Parker Shaw

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Parker Shaw
24/10/2025
Contractor
We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer to join our client's dynamic development team. As a Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing and maintaining our web applications with a focus on React and AWS Technologies. You should be passionate about creating innovative solutions, championing best practices and driving technical excellence. As a Software Engineer, you will have relevant experience in: JavaScript, React, Node.js and TypeScript. Strong experience in writing reusable, testable components, within React. Proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6) and JSX syntax. Experience with building and maintaining RESTful API's using Node.js. Ability to write optimised SQL queries for data retrieval, manipulation and management. Experience with developing accessible, responsive layouts using componentised CSS/SASS. Developing and maintaining applications in serverless environments using distributed architecture and AWS tools including Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Cognito & RDS. Working practices such as test-driven development or behaviour-driven development. TypeScript testing using Jest or a similar framework and React Testing Library or Enzyme for component testing. Desirable to have: Familiarity with SQL database concepts and hands on experience with PostgreSQL. Familiarity with version control using Git. Experience of continuous integration and continuous delivery using Github actions. Experience of working in an Agile environment. Knowledge of software engineering practices and design patterns. Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams, including individuals from various disciplines to deliver high quality software. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively convey technical concepts to team members and stakeholders. Nice to have: Experience of end to end testing eg Cypress If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Parker Shaw Salisbury, Wiltshire
24/10/2025
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Digital Service Owner to work a 12-month contract occasionally on-site in either Salisbury or Fareham for our client. As a Senior Digital Service Owner, you will lead and be accountable for establishing and implementing the strategy of the digital service portfolio. The six service portfolios are as follows - Cloud and Hosting, Communications and Collaboration, Engineering and Research, Enterprise IT, Software, and Workplace IT. You will ensure the end-to-end delivery, governance and quality of these services to agreed service levels. Establish and implement a fully functioning multi-service strategy, containing a suite of digital services that deliver against the future and current business needs. Work with teams (technical experts and programme, portfolio and project managers) to ensure services are developed, implemented and continually improved in line with business needs. Be responsible for the end-to-end management and governance of these services. Be responsible for the successful operation and continuous improvement of the services to the required standards and changing needs of the business. Act as the escalation point of contact for your IT Digital services. Continually monitor, evaluate and report on quality-of-service levels to inform continual improvement plans. Create and maintain a supportive stakeholder network using effective communication and influencing them to buy into the strategy. Work in an agile manor to manage service change priorities within the service portfolio based on changing requirements. Essential: Significant experience of developing IT digital service strategies that identify (and meet) current and future business needs. A strategic mindset who can work with stakeholders and teams to understand business requirements and then deliver into operational reality. Demonstrable experience of leading IT services through the entirety of their life cycle, from inception through to adoption, continual improvement and decommissioning. Clear experience of leading and managing multiple IT Digital services meeting quality, contractual, KPI and Service Level Agreement-based standards. Experience of delivering IT digital services via varying resource models eg internal, contracted workers and third-party contracts. Experience of negotiating Service Level Agreements, ensuring effective performance of teams and third parties. Strong leadership experience with effective interpersonal and communication skills Experience and ability to handle conflicting priorities whilst adapting to changing requirements and delivering successfully. Ability to work across digital teams, developing roadmaps and translating into initiatives that deliver business value and impact. ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) level 3 certified (or equivalent experience) Agile working eg PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner, Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) or similar If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Parker Shaw
06/10/2025
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for Senior Cyber Security Analysts and Associate Security Analysts - both working a 3-month contract for our client 3 days per week on-site in London. As a senior security analyst with responsibility for incident response, you will: lead the investigation of security alerts to understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents lead the forensic analysis of systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments lead the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or coordinating the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions support the wider coordination of cyber incidents review previous incidents to identify lessons and actions identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the incident response capability work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities develop and update internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, security analysts be responsible for leadership and line management of security analysts Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join. We're interested in people who have: significant experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents significant experience using security tools (eg, EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents experience managing and coordinating the response to cyber incidents experience coaching and mentoring junior staff an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures used by threat actors excellent analytical and problem solving skills excellent verbal and written communication skills It's desirable, but not essential, that you have: experience with Splunk experience working in an Agile environment experience with cloud environments such as AWS As an associate security analyst you will: triage and investigate cyber security alerts and reports from users use a variety of techniques to analyse systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments and understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents support the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or supporting the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions support the coordination of cyber incidents contribute to post-incident reviews to identify lessons and actions identify opportunities for, and support the delivery of, continual improvements to the incident investigation and response capability work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities contribute to internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, apprentice security analysts be responsible for line management of apprentice security analysts Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join We're interested in people who have: experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents experience using security tools (eg, EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents Experience with SIEM tools (experience of Splunk preferred but experience of Microsoft Sentinel or an equivalent SIEM tool is acceptable) an understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures commonly used by threat actors good analytical and problem-solving skills good verbal and written communication skills It's desirable, but not essential, that you have: experience with Splunk experience working in an Agile environment experience with cloud environments such as AWS If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Parker Shaw
06/10/2025
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Front End Developer to work a 12-month contract for our client 3 days per week on-site in either Leeds or Newcastle. You will work with Node.js, Express, React and templating engines to deliver accessibility compliant UIs using well defined GDS standards. Working with a community of Front End developers committed to building reusable templates and patterns; you will be able to contribute to shared features and components. Our client use industry standard development frameworks and languages to build enterprise level systems but are always looking to bring in new and original ways into practice to help speed of delivery or robustness of software implementation. Our Senior Front End Developers are experts in Front End development, with proven experience in the design and build user interfaces at scale. You will: Lead and promote the technical direction and development of reusable patterns and components. Have strong knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines. Work with cross-functional teams to integrate into the Back End services to ensure that they are built to the same high standards. Ensure we develop accessible user interfaces for services which work effectively across multiple devices and browsers Use modern tooling and development techniques to write and share test-driven code iteratively delivering. Input into, promote and ensure design standardisation processes. Release, maintain and support the deployment of products and code packages. Coach, mentor and line manage colleagues. Engage with teams across different levels and capabilities. Be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality, resolving technical blockers, and promoting re-use and collaboration through the wider communities. Engage with and contribute to the engineering and user-centred design communities. Have an excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities. Docker, CI and deployment of components. Delivery end to end testing using TDD and BDD. Required Technical Skills : Significant demonstrable expertise in Front End development of large-scale systems dealing with high numbers of users, transactions and business processes. Detailed working knowledge and extensive experience of open-source technologies including HTML, CSS, client and Server Side JavaScript, TypeScriptNode.js and other modern Front End frameworks and templating languages. Experience in building accessible compliant user interfaces (WCAG). Proven ability in delivering thorough unit level test coverage using common testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha. Experience integrating with a wide range of technical systems including database technologies (SQL or NoSQL), caching tools such as Redis and API Microservices, all deploying into cloud-based infrastructure. (AWS or Azure). Influential and able to lead Front End activities, set and develop best practice for an agile team and contribute across multiple teams. You will ensure consistency whilst promoting standards as well as creating a coaching and mentoring culture. Required Knowledge and Experience : Knowledge of public cloud technologies, cloud hosting Experience in working in Agile If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Parker Shaw
03/10/2025
Contractor
We are currently seeking ServiceNow Developers to work a 12-month contract with our client. This role requires two days per week on-site - London is preferred but our client has many sites nationally that would be acceptable. This is a role within the in-house ServiceNow capability for the client, supporting the development of enterprise workflows and data-driven decisions. Technical Skills Proficiency in JavaScript: Core Scripting language used in ServiceNow. Experience with ServiceNow platform: Including modules like ITSM, ITOM, HRSD, CSM, and CMDB. ServiceNow Scripting: Client Scripts, Business Rules, Script Includes, UI Policies, and UI Actions. REST/SOAP API Integration: Building and consuming APIs for third-party integrations. ServiceNow Workflows: Designing and implementing Flow Designer and Legacy Workflow Editor. Service Portal Development: Custom widgets, pages, and themes. Data Management: Import Sets, Transform Maps, and Data Policies. Configuration Management: Working with CMDB and Discovery. Performance Analytics and Reporting: Creating dashboards and custom reports. Security and Access Control: Roles, ACLs, and data protection best practices. Certifications Certified System Administrator (CSA) Certified Application Developer (CAD) Certified Implementation Specialist (CIS) - in ITSM, HR, CSM, etc. Professional Experience Hands-on experience in ServiceNow development and administration (typically 2-5+ years). Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and using tools like Jira or Azure DevOps. Project life cycle involvement: From requirements gathering to deployment and support. Working with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions. Soft Skills Analytical thinking and problem-solving. Strong communication skills - both written and verbal. Team collaboration and stakeholder engagement. Adaptability to changing priorities and technologies. Attention to detail and commitment to quality. If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Parker Shaw
28/08/2025
Contractor
We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer with deep expertise in network appliances to join our client's growing infrastructure and DevOps team for a 12 months contract working 60% on-site in either Leeds, Manchester, or Birmingham. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, migrating and maintaining secure, scalable, and high-performance infrastructure, with a particular focus on network and cloud environments. This role requires advanced hands-on experience with F5, Palo Alto, CheckPoint Firewalls, Zscalar and AWS, alongside fluency in modern DevOps tools and practices. Key Responsibilities Design, implementation, and administration of F5 appliances in AWS. Converge multiple solutions of network patterns and create a self service, single pattern for the service. Configure and manage network security appliances, particularly Palo Alto and CheckPoint Firewalls in enterprise environments. Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI. Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC/CaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize systems, networks, and application performance across hybrid environments. Collaborate with security, development, and operations teams to enforce DevSecOps best practices. Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes. Maintain and document configurations, processes, and network topologies. Required Qualifications Extensive hands-on experience with F5 load balancers expertise. Strong experience with Firewall platforms: Palo Alto Networks and CheckPoint. Strong experience in Zscalar is preferable Solid understanding of networking protocols and concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS, routing, etc.). Proficient with AWS services including EC2, ELB, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, S3,VPC Lattice, Transit Gateway, VPN and more. Practical knowledge of DevOps tools: Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform. Strong Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or equivalent). Experience in managing production systems, preferably in regulated or high-availability environ-ments. Experience in mentoring junior members of the team If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Parker Shaw Salisbury, Wiltshire
05/11/2021
Contractor
Location: Salisbury Pay rate: £440pd Inside IR35 Duration: 240 days Position: Infrastructure Engineer - SC Cleared You must have Security Check clearance that has been used within the last 12 months. Minimum Requirement: Maintain, document and support users of facilities Manage building Network Equipment Rooms and ensure they follow JSP440 guidance and best practices. Assist with the building asset registration and auditing as required. Keep all maintenance logs and patch management documentation up dated. Skills: Good knowledge of a range of IT systems, including basic networking, Windows and Linux operating systems and vSphere virtualisation platforms. Knowledge of Joint Service Publication guidelines in particular JSP 440. Awareness of accreditation processes highly desirable. Experience creating and maintaining user guides for non-technical staff to follow. Knowledge of asset management practices. Must have a clean UK driving license, and be willing to undertake occasional travel. Hardware installation/configuring Servers & Switches VM build environment Security Clearance: SC active & Sole British Nationals Only
Parker Shaw Plymouth, Devon
05/11/2021
Contractor
Location: Remote/Plymouth but majority WFH (workshop 1 a month) Pay rate: £650pd Inside IR35 Duration: 3 months Position: Digital Front End Developer Description: These skills focus on the development work needed to build the Portal homepage from agreed designs and prototypes, Essential/strong, Html, CSS, JavaScript, Python Flask, Scrum, Agile ways of working. JavaScript and React. Some exposure Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm charts, OpenShift. Design, build and improve website software that meets user needs. Responsible for writing clean, accessible code following a progressive enhancement approach; create code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse; design software which meets user needs and creates meaningful interactions and relationships with users; understanding of the three fundamental Front End technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). Build software components, primarily in the form of user interfaces. Skills These skills focus on the development work needed to build the Portal homepage from agreed designs and prototypes. Essential/strong Html CSS JavaScript Python Flask Scrum, Agile ways of working Desirable/some exposure Java 8+ Spring Boot RESTful API design and implementation Microservices Architecture Gitlab Technical analysis and architecture for internal and external services knowledge of accessibility in design, development and testing Security Performance and capacity tuning JBoss PostgreSQL IBM DB2, for Legacy integration CMS DevOps, CI/CD Some exposure Docker Jenkins Kubernetes, Helm charts OpenShift
Parker Shaw
05/11/2021
Contractor
Location: Remote Duration: until 31/03/2022 Position: Data Scientist SEO Details: We are looking for someone to conduct quantitative analysis and work with data. The successful candidate will be skilled in using a range of quantitative methods to produce robust findings and presenting them to have impact for customers. They will be motivated to develop their skills in a fast-moving policy environment. Responsibilities: Analyse and assess a range of data and support product development activity, often working to tight timeline. Find, analyse and manipulate data sets to answer policy and operational questions. Communicate and clearly present key insights to key stakeholders. Successfully manage their time and the priorities effectively. Work at pace to progress differing tasks and managing expectations of their stakeholders. Develop good working relationships internally and externally. Skills and experience: Essential Ability to work in an analytical team Experience of conducting complex analysis, for example: o Regression (linear, logistic) o Probability and hypothesis testing o Clustering o Machine learning Ability to analyse messy/incomplete data and draw clear insights Ability to communicate research findings clearly Deliver at pace Desirable Experience of working with R, Python, Stata, PowerBI Experience of working in a relevant field (eg health-related) Security Clearance: full BPSS, if successful Full deadline: 12pm, 04/11/21
Parker Shaw
22/03/2021
Full time
Applications Systems Analyst Salary: £31,300-£37,800 depending on experience Location: Essex (Home Working due to COVID) We are looking for an Applications Systems Analyst to join our client in Essex. JOB SUMMARY The Systems Analyst is responsible for several critical functions within the team: Working with the Lorenzo development team to support business change processes, attending meetings with clients and advising on Lorenzo capabilities. Interpreting business change requirements, designing and building Lorenzo solutions. Configuring Lorenzo test and live environments in respect of change projects, working alongside other Digital Services teams and external suppliers. Designing, developing, testing and implementing Lorenzo CDC forms. Supporting the Digital Services testing team in providing assurance on the integrity of system changes. Support system integrations with Lorenzo from 3rd party clinical systems. Working with Business Change Analysts to provide documentation and user guides. Supporting the IT Service Desk in the resolution of incidents, problem investigations and fulfilment of service requests liaising with 3rd party suppliers as necessary. Acting as the point of escalation (notification) for major incidents, service failures or customer complaints. The post holder must possess a sound understanding of Digital terminology and Digital service disciplines, endeavour to keep abreast of digital developments which might affect service delivery, and provide tact and empathy with Trust staff facing issues with key systems. Professional/Technical: To support the Information Asset Owners (IAOs), Administrators (IAAs), and Super Users of Trust Directorates to assist them in managing and using application systems in the delivery of their business functions. To fully support the IT Service Desk in the resolution of incidents, problem investigations and fulfilment of service requests liaising with 3rd party suppliers as necessary. To maintain a sound working knowledge of supported applications across their life cycle. To ensure service users are fully informed of issues that could affect the delivery of their services. To liaise closely with the Suppliers of the supported systems to encourage good working relations and to ensure that systems are supported in accordance with relevant contractual obligations. To attend regular meetings relating to both existing and future development of the supported systems and contribute to or lead projects as required. To contribute to the accurate and effective implementation of all new patches and upgrades to the supported systems. To liaise closely with the Information Department to ensure that any proposed changes to systems do not have an adverse effect on the data collected by that Department. To review release notes for patches and upgrades and ensure that the Application Manager is kept fully aware of training/user implications. To support the Application Manager in application procurement and development from design to operation. To support Information Asset Owners (IAOs) and Administrators (IAAs),to ensure security measures are in place in line with Trust policies to ensure the confidentiality and appropriate use of data held within the systems, To actively keep informed about national and local developments including those relating to the business areas using supported systems. Point of escalation (notification) for major Incidents regarding the digital services supported Represents the service in Change Advisory Board Understand Trust level SLAs related to business critical digital Services. Monitoring of external 3rd party SLA's according to agreed escalation procedure. To work flexible hours to meet the needs and exigencies of the service. To contribute to the development, implementation and on-going maintenance of business continuity and disaster recovery arrangements and maintain the necessary knowledge, skills and training to carry out the required actions. To undertake projects as and when required, including the production of project plans and co-ordination and monitoring of the delivery including project transition to a business as usual state, ensuring that digital service elements are completed satisfactorily and to schedule. Please apply if you have the relevant skills
Parker Shaw
17/03/2021
Full time
Back End Web Application Developers Remote Working (with 1 or 2 trips per month to offices in Northern Ireland, expenses paid) £30,000 - £40,000 per annum plus annual profit share bonus Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset and are looking for a career where you will have the autonomy to manage your own work, with the advantage of support from and interaction with highly skilled colleagues? Are you an experienced developer who can design and build the Server Side code, database structures and queries that ensure a high performance response to requests from the Front End? Do you have expertise in PHP and MySQL are vital plus experience of MVC frameworks such as CodeIgniter? As the Back End Web Application Developer you will also be integrating and working with the Front End elements developed by your colleagues so a good understanding of the full stack of web technologies is essential. You will need experience working on modern, complex web-based applications. You will essentially be a PHP Developer responsible for managing Back End services and the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all Server Side logic, definition and maintenance of the database structure and ensuring secure, accurate, high performance responses to requests from the Front End. You will also be responsible for integrating the Front End elements built by your co-workers into the application therefore, a basic understanding of Front End technologies is necessary as well. Responsibilities Integration of user-facing elements developed by Front End developers. Build efficient, testable and reusable PHP code. Design database schema and queries to efficiently extract the necessary data. Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges. Understand and translate requirements into technical specifications and solutions. Skills And Qualifications Strong knowledge of PHP and web frameworks such as CodeIgniter or similar. Understanding of MVC design patterns and knowledge of Object Oriented PHP programming. Proven ability to program complex web-based applications. Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server security exploits and their solutions. Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application. Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds. Ability to create database schemas that represent and support business processes. Familiarity with SQL databases (particularly MySQL) and their declarative query languages. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git. Understanding of Front End technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. Good communication skills and the ability to discuss solutions with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. If you have the skills and experience required for this exciting opportunity then please do apply now.

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