Are you an experienced Architect with a proven track record in designing complex solutions within a highly secure environment with DV clearance, experience and passion to work on solutions for defence and national security customers? We have openings at various levels for solution architects, lead architects, through to customer account CTOs to work with our customers and teams to define and lead the implementation of groundbreaking, and growth focussed secure solutions within the defence or national security arenas. This is a permanent role, mostly working on-site at locations across the South of England including, Hemel Hempstead, Salisbury, Portsmouth, Farnborough and Cheltenham. The role requires candidates to be holding a live DV clearance. What you will be doing: You will define the solutions architecture for large scale, complex, medium risk or highly specialised assignments or pre-sales assignments that may lead to major lead to major downstream revenue opportunities. Individuals are accountable for influencing, managing and driving the strategy of a defined area of the business within Sopra Steria or for the development of policy in their area of expertise. You will own the holistic Architecture, Design and Communication of solutions. You will focus on business, application and data layers but work closely with architects with domain specialisms of infrastructure, security and service, you will own solutions, both comprising of the existing capabilities, but also new services identified to meet the needs of existing and new clients. You will be responsible for producing outline designs which meet the functional and non-functional requirements, and which focuses on aspects such as: Ensure integration with existing systems while supporting business processes, usability, and performance objectives. Deliver designs that are maintainable, cost-effective, and scalable. Drive changes to services, processes, organizational structures, and operating models as needed. Provide technical leadership and oversight throughout implementation and change initiatives. Review services, applications, and data to ensure compliance with policies, standards, and IT strategy. Model existing and planned services using recognized architectural modeling languages. Build and maintain strong technical relationships with customers, guiding the design of new or existing functional capabilities. Advise customers and senior stakeholders on leveraging available services and features to maximize value. Monitor market trends and competitor activity in specialist areas, applying insights to ongoing service development and roadmap planning. Identify, manage, and report risks in a timely and transparent manner. What you will bring: Strong understanding of industry standards, models, and trends Proven experience delivering projects to MOD and/or UKIC Expertise in owning and designing complex solutions, particularly leveraging COTS products Hands-on experience delivering architectures in an Agile environment Deep knowledge of modern application and software development practices, including DevSecOps Strong security and cyber awareness, with experience in secure-by-design frameworks Solid IT architecture experience, including TOGAF Familiarity with modelling notations, such as Archimate and C4 Background in delivery and presales activities Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent Location: Cheltenham, Portsmouth, Salisbury or Hemel Hempstead Security Clearance Level: must be holding live DV clearance Internal Recruiter: Lee Salary: Dependant on Experience Benefits: Car Allowance (depends on Level), 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan or private health care (depends on Level), life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund (3% of base salary). Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
09/10/2025
Full time
Are you an experienced Architect with a proven track record in designing complex solutions within a highly secure environment with DV clearance, experience and passion to work on solutions for defence and national security customers? We have openings at various levels for solution architects, lead architects, through to customer account CTOs to work with our customers and teams to define and lead the implementation of groundbreaking, and growth focussed secure solutions within the defence or national security arenas. This is a permanent role, mostly working on-site at locations across the South of England including, Hemel Hempstead, Salisbury, Portsmouth, Farnborough and Cheltenham. The role requires candidates to be holding a live DV clearance. What you will be doing: You will define the solutions architecture for large scale, complex, medium risk or highly specialised assignments or pre-sales assignments that may lead to major lead to major downstream revenue opportunities. Individuals are accountable for influencing, managing and driving the strategy of a defined area of the business within Sopra Steria or for the development of policy in their area of expertise. You will own the holistic Architecture, Design and Communication of solutions. You will focus on business, application and data layers but work closely with architects with domain specialisms of infrastructure, security and service, you will own solutions, both comprising of the existing capabilities, but also new services identified to meet the needs of existing and new clients. You will be responsible for producing outline designs which meet the functional and non-functional requirements, and which focuses on aspects such as: Ensure integration with existing systems while supporting business processes, usability, and performance objectives. Deliver designs that are maintainable, cost-effective, and scalable. Drive changes to services, processes, organizational structures, and operating models as needed. Provide technical leadership and oversight throughout implementation and change initiatives. Review services, applications, and data to ensure compliance with policies, standards, and IT strategy. Model existing and planned services using recognized architectural modeling languages. Build and maintain strong technical relationships with customers, guiding the design of new or existing functional capabilities. Advise customers and senior stakeholders on leveraging available services and features to maximize value. Monitor market trends and competitor activity in specialist areas, applying insights to ongoing service development and roadmap planning. Identify, manage, and report risks in a timely and transparent manner. What you will bring: Strong understanding of industry standards, models, and trends Proven experience delivering projects to MOD and/or UKIC Expertise in owning and designing complex solutions, particularly leveraging COTS products Hands-on experience delivering architectures in an Agile environment Deep knowledge of modern application and software development practices, including DevSecOps Strong security and cyber awareness, with experience in secure-by-design frameworks Solid IT architecture experience, including TOGAF Familiarity with modelling notations, such as Archimate and C4 Background in delivery and presales activities Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent Location: Cheltenham, Portsmouth, Salisbury or Hemel Hempstead Security Clearance Level: must be holding live DV clearance Internal Recruiter: Lee Salary: Dependant on Experience Benefits: Car Allowance (depends on Level), 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan or private health care (depends on Level), life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund (3% of base salary). Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
Step into the future of defence technology with an exceptional opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer. If you're passionate about innovation and looking to make a real impact, this role offers you the chance to work on cutting-edge projects that redefine what's possible in the industry. Join a forward-thinking team that values excellence, creativity, and career development. With flexible working hours, a competitive benefits package, and the opportunity to work on high-profile programmes, this is your chance to thrive in a role that truly matters. What You Will Do: - Define, design, develop, and test embedded and application software to deliver high-quality solutions on time. - Apply object-oriented design techniques to ensure code reusability and integration with testing frameworks. - Review system design artefacts to derive software requirements and architecture that meet high-level system needs. - Use modelling tools like RSA and EA to document and maintain software designs, ensuring accuracy for code generation. - Contribute to bids and proposals by generating technical estimates and identifying associated risks. - Propose and implement improvements in tools, processes, and techniques to enhance software development efficiency. What You Will Bring: - A degree in an engineering, mathematical, or science-based subject, or equivalent experience. - Proficiency in C/C++ and experience in embedded product development or Linux application/kernel/driver development. - Familiarity with best practice software development processes, including TDD/BDD, Continuous Integration, and DevSecOps. - Knowledge of object-oriented design, design patterns, and secure software development standards. - Experience with software testing and tools like version control, automated testing frameworks, and static analysis tools. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions that ensure the highest levels of security and trust for customers operating in critical environments. Your work will contribute to the company's mission of engineering excellence, helping to develop advanced cryptographic and key management solutions that protect vital information at both tactical and strategic levels. Location: This role is based in a highly collaborative and innovative environment in Maidenhead or Farnborough. Interested?: Don't miss the chance to advance your career while contributing to groundbreaking projects. Apply now to become a Senior Software Engineer and take the next step in shaping the future of defence technology. Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency. In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
07/10/2025
Full time
Step into the future of defence technology with an exceptional opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer. If you're passionate about innovation and looking to make a real impact, this role offers you the chance to work on cutting-edge projects that redefine what's possible in the industry. Join a forward-thinking team that values excellence, creativity, and career development. With flexible working hours, a competitive benefits package, and the opportunity to work on high-profile programmes, this is your chance to thrive in a role that truly matters. What You Will Do: - Define, design, develop, and test embedded and application software to deliver high-quality solutions on time. - Apply object-oriented design techniques to ensure code reusability and integration with testing frameworks. - Review system design artefacts to derive software requirements and architecture that meet high-level system needs. - Use modelling tools like RSA and EA to document and maintain software designs, ensuring accuracy for code generation. - Contribute to bids and proposals by generating technical estimates and identifying associated risks. - Propose and implement improvements in tools, processes, and techniques to enhance software development efficiency. What You Will Bring: - A degree in an engineering, mathematical, or science-based subject, or equivalent experience. - Proficiency in C/C++ and experience in embedded product development or Linux application/kernel/driver development. - Familiarity with best practice software development processes, including TDD/BDD, Continuous Integration, and DevSecOps. - Knowledge of object-oriented design, design patterns, and secure software development standards. - Experience with software testing and tools like version control, automated testing frameworks, and static analysis tools. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions that ensure the highest levels of security and trust for customers operating in critical environments. Your work will contribute to the company's mission of engineering excellence, helping to develop advanced cryptographic and key management solutions that protect vital information at both tactical and strategic levels. Location: This role is based in a highly collaborative and innovative environment in Maidenhead or Farnborough. Interested?: Don't miss the chance to advance your career while contributing to groundbreaking projects. Apply now to become a Senior Software Engineer and take the next step in shaping the future of defence technology. Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency. In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
Step into the future of defence technology with an exceptional opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer. If you're passionate about innovation and looking to make a real impact, this role offers you the chance to work on cutting-edge projects that redefine what's possible in the industry. Join a forward-thinking team that values excellence, creativity, and career development. With flexible working hours, a competitive benefits package, and the opportunity to work on high-profile programmes, this is your chance to thrive in a role that truly matters. What You Will Do: - Define, design, develop, and test embedded and application software to deliver high-quality solutions on time. - Apply object-oriented design techniques to ensure code reusability and integration with testing frameworks. - Review system design artefacts to derive software requirements and architecture that meet high-level system needs. - Use modelling tools like RSA and EA to document and maintain software designs, ensuring accuracy for code generation. - Contribute to bids and proposals by generating technical estimates and identifying associated risks. - Propose and implement improvements in tools, processes, and techniques to enhance software development efficiency. What You Will Bring: - A degree in an engineering, mathematical, or science-based subject, or equivalent experience. - Proficiency in C/C++ and experience in embedded product development or Linux application/kernel/driver development. - Familiarity with best practice software development processes, including TDD/BDD, Continuous Integration, and DevSecOps. - Knowledge of object-oriented design, design patterns, and secure software development standards. - Experience with software testing and tools like version control, automated testing frameworks, and static analysis tools. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions that ensure the highest levels of security and trust for customers operating in critical environments. Your work will contribute to the company's mission of engineering excellence, helping to develop advanced cryptographic and key management solutions that protect vital information at both tactical and strategic levels. Location: This role is based in a highly collaborative and innovative environment in Maidenhead or Farnborough. Interested?: Don't miss the chance to advance your career while contributing to groundbreaking projects. Apply now to become a Senior Software Engineer and take the next step in shaping the future of defence technology. Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
07/10/2025
Full time
Step into the future of defence technology with an exceptional opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer. If you're passionate about innovation and looking to make a real impact, this role offers you the chance to work on cutting-edge projects that redefine what's possible in the industry. Join a forward-thinking team that values excellence, creativity, and career development. With flexible working hours, a competitive benefits package, and the opportunity to work on high-profile programmes, this is your chance to thrive in a role that truly matters. What You Will Do: - Define, design, develop, and test embedded and application software to deliver high-quality solutions on time. - Apply object-oriented design techniques to ensure code reusability and integration with testing frameworks. - Review system design artefacts to derive software requirements and architecture that meet high-level system needs. - Use modelling tools like RSA and EA to document and maintain software designs, ensuring accuracy for code generation. - Contribute to bids and proposals by generating technical estimates and identifying associated risks. - Propose and implement improvements in tools, processes, and techniques to enhance software development efficiency. What You Will Bring: - A degree in an engineering, mathematical, or science-based subject, or equivalent experience. - Proficiency in C/C++ and experience in embedded product development or Linux application/kernel/driver development. - Familiarity with best practice software development processes, including TDD/BDD, Continuous Integration, and DevSecOps. - Knowledge of object-oriented design, design patterns, and secure software development standards. - Experience with software testing and tools like version control, automated testing frameworks, and static analysis tools. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions that ensure the highest levels of security and trust for customers operating in critical environments. Your work will contribute to the company's mission of engineering excellence, helping to develop advanced cryptographic and key management solutions that protect vital information at both tactical and strategic levels. Location: This role is based in a highly collaborative and innovative environment in Maidenhead or Farnborough. Interested?: Don't miss the chance to advance your career while contributing to groundbreaking projects. Apply now to become a Senior Software Engineer and take the next step in shaping the future of defence technology. Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
Outside IR35, Senior DevSecOps Architect / Consultant, hybrid, ISO 27001 My client is looking for a Senior DevSecOps Architect / Consultant to lead governance, architecture guidance, and assurance for cloud and infrastructure security across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and key SaaS platforms. This is a hybrid role, so you need to be flexible to attend meetings and workshops. This role is pivotal in defining technical blueprints, setting security standards, and ensuring regulatory compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, and Zero Trust principles. You will work closely with IT and platform teams to embed best practices, validate implementations, and support audit readiness across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments. Responsibilities Define and maintain multi-cloud security standards and reference blueprints (e.g. Azure Policy/Initiatives, AWS Control Tower/SCPs) Own security architecture patterns and contribute to HLD/LLD, threat models, and risk assessments Set assurance criteria and control evidence requirements for internal teams and third-party vendors Establish policy-as-code requirements and maintain an exceptions register with expiry and risk ownership Define identity and access control standards (Entra ID Conditional Access, MFA, PIM; AWS IAM federation) Govern SaaS security onboarding (SSO, OAuth governance, DLP controls, vendor assessments) Specify telemetry and logging requirements for Microsoft Sentinel/SOC and review analytics/reporting Lead compliance mapping for ISO 27001 and curate audit-ready evidence packs Chair Cloud & Platform Security design reviews and participate in CAB for risk appraisal Strong regulatory sector experience Educate and influence teams through guidance, clinics, and coaching sessions Familiarity with IaaS, PaaS, SaaS risk models and audit frameworks Excellent written communication and facilitation skills to drive adoption and influence stakeholders Required Skills Experience with blueprint catalogues and architecture governance processes Working knowledge of containers/Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) policy models Azure: Policy/Initiatives, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID, PIM AWS: Control Tower, SCPs, Security Hub, GuardDuty, IAM Security & Monitoring: Microsoft Sentinel (KQL), Defender XDR, audit dashboards Documentation & Governance: Blueprint repositories, risk registers, ITSM/CAB records If this role sounds of interest please send me your cv for review ASAP
06/10/2025
Contractor
Outside IR35, Senior DevSecOps Architect / Consultant, hybrid, ISO 27001 My client is looking for a Senior DevSecOps Architect / Consultant to lead governance, architecture guidance, and assurance for cloud and infrastructure security across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and key SaaS platforms. This is a hybrid role, so you need to be flexible to attend meetings and workshops. This role is pivotal in defining technical blueprints, setting security standards, and ensuring regulatory compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, and Zero Trust principles. You will work closely with IT and platform teams to embed best practices, validate implementations, and support audit readiness across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments. Responsibilities Define and maintain multi-cloud security standards and reference blueprints (e.g. Azure Policy/Initiatives, AWS Control Tower/SCPs) Own security architecture patterns and contribute to HLD/LLD, threat models, and risk assessments Set assurance criteria and control evidence requirements for internal teams and third-party vendors Establish policy-as-code requirements and maintain an exceptions register with expiry and risk ownership Define identity and access control standards (Entra ID Conditional Access, MFA, PIM; AWS IAM federation) Govern SaaS security onboarding (SSO, OAuth governance, DLP controls, vendor assessments) Specify telemetry and logging requirements for Microsoft Sentinel/SOC and review analytics/reporting Lead compliance mapping for ISO 27001 and curate audit-ready evidence packs Chair Cloud & Platform Security design reviews and participate in CAB for risk appraisal Strong regulatory sector experience Educate and influence teams through guidance, clinics, and coaching sessions Familiarity with IaaS, PaaS, SaaS risk models and audit frameworks Excellent written communication and facilitation skills to drive adoption and influence stakeholders Required Skills Experience with blueprint catalogues and architecture governance processes Working knowledge of containers/Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) policy models Azure: Policy/Initiatives, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID, PIM AWS: Control Tower, SCPs, Security Hub, GuardDuty, IAM Security & Monitoring: Microsoft Sentinel (KQL), Defender XDR, audit dashboards Documentation & Governance: Blueprint repositories, risk registers, ITSM/CAB records If this role sounds of interest please send me your cv for review ASAP
Global Leader in software supply chain for DevOps, DevSecOps, and MLOps is seeking a pre-sales focused Solutions Architect to work closely with strategic customers and prospects. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and business, and who enjoys driving impactful conversations with technical and executive stakeholders. This is a hybrid role based out of London, with three days per week in the office. Excellent + OTE + Bens + Stock Key skills for the Solutions Architect - DevOps Significant experience in technical pre-sales, solutions architecture, or similar roles Strong relationship-building skills with both technical users and senior stakeholders in enterprise environments Practical knowledge and hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and build tools Familiarity with application security tools such as SCA, SAST, SBOM management, and container security Ability to build and manage modern software pipelines using diverse DevOps tooling Solid hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) - mandatory Background in software development is a significant advantage K ey responsibilities for the Solutions Architect DevOps - include Engage with customers to ensure their success in their DevOps and DevSecOps journey leveraging the software supply chain Platform Support Sales motion and significantly contribute to the customer journey to build technical wins and championship Train our customers, prospects and community about product offering and solutions Represent the company in events and conferences Influence the features and roadmap of products based on customer needs Stay current with the latest technology trends related to the DevOps and DevSecOps landscape Join a company trusted by thousands of enterprise customers software engineering teams to deliver secure continuous updates, and is used by the majority of the Fortune 100, and help shape the future of secure and efficient software delivery. Opus Resourcing acts as an employment agency with respect to permanent employment. Skills: CI/CD, AZURE, GIT, DEVOPS, DOCKER, KUBERNETES, AWS,presales,Security,cloud platforms,Application Security,SAST,Sales Engineering,Technical Sales Consulting,Pre-Sales Technical Consulting
06/10/2025
Full time
Global Leader in software supply chain for DevOps, DevSecOps, and MLOps is seeking a pre-sales focused Solutions Architect to work closely with strategic customers and prospects. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and business, and who enjoys driving impactful conversations with technical and executive stakeholders. This is a hybrid role based out of London, with three days per week in the office. Excellent + OTE + Bens + Stock Key skills for the Solutions Architect - DevOps Significant experience in technical pre-sales, solutions architecture, or similar roles Strong relationship-building skills with both technical users and senior stakeholders in enterprise environments Practical knowledge and hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and build tools Familiarity with application security tools such as SCA, SAST, SBOM management, and container security Ability to build and manage modern software pipelines using diverse DevOps tooling Solid hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) - mandatory Background in software development is a significant advantage K ey responsibilities for the Solutions Architect DevOps - include Engage with customers to ensure their success in their DevOps and DevSecOps journey leveraging the software supply chain Platform Support Sales motion and significantly contribute to the customer journey to build technical wins and championship Train our customers, prospects and community about product offering and solutions Represent the company in events and conferences Influence the features and roadmap of products based on customer needs Stay current with the latest technology trends related to the DevOps and DevSecOps landscape Join a company trusted by thousands of enterprise customers software engineering teams to deliver secure continuous updates, and is used by the majority of the Fortune 100, and help shape the future of secure and efficient software delivery. Opus Resourcing acts as an employment agency with respect to permanent employment. Skills: CI/CD, AZURE, GIT, DEVOPS, DOCKER, KUBERNETES, AWS,presales,Security,cloud platforms,Application Security,SAST,Sales Engineering,Technical Sales Consulting,Pre-Sales Technical Consulting
Principal Cyber Architect Location: Hybrid (UK-based, Greater London) Type: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £90,000 - £102,500 + Benefits Foundations Executive Search is proud to be partnering with a nationally significant organisation delivering complex, high-availability services across multiple platforms. We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Cyber Architect to lead the evolution of enterprise-wide security architecture-combining high-level strategic influence with hands-on engagement across key technology projects. This is a senior-level opportunity for an architect who thrives at the intersection of enterprise security uplift, cloud innovation, and stakeholder engagement. The organisation is undergoing significant digital transformation, and this role plays a central part in ensuring security is baked into every layer of strategy and execution. The Opportunity As Principal Cyber Architect, you'll define and deliver security architecture that meets the demands of a fast-evolving risk landscape. Working in close collaboration with cross-functional delivery teams and cyber assurance leads, you'll shape the enterprise cyber roadmap, influence technical governance, and ensure the successful implementation of secure-by-design principles across critical projects. The role is especially suited to someone with deep expertise in cloud security (particularly AWS ), experience supporting strategic security uplift at an enterprise level, and a proven ability to work with technical and business stakeholders to ensure robust, scalable, and forward-looking architectural outcomes. Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership: Set the direction for enterprise-wide security architecture, supporting organisational cyber maturity goals and uplift programmes. Design Ownership: Lead the creation, justification, and communication of secure architectural designs across a diverse portfolio of digital projects. Collaboration: Partner closely with agile product and platform teams, ensuring security architecture aligns with delivery needs. Cloud Security: Act as a subject matter expert for secure cloud design-especially in AWS environments. Reference Architecture & Governance: Define architectural principles, develop reference models, and represent cyber architecture in enterprise governance forums. Stakeholder Influence: Engage with senior technical and non-technical stakeholders to shape decision-making and ensure alignment with cyber strategy. Threat Awareness: Continuously assess emerging security risks and advise on proactive control improvements. Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to the development of internal security standards and foster a culture of security awareness and innovation. What You'll Bring Skills & Attributes A strong mix of strategic thinking and technical credibility Ability to guide technical teams while influencing non-technical stakeholders Deep understanding of security architecture within large, complex enterprises Confident communicator with excellent documentation and presentation skills Experience Extensive experience in cybersecurity architecture , including cloud environments (AWS preferred) Experience leading or contributing to enterprise security uplift strategies Familiarity with secure systems design, agile delivery frameworks, and DevSecOps practices Knowledge of architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent Relevant certifications such as CISSP, ISSAP , or equivalent desirable Experience in regulated or high-availability environments is advantageous Why Apply? This is a unique opportunity to operate at the highest level of security architecture within a nationally critical organisation. With ambitious transformation underway, your work will shape how security underpins resilience, agility, and innovation at scale. You'll enjoy a competitive salary, hybrid working, and the opportunity to influence meaningful change in a highly collaborative environment.
04/10/2025
Full time
Principal Cyber Architect Location: Hybrid (UK-based, Greater London) Type: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £90,000 - £102,500 + Benefits Foundations Executive Search is proud to be partnering with a nationally significant organisation delivering complex, high-availability services across multiple platforms. We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Cyber Architect to lead the evolution of enterprise-wide security architecture-combining high-level strategic influence with hands-on engagement across key technology projects. This is a senior-level opportunity for an architect who thrives at the intersection of enterprise security uplift, cloud innovation, and stakeholder engagement. The organisation is undergoing significant digital transformation, and this role plays a central part in ensuring security is baked into every layer of strategy and execution. The Opportunity As Principal Cyber Architect, you'll define and deliver security architecture that meets the demands of a fast-evolving risk landscape. Working in close collaboration with cross-functional delivery teams and cyber assurance leads, you'll shape the enterprise cyber roadmap, influence technical governance, and ensure the successful implementation of secure-by-design principles across critical projects. The role is especially suited to someone with deep expertise in cloud security (particularly AWS ), experience supporting strategic security uplift at an enterprise level, and a proven ability to work with technical and business stakeholders to ensure robust, scalable, and forward-looking architectural outcomes. Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership: Set the direction for enterprise-wide security architecture, supporting organisational cyber maturity goals and uplift programmes. Design Ownership: Lead the creation, justification, and communication of secure architectural designs across a diverse portfolio of digital projects. Collaboration: Partner closely with agile product and platform teams, ensuring security architecture aligns with delivery needs. Cloud Security: Act as a subject matter expert for secure cloud design-especially in AWS environments. Reference Architecture & Governance: Define architectural principles, develop reference models, and represent cyber architecture in enterprise governance forums. Stakeholder Influence: Engage with senior technical and non-technical stakeholders to shape decision-making and ensure alignment with cyber strategy. Threat Awareness: Continuously assess emerging security risks and advise on proactive control improvements. Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to the development of internal security standards and foster a culture of security awareness and innovation. What You'll Bring Skills & Attributes A strong mix of strategic thinking and technical credibility Ability to guide technical teams while influencing non-technical stakeholders Deep understanding of security architecture within large, complex enterprises Confident communicator with excellent documentation and presentation skills Experience Extensive experience in cybersecurity architecture , including cloud environments (AWS preferred) Experience leading or contributing to enterprise security uplift strategies Familiarity with secure systems design, agile delivery frameworks, and DevSecOps practices Knowledge of architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent Relevant certifications such as CISSP, ISSAP , or equivalent desirable Experience in regulated or high-availability environments is advantageous Why Apply? This is a unique opportunity to operate at the highest level of security architecture within a nationally critical organisation. With ambitious transformation underway, your work will shape how security underpins resilience, agility, and innovation at scale. You'll enjoy a competitive salary, hybrid working, and the opportunity to influence meaningful change in a highly collaborative environment.
We're seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in network appliances and cloud infrastructure to join a fast-paced digital environment. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in hybrid cloud settings and has a strong background in security-focused engineering. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and administer F5 appliances in AWS. Consolidate multiple network patterns into a unified, self-service solution. Configure and manage Palo Alto and CheckPoint firewalls in enterprise environments. Architect and maintain AWS infrastructure with a focus on performance, scalability, and security. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI. Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. Monitor and optimize hybrid environments, ensuring system reliability and performance. Collaborate across teams to enforce DevSecOps best practices. Participate in incident response and root cause analysis. Document configurations, processes, and network topologies. Required Skills & Experience Extensive hands-on experience with F5 load balancers. Strong expertise in Palo Alto Networks and CheckPoint firewalls. Experience with Zscaler is highly desirable. Solid understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS, routing). Proficiency in AWS services: EC2, ELB, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, S3, Transit Gateway, VPN, VPC Lattice. Practical knowledge of DevOps tools: Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform. Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python). Experience managing production systems in regulated or high-availability environments. Proven ability to mentor junior engineers. If this sounds like the role for you, please apply!
03/10/2025
Contractor
We're seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in network appliances and cloud infrastructure to join a fast-paced digital environment. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in hybrid cloud settings and has a strong background in security-focused engineering. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and administer F5 appliances in AWS. Consolidate multiple network patterns into a unified, self-service solution. Configure and manage Palo Alto and CheckPoint firewalls in enterprise environments. Architect and maintain AWS infrastructure with a focus on performance, scalability, and security. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI. Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. Monitor and optimize hybrid environments, ensuring system reliability and performance. Collaborate across teams to enforce DevSecOps best practices. Participate in incident response and root cause analysis. Document configurations, processes, and network topologies. Required Skills & Experience Extensive hands-on experience with F5 load balancers. Strong expertise in Palo Alto Networks and CheckPoint firewalls. Experience with Zscaler is highly desirable. Solid understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS, routing). Proficiency in AWS services: EC2, ELB, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, S3, Transit Gateway, VPN, VPC Lattice. Practical knowledge of DevOps tools: Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform. Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python). Experience managing production systems in regulated or high-availability environments. Proven ability to mentor junior engineers. If this sounds like the role for you, please apply!
Sr. Solutions Engineer New Logos Solutions Engineer UNITED KINGDOM Sr. Solutions Engineer New Logos - LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM Salary: £160,000 - £180,000 OTE, 80/20 split Location: London, UK, Hybrid role, 3 days in office Job Description: Thousands of customers, including the majority of the Fortune 100, trust us to manage, accelerate, and secure their software delivery from code to production.We are looking for a Senior Solutions Engineer to be on the front lines, working closely with our customers and prospects, guiding them on how to build robust DevSecOps processes. You will work with our sales, product, customer success & engineering teams to help customers understand the value of our Solution from a technical and business perspective. Responsibilities: Collaborate with account executives to understand Customer requirements and develop customized technical solutions. Translate business objectives into technical requirements and solution designs. Conduct discovery sessions, technical presentations, and product demonstrations for prospective customers. Conduct compelling Proof of Values (POVs), and product demonstrations to showcase the value and impact of our solutions. Support transition from pre-sales to post-sales, ensuring continuity and alignment of expectations. Respond to RFPs, RFIs, and technical questionnaires. Represent the company at industry events and conferences, highlighting the transformative potential of our products. Influence the product roadmap by communicating customer feedback and identifying trends in the DevOps and DevSecOps landscape. Stay ahead of industry trends, continuously enhancing your knowledge of emerging technologies in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and software development. Requirements: 7+ years of experience in technical sales, presales, or sales engineering roles (experience withMEDDPICC is a plus). Fluency in English is required, with the ability to conduct business conversations and technical discussions. Proven expertise in DevOps tools and methodologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, CI servers,Git, Artifactory, and build tools. Strong experience building software pipelines using diverse DevOps tools. Hands-on experience with Linux and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) - mandatory. Familiarity with software architecture design, scalable product development, and on-premise/cloud hybrid environments. Experience delivering POVs and technical demonstrations to diverse stakeholders, fromtechnical teams to business leaders. A customer-centric mindset with a "can-do" attitude and a passion for learning and solvingcomplex problems. Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of translating technical conceptsinto business value for varied audiences. IND123
03/10/2025
Full time
Sr. Solutions Engineer New Logos Solutions Engineer UNITED KINGDOM Sr. Solutions Engineer New Logos - LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM Salary: £160,000 - £180,000 OTE, 80/20 split Location: London, UK, Hybrid role, 3 days in office Job Description: Thousands of customers, including the majority of the Fortune 100, trust us to manage, accelerate, and secure their software delivery from code to production.We are looking for a Senior Solutions Engineer to be on the front lines, working closely with our customers and prospects, guiding them on how to build robust DevSecOps processes. You will work with our sales, product, customer success & engineering teams to help customers understand the value of our Solution from a technical and business perspective. Responsibilities: Collaborate with account executives to understand Customer requirements and develop customized technical solutions. Translate business objectives into technical requirements and solution designs. Conduct discovery sessions, technical presentations, and product demonstrations for prospective customers. Conduct compelling Proof of Values (POVs), and product demonstrations to showcase the value and impact of our solutions. Support transition from pre-sales to post-sales, ensuring continuity and alignment of expectations. Respond to RFPs, RFIs, and technical questionnaires. Represent the company at industry events and conferences, highlighting the transformative potential of our products. Influence the product roadmap by communicating customer feedback and identifying trends in the DevOps and DevSecOps landscape. Stay ahead of industry trends, continuously enhancing your knowledge of emerging technologies in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and software development. Requirements: 7+ years of experience in technical sales, presales, or sales engineering roles (experience withMEDDPICC is a plus). Fluency in English is required, with the ability to conduct business conversations and technical discussions. Proven expertise in DevOps tools and methodologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, CI servers,Git, Artifactory, and build tools. Strong experience building software pipelines using diverse DevOps tools. Hands-on experience with Linux and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) - mandatory. Familiarity with software architecture design, scalable product development, and on-premise/cloud hybrid environments. Experience delivering POVs and technical demonstrations to diverse stakeholders, fromtechnical teams to business leaders. A customer-centric mindset with a "can-do" attitude and a passion for learning and solvingcomplex problems. Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of translating technical conceptsinto business value for varied audiences. IND123
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
West Drayton, Middlesex
Contract duration - 6 months Location - Waterside - UB7 0GB Hybrid - 1 day per week from office and rest days from homeOur client has a varied and complex digital landscape. The DevSecOps specialist will report to DevSecOps manager in the Cyber Architecture team. Working closely with the Cyber team as well as the digital team to ensure cybersecurity is embedded across all digital platforms. Key skills & Responsibility Lead the integration of security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) using DevSecOps principles. Define and implement release strategies with a strong emphasis on application security. Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities through detailed code reviews and automated tooling. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish secure coding standards and quality benchmarks. Provide expert consultancy and guidance to engineering teams, enabling them to meet strategic security goals. Drive adoption of security best practices across CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments. Accountabilities Provide technical cyber leadership across all development teams, focusing on application security for our various digital platforms (web and mobile). Secure our CI/CD pipelines and provide improvement plans and requirements to those that use them, while overseeing the consistent adoption of secure practices across teams. Support the vulnerability management process, raising awareness and embedding secure development principles with development teams. Evaluate, implement, support and communicate new tools and features to improve our security posture whilst supporting, consulting, and measuring the progression of adoption across our platform and development teams. Establish security testing approaches and tools to support iterative agile delivery, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and secure development practices. Lead cyber digital reviews to promote consistency, quality, and alignment to cyber principles and patterns. Effectively communicate, reason, and influence stakeholders across business tech to promote the understanding of cyber digital security and embed it throughout design and delivery. Actively participate in and contribute to the client's cybersecurity guilds, driving innovation and alignment in digital security approaches. Support the client's Cyber Delivery Assurance Team and the wider business Cyber Team by acting as a subject-matter expert on all things digital security. Support the client's Cyber Change Team by assisting in change reviews. Required Skills & Experience: Proven experience in application security within a DevSecOps framework. Strong background in software engineering, with the ability to bridge development and security. Experience identifying security issues through code review. Recognised cybersecurity certifications or qualifications desirable. Deep technical expertise in security tools and methodologies, including: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Threat Modelling Demonstrated success in leading or advising teams on secure development practices. Senior-level experience with a solid understanding of cloud migration challenges and solutions. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job 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 Talent Solutions 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 hays.co.uk
03/10/2025
Full time
Contract duration - 6 months Location - Waterside - UB7 0GB Hybrid - 1 day per week from office and rest days from homeOur client has a varied and complex digital landscape. The DevSecOps specialist will report to DevSecOps manager in the Cyber Architecture team. Working closely with the Cyber team as well as the digital team to ensure cybersecurity is embedded across all digital platforms. Key skills & Responsibility Lead the integration of security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) using DevSecOps principles. Define and implement release strategies with a strong emphasis on application security. Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities through detailed code reviews and automated tooling. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish secure coding standards and quality benchmarks. Provide expert consultancy and guidance to engineering teams, enabling them to meet strategic security goals. Drive adoption of security best practices across CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments. Accountabilities Provide technical cyber leadership across all development teams, focusing on application security for our various digital platforms (web and mobile). Secure our CI/CD pipelines and provide improvement plans and requirements to those that use them, while overseeing the consistent adoption of secure practices across teams. Support the vulnerability management process, raising awareness and embedding secure development principles with development teams. Evaluate, implement, support and communicate new tools and features to improve our security posture whilst supporting, consulting, and measuring the progression of adoption across our platform and development teams. Establish security testing approaches and tools to support iterative agile delivery, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and secure development practices. Lead cyber digital reviews to promote consistency, quality, and alignment to cyber principles and patterns. Effectively communicate, reason, and influence stakeholders across business tech to promote the understanding of cyber digital security and embed it throughout design and delivery. Actively participate in and contribute to the client's cybersecurity guilds, driving innovation and alignment in digital security approaches. Support the client's Cyber Delivery Assurance Team and the wider business Cyber Team by acting as a subject-matter expert on all things digital security. Support the client's Cyber Change Team by assisting in change reviews. Required Skills & Experience: Proven experience in application security within a DevSecOps framework. Strong background in software engineering, with the ability to bridge development and security. Experience identifying security issues through code review. Recognised cybersecurity certifications or qualifications desirable. Deep technical expertise in security tools and methodologies, including: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Threat Modelling Demonstrated success in leading or advising teams on secure development practices. Senior-level experience with a solid understanding of cloud migration challenges and solutions. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job 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 Talent Solutions 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 hays.co.uk
Senior Delivery Manager Salary: competitive depending upon experience + benefits Where the job is based: hybrid (home-based & working with Kerv Digital office/customer site visits as required) UK HQ, Seven House, 18 High Street, Longbridge, B31 2UQ Who we are: Dive into a world where technology meets innovation. At Kerv Digital, we're not just another tech company. We re the problem solvers, the magicians who transform complex challenges into seamless digital experiences. Utilising a powerful blend of Power Platform, DevSecOps, Data experiences, and Software Engineering, we create business solutions that truly resonate with our clients driving extreme value! With our roots planted in Birmingham and branches spreading across the globe from London to Bangalore, we're a proud member of the Kerv Group - a dynamic £112m revenue technology consultancy leader with a dedicated team of over 700 professionals, partnering with 800+ sector leaders. People come first always we are incredibly proud of our unparalleled work culture. Not just words on paper, we wear our "Great Place to Work" certifications from the UK and India like badges of honour. Dive into an ocean of opportunities in an atmosphere that celebrates collaboration. Sharpen your prowess with a global multi-discipline team and be guided by the industry's most forward-thinking architects. This role is a 6 month FTC Who we are looking for: The oft-sought, seldom found, inspired agile software, digital or IT delivery owner capable of ensuring we provide dazzling software and solutions across a huge array of technologies and platforms. You ll be paired with a Solution Architect to take care of the technical wizardry on each project, along with a talented team of front and backend developers with support from the Technical Directors and Commercial Managers to boot. All backgrounds will always be considered and experience here is far more important, we re really open to Project Managers that have a solid transferable background that are looking to deliver a mix of well governed Business Transformation, Dynamics 365 delivery, Bespoke Development projects using our mature blend of agile and waterfall approaches and tools as appropriate. Ability to guide our clients through an Agile Scrum delivery and manage the Scrum ceremonies is essential. Required Experience: Meeting customers, listening carefully and understanding their business Creating and maintaining the environment in which the project will succeed Working with on/off-shore development/implementation teams Establishing and operating governance structures within projects to ensure effective decision making and robust assurance Managing project cost base and time tracking Identifying and delivering change control and project upsell Wrestling detailed requirements and designs into an implementable plan Managing an agile development process, including stewarding planning sessions, scrums and show and tell), working alongside our delivery managers Reporting project status to the cloudThing operations board and the client, effectively managing stakeholder expectations Software, Digital or IT Project Management using a structured Agile approach Excellent written and presentation skills, the ability to think on feet and make decisions Other tasks as reasonably requested (yes, our lawyers asked for that one) Senior Delivery Manager: 5+ Years delivery management experience Delivery Manager: 2-5 Years delivery management experience We re also looking for people that fit how we work, which is something like; happiest working under their own direction, but fully supported when needed an obvious attention to detail, we want you to obsess about the little things! an escalation handler, able to achieve win-win outcomes by utilising the skills across the team ability to work effectively with remote teams in India / UK ability to work flexibly to deliver on-time to tight timescales What we can do for you: We re a transparent, honest and fiercely equal employer that believes completely in providing the best possible work experience for our employee s: • Real Flexibility we re a family first organisation, and if the work gets done, you can work when and wherever you want. A healthy approach for most of our teams seems to be splitting three ways between home, customer sites and the office. • Awesome Environment all of our employee s will tell you that we foster an easy going environment, are experts at what we do and care deeply about what we work on that s in large part because we re privately owned by those that work day-to-day in the business, and the company was started specifically to find a way for people to take more enjoyment from their work. • Interesting Work these days most of our customers are household names and many of our projects have an important impact on the world around us. The kind of things we do regularly include working with not-for-profits to transform how they leverage technology, working with public bodies to shape digital services and working with top tier private entities to bring genuinely new and meaningful products and services to market. • Great Benefits all the usual suspects and then some. Some highlights include our choose-your-own tech approach to end-user devices, well stocked cupboards with tasty goodies (we re a food first company too), excellent professional development support including frequent in-house training for tech. you can t get trained on anywhere else and private healthcare. Full disclosure; some benefits can only be provided after probation. • Recognition & Growth Recognized as a 'Great Place to Work' in both the UK and India, our commitment to excellence goes beyond our products and services. Our culture is a testament to the dedicated technologists who work tirelessly to drive our vision forward. Being a part of Kerv Digital means embracing a culture of innovation, collaboration, and mutual respect. Our teams in the UK and India thrive in an atmosphere that promotes continuous learning and growth. Join us at Kerv Digital, where we don t just build groundbreaking technology - we build future. Don t take our word for it though, check out our impartial Glass Door reviews More on equality: At Kerv, we re building something special and we re building it to last. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. We believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together. Please note: By submitting an application you agree to Kerv Digital s Trakstar Privacy Notice - Kerv
02/10/2025
Contractor
Senior Delivery Manager Salary: competitive depending upon experience + benefits Where the job is based: hybrid (home-based & working with Kerv Digital office/customer site visits as required) UK HQ, Seven House, 18 High Street, Longbridge, B31 2UQ Who we are: Dive into a world where technology meets innovation. At Kerv Digital, we're not just another tech company. We re the problem solvers, the magicians who transform complex challenges into seamless digital experiences. Utilising a powerful blend of Power Platform, DevSecOps, Data experiences, and Software Engineering, we create business solutions that truly resonate with our clients driving extreme value! With our roots planted in Birmingham and branches spreading across the globe from London to Bangalore, we're a proud member of the Kerv Group - a dynamic £112m revenue technology consultancy leader with a dedicated team of over 700 professionals, partnering with 800+ sector leaders. People come first always we are incredibly proud of our unparalleled work culture. Not just words on paper, we wear our "Great Place to Work" certifications from the UK and India like badges of honour. Dive into an ocean of opportunities in an atmosphere that celebrates collaboration. Sharpen your prowess with a global multi-discipline team and be guided by the industry's most forward-thinking architects. This role is a 6 month FTC Who we are looking for: The oft-sought, seldom found, inspired agile software, digital or IT delivery owner capable of ensuring we provide dazzling software and solutions across a huge array of technologies and platforms. You ll be paired with a Solution Architect to take care of the technical wizardry on each project, along with a talented team of front and backend developers with support from the Technical Directors and Commercial Managers to boot. All backgrounds will always be considered and experience here is far more important, we re really open to Project Managers that have a solid transferable background that are looking to deliver a mix of well governed Business Transformation, Dynamics 365 delivery, Bespoke Development projects using our mature blend of agile and waterfall approaches and tools as appropriate. Ability to guide our clients through an Agile Scrum delivery and manage the Scrum ceremonies is essential. Required Experience: Meeting customers, listening carefully and understanding their business Creating and maintaining the environment in which the project will succeed Working with on/off-shore development/implementation teams Establishing and operating governance structures within projects to ensure effective decision making and robust assurance Managing project cost base and time tracking Identifying and delivering change control and project upsell Wrestling detailed requirements and designs into an implementable plan Managing an agile development process, including stewarding planning sessions, scrums and show and tell), working alongside our delivery managers Reporting project status to the cloudThing operations board and the client, effectively managing stakeholder expectations Software, Digital or IT Project Management using a structured Agile approach Excellent written and presentation skills, the ability to think on feet and make decisions Other tasks as reasonably requested (yes, our lawyers asked for that one) Senior Delivery Manager: 5+ Years delivery management experience Delivery Manager: 2-5 Years delivery management experience We re also looking for people that fit how we work, which is something like; happiest working under their own direction, but fully supported when needed an obvious attention to detail, we want you to obsess about the little things! an escalation handler, able to achieve win-win outcomes by utilising the skills across the team ability to work effectively with remote teams in India / UK ability to work flexibly to deliver on-time to tight timescales What we can do for you: We re a transparent, honest and fiercely equal employer that believes completely in providing the best possible work experience for our employee s: • Real Flexibility we re a family first organisation, and if the work gets done, you can work when and wherever you want. A healthy approach for most of our teams seems to be splitting three ways between home, customer sites and the office. • Awesome Environment all of our employee s will tell you that we foster an easy going environment, are experts at what we do and care deeply about what we work on that s in large part because we re privately owned by those that work day-to-day in the business, and the company was started specifically to find a way for people to take more enjoyment from their work. • Interesting Work these days most of our customers are household names and many of our projects have an important impact on the world around us. The kind of things we do regularly include working with not-for-profits to transform how they leverage technology, working with public bodies to shape digital services and working with top tier private entities to bring genuinely new and meaningful products and services to market. • Great Benefits all the usual suspects and then some. Some highlights include our choose-your-own tech approach to end-user devices, well stocked cupboards with tasty goodies (we re a food first company too), excellent professional development support including frequent in-house training for tech. you can t get trained on anywhere else and private healthcare. Full disclosure; some benefits can only be provided after probation. • Recognition & Growth Recognized as a 'Great Place to Work' in both the UK and India, our commitment to excellence goes beyond our products and services. Our culture is a testament to the dedicated technologists who work tirelessly to drive our vision forward. Being a part of Kerv Digital means embracing a culture of innovation, collaboration, and mutual respect. Our teams in the UK and India thrive in an atmosphere that promotes continuous learning and growth. Join us at Kerv Digital, where we don t just build groundbreaking technology - we build future. Don t take our word for it though, check out our impartial Glass Door reviews More on equality: At Kerv, we re building something special and we re building it to last. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. We believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together. Please note: By submitting an application you agree to Kerv Digital s Trakstar Privacy Notice - Kerv
Job Title: Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week in office) Salary: 70,000 - 80,000 + Benefits Eligibility: UK-based only, full right to work required (no visa sponsorship) About the Role We're looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join our growing tech team. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our enterprise cloud platforms, ensuring they are reliable, secure, and highly available. This is a hands-on role where you'll work closely with multiple teams to drive automation, modernisation, and performance improvements across our infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Design, deploy, and maintain cloud environments in Azure and GCP Build internal platforms to streamline development and deployment Automate provisioning, configuration, scaling, and operational tasks Contribute to cloud migration and platform modernisation initiatives Implement best practices across cloud architecture, DevOps, and automation Collaborate with cross-functional teams on greenfield projects Investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and introduce preventative measures Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers Monitor platform performance, security, and costs Essential Skills & Experience 3+ years in a Senior Platform, Cloud, or DevOps Engineer role Strong experience with Azure and GCP environments Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, etc.) Skilled in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) Strong scripting experience (Python, Shell, Perl, etc.) Familiarity with enterprise IT operations, networking fundamentals, and security Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog) Agile delivery experience and strong stakeholder communication Desirable Skills Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline Exposure to Unix/Solaris environments and Oracle systems Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) Knowledge of hybrid or multi-cloud infrastructure strategies Awareness of DevSecOps principles and compliance frameworks Please apply for immediate interview slots
02/10/2025
Full time
Job Title: Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week in office) Salary: 70,000 - 80,000 + Benefits Eligibility: UK-based only, full right to work required (no visa sponsorship) About the Role We're looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join our growing tech team. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our enterprise cloud platforms, ensuring they are reliable, secure, and highly available. This is a hands-on role where you'll work closely with multiple teams to drive automation, modernisation, and performance improvements across our infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Design, deploy, and maintain cloud environments in Azure and GCP Build internal platforms to streamline development and deployment Automate provisioning, configuration, scaling, and operational tasks Contribute to cloud migration and platform modernisation initiatives Implement best practices across cloud architecture, DevOps, and automation Collaborate with cross-functional teams on greenfield projects Investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and introduce preventative measures Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers Monitor platform performance, security, and costs Essential Skills & Experience 3+ years in a Senior Platform, Cloud, or DevOps Engineer role Strong experience with Azure and GCP environments Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, etc.) Skilled in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) Strong scripting experience (Python, Shell, Perl, etc.) Familiarity with enterprise IT operations, networking fundamentals, and security Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog) Agile delivery experience and strong stakeholder communication Desirable Skills Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline Exposure to Unix/Solaris environments and Oracle systems Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) Knowledge of hybrid or multi-cloud infrastructure strategies Awareness of DevSecOps principles and compliance frameworks Please apply for immediate interview slots
Job Title: Lead Platform Engineer Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week in office) Salary: 80,000 - 90,000 + Benefits Eligibility: Must be UK-based (no sponsorship available) About the Role We're looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take ownership of the design, delivery, and optimisation of our enterprise cloud hosting platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, ensuring systems remain secure, scalable, and resilient. You'll drive platform transformation projects, champion automation, mentor engineers, and engage with stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions that underpin business-critical services. Key Responsibilities Design and implement cloud platforms across Azure & GCP Build and optimise internal platforms to support development teams Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management Lead migration and modernisation projects from inception to delivery Drive best practices in cloud architecture, DevOps, and automation Collaborate with cross-functional teams on greenfield solutions Lead incident response and root-cause analysis with preventative action Mentor engineers and act as a trusted technical authority Ensure cost efficiency, security, and performance across platforms Essential Skills & Experience 5+ years' experience as a Senior/Lead Cloud or Platform Engineer Hands-on expertise with Azure and Google Cloud Platform Strong background with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, etc.) Proven track record with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) Scripting and automation (Python, Shell, Perl, or similar) Knowledge of data centre ops, networking, IT security, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog) Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Agile delivery experience Desirable Skills Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field Oracle application/database experience Familiarity with Unix/Solaris environments Service mesh & API gateway knowledge (Istio, Linkerd) Multi-cloud or hybrid infrastructure exposure Understanding of DevSecOps practices and compliance
02/10/2025
Full time
Job Title: Lead Platform Engineer Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week in office) Salary: 80,000 - 90,000 + Benefits Eligibility: Must be UK-based (no sponsorship available) About the Role We're looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take ownership of the design, delivery, and optimisation of our enterprise cloud hosting platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, ensuring systems remain secure, scalable, and resilient. You'll drive platform transformation projects, champion automation, mentor engineers, and engage with stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions that underpin business-critical services. Key Responsibilities Design and implement cloud platforms across Azure & GCP Build and optimise internal platforms to support development teams Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management Lead migration and modernisation projects from inception to delivery Drive best practices in cloud architecture, DevOps, and automation Collaborate with cross-functional teams on greenfield solutions Lead incident response and root-cause analysis with preventative action Mentor engineers and act as a trusted technical authority Ensure cost efficiency, security, and performance across platforms Essential Skills & Experience 5+ years' experience as a Senior/Lead Cloud or Platform Engineer Hands-on expertise with Azure and Google Cloud Platform Strong background with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, etc.) Proven track record with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) Scripting and automation (Python, Shell, Perl, or similar) Knowledge of data centre ops, networking, IT security, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog) Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Agile delivery experience Desirable Skills Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field Oracle application/database experience Familiarity with Unix/Solaris environments Service mesh & API gateway knowledge (Istio, Linkerd) Multi-cloud or hybrid infrastructure exposure Understanding of DevSecOps practices and compliance
Director of AI Manchester (Office Based) Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits Are you a visionary AI leader ready to shape the future of enterprise AI; from strategic roadmap to hands-on implementation? Join a fast-scaling, international SaaS company that's transforming its industry through relentless innovation, advanced product development and investment in next-generation AI solutions. This is a rare, high-impact opportunity to define and drive the end-to-end AI agenda of a multi-award-winning business backed by a world-class leadership team. As Director of AI, you will own the company's AI vision - leading strategy development, technical execution, and operational scaling across Machine Learning, Generative AI, Large language Models and beyond. Your leadership will directly influence product innovation, operational excellence, and commercial success. Role Overview Define and drive the enterprise AI strategy - identifying opportunities for innovation, automation, and market differentiation using advanced AI/ML technologies. Own the full lifecycle of AI initiatives, from vision and roadmap to technical architecture, delivery, optimisation, and governance. Build and lead cross-functional AI teams, ensuring alignment between technical execution and strategic business goals. Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g. LLMs, RAG, vector search, knowledge graphs) and make evidence-based recommendations to stakeholders. Establish best practices for responsible AI development, including risk management, compliance, and explainability. Partner with senior leadership to integrate AI into core business functions and customer-facing products at speed and scale. What You Bring Proven leadership in delivering enterprise-scale AI strategies, ideally in a high-growth SaaS or technology-led environment. Strong academic or practical background in AI, ML, Data Science, Computer Science or a related STEM field. Demonstrated hands-on expertise in building and deploying advanced ML and Generative AI models in production (including RAG Architecture) Deep technical proficiency with LLMs, NLP, Python, SQL, and major AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow). Strong understanding of AI engineering fundamentals including DevOps, CI/CD, MLOps, and DevSecOps. Experience building AI governance frameworks to address ethical risk, model accuracy, and regulatory compliance. Why Join? This is a career-defining opportunity to shape the AI strategy of a high-growth, global and entrepreneurial organisation. You'll work alongside a visionary leadership team and have the autonomy to innovate, influence, and scale AI solutions that have real-world commercial impact. Enjoy a highly competitive compensation package, including: Excellent base salary Generous performance-based bonus Private healthcare, pension scheme, and premium benefits A dynamic, innovation-first culture with real career progression DAI(phone number removed)AM INDAMS
02/10/2025
Full time
Director of AI Manchester (Office Based) Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits Are you a visionary AI leader ready to shape the future of enterprise AI; from strategic roadmap to hands-on implementation? Join a fast-scaling, international SaaS company that's transforming its industry through relentless innovation, advanced product development and investment in next-generation AI solutions. This is a rare, high-impact opportunity to define and drive the end-to-end AI agenda of a multi-award-winning business backed by a world-class leadership team. As Director of AI, you will own the company's AI vision - leading strategy development, technical execution, and operational scaling across Machine Learning, Generative AI, Large language Models and beyond. Your leadership will directly influence product innovation, operational excellence, and commercial success. Role Overview Define and drive the enterprise AI strategy - identifying opportunities for innovation, automation, and market differentiation using advanced AI/ML technologies. Own the full lifecycle of AI initiatives, from vision and roadmap to technical architecture, delivery, optimisation, and governance. Build and lead cross-functional AI teams, ensuring alignment between technical execution and strategic business goals. Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g. LLMs, RAG, vector search, knowledge graphs) and make evidence-based recommendations to stakeholders. Establish best practices for responsible AI development, including risk management, compliance, and explainability. Partner with senior leadership to integrate AI into core business functions and customer-facing products at speed and scale. What You Bring Proven leadership in delivering enterprise-scale AI strategies, ideally in a high-growth SaaS or technology-led environment. Strong academic or practical background in AI, ML, Data Science, Computer Science or a related STEM field. Demonstrated hands-on expertise in building and deploying advanced ML and Generative AI models in production (including RAG Architecture) Deep technical proficiency with LLMs, NLP, Python, SQL, and major AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow). Strong understanding of AI engineering fundamentals including DevOps, CI/CD, MLOps, and DevSecOps. Experience building AI governance frameworks to address ethical risk, model accuracy, and regulatory compliance. Why Join? This is a career-defining opportunity to shape the AI strategy of a high-growth, global and entrepreneurial organisation. You'll work alongside a visionary leadership team and have the autonomy to innovate, influence, and scale AI solutions that have real-world commercial impact. Enjoy a highly competitive compensation package, including: Excellent base salary Generous performance-based bonus Private healthcare, pension scheme, and premium benefits A dynamic, innovation-first culture with real career progression DAI(phone number removed)AM INDAMS
The role Are you a strategic cybersecurity leader ready to make a meaningful impact on the future of digital financial services? Do you have deep experience in safeguarding complex architectures and managing cyber risks across cloud and hybrid environments? If so, we have a pivotal opportunity for you. The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), supporting the delivery of the Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP), is looking for a Cyber Security Lead to join our team. This is a critical leadership role, overseeing the full security lifecycle - from architecture and policy development to operational resilience and incident response - across complex hybrid environments with a strong emphasis on cloud security (AWS and Azure). Your leadership will be central to ensuring that digital financial infrastructure remains secure, compliant, and future-resilient, working at the intersection of innovation, regulation, and public trust. The role also involves oversight of third-party security providers and suppliers, ensuring that outsourced services meet contractual, technical, and regulatory expectations while delivering value for public money. Join us and play a key role in securing the UK's next-generation financial ecosystem The Cyber Security Lead will report directly to the Head of Information Security and will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity and resilience of the Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP) within the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS). Key accountabilities Responsibilities Working in close partnership with third-party security and service providers to ensure systems and networks are proactively monitored, security events are accurately detected and triaged, and incidents are responded to base on their severity and business impact. Leading the design, assurance, and continuous improvement of security systems and tooling, ensuring alignment with national cyber standards and best practices (e.g. NCSC, ISO 27001, NIST). Collaborating with architects, risk owners, and delivery teams to embed secure design principles and ensure the security operations centre (SOC) is equipped to handle emerging threats effectively. Lead security assurance activities including penetration tests, technical risk assessments, assurance reviews, and third-party security evaluations to ensure alignment with internal and external standards. Chairing PDP security governance and technical authority forums to ensure pension providers and schemes connect to the ecosystem in a secure and compliant manner. Representing security within change boards and design authorities and ensuring that security non-functional requirements (NFRs) are clearly defined, prioritised, and tracked within product and service delivery. Maintaining compliance with national cybersecurity standards, regulatory expectations, and internal frameworks by authoring, updating, and enforcing the PDP Code of Connection (CoCo) security requirements, ensuring all participants meet defined security criteria before connecting to the ecosystem. Skills & experience Experience. Knowledge of supporting the design or implementation of secure systems, you can support the design and review of system architectures through the application of patterns and principles.Experience of defining secure architecture principles and applying them to the design and review of on-premises and cloud-based systems, particularly within AWS and Azure environments.Knowledge of embedding security requirements throughout the solution lifecycle, from initial design through development, testing, and into operational deployment.Demonstrate a strong understanding of leading operational security functions, including SOC operations, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management.Experience of managing the incident response lifecycle, including triage, containment, investigation, remediation, and conducting post-incident reviews.Ability to establish and improve incident response playbooks and escalation processes to ensure readiness for cyber threats and regulatory reporting.Experience of providing strategic cyber risk oversight, working with risk owners to advise on exposure and inform proportionate, evidence-based decisions.Demonstrate capability in planning, scoping, and reviewing security assurance activities, including penetration tests, IT health checks, and vulnerability assessments.Ability to interpret technical findings and ensure remediation actions are appropriately prioritised and managed through to resolution.Experience of maintaining a technical risk register and developing appropriate compensating controls where residual risks exceed tolerance thresholds.Experience of supporting and informing risk-based decisions working with risk owners to advise and give feedback.Knowledge of chairing security authority and governance forums and contributing to broader cross-government cybersecurity initiatives.Experience of influencing security decisions within digital transformation and change programmes, ensuring services are secure by design.Understanding of how to embed security into agile and DevSecOps processes by feeding non-functional requirements (NFRs) into delivery backlogs.Ability to work collaboratively with architecture, product, engineering, and delivery teams to shape secure digital services.Experience of managing third-party and outsourced security providers to ensure alignment with contractual, regulatory, and technical expectations.Demonstrate ability to conduct supplier assurance, including onboarding assessments, ongoing security reviews, audits, and compliance monitoring.Experience of providing both internal and external security consultancy on a wide range of issues, offering expert advice across strategy, operations, risk, and compliance.Ability to respond to challenges and manage stakeholder expectations.Experience of research and innovation with the ability to advise on developments to security properties in technology and design
02/10/2025
Full time
The role Are you a strategic cybersecurity leader ready to make a meaningful impact on the future of digital financial services? Do you have deep experience in safeguarding complex architectures and managing cyber risks across cloud and hybrid environments? If so, we have a pivotal opportunity for you. The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), supporting the delivery of the Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP), is looking for a Cyber Security Lead to join our team. This is a critical leadership role, overseeing the full security lifecycle - from architecture and policy development to operational resilience and incident response - across complex hybrid environments with a strong emphasis on cloud security (AWS and Azure). Your leadership will be central to ensuring that digital financial infrastructure remains secure, compliant, and future-resilient, working at the intersection of innovation, regulation, and public trust. The role also involves oversight of third-party security providers and suppliers, ensuring that outsourced services meet contractual, technical, and regulatory expectations while delivering value for public money. Join us and play a key role in securing the UK's next-generation financial ecosystem The Cyber Security Lead will report directly to the Head of Information Security and will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity and resilience of the Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP) within the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS). Key accountabilities Responsibilities Working in close partnership with third-party security and service providers to ensure systems and networks are proactively monitored, security events are accurately detected and triaged, and incidents are responded to base on their severity and business impact. Leading the design, assurance, and continuous improvement of security systems and tooling, ensuring alignment with national cyber standards and best practices (e.g. NCSC, ISO 27001, NIST). Collaborating with architects, risk owners, and delivery teams to embed secure design principles and ensure the security operations centre (SOC) is equipped to handle emerging threats effectively. Lead security assurance activities including penetration tests, technical risk assessments, assurance reviews, and third-party security evaluations to ensure alignment with internal and external standards. Chairing PDP security governance and technical authority forums to ensure pension providers and schemes connect to the ecosystem in a secure and compliant manner. Representing security within change boards and design authorities and ensuring that security non-functional requirements (NFRs) are clearly defined, prioritised, and tracked within product and service delivery. Maintaining compliance with national cybersecurity standards, regulatory expectations, and internal frameworks by authoring, updating, and enforcing the PDP Code of Connection (CoCo) security requirements, ensuring all participants meet defined security criteria before connecting to the ecosystem. Skills & experience Experience. Knowledge of supporting the design or implementation of secure systems, you can support the design and review of system architectures through the application of patterns and principles.Experience of defining secure architecture principles and applying them to the design and review of on-premises and cloud-based systems, particularly within AWS and Azure environments.Knowledge of embedding security requirements throughout the solution lifecycle, from initial design through development, testing, and into operational deployment.Demonstrate a strong understanding of leading operational security functions, including SOC operations, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management.Experience of managing the incident response lifecycle, including triage, containment, investigation, remediation, and conducting post-incident reviews.Ability to establish and improve incident response playbooks and escalation processes to ensure readiness for cyber threats and regulatory reporting.Experience of providing strategic cyber risk oversight, working with risk owners to advise on exposure and inform proportionate, evidence-based decisions.Demonstrate capability in planning, scoping, and reviewing security assurance activities, including penetration tests, IT health checks, and vulnerability assessments.Ability to interpret technical findings and ensure remediation actions are appropriately prioritised and managed through to resolution.Experience of maintaining a technical risk register and developing appropriate compensating controls where residual risks exceed tolerance thresholds.Experience of supporting and informing risk-based decisions working with risk owners to advise and give feedback.Knowledge of chairing security authority and governance forums and contributing to broader cross-government cybersecurity initiatives.Experience of influencing security decisions within digital transformation and change programmes, ensuring services are secure by design.Understanding of how to embed security into agile and DevSecOps processes by feeding non-functional requirements (NFRs) into delivery backlogs.Ability to work collaboratively with architecture, product, engineering, and delivery teams to shape secure digital services.Experience of managing third-party and outsourced security providers to ensure alignment with contractual, regulatory, and technical expectations.Demonstrate ability to conduct supplier assurance, including onboarding assessments, ongoing security reviews, audits, and compliance monitoring.Experience of providing both internal and external security consultancy on a wide range of issues, offering expert advice across strategy, operations, risk, and compliance.Ability to respond to challenges and manage stakeholder expectations.Experience of research and innovation with the ability to advise on developments to security properties in technology and design
Enterprise Architect Looking for your next big architecture challenge? Do you thrive at the intersection of technology vision and practical delivery? Want to play a key role in shaping the future of digital solutions in a professional services setting? This Enterprise Architect opportunity will see you influencing strategy, modernising Legacy systems, and designing solutions that have real impact, both internally and for clients. Role: Enterprise Architect Location: London & Ipswich Hybrid pattern: 3 days per week, 2 days remote Salary: £90,000 - £95,000 per annum Industry: Mid-tier law firm (professional services) You'll be reporting into the IT Director, working with senior stakeholders, clients, technical teams and suppliers to deliver flexible, scalable solutions aligned with ambitious growth plans. What's in it for you You'll be joining a forward-thinking, people-focused environment where innovation is encouraged and professional growth is actively supported. Expect a strong benefits package including private healthcare, enhanced leave, profit share and performance bonuses, pension contributions, life assurance, gym discounts, electric car scheme, and an agile/hybrid working policy that trusts you to deliver. You'll also enjoy the freedom to shape architectural strategy and directly influence how technology enables transformation. What you'll be doing Designing innovative, scalable technology solutions that modernise systems, reduce technical debt and enable new services Setting and aligning architecture with business strategy and long-term vision Driving integration of cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure), data management, and modern development practices Championing DevSecOps principles, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automation Facilitating workshops with internal teams and external clients to gather requirements and drive adoption Staying ahead of emerging tech trends to introduce new tools and methodologies What we're looking for Proven track record as an Enterprise Architect or similar, ideally in professional services (legal experience a plus) Strong background in software engineering, system architecture, and cloud solutions (Azure) Familiarity with APIs, frameworks, and integration patterns Confident communicator, able to simplify complex concepts and influence diverse stakeholders Comfortable in Agile environments and product-led delivery Curious, analytical mindset with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement If you're ready to lead on transformative architecture projects and want to be part of a collaborative, ambitious environment, APPLY NOW.
02/10/2025
Full time
Enterprise Architect Looking for your next big architecture challenge? Do you thrive at the intersection of technology vision and practical delivery? Want to play a key role in shaping the future of digital solutions in a professional services setting? This Enterprise Architect opportunity will see you influencing strategy, modernising Legacy systems, and designing solutions that have real impact, both internally and for clients. Role: Enterprise Architect Location: London & Ipswich Hybrid pattern: 3 days per week, 2 days remote Salary: £90,000 - £95,000 per annum Industry: Mid-tier law firm (professional services) You'll be reporting into the IT Director, working with senior stakeholders, clients, technical teams and suppliers to deliver flexible, scalable solutions aligned with ambitious growth plans. What's in it for you You'll be joining a forward-thinking, people-focused environment where innovation is encouraged and professional growth is actively supported. Expect a strong benefits package including private healthcare, enhanced leave, profit share and performance bonuses, pension contributions, life assurance, gym discounts, electric car scheme, and an agile/hybrid working policy that trusts you to deliver. You'll also enjoy the freedom to shape architectural strategy and directly influence how technology enables transformation. What you'll be doing Designing innovative, scalable technology solutions that modernise systems, reduce technical debt and enable new services Setting and aligning architecture with business strategy and long-term vision Driving integration of cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure), data management, and modern development practices Championing DevSecOps principles, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automation Facilitating workshops with internal teams and external clients to gather requirements and drive adoption Staying ahead of emerging tech trends to introduce new tools and methodologies What we're looking for Proven track record as an Enterprise Architect or similar, ideally in professional services (legal experience a plus) Strong background in software engineering, system architecture, and cloud solutions (Azure) Familiarity with APIs, frameworks, and integration patterns Confident communicator, able to simplify complex concepts and influence diverse stakeholders Comfortable in Agile environments and product-led delivery Curious, analytical mindset with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement If you're ready to lead on transformative architecture projects and want to be part of a collaborative, ambitious environment, APPLY NOW.
Technical Specialist (Field Services) Location: Birmingham or Manchester (2 days per week onsite, plus travel to other sites as needed)Contract: Inside IR35, 6 months, strong potential to extend Out client is introducing a transformational Field Service Management system. This programme involves multiple releases, new functionality and complex solution design that needs oversight across the bigger picture. Looking for a hands-on Field Services Technology Specialist to join the team and is an ideal role for someone with strong technical delivery experience, able to dive into system testing, solution design reviews and enterprise-level IT problem solving. What you'll do: Provide specialist IT expertise with a focus on Field Services platforms. Ensure solution designs meet agreed requirements and review 3rd party Low Level Designs for alignment. Support the testing team through Functional, SIT, and ORT, reviewing test cases and acting as the first point of contact before escalating to developers or wider teams. Oversee platform capacity, security and performance, ensuring solutions are scalable and robust. Collaborate with analysts, consultants, architects and security teams to influence platform design and strategy. Lead on incidents, testing cycles and acceptance of services into live environments. Deliver documentation including functional requirements, RAID and test strategies in line with governance processes. Drive continuous improvement and ensure IT activities align with end-to-end customer journeys. What we're looking for: Hands-on IT delivery experience, system testing, IT support and technical project delivery in enterprise environments. Understanding of enterprise architecture patterns and solution design best practices. Strong experience delivering IT projects in complex environments, using Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Knowledge of solution design, architecture principles and ITIL frameworks. Experience in Field Services environments (Telco, logistics or similar industries). Hands-on knowledge of AWS, DevSecOps toolchains (Jenkins, Git, Selenium) and collaboration tools (Teams, Atlassian). Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Why join? This is a key role on a high-profile transformation programme, shaping a next-generation Field Services platform that underpins how engineers deliver across the UK. You'll work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with exposure to senior stakeholders and the chance to leave a lasting impact on one of the UK's biggest tech transformations.
01/10/2025
Full time
Technical Specialist (Field Services) Location: Birmingham or Manchester (2 days per week onsite, plus travel to other sites as needed)Contract: Inside IR35, 6 months, strong potential to extend Out client is introducing a transformational Field Service Management system. This programme involves multiple releases, new functionality and complex solution design that needs oversight across the bigger picture. Looking for a hands-on Field Services Technology Specialist to join the team and is an ideal role for someone with strong technical delivery experience, able to dive into system testing, solution design reviews and enterprise-level IT problem solving. What you'll do: Provide specialist IT expertise with a focus on Field Services platforms. Ensure solution designs meet agreed requirements and review 3rd party Low Level Designs for alignment. Support the testing team through Functional, SIT, and ORT, reviewing test cases and acting as the first point of contact before escalating to developers or wider teams. Oversee platform capacity, security and performance, ensuring solutions are scalable and robust. Collaborate with analysts, consultants, architects and security teams to influence platform design and strategy. Lead on incidents, testing cycles and acceptance of services into live environments. Deliver documentation including functional requirements, RAID and test strategies in line with governance processes. Drive continuous improvement and ensure IT activities align with end-to-end customer journeys. What we're looking for: Hands-on IT delivery experience, system testing, IT support and technical project delivery in enterprise environments. Understanding of enterprise architecture patterns and solution design best practices. Strong experience delivering IT projects in complex environments, using Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Knowledge of solution design, architecture principles and ITIL frameworks. Experience in Field Services environments (Telco, logistics or similar industries). Hands-on knowledge of AWS, DevSecOps toolchains (Jenkins, Git, Selenium) and collaboration tools (Teams, Atlassian). Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Why join? This is a key role on a high-profile transformation programme, shaping a next-generation Field Services platform that underpins how engineers deliver across the UK. You'll work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with exposure to senior stakeholders and the chance to leave a lasting impact on one of the UK's biggest tech transformations.
Locations: Boston London Munich Who We Are Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive. What You'll Do To realize our digital transformation, we need to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology and how we operate. We are looking for people who are passionate about Agile ways of working and want to spread this approach within our teams and business processes. To execute this transformation, we need people who take the lead in defining standards and guardrails of working and developing expertise within the portfolio. As portfolio architect you will define and design technology solutions that optimize our solutions for rapid innovation whilst also making sure we manage risks such as cyber security and operational resilience. You will act as pioneer, thought leader, problem solver, and be sought out for your expertise by product and engineering teamsIn your role you will bridge enterprise architecture and engineering and will own the design products and solutions within the Risk portfolio. Using proven BCG's DDP architecture framework to identify, own and advance the digital transformation in the portfolio. You will optimize against many requirements such as functional needs, quality attributes (e.g., security, usability), cost, sustainability, and enterprise-wide goals (e.g., cloud and API enablement,ai). You document architecture views and deliver architecture artefacts required by the delivery process and enable teams to maximize automation in the CI/CD pipeline. Moreover, you will be a hands-on participant in architecture proof of concepts, innovation initiatives, and performance tuning activities. Researching/analyzing emerging technologies, as well as designing and advocating new technologies, architectures, and products in collaboration with system and service owners is part of your profile. Same is true for identifying risks within proposed solution architectures and developing mitigation plans, ensuring that solution architectures are scalable and sustainable for operations. You propose architectural epics and stories to implement the architectural runway and clear technical debt, document quality attributes in epics & stories, and define acceptance criteria. Among your responsibilities, you will: Own and influence architecture decisions across the Portfolio, ensuring it is in alignment with BCG standards, and design principles. Own the annual DDP refresh (Data & Digital Platforms) architecture for the portfolio that covers tech maturity, road mapping, integrations, security, and data strategies. Create reference architecture focused on design principles, detailed APIs, and major systems dependencies between business and IT Define the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision Analyze the business-IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy, and technical debt and recommend solutions for improvement Author the strategic architecture for the Portfolio to state the architecture needed to meet the business requirements Stay up to date with emerging technology trends within the industry to innovate and champion modern technologies/frameworks/tools where appropriate YOU'RE GOOD AT To be successful, you should bring sound development and architecture experience leveraging technologies to drive technical governance, innovation, integration and cloud-oriented strategies. Ideally, you thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving, analytical and decision-making skills, and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for collaboration and open communication. Thought leadership in technology innovation and transformation Partnering with the Product Portfolio Lead, Technical Area Lead and Enterprise Architects to envision and deliver on the architectural roadmap and priorities for the portfolio. Translating business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documenting all solution architecture design and analysis work Leading evaluation, analysis, and design for the implementation of a solution architecture Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and lead cross-functional groups; and to prioritize regular workload, special tasks, and concurrent projects, allocating time and resources to ensure that work is completed accurately and efficiently within an established time frame. Valuing simplicity and being unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to enable an agile, high-performing team. Comfortable partnering with Product Owners and technical leadership and providing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in the day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs Committing to cross-functional collaboration to achieve the best results for the organization Passionate about building enterprise-grade, scalable solutions, that add long-term value to the firm High level of initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness and collaboration Building relationships and reliable team player, displaying consideration and respect for others Performing successfully in a fast-paced, multi-cultural and service-oriented environment Interpreting rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and aligning with BCG's values and culture Exhibiting ownership and accountability for yourself and the team Attention to detail, well organized, and able to set priorities and take decisions Being flexible to be available outside of normal business hours for international calls as needed What You'll Bring Education and Certifications Bachelor's degree in information science, data management, computer science or related field. 15+ years of relevant experience in IT architecture with strong technical background, preferably in large international organizations Experience with scalable architectures, API management, serverless technologies, and SaaS low code platform-tools/technologies Demonstrated experience communicating complex system architecture technologies, patterns, artifacts, and roadmaps to senior business leadership Good understanding of technology-enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level Digital projects Knowledge of Agile Methodologies and ways of working (Scrum, XP, DevOps ), understanding and applying a "servant leader" mindset, and with the ability to engage in Agile ceremonies to provide teams necessary direction and guidance Nice to have - IT Architect certification: Open Group certification (e.g., TOGAF Certified, Certified Architect Master) Functional/Technical Skills Strong experience as an IT architect in complex and heterogeneous environment Solid experience of designing end-to-end architecture and design of applications using one or more platforms Expertise in integrating Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions in complex environment Domain experience in Risk solutions, ideally with experience in leading a Risk Transformation project High level of expertise in understanding data architecture and supporting technologies Experience in collaborating with agile development teams in reviewing application architecture, design and implementation against quality standards Solid experience in modern design patterns Expertise towards SOA & Microservices architecture implementation using REST APIs, queue-based messaging patterns, relational and NoSQL databases Working knowledge of Machine learning model integration and MLOps pipelines. Working knowledge of orchestration for AI services. Working knowledge of on-premises/cloud-based infrastructures, SDLC pipelines, and deployments/configurations and definition/evangelism of best practices/standards Proven advanced experience with systems integration, IT industry standards, architecture principles design, and service level agreement definition Strong focus on promoting component re-use in architecture designs Experienced in software delivery including CI/CD and related DevSecOps practices, working with cloud-based platforms such as Azure or AWS Strong software design & development principles, with a focus on system stability, reusability and performance optimized for a global audience Strong understanding of application testing, diagnostics, and performance tuning Strong understanding of TDD and BDD methodologies. And workable knowledge of Data ingestion pipelines Front-end JavaScript frameworks like Angular & React and Vue AWS Azure . click apply for full job details
01/10/2025
Full time
Locations: Boston London Munich Who We Are Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive. What You'll Do To realize our digital transformation, we need to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology and how we operate. We are looking for people who are passionate about Agile ways of working and want to spread this approach within our teams and business processes. To execute this transformation, we need people who take the lead in defining standards and guardrails of working and developing expertise within the portfolio. As portfolio architect you will define and design technology solutions that optimize our solutions for rapid innovation whilst also making sure we manage risks such as cyber security and operational resilience. You will act as pioneer, thought leader, problem solver, and be sought out for your expertise by product and engineering teamsIn your role you will bridge enterprise architecture and engineering and will own the design products and solutions within the Risk portfolio. Using proven BCG's DDP architecture framework to identify, own and advance the digital transformation in the portfolio. You will optimize against many requirements such as functional needs, quality attributes (e.g., security, usability), cost, sustainability, and enterprise-wide goals (e.g., cloud and API enablement,ai). You document architecture views and deliver architecture artefacts required by the delivery process and enable teams to maximize automation in the CI/CD pipeline. Moreover, you will be a hands-on participant in architecture proof of concepts, innovation initiatives, and performance tuning activities. Researching/analyzing emerging technologies, as well as designing and advocating new technologies, architectures, and products in collaboration with system and service owners is part of your profile. Same is true for identifying risks within proposed solution architectures and developing mitigation plans, ensuring that solution architectures are scalable and sustainable for operations. You propose architectural epics and stories to implement the architectural runway and clear technical debt, document quality attributes in epics & stories, and define acceptance criteria. Among your responsibilities, you will: Own and influence architecture decisions across the Portfolio, ensuring it is in alignment with BCG standards, and design principles. Own the annual DDP refresh (Data & Digital Platforms) architecture for the portfolio that covers tech maturity, road mapping, integrations, security, and data strategies. Create reference architecture focused on design principles, detailed APIs, and major systems dependencies between business and IT Define the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision Analyze the business-IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy, and technical debt and recommend solutions for improvement Author the strategic architecture for the Portfolio to state the architecture needed to meet the business requirements Stay up to date with emerging technology trends within the industry to innovate and champion modern technologies/frameworks/tools where appropriate YOU'RE GOOD AT To be successful, you should bring sound development and architecture experience leveraging technologies to drive technical governance, innovation, integration and cloud-oriented strategies. Ideally, you thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving, analytical and decision-making skills, and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for collaboration and open communication. Thought leadership in technology innovation and transformation Partnering with the Product Portfolio Lead, Technical Area Lead and Enterprise Architects to envision and deliver on the architectural roadmap and priorities for the portfolio. Translating business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documenting all solution architecture design and analysis work Leading evaluation, analysis, and design for the implementation of a solution architecture Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and lead cross-functional groups; and to prioritize regular workload, special tasks, and concurrent projects, allocating time and resources to ensure that work is completed accurately and efficiently within an established time frame. Valuing simplicity and being unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to enable an agile, high-performing team. Comfortable partnering with Product Owners and technical leadership and providing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in the day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs Committing to cross-functional collaboration to achieve the best results for the organization Passionate about building enterprise-grade, scalable solutions, that add long-term value to the firm High level of initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness and collaboration Building relationships and reliable team player, displaying consideration and respect for others Performing successfully in a fast-paced, multi-cultural and service-oriented environment Interpreting rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and aligning with BCG's values and culture Exhibiting ownership and accountability for yourself and the team Attention to detail, well organized, and able to set priorities and take decisions Being flexible to be available outside of normal business hours for international calls as needed What You'll Bring Education and Certifications Bachelor's degree in information science, data management, computer science or related field. 15+ years of relevant experience in IT architecture with strong technical background, preferably in large international organizations Experience with scalable architectures, API management, serverless technologies, and SaaS low code platform-tools/technologies Demonstrated experience communicating complex system architecture technologies, patterns, artifacts, and roadmaps to senior business leadership Good understanding of technology-enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level Digital projects Knowledge of Agile Methodologies and ways of working (Scrum, XP, DevOps ), understanding and applying a "servant leader" mindset, and with the ability to engage in Agile ceremonies to provide teams necessary direction and guidance Nice to have - IT Architect certification: Open Group certification (e.g., TOGAF Certified, Certified Architect Master) Functional/Technical Skills Strong experience as an IT architect in complex and heterogeneous environment Solid experience of designing end-to-end architecture and design of applications using one or more platforms Expertise in integrating Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions in complex environment Domain experience in Risk solutions, ideally with experience in leading a Risk Transformation project High level of expertise in understanding data architecture and supporting technologies Experience in collaborating with agile development teams in reviewing application architecture, design and implementation against quality standards Solid experience in modern design patterns Expertise towards SOA & Microservices architecture implementation using REST APIs, queue-based messaging patterns, relational and NoSQL databases Working knowledge of Machine learning model integration and MLOps pipelines. Working knowledge of orchestration for AI services. Working knowledge of on-premises/cloud-based infrastructures, SDLC pipelines, and deployments/configurations and definition/evangelism of best practices/standards Proven advanced experience with systems integration, IT industry standards, architecture principles design, and service level agreement definition Strong focus on promoting component re-use in architecture designs Experienced in software delivery including CI/CD and related DevSecOps practices, working with cloud-based platforms such as Azure or AWS Strong software design & development principles, with a focus on system stability, reusability and performance optimized for a global audience Strong understanding of application testing, diagnostics, and performance tuning Strong understanding of TDD and BDD methodologies. And workable knowledge of Data ingestion pipelines Front-end JavaScript frameworks like Angular & React and Vue AWS Azure . click apply for full job details
Cloud Platform lead County Durham £70,000 - 80,000 per annum + Benefits The Role A rapidly growing, tech-led utilities business is on the lookout for a Cloud Platform Lead (Azure) to help shape its cloud infrastructure and lead a high-performing platform team. This is your chance to join a forward-thinking organisation that's redefining how technology supports essential services. You'll be joining a company that invests heavily in cloud innovation, automation, and DevSecOps best practices - and where your ideas will genuinely influence the tech strategy. We're looking for a strategic, collaborative engineering leader who can take ownership of the platform function and drive secure, scalable solutions across a growing Azure estate. You'll manage a small, skilled team and work closely with senior tech and business stakeholders to shape and implement the wider technology roadmap. Key Responsibilities Leading and mentoring a dedicated platform engineering team Setting the platform/cloud strategy in collaboration with Architects Designing secure and scalable cloud-native infrastructure (primarily Azure) Promoting an automation-first culture across CI/CD and platform ops Taking ownership of DevSecOps practices and cyber security leadership Managing suppliers and platform-related budgets Evaluating and introducing new tooling and technologies Contributing to critical releases and deployments (some out-of-hours work may be required) Key Skills & Experience Proven experience leading teams and working cross-functionally with business & tech stakeholders Experience in DevOps / Cloud-native infrastructure engineering (Azure-focused) 3Experience in Cloud Security / DevSecOps, including tooling leadership Hands-on background with: Azure DevOps, Azure CAF, Well-Architected Frameworks Kubernetes (AKS), cloud networking, compute & storage Terraform, Bicep, YAML for Infrastructure as Code C#/.NET (Framework, Core, .NET 8) PowerShell, Python or Bash scripting Identity and Access Management, B2C or federated authentication Please get in touch for further information on this opportunity.
01/09/2025
Full time
Cloud Platform lead County Durham £70,000 - 80,000 per annum + Benefits The Role A rapidly growing, tech-led utilities business is on the lookout for a Cloud Platform Lead (Azure) to help shape its cloud infrastructure and lead a high-performing platform team. This is your chance to join a forward-thinking organisation that's redefining how technology supports essential services. You'll be joining a company that invests heavily in cloud innovation, automation, and DevSecOps best practices - and where your ideas will genuinely influence the tech strategy. We're looking for a strategic, collaborative engineering leader who can take ownership of the platform function and drive secure, scalable solutions across a growing Azure estate. You'll manage a small, skilled team and work closely with senior tech and business stakeholders to shape and implement the wider technology roadmap. Key Responsibilities Leading and mentoring a dedicated platform engineering team Setting the platform/cloud strategy in collaboration with Architects Designing secure and scalable cloud-native infrastructure (primarily Azure) Promoting an automation-first culture across CI/CD and platform ops Taking ownership of DevSecOps practices and cyber security leadership Managing suppliers and platform-related budgets Evaluating and introducing new tooling and technologies Contributing to critical releases and deployments (some out-of-hours work may be required) Key Skills & Experience Proven experience leading teams and working cross-functionally with business & tech stakeholders Experience in DevOps / Cloud-native infrastructure engineering (Azure-focused) 3Experience in Cloud Security / DevSecOps, including tooling leadership Hands-on background with: Azure DevOps, Azure CAF, Well-Architected Frameworks Kubernetes (AKS), cloud networking, compute & storage Terraform, Bicep, YAML for Infrastructure as Code C#/.NET (Framework, Core, .NET 8) PowerShell, Python or Bash scripting Identity and Access Management, B2C or federated authentication Please get in touch for further information on this opportunity.
Job Description Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Senior Lead Cloud Platform Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Chief Data and Analytics Office, you'll be a key player in our agile team. We work together to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products securely and efficiently. Your expertise and problem-solving skills will be crucial in promoting business impact and tackling a diverse array of technical challenges. This role offers the opportunity to apply and grow your skills in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Job Responsibilities: Provide technical guidance and direction to support business, technical teams, contractors, and vendors. Develop secure, high-quality production code; review and debug code written by others. Drive decisions influencing product design, application functionality, and technical operations. Lead design and development of secure, scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure and platform tools; serve as a subject matter expert and provide technical leadership to the cloud engineering team. Advocate firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices within the Software Development Life Cycle. Influence peers and project decision-makers to adopt leading-edge technologies. Collaborate with development teams to deliver high-quality, secure, scalable cloud applications. Identify improvement areas and prioritize initiatives aligning with business goals. Stay updated with cloud technology advancements; recommend adoption and implementation of new tools/technologies. Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements for the cloud. Manage Data Platforms Amazon EKS estate across multiple clusters and AWS accounts; contribute to Kubernetes software best practices, drive adoption, and coordinate annual upgrades/migrations. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience Deep understanding of Kubernetes as a Runtime Platform, including core concepts. Experience managing upgrades and migrations of Amazon EKS clusters. Development of Kubernetes operators to automate toil and improve developer experience. Hands-on experience with one or more cloud computing platform providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). Experience with Cloud Infrastructure Provisioning Tools like Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane, and Cloud Formation. Proficiency with programming languages like Golang, Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript. Experience with CNCF and alternative tooling. Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, shift-left methodologies, and DevSecOps processes. Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience. Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with expertise in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI, machine learning, mobile). Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight, with a background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Experience implementing multi-cloud architectures CKA and/or CKAD certifications. About Us J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. About The Team Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
01/09/2025
Full time
Job Description Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Senior Lead Cloud Platform Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Chief Data and Analytics Office, you'll be a key player in our agile team. We work together to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products securely and efficiently. Your expertise and problem-solving skills will be crucial in promoting business impact and tackling a diverse array of technical challenges. This role offers the opportunity to apply and grow your skills in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Job Responsibilities: Provide technical guidance and direction to support business, technical teams, contractors, and vendors. Develop secure, high-quality production code; review and debug code written by others. Drive decisions influencing product design, application functionality, and technical operations. Lead design and development of secure, scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure and platform tools; serve as a subject matter expert and provide technical leadership to the cloud engineering team. Advocate firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices within the Software Development Life Cycle. Influence peers and project decision-makers to adopt leading-edge technologies. Collaborate with development teams to deliver high-quality, secure, scalable cloud applications. Identify improvement areas and prioritize initiatives aligning with business goals. Stay updated with cloud technology advancements; recommend adoption and implementation of new tools/technologies. Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements for the cloud. Manage Data Platforms Amazon EKS estate across multiple clusters and AWS accounts; contribute to Kubernetes software best practices, drive adoption, and coordinate annual upgrades/migrations. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience Deep understanding of Kubernetes as a Runtime Platform, including core concepts. Experience managing upgrades and migrations of Amazon EKS clusters. Development of Kubernetes operators to automate toil and improve developer experience. Hands-on experience with one or more cloud computing platform providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). Experience with Cloud Infrastructure Provisioning Tools like Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane, and Cloud Formation. Proficiency with programming languages like Golang, Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript. Experience with CNCF and alternative tooling. Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, shift-left methodologies, and DevSecOps processes. Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience. Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with expertise in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI, machine learning, mobile). Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight, with a background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Experience implementing multi-cloud architectures CKA and/or CKAD certifications. About Us J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. About The Team Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
Job description: WHAT TO EXPECT Join Jaguar Land Rover as we drive a revolution in luxury vehicles and digital experiences. We believe in the power of software technology to create a seamless customer experience within our vehicles, our dealerships and our connected lives. Todays opportunity is profound; to rapidly grow digital capabilities to meet the needs of our luxury brands and an evolving market. This is a real moment of change, for a big brand in an exciting and unique industry in the North, and it's happening right now. We are Jaguar Land Rover Technology and Services and we are building our new connected data and developer platforms to provide the technology and services for our connected vehicles and customers. Working with our best in class technology teams in Manchester you will be part of the full lifecycle: designing, building and running a greenfield API and Events platform. You'll help us to power the revolution through developer-centric services. Defining and coaching your team on testing and quality, you will be empowered to balance quality and speed. As a team, you will have the freedom to define how we deliver quality applications as you engage with users, gather insights through our observability tools and enhance our CI/CD pipelines. You'll learn and grow along the way, and we'll give you the tools, tactics and career progression to be successful in our DevSecOps environment. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities As a Software Engineer in Test, you will advocate for defined quality criteria throughout the SDLC in a cross-functional team, ensuring that the team quality is a team responsibility. You will gain insights into the usage of our APIs through observability tools and working closely with our users and ensure performance & security requirements are continuously tested, using CI/CD principles where possible. You role will be to own and support software from development to testing to operation and beyond working closely with other engineers and disciplines within the wider Technology and Services team and help define the wider API testing strategy and continuously improve the engineering practices in Jaguar Land Rover. You will participate in workshops to help identify, design and refine user requirements and work with technical and non-technical business stakeholders to understand and implement software features. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Knowledge, Skills and Experience Experience developing and testing bespoke built enterprise scale cloud-native applications Passion for mentoring and technical coaching Working knowledge and experience of event-driven microservice architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues Experience with a variety of automated quality tooling such as Cypress, Postman, Puppeteer. Experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques
23/09/2022
Full time
Job description: WHAT TO EXPECT Join Jaguar Land Rover as we drive a revolution in luxury vehicles and digital experiences. We believe in the power of software technology to create a seamless customer experience within our vehicles, our dealerships and our connected lives. Todays opportunity is profound; to rapidly grow digital capabilities to meet the needs of our luxury brands and an evolving market. This is a real moment of change, for a big brand in an exciting and unique industry in the North, and it's happening right now. We are Jaguar Land Rover Technology and Services and we are building our new connected data and developer platforms to provide the technology and services for our connected vehicles and customers. Working with our best in class technology teams in Manchester you will be part of the full lifecycle: designing, building and running a greenfield API and Events platform. You'll help us to power the revolution through developer-centric services. Defining and coaching your team on testing and quality, you will be empowered to balance quality and speed. As a team, you will have the freedom to define how we deliver quality applications as you engage with users, gather insights through our observability tools and enhance our CI/CD pipelines. You'll learn and grow along the way, and we'll give you the tools, tactics and career progression to be successful in our DevSecOps environment. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities As a Software Engineer in Test, you will advocate for defined quality criteria throughout the SDLC in a cross-functional team, ensuring that the team quality is a team responsibility. You will gain insights into the usage of our APIs through observability tools and working closely with our users and ensure performance & security requirements are continuously tested, using CI/CD principles where possible. You role will be to own and support software from development to testing to operation and beyond working closely with other engineers and disciplines within the wider Technology and Services team and help define the wider API testing strategy and continuously improve the engineering practices in Jaguar Land Rover. You will participate in workshops to help identify, design and refine user requirements and work with technical and non-technical business stakeholders to understand and implement software features. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Knowledge, Skills and Experience Experience developing and testing bespoke built enterprise scale cloud-native applications Passion for mentoring and technical coaching Working knowledge and experience of event-driven microservice architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues Experience with a variety of automated quality tooling such as Cypress, Postman, Puppeteer. Experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques
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