Parker Shaw

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.

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

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

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

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

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.