Network Architect - Cisco/Meraki - Permanent - Hybrid Hybrid working required on site in either Coventry or Huddersfield Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 per annum Network Architect required for a leading customer based across Coventry and Huddersfield. The Network Architect will be responsible for the design, implementation and optimisation of enterprise network infrastructure. Ability to lead projects from an architectural perspective as well as mentorship of junior engineers is essential for this position. Key skills & responsibilities: Serve as the technical authority and escalation point for all network infrastructure. Strong experience with Cisco and Meraki Collaborate with architects to review, challenge, and enhance network architecture and documentation. Deliver hands-on engineering expertise, including site configuration, HLD/LLD design, and deployment support. Contribute to major roadmap initiatives such as Zero Trust Network Access, Network Access Control, and SD-WAN rollout. Own and maintain high-quality network documentation in Confluence for cross-team use. Design, implement, and manage complex enterprise networks (LAN, WAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, DMVPN, cloud, hybrid). Lead network transformation, migration, and multi-site/international rollout projects. Architect and deploy secure, multi-vendor network solutions (eg, Cisco/Meraki). Optimise network security, including Firewalls, VPNs, and encryption. Provide 3rd-line escalation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for critical incidents. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of network solutions. Produce and maintain design documentation, run books, and network diagrams. Ensure compliance with industry standards (eg, PCI DSS) and internal security policies. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers, Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Lewis Rushton at Crimson for immediate consideration. Not interested? Do you know someone who might be a perfect fit for this role? Refer a friend and earn £250 worth of vouchers! Crimson is acting as an employment agency regarding this vacancy
08/12/2025
Full time
Network Architect - Cisco/Meraki - Permanent - Hybrid Hybrid working required on site in either Coventry or Huddersfield Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 per annum Network Architect required for a leading customer based across Coventry and Huddersfield. The Network Architect will be responsible for the design, implementation and optimisation of enterprise network infrastructure. Ability to lead projects from an architectural perspective as well as mentorship of junior engineers is essential for this position. Key skills & responsibilities: Serve as the technical authority and escalation point for all network infrastructure. Strong experience with Cisco and Meraki Collaborate with architects to review, challenge, and enhance network architecture and documentation. Deliver hands-on engineering expertise, including site configuration, HLD/LLD design, and deployment support. Contribute to major roadmap initiatives such as Zero Trust Network Access, Network Access Control, and SD-WAN rollout. Own and maintain high-quality network documentation in Confluence for cross-team use. Design, implement, and manage complex enterprise networks (LAN, WAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, DMVPN, cloud, hybrid). Lead network transformation, migration, and multi-site/international rollout projects. Architect and deploy secure, multi-vendor network solutions (eg, Cisco/Meraki). Optimise network security, including Firewalls, VPNs, and encryption. Provide 3rd-line escalation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for critical incidents. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of network solutions. Produce and maintain design documentation, run books, and network diagrams. Ensure compliance with industry standards (eg, PCI DSS) and internal security policies. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers, Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Lewis Rushton at Crimson for immediate consideration. Not interested? Do you know someone who might be a perfect fit for this role? Refer a friend and earn £250 worth of vouchers! Crimson is acting as an employment agency regarding this vacancy
Join Barclays as a Mainframe DB2 System Specialist, where you'll install, configure, and maintain the IBM DB2 system to ensure strong performance and reliability. You'll play a key role in enhancing the Mainframe Automation environment, streamlining manual processes through automation to reduce risk and increase efficiency. We're seeking candidates with hands-on mainframe installation experience, ideally involving IBM DB2 system tools or similar mainframe technologies. To be successful in this role, you will need the following: Proven experience in the installation, maintenance, and upgrade of IBM DB2 and related tools (e.g., DB2 CA, DB2 Connect, Data Studio, etc.). Strong working knowledge of mainframe operating system tools, including TSO, JCL, REXX, SQL, and others. Several years of hands-on experience as a DB2 Systems Programmer. Solid understanding of system performance, optimisation, and monitoring techniques. Other highly valued skills include: Experience with DevOps tooling, such as VS Code, Db2 Developer Extensions, and similar technologies. Knowledge of z/OSMF. Familiarity with Broadcom and IBM Db2 tools. Understanding of Db2 internals and RACF security. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. The successful candidate can be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall) or Glasgow Campus. Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Assistant Vice President Expectations Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions. Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
08/12/2025
Full time
Join Barclays as a Mainframe DB2 System Specialist, where you'll install, configure, and maintain the IBM DB2 system to ensure strong performance and reliability. You'll play a key role in enhancing the Mainframe Automation environment, streamlining manual processes through automation to reduce risk and increase efficiency. We're seeking candidates with hands-on mainframe installation experience, ideally involving IBM DB2 system tools or similar mainframe technologies. To be successful in this role, you will need the following: Proven experience in the installation, maintenance, and upgrade of IBM DB2 and related tools (e.g., DB2 CA, DB2 Connect, Data Studio, etc.). Strong working knowledge of mainframe operating system tools, including TSO, JCL, REXX, SQL, and others. Several years of hands-on experience as a DB2 Systems Programmer. Solid understanding of system performance, optimisation, and monitoring techniques. Other highly valued skills include: Experience with DevOps tooling, such as VS Code, Db2 Developer Extensions, and similar technologies. Knowledge of z/OSMF. Familiarity with Broadcom and IBM Db2 tools. Understanding of Db2 internals and RACF security. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. The successful candidate can be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall) or Glasgow Campus. Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Assistant Vice President Expectations Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions. Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Join us as a MongoDB Engineer at Barclays where you'll effectively monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure and resolve more multi-faceted technical issues, whilst minimizing disruption to operations. In this role you will apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them. To be successful as a MongoDB Engineer, you should have: Experience in Ansible for database server configurations Experience in devops automation tools such as git, JIRA and database CI/CD tools A good working knowledge of coaching SRE practices across large organisation or multifaceted teams A working knowledge of MongoDB Some other highly valued skills may include: Practical experience of containers and Kubernetes Experience with scripting languages (e.g. python, bash) for automation / migration tasks You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills This role will be based in our Knutsford or Glasgow location. Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
08/12/2025
Full time
Join us as a MongoDB Engineer at Barclays where you'll effectively monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure and resolve more multi-faceted technical issues, whilst minimizing disruption to operations. In this role you will apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them. To be successful as a MongoDB Engineer, you should have: Experience in Ansible for database server configurations Experience in devops automation tools such as git, JIRA and database CI/CD tools A good working knowledge of coaching SRE practices across large organisation or multifaceted teams A working knowledge of MongoDB Some other highly valued skills may include: Practical experience of containers and Kubernetes Experience with scripting languages (e.g. python, bash) for automation / migration tasks You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills This role will be based in our Knutsford or Glasgow location. Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
07/12/2025
Full time
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
Lead Solution Architect Location: Lincoln / Hybrid Salary: £60,000 £65,000 A large, digitally ambitious organisation is transforming its technology landscape and is seeking an experienced, forward-thinking Lead Solution Architect to help drive that change. If youre motivated by strategic influence, modern architecture practice and delivering meaningful value for communities, this role offers the chance to lead at scale. About the Role: This senior technical leadership role reports to the Head of Strategy, Architecture & Product. Youll lead a small team of Solution Architects, guide engineering activity across Agile delivery teams, and chair the organisations Digital Design Authority. Youll define and maintain enterprise-level architecture across a diverse portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic goals while supporting the adoption of cloud, data and automation technologies. The role also includes assuring supplier-led designs and deputising at senior governance boards. What Youll Be Doing: Leading a team of Solution Architects and assuring technical delivery Owning and evolving the strategic architecture framework and roadmap Chairing the Digital Design Authority (DDA) Working closely with Product Owners, Business Partners, delivery teams and suppliers Driving scalable, secure and high-performing solutions Providing assurance on third-party designs and supplier activity Supporting governance, cyber resilience, data architecture and cloud optimisation Championing a modern, product-based IT and digital model Promoting continuous improvement and architectural maturity Youll bring: Extensive solution architecture experience with strong technical assurance skills Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. Azure), Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform and integration standards Experience in architectural governance and technical design forums Excellent communication and senior stakeholder engagement Understanding of TOGAF, ITIL and security-by-design principles A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for mentoring and capability building Why Join? Shape digital outcomes that impact a large and diverse community Influence architecture, ways of working and technology investment Hybrid working with flexibility as standard Professional development including leadership programmes and memberships Collaborate with skilled technologists and delivery partners across the sector If this sounds of interest, then please apply now! James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role. At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Don't forget our recommendation scheme: Recommend a friend or colleague to us and receive up to £100 each once they have completed 20 days in a role via James Andrews! Terms and conditions apply, contact us for details. JBRP1_UKTJ
05/12/2025
Full time
Lead Solution Architect Location: Lincoln / Hybrid Salary: £60,000 £65,000 A large, digitally ambitious organisation is transforming its technology landscape and is seeking an experienced, forward-thinking Lead Solution Architect to help drive that change. If youre motivated by strategic influence, modern architecture practice and delivering meaningful value for communities, this role offers the chance to lead at scale. About the Role: This senior technical leadership role reports to the Head of Strategy, Architecture & Product. Youll lead a small team of Solution Architects, guide engineering activity across Agile delivery teams, and chair the organisations Digital Design Authority. Youll define and maintain enterprise-level architecture across a diverse portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic goals while supporting the adoption of cloud, data and automation technologies. The role also includes assuring supplier-led designs and deputising at senior governance boards. What Youll Be Doing: Leading a team of Solution Architects and assuring technical delivery Owning and evolving the strategic architecture framework and roadmap Chairing the Digital Design Authority (DDA) Working closely with Product Owners, Business Partners, delivery teams and suppliers Driving scalable, secure and high-performing solutions Providing assurance on third-party designs and supplier activity Supporting governance, cyber resilience, data architecture and cloud optimisation Championing a modern, product-based IT and digital model Promoting continuous improvement and architectural maturity Youll bring: Extensive solution architecture experience with strong technical assurance skills Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. Azure), Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform and integration standards Experience in architectural governance and technical design forums Excellent communication and senior stakeholder engagement Understanding of TOGAF, ITIL and security-by-design principles A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for mentoring and capability building Why Join? Shape digital outcomes that impact a large and diverse community Influence architecture, ways of working and technology investment Hybrid working with flexibility as standard Professional development including leadership programmes and memberships Collaborate with skilled technologists and delivery partners across the sector If this sounds of interest, then please apply now! James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role. At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Don't forget our recommendation scheme: Recommend a friend or colleague to us and receive up to £100 each once they have completed 20 days in a role via James Andrews! Terms and conditions apply, contact us for details. JBRP1_UKTJ
Senior Solutions Architect - Manchester - £73,500 + Excellent Benefits Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for designing and implementing innovative technology solutions? We are seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to lead a dynamic team in delivering cutting-edge IT strategies and architectures that drive business transformation and operational excellence. Role Overview: As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will be at the forefront of technology innovation, leading the design and delivery of enterprise-level solutions that align with strategic goals. You will collaborate with stakeholders, guide a team of skilled architects, and ensure projects are executed with precision and impact. Key Responsibilities: Lead and inspire a team of Solutions Architects, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. Design, document, and oversee complex architecture solutions across infrastructure, applications, and business processes. Conduct feasibility studies, risk assessments, and cost evaluations to inform strategic IT initiatives. Work closely with stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with business objectives and user needs. Horizon scan for emerging technologies, recommending and integrating them into future-ready strategies. Oversee project budgets and ensure compliance with technical standards, security protocols, and best practices. Engage with internal and external stakeholders to maintain alignment with organizational and industry goals. About You: We're looking for a visionary leader with a strong background in enterprise architecture and a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions in complex environments. Key qualities include: Extensive experience in IT solutions architecture leadership. Expertise in enterprise-level infrastructure, cloud technologies, and systems integration. In-depth knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, UML) and best practices. Superior communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence at all levels. Proven ability to translate business functionality into robust applications and infrastructure. Qualifications: Degree in an ICT-related field or equivalent experience. Relevant certifications in architecture or cloud technologies are desirable. Full UK driving license and willingness to travel to various locations. Why Join Us? This is a unique opportunity to lead transformative projects, drive technological innovation, and make a tangible impact within a forward-thinking organization. As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will shape the future of IT strategy while working alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment. Apply today to lead the way in delivering exceptional IT solutions that drive progress and excellence. JBRP1_UKTJ
05/12/2025
Full time
Senior Solutions Architect - Manchester - £73,500 + Excellent Benefits Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for designing and implementing innovative technology solutions? We are seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to lead a dynamic team in delivering cutting-edge IT strategies and architectures that drive business transformation and operational excellence. Role Overview: As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will be at the forefront of technology innovation, leading the design and delivery of enterprise-level solutions that align with strategic goals. You will collaborate with stakeholders, guide a team of skilled architects, and ensure projects are executed with precision and impact. Key Responsibilities: Lead and inspire a team of Solutions Architects, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. Design, document, and oversee complex architecture solutions across infrastructure, applications, and business processes. Conduct feasibility studies, risk assessments, and cost evaluations to inform strategic IT initiatives. Work closely with stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with business objectives and user needs. Horizon scan for emerging technologies, recommending and integrating them into future-ready strategies. Oversee project budgets and ensure compliance with technical standards, security protocols, and best practices. Engage with internal and external stakeholders to maintain alignment with organizational and industry goals. About You: We're looking for a visionary leader with a strong background in enterprise architecture and a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions in complex environments. Key qualities include: Extensive experience in IT solutions architecture leadership. Expertise in enterprise-level infrastructure, cloud technologies, and systems integration. In-depth knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, UML) and best practices. Superior communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence at all levels. Proven ability to translate business functionality into robust applications and infrastructure. Qualifications: Degree in an ICT-related field or equivalent experience. Relevant certifications in architecture or cloud technologies are desirable. Full UK driving license and willingness to travel to various locations. Why Join Us? This is a unique opportunity to lead transformative projects, drive technological innovation, and make a tangible impact within a forward-thinking organization. As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will shape the future of IT strategy while working alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment. Apply today to lead the way in delivering exceptional IT solutions that drive progress and excellence. JBRP1_UKTJ
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
04/12/2025
Full time
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
04/12/2025
Full time
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
ERP Specialist - Bridge Business Needs with Technical Delivery ERP implementation experience required (eg, SAP S/4HANA) We're looking for an ERP Specialist who can connect business goals with technical execution. You'll work closely with stakeholders and development teams to define requirements, shape product direction, and ensure the delivery of high-quality technical solutions. What You'll Do Define and communicate a clear technical product vision. Gather and translate business needs into actionable technical requirements. Build and manage a product roadmap, prioritizing features and improvements. Balance business value, technical complexity, and resources when prioritizing work. Collaborate with developers, architects, QA, and DevOps to drive efficient delivery. Plan releases, set goals, and manage timelines. Ensure quality through well-defined acceptance criteria. Maintain user stories, specs, and technical documentation. What You'll Bring Degree in Computer Science, IT, Business Systems, or related field. Experience as a Product Owner or similar technical product role. Strong Agile/Scrum knowledge. Solid technical background in software development or architecture. Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences. Analytical, data-driven mindset. Experience with tools like Jira and Confluence. Passion for technology and emerging trends. Your skills and experience Experience with modern operating systems (Windows, Linux). Supporting or developing IT tools in a business environment. Understanding of Agile, Waterfall, or other SDLC methodologies. Ability to translate business needs into practical solution designs. ERP implementation experience (eg, SAP S/4HANA). Bonus knowledge: web app development, cloud/SaaS, scripting/programming (C#, Python, SQL, PowerShell, XML, Tcl/Tk). MUST: you must be eligible for security clearance and be able to work in Godalming 4 days a week on site !
04/12/2025
Full time
ERP Specialist - Bridge Business Needs with Technical Delivery ERP implementation experience required (eg, SAP S/4HANA) We're looking for an ERP Specialist who can connect business goals with technical execution. You'll work closely with stakeholders and development teams to define requirements, shape product direction, and ensure the delivery of high-quality technical solutions. What You'll Do Define and communicate a clear technical product vision. Gather and translate business needs into actionable technical requirements. Build and manage a product roadmap, prioritizing features and improvements. Balance business value, technical complexity, and resources when prioritizing work. Collaborate with developers, architects, QA, and DevOps to drive efficient delivery. Plan releases, set goals, and manage timelines. Ensure quality through well-defined acceptance criteria. Maintain user stories, specs, and technical documentation. What You'll Bring Degree in Computer Science, IT, Business Systems, or related field. Experience as a Product Owner or similar technical product role. Strong Agile/Scrum knowledge. Solid technical background in software development or architecture. Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences. Analytical, data-driven mindset. Experience with tools like Jira and Confluence. Passion for technology and emerging trends. Your skills and experience Experience with modern operating systems (Windows, Linux). Supporting or developing IT tools in a business environment. Understanding of Agile, Waterfall, or other SDLC methodologies. Ability to translate business needs into practical solution designs. ERP implementation experience (eg, SAP S/4HANA). Bonus knowledge: web app development, cloud/SaaS, scripting/programming (C#, Python, SQL, PowerShell, XML, Tcl/Tk). MUST: you must be eligible for security clearance and be able to work in Godalming 4 days a week on site !
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
04/12/2025
Full time
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Join DWP Digital as a Lead Technical Architect, designing modern IT architecture for one of the biggest digital transformations in Europe. You'll be supporting major initiatives and working on products and services in a complex digital environment. If you're interested in shaping the future of digital products used by millions of people, this role could be for you. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Lead Technical Architect to join our community of technical experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, we have architectural challenges you won't find anywhere else, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? We are looking for someone who can demonstrate experience in the following areas: Designing architectures for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, including networking, security, presentation, middleware, databases, and integration. Applying architecture principles, patterns, standards, and technical radars to guide design decisions. Collaborating with delivery teams across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies from initial concept through to go-live. Translating business requirements into traceable technical solutions that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Using modelling techniques and tools to create and communicate architecture designs. Communication and Collaboration Technologies, particularly MS 365 Solutions (SharePoint, Teams and Copilot) and Exchange Information / Data Security, Governance, Management & Compliance including Data Privacy, Data Lifecycle Management, Legislation, Disaster Recover and Backup Data Architecture Design - Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management and Data Governance API Management - Experience designing and implementing APIs (REST / JSON, SOAP / XML, GraphQL), including API lifecycle management, API gateways, HTTP transport and security such as mTLS, OIDC (integration specialism) You and your role The Lead Technical Architect will be responsible for defining and implementing the strategy that brings all the solutions within our hybrid environment together, working cohesively and harmoniously. You'll be tasked with ensuring we're delivering effective change that works for both our users and for over 100,000 DWP colleagues. Ultimately, your work will have a tangible impact on millions of lives. Working predominantly with the Microsoft Suite and services (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange online), we have a hybrid environment which includes services hosted by us on prem, which even includes intranet and generative AI. You'll be taking the lead on design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support all of DWP's customers through the use of best practices. You'll need to communicate complex concepts to a range of audiences, so that DWP make the right decisions for now and for the future. It's essential that you make sure DWP strategies are implemented through technology to exceptional standards while also managing a small team of Senior Architects. If you're interested in answering questions such as 'how does this fit into our environment of products?' and 'how would this work together?' while thinking strategically, then this could be the perfect role for you. You'll be the most senior person in a lot of rooms. As well as your deep technical expertise you have the communications and leadership skills to influence other architects and support them to deliver their own goals, to explore emerging technologies and to better support the delivery of complex and even high-risk issues. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £99,836 Pension: You'll get a civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click applyfor more information and to start your application JBRP1_UKTJ
04/12/2025
Full time
Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Join DWP Digital as a Lead Technical Architect, designing modern IT architecture for one of the biggest digital transformations in Europe. You'll be supporting major initiatives and working on products and services in a complex digital environment. If you're interested in shaping the future of digital products used by millions of people, this role could be for you. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Lead Technical Architect to join our community of technical experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, we have architectural challenges you won't find anywhere else, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? We are looking for someone who can demonstrate experience in the following areas: Designing architectures for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, including networking, security, presentation, middleware, databases, and integration. Applying architecture principles, patterns, standards, and technical radars to guide design decisions. Collaborating with delivery teams across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies from initial concept through to go-live. Translating business requirements into traceable technical solutions that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Using modelling techniques and tools to create and communicate architecture designs. Communication and Collaboration Technologies, particularly MS 365 Solutions (SharePoint, Teams and Copilot) and Exchange Information / Data Security, Governance, Management & Compliance including Data Privacy, Data Lifecycle Management, Legislation, Disaster Recover and Backup Data Architecture Design - Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management and Data Governance API Management - Experience designing and implementing APIs (REST / JSON, SOAP / XML, GraphQL), including API lifecycle management, API gateways, HTTP transport and security such as mTLS, OIDC (integration specialism) You and your role The Lead Technical Architect will be responsible for defining and implementing the strategy that brings all the solutions within our hybrid environment together, working cohesively and harmoniously. You'll be tasked with ensuring we're delivering effective change that works for both our users and for over 100,000 DWP colleagues. Ultimately, your work will have a tangible impact on millions of lives. Working predominantly with the Microsoft Suite and services (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange online), we have a hybrid environment which includes services hosted by us on prem, which even includes intranet and generative AI. You'll be taking the lead on design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support all of DWP's customers through the use of best practices. You'll need to communicate complex concepts to a range of audiences, so that DWP make the right decisions for now and for the future. It's essential that you make sure DWP strategies are implemented through technology to exceptional standards while also managing a small team of Senior Architects. If you're interested in answering questions such as 'how does this fit into our environment of products?' and 'how would this work together?' while thinking strategically, then this could be the perfect role for you. You'll be the most senior person in a lot of rooms. As well as your deep technical expertise you have the communications and leadership skills to influence other architects and support them to deliver their own goals, to explore emerging technologies and to better support the delivery of complex and even high-risk issues. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £99,836 Pension: You'll get a civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click applyfor more information and to start your application JBRP1_UKTJ
Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Join DWP Digital as a Lead Technical Architect, designing modern IT architecture for one of the biggest digital transformations in Europe. You'll be supporting major initiatives and working on products and services in a complex digital environment. If you're interested in shaping the future of digital products used by millions of people, this role could be for you. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Lead Technical Architect to join our community of technical experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, we have architectural challenges you won't find anywhere else, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? We are looking for someone who can demonstrate experience in the following areas: Designing architectures for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, including networking, security, presentation, middleware, databases, and integration. Applying architecture principles, patterns, standards, and technical radars to guide design decisions. Collaborating with delivery teams across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies from initial concept through to go-live. Translating business requirements into traceable technical solutions that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Using modelling techniques and tools to create and communicate architecture designs. Communication and Collaboration Technologies, particularly MS 365 Solutions (SharePoint, Teams and Copilot) and Exchange Information / Data Security, Governance, Management & Compliance including Data Privacy, Data Lifecycle Management, Legislation, Disaster Recover and Backup Data Architecture Design - Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management and Data Governance API Management - Experience designing and implementing APIs (REST / JSON, SOAP / XML, GraphQL), including API lifecycle management, API gateways, HTTP transport and security such as mTLS, OIDC (integration specialism) You and your role The Lead Technical Architect will be responsible for defining and implementing the strategy that brings all the solutions within our hybrid environment together, working cohesively and harmoniously. You'll be tasked with ensuring we're delivering effective change that works for both our users and for over 100,000 DWP colleagues. Ultimately, your work will have a tangible impact on millions of lives. Working predominantly with the Microsoft Suite and services (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange online), we have a hybrid environment which includes services hosted by us on prem, which even includes intranet and generative AI. You'll be taking the lead on design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support all of DWP's customers through the use of best practices. You'll need to communicate complex concepts to a range of audiences, so that DWP make the right decisions for now and for the future. It's essential that you make sure DWP strategies are implemented through technology to exceptional standards while also managing a small team of Senior Architects. If you're interested in answering questions such as 'how does this fit into our environment of products?' and 'how would this work together?' while thinking strategically, then this could be the perfect role for you. You'll be the most senior person in a lot of rooms. As well as your deep technical expertise you have the communications and leadership skills to influence other architects and support them to deliver their own goals, to explore emerging technologies and to better support the delivery of complex and even high-risk issues. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £99,836 Pension: You'll get a civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click applyfor more information and to start your application JBRP1_UKTJ
04/12/2025
Full time
Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Join DWP Digital as a Lead Technical Architect, designing modern IT architecture for one of the biggest digital transformations in Europe. You'll be supporting major initiatives and working on products and services in a complex digital environment. If you're interested in shaping the future of digital products used by millions of people, this role could be for you. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Lead Technical Architect to join our community of technical experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, we have architectural challenges you won't find anywhere else, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? We are looking for someone who can demonstrate experience in the following areas: Designing architectures for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, including networking, security, presentation, middleware, databases, and integration. Applying architecture principles, patterns, standards, and technical radars to guide design decisions. Collaborating with delivery teams across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies from initial concept through to go-live. Translating business requirements into traceable technical solutions that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Using modelling techniques and tools to create and communicate architecture designs. Communication and Collaboration Technologies, particularly MS 365 Solutions (SharePoint, Teams and Copilot) and Exchange Information / Data Security, Governance, Management & Compliance including Data Privacy, Data Lifecycle Management, Legislation, Disaster Recover and Backup Data Architecture Design - Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management and Data Governance API Management - Experience designing and implementing APIs (REST / JSON, SOAP / XML, GraphQL), including API lifecycle management, API gateways, HTTP transport and security such as mTLS, OIDC (integration specialism) You and your role The Lead Technical Architect will be responsible for defining and implementing the strategy that brings all the solutions within our hybrid environment together, working cohesively and harmoniously. You'll be tasked with ensuring we're delivering effective change that works for both our users and for over 100,000 DWP colleagues. Ultimately, your work will have a tangible impact on millions of lives. Working predominantly with the Microsoft Suite and services (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange online), we have a hybrid environment which includes services hosted by us on prem, which even includes intranet and generative AI. You'll be taking the lead on design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support all of DWP's customers through the use of best practices. You'll need to communicate complex concepts to a range of audiences, so that DWP make the right decisions for now and for the future. It's essential that you make sure DWP strategies are implemented through technology to exceptional standards while also managing a small team of Senior Architects. If you're interested in answering questions such as 'how does this fit into our environment of products?' and 'how would this work together?' while thinking strategically, then this could be the perfect role for you. You'll be the most senior person in a lot of rooms. As well as your deep technical expertise you have the communications and leadership skills to influence other architects and support them to deliver their own goals, to explore emerging technologies and to better support the delivery of complex and even high-risk issues. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £99,836 Pension: You'll get a civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click applyfor more information and to start your application JBRP1_UKTJ
Lead Platform Engineer - Birmingham Hybrid working - 3 days per week onsite Salary upto - £64,562 + 20% Flex fund on top of salary A leading client in Birmingham is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to join their Platforms & Operations function. The role focuses on managing IT integration platforms, ensuring their delivery, maintenance, and availability while overseeing development and management services from suppliers. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, defining integration strategy and architecture, and maintaining standards for API development and data movement. The position also oversees the operation and improvement of integration services and middleware platforms, ensuring performance, security, and availability. Key skills and responsibilities, Experience leading integration platform delivery and lifecycle management in complex IT environments Skilled in designing and overseeing technical integration solutions across enterprise systems using APIs, messaging systems, or data pipelines. Effective collaboration with platform teams, architects, and suppliers to ensure integration aligns with enterprise architecture and business goals. Maintained operational stability of integration services through monitoring, incident management, and continuous improvement. Provided secure, scalable, reusable integration capabilities for delivery teams and projects Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and tools (APIs, ESB, messaging queues, event-driven architectures, ETL/ELT). Familiarity with cloud-native, hybrid, and middleware integration solutions (e.g., Azure Integration Services). Understanding of delivery methodologies (waterfall, agile, lean) as they impact integration planning and execution. Awareness of security, governance, and data protection in systems integration, including secure API management. Expertise in connecting enterprise platforms (ERP, HCM, data platforms) for resilient, scalable integration. Oversaw operation and improvement of integration services and middleware, ensuring availability, performance, and security. Worked with technical teams to align integration with technology architecture and strategic objectives. Led delivery and lifecycle management of integration capabilities supporting key enterprise platforms. Advised on integration patterns and best practices (point-to-point vs. platforms). Ensured rigorous version control, monitoring, maintenance, and incident response for integration components. Established and managed inventory and governance processes for integration design, development, and policy compliance. Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Dean Sadler-Parkes at Crimson for immediate consideration. Not interested? Do you know someone who might be a perfect fit for this role? Refer a friend and earn £250 worth of vouchers! JBRP1_UKTJ
04/12/2025
Full time
Lead Platform Engineer - Birmingham Hybrid working - 3 days per week onsite Salary upto - £64,562 + 20% Flex fund on top of salary A leading client in Birmingham is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to join their Platforms & Operations function. The role focuses on managing IT integration platforms, ensuring their delivery, maintenance, and availability while overseeing development and management services from suppliers. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, defining integration strategy and architecture, and maintaining standards for API development and data movement. The position also oversees the operation and improvement of integration services and middleware platforms, ensuring performance, security, and availability. Key skills and responsibilities, Experience leading integration platform delivery and lifecycle management in complex IT environments Skilled in designing and overseeing technical integration solutions across enterprise systems using APIs, messaging systems, or data pipelines. Effective collaboration with platform teams, architects, and suppliers to ensure integration aligns with enterprise architecture and business goals. Maintained operational stability of integration services through monitoring, incident management, and continuous improvement. Provided secure, scalable, reusable integration capabilities for delivery teams and projects Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and tools (APIs, ESB, messaging queues, event-driven architectures, ETL/ELT). Familiarity with cloud-native, hybrid, and middleware integration solutions (e.g., Azure Integration Services). Understanding of delivery methodologies (waterfall, agile, lean) as they impact integration planning and execution. Awareness of security, governance, and data protection in systems integration, including secure API management. Expertise in connecting enterprise platforms (ERP, HCM, data platforms) for resilient, scalable integration. Oversaw operation and improvement of integration services and middleware, ensuring availability, performance, and security. Worked with technical teams to align integration with technology architecture and strategic objectives. Led delivery and lifecycle management of integration capabilities supporting key enterprise platforms. Advised on integration patterns and best practices (point-to-point vs. platforms). Ensured rigorous version control, monitoring, maintenance, and incident response for integration components. Established and managed inventory and governance processes for integration design, development, and policy compliance. Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Dean Sadler-Parkes at Crimson for immediate consideration. Not interested? Do you know someone who might be a perfect fit for this role? Refer a friend and earn £250 worth of vouchers! JBRP1_UKTJ
CIS Sales Manager Onsite role in London We are seeking a senior, high-impact sales leader to spearhead the growth of our Cloud & Infrastructure Services business in the UK. This role demands a hunter mindset, someone who thrives on building new relationships, opening enterprise logos, and closing large, multi-year deals. The individual will also serve as a subject matter expert for cloud, infrastructure modernization, and managed operations, working closely with partners like Microsoft (Azure), AWS, GCP, ServiceNow etc. Key Responsibilities: Business Growth & Client Acquisition: Lead new logo acquisition across enterprise and upper-mid-market customers in the UK. Build and execute a territory growth plan aligned to company revenue targets. Identify, qualify, and close opportunities across Cloud Consulting, Migration, Managed Services, and Security Operations. Engage C-suite stakeholders (CIO, CTO, CISO, CFO) Own the full sales life cycle from lead generation to contract signature and hand-off to delivery. Solution & Domain Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor for customers across domains such as Cloud Migration, FinOps, DevSecOps, SRE, Security Operations, and Infrastructure Modernization. Understand client IT landscapes, transformation roadmaps, and align proposals to measurable business outcomes (cost reduction, agility, resilience, experience). Collaborate with presales, solution architects, and delivery SMEs to craft differentiated proposals and value-driven solutions. Partner & Ecosystem Engagement: Build strong working relationships with partners (Microsoft, AWS, GCP, ServiceNow) to drive co-sell opportunities and secure funding. Collaborate with OEMs, ISVs, and alliance teams to create joint GTM plays. Participate in partner marketing events, round tables and analyst forums to strengthen market positioning. Sales Governance: Lead deal reviews, commercial negotiations, and contract finalization. Work closely with delivery and service management for smooth onboarding and long-term customer satisfaction. Contribute insights to GTM strategy, competitive positioning, and pricing evolution. Experience & Skills: 15+ years in IT Services sales, with proven experience selling Cloud Infrastructure, Managed Services, or Security Operations deals. Demonstrated success in new business hunting, including acquisition of net-new enterprise customers in the UK. Strong understanding of cloud transformation life cycles - consulting, migration, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and managed operations. Experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP ecosystems, ideally with partner sales collaboration and incentive program familiarity. Strong commercial acumen: able to structure TCV/ACV deals, consumption-based pricing, and multi-year managed service contracts. Excellent executive-level communication and negotiation skills; able to engage and influence CIO, CTO, and procurement leaders. Experience leading large, cross-functional pursuit teams and delivering complex RFP responses. Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously. Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website
04/12/2025
Full time
CIS Sales Manager Onsite role in London We are seeking a senior, high-impact sales leader to spearhead the growth of our Cloud & Infrastructure Services business in the UK. This role demands a hunter mindset, someone who thrives on building new relationships, opening enterprise logos, and closing large, multi-year deals. The individual will also serve as a subject matter expert for cloud, infrastructure modernization, and managed operations, working closely with partners like Microsoft (Azure), AWS, GCP, ServiceNow etc. Key Responsibilities: Business Growth & Client Acquisition: Lead new logo acquisition across enterprise and upper-mid-market customers in the UK. Build and execute a territory growth plan aligned to company revenue targets. Identify, qualify, and close opportunities across Cloud Consulting, Migration, Managed Services, and Security Operations. Engage C-suite stakeholders (CIO, CTO, CISO, CFO) Own the full sales life cycle from lead generation to contract signature and hand-off to delivery. Solution & Domain Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor for customers across domains such as Cloud Migration, FinOps, DevSecOps, SRE, Security Operations, and Infrastructure Modernization. Understand client IT landscapes, transformation roadmaps, and align proposals to measurable business outcomes (cost reduction, agility, resilience, experience). Collaborate with presales, solution architects, and delivery SMEs to craft differentiated proposals and value-driven solutions. Partner & Ecosystem Engagement: Build strong working relationships with partners (Microsoft, AWS, GCP, ServiceNow) to drive co-sell opportunities and secure funding. Collaborate with OEMs, ISVs, and alliance teams to create joint GTM plays. Participate in partner marketing events, round tables and analyst forums to strengthen market positioning. Sales Governance: Lead deal reviews, commercial negotiations, and contract finalization. Work closely with delivery and service management for smooth onboarding and long-term customer satisfaction. Contribute insights to GTM strategy, competitive positioning, and pricing evolution. Experience & Skills: 15+ years in IT Services sales, with proven experience selling Cloud Infrastructure, Managed Services, or Security Operations deals. Demonstrated success in new business hunting, including acquisition of net-new enterprise customers in the UK. Strong understanding of cloud transformation life cycles - consulting, migration, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and managed operations. Experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP ecosystems, ideally with partner sales collaboration and incentive program familiarity. Strong commercial acumen: able to structure TCV/ACV deals, consumption-based pricing, and multi-year managed service contracts. Excellent executive-level communication and negotiation skills; able to engage and influence CIO, CTO, and procurement leaders. Experience leading large, cross-functional pursuit teams and delivering complex RFP responses. Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously. Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website
Role: Cloudera Administrator Duration: 3-5 months (freelance/contract) Location: Stratford, London - 3 days per week on-site , 2 days remote Project Context The Cloudera Administrator will support and maintain the organisation's Hadoop/Cloudera platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance. The role is part of a data engineering & platform team working on platform stabilisation, optimisation, and upgrades. Responsibilities Administer, configure, and maintain Cloudera Data Platform (CDP)/Cloudera Manager clusters. Monitor cluster health, performance, resource utilisation, and capacity planning. Troubleshoot platform issues and ensure SLAs for uptime and reliability. Manage services such as HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Kafka, Spark, Ranger, Knox, ZooKeeper, etc. Handle cluster upgrades, patching, backups, security hardening, and user provisioning. Implement governance, auditing, and access control following best practices. Automate operational tasks using Scripting (Python, Bash) or Ansible. Work closely with Data Engineering and Infrastructure teams on deployments and incident resolution. Required Skills & Experience Strong experience as a Cloudera Administrator in production environments. Solid knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem services (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Spark ). Expertise with Cloudera Manager , cluster configuration, and life cycle management. Strong Linux administration skills (RedHat/CentOS/Ubuntu). Good understanding of networking, Kerberos, security policies, and RBAC. Experience with monitoring tools and automation (Prometheus, Grafana, Ansible, Shell Scripts). Ability to troubleshoot complex distributed system issues. Excellent communication skills and comfort working onsite with technical teams. Work Environment Hybrid model: 3 days per week on-site in Stratford (London) . Collaborative engineering environment with data engineers, architects, and operations teams. Potential extension depending on platform roadmap.
03/12/2025
Contractor
Role: Cloudera Administrator Duration: 3-5 months (freelance/contract) Location: Stratford, London - 3 days per week on-site , 2 days remote Project Context The Cloudera Administrator will support and maintain the organisation's Hadoop/Cloudera platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance. The role is part of a data engineering & platform team working on platform stabilisation, optimisation, and upgrades. Responsibilities Administer, configure, and maintain Cloudera Data Platform (CDP)/Cloudera Manager clusters. Monitor cluster health, performance, resource utilisation, and capacity planning. Troubleshoot platform issues and ensure SLAs for uptime and reliability. Manage services such as HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Kafka, Spark, Ranger, Knox, ZooKeeper, etc. Handle cluster upgrades, patching, backups, security hardening, and user provisioning. Implement governance, auditing, and access control following best practices. Automate operational tasks using Scripting (Python, Bash) or Ansible. Work closely with Data Engineering and Infrastructure teams on deployments and incident resolution. Required Skills & Experience Strong experience as a Cloudera Administrator in production environments. Solid knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem services (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Spark ). Expertise with Cloudera Manager , cluster configuration, and life cycle management. Strong Linux administration skills (RedHat/CentOS/Ubuntu). Good understanding of networking, Kerberos, security policies, and RBAC. Experience with monitoring tools and automation (Prometheus, Grafana, Ansible, Shell Scripts). Ability to troubleshoot complex distributed system issues. Excellent communication skills and comfort working onsite with technical teams. Work Environment Hybrid model: 3 days per week on-site in Stratford (London) . Collaborative engineering environment with data engineers, architects, and operations teams. Potential extension depending on platform roadmap.
Lead Integration Engineer - Birmingham Hybrid working - 3 days per week onsite Salary upto - £64,562 + 20% Flex fund on top of salary A leading client in Birmingham is seeking a Lead Integration Engineer to join their Platforms & Operations function. The role focuses on managing IT integration platforms, ensuring their delivery, maintenance, and availability while overseeing development and management services from suppliers. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, defining integration strategy and architecture, and maintaining standards for API development and data movement. The position also oversees the operation and improvement of integration services and Middleware platforms, ensuring performance, security, and availability. Key skills and responsibilities, Experience leading integration platform delivery and life cycle management in complex IT environments Skilled in designing and overseeing technical integration solutions across enterprise systems using APIs, messaging systems, or data pipelines. Effective collaboration with platform teams, architects, and suppliers to ensure integration aligns with enterprise architecture and business goals. Maintained operational stability of integration services through monitoring, incident management, and continuous improvement. Provided secure, scalable, reusable integration capabilities for delivery teams and projects Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and tools (APIs, ESB, messaging queues, event-driven architectures, ETL/ELT). Familiarity with cloud-native, hybrid, and Middleware integration solutions (eg, Azure Integration Services). Understanding of delivery methodologies (waterfall, agile, lean) as they impact integration planning and execution. Awareness of security, governance, and data protection in systems integration, including secure API management. Expertise in connecting enterprise platforms (ERP, HCM, data platforms) for resilient, scalable integration. Oversaw operation and improvement of integration services and Middleware, ensuring availability, performance, and security. Worked with technical teams to align integration with technology architecture and strategic objectives. Led delivery and life cycle management of integration capabilities supporting key enterprise platforms. Advised on integration patterns and best practices (point-to-point vs. platforms). Ensured rigorous version control, monitoring, maintenance, and incident response for integration components. Established and managed inventory and governance processes for integration design, development, and policy compliance. Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Dean Sadler-Parkes at Crimson for immediate consideration. Not interested? Do you know someone who might be a perfect fit for this role? Refer a friend and earn £250 worth of vouchers!
03/12/2025
Full time
Lead Integration Engineer - Birmingham Hybrid working - 3 days per week onsite Salary upto - £64,562 + 20% Flex fund on top of salary A leading client in Birmingham is seeking a Lead Integration Engineer to join their Platforms & Operations function. The role focuses on managing IT integration platforms, ensuring their delivery, maintenance, and availability while overseeing development and management services from suppliers. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, defining integration strategy and architecture, and maintaining standards for API development and data movement. The position also oversees the operation and improvement of integration services and Middleware platforms, ensuring performance, security, and availability. Key skills and responsibilities, Experience leading integration platform delivery and life cycle management in complex IT environments Skilled in designing and overseeing technical integration solutions across enterprise systems using APIs, messaging systems, or data pipelines. Effective collaboration with platform teams, architects, and suppliers to ensure integration aligns with enterprise architecture and business goals. Maintained operational stability of integration services through monitoring, incident management, and continuous improvement. Provided secure, scalable, reusable integration capabilities for delivery teams and projects Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and tools (APIs, ESB, messaging queues, event-driven architectures, ETL/ELT). Familiarity with cloud-native, hybrid, and Middleware integration solutions (eg, Azure Integration Services). Understanding of delivery methodologies (waterfall, agile, lean) as they impact integration planning and execution. Awareness of security, governance, and data protection in systems integration, including secure API management. Expertise in connecting enterprise platforms (ERP, HCM, data platforms) for resilient, scalable integration. Oversaw operation and improvement of integration services and Middleware, ensuring availability, performance, and security. Worked with technical teams to align integration with technology architecture and strategic objectives. Led delivery and life cycle management of integration capabilities supporting key enterprise platforms. Advised on integration patterns and best practices (point-to-point vs. platforms). Ensured rigorous version control, monitoring, maintenance, and incident response for integration components. Established and managed inventory and governance processes for integration design, development, and policy compliance. Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Dean Sadler-Parkes at Crimson for immediate consideration. Not interested? Do you know someone who might be a perfect fit for this role? Refer a friend and earn £250 worth of vouchers!
Role Title: Storage SME Location: Sheffield Hybrid/60% office 40% home Duration: 31/12/2026 Rate: £500p/d via Umbrella Role Overview: We are is seeking a highly experienced Storage SME to provide technical leadership and strategic guidance for storage architecture and operations within the OpenShift infrastructure migration project. This role will ensure that storage solutions are designed, implemented, and optimized to meet the bank's performance, scalability, and compliance requirements across multi-cloud, hybrid, or on-prem environments. Key Responsibilities: . Technical Leadership: o Define storage architecture strategy for OpenShift clusters and workloads. o Advise on best practices for storage provisioning, performance tuning, and capacity planning. o Serve as the go-to expert for storage-related issues and escalations. . Design & Integration: o Collaborate with Infrastructure Engineers and OpenShift Architects to integrate storage solutions with compute and networking layers. o Ensure compatibility with containerized workloads and persistent storage requirements. . Performance & Optimization: o Conduct performance assessments and recommend improvements. o Implement high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery strategies. . Compliance & Security: o Ensure storage configurations align with the bank's security and regulatory standards. o Implement encryption, access controls, and data protection measures. . Governance & Documentation: o Maintain detailed documentation of storage architecture, policies, and operational procedures. o Support audits and compliance reviews. . Collaboration: o Work closely with Automation Engineers to enable automated storage provisioning and scaling. o Provide guidance to Storage Engineers and other technical teams. Required Skills & Qualifications: . Extensive experience in enterprise storage technologies (eg, NetApp, Dell EMC, IBM, or cloud storage platforms). . Strong knowledge of storage protocols (iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel) and SAN/NAS architectures. . Familiarity with OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container storage interfaces (CSI). . Expertise in backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies. . Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimization skills. . Certifications in storage technologies or cloud platforms preferred.
03/12/2025
Contractor
Role Title: Storage SME Location: Sheffield Hybrid/60% office 40% home Duration: 31/12/2026 Rate: £500p/d via Umbrella Role Overview: We are is seeking a highly experienced Storage SME to provide technical leadership and strategic guidance for storage architecture and operations within the OpenShift infrastructure migration project. This role will ensure that storage solutions are designed, implemented, and optimized to meet the bank's performance, scalability, and compliance requirements across multi-cloud, hybrid, or on-prem environments. Key Responsibilities: . Technical Leadership: o Define storage architecture strategy for OpenShift clusters and workloads. o Advise on best practices for storage provisioning, performance tuning, and capacity planning. o Serve as the go-to expert for storage-related issues and escalations. . Design & Integration: o Collaborate with Infrastructure Engineers and OpenShift Architects to integrate storage solutions with compute and networking layers. o Ensure compatibility with containerized workloads and persistent storage requirements. . Performance & Optimization: o Conduct performance assessments and recommend improvements. o Implement high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery strategies. . Compliance & Security: o Ensure storage configurations align with the bank's security and regulatory standards. o Implement encryption, access controls, and data protection measures. . Governance & Documentation: o Maintain detailed documentation of storage architecture, policies, and operational procedures. o Support audits and compliance reviews. . Collaboration: o Work closely with Automation Engineers to enable automated storage provisioning and scaling. o Provide guidance to Storage Engineers and other technical teams. Required Skills & Qualifications: . Extensive experience in enterprise storage technologies (eg, NetApp, Dell EMC, IBM, or cloud storage platforms). . Strong knowledge of storage protocols (iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel) and SAN/NAS architectures. . Familiarity with OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container storage interfaces (CSI). . Expertise in backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies. . Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimization skills. . Certifications in storage technologies or cloud platforms preferred.
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. About BCG Platinion BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale. Practice Area BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group's existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design. We support our clients' total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion's interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations. What You'll Do At BCG Platinion we're keen to engage with experienced, passionate and creative IT Architects who will help us unlock our client's digital potential and ignite change. Meaningful work is at the core of everything we do. We build unique solutions to the complexities our clients face, while providing our people with opportunities to explore and grow. A community of leading experts, BCG Platinion team members have a natural springboard for professional growth and deeper opportunities to excel. As a Lead IT Architect focused on CRM and Enterprise Solutions, you will advise clients on technology strategies, ensuring flexibility and scalability in CRM architectures. Your responsibilities will include: Define business-aligned CRM strategies across sales, service, and marketing functions to optimize customer journeys. Evaluate and recommend CRM solutions from platforms such as Salesforce, SAP CX, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle, and Zoho based on business requirements and industry best practices. Analyze and reimagine end-to-end processes (Lead-to-Quote, Quote-to-Cash, Service Management, Customer Support) to maximize CRM value. Build compelling business cases for CRM transformation initiatives, demonstrating ROI and tangible outcomes for clients. Collaborate with client teams to drive organizational change, ensuring user adoption and process alignment for CRM implementations. You will work closely with clients to understand their issues, define IT strategies, architecture solutions, win buy-in for your recommendations, and collaborate with fellow BCGers to transform client potential into performance. You will be given end-to-end responsibility for larger, highly technical and more complex 'modules' within a project, and begin to develop specialized knowledge to help you solve clients' problems. You will start to take on team lead responsibilities and demonstrate intellectual leadership Together with our clients, you will develop superior digital and technology concepts and architecture solutions as well as support technical implementations actively and on site, applying your sound technical know-how, your understanding of business contexts, and your analytical and conceptual skills. You will also help guide junior members of the team, help with project proposals, client care, building relationships with peers and identifying new business opportunities. Finally as a Lead IT Architect you will contribute to the Practice Area development and help to build the BCG brand as a key member of the case team. What You'll Bring 10 to 15 years of experience in IT architecture with a strong focus on CRM solutions, in consulting, working with clients in the consumer goods, industrial goods or retail sectors. Demonstrated experience with CRM platforms such as Salesforce, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or Oracle working across sales, service and marketing. Proven expertise in delivering complex CRM integrations with external systems (Data Lakes, ERP, analytical platforms, and messaging systems) Experience with commerce platforms (such as Salesforce commerce cloud, Adobe commerce, etc ) and integration platforms (such as Mulesoft, Dell Boomi, etc) Have experience with, and understand how to lead, legacy integration and remediation (facades, strangler approaches, et. al.) Overview of in modern architecture patterns: CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native development, and API-led integrations. Deep understanding of: Different integration patterns and best practices such as events, synchronous vs. asynchronous E2E business processes: Lead-to-Quote, Quote-to-Cash, Service Management, Marketing, etc. Analytical mindset and excellent problem-solving skills. Experience of managing teams. Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement at all levels Ability to work under pressure and willingness to travel to clients world-wide Strong communication and presentation skills. University degree with above-average academic performance in a mathematical-scientific field, information technology, or business administration. Additional info Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is an E - Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.
03/12/2025
Full time
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. About BCG Platinion BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale. Practice Area BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group's existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design. We support our clients' total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion's interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations. What You'll Do At BCG Platinion we're keen to engage with experienced, passionate and creative IT Architects who will help us unlock our client's digital potential and ignite change. Meaningful work is at the core of everything we do. We build unique solutions to the complexities our clients face, while providing our people with opportunities to explore and grow. A community of leading experts, BCG Platinion team members have a natural springboard for professional growth and deeper opportunities to excel. As a Lead IT Architect focused on CRM and Enterprise Solutions, you will advise clients on technology strategies, ensuring flexibility and scalability in CRM architectures. Your responsibilities will include: Define business-aligned CRM strategies across sales, service, and marketing functions to optimize customer journeys. Evaluate and recommend CRM solutions from platforms such as Salesforce, SAP CX, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle, and Zoho based on business requirements and industry best practices. Analyze and reimagine end-to-end processes (Lead-to-Quote, Quote-to-Cash, Service Management, Customer Support) to maximize CRM value. Build compelling business cases for CRM transformation initiatives, demonstrating ROI and tangible outcomes for clients. Collaborate with client teams to drive organizational change, ensuring user adoption and process alignment for CRM implementations. You will work closely with clients to understand their issues, define IT strategies, architecture solutions, win buy-in for your recommendations, and collaborate with fellow BCGers to transform client potential into performance. You will be given end-to-end responsibility for larger, highly technical and more complex 'modules' within a project, and begin to develop specialized knowledge to help you solve clients' problems. You will start to take on team lead responsibilities and demonstrate intellectual leadership Together with our clients, you will develop superior digital and technology concepts and architecture solutions as well as support technical implementations actively and on site, applying your sound technical know-how, your understanding of business contexts, and your analytical and conceptual skills. You will also help guide junior members of the team, help with project proposals, client care, building relationships with peers and identifying new business opportunities. Finally as a Lead IT Architect you will contribute to the Practice Area development and help to build the BCG brand as a key member of the case team. What You'll Bring 10 to 15 years of experience in IT architecture with a strong focus on CRM solutions, in consulting, working with clients in the consumer goods, industrial goods or retail sectors. Demonstrated experience with CRM platforms such as Salesforce, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or Oracle working across sales, service and marketing. Proven expertise in delivering complex CRM integrations with external systems (Data Lakes, ERP, analytical platforms, and messaging systems) Experience with commerce platforms (such as Salesforce commerce cloud, Adobe commerce, etc ) and integration platforms (such as Mulesoft, Dell Boomi, etc) Have experience with, and understand how to lead, legacy integration and remediation (facades, strangler approaches, et. al.) Overview of in modern architecture patterns: CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native development, and API-led integrations. Deep understanding of: Different integration patterns and best practices such as events, synchronous vs. asynchronous E2E business processes: Lead-to-Quote, Quote-to-Cash, Service Management, Marketing, etc. Analytical mindset and excellent problem-solving skills. Experience of managing teams. Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement at all levels Ability to work under pressure and willingness to travel to clients world-wide Strong communication and presentation skills. University degree with above-average academic performance in a mathematical-scientific field, information technology, or business administration. Additional info Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is an E - Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.
Cyber Security Engineer (Projects) Up to 58,000 plus great pension and holiday entitlement Hybrid - 2 days on site - Manchester About the Role I'm working with a Manchester-based organisation who are seeking a cyber security engineer to work alongside security architects and project teams on exciting projects, implementations and designs. This role comes with excellent training and progression opportunities, and is therefore a great opportunity for someone looking to take their security engineering skillset into the projects, design and architecture space. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of architecture and secure by design principles, and will have experience implementing security controls and integrating security engineering best practices and into agile and DevOps processes. Key Responsibilities Working alongside security architects and project teams to assess designs, uncover potential risks, and integrate security best practice Taking responsibility for deploying security controls across projects and operational environments Configuring assets across a multi-cloud environment Converting architectural designs into practical actions and processes Integrating security into agile and DevSecOps processes Ensuring projects and designs are secure by design, and being actively involved in creating and implementing the controls to ensure this is the case Monitor emerging trends and technologies, evaluating their potential for future adoption within the security strategy. Apply foundational security principles to new technologies and unconventional scenarios while enabling organisational objectives. What We're Looking For Project-focused security engineering experience. A firm and practical understanding of security engineering within cloud environments - Azure or AWS ideally An understanding of architecture principles and secure by design Excellent communication skills, go-getter attitude and the ability to converse technical concepts to all levels of seniority Experience integrating security into Agile and DevSecOps processes Exposure to Tanium would be useful Skilled in using tools such as EDR, XDR, firewalls, WAF, and email security; experience with CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, and Microsoft Defender is advantageous. Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, including configuration and data integration. Familiarity with cloud security, network security, and endpoint security across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments. Package Up to 58,000 per annum 29 days annual leave excluding bank holidays 21% pension Career development opportunities and access to accredited qualifications Additional benefits available What to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to send us your CV, or contact us for a confidential discussion. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
02/12/2025
Full time
Cyber Security Engineer (Projects) Up to 58,000 plus great pension and holiday entitlement Hybrid - 2 days on site - Manchester About the Role I'm working with a Manchester-based organisation who are seeking a cyber security engineer to work alongside security architects and project teams on exciting projects, implementations and designs. This role comes with excellent training and progression opportunities, and is therefore a great opportunity for someone looking to take their security engineering skillset into the projects, design and architecture space. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of architecture and secure by design principles, and will have experience implementing security controls and integrating security engineering best practices and into agile and DevOps processes. Key Responsibilities Working alongside security architects and project teams to assess designs, uncover potential risks, and integrate security best practice Taking responsibility for deploying security controls across projects and operational environments Configuring assets across a multi-cloud environment Converting architectural designs into practical actions and processes Integrating security into agile and DevSecOps processes Ensuring projects and designs are secure by design, and being actively involved in creating and implementing the controls to ensure this is the case Monitor emerging trends and technologies, evaluating their potential for future adoption within the security strategy. Apply foundational security principles to new technologies and unconventional scenarios while enabling organisational objectives. What We're Looking For Project-focused security engineering experience. A firm and practical understanding of security engineering within cloud environments - Azure or AWS ideally An understanding of architecture principles and secure by design Excellent communication skills, go-getter attitude and the ability to converse technical concepts to all levels of seniority Experience integrating security into Agile and DevSecOps processes Exposure to Tanium would be useful Skilled in using tools such as EDR, XDR, firewalls, WAF, and email security; experience with CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, and Microsoft Defender is advantageous. Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, including configuration and data integration. Familiarity with cloud security, network security, and endpoint security across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments. Package Up to 58,000 per annum 29 days annual leave excluding bank holidays 21% pension Career development opportunities and access to accredited qualifications Additional benefits available What to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to send us your CV, or contact us for a confidential discussion. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
02/12/2025
Full time
Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. JBRP1_UKTJ
