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Job Title: Mainframe Datacom Engineer (Spanish Speaking Preferred) Location: remote End Date: 30-Nov-26 (will be extended) Rate: 570 - 573 Role Purpose: HSBC is seeking an experienced Mainframe Datacom Engineer to support and enhance critical banking applications running within our IBM Z mainframe environment. This role will be responsible for the administration, support, optimisation, and modernisation of Broadcom Datacom databases that underpin key business and customer services. The successful candidate will work closely with application development teams, infrastructure engineers, database administrators, and regional stakeholders to ensure the stability, security, resilience, and performance of Datacom-based solutions. Given collaboration with teams across Spain and Latin America, Spanish language skills are highly desirable. This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued evolution of HSBC's strategic mainframe estate while supporting integration with modern engineering and DevOps practices. Principal Responsibilities: Database Administration & Support: Administer and maintain Broadcom Datacom databases within a z/OS environment. Perform database provisioning, configuration, monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning. Execute database backup, recovery, reorganisation, and maintenance activities using Datacom utilities. Monitor database availability and proactively resolve performance and operational issues. Support incident, problem, and change management processes in accordance with HSBC standards. Ensure database resilience, integrity, and regulatory compliance requirements are met. Mainframe Engineering: Support IBM z/OS infrastructure and associated mainframe technologies. Work with JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, and batch processing environments. Analyse system and application performance using available monitoring and diagnostic tools. Participate in disaster recovery testing and business continuity exercises. Collaborate with infrastructure teams to implement upgrades, patches, and platform improvements. Application Support & Development: Support Datacom-based applications developed in COBOL and other mainframe technologies. Work with development teams on database design, access path optimisation, and query performance. Review and support application releases into testing and production environments. Troubleshoot application and database-related incidents across the software development lifecycle. Contribute to code reviews and technical design discussions. Modernisation & Continuous Improvement: Assist with the integration of Datacom environments into modern engineering toolchains. Support API enablement, automation initiatives, CI/CD adoption, and DevOps practices. Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through scripting and automation. Contribute to strategic initiatives involving cloud connectivity, application transformation, and mainframe modernisation. Maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures. Essential Skills & Experience: Datacom Expertise: Strong hands-on experience supporting Broadcom Datacom (CA Datacom) databases. Knowledge of Datacom architecture, utilities, database structures, and performance tuning. Experience with database backup, recovery, reorganisation, and capacity management. Understanding of database security, access control, and audit requirements. Mainframe Technologies: Extensive experience in IBM z/OS environments. Strong working knowledge of: JCL TSO/ISPF SDSF CICS VSAM RACF Mainframe batch processing Familiarity with system monitoring and diagnostic tools. Development & Engineering: Experience supporting applications developed in COBOL. Good understanding of relational database concepts and data modelling. Knowledge of software development lifecycle and change management processes. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. Professional Skills: Ability to analyse complex technical issues and provide sustainable solutions. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Experience working within large, enterprise-scale financial services or highly regulated environments. Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing capabilities. Preferred Skills & Experience: Fluent or professional working proficiency in Spanish. Knowledge of the banking, payments, or financial services sector. Experience with DevOps tooling and automation frameworks. Exposure to modern API integration and application modernisation initiatives. Experience with Agile delivery methodologies. Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, Ansible, UrbanCode, or similar deployment and automation tools. Understanding of hybrid cloud and distributed platform integration with mainframe environments. Broadcom Datacom certifications or equivalent practical experience. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Relevant Mainframe, IBM Z, Broadcom Datacom, or database certifications desirable. Ideal Candidate Profile: We are looking for a technically strong mainframe professional who combines deep Datacom expertise with modern engineering mindsets. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating within complex enterprise environments, collaborating across international teams, and driving continuous improvement initiatives whilst maintaining the reliability and security expected of HSBC's core banking platforms. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Role Title: Senior Private Cloud Architect Location: Hybrid Sheffield (3 days onsite mandatory) Inside IR35 Rate: 550.00 In this role, you will: As a Senior Architect in Private Cloud, you'll provide hands-on technical leadership across the client private cloud platform, shaping and improving our virtualisation, container and Kubernetes capabilities, and enabling resilient, secure, high-performing services (including Kafka-based event streaming and microservices platforms). Reporting to the Head of Private Cloud, you'll partner closely with Product Owners, architects and engineering teams across CTO to turn strategy into practical, well-engineered outcomes. Key responsibilities: Architectural design decisions in line with the clients Cloud Strategy Set engineering direction for private cloud capabilities spanning virtualisation, containers, Kubernetes, Kafka/event streaming, and microservices enablement. Act as a senior technical authority, review designs, challenge assumptions, and ensure solutions are supportable, secure, and cost-effective. Define and promote engineering standards, reference architectures, patterns and guardrails (think: "paved roads", not "speed bumps"). Lead the end-to-end design and evolution of private cloud platform components (compute, storage, networking, orchestration, platform services). Drive consistent platform capabilities across environments (dev/test/prod), improving reliability, scalability, performance and operability. Influence platform roadmaps with Product Owners; translate business and technology needs into actionable engineering plans. Kubernetes & container platform Own key decisions around Kubernetes platform design: cluster architecture, multi-tenancy, ingress, service mesh (where applicable), policy, secrets, observability, upgrade strategies, and workload onboarding. Establish repeatable deployment patterns using GitOps/CI/CD, configuration management, and automation-first approaches. Kafka & event-driven platforms Provide technical leadership on Kafka platform usage and enablement (topic design patterns, partitioning strategy, resiliency, schema governance, security, monitoring and capacity planning). Partner with architects and service teams to adopt event-driven patterns safely and consistently. Coach teams on microservices design, domain boundaries, API/event contracts, resiliency patterns, and operational readiness. Improve developer experience through templates, golden paths, self-service capabilities, and clear documentation. Embed security-by-design and operational excellence: hardening, vulnerability management, identity and access controls, data protection, and auditability. Work as a bridge between Product, Architecture and Engineering-getting alignment without boiling the ocean. Communicate complex technical topics clearly to mixed audiences; write crisp design docs and influence decision forums. Key relationships: Reports to: Head of Private Cloud Works closely with: Product Owners, CTO Architects, Platform/Infrastructure Engineering, Application Engineering teams, Cyber Security, Operations/SRE, and relevant governance forums. To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements: Proven experience as an Architect / Engineer / Lead Engineer / Senior Staff Engineer (or equivalent) in large-scale, regulated, enterprise environments. Strong background in private cloud / platform engineering, including solid depth in at least two of: Virtualisation technologies (e.g., VMware or equivalent), Containers & Kubernetes (cluster operations, upgrades, networking, multi-tenancy, policy), Kafka/event streaming platforms (architecture, operations, governance) Strong engineering fundamentals: distributed systems, networking concepts, performance tuning, fault tolerance and capacity planning. Automation mindset with experience in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices (tooling can vary). Strong operational and risk awareness: security controls, change management, and production readiness practices. Desirable skills: Service mesh, API gateways, secrets management, policy-as-code. Observability platforms (metrics/logs/traces) and practical incident leadership. Experience building "platform as a product" capabilities (service catalogue, self-service, developer portals). Experience with multi-region / active-active design considerations and resilience testing. Leadership behaviours: We Value Difference: welcomes challenge, encourages diverse views, and makes space for quieter voices in technical discussions. We Succeed Together: builds strong partnerships across Product, Architecture and Engineering to deliver shared outcomes. We Take Responsibility: makes clear trade-offs, owns decisions, and reduces operational and security risk proactively. We Get It Done: drives pragmatic outcomes, removes blockers, and raises engineering quality while moving at pace. What success looks like: Faster, safer onboarding of workloads to the private cloud through repeatable patterns and self-service capabilities. Improved platform stability and performance with measurable reliability outcomes (SLOs, reduced incidents, faster recovery). Clear, adopted standards for Kubernetes, Kafka and microservices usage across CTO engineering teams. Stronger collaboration across Product/Architecture/Engineering with transparent roadmaps and well-governed technical decisions. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

We are seeking an experienced QE Test Lead to support a large-scale business and technology transformation programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining the overall testing strategy, establishing quality governance, coordinating testing activities across multiple technology workstreams, and leading a wider Quality Engineering team. This role requires a strong testing background combined with leadership experience across complex delivery environments. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working within Agile product-led teams and managing both internal and supplier-led testing activities to ensure successful programme delivery Define and maintain the overall test strategy and quality approach across the programme. Establish quality governance frameworks, standards, metrics, and reporting. Develop and manage programme-level test plans, schedules, risks, and dependencies. Lead and coordinate testing activities across multiple workstreams and delivery teams. Manage cross-functional and supplier-led test teams. Oversee functional, integration, system, regression, and data testing activities. Drive adoption of Quality Engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives. Ensure effective test coverage across business processes, integrations, and data flows. Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, and Delivery Leads to embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle. Manage defects, testing risks, and quality-related issues through to resolution. Provide regular quality reporting and test status updates to programme stakeholders. Support release planning, deployment activities, and production readiness assessments.

Your new company You will be joining a secure engineering environment supporting the operation, maintenance and continuous improvement of a business-critical platform and its associated services. The role sits within an established engineering team responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, security and performance of systems operating within a secure operational environment. Your new role As a DevOps Engineer, you will support platform infrastructure, deployment pipelines and live services across AWS-hosted environments. Working closely with development, support and platform teams, you will help maintain operational stability while contributing to automation, infrastructure improvements and service resilience. Key responsibilities Support AWS-hosted infrastructure and platform services. Maintain and develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform. Support Docker-based applications across development, test and production environments. Assist with CI/CD pipeline development and support using Jenkins, Groovy and GitLab. Monitor platform health, performance and availability using Elastic, Kibana and related tools. Investigate and resolve infrastructure, deployment and service-related incidents. Support networking technologies including VPNs, OpenVPN, Transit Gateway and API Gateway. Maintain NGINX, PostgreSQL and associated platform services. Contribute to operational resilience, disaster recovery and service continuity activities. Perform platform maintenance, patching and security updates. Create and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures. Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes and automation. Participate in incident response and on-call support activities. Work within established engineering standards, security controls and operational processes. Support a 24/7 operational environment and participate in on-call rotas as required. What you'll need to succeed Essential skills and experiencePlatform Engineering & Infrastructure AWS Terraform Docker NGINX PostgreSQL (EC2 and RDS environments) Linux administration Windows administration AWS Transit Gateway AWS API Gateway AWS Virtual Desktop VPN and OpenVPN technologies DevOps & Automation Jenkins Groovy GitLab CI/CD pipeline implementation and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Automated deployment processes Configuration management Monitoring & Observability Elastic Kibana Infrastructure monitoring and alerting Performance monitoring Log analysis and troubleshooting Service availability monitoring Root cause analysis Desirable skills and experience Cloud & Platform Technologies AWS SageMaker Python scripting and automation Container orchestration platforms Infrastructure security and hardening Cloud networking and connectivity Application Support Knowledge C# .NET JavaScript React REST APIs Microservices architecture COTS Product Experience Supporting Commercial Off-The-Shelf products within secure environments Troubleshooting intelligence, analytical or partner-provided systems Exposure to SOLAR, MAT or equivalent operational platforms Integration of internally developed applications with third-party products AI & Analytics Experience supporting AI-enabled services Exposure to Large Language Model (LLM) solutions Data analytics and monitoring platforms Additional Skills Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement Experience within highly regulated environments What you'll get in return 12-month contract opportunity Fully remote working Opportunity to support critical secure platform services and cloud infrastructure SC-cleared environment Rate: 550 per day via Umbrella How to apply If you're interested in this opportunity, apply with your latest CV, availability and preferred location. If this role isn't quite right for you, please get in touch for a confidential discussion about similar opportunities. isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

Role Title: Software Engineer - Strategic Engineering, Cyber Security Location: Sheffield (3 days onsite mandatory) Start Date: 9-Nov-26 End Date: 22-Sep-27 Rate: 402 Role purpose: We're looking for a GCB5 Software Engineer to join the Cyber Security Strategic Engineering team. You'll build and run software solutions that underpin our cyber big data platform and the services that enable our data engineering teams. You'll also contribute to engineering solutions that support security governance and controls. Early in the role, you'll help manage and improve demand for APIs into our cyber data lake (via Kong) and deliver automation across our DevOps integration with change/request processes and systems. Longer term, you'll contribute to core platform services and engineering initiatives across the cyber domain. Key responsibilities: Software engineering & delivery: Design, build, test, and maintain backend services, APIs, and automation used by cyber engineering and data teams. Apply good engineering practices: design patterns, SOLID principles, pragmatic architecture, and strong code quality. Contribute to development, we have a lot of Go and Python (previous experience helpful but not required; willingness to learn is essential). Write clear technical documentation and support knowledge sharing across the team. Platform, cloud & infrastructure as code: Build and operate cloud-based solutions on AWS or Azure, understanding core services and how to use them securely and efficiently. Use Terraform to provision and maintain infrastructure, including networking components and access controls. Work with cloud networking concepts (e.g., VPC/VNet, subnets, routing, security groups/NSGs, private connectivity, DNS). DevOps & operational excellence: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using "pipeline as code" approaches, improving reliability, repeatability, and auditability. Configure and operate build/deployment agents/runners and associated tooling. Implement secure secrets handling in pipelines (e.g., vault/managed secrets, rotation concepts, avoiding secret leakage). Support production operations where needed: monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. Initial focus / day-to-day (first phase): Manage and optimise API demand and onboarding for the cyber data lake through Kong (API gateway), including access patterns, standards, and operational support. Automate workflows across DevOps tooling and change/request processes, reducing manual effort and improving control and traceability. Required skills and experience: Strong programming experience in at least one major language (e.g., Java, C#/.NET, Python), with the ability to pick up new languages quickly. Hands-on experience applying common engineering best practices (design patterns, SOLID, refactoring, code reviews). Working knowledge of modern testing approaches such as TDD/BDD, and building testable services. Cloud experience in AWS or Azure, with a practical understanding of core offerings and how to use them in production. Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform (modules, state, plan/apply workflow, environment separation). Strong DevOps experience: CI/CD, pipeline-as-code, agents/runners, artefact management, and operational hygiene. Understanding of secrets management concepts in pipelines and deployments. Comfortable working in a security-focused environment with a strong appreciation for control, auditability, and risk management. Desirable (nice to have): Experience with API gateways (especially Kong), API lifecycle management, and API security patterns (authN/authZ, rate limiting, mTLS, OAuth2/JWT concepts). Experience building platforms/services that support data engineering teams (e.g., ingestion services, metadata, access patterns, developer enablement). Familiarity with big data ecosystems - particularly data bricks/spark (e.g., data lakes, distributed compute, streaming) and observability practices. Prior exposure to cyber/security engineering domains (useful, not required). Lots of cloud engineering experience Serious ownership of Devops Pipelines If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Site Reliability Engineer (GCP & Kubernetes) London (Hybrid, 2 days onsite per week) 6-Month Contract Inside IR35 Competitive Day Rate We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join a high-performing technology team responsible for building, securing, and operating cloud-native platforms that support innovative AI-driven applications. This is a key role focused on cloud infrastructure development, platform reliability, security hardening, and operational excellence . You will work closely with software engineers, platform teams, and technical stakeholders to design, deploy, and maintain resilient production systems capable of supporting complex and scalable workloads. You will be responsible for the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of cloud-based applications and infrastructure, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and operate effectively in production environments. Key Responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Deploy, manage, and optimise Kubernetes-based environments and containerised applications. Develop and support backend services and operational tooling using Python. Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Implement security hardening, monitoring, observability, and reliability best practices across cloud platforms. Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, ensuring minimal service disruption. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and reliable software delivery. Work closely with development teams to improve platform resilience, scalability, and operational performance. Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes to support production systems. Drive automation initiatives to reduce operational overhead and improve system reliability. We're Looking For: Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or DevOps Engineer . Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) . Experience deploying, operating, and supporting production cloud applications at scale . Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration technologies. Commercial experience developing with Python . Experience building and supporting backend services and APIs, ideally using FastAPI . Strong knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles. Experience designing highly available, resilient, and secure cloud environments. Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills within production environments. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, GitHub, and DevOps best practices . Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts, with particular emphasis on GCP networking . Ability to take ownership of production systems and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Desirable: Microsoft Azure experience. Experience deploying and supporting AI/ML applications in production environments. Exposure to Large Language Models (LLMs), NLP, or agent-based systems. Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Sentry , Prometheus, Grafana, or similar platforms. Strong Docker and multi-container application architecture experience. Experience working within scientific, pharmaceutical, genomics, or bioinformatics environments. Start-up or high-growth technology company experience. Open-source software contributions. Technical leadership, mentoring, or coaching experience. Contract Details: 6-Month Initial Contract Inside IR35 London-based Hybrid Working (2 days onsite per week) Competitive Day Rate Potential extension opportunities The Opportunity This role offers the chance to work on modern cloud-native systems supporting innovative AI-enabled technologies. You'll be part of a collaborative engineering environment where reliability, automation, security, and scalability are key priorities, with the opportunity to make a significant impact on critical production platforms. If you're a Site Reliability Engineer or Platform Engineer with strong GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Python experience, we'd love to hear from you.

Automation Engineer (6-month contract) Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Our client, a leading organisation in the automation industry, is seeking a talented Automation Engineer to join their dynamic team. If you have a passion for control engineering and a knack for problem-solving, this could be the perfect opportunity for you! Role Purpose: As an Automation Engineer, you will provide essential software support for site automation systems. Your expertise will play a vital role in ensuring our operations run smoothly and efficiently. What You Bring: To thrive in this role, you should have: Control Engineering Experience: Proficiency in using Emerson DeltaV is a must. Relevant Engineering Design Experience: Previous experience in a similar role is preferred. Understanding of HSEQ Standards: Familiarity with Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality standards, especially in a Top Tier COMAH site. Knowledge of Chemical Batch Unit Operations: Your experience in batch process automation will be invaluable. Ability to Translate Requirements: Transforming Process Engineering requirements into effective software code is key. Your Key Responsibilities: Follow safe systems of work to uphold the highest HSEQ standards. Implement changes within agreed timescales, meeting performance parameters. Devise and implement control strategies to alleviate production bottlenecks. Ensure both temporary and permanent modifications are executed safely. Manage interfaces between engineering, production, and process control systems. Diagnose and resolve process control problems efficiently. Collaborate proactively with design teams to minimise production disruptions. What We're Looking For: To be successful in this role, you should possess: An aptitude for following guidelines, procedures, and processes. Strong interpersonal skills to liaise with technical staff at all levels. A commitment to high standards of work with meticulous attention to detail. Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan, schedule, and coordinate effectively. Capability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team. A self-starter attitude and a proactive approach to challenges. Exceptional communication skills at all levels. Proficiency in problem-solving to drive solutions forward. Additional Information: We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate eligibility to live and work in the UK. If you are excited about the prospect of working in a fast-paced environment and contributing to innovative automation solutions, we want to hear from you! Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

AWS Cloud Database Engineer - HYBRID - INSIDE IR35 Cloud Database Engineer - AWS Are you an experienced Cloud Database Engineer with a strong background in Amazon Web Services (AWS) ? We're looking for a talented engineer to join a growing technology team, supporting and developing secure, high-performing cloud database platforms. AWS experience is essential for this role, with hands-on knowledge of services including RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, IAM, SNS and CloudWatch . The Role As a Cloud Database Engineer, you'll be responsible for the performance, availability, security and continuous improvement of cloud database environments. You'll work closely with DevOps, Cloud Architects and Software Engineering teams to deliver scalable cloud solutions while driving automation and Infrastructure as Code. What You'll Be Doing Manage and optimise AWS-hosted database platforms. Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines. Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve production issues. Build automation to improve operational efficiency. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams. Essential Skills Strong commercial AWS experience (essential), including: Amazon RDS DynamoDB Lambda IAM SNS CloudWatch You'll also have experience with: PostgreSQL Terraform Git/GitLab Jenkins and CI/CD Python Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously. Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website

Role: OpenShift Engineer Engagement: 6 month Contract inside IR35 Location: 2-3 days per week onsite in Yorkshire Role Overview: We are seeking several highly skilled OpenShift Engineers to support the designs and build of a secure, compliant, and resilient platform. Key Responsibilities OpenShift virtualization, including VM life cycle management, migration from vSphere, and production operations. Contribute to the planning and mapping of the client's OpenShift environment Assess VMware estates and define OpenShift sizing, capacity, and cluster topology Platform engineering capability on OpenShift, with GitOps-led operations, operator life cycle management, and enterprise governance. Implement platform security, RBAC, network segmentation, and compliance controls Automate provisioning and configuration using Ansible, Terraform, or GitOps Troubleshoot issues across OpenShift, Kubernetes, VMware, networking, and storage Essential Skills Deep infrastructure troubleshooting capability spanning storage, networking, and performance for VM-based workloads on OpenShift. Experience designing and building OpenShift platforms in enterprise or regulated environments Strong VMware vSphere knowledge (ESXi, vCenter, networking, resource pools) Solid Kubernetes or RHEL engineering background Automation Experience (Ansible, Terraform, GitOps) Ability to diagnose cross-layer issues and lead incident resolution with confidence. Job Title: Openshift SME Location: Leeds, UK Job Type: Contract Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at our website. To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go our website. We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice on our website for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.

Python Developer Location : Glasgow Role Type: Contract - 12 months Work Setup : Hybrid - 3 days in the office Who We Are Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. The Role Our client is a large multinational firm that provides a range of financial services, including advisory, investment, and asset management solutions. It serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, focusing on strategic planning, market operations, and long-term financial growth. What you'll do Design, develop and maintain production-grade Python applications, automation frameworks and reusable software components. Build automation and pipelines for infrastructure deployment, patching, monitoring, alerting, inventory and capacity management. Integrate Python solutions with infrastructure, storage platforms, APIs and third-party systems. Work with engineering and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into scalable, highly available technical solutions. Develop automation for problem management and preventative maintenance, applying software engineering and SDLC best practices. Troubleshoot issues across Python applications, Linux, infrastructure and storage environments, collaborating with a global engineering team. What you bring Advanced hands-on Python development experience, including production-grade applications, automation frameworks and reusable solutions. Strong knowledge of software engineering, Object-Oriented Programming, SDLC best practices and technical troubleshooting. Experience with automation, deployment and CI/CD pipelines, including REST APIs, system integration and SQL/database technologies. Good working knowledge of Linux/RHEL environments and infrastructure technologies. Experience or exposure to enterprise storage, such as IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS, distributed file systems, SAN, NAS, NFS or iSCSI, with knowledge of storage automation, monitoring or capacity management. Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, or enterprise storage platforms such as NetApp, EMC or Brocade, would be advantageous. What's Next If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more. We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at (see below) to discuss how we can support you. This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

API Engineer - Envoy Location: Glasgow - 5 days onsite Contract: 6 months Rate: £425 per day IR35: Inside IR35 Experience: Banking/Financial Services essential We are urgently looking for an experienced API Engineer with strong hands-on Envoy Proxy/Envoy Gateway experience to join a major banking technology programme in Glasgow. This is a specialist API engineering role, so candidates must have proven practical experience with Envoy rather than simply general API, Kubernetes or DevOps exposure. Key Responsibilities Design, configure and support Envoy Proxy/Envoy Gateway within a cloud-native banking environment. Configure and manage API routing, services, upstreams and gateway policies. Troubleshoot complex API routing, connectivity and Proxy issues. Implement API authentication and authorisation at gateway level. Support secure and highly available API gateway architectures. Work with engineering and platform teams on Kubernetes-based API infrastructure. Manage API gateway configuration through controlled, automated deployment processes. Contribute to CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native engineering practices. Essential Experience Strong hands-on Envoy Proxy or Envoy Gateway experience - essential Strong Java or Golang development experience Strong REST API experience OpenAPI Specification (OAS) experience API gateway authentication and authorisation OAuth 2.0/OIDC JWT validation mTLS Kubernetes/cloud-native environments Terraform CI/CD pipelines Git-based development and configuration management Strong troubleshooting and production support experience Banking or financial services experience Desirable Envoy xDS/ADS Envoy filters and extensions ext_authz API gateway security policies AWS experience Docker GitOps/configuration-as-code Kong or other API Gateway experience Important Strong Envoy experience is a key requirement for this position. We are not looking for candidates with only generic API Gateway, Kubernetes or DevOps experience.

Python/React Full Stack Developer Location: London - 5 Days On-Site Contract: 6 months Day Rate: £440 per day Inside IR35 Sector: Banking/Financial Services About the Role We are looking for an experienced Python/React Full Stack Developer to join a major banking technology environment in London. This is a hands-on development role for a strong full-stack engineer who can work across Python Back End services and React Front End applications . You will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining scalable applications within an enterprise banking environment. Banking/Financial Services experience is essential. Key Responsibilities Design and develop scalable applications using Python and React.js . Build and maintain REST APIs and microservices . Develop modern, responsive Front End applications using React.js, TypeScript and JavaScript . Work with architects, product owners, DevOps and QA teams to deliver high-quality solutions. Develop cloud-native applications and contribute to CI/CD pipelines. Troubleshoot and resolve production and performance issues. Participate in code reviews and follow modern engineering best practices. Work within an Agile/Scrum delivery environment. Essential Skills & Experience Strong commercial Python development experience. Strong commercial React.js experience. Banking/Financial Services experience - essential. Experience with FastAPI, Flask or Django . Strong experience developing REST APIs and microservices . Strong JavaScript/ TypeScript knowledge. React Hooks and Redux. Strong SQL and database experience, ideally PostgreSQL, MySQL or SQL Server . Experience with Docker and Kubernetes . Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git. Experience working within large-scale enterprise environments. Strong understanding of OOP and software engineering principles. Agile/Scrum experience. Desirable AWS, Azure or GCP experience. Kafka or RabbitMQ/event-driven architecture. Terraform/Infrastructure as Code. PyTest and Jest. MongoDB. Experience building highly scalable, distributed applications. Candidate Profile We are looking for a genuine Full Stack Developer , rather than someone who is primarily Front End or Back End focused. The successful candidate will have a strong track record delivering Python and React solutions within banking or financial services , be comfortable working across the full development life cycle, and have excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Key Technologies Python | React.js | TypeScript | FastAPI | Flask | Django | REST APIs | Microservices | PostgreSQL | Docker | Kubernetes | CI/CD | AWS/Azure/GCP | Git | Kafka

Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (SC Cleared) Contract: 6 months Initial Contract Location: London (Hybrid - 50% onsite) Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required We are seeking an experienced Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to support the productionisation of a business-critical Azure-hosted application within a secure and regulated environment. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on Azure App Services, API Management, security implementation, infrastructure automation, and DevOps best practice. You will be responsible for delivering technical changes, improving platform reliability, and establishing repeatable deployment and operational processes. Key Responsibilities Configure and optimise Azure API Management (APIM) integration with Azure App Services. Implement API routing, policies, authentication, certificates, and networking configurations. Review and improve Azure App Service configuration, scalability, reliability, and operational readiness. Implement secure authentication and authorisation solutions using Entra ID, Managed Identities, and RBAC. Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for Azure applications and infrastructure. Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational dashboards using Azure Monitor and Application Insights. Configure secure secrets management and access controls. Establish release, rollback, recovery, and deployment validation processes. Produce technical documentation, operational runbooks, and knowledge transfer materials. Work closely with Architecture, Security, Engineering, and Governance teams. Essential Skills & Experience Active SC Clearance. Strong hands-on Azure engineering experience in enterprise environments. Azure API Management (APIM). Azure App Services. Microsoft Entra ID, Managed Identities, and Azure RBAC. CI/CD implementation and deployment automation. Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Azure networking, DNS, certificates, and service-to-service connectivity. Application and API security. Azure Monitor, logging, and operational monitoring. Git-based development workflows. Python and REST API integration experience. Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills. Desirable Experience Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions. Azure Key Vault. Application Insights. Private Endpoints and VNet Integration. AI, LLM, or data platform environments. Databricks integration. Secure financial services or regulated industry experience. To apply for this position please submit your CV. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Job Title: Mainframe Datacom Engineer (Spanish Speaking Preferred) Location: remote End Date: 30-Nov-26 (will be extended) Rate: £570 - £573 Role Purpose: HSBC is seeking an experienced Mainframe Datacom Engineer to support and enhance critical banking applications running within our IBM Z Mainframe environment. This role will be responsible for the administration, support, optimisation, and modernisation of Broadcom Datacom databases that underpin key business and customer services. The successful candidate will work closely with application development teams, infrastructure engineers, database administrators, and regional stakeholders to ensure the stability, security, resilience, and performance of Datacom-based solutions. Given collaboration with teams across Spain and Latin America, Spanish language skills are highly desirable. This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued evolution of HSBC's strategic Mainframe estate while supporting integration with modern engineering and DevOps practices. Principal Responsibilities: Database Administration & Support: Administer and maintain Broadcom Datacom databases within a z/OS environment. Perform database provisioning, configuration, monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning. Execute database backup, recovery, reorganisation, and maintenance activities using Datacom utilities. Monitor database availability and proactively resolve performance and operational issues. Support incident, problem, and change management processes in accordance with HSBC standards. Ensure database resilience, integrity, and regulatory compliance requirements are met. Mainframe Engineering: Support IBM z/OS infrastructure and associated Mainframe technologies. Work with JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, and batch processing environments. Analyse system and application performance using available monitoring and diagnostic tools. Participate in disaster recovery testing and business continuity exercises. Collaborate with infrastructure teams to implement upgrades, patches, and platform improvements. Application Support & Development: Support Datacom-based applications developed in Cobol and other Mainframe technologies. Work with development teams on database design, access path optimisation, and query performance. Review and support application releases into testing and production environments. Troubleshoot application and database-related incidents across the software development life cycle. Contribute to code reviews and technical design discussions. Modernisation & Continuous Improvement: Assist with the integration of Datacom environments into modern engineering toolchains. Support API enablement, automation initiatives, CI/CD adoption, and DevOps practices. Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through Scripting and automation. Contribute to strategic initiatives involving cloud connectivity, application transformation, and Mainframe modernisation. Maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures. Essential Skills & Experience: Datacom Expertise: Strong hands-on experience supporting Broadcom Datacom (CA Datacom) databases. Knowledge of Datacom architecture, utilities, database structures, and performance tuning. Experience with database backup, recovery, reorganisation, and capacity management. Understanding of database security, access control, and audit requirements. Mainframe Technologies: Extensive experience in IBM z/OS environments. Strong working knowledge of: JCL TSO/ISPF SDSF CICS VSAM RACF Mainframe batch processing Familiarity with system monitoring and diagnostic tools. Development & Engineering: Experience supporting applications developed in Cobol. Good understanding of relational database concepts and data modelling. Knowledge of software development life cycle and change management processes. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. Professional Skills: Ability to analyse complex technical issues and provide sustainable solutions. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Experience working within large, enterprise-scale financial services or highly regulated environments. Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing capabilities. Preferred Skills & Experience: Fluent or professional working proficiency in Spanish. Knowledge of the banking, payments, or financial services sector. Experience with DevOps tooling and automation frameworks. Exposure to modern API integration and application modernisation initiatives. Experience with Agile delivery methodologies. Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, Ansible, UrbanCode, or similar deployment and automation tools. Understanding of hybrid cloud and distributed platform integration with Mainframe environments. Broadcom Datacom certifications or equivalent practical experience. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Relevant Mainframe, IBM Z, Broadcom Datacom, or database certifications desirable. Ideal Candidate Profile: We are looking for a technically strong Mainframe professional who combines deep Datacom expertise with modern engineering mindsets. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating within complex enterprise environments, collaborating across international teams, and driving continuous improvement initiatives whilst maintaining the reliability and security expected of HSBC's core banking platforms. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Role Title: Senior Private Cloud Architect Location: Hybrid Sheffield (3 days onsite mandatory) Inside IR35 Rate: £550.00 In this role, you will: As a Senior Architect in Private Cloud, you'll provide hands-on technical leadership across the client private cloud platform, shaping and improving our virtualisation, container and Kubernetes capabilities, and enabling resilient, secure, high-performing services (including Kafka-based event streaming and microservices platforms). Reporting to the Head of Private Cloud, you'll partner closely with Product Owners, architects and engineering teams across CTO to turn strategy into practical, well-engineered outcomes. Key responsibilities: Architectural design decisions in line with the clients Cloud Strategy Set engineering direction for private cloud capabilities spanning virtualisation, containers, Kubernetes, Kafka/event streaming, and microservices enablement. Act as a senior technical authority, review designs, challenge assumptions, and ensure solutions are supportable, secure, and cost-effective. Define and promote engineering standards, reference architectures, patterns and guardrails (think: "paved roads", not "speed bumps"). Lead the end-to-end design and evolution of private cloud platform components (compute, storage, networking, orchestration, platform services). Drive consistent platform capabilities across environments (dev/test/prod), improving reliability, scalability, performance and operability. Influence platform roadmaps with Product Owners; translate business and technology needs into actionable engineering plans. Kubernetes & container platform Own key decisions around Kubernetes platform design: cluster architecture, multi-tenancy, ingress, service mesh (where applicable), policy, secrets, observability, upgrade strategies, and workload onboarding. Establish repeatable deployment patterns using GitOps/CI/CD, configuration management, and automation-first approaches. Kafka & event-driven platforms Provide technical leadership on Kafka platform usage and enablement (topic design patterns, partitioning strategy, resiliency, schema governance, security, monitoring and capacity planning). Partner with architects and service teams to adopt event-driven patterns safely and consistently. Coach teams on microservices design, domain boundaries, API/event contracts, resiliency patterns, and operational readiness. Improve developer experience through templates, golden paths, self-service capabilities, and clear documentation. Embed security-by-design and operational excellence: hardening, vulnerability management, identity and access controls, data protection, and auditability. Work as a bridge between Product, Architecture and Engineering-getting alignment without boiling the ocean. Communicate complex technical topics clearly to mixed audiences; write crisp design docs and influence decision forums. Key relationships: Reports to: Head of Private Cloud Works closely with: Product Owners, CTO Architects, Platform/Infrastructure Engineering, Application Engineering teams, Cyber Security, Operations/SRE, and relevant governance forums. To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements: Proven experience as an Architect/Engineer/Lead Engineer/Senior Staff Engineer (or equivalent) in large-scale, regulated, enterprise environments. Strong background in private cloud/platform engineering, including solid depth in at least two of: Virtualisation technologies (eg, VMware or equivalent), Containers & Kubernetes (cluster operations, upgrades, networking, multi-tenancy, policy), Kafka/event streaming platforms (architecture, operations, governance) Strong engineering fundamentals: distributed systems, networking concepts, performance tuning, fault tolerance and capacity planning. Automation mindset with experience in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices (tooling can vary). Strong operational and risk awareness: security controls, change management, and production readiness practices. Desirable skills: Service mesh, API gateways, secrets management, policy-as-code. Observability platforms (metrics/logs/traces) and practical incident leadership. Experience building "platform as a product" capabilities (service catalogue, self-service, developer portals). Experience with multi-region/active-active design considerations and resilience testing. Leadership behaviours: We Value Difference: welcomes challenge, encourages diverse views, and makes space for quieter voices in technical discussions. We Succeed Together: builds strong partnerships across Product, Architecture and Engineering to deliver shared outcomes. We Take Responsibility: makes clear trade-offs, owns decisions, and reduces operational and security risk proactively. We Get It Done: drives pragmatic outcomes, removes blockers, and raises engineering quality while moving at pace. What success looks like: Faster, safer onboarding of workloads to the private cloud through repeatable patterns and self-service capabilities. Improved platform stability and performance with measurable reliability outcomes (SLOs, reduced incidents, faster recovery). Clear, adopted standards for Kubernetes, Kafka and microservices usage across CTO engineering teams. Stronger collaboration across Product/Architecture/Engineering with transparent roadmaps and well-governed technical decisions. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Job Title: System Architect - Production Domain Location: London 1/2x days a week Salary/Rate: £600 - 650 Inside IR35 Start Date: In the next two weeks Job Type: Initial 2-month contract Company Introduction: We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our enterprise packaging clients! They are currently looking for a skilled System Architect to join their team for an initial 2-month contract. Required: Multiple years in Automotive Systems Engineering, ECU/System Architecture, and Validation Engineering. Responsibilities/required experience : Own and maintain the System Under Test (SUT) architecture across hardware, software, and test environments throughout the product life cycle. Translate product and system requirements into complete, consistent, and testable system requirements. Define ECU architectures supporting integration, validation, manufacturing, and production readiness. Ensure architecture provides observability, controllability, diagnosability, and scalability. Collaborate with validation teams to enable SIL, HIL, and EOL testing. Define requirements for flashing, provisioning, diagnostics, fault detection, and production ramp-up. Specify interfaces between ECU, vehicle networks, test systems, and manufacturing systems. Act as a cross-functional technical leader across system engineering, software, validation, and industrialization teams If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format. Disclaimer Notwithstanding any guidelines given to the level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies. Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

The Role: CTO - Cloud Engineering - Private Cloud Senior Architect Location: Sheffield, UK Position Type: Contract Inside IR35 Remote work option Available: Hybrid - 2 days in a week Job Description: Key responsibilities Architectural design decisions in line with Client Cloud Strategy Set engineering direction for private cloud capabilities spanning virtualisation, containers, Kubernetes, Kafka/event streaming, and microservices enablement. Act as a senior technical authority, review designs, challenge assumptions, and ensure solutions are supportable, secure, and cost-effective. Define and promote engineering standards, reference architectures, patterns and guardrails (think: paved roads, not speed bumps ). Lead the end-to-end design and evolution of private cloud platform components (compute, storage, networking, orchestration, platform services). Drive consistent platform capabilities across environments (dev/test/prod), improving reliability, scalability, performance and operability. Influence platform roadmaps with Product Owners; translate business and technology needs into actionable engineering plans. Kubernetes & container platform Own key decisions around Kubernetes platform design: cluster architecture, multi-tenancy, ingress, service mesh (where applicable), policy, secrets, observability, upgrade strategies, and workload onboarding. Establish repeatable deployment patterns using GitOps/CI/CD, configuration management, and automation-first approaches. Kafka & event-driven platforms Provide technical leadership on Kafka platform usage and enablement (topic design patterns, partitioning strategy, resiliency, schema governance, security, monitoring and capacity planning). Partner with architects and service teams to adopt event-driven patterns safely and consistently. Coach teams on microservices design, domain boundaries, API/event contracts, resiliency patterns, and operational readiness. Improve developer experience through templates, golden paths, self-service capabilities, and clear documentation. Embed security-by-design and operational excellence: hardening, vulnerability management, identity and access controls, data protection, and auditability. Work as a bridge between Product, Architecture and Engineering-getting alignment without boiling the ocean. Communicate complex technical topics clearly to mixed audiences; write crisp design docs and influence decision forums. Key relationships: Reports to: Head of Private Cloud Works closely with: Product Owners, CTO Architects, Platform/Infrastructure Engineering, Application Engineering teams, Cyber Security, Operations/SRE, and relevant governance forums. To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements: Proven experience as an Architect/Engineer/Lead Engineer/Senior Staff Engineer (or equivalent) in large-scale, regulated, enterprise environments. Strong background in private cloud/platform engineering, including solid depth in at least two of: Virtualisation technologies (eg, VMware or equivalent), Containers & Kubernetes (cluster operations, upgrades, networking, multi-tenancy, policy), Kafka/event streaming platforms (architecture, operations, governance) Strong engineering fundamentals: distributed systems, networking concepts, performance tuning, fault tolerance and capacity planning. Automation mindset with experience in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices (tooling can vary). Strong operational and risk awareness: security controls, change management, and production readiness practices. Desirable skills: Service mesh, API gateways, secrets management, policy-as-code. Observability platforms (metrics/logs/traces) and practical incident leadership. Experience building platform as a product capabilities (service catalogue, self-service, developer portals). Experience with multi-region/active-active design considerations and resilience testing.

Role: Scala Developer Contract Length: 12 Months Location: Fully Remote (UK Based) Rate: Inside IR35 Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required Overview We are seeking an experienced Scala Developer to join a high-profile government programme. This is an opportunity to work on large-scale, cloud-based services within an Agile delivery environment, contributing to the development of secure, scalable, and resilient applications. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain Back End applications using Scala. Build and enhance RESTful APIs and microservices. Work closely with architects, DevOps engineers, testers, and business stakeholders. Develop secure, performant, and scalable solutions. Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices. Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing strategies. Support production deployments and troubleshooting activities. Essential Skills & Experience Strong commercial experience developing applications in Scala . Experience building REST APIs and microservices. Knowledge of functional programming principles. Experience with Akka , Play Framework , or similar Scala ecosystem technologies. Strong understanding of software development best practices and Agile methodologies. Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS , Azure, or GCP. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and automated testing frameworks. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Desirable Previous Public Sector or Government project experience. Experience working within GDS environments. Knowledge of containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. Experience with Kafka or event-driven architectures. Requirements Active SC Clearance is mandatory. Must be eligible to work in the UK. Available to start within a reasonable timeframe. This is a long-term 12-month contract offering fully remote working and the opportunity to work on a significant government digital transformation programme.

Title: Azure Data Engineer Contract Type: FTC until 31/08/2027 & FTC until 29/03/2028, Full-Time, 35 hours Salary: Starting from 57,094 per annum dependent on experience (London weighted salary) or from 49,502 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience Grade: 10 Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working) Closing Date: 6th September 2026 Interview Dates: 14th-16th September 2026 followed by 2nd stage interview being held on 23rd-24th September 2026 Please note that in person interviews will be held for at least one of the interview stages for this role. NB: The official job title for this position is "Software Engineer" - Azure Data Engineer is for advertising purposes only. Please click here for the role profile - Azure Data Engineer Role Profile.docx Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated. L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months. Previous applicants need not apply if your application was regretted in the last 12 weeks. Join our Data Engineering Team at L&Q: L&Q is one of the UK's largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of. We're building a modern data platform on Azure - and this role puts you right in the action. You'll get hands-on with tools like Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, Logic Apps and more. It's a chance to work on real, production-grade solutions while sharpening your cloud skills and growing alongside a strong, supportive team. You'll design and build scalable, automated data pipelines that bring together information from across the organisation. It's a hands-on engineering role covering everything from data ingestion to transformation, modelling and delivery - all within a modern Azure environment. Great data powers great decisions. We're investing in our platform and need sharp, curious engineers to help us deliver faster, smarter insights. You'll report to the Lead Data Engineer and be part of our Data Engineering Team, working closely with architects, analysts, testers and delivery squads in an agile, cross-functional setup. You'll be supported to learn, contribute, and help shape the platform we're building. If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply! Your impact in the role: Main duties: Build and maintain scalable, automated data pipelines using Azure tools like Data Factory, Databricks, and Logic Apps etc. Ingest, transform and model data from multiple sources into our enterprise data platform. Optimise data flows for performance, reliability, and reusability - with a driven, analytical, and decisive mindset. Support data quality, reconciliation and monitoring processes. Work autonomously across the full data lifecycle - from raw source to insight - showing initiative and self-reliance. Key relationships. Data Engineering Team - Collaborate on design, delivery and best practices. Solution Architects - Align pipeline design with platform standards and architecture. Product Owners - Understand business needs and translate them into technical data solutions. Test Analysts - Ensure the integrity and reliability of data delivered to end users. Reporting & BI Teams - Provide clean, structured data for dashboards and analytics. Your engineering work will directly support the department's goal of delivering clean, connected, and reliable data for the organisation. By automating pipelines, reducing manual effort, and improving data quality, you'll help speed up delivery and reduce risk. Close collaboration with architects, analysts, and reporting teams ensures we're building the right things - the right way - to meet evolving business needs, support self-service reporting, and grow our cloud-first data platform. What you'll bring: Qualifications: Relevant degree or equivalent experience in IT, Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field (preferred but not mandatory). Skills and Experience: Experience with databases and analytics, including relational databases (e.g. SQL Server), Data Warehousing, Big Data and business analytics using visualisation tools (Power BI). Experience designing solution using Microsoft Azure stacks such as Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Logic Apps, Azure Data Bricks, Azure functions, Azure Synapse. Must have previously worked in Data Warehouse ETL & BI platforms, with a good understanding of DW strategy, architecture, data modelling, schemas following Kimball Methodology. Good understanding on Master Data Services, DQ profiling, cleansing, update, DQ reports, Purview. Strong experience with at least one of the programming languages (Python, Scala, PySpark). Knowledge and experience using the Microsoft technology stack and associated development tools. Experience working with SharePoint, PowerPivot, PowerBI and deep knowledge of the underlying technology to develop data integration layers and associated systems to provide repositories of information. Experience working with database, storage, collection and aggregation models, delta loading, external data load. Desirable: Exposure to PowerShell Scripting would be advantageous. Experience of working in an agile cross-functional delivery squad working with product owners, solution analysts, solution architects and test analysts. Awareness and understanding of key DevOps and cloud concepts including CI/CD, Iaas, PaaS and SaaS with enabled multi-disciplined, cross functional capabilities. Containerisation experience highly desirable. Experienced in designing and coordinating existing pilots, prototypes, or proof of concepts. Experience of the underlying technology to develop data integration layers and associated systems to provide repositories of information. Exposure to Semarchy (MDM Solution) would be advantageous. Exposure to NEC Housing Management Solution and PL/SQL would be advantageous. Exposure to Total Mobile. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email (url removed) About L&Q: We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of. 250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England. People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q - click here to read more. At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger - and they're at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We're proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We're a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we've introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It's all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here . Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations. Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

Technical Architect - Composable Commerce 6-Month Initial Contract 800/day max Inside IR35 Remote We're looking for a highly experienced, hands-on Technical Architect to provide technical leadership for a strategic composable eCommerce platform supporting a major retail and optical client. The role combines architecture, engineering leadership and production support, with a strong focus on commerce tools, MACH architecture, TypeScript/Node.js and Microsoft Azure . You'll play a key role in transitioning technical ownership from an incumbent supplier while driving platform reliability, continuous improvement and engineering best practice. The Role You'll be responsible for: Providing senior technical leadership across production support, incidents, defects, changes and enhancements Acting as the senior escalation point for complex technical issues and major incidents Leading root cause analysis and driving permanent, high-quality fixes Reviewing architecture, technical approaches, code and pull requests Investigating complex production issues across applications, APIs, integrations, SaaS and Azure Supporting knowledge transfer and establishing independent technical ownership Mentoring engineers and strengthening the team's commerce, cloud and platform capabilities Improving CI/CD, automated testing, deployment automation, monitoring and observability Driving automation, platform hardening, resilience and technical debt reduction Working constructively with suppliers and technical teams to challenge solutions and ensure decisions are evidence-based Essential Technical Experience Composable Commerce / commercetools Proven commercial experience designing, building and supporting commercetools production solutions Strong understanding of commercetools APIs, configuration, data structures and integration patterns Experience troubleshooting complex commercetools production issues Strong understanding of headless, API-first and composable commerce MACH Architecture Strong practical experience with: Microservices API-first design Cloud-native SaaS Headless architecture Event-driven and distributed systems Integration resilience and failure handling TypeScript / Node.js Strong hands-on TypeScript and Node.js development Ability to read, debug, review and write production-quality TypeScript API, integration service and serverless development REST API and third-party SaaS integrations Commercetools SDK experience highly desirable Microsoft Azure Strong experience supporting cloud-native applications on Azure Hands-on Azure Functions , ideally using TypeScript/Node.js Azure App Services and serverless/PaaS architectures NoSQL experience, with Cosmos DB highly desirable Ability to troubleshoot performance, networking, configuration and integration issues Frontend / Web Architecture Strong understanding of modern web and headless commerce architectures Working knowledge of React and Next.js Ability to troubleshoot issues across complete customer journeys Retail & eCommerce Experience - Essential You'll need significant experience delivering or supporting high-volume B2C retail/eCommerce platforms , ideally across multi-market or multi-region environments. Experience should include customer journeys such as: Product discovery and search Basket/cart and checkout Customer journeys Promotions Payments Order management Experience integrating commerce platforms with CMS, PIM, payment, search, promotions, customer and order management systems is highly desirable. DevOps / SRE / Operational Engineering Strong experience across: CI/CD and deployment automation Infrastructure and configuration as code Automated unit, integration and regression testing Monitoring, logging, tracing and observability Root cause analysis and problem management Resilience and platform hardening Technical debt management Production debugging Release and rollback strategies Automated operational runbooks Vulnerability remediation Shift-left engineering and continuous improvement Technology Environment The platform incorporates technologies including: commercetools React / Next.js TypeScript / Node.js Azure Functions Azure App Services Cosmos DB Contentful Algolia Talon.One Adyen Cloudflare GitHub CI/CD Infrastructure as Code OpenTelemetry Splunk Equivalent technologies may also be considered where the candidate has strong composable commerce experience. What We're Looking For We're looking for someone with strong technical credibility who can operate comfortably between architecture, engineering and live production support . You should be confident challenging technical decisions constructively, diagnosing complex issues using code, logs and telemetry, remaining calm during major incidents, and balancing rapid service restoration with long-term engineering quality. Contract Details Role: Technical Architect - Composable Commerce Duration: 6 months initially Rate: Up to 800 per day IR35: Inside IR35 Location: Remote Start: September 2026 This is a hands-on Technical Architect role - not a purely strategic architecture position. The successful candidate will be expected to get into the technical detail, support production issues and actively guide engineering teams.