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Cloud Engineer (AWS) - SCOUT Infrastructure Contract | SC Clearance Required | UK-based We are looking for 2 x Cloud Engineers to support the next delivery phase of SCOUT , an AI-driven assurance platform used to improve the efficiency and quality of Government Major Project reviews. SCOUT has completed private beta and is now moving into a phase focused on automation, scalability, security, and wider organisational adoption . Role Overview You will be responsible for deploying and supporting AI services on Amazon Web Services , with a strong focus on AWS Bedrock, ensuring the platform is secure, scalable, and usable by non-technical teams. The work centres on infrastructure, integration, and light service changes - not greenfield application development. Key Responsibilities Deploy and manage AI services using AWS Bedrock Configure infrastructure and environment variables for AI API access Deploy and manage services including ECS, S3, Cognito, and RDS Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform Make minor updates to existing microservices where required Ensure the platform supports a test environment of ~100 users Enable smooth operation for non-technical project leadership Support secure integration with key datasets (EAS, GRIP, GRIP+) Platform Objectives You'll Support Full automation of document processing and user onboarding Secure, direct document uploads (no external hosting dependencies) System admin capability for enterprise user management Improved chat interface and support for concurrent users Progression toward full security accreditation Expansion of SCOUT usage across assurance and review teams Nice to Have (Time Permitting) Experience with data analysis across multiple datasets Familiarity with report generation or structured document outputs Interest in collaborative tooling and knowledge sharing features Requirements Strong AWS experience in production environments Hands-on Terraform experience Understanding of secure, scalable cloud platforms Ability to work in a regulated/government environment Active SC Clearance (or ability to obtain) About SCOUT SCOUT is an AI tool designed to improve the productivity of Government assurance review teams. It analyses project documentation against best-practice criteria to highlight risks, performance issues, and areas requiring attention across the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) .

Daily rate: £500 to £550 inside IR35 Must be SC Cleared Location: Remote - UK based only Duration: initial contract until end for March 2026 E xperience: Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric (Spark notebooks, pipelines, data flows). Proficient in Python for data engineering (eg, Pandas, PySpark, asyncio, automation scripts). Strong SQL skills (T-SQL or similar) for transforming and modelling data. Experience building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using cloud technologies. Good understanding of data modelling (star/snowflake), data warehousing, and modern data lakehouse principles. Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines The main skill set is Data engineering - specifically experience in ingesting and maintaining data pipelines. Knowledge of REST APIs, SFTP data ingestion is useful. PowerBI for dashboarding Some knowledge of LLMs would be useful - especially Azure AI

Senior Salesforce Developer - Perm - Methods The Senior Salesforce Developer holds end-to-end responsibility for designing, developing, and enhancing Salesforce solutions that underpin the delivery of high-quality services aligned to business requirements. The role provides technical leadership and direction, ensuring that development resources are effectively deployed to maintain business-as-usual capability while delivering agreed enhancements and transformation activity that support system stability, scalability, and long-term sustainability. Acting as the senior technical point of contact for Salesforce delivery, the Senior Salesforce Developer ensures best-practice governance, coding standards, and development methodologies are consistently applied. The role works closely with business analysts, product owners, architects, and third-party suppliers to ensure solution continuity and alignment across the Salesforce ecosystem. The Senior Salesforce Developer contributes to the continuous improvement of development practices, supports capability uplift across the team, and ensures that Salesforce solutions continue to evolve in line with platform innovations and organisational needs. Key Responsibilities Lead the design, development, and customisation of Salesforce applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, and related technologies. Own the technical design process, ensuring solutions meet architectural standards, security requirements, and business needs. Integrate Salesforce with external systems using REST/SOAP APIs, Middleware, and third-party applications. Conduct code reviews, enforce development best practices, and ensure high-quality, reusable, and scalable code. Maintain data integrity, system performance, and platform scalability through proactive monitoring and technical optimisation. Ensure adoption of Salesforce DevOps practices, including Salesforce DX, version control (eg, Git), and CI/CD pipelines. Remain up to date with Salesforce releases, evaluate new features, and recommend adoption within the organisation. Work closely with business analysts, solution architects, and stakeholders to gather, refine, and translate technical requirements into deliverable solutions. Act as the technical escalation point for complex issues across the Salesforce platform. Communicate technical decisions, platform considerations, and delivery status to senior stakeholders. Represent Salesforce technical delivery in governance forums and project meetings. Ensure alignment between Salesforce development activity and wider digital strategy, delivery priorities, and operational requirements. Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and support to junior developers and cross-functional colleagues. Support knowledge-management activities, ensuring documentation, patterns, and reusable components are maintained. Contribute to the uplift of internal Salesforce capability by enabling skills development and sharing best practice across teams. Support the creation of delivery collateral and technical input for bids or new project opportunities where Salesforce expertise is required. Required Skills & Qualifications SC Eligible/NPPV3 Eligible 5+ years' experience in Salesforce development (Apex, Lightning, Visualforce). Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, security model, data model, and governance. Proven experience integrating Salesforce with enterprise systems and APIs. Experience with DevOps practices including Salesforce DX and version control tools (eg, Git). Demonstrable track record of delivering successful Salesforce implementations. Salesforce Platform Developer I & II certifications (preferred). Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline (preferred). Additional Desired Skills SC Cleared/NPPV3 Cleared Experience across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud. Advanced knowledge of SOQL, SOSL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS. Strong problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and leadership capability. This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview. Have you lived in the UK for the last 5 years? Have you travelled outside of the UK for more than 28 days in the last 12 months? If yes, please ask for further details: Dates, location, reason for travel Have you had any extended periods of travel over 3 months in the last 5 years? If yes, please ask for further details: Dates, location, reason for travel Do you have dual nationality or any former nationalities? Are you willing to go through the vetting process for SC?

IT Operations Domain Expert Permanent | UK Wide | Hybrid Salary discussed at application Methods is expanding its senior capability and is seeking a Domain Expert to lead our IT Operations & Service Excellence offering. This is a strategic, high-impact role that blends expert delivery, pre-sales leadership, service design, and thought leadership. You will define how Methods supports clients across IT operations, automation, service management, and digital service excellence, while shaping future strategy and building capability across the organisation. The Role: As a Domain Expert, you will act as Methods' senior authority for IT Operations & Service Excellence. You will: Lead discovery work, service maturity reviews, and operational assessments Develop strategies, operating models, and transformation roadmaps Provide expert consultancy and delivery assurance on major programmes Support pre-sales activity through workshops, scoping, and bid content Shape compelling proposals, presentations, and capability statements Evolve Methods' service offerings, ensuring alignment with market trends Build reusable assets including templates, case studies, and playbooks Mentor Specialists, support recruitment, and deliver training Represent Methods through events, thought leadership, and insight content Key Experience Needed We're looking for a senior practitioner with proven experience across: IT Service Management implementation and optimisation Incident, Problem & Change Management Monitoring, observability, alerting, and event management Automation and orchestration within IT operations DevOps enablement and continuous delivery practices IT governance, risk, and compliance Capacity, performance, and availability management Service Desk and user support operations Defining KPIs, reporting, and continuous improvement programmes Operational security processes and controls What You Bring Ability to operate confidently with senior stakeholders Strong consultancy skills with clear, outcome-focused communication Experience shaping bids, writing technical narratives, and supporting sales A passion for building capability and mentoring technical communities Market awareness across emerging IT operations trends (AIOps, FinOps, automation, platform engineering, SRE) Why Methods? You'll join a growing Competency Centre with the opportunity to shape one of our core strategic offerings. You will influence how we deliver value, how we present ourselves to the market, and how we develop our next generation of specialists.

DevSecOps Engineer On-site (5 Days/Week) Outside IR35 £700 - £900 p/day We're hiring a DevSecOps Engineer for a major transformation project in a secure, high-impact environment. Fully on-site , outside IR35 , Azure | Terraform | YAML CI/CD pipelines | Kubernetes | GitHub Infrastructure as Code & automation tooling Responsibilities: Build and support cloud/on-prem infrastructure (hybrid environments) Automate deployments across dev, test, and prod Integrate security into the SDLC, following NCSC secure design principles Work closely with architecture, data, and security teams Monitor infrastructure & proactively manage vulnerabilities Implement tooling like SonarQube , Trivy , and automated scanning tools Requirements: Strong DevOps & platform engineering experience Proven ability to deliver secure, scalable infrastructure solutions Solid grasp of security risks, governance, and regulatory compliance Hands-on experience with containerisation tools (eg Docker, Kubernetes) Comfortable reviewing and testing IaC code for production readiness Location : Fully On-site (location provided upon application) SC Clearance required (& willingness to undergo DV) 6-month contract | £700 - £900 p/day (outside IR35)

Methods is looking to hire a SC cleared Data Scientist in London. Daily rate: £400 to £450 outside IR35 Location: hybrid; 1day/w onsite in London Duration: 6 months with possible extension Clearance: must hold active SC clearance Requirements: Strong experience with Python and core libraries for data science (eg, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) Ability to manipulate and analyse large, complex datasets with attention to detail Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and graph databases. Familiarity with machine learning application. Familiarity of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. Understanding of big data technologies, cloud storage, containerisation, and analytics engines. Clear, confident communicator who can explain analytics and influence commercial decisions

Working into the Service Design and Architecture Lead within the Managed Services portfolio, the Service Design and Transition Manager has responsibility for service design and transition activity of Client Service functions, which enable and support the delivery of high-quality service to end users in line with business requirements. Ensuring that design standards, design governance, and priorities are managed in order to ensure business as usual activity whilst delivering agreed, specific transformation deliverables which secure the stability and sustainability of the service against the demand profile and assigned budget. Key Responsibilities - within Methods Portfolio Delivery Supporting Methods business strategy for creation and enduring delivery of Portfolio Offerings for Service Management Responsible for knowledge management activities in the support of Service Design and Transition activity to delivering Managed Services Input into skills management activities in the support of Service Design and Transition aligned to delivering Managed Services Provide opportunities for business growth by providing collateral aligned with Methods bid strategy for Managed Services Responsible for Service Design and Transition activities when utilised within client delivery Key Responsibilities - within Client Delivery The Service Design and Transition Manager is responsible for the management of changes to live service, be that via the introduction, amendment, or retirement of services. Reviews incoming capabilities and determines whether they are fit for purpose, assessing readiness against agreed service acceptance criteria. Works with project teams, navigating them and their capability through the single path to live and into live service. Coordinates and controls go-live, early-life support and service acceptance. Responsible for ensuring that the path to live and the acceptance criteria are understood by wider operations. Ensures that any changes to live services are carried out in a controlled fashion Ensures that any changes are efficient and effective by following the standard, industrialised approach Contributes to the efficiency & effectiveness of service delivery by ensuring the adherence to discrete standard service models and the consideration of non-functional requirements during on-boarding Works alongside the project and delivery teams to assemble the collateral needed for the Impact Phase Runs the Impact Assessment exercise and ensuring that the necessary actions are identified Commissions and coordinates the build activities required from specialist functions (eg Tooling, Service Design, Service Operations) Plans, tracks, and reports on Knowledge Transfer from delivery to support teams Liaises with Live Services and project teams for the fulfilment of Acceptance into Service criteria Raises Requests for Change (RFC) in the ITSM toolset Controls and coordinates the Go/No Go and Key Decision Points Manages Early Life Support arrangements Coordinates with Live Services around final closedown & handover activities Essential Skills Demonstrable qualifications and experience working and practicing ITIL Service Design/Architecture and Service Transition Management Knowledge of the ITSM toolset (preferable directly with ServiceNow, Confluence & Jira tools) Solid and evidenced experience of working in complex environments and ideally with Agile experience. Strong written, verbal and communication skills Excellent attention to detail Ability to work with stakeholders at all levels within the organisation. Able to drive agenda with SMEs and key stakeholders. Self-motivated and driven and can work with minimal supervision. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while handling multiple tasks. Proficient in Microsoft Suite including, Word, PowerPoint, Excel Must be eligible for BPSS clearance Bonus Skills Public sector experience Qualifications and experience in any additional IT best practice frameworks and standards such as ISO20000, SAFe, MOF 4.0, LEAN and Lean Six Sigma, COBIT, TOGAF In conjunction with the Service Transition and Release Manager, responsible for onboarding and offboarding of Service Design Practice community resources. Conduct impact assessments and evaluate new demand requests providing a clear response of effort and impacted areas.

Methods are currently seeking recruiting for an ITSM-focused Delivery Manager/Project Manager to join on a permanent basis. This will initially be considered a remote position due to current coronavirus conditions, however applicants should be willing to attend onsite in Farringdon/Victoria when required on an ad-hoc basis. Methods: Since our establishment in 1990, Methods has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way public sector operates in the UK. Our mission is to improve and safeguard public-facing services. We apply digital thinking to ensure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens. We passionately support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them. Requirement: As a Delivery Manager/Project Manager you'll be involved in driving major Transformation for Methods' Service Management clients, operating in either Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid environments and able to call on your expertise to support delivery of service. We have an immediate assignment available where the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that our skilled, multidisciplinary Programme team utilise an Agile methodology to deliver one of our clients' Strategic Technology & Support Programmes. This will be done by ensuring the Programme team adopts agile/lean tools and techniques, helping the team to self-organise and removing obstacles that may impede their ability to deliver value. It will also include senior client stakeholder management, project problem solving, creative strategising and is likely to suit individuals with a project management background and broad breadth of experience. Applicants should have a solid background in managing multi-disciple delivery squads, handling multiple priorities, managing conflict, and influencing to ensure consistent and continuous high-quality delivery. This will be well suited for candidates with experience in operating on programmes/projects in complex organisations in a Delivery Manager, Project Manager or Senior SCRUM Master role. The role will be responsible for the following activities: Establishing the appropriate adoption of Agile Practices and Scrum-based Methodology Supporting the Programme Team to ensure continuous, incremental delivery of business value Driving and facilitating sprint Agile ceremonies - ensuring that they are aligned to best practice ie Daily Stand Up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospectives Removing impediments to the Development Team's progress Owning, tracking and updating metrics which illustrate team progress and performance Assisting in reporting to the Programme Board and engaging with Programme Sponsors Working with the Business Analysts to ensure that the Product Backlog is healthy and that Backlog Refinement is being utilised to ensure clarity of requirements Utilising Agile Methodology to identify opportunities for team improvement Essential Skills: At least 3+ years' experience working as a Scrum Master/Delivery Manager/Project Manager within an agile or waterfall environment. Applied knowledge of an Agile framework (Scrum, Kanban) Experience owning scrum processes (running stand-ups, sprint planning, etc.). Experience with JIRA/Atlassian administration (Confluence, workflows, dashboards, reporting) Strong investigation and analytical skills demonstrating the ability to approach complex problems. Experience working in complex Programme/Project environments Strong written, verbal and communication skills Excellent attention to detail Ability to work with stakeholders at all levels within the organisation. Self-motivated and driven and can work with minimal supervision. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while handling multiple tasks. Proficient in Microsoft Suite including, Word, PowerPoint, Excel Bonus Skills: Experience working in an IT Service Management environment Security Cleared Qualifications and experience in any additional IT best practice frameworks and standards such as ISO20000, SAFe, MOF 4.0, LEAN and Lean Six Sigma, COBIT, TOGAF

Methods are currently looking for a content designer on a contract basis for a government programme. Content Designer Client: UK Government Remote working Day rate: £400 OUTSIDE IR35 Contract 3 - 6 months with scope to extend further Essential Substantial experience of content design for the web, with proven ability to create usable and accessible content which is accurate, timely, high quality and conforms to style. Substantial experience of working in a multidisciplinary team in an agile development environment, and therefore at ease with rapidly changing deadlines, workloads and goals. Able to produce digital content that is accurate, timely, relevant, easy to understand, search engine optimised and written to style. Demonstrable knowledge and passion for user centered design practices for public facing and internal services and applications. Able to understand user needs by analysing user research findings and analytics data. Confident in writing actionable content for transactional services to meet those needs. Able to use analytical and problem-solving skills to help the team solve design problems and challenge assumptions. Understand how a digital service should address the needs of all possible users so that no one is excluded, with particular reference to accessibility and assisted digital. Exceptional skills in convincing people that user needs should guide how information is presented. Confident in explaining decisions to stakeholders who don't understand web usability or user centered design. Experience of working on GOV.UK and other government services Desirable Strong understanding of the Government Digital Service's Design Principles and Digital Service Standard. Proficient in editing with Markdown, editing in HTML and using GitHub. Experience of using prototyping tools to develop and test content in context. Know how and when to use different prototyping techniques to make and test design hypotheses in rapid iteration. Able to contribute to areas beyond the usual boundaries of the discipline, for example helping the team understand the service's legal and regulatory environment.

Methods is recruiting for a Software Development Lead with Strong full stack on Azure, Java/NodeJS, IDAM experience (OAuth/OIDC etc), bonus if you've worked with COTS (Okta/ForgeRock etc). Location: National - Split between on site and home working as required. Travel: The post holder will be home-based but, but you need to be able to travel & co-locate with customers if required Key Responsibilities Lead project teams, delivering high quality software through the agile process. Lead on the architectural design of projects. Help define and maintain best practices. Communicate with non-technical stakeholders and be able to explain technical issues to them. Be involved in winning new work, assist with writing bids and presenting at pitches. Be part of the recruitment process. Mentoring and supporting other developers. Lead and participate in community events Carry out regular 1-2-1 reviews with each report Carry out annual reviews for each report Provide mentorship and guidance Approve timecards, expenses and leave Feed in to pay reviews Manage performance of underperforming reports Key Requirements Extensive experience with at least one of Java or NodeJS. Extensive experience of software testing best practices (TDD, BDD) Extensive experience of using version control (Git, Github) Extensive experience with common software architectures (OOP, MVC) and database solutions Extensive experience with principles of continuous integration and deployment Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) Experience with IDAM strategies (OAuth, OIDC) Extensive experience in agile ways of working and the associated tools Openness to new technologies and willingness to keep learning Good communication and problem-solving skills Willingness to travel as required Experience managing small teams Benefits Methods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy. By joining us you can expect Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership A supportive and collaborative environment As well as this, we offer: Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme Social - office parties, pizza Friday and commitment to charitable causes Time off 25 days a year