5 jobs found

Live Operations Engineer - Glasgow (Mostly Remote) - Public Sector - Outside IR35 Day Rate - Market Rates Duration - 6 months with a view to extend Harvey Nash's Client are hiring a contract Live Operations Engineer, you will be responsible for: Designing and implementing tests, debugging, and defining corrective actions, and making our stack regression proof. You will work closely with engineers to make sure releases and product launches run smoothly and meet the requirements of the Product. Ultimately, you should monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards, and also work close with the management/exec teams in implementing Quality Assurance strategies. You will lead on working with both business and technical colleagues to diagnose live issues, identify appropriate fixes and align with Product Owners and Delivery Managers to prioritise any urgent fixes. Skills & Experience Required Advanced knowledge of software support/development methodologies, tools, and processes Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive operational runbooks and support strategies Demonstrable experience of taking live issues through the Software Development Lifecycle from diagnosis to delivering to the end user Hands-on experience with BAT and UAT in advance of release to live. Hands-on experience with co-ordinating with technical and non technical stakeholders assuring readiness for releases to live. Experience in debugging and working with engineers to diagnose and fix production defects. Experience in acting a first technical port of call for investigation into production issues. At least 2 years experience within the last 5 years of AWS cloud infrastructure, relational databases (ideally MySQL) and working within projects who build and maintain Java applications based on a microservice architecture. Desirable Skills Awareness of tech stack non core to role: React, Typescript Experience of engaging business users to perform root cause analysis of production issues via screen sharing, understanding user behaviour etc. Able to clearly describe the underlying cause of production issues to technical and non technical stakeholders at all levels from business end user to senior management. Please note that a BPSS clearance is required to start this role.

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Live Operations Engineer for an initial 6-month contract on a rate of £580/day (Outside IR35). This role is mainly remote working, however there is an expectation that you will work from the Glasgow office as and when required. Responsibilities: - As a Live Operations Engineer you will be responsible for designing and implementing tests, debugging, and defining corrective actions, and making our stack regression proof. - You will work closely with engineers to make sure releases and product launches run smoothly and meet the requirements of the Product. - Ultimately, you should monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards, and also work close with the management/exec teams in implementing Quality Assurance strategies. - Furthermore, you will lead on working with both business and technical colleagues to diagnose live issues, identify appropriate fixes and align with Product Owners and Delivery Managers to prioritise any urgent fixes. - You will be expected to guide and mentor junior colleagues. - Due to the nature of the business, there may be a need to support releases/fixes out of hours on occasion. Essential Skills: - Advanced knowledge of software support/development methodologies, tools, and processes - Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive operational runbooks and support strategies - Demonstrable experience of taking live issues through the Software Development Lifecycle from diagnosis to delivering to the end user - Hands-on experience with BAT and UAT in advance of release to live. - Hands-on experience with co-ordinating with technical and non technical stakeholders assuring readiness for releases to live. - Experience in debugging and working with engineers to diagnose and fix production defects. - Experience in acting a first technical port of call for investigation into production issues. - At least 2 years experience within the last 5 years of AWS cloud infrastructure, relational databases (ideally MySQL) and working within projects who build and maintain Java applications based on a microservice architecture. Desirable Skills: - Awareness of tech stack non core to role: React, Typescript - Experience of engaging business users to perform root cause analysis of production issues via screen sharing, understanding user behaviour etc. - Able to clearly describe the underlying cause of production issues to technical and non technical stakeholders at all levels from business end user to senior management. If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.

Senior Atlassian Technical Consultant Senior Atlassian Systems Engineer Summer-Browning Associates is currently supporting our client in the Public Sector, who is seeking a Senior Atlassian Technical Consultant for an initial 6-month assignment with an option to extend Location: Hybrid working - London / Glasgow The ideal candidates will possess a strong background in Atlassian Engineering, with the following skills and experience: Proven experience in administering, configuring, and supporting Atlassian Data Centre, specifically Jira and Confluence In-depth knowledge of Jira Service Management and Confluence, including configuration and workflow modifications. Experience with upgrading Atlassian Data Centre configurations and maintaining resilient infrastructure. Familiarity with Atlassian architecture, with a focus on Jira, Jira Service Management, and Confluence, as well as a thorough understanding of modular workflows, permission schemes, and notification schemes. Experience working in public sector or defence secure environments. To apply, please submit your updated CV for consideration.

Solution Architect Network Infrastructure 6-month Contract A global organisation is at the beginning of a Workplace Modernisation programme and is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to join the team, tasked with supporting the design and delivery of this transformation. The successful Solutions Architect will demonstrate the following experience and expertise: Previous experience operating as a Solutions Architect within a global organisation, ideally in a regulated environment such as Insurance, Legal, or Financial Services Strong experience across network infrastructure technologies, including: Cisco FortiGate Forti ADC SD-WAN Palo Alto Exposure to other modernisation initiatives, including Microsoft Azure, Windows 11, data centre migrations, AV refreshes, and security refresh programmes would also be considered Responsibility for producing, reviewing, and maintaining high-quality technical documentation Proven end-to-end design and deployment experience across both on-premise environments and Azure cloud platforms A strong analytical and problem-solving approach, with the ability to design solutions aligned to business needs and stakeholder expectations Experience leading Design Authority processes, covering solution design, governance, and assurance Close collaboration with Enterprise and Security Architects to ensure all solutions meet architectural standards and security compliance requirements This Solution Architect will be required 3 days per week onsite in Glasgow. This Solution Architect role is an immediate start, with interview slots available in early January 2026. Please note, the Solutions Architect will have to go through background checks before you start, these cover Right to Work, Reference, Certification check this process can take up to 4 weeks. To discuss this exciting opportunity as a Solution Architectin more detail, please APPLY NOW for a no obligation chat with your VIQU Consultant. Additionally, you can contact Mike McEvoy, by exploring the VIQU IT Recruitment website . To be the first to hear about other exciting opportunities, technology, and recruitment news, please also follow us at VIQU IT Recruitment on LinkedIn, and

Job Introduction Do you want to be part of the team that enables some of the BBC's most popular digital products? Are you looking for an opportunity to use your skills to help our engineers own and operate the platform services needed to meet the demands of scale and performance? If so, then we might have just the opportunity you're looking for. In the Digital Products Group we're building a unified platform for delivering the BBC's digital content. WebCore serves over 2 billion requests a month for sites including BBC Home, News and Sport. With more BBC products coming on board every quarter , our challenge is to provide a robust and secure platform that can operate at this increasing scale while also providing the features that enable our full-stack, audience experience teams to deliver innovative and personalised experiences to BBC users. Learn more about the Web Core mission from our Head of Architecture, Matthew Clark . You can also read about how we are stretching AWS Lambda in a two-part blog post from our Technical Architect, Johnathan Ishmael (also see part 2 ). Our Teams Core Services supports every part of the developer lifecycle - creating, building, deploying, and owning. This gives us a diverse set of problem domains to tackle while also operating the systems that serve millions of requests each week. Our Platform engineers build and operate the underlying platform and infrastructure. They typically specialise in one or more systems and components, while working across the stack to build domain solutions. Within our platform area, this can mean specialising in our traffic management layers (Belfrage & Mozart), and our data aggregation and Lamdba execution layers (Fabl & Morph). You will be working with some fantastic engineers across these systems to solve fascinating problems of scale, observability, performance, high-availability and security. Languages and technologies we use We use a range of AWS technologies including Lambda, Elasticache (Redis), S3, Aurora, EC2s and more. We own systems written in Node, Ruby, Elixir, and many more. What will you work on? As a member of one of our Platform teams, you'll be working on some of the toughest backend problems you'll encounter at the BBC with the support of colleagues with a wide range of skill sets. You'll gain insight into the challenges of running a mission-critical platform at scale and get the chance to expand your skills with training and mentoring opportunities. We want to give you the opportunity to work with fascinating tech and get your hands dirty with interesting systems. We want to support you and grow your skills as an engineer - and this Role Responsibility Main responsibilities Technical: Building well engineered, highly-available solutions to handle huge volumes of traffic. Building software that meets the requirements for a fast, reliable & always-on service. Seeking to always learn about new technologies or approaches, and championing them to ensure our products and processes are world class. People : Working with others to get things done in a pro-active and positive way. Working closely with and understanding needs of the teams building on the WebCore platform, enabling them to deliver high value to the audience. Working closely with our operations team to ensure the WebCore platform is well-supported, scalable and reliable. Contributing to an environment of engineering excellence and continuous improvement. Delivery: Delivering features using agile development practices. Seeking out new tools and methodologies to evolve our development processes. Solving operational issues, including working under a DevOps model. Assisting with recruiting, mentoring and training new team members. Inclusion & Diversity Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please visit our dedicated site here where you can discover the variety of staff networks we have, read our D&I strategy and reports, and learn about our ambitious Creative Diversity initiative which aims to transform the content the BBC creates. Are you the right candidate? Essential Demonstrable experience writing and maintaining robust production software Demonstrable experience with Elixir or a functional programming language Experience in Agile practices Experience in Cloud architecture Experience in DevOps Experience in testing and design patterns Competence in developing for operational concerns (monitoring integration, performance testing, security considerations) Desirable Takes responsibility for driving tasks to completion Understanding of designing & implementing for non-functional concerns Experience of database design and use in software applications Software Engineering or Computer Science Degree or equivalent Package Description Band: C and D Contract type: Permanent Location: Glasgow, Scotland, Cardiff,Salford or Flexible We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application . There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. Mae'r sefyllfa gyda'r coronafeirws yn datblygu'n gyflym, ac mae'r BBC yn awyddus i barhau i sicrhau diogelwch a lles pobl ar draws y BBC, gan barhau i warchod ein gwasanaethau hefyd. I leihau'r risg, dim ond y bobl sy'n hanfodol i'n hallbwn darlledu fydd yn cael mynediad i adeiladau'r BBC. O ddydd Mercher 18 fed Mawrth ymlaen, bydd pob asesiad a chyfweliad yn cael ei gynnal o bell, nes rhoddir gwybod yn wahanol. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, ewch i About the BBC We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviors in the document attached below. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.