven aptitude to take ownership of an issue and see it through to a successful resolution Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure towards deadlines Comfortable working in an Agile environment, adopting a consultative and cooperative approach to your work Finally, a personal interest in software systems, the creation of them, the hosting or delivery of them, and generally anything to do with technology, especially web based

Senior manual Tester - Edinburgh or UK Remote - £40k-£60k. THIS ROLE CAN BE FULLY UK REMOTE Our client are looking for a Senior Manual Tester, you must have leadership skills and experience, and a continuous improvement mindset ·Experience with Octopus deploy ·Strong SQL & NoSQL server experience is required ·Specflow experience would prove beneficial ·Outstanding analytical skills and an inquisitive mind ·An understanding of software testing methodologies and SDLC ·Comfortable working in an Agile environment, adopting a consultative and cooperative approach to your work ·Exposure to the Microsoft .NET framework and AzureDevOps is a plus ·Financial Services/Wealth Management experience is a bonus