The advert:
Cardiff Metropolitan University is embarking on an exciting journey to procure and implement a new student records system - an initiative that will shape the future of how we support our students. As part of this transformational programme, we’re recruiting a Lead Technical Architect to play a pivotal role in delivering and shaping this change.
As the subject matter expert, you’ll guide the IT technical implementation of the new system, from shaping procurement decisions, through to implementation and delivery. Using your experience, you’ll provide expert guidance and technical oversight across all systems linked to the student record system’s programme of work, whilst creating an architectural framework that supports future innovation and a culture of learning and cohesiveness.
Working collaboratively with the Programme Manager and cross functional teams, you’ll ensure the system meets current needs and those of the emerging future. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to define non-functional requirements and ensure alignment with business needs.
As part of your role, you’ll
Lead the technical architecture design including system integration, data models, security protocols, and infrastructure.
Provide technical and strategic direction across systems within or integrated with the student records programme.
Oversee migration of legacy data, ensuring data integrity, minimal disruption, and adherence to data protection regulations.
Produce technical documentation including presentations, reports, High and Low-level architecture documents and other documentation on digital solutions.
Take responsibility for team management, development, and well-being, offering initiatives that foster continuous professional growth for themselves and team members.
What you’ll bring
With demonstrable experience as a Technical Architect overseeing enterprise-level system implementations in complex organisational environments, you’ll bring a proven ability to engage effectively with business representatives and senior stakeholders.
You’ll have led the technical aspects of large-scale projects, including risk mitigation and stakeholder engagement, and possess a solid technical foundation with deep understanding of the systems development life-cycle and the complexities that arise from initial concept through to delivery and support.
In addition, you’ll bring
Experience leading cross-functional teams or contributing to enterprise-wide IT strategies.
Aptitude for problem-solving, with knowledge of problem-solving methodologies.
Ability to analyse complex problems, facilitate workshops, and produce clear architectural designs from conceptual to detailed levels.
Proven communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
Why join Cardiff Metropolitan University?
We are a values-based University. We are proud of our culture, and we are there for our people. Our community spirit is the golden thread that underpins our values and behaviours. We support and embrace inclusion that enables everyone to feel respected and able to perform at their best. By joining our University, you'll find yourself in a unique environment where a wealth of knowledge and resources are readily available, supporting you with your career development.
We offer excellent benefits such as:
Annual leave of 35 days, plus 12 bank holiday / concessionary days
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous monthly contributions.
Excellent family friendly policies – take a look on our Policy Hub page.
Opportunities to learn and develop your skills with access to library and digital services facilities.
Excellent sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership.
Free family access to our independent specialist wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.
Contact us
For more information about the role please contact Hywel Bufton, Head of Digital Services on hrbufton@cardiffmet.ac.uk .
All applications must be submitted online.
The person specification will be used as a tool for shortlisting; so please make sure you use this information when writing your application. You can find useful hints and tips about how to apply by visiting our Application Guidance page.
23/12/2025
Full time
The advert:
Cardiff Metropolitan University is embarking on an exciting journey to procure and implement a new student records system - an initiative that will shape the future of how we support our students. As part of this transformational programme, we’re recruiting a Lead Technical Architect to play a pivotal role in delivering and shaping this change.
As the subject matter expert, you’ll guide the IT technical implementation of the new system, from shaping procurement decisions, through to implementation and delivery. Using your experience, you’ll provide expert guidance and technical oversight across all systems linked to the student record system’s programme of work, whilst creating an architectural framework that supports future innovation and a culture of learning and cohesiveness.
Working collaboratively with the Programme Manager and cross functional teams, you’ll ensure the system meets current needs and those of the emerging future. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to define non-functional requirements and ensure alignment with business needs.
As part of your role, you’ll
Lead the technical architecture design including system integration, data models, security protocols, and infrastructure.
Provide technical and strategic direction across systems within or integrated with the student records programme.
Oversee migration of legacy data, ensuring data integrity, minimal disruption, and adherence to data protection regulations.
Produce technical documentation including presentations, reports, High and Low-level architecture documents and other documentation on digital solutions.
Take responsibility for team management, development, and well-being, offering initiatives that foster continuous professional growth for themselves and team members.
What you’ll bring
With demonstrable experience as a Technical Architect overseeing enterprise-level system implementations in complex organisational environments, you’ll bring a proven ability to engage effectively with business representatives and senior stakeholders.
You’ll have led the technical aspects of large-scale projects, including risk mitigation and stakeholder engagement, and possess a solid technical foundation with deep understanding of the systems development life-cycle and the complexities that arise from initial concept through to delivery and support.
In addition, you’ll bring
Experience leading cross-functional teams or contributing to enterprise-wide IT strategies.
Aptitude for problem-solving, with knowledge of problem-solving methodologies.
Ability to analyse complex problems, facilitate workshops, and produce clear architectural designs from conceptual to detailed levels.
Proven communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
Why join Cardiff Metropolitan University?
We are a values-based University. We are proud of our culture, and we are there for our people. Our community spirit is the golden thread that underpins our values and behaviours. We support and embrace inclusion that enables everyone to feel respected and able to perform at their best. By joining our University, you'll find yourself in a unique environment where a wealth of knowledge and resources are readily available, supporting you with your career development.
We offer excellent benefits such as:
Annual leave of 35 days, plus 12 bank holiday / concessionary days
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous monthly contributions.
Excellent family friendly policies – take a look on our Policy Hub page.
Opportunities to learn and develop your skills with access to library and digital services facilities.
Excellent sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership.
Free family access to our independent specialist wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.
Contact us
For more information about the role please contact Hywel Bufton, Head of Digital Services on hrbufton@cardiffmet.ac.uk .
All applications must be submitted online.
The person specification will be used as a tool for shortlisting; so please make sure you use this information when writing your application. You can find useful hints and tips about how to apply by visiting our Application Guidance page.
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Reigate, Surrey, UK
Job Title: Digital Services & Systems Team Leader
Location of work: Town Hall, Reigate
Salary: TS1 Pay scales £48075 to £62004
Basis: Permanent, Full time
Are you ready to make a real impact in shaping the digital future of local government? We’re seeking a proactive and innovative Digital Services & Systems Team Leader to join our ICT department. This is a hands-on team leader role, ideal for a self-starter who thrives on driving digital transformation and operational excellence.
About the Role
As the Digital Services & Systems Team Leader, you will:
Lead a team of three Business Improvement Analysts and three System Support Analysts.
Develop and maintain a forward-looking, agile business application architecture to support council services.
Contribute to ICT strategy, ensuring compliance with national and local standards.
Manage team resourcing, external partnerships and problem escalation.
Key Responsibilities
Drive digital transformation initiatives, including service design, form building, and automation.
Champion user-centred design and accessibility across all digital services.
Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and cross-departmental collaboration.
Evaluate proposals for new systems and enhancements, prioritizing based on ROI and strategic fit.
Oversee the development of online forms using low-code platforms (e.g., Granicus govService), HTML/CSS, and API integration.
Support systems administration for both legacy and modern cloud platforms.
Plan and coordinate software rollouts, including governance, training, and change communication.
Lead the adoption and rollout of collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint and encourage their use to enhance productivity.
What We’re Looking For
Proven experience in digital services, systems leadership, or ICT project management.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Experience with digital transformation, automation, and user-centred design.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and foster cross-functional collaboration.
Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.
Join us as we embark on our journey to become a larger unitary authority in Surrey. Play a pivotal role in shaping the council’s digital landscape, making a difference for our community and colleagues alike. Apply today to lead our digital journey!
Staff Benefits
In exchange for your expertise, experience and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development, in addition to providing a wide range of employment linked benefits.
We provide you with competitive annual leave, and contribute 15% towards the LGPS pension scheme. You will also have access to a range of discounts including local and high street stores, and salary sacrifice schemes including a cycle lease scheme, and ‘Better’ leisure centre membership.
Additional Information
For an informal discussion about the role, please call Kenton Reader, Technology Services Manager on 01737 276764.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, supporting the guaranteed interview scheme for disabled and ex-armed forces candidates, who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Closing date: Tuesday 6 January 2026
Interview date: Monday 19 January 2026
Values and Behaviours
Our great working environment and the values and behaviours of every individual and team in the Council, help to evolve the culture of our organisation to become more commercial, innovative and embracing of change. Successful applicants to our career opportunities will be able to demonstrate they share the values and behaviours we seek in our organisation.
Local Government Reorganisation
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council is part of the government’s plans for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) scheduled to take place in April 2027. This means the current two-tier system, where services are split between Surrey County Council and district and borough councils like Reigate, will be replaced with two unitary councils made up of East and West Surrey, which will handle all local services. Reigate and Banstead Borough Council will form part of the new East Surrey unitary authority.
Although this may lead to some uncertainty for anyone considering a role with us, this process will take some time and during that time we still need to provide services. When local government is reorganised, most staff will transfer to the new council(s) which may offer additional opportunities for career development and variety as part of a larger organisation.
Further information on LGR can be found here: Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and Devolution | Reigate and Banstead
See ' Who we are ' as a council, to find out more about us.
11/12/2025
Full time
Job Title: Digital Services & Systems Team Leader
Location of work: Town Hall, Reigate
Salary: TS1 Pay scales £48075 to £62004
Basis: Permanent, Full time
Are you ready to make a real impact in shaping the digital future of local government? We’re seeking a proactive and innovative Digital Services & Systems Team Leader to join our ICT department. This is a hands-on team leader role, ideal for a self-starter who thrives on driving digital transformation and operational excellence.
About the Role
As the Digital Services & Systems Team Leader, you will:
Lead a team of three Business Improvement Analysts and three System Support Analysts.
Develop and maintain a forward-looking, agile business application architecture to support council services.
Contribute to ICT strategy, ensuring compliance with national and local standards.
Manage team resourcing, external partnerships and problem escalation.
Key Responsibilities
Drive digital transformation initiatives, including service design, form building, and automation.
Champion user-centred design and accessibility across all digital services.
Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and cross-departmental collaboration.
Evaluate proposals for new systems and enhancements, prioritizing based on ROI and strategic fit.
Oversee the development of online forms using low-code platforms (e.g., Granicus govService), HTML/CSS, and API integration.
Support systems administration for both legacy and modern cloud platforms.
Plan and coordinate software rollouts, including governance, training, and change communication.
Lead the adoption and rollout of collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint and encourage their use to enhance productivity.
What We’re Looking For
Proven experience in digital services, systems leadership, or ICT project management.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Experience with digital transformation, automation, and user-centred design.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and foster cross-functional collaboration.
Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.
Join us as we embark on our journey to become a larger unitary authority in Surrey. Play a pivotal role in shaping the council’s digital landscape, making a difference for our community and colleagues alike. Apply today to lead our digital journey!
Staff Benefits
In exchange for your expertise, experience and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development, in addition to providing a wide range of employment linked benefits.
We provide you with competitive annual leave, and contribute 15% towards the LGPS pension scheme. You will also have access to a range of discounts including local and high street stores, and salary sacrifice schemes including a cycle lease scheme, and ‘Better’ leisure centre membership.
Additional Information
For an informal discussion about the role, please call Kenton Reader, Technology Services Manager on 01737 276764.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, supporting the guaranteed interview scheme for disabled and ex-armed forces candidates, who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Closing date: Tuesday 6 January 2026
Interview date: Monday 19 January 2026
Values and Behaviours
Our great working environment and the values and behaviours of every individual and team in the Council, help to evolve the culture of our organisation to become more commercial, innovative and embracing of change. Successful applicants to our career opportunities will be able to demonstrate they share the values and behaviours we seek in our organisation.
Local Government Reorganisation
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council is part of the government’s plans for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) scheduled to take place in April 2027. This means the current two-tier system, where services are split between Surrey County Council and district and borough councils like Reigate, will be replaced with two unitary councils made up of East and West Surrey, which will handle all local services. Reigate and Banstead Borough Council will form part of the new East Surrey unitary authority.
Although this may lead to some uncertainty for anyone considering a role with us, this process will take some time and during that time we still need to provide services. When local government is reorganised, most staff will transfer to the new council(s) which may offer additional opportunities for career development and variety as part of a larger organisation.
Further information on LGR can be found here: Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and Devolution | Reigate and Banstead
See ' Who we are ' as a council, to find out more about us.
Position Summary
We're seeking an Associate Director, IT Infrastructure to lead and transform our scientific computing environment in support of our cutting-edge gene therapy research. This senior leadership position will drive the strategy and execution of research computing initiatives, working in close partnership with our Bioinformatics, AI/ML, and Global IT Infrastructure teams. The role focuses specifically on advancing our scientific computing capabilities through operational excellence, while ensuring our research teams can maximize the value of our high-performance computing investments.
As a key member of the technology leadership team, this position will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and strategic evolution of our research computing environment. The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise in scientific computing with strong business acumen to deliver innovative solutions that accelerate our research mission. While Global IT Infrastructure maintains our enterprise technology foundation, this role focuses exclusively on the specialized computing needs of our scientific teams, including high-performance computing, GPU-accelerated workflows, and research data management.
Job Responsibilities
Serve as the primary local IT Infrastructure contact for Edinburgh's Bioinformatics and AI/ML teams
Manage and optimize scientific computing infrastructure, including GPU clusters, high-performance storage systems, and virtualized environments
Collaborate with global IT teams to ensure infrastructure alignment with scientific computing needs
Lead technical planning and implementation of infrastructure improvements
Provide technical guidance on architecture decisions affecting scientific workflows
Manage and optimize WEKA storage systems and VSphere virtual environments
Support Linux-based scientific computing environments, leveraging managed services as appropriate
Implement and maintain monitoring solutions for complex computing environments
Participate in capacity planning and performance optimization initiatives
Drive infrastructure automation and continuous improvement
Manage relationships with vendors and technical partners
Vendor & Contract Management:
Manage third-party Linux support contract and contractor relationships
Define and monitor service level agreements
Ensure contractor compliance with company security policies
Review and approve contractor work
Manage vendor performance and escalations
Security & Compliance:
Act as primary point of contact for parent company security audits
Develop and maintain security compliance documentation
Coordinate and respond to penetration testing activities
Implement security recommendations and remediation plans
Ensure infrastructure meets corporate security standards
Participate in security incident response planning
Business Continuity:
Lead disaster recovery planning for scientific computing infrastructure
Coordinate and execute DR testing
Maintain DR documentation and procedures
Develop and maintain business continuity plans
Ensure RPO/RTO objectives are met
Financial Planning & Technical Debt:
Develop long-term capital planning for infrastructure
Manage infrastructure budget and forecasting for AskBio European locations
Identify and track technical debt
Create remediation plans for technical debt
Provide cost-benefit analysis for infrastructure investments
Manage infrastructure lifecycle planning
Develop business cases for infrastructure improvements
Key Competencies:
Technical:
Infrastructure architecture and design
Performance optimization
Problem-solving and troubleshooting
Security best practices
Technical documentation
Business & Management:
Contract negotiation and management
Budget planning and control
Risk management
Audit response and compliance
Strategic planning
Vendor management
Cost-benefit analysis
Interpersonal:
Strong communication skills
Stakeholder management
Team collaboration
Conflict resolution
Customer service orientation
Ability to bridge technical and scientific domains
Leadership:
Technical leadership
Project management
Mentoring and knowledge transfer
Change management
Strategic thinking
Impact Metrics: Success in this role will be measured by:
Infrastructure stability and performance improvements
Stakeholder satisfaction levels
Project delivery effectiveness
Technical problem resolution metrics
Team collaboration effectiveness
Innovation and process improvements
Note: This position requires occasional travel to other company locations and may require some out-of-hours support during critical maintenance windows or emergencies.
This role represents a critical position in our organization, bridging technical expertise with scientific computing needs while fostering strong working relationships between global teams.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering roles
Experience with high-performance computing environments
Proven experience supporting GPU-accelerated computing environments
Strong understanding of storage systems and networking
Experience with infrastructure monitoring and optimization tools
Demonstrated ability to work with scientific computing workflows
Experience managing vendor relationships and contracts
Knowledge of IT security and compliance requirements
Experience with disaster recovery planning and testing
Understanding of IT financial planning and budgeting
Experience with audit responses and compliance documentation
Strong experience with Linux administration and engineering
Extensive knowledge of virtualization technologies, particularly VSphere
Preferred Education, Experience and Skills
Experience with WEKA storage systems
Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure requirements
Experience supporting bioinformatics workflows
Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with infrastructure automation tools
Understanding of scientific computing software and frameworks
Previous experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industries
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
ITIL certification
Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, or similar)
Experience with GxP compliance
Experience with pharmaceutical industry regulations
Previous experience managing technical debt in regulated environments
18/11/2025
Full time
Position Summary
We're seeking an Associate Director, IT Infrastructure to lead and transform our scientific computing environment in support of our cutting-edge gene therapy research. This senior leadership position will drive the strategy and execution of research computing initiatives, working in close partnership with our Bioinformatics, AI/ML, and Global IT Infrastructure teams. The role focuses specifically on advancing our scientific computing capabilities through operational excellence, while ensuring our research teams can maximize the value of our high-performance computing investments.
As a key member of the technology leadership team, this position will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and strategic evolution of our research computing environment. The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise in scientific computing with strong business acumen to deliver innovative solutions that accelerate our research mission. While Global IT Infrastructure maintains our enterprise technology foundation, this role focuses exclusively on the specialized computing needs of our scientific teams, including high-performance computing, GPU-accelerated workflows, and research data management.
Job Responsibilities
Serve as the primary local IT Infrastructure contact for Edinburgh's Bioinformatics and AI/ML teams
Manage and optimize scientific computing infrastructure, including GPU clusters, high-performance storage systems, and virtualized environments
Collaborate with global IT teams to ensure infrastructure alignment with scientific computing needs
Lead technical planning and implementation of infrastructure improvements
Provide technical guidance on architecture decisions affecting scientific workflows
Manage and optimize WEKA storage systems and VSphere virtual environments
Support Linux-based scientific computing environments, leveraging managed services as appropriate
Implement and maintain monitoring solutions for complex computing environments
Participate in capacity planning and performance optimization initiatives
Drive infrastructure automation and continuous improvement
Manage relationships with vendors and technical partners
Vendor & Contract Management:
Manage third-party Linux support contract and contractor relationships
Define and monitor service level agreements
Ensure contractor compliance with company security policies
Review and approve contractor work
Manage vendor performance and escalations
Security & Compliance:
Act as primary point of contact for parent company security audits
Develop and maintain security compliance documentation
Coordinate and respond to penetration testing activities
Implement security recommendations and remediation plans
Ensure infrastructure meets corporate security standards
Participate in security incident response planning
Business Continuity:
Lead disaster recovery planning for scientific computing infrastructure
Coordinate and execute DR testing
Maintain DR documentation and procedures
Develop and maintain business continuity plans
Ensure RPO/RTO objectives are met
Financial Planning & Technical Debt:
Develop long-term capital planning for infrastructure
Manage infrastructure budget and forecasting for AskBio European locations
Identify and track technical debt
Create remediation plans for technical debt
Provide cost-benefit analysis for infrastructure investments
Manage infrastructure lifecycle planning
Develop business cases for infrastructure improvements
Key Competencies:
Technical:
Infrastructure architecture and design
Performance optimization
Problem-solving and troubleshooting
Security best practices
Technical documentation
Business & Management:
Contract negotiation and management
Budget planning and control
Risk management
Audit response and compliance
Strategic planning
Vendor management
Cost-benefit analysis
Interpersonal:
Strong communication skills
Stakeholder management
Team collaboration
Conflict resolution
Customer service orientation
Ability to bridge technical and scientific domains
Leadership:
Technical leadership
Project management
Mentoring and knowledge transfer
Change management
Strategic thinking
Impact Metrics: Success in this role will be measured by:
Infrastructure stability and performance improvements
Stakeholder satisfaction levels
Project delivery effectiveness
Technical problem resolution metrics
Team collaboration effectiveness
Innovation and process improvements
Note: This position requires occasional travel to other company locations and may require some out-of-hours support during critical maintenance windows or emergencies.
This role represents a critical position in our organization, bridging technical expertise with scientific computing needs while fostering strong working relationships between global teams.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering roles
Experience with high-performance computing environments
Proven experience supporting GPU-accelerated computing environments
Strong understanding of storage systems and networking
Experience with infrastructure monitoring and optimization tools
Demonstrated ability to work with scientific computing workflows
Experience managing vendor relationships and contracts
Knowledge of IT security and compliance requirements
Experience with disaster recovery planning and testing
Understanding of IT financial planning and budgeting
Experience with audit responses and compliance documentation
Strong experience with Linux administration and engineering
Extensive knowledge of virtualization technologies, particularly VSphere
Preferred Education, Experience and Skills
Experience with WEKA storage systems
Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure requirements
Experience supporting bioinformatics workflows
Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with infrastructure automation tools
Understanding of scientific computing software and frameworks
Previous experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industries
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
ITIL certification
Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, or similar)
Experience with GxP compliance
Experience with pharmaceutical industry regulations
Previous experience managing technical debt in regulated environments
DaTS - Applications Support & Development Officer (Geospatial)
Grade: G7; Salary Range: £32,654 - £37,035 pa#
Full time, permanent
Walsall
Ref: RT01125
We are seeking a skilled Applications Support and Development Officer (Geospatial) – to join our team and help us design, develop, and maintain our geospatial data infrastructure.
As a key member of the Geospatial Team, you will:
Help the council to exploit the value in our GIS data holdings.
Undertake significant projects which improve and combine data from back office and customer-facing systems.
Make sure our data, and data shared by others is of the highest quality, highly available, usable, and shareable by rigorous standard setting and quality controls.
Work with other members of the GIS team and the wider Council GIS community, to deliver geospatial analysis, support workflows in our corporate geospatial products and services, delivering continuous insight and value to our staff and residents
Utilise the best of modern GIS and data technology platforms, including ongoing investigation and research into emerging technology.
Support the Geospatial platforms of Walsall Council with skills associated with Software Development and Information Technology.
What we are about
We lead and support the creation of business data, manage the GIS architecture to ensure we provide, clean, reliable and reusable GIS data formats. These in turn can then be aggregated to combine and enhance data from a variety of systems, creating data sets to drive insights and opportunities to improve performance, aid operational services, CRM and service delivery.
By joining our GIS service, you will be working with a talented, supportive, and friendly team.
For our part we will be committed to your professional development, developing your skills will be as important to us, as it is to you.
You will receive a salary in the range of £32,654 - £37,035 per annum plus generous annual leave and flexitime leave allowance.
Closing date for applications: 20 June 2025.
For this role the successful candidates must undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. BPSS is the minimum standard to ensure the identity and integrity of an employee who has access to official information using secure networks linking central government and local authorities. A BPSS check involves four main elements; Identity Check, National and Immigration Status, Employment History (last 3 years) and Verification of Criminal Record (unspent convictions only).
This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.
About Us
Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.
We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.
Living in Walsall
Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.
Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment
To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
Social Work Matters - Children's Social Worker Recruitment
Some of our children require a special kind of support: yours. Visit our microsite to find out more about joining Walsall Council as a Children's Social Worker.
04/06/2025
Full time
DaTS - Applications Support & Development Officer (Geospatial)
Grade: G7; Salary Range: £32,654 - £37,035 pa#
Full time, permanent
Walsall
Ref: RT01125
We are seeking a skilled Applications Support and Development Officer (Geospatial) – to join our team and help us design, develop, and maintain our geospatial data infrastructure.
As a key member of the Geospatial Team, you will:
Help the council to exploit the value in our GIS data holdings.
Undertake significant projects which improve and combine data from back office and customer-facing systems.
Make sure our data, and data shared by others is of the highest quality, highly available, usable, and shareable by rigorous standard setting and quality controls.
Work with other members of the GIS team and the wider Council GIS community, to deliver geospatial analysis, support workflows in our corporate geospatial products and services, delivering continuous insight and value to our staff and residents
Utilise the best of modern GIS and data technology platforms, including ongoing investigation and research into emerging technology.
Support the Geospatial platforms of Walsall Council with skills associated with Software Development and Information Technology.
What we are about
We lead and support the creation of business data, manage the GIS architecture to ensure we provide, clean, reliable and reusable GIS data formats. These in turn can then be aggregated to combine and enhance data from a variety of systems, creating data sets to drive insights and opportunities to improve performance, aid operational services, CRM and service delivery.
By joining our GIS service, you will be working with a talented, supportive, and friendly team.
For our part we will be committed to your professional development, developing your skills will be as important to us, as it is to you.
You will receive a salary in the range of £32,654 - £37,035 per annum plus generous annual leave and flexitime leave allowance.
Closing date for applications: 20 June 2025.
For this role the successful candidates must undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. BPSS is the minimum standard to ensure the identity and integrity of an employee who has access to official information using secure networks linking central government and local authorities. A BPSS check involves four main elements; Identity Check, National and Immigration Status, Employment History (last 3 years) and Verification of Criminal Record (unspent convictions only).
This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.
About Us
Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.
We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.
Living in Walsall
Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.
Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment
To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
Social Work Matters - Children's Social Worker Recruitment
Some of our children require a special kind of support: yours. Visit our microsite to find out more about joining Walsall Council as a Children's Social Worker.
Acorn Insurance and Financial Services Limited
Liverpool
Due to a period of exciting growth Acorn are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Information Security Analyst to join our Information Security Team. Within this role you get the opportunity to join a collaborative team and have a chance to blend GRC responsibilities with technical security experience, all whilst working for a market leading insurance company, supporting and maintaining robust security controls and regulatory compliance.
Job Title: Senior Information Security Analyst (12 month FTC)
Location: Liverpool City Centre, Hybrid working available
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week , 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 pa (DOE).
What you will be doing:
Work with all parties across the business to identify and assess risk and ensure mitigations are tracked to completion.
Lead the development and maintenance of information security policies, standards and procedures in line with regulatory frameworks and industry standards.
Lead third party risk management processes.
Collaborate across all areas of the business to align security policies and processes with business objectives and regulatory obligations.
Work with Security Operations and IT teams to provide oversight of vulnerability assessments and remediation activities.
Lead on security architecture reviews for new systems and services.
Evaluate technical security controls and recommending improvements.
Support the implementation of security tools and technologies.
Provide oversight of the security incident management process.
Provide security metrics for interested parties at all levels.
Lead the security awareness programme to promote a culture of security within all levels of the Group.
Provide support for internal and external security audits.
Lead security governance meetings representing the Information Security team and standing in for the Head of Information Security when required.
Provide subject matter expertise liaising across all business functions.
What we look for:
Minimum 5 years' experience in information security roles.
Strong leadership and mentorship abilities with a strategic mindset.
Experience with risk assessment methodologies.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to manage risk and compliance projects and drive security initiatives.
Knowledge of information security frameworks such as ISO 27001 or NIST.
Knowledge of vulnerability management processes.
About Acorn Insurance With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover.
At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day.
The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.
Why Acorn Insurance? Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include: Wellbeing:
Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay.
Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as:
6 Free Counselling sessions per year
Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7
Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.
Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues.
Financial:
A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner
Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet.
Company pension scheme
Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period.
Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice.
Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.
Reward, Recognition and Culture :
Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service
A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers.
Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers.
Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!
All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard. Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships. At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
25/04/2025
Full time
Due to a period of exciting growth Acorn are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Information Security Analyst to join our Information Security Team. Within this role you get the opportunity to join a collaborative team and have a chance to blend GRC responsibilities with technical security experience, all whilst working for a market leading insurance company, supporting and maintaining robust security controls and regulatory compliance.
Job Title: Senior Information Security Analyst (12 month FTC)
Location: Liverpool City Centre, Hybrid working available
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week , 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 pa (DOE).
What you will be doing:
Work with all parties across the business to identify and assess risk and ensure mitigations are tracked to completion.
Lead the development and maintenance of information security policies, standards and procedures in line with regulatory frameworks and industry standards.
Lead third party risk management processes.
Collaborate across all areas of the business to align security policies and processes with business objectives and regulatory obligations.
Work with Security Operations and IT teams to provide oversight of vulnerability assessments and remediation activities.
Lead on security architecture reviews for new systems and services.
Evaluate technical security controls and recommending improvements.
Support the implementation of security tools and technologies.
Provide oversight of the security incident management process.
Provide security metrics for interested parties at all levels.
Lead the security awareness programme to promote a culture of security within all levels of the Group.
Provide support for internal and external security audits.
Lead security governance meetings representing the Information Security team and standing in for the Head of Information Security when required.
Provide subject matter expertise liaising across all business functions.
What we look for:
Minimum 5 years' experience in information security roles.
Strong leadership and mentorship abilities with a strategic mindset.
Experience with risk assessment methodologies.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to manage risk and compliance projects and drive security initiatives.
Knowledge of information security frameworks such as ISO 27001 or NIST.
Knowledge of vulnerability management processes.
About Acorn Insurance With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover.
At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day.
The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.
Why Acorn Insurance? Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include: Wellbeing:
Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay.
Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as:
6 Free Counselling sessions per year
Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7
Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.
Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues.
Financial:
A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner
Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet.
Company pension scheme
Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period.
Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice.
Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.
Reward, Recognition and Culture :
Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service
A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers.
Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers.
Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!
All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard. Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships. At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
Acorn Insurance and Financial Services Limited
Liverpool
We are looking for an innovative, broadly experienced all round developer with demonstrable business acumen and team leadership skills, to act as the main technical point to drive forward technical solutions as required for our Private Lines division (Private Car and Commercial Vehicle). Much of this will be web based and / or mobile solutions.
The Technical Lead requires direct working relationships with key business owners, their proxies and project managers responsible for driving forward a particular business division
A successful candidate may be more highly front end or more back end experienced – which is OK, but you must have actively contributed to complex product development solutions with full engagement across multiple areas of technical specialism so is able to fully understand the roles, relationships and dependencies that each of each of these disciplines characterise.
Job Title: Technical Business Lead
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Liverpool City Centre, Hybrid working available
Salary: £70,000-£85,000 DOE
What you will be doing:
Developing new and enhancing existing user-facing solutions
Providing technical guidance, decision making and leadership of a delivery team comprising product owners, BA’s, PM’s, front end devs, back end dev, database developers, digital analysts, QA technicians
Ensuring DevOps Epics, pbi’s, tasks, feature flagging, Assurance criteria and all testing strategies align with company standards
Ensuring system are well documented and tested for resilience / failover / auto scaling as specified
Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
Ensuring high quality software product delivery to timescales with reliable estimates and actual effort recorded
Work with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure common understanding of technical approaches to architecture and implementation
Collaborating with all other technical teams proactively and with consideration of priorities and workloads, working collaboratively in a multi disciplinary team to reach team goals
Ensure mandated ‘core systems’ upgrades are appropriately managed
Liaise with 3rd parties as appropriate depending on product requirements
Provide BAU bug handling, hot fix deployment as and when required
Putting security and performance at the heart of all products and processes
What we are looking for:
Capable of advising on modern, secure, technical solutions to achieve product owner goals
Highly proficient in either front end or back end modern technology tooling and coding standards, especially react, react Native, Next JS, C# dot Net, Event driven systems, Azure Devops, SOLID and clean architecture patterns
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
Backed C#, dotNET, VS Core development
Thorough understanding of front end typescript frameworks and core principles
Solid understanding of modern specifications when developing components.
Experience with the React Material UI Framework and an eye for design and understanding UI/UX practices
Experience working with REST APIs and webhooks
Knowledge of Docker and Docker Compose
Strong development experience in microservice based enterprise architecture, SOLID principles, clean architecture, Azure service Bus, RabbitMQ, Mass transit, MediatR
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, OAuth etc
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
Understanding of popular front-end development tools such as Yarn, Webpack, Vitjs, StoryBook, Jest, Eslint, Prettier, Husky, etc.
Good awareness of logging and alerting strategies and tooling (e.g. loki/Grafana)
Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git
Good understanding of Google Adwords, GLCID’s, Tag Manager for tracking conversion
Solid experience of CI/CD pipelines in DevOps
About Acorn Insurance With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover.
At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day.
The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.
Why Acorn Insurance? Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include: Wellbeing:
Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay.
Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as:
6 Free Counselling sessions per year
Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7
Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.
Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues.
Financial:
A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner
Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet.
Company pension scheme
Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period.
Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice.
Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.
Reward, Recognition and Culture :
Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service
A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers.
Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers.
Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!
All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard. Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships. At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
25/04/2025
Full time
We are looking for an innovative, broadly experienced all round developer with demonstrable business acumen and team leadership skills, to act as the main technical point to drive forward technical solutions as required for our Private Lines division (Private Car and Commercial Vehicle). Much of this will be web based and / or mobile solutions.
The Technical Lead requires direct working relationships with key business owners, their proxies and project managers responsible for driving forward a particular business division
A successful candidate may be more highly front end or more back end experienced – which is OK, but you must have actively contributed to complex product development solutions with full engagement across multiple areas of technical specialism so is able to fully understand the roles, relationships and dependencies that each of each of these disciplines characterise.
Job Title: Technical Business Lead
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Liverpool City Centre, Hybrid working available
Salary: £70,000-£85,000 DOE
What you will be doing:
Developing new and enhancing existing user-facing solutions
Providing technical guidance, decision making and leadership of a delivery team comprising product owners, BA’s, PM’s, front end devs, back end dev, database developers, digital analysts, QA technicians
Ensuring DevOps Epics, pbi’s, tasks, feature flagging, Assurance criteria and all testing strategies align with company standards
Ensuring system are well documented and tested for resilience / failover / auto scaling as specified
Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
Ensuring high quality software product delivery to timescales with reliable estimates and actual effort recorded
Work with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure common understanding of technical approaches to architecture and implementation
Collaborating with all other technical teams proactively and with consideration of priorities and workloads, working collaboratively in a multi disciplinary team to reach team goals
Ensure mandated ‘core systems’ upgrades are appropriately managed
Liaise with 3rd parties as appropriate depending on product requirements
Provide BAU bug handling, hot fix deployment as and when required
Putting security and performance at the heart of all products and processes
What we are looking for:
Capable of advising on modern, secure, technical solutions to achieve product owner goals
Highly proficient in either front end or back end modern technology tooling and coding standards, especially react, react Native, Next JS, C# dot Net, Event driven systems, Azure Devops, SOLID and clean architecture patterns
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
Backed C#, dotNET, VS Core development
Thorough understanding of front end typescript frameworks and core principles
Solid understanding of modern specifications when developing components.
Experience with the React Material UI Framework and an eye for design and understanding UI/UX practices
Experience working with REST APIs and webhooks
Knowledge of Docker and Docker Compose
Strong development experience in microservice based enterprise architecture, SOLID principles, clean architecture, Azure service Bus, RabbitMQ, Mass transit, MediatR
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, OAuth etc
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
Understanding of popular front-end development tools such as Yarn, Webpack, Vitjs, StoryBook, Jest, Eslint, Prettier, Husky, etc.
Good awareness of logging and alerting strategies and tooling (e.g. loki/Grafana)
Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git
Good understanding of Google Adwords, GLCID’s, Tag Manager for tracking conversion
Solid experience of CI/CD pipelines in DevOps
About Acorn Insurance With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover.
At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day.
The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.
Why Acorn Insurance? Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include: Wellbeing:
Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay.
Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as:
6 Free Counselling sessions per year
Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7
Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.
Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues.
Financial:
A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner
Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet.
Company pension scheme
Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period.
Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice.
Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.
Reward, Recognition and Culture :
Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service
A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers.
Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers.
Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!
All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard. Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships. At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
We’ve got some exciting plans ahead at Trinity and are looking for experienced IT Technical Architects at all levels to join us over the next three to six months!
At the moment we are accepting expressions of interest from you and we plan to commence our assessment and selection process during the end of Autumn 2024. We are keen to learn more from you, about your level of expertise and what you can bring to the table.
Are you an experienced and dynamic IT Technical Architect looking for an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact? Trinity College London is embarking on a period of growth and transformation, and we are seeking a number of talented IT Technical Architects to join our team. This is a unique chance to contribute to the future of a leading internationally recognised awarding organisation, publisher and independent education charity. If you have a proven track record of delivering successful projects and are passionate about driving change, we invite you to be a part of our journey.
About the role
At Trinity College, we have a suite of products offering exams in music, performing arts, English Language and more. We have embarked on an extensive and ambitious modernisation programme, as more of our products move online, and are looking for hands-on Technical Architects, with AWS experience, as our technology and approach matures.
As a Technical Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and overseeing solutions, primarily cloud based, to meet Trinity College London’s evolving technology needs. You will collaborate with teams across the organisation, our partners, and suppliers, to ensure that we deliver high quality solutions to specification. Together with the rest of the architecture team, you will participate in the Technical Design Authority and Cloud Centre of Excellence forums, to use your expertise and experience to help shape our standards and best practices and to help projects to progress with the best solutions.
As a hands-on IT Architect, you will communicate extensively with our design and developments teams and partners, getting involved with Proof of Concept and Prototyping work, and ensuring DevOps and coding standards are well defined and adhered to. You will be able to show technical ownership and leadership, being able to take solutions from conception to implementation and support. As a technology and AWS subject matter expert, you will be able to provide guidance both within and outside the team.
About You
Extensive experience building solutions using key elements of our technology stack, in particular AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway etc)
Knowledge of good, secure and efficient working practices on AWS, with reference to the Well Architected Framework.
In-depth knowledge of the creation, management, promotion and integration of business data-centric APIs.
Understanding of data, domain-driven design, integration, and the importance of data to an organisation.
Experience working with 3rd party suppliers to provide cohesive, integrated SaaS solutions.
Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
Ability to present technical solutions to non-technical audiences in an effective manner
Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners
Experience in a variety of requirement gathering techniques
Excellent business process and architectural modelling skills
Knowledge and experience of a wide variety of platforms, operating systems, systems software, business applications, ideally related to the education sector
Experience of providing solutions for cloud, on-premise and hybrid applications
An appetite for challenging existing practices in an effective and supportive manner
Ability to work effectively in a rapidly evolving business environment
Flexible approach to all situations
Experience of working in the Education sector is desirable, preferably within an Exam Board or Awarding body
Ideally, experience of migrating from package solutions (Oracle Siebel)
Our benefits
Trinity provides a work environment that is stimulating, inspiring and fair. Our approach to reward values our employees while ensuring each person’s contribution makes us great as an organisation.
As an employee, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including generous annual leave, private health insurance, pension scheme, regular social events, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, free access to Trinity examinations and continuous training and development, plus more.
Our commitment
Trinity College London is an equal opportunities employer and our talented people come from all walks of life. Trinity is open to all applicants from different backgrounds and we are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive workplace. As a Disability Confident employer, we actively welcome applications from people with disabilities and will make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neuro-diverse. We encourage all applicants to let us know if you need a little extra help with your application, want an alternative way to put in an application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. All applications are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
How to Apply
To apply, please follow the Apply for This Job link on this page and you will be directed to the Trinity College London application page.
Trinity College London does not hold a job visa sponsorship licence and so is not in a position to sponsor visas in the UK.
We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of the children and young people that we work with. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the organisation. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Upon successful appointment into the role, you will be required to complete our vetting procedures as with all Trinity College London employees. This is carried out by a 3rd party supplier and our standard background checks consist of Right to Work in the UK, Identity Check, Employment History check, Financial Probity Check, Highest Academic Qualifications Check and a basic DBS check.
Trinity promotes equality of opportunity and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records. In line with the requirements of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974), w e select all candidates for interview based on their competencies, qualifications and knowledge. As part of our selection process, you will be required to disclose any potential issues with criminal record checks that will be carried out if you are offered a role with Trinity. The information will only be seen by those who need to see it as part of the recruitment process. We ensure that an open and measured discussion takes place on the subject of any offences or other matter that might be relevant to the position for which you have applied. Failure to reveal information that is directly relevant to the job sought could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment. We undertake to discuss any matter revealed in a criminal check with you before withdrawing our offer of employment.
Trinity College London will hold candidate data on file for no more than six months from application submission. If you want your information to be removed earlier, please contact us directly. If we want to hold your information beyond the six months, we will contact you to get your consent.
Our data protection policy can be viewed in full at https://www.trinitycollege.com/page/data-protection/data-protection-policy.
09/09/2024
Contractor
We’ve got some exciting plans ahead at Trinity and are looking for experienced IT Technical Architects at all levels to join us over the next three to six months!
At the moment we are accepting expressions of interest from you and we plan to commence our assessment and selection process during the end of Autumn 2024. We are keen to learn more from you, about your level of expertise and what you can bring to the table.
Are you an experienced and dynamic IT Technical Architect looking for an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact? Trinity College London is embarking on a period of growth and transformation, and we are seeking a number of talented IT Technical Architects to join our team. This is a unique chance to contribute to the future of a leading internationally recognised awarding organisation, publisher and independent education charity. If you have a proven track record of delivering successful projects and are passionate about driving change, we invite you to be a part of our journey.
About the role
At Trinity College, we have a suite of products offering exams in music, performing arts, English Language and more. We have embarked on an extensive and ambitious modernisation programme, as more of our products move online, and are looking for hands-on Technical Architects, with AWS experience, as our technology and approach matures.
As a Technical Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and overseeing solutions, primarily cloud based, to meet Trinity College London’s evolving technology needs. You will collaborate with teams across the organisation, our partners, and suppliers, to ensure that we deliver high quality solutions to specification. Together with the rest of the architecture team, you will participate in the Technical Design Authority and Cloud Centre of Excellence forums, to use your expertise and experience to help shape our standards and best practices and to help projects to progress with the best solutions.
As a hands-on IT Architect, you will communicate extensively with our design and developments teams and partners, getting involved with Proof of Concept and Prototyping work, and ensuring DevOps and coding standards are well defined and adhered to. You will be able to show technical ownership and leadership, being able to take solutions from conception to implementation and support. As a technology and AWS subject matter expert, you will be able to provide guidance both within and outside the team.
About You
Extensive experience building solutions using key elements of our technology stack, in particular AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway etc)
Knowledge of good, secure and efficient working practices on AWS, with reference to the Well Architected Framework.
In-depth knowledge of the creation, management, promotion and integration of business data-centric APIs.
Understanding of data, domain-driven design, integration, and the importance of data to an organisation.
Experience working with 3rd party suppliers to provide cohesive, integrated SaaS solutions.
Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
Ability to present technical solutions to non-technical audiences in an effective manner
Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners
Experience in a variety of requirement gathering techniques
Excellent business process and architectural modelling skills
Knowledge and experience of a wide variety of platforms, operating systems, systems software, business applications, ideally related to the education sector
Experience of providing solutions for cloud, on-premise and hybrid applications
An appetite for challenging existing practices in an effective and supportive manner
Ability to work effectively in a rapidly evolving business environment
Flexible approach to all situations
Experience of working in the Education sector is desirable, preferably within an Exam Board or Awarding body
Ideally, experience of migrating from package solutions (Oracle Siebel)
Our benefits
Trinity provides a work environment that is stimulating, inspiring and fair. Our approach to reward values our employees while ensuring each person’s contribution makes us great as an organisation.
As an employee, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including generous annual leave, private health insurance, pension scheme, regular social events, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, free access to Trinity examinations and continuous training and development, plus more.
Our commitment
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Title: Lead Architect/Cyber Security Analyst Location: Cheshire, UK - Hybrid (2 days per week in office) Pay Rate: Depends on Experience Type & Duration: Contract |12 Months Contract with OutsideIR35 Job Description: Role Overview: We are seeking a Lead Architect to drive the high-level and low-level designs for a complex Shared Layer 3 project. The role involves technical leadership, secure architectural design, and ensuring alignment across IT and OT systems. The architect will own designs, documentation, and decisions, providing guidance to both projects and less experienced architects. Key Responsibilities: Act as domain lead architect for Shared Layer 3, ensuring design integrity and secure-by-design practices. Translate business and risk requirements into secure architecture across IT and OT systems. Produce architectural artefacts (threat models, design patterns, blueprints) and ensure governance compliance. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to teams. Collaborate with architecture, cyber, and delivery functions for alignment and risk mitigation. Influence design and investment decisions with expert insight. Conduct security assurance activities (design reviews, architecture assessments). Maintain awareness of evolving cyber threats and security technologies. Lead end-to-end architecture, from outline to high/low-level design, for multi-million-pound deployments. Essential Skills & Experience: Extensive IT experience: virtualization, directorate services, management, monitoring, updates. Some OT exposure desirable. Experience in cross-domain solutions is a strong plus. Proven track record in leading large-scale, multi-million-pound deployments of virtualization platforms, private clouds, and modern infrastructure. GCSE English and Maths (A-C) - certificates must be available for interview.
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Title: Lead Architect/Cyber Security Analyst Location: Cheshire, UK - Hybrid (2 days per week in office) Pay Rate: Depends on Experience Type & Duration: Contract |12 Months Contract with OutsideIR35 Job Description: Role Overview: We are seeking a Lead Architect to drive the high-level and low-level designs for a complex Shared Layer 3 project. The role involves technical leadership, secure architectural design, and ensuring alignment across IT and OT systems. The architect will own designs, documentation, and decisions, providing guidance to both projects and less experienced architects. Key Responsibilities: Act as domain lead architect for Shared Layer 3, ensuring design integrity and secure-by-design practices. Translate business and risk requirements into secure architecture across IT and OT systems. Produce architectural artefacts (threat models, design patterns, blueprints) and ensure governance compliance. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to teams. Collaborate with architecture, cyber, and delivery functions for alignment and risk mitigation. Influence design and investment decisions with expert insight. Conduct security assurance activities (design reviews, architecture assessments). Maintain awareness of evolving cyber threats and security technologies. Lead end-to-end architecture, from outline to high/low-level design, for multi-million-pound deployments. Essential Skills & Experience: Extensive IT experience: virtualization, directorate services, management, monitoring, updates. Some OT exposure desirable. Experience in cross-domain solutions is a strong plus. Proven track record in leading large-scale, multi-million-pound deployments of virtualization platforms, private clouds, and modern infrastructure. GCSE English and Maths (A-C) - certificates must be available for interview.
OCP Ansible Engineering Lead (Open/Shift) - Sheffield and remote - 9 months+/RATE: £367 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a OCP Ansible Engineering Lead. For this role you will need to be onsite in Sheffield 3 days per week. Please find some details below: CONTRACTOR MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR BPSS MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: Key Responsibilities: 1. Architecture Design: o Design the target architecture for Open/Shift, including cluster topology, networking, and storage solutions. o Define and implement best practices for Open/Shift cluster setup, including multi-zone and multi-region deployments. o Ensure the architecture supports high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery. 2. Migration Design and Optimization: o Assess existing infrastructure, applications, and workloads to determine migration readiness. o Develop detailed migration plans, including strategies for containerization, workload transfer, and data migration. o Implement migration processes, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption to business operations. o Identify and mitigate risks associated with the migration process. 3. VMware and Pure Storage Integration design: o Design and implement Open/Shift solutions that integrate seamlessly with VMware virtualized environments. o Leverage VMware tools (eg, vSphere, vCenter, NSX) to optimize Open/Shift deployments. o Configure and manage Pure Storage solutions (eg, FlashArray, FlashBlade) to provide high-performance, scalable storage for Open/Shift workloads. o Ensure compatibility and performance optimization between Open/Shift, VMware, and Pure Storage. 4. CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps Workflows: o Design and implement CI/CD pipelines tailored for the Open/Shift environment. o Integrate DevOps workflows with Open/Shift-native tools and third-party solutions. o Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring processes to streamline application delivery. 5. Scalability and Security: o Ensure the architecture and migration plans are scalable to meet future growth and workload demands. o Implement security best practices, including role-based access control (RBAC), network policies, and encryption. o Conduct regular security assessments and audits to maintain compliance with organizational standards. 6. Collaboration and Documentation: o Work closely with development, DevOps, and operations teams to align architecture and migration plans with business needs. o Provide detailed documentation of the architecture, migration strategies, workflows, and configurations. o Offer technical guidance and training to teams on Open/Shift architecture, migration, and best practices. Required Skills and Qualifications: Strong experience in designing and implementing Open/Shift architectures and migration strategies. In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, and orchestration. Expertise in VMware tools and technologies (eg, vSphere, vCenter, NSX). Hands-on experience with Pure Storage solutions (eg, FlashArray, FlashBlade). Expertise in networking concepts (eg, ingress, load balancing, DNS) and storage solutions (eg, persistent volumes, dynamic provisioning). Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (eg, Jenkins, Github, ArgoCD) and DevOps workflows. Strong understanding of high availability, scalability, and security principles in cloud-native environments. Proven experience in workload and application migration to Open/Shift or similar platforms. Proficiency in Scripting and automation (eg, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform). Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Preferred Qualifications: Open/Shift certifications (eg, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Open/Shift Administration). Experience with multi-cluster and hybrid cloud Open/Shift deployments. Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (eg, oTel, Grafana, Splunk stack). Knowledge of Open/Shift Operators and Helm charts. Experience with large-scale migration projects. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.
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OCP Ansible Engineering Lead (Open/Shift) - Sheffield and remote - 9 months+/RATE: £367 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a OCP Ansible Engineering Lead. For this role you will need to be onsite in Sheffield 3 days per week. Please find some details below: CONTRACTOR MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR BPSS MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: Key Responsibilities: 1. Architecture Design: o Design the target architecture for Open/Shift, including cluster topology, networking, and storage solutions. o Define and implement best practices for Open/Shift cluster setup, including multi-zone and multi-region deployments. o Ensure the architecture supports high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery. 2. Migration Design and Optimization: o Assess existing infrastructure, applications, and workloads to determine migration readiness. o Develop detailed migration plans, including strategies for containerization, workload transfer, and data migration. o Implement migration processes, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption to business operations. o Identify and mitigate risks associated with the migration process. 3. VMware and Pure Storage Integration design: o Design and implement Open/Shift solutions that integrate seamlessly with VMware virtualized environments. o Leverage VMware tools (eg, vSphere, vCenter, NSX) to optimize Open/Shift deployments. o Configure and manage Pure Storage solutions (eg, FlashArray, FlashBlade) to provide high-performance, scalable storage for Open/Shift workloads. o Ensure compatibility and performance optimization between Open/Shift, VMware, and Pure Storage. 4. CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps Workflows: o Design and implement CI/CD pipelines tailored for the Open/Shift environment. o Integrate DevOps workflows with Open/Shift-native tools and third-party solutions. o Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring processes to streamline application delivery. 5. Scalability and Security: o Ensure the architecture and migration plans are scalable to meet future growth and workload demands. o Implement security best practices, including role-based access control (RBAC), network policies, and encryption. o Conduct regular security assessments and audits to maintain compliance with organizational standards. 6. Collaboration and Documentation: o Work closely with development, DevOps, and operations teams to align architecture and migration plans with business needs. o Provide detailed documentation of the architecture, migration strategies, workflows, and configurations. o Offer technical guidance and training to teams on Open/Shift architecture, migration, and best practices. Required Skills and Qualifications: Strong experience in designing and implementing Open/Shift architectures and migration strategies. In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, and orchestration. Expertise in VMware tools and technologies (eg, vSphere, vCenter, NSX). Hands-on experience with Pure Storage solutions (eg, FlashArray, FlashBlade). Expertise in networking concepts (eg, ingress, load balancing, DNS) and storage solutions (eg, persistent volumes, dynamic provisioning). Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (eg, Jenkins, Github, ArgoCD) and DevOps workflows. Strong understanding of high availability, scalability, and security principles in cloud-native environments. Proven experience in workload and application migration to Open/Shift or similar platforms. Proficiency in Scripting and automation (eg, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform). Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Preferred Qualifications: Open/Shift certifications (eg, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Open/Shift Administration). Experience with multi-cluster and hybrid cloud Open/Shift deployments. Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (eg, oTel, Grafana, Splunk stack). Knowledge of Open/Shift Operators and Helm charts. Experience with large-scale migration projects. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.
We are seeking a Technical Lead Software Engineer with strong expertise in C# as the primary development language to support the delivery of secure, mission-critical software solutions within a government/defence environment. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership to an Agile development team, ensuring the delivery of robust, scalable and secure applications. You will play a key role in solution design, software development, and sprint delivery, working closely with architects, delivery managers, and stakeholders within a highly regulated environment. This role requires an active SC clearance due to the nature of the programmes being delivered. Key Responsibilities Lead the technical design and development of software applications, with C# as the primary technology stack. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers within the delivery team. Design and develop secure, scalable Back End services and APIs. Contribute to Front End development using React and JavaScript where required. Work with SQL databases, including schema design, optimisation, and performance tuning. Ensure solutions align with secure coding standards and government delivery frameworks. Operate within a Scrum/Agile delivery model, supporting sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery coordination. Organise and facilitate sprint activities, including planning sessions, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives. Collaborate with solution architects, DevOps engineers, security teams, and programme stakeholders. Ensure delivery of high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code. Support the implementation of DevSecOps and CI/CD practices where appropriate. Required Skills and Experience Strong experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Software Engineer delivering complex systems. Expertise in C#/.NET development as a primary technology. Experience working with Java and C++ in enterprise or secure environments. Front End development experience using React and JavaScript. Strong knowledge of SQL and relational database technologies. Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments. Experience coordinating sprint cycles and Agile ceremonies. Experience developing secure, high-availability software systems. Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices. Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Desirable Skills Experience working on government, defence, or national security programmes. Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems. Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling. Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS. Understanding of secure software development and compliance frameworks. Security Clearance Active SC (Security Check) clearance is required. Candidates must be eligible to work on secure government or defence programmes and comply with all security requirements. Personal Attributes Strong leadership and team mentoring skills Ability to operate effectively within secure, regulated environments Excellent communication and collaboration skills Proactive, analytical, and delivery-focused mindset. Please send your CV in the first instance.
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We are seeking a Technical Lead Software Engineer with strong expertise in C# as the primary development language to support the delivery of secure, mission-critical software solutions within a government/defence environment. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership to an Agile development team, ensuring the delivery of robust, scalable and secure applications. You will play a key role in solution design, software development, and sprint delivery, working closely with architects, delivery managers, and stakeholders within a highly regulated environment. This role requires an active SC clearance due to the nature of the programmes being delivered. Key Responsibilities Lead the technical design and development of software applications, with C# as the primary technology stack. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers within the delivery team. Design and develop secure, scalable Back End services and APIs. Contribute to Front End development using React and JavaScript where required. Work with SQL databases, including schema design, optimisation, and performance tuning. Ensure solutions align with secure coding standards and government delivery frameworks. Operate within a Scrum/Agile delivery model, supporting sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery coordination. Organise and facilitate sprint activities, including planning sessions, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives. Collaborate with solution architects, DevOps engineers, security teams, and programme stakeholders. Ensure delivery of high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code. Support the implementation of DevSecOps and CI/CD practices where appropriate. Required Skills and Experience Strong experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Software Engineer delivering complex systems. Expertise in C#/.NET development as a primary technology. Experience working with Java and C++ in enterprise or secure environments. Front End development experience using React and JavaScript. Strong knowledge of SQL and relational database technologies. Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments. Experience coordinating sprint cycles and Agile ceremonies. Experience developing secure, high-availability software systems. Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices. Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Desirable Skills Experience working on government, defence, or national security programmes. Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems. Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling. Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS. Understanding of secure software development and compliance frameworks. Security Clearance Active SC (Security Check) clearance is required. Candidates must be eligible to work on secure government or defence programmes and comply with all security requirements. Personal Attributes Strong leadership and team mentoring skills Ability to operate effectively within secure, regulated environments Excellent communication and collaboration skills Proactive, analytical, and delivery-focused mindset. Please send your CV in the first instance.
Job Title: Lead Security Architect (Network Architecture and Cyber security) Location: Cheshire, UK Full-time contract, 12 months Work Model: Hybrid (2 days/Week Onsite) Summary: This position is for a lead architect to drive forward the high level and low level designs for the Shared Layer 3 project. The person will be responsible for producing high level, detailed and any other relevant documentation. They will be responsible for providing technical leadership and guidance. Owning any decisions until they are resolved. Act as the domain lead architect within their area (Shared layer 3 system), accountable for design integrity and secure-by-design practices. Translate business and risk requirements into secure architectural designs across IT and OT systems. Develop security architecture artefacts (eg threat models, design patterns, blueprints) in alignment with strategic frameworks and regulatory expectations. Support and guide projects through architecture governance and risk assessment. Provide technical leadership to less experienced architects and engineers, supporting career development and capability uplift. Collaborate across architecture, cyber, and delivery functions to ensure architectural alignment and risk mitigation. Perform security assurance activities including design reviews and architecture assessments for new and evolving solutions. Influence key design and investment decisions by providing expert-level risk insight and solution options to stakeholders. Contribute to the evolution of the Security Architecture Framework, providing insight into domain-specific trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies. Maintain current knowledge of cyber threats and security technologies within the relevant domain. Delivering Evergreen: Own the end to end design process - architecture High level piece Technical specialist bringing together to a cohert story Governance & approvals: As it matures - working with project & programme Technical lead: Making sure meeting the objectives of high level architecture Owning the architecture & tech details for delivery Relatively mature already Work with 3rd parties when they start getting towards delivery. Outline system design, taking it through high & low level Essentials: IT skill set - Virtualisation, directorate services, management, monitoring, updating Some OT experience/exposure Cross domain solutions would be a massive plus Clear deliverables where they've lead multimillion £ deliveries Large scale deployment of virtualisation platforms, private clouds & modern infrastructure deliveries Client need a minimum of English and Math's A-C GCSE. Please include this in your screening. Candidate will need to be able to provide certificates at interview stage
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Job Title: Lead Security Architect (Network Architecture and Cyber security) Location: Cheshire, UK Full-time contract, 12 months Work Model: Hybrid (2 days/Week Onsite) Summary: This position is for a lead architect to drive forward the high level and low level designs for the Shared Layer 3 project. The person will be responsible for producing high level, detailed and any other relevant documentation. They will be responsible for providing technical leadership and guidance. Owning any decisions until they are resolved. Act as the domain lead architect within their area (Shared layer 3 system), accountable for design integrity and secure-by-design practices. Translate business and risk requirements into secure architectural designs across IT and OT systems. Develop security architecture artefacts (eg threat models, design patterns, blueprints) in alignment with strategic frameworks and regulatory expectations. Support and guide projects through architecture governance and risk assessment. Provide technical leadership to less experienced architects and engineers, supporting career development and capability uplift. Collaborate across architecture, cyber, and delivery functions to ensure architectural alignment and risk mitigation. Perform security assurance activities including design reviews and architecture assessments for new and evolving solutions. Influence key design and investment decisions by providing expert-level risk insight and solution options to stakeholders. Contribute to the evolution of the Security Architecture Framework, providing insight into domain-specific trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies. Maintain current knowledge of cyber threats and security technologies within the relevant domain. Delivering Evergreen: Own the end to end design process - architecture High level piece Technical specialist bringing together to a cohert story Governance & approvals: As it matures - working with project & programme Technical lead: Making sure meeting the objectives of high level architecture Owning the architecture & tech details for delivery Relatively mature already Work with 3rd parties when they start getting towards delivery. Outline system design, taking it through high & low level Essentials: IT skill set - Virtualisation, directorate services, management, monitoring, updating Some OT experience/exposure Cross domain solutions would be a massive plus Clear deliverables where they've lead multimillion £ deliveries Large scale deployment of virtualisation platforms, private clouds & modern infrastructure deliveries Client need a minimum of English and Math's A-C GCSE. Please include this in your screening. Candidate will need to be able to provide certificates at interview stage
WA Consultants is currently recruiting for a Cyber Security Lead Architect for an initial 9-month contract. The successful applicant will drive forward the high level and low level designs and will be responsible for producing high level, detailed and any other relevant documentation. You will be responsible for providing technical leadership and guidance. Owning any decisions until they are resolved. Key requirements: Act as the domain lead architect within their area (Shared layer 3 system), accountable for design integrity and secure-by-design practices. Translate business and risk requirements into secure architectural designs across IT and OT systems. Develop security architecture artefacts (eg threat models, design patterns, blueprints) in alignment with strategic frameworks and regulatory expectations. Support and guide projects through architecture governance and risk assessment. Provide technical leadership to less experienced architects and engineers, supporting career development and capability uplift. Collaborate across architecture, cyber, and delivery functions to ensure architectural alignment and risk mitigation. Perform security assurance activities including design reviews and architecture assessments for new and evolving solutions. Influence key design and investment decisions by providing expert-level risk insight and solution options to stakeholders. Contribute to the evolution of the Security Architecture Framework, providing insight into domain-specific trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies. Maintain current knowledge of cyber threats and security technologies within the relevant domain. Please note, the role has been deemed by the client to fall inside of IR35 and our client expects the candidate to be onsite 2-days per week at the site near Warrington. Please advise on availability and rate expectations on application. For further information, please contact Alexander Wilson. WA Consultants is an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as described within The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
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WA Consultants is currently recruiting for a Cyber Security Lead Architect for an initial 9-month contract. The successful applicant will drive forward the high level and low level designs and will be responsible for producing high level, detailed and any other relevant documentation. You will be responsible for providing technical leadership and guidance. Owning any decisions until they are resolved. Key requirements: Act as the domain lead architect within their area (Shared layer 3 system), accountable for design integrity and secure-by-design practices. Translate business and risk requirements into secure architectural designs across IT and OT systems. Develop security architecture artefacts (eg threat models, design patterns, blueprints) in alignment with strategic frameworks and regulatory expectations. Support and guide projects through architecture governance and risk assessment. Provide technical leadership to less experienced architects and engineers, supporting career development and capability uplift. Collaborate across architecture, cyber, and delivery functions to ensure architectural alignment and risk mitigation. Perform security assurance activities including design reviews and architecture assessments for new and evolving solutions. Influence key design and investment decisions by providing expert-level risk insight and solution options to stakeholders. Contribute to the evolution of the Security Architecture Framework, providing insight into domain-specific trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies. Maintain current knowledge of cyber threats and security technologies within the relevant domain. Please note, the role has been deemed by the client to fall inside of IR35 and our client expects the candidate to be onsite 2-days per week at the site near Warrington. Please advise on availability and rate expectations on application. For further information, please contact Alexander Wilson. WA Consultants is an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as described within The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
SDET - Contract Role £575/day (Inside IR35) 2-3 Days On-Site in Birmingham 12-Month Engagement | SC Eligible A leading consultancy is delivering a major UK government transformation programme and is looking for a hands-on SDET to take ownership of automation, quality engineering and test strategy across a high-visibility digital platform. What You'll Own Design and build a new automation framework within Azure DevOps Create a data-driven automated regression suite Implement automation across CI/CD pipelines Develop test automation for integrations, APIs, and platform services Lead test strategy covering: integration, API, performance, security, accessibility (WCAG 2.2) and regression Own test evidence, metrics, reporting and quality governance Collaborate with architects, product leads and project managers to define testability and coverage Perform targeted manual testing only where automation isn't feasible Tech & Experience Needed Strong automation engineering background Azure DevOps Dataverse API testing + API automation Power Automate Azure APIM Ability to architect automation pipelines for CI/CD Comfortable presenting coverage, metrics and automation outcomes to stakeholders Understanding of performance, security and accessibility testing principles To hear more get in touch with Connor Smyth at Anson McCade.
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SDET - Contract Role £575/day (Inside IR35) 2-3 Days On-Site in Birmingham 12-Month Engagement | SC Eligible A leading consultancy is delivering a major UK government transformation programme and is looking for a hands-on SDET to take ownership of automation, quality engineering and test strategy across a high-visibility digital platform. What You'll Own Design and build a new automation framework within Azure DevOps Create a data-driven automated regression suite Implement automation across CI/CD pipelines Develop test automation for integrations, APIs, and platform services Lead test strategy covering: integration, API, performance, security, accessibility (WCAG 2.2) and regression Own test evidence, metrics, reporting and quality governance Collaborate with architects, product leads and project managers to define testability and coverage Perform targeted manual testing only where automation isn't feasible Tech & Experience Needed Strong automation engineering background Azure DevOps Dataverse API testing + API automation Power Automate Azure APIM Ability to architect automation pipelines for CI/CD Comfortable presenting coverage, metrics and automation outcomes to stakeholders Understanding of performance, security and accessibility testing principles To hear more get in touch with Connor Smyth at Anson McCade.
Senior Product Engineer via Umbrella 6 month contract Gloucester SCC Flex Contract We re looking for an experienced Senior Product Engineer to provide expert level technical leadership across multiple Digital Workplace product teams. This role focuses on architecture aligned engineering delivery, mentoring engineers, and ensuring SCCs workplace technologies remain scalable, secure, and high performing. As a Senior Product Engineer , you will produce high level technical designs, guide implementation approaches, solve complex technical challenges, and collaborate closely with architects and product leaders to translate enterprise strategy into actionable product roadmaps. Your responsibilities as the Senior Product Engineer: Provide senior level technical leadership, mentoring Product Engineers across multiple product teams. Produce High Level Designs (HLDs) and guide detailed technical implementation to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with business and architectural standards. Work closely with Enterprise Architects, Product Owners, and Product Managers to translate organisation wide strategies into product level roadmaps and technical outcomes. Lead or support the resolution of complex technical issues, risks, dependencies, and design challenges. Drive innovation, continuous improvement, automation, and optimisation across Digital Workplace engineering practices. Ensure all solutions are delivered in line with security, architectural principles, operational standards, and compliance requirements. Contribute to technical governance, documentation standards, and engineering best practices. Champion a high quality engineering culture across all workplace product teams. As a successful Senior Product Engineer, you will have: Windows Devices: Skilled in deploying, configuring, and managing Windows 10/11 using Microsoft MDT, MECM, Intune, Autopilot, with strong expertise in Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. Virtual Devices: Experienced in deploying and managing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments (multi session and single session) and Windows 365 Cloud PCs. Mobiles & Specialist Devices: Proficient in managing Apple, Android, and macOS devices via Intune, and supporting AR/VR technologies, including Meta Quest for Business. Security Requirement: Candidates must be eligible to undergo BPSS clearance for this role. Certifications (Nice to Have) Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator (MD 102) Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ 140) Microsoft Certified: Identity & Access Administrator (SC 300) Microsoft Certified: Intune Specialist TOGAF® 10 Foundation Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) If you re a Senior Product Engineer with a passion for architecturally aligned workplace engineering, mentoring teams, and delivering high impact solutions, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to be considered for this opportunity. Professional references required. NOTE: At SCC, we take the privacy and security of your information very seriously. Any information we hold will be handled in accordance with current data protection legislation. Upon submitting your application, SCC will process your information in line with our privacy policy, which can be found on our website under Legal Privacy Notice Flexible Resourcing .
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Senior Product Engineer via Umbrella 6 month contract Gloucester SCC Flex Contract We re looking for an experienced Senior Product Engineer to provide expert level technical leadership across multiple Digital Workplace product teams. This role focuses on architecture aligned engineering delivery, mentoring engineers, and ensuring SCCs workplace technologies remain scalable, secure, and high performing. As a Senior Product Engineer , you will produce high level technical designs, guide implementation approaches, solve complex technical challenges, and collaborate closely with architects and product leaders to translate enterprise strategy into actionable product roadmaps. Your responsibilities as the Senior Product Engineer: Provide senior level technical leadership, mentoring Product Engineers across multiple product teams. Produce High Level Designs (HLDs) and guide detailed technical implementation to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with business and architectural standards. Work closely with Enterprise Architects, Product Owners, and Product Managers to translate organisation wide strategies into product level roadmaps and technical outcomes. Lead or support the resolution of complex technical issues, risks, dependencies, and design challenges. Drive innovation, continuous improvement, automation, and optimisation across Digital Workplace engineering practices. Ensure all solutions are delivered in line with security, architectural principles, operational standards, and compliance requirements. Contribute to technical governance, documentation standards, and engineering best practices. Champion a high quality engineering culture across all workplace product teams. As a successful Senior Product Engineer, you will have: Windows Devices: Skilled in deploying, configuring, and managing Windows 10/11 using Microsoft MDT, MECM, Intune, Autopilot, with strong expertise in Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. Virtual Devices: Experienced in deploying and managing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments (multi session and single session) and Windows 365 Cloud PCs. Mobiles & Specialist Devices: Proficient in managing Apple, Android, and macOS devices via Intune, and supporting AR/VR technologies, including Meta Quest for Business. Security Requirement: Candidates must be eligible to undergo BPSS clearance for this role. Certifications (Nice to Have) Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator (MD 102) Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ 140) Microsoft Certified: Identity & Access Administrator (SC 300) Microsoft Certified: Intune Specialist TOGAF® 10 Foundation Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) If you re a Senior Product Engineer with a passion for architecturally aligned workplace engineering, mentoring teams, and delivering high impact solutions, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to be considered for this opportunity. Professional references required. NOTE: At SCC, we take the privacy and security of your information very seriously. Any information we hold will be handled in accordance with current data protection legislation. Upon submitting your application, SCC will process your information in line with our privacy policy, which can be found on our website under Legal Privacy Notice Flexible Resourcing .
Our client within the Public Sector is seeking an experienced SC cleared Lead Architect to drive high- and low-level designs for the Shared Layer 3 project. Responsibilities include creating architecture documentation, providing technical leadership, and owning decision-making. Key Responsibilities: Lead domain architecture for Shared Layer 3, ensuring design integrity and security-by-design. Translate business and risk requirements into secure IT/OT architectures. Develop security artefacts (threat models, blueprints) aligned with standards. Support architecture governance and risk assessments. Mentor less experienced architects and engineers. Collaborate across teams to ensure architectural alignment and risk mitigation. Conduct design reviews and architecture assessments. Influence design decisions with expert risk insights. Contribute to evolving the Security Architecture Framework. Stay current on cyber threats and security technologies. Deliverables: End-to-end architecture design (high and low level). Technical leadership ensuring objectives are met. Collaboration with project teams and third parties for delivery. Essential Skills: IT expertise: Virtualisation, management, monitoring, and infrastructure. OT exposure. Experience with cross-domain solutions. Proven delivery of multimillion-pound projects. Large-scale deployment of virtualisation, private clouds, and modern infrastructure. Please note active Security Clearance is required for this role. Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Interviews will take place next week, so please apply immediately or call Bangura Solutions to discuss this contract opportunity further.
11/03/2026
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Our client within the Public Sector is seeking an experienced SC cleared Lead Architect to drive high- and low-level designs for the Shared Layer 3 project. Responsibilities include creating architecture documentation, providing technical leadership, and owning decision-making. Key Responsibilities: Lead domain architecture for Shared Layer 3, ensuring design integrity and security-by-design. Translate business and risk requirements into secure IT/OT architectures. Develop security artefacts (threat models, blueprints) aligned with standards. Support architecture governance and risk assessments. Mentor less experienced architects and engineers. Collaborate across teams to ensure architectural alignment and risk mitigation. Conduct design reviews and architecture assessments. Influence design decisions with expert risk insights. Contribute to evolving the Security Architecture Framework. Stay current on cyber threats and security technologies. Deliverables: End-to-end architecture design (high and low level). Technical leadership ensuring objectives are met. Collaboration with project teams and third parties for delivery. Essential Skills: IT expertise: Virtualisation, management, monitoring, and infrastructure. OT exposure. Experience with cross-domain solutions. Proven delivery of multimillion-pound projects. Large-scale deployment of virtualisation, private clouds, and modern infrastructure. Please note active Security Clearance is required for this role. Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Interviews will take place next week, so please apply immediately or call Bangura Solutions to discuss this contract opportunity further.
Strata Construction Consulting UK Ltd
Basingstoke, Hampshire
We have an opening for a talented Civil Infrastructure Engineer within our clients Basingstoke office. The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business who work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. What s on offer Hybrid working Private medical insurance Life Assurance ICE Chartership support Clear progression path Regular performance reviews The role Contributing to concept studies/strategies/drawing packages, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions and construction issue. Contributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients. Being active on several varied projects at any given time. Involvement in client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external). Being responsible for ensuring your tasks are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements. What you need to succeed Knowledge of highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as knowledge of the Development Industry. The ability to use relevant software including Info Drainage, Micro Drainage, AutoCAD, Civil 3D and/or PDS. Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements typically relating to development projects. Awareness of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects and how if, applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client s development proposal. The ability to produce with supervision infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings. Knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals. Good written and spoken communication skills and are aware of current technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability.
11/03/2026
Full time
We have an opening for a talented Civil Infrastructure Engineer within our clients Basingstoke office. The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business who work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. What s on offer Hybrid working Private medical insurance Life Assurance ICE Chartership support Clear progression path Regular performance reviews The role Contributing to concept studies/strategies/drawing packages, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions and construction issue. Contributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients. Being active on several varied projects at any given time. Involvement in client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external). Being responsible for ensuring your tasks are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements. What you need to succeed Knowledge of highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as knowledge of the Development Industry. The ability to use relevant software including Info Drainage, Micro Drainage, AutoCAD, Civil 3D and/or PDS. Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements typically relating to development projects. Awareness of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects and how if, applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client s development proposal. The ability to produce with supervision infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings. Knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals. Good written and spoken communication skills and are aware of current technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability.
Lead Data Platform Engineer - Databricks - IAC - Terraform - Azure Data Factory - Data Lakehouse The Data Platform Engineer designs, develops, automates, and maintains secure, scalable, and compliant data platforms that enable the firm to efficiently manage, analyse, and utilise data. The role ensures that data solutions are robust and reliable while meeting regulatory obligations and safeguarding client confidentiality. Key Responsibilities Design and architect scalable, secure, and compliant data platforms and solutions, producing technical documentation and securing approvals through governance bodies such as Architecture Review Boards. Build and deliver robust data solutions using Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, Azure Data Factory, and Azure services. Develop APIs and write efficient Python, PySpark, and SQL code to support data integration, processing, and automation. Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments using Azure DevOps to enable reliable releases across environments. Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (eg, Terraform, ARM) to provision and manage cloud resources, including ADF pipelines, Databricks assets, and Unity Catalog components. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise data platform performance, reliability, and costs, identifying bottlenecks and recommending improvements. Create dashboards and observability tools to report on platform performance, usage, incidents, and operational KPIs. Knowledge, Skills & Experience Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience designing and building cloud-based data platforms, ideally within Azure. Strong hands-on expertise with Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, and Azure Data Factory. Solid understanding of Data Lakehouse architecture and modern data platform design. Proficiency in Python for data engineering, automation, and data processing. Experience developing and integrating REST APIs for data services. Strong DevOps experience, including CI/CD, automated testing, and release management for data platforms. Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or ARM templates. Knowledge of data modelling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data warehousing concepts. Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (eg, Azure Monitor). Desirable Experience with additional Azure services (eg, Fabric, Azure Functions, Logic Apps). Knowledge of cloud cost optimisation for data platforms. Understanding of data governance and regulatory compliance (eg, GDPR). Experience working in regulated or professional services environments.
11/03/2026
Full time
Lead Data Platform Engineer - Databricks - IAC - Terraform - Azure Data Factory - Data Lakehouse The Data Platform Engineer designs, develops, automates, and maintains secure, scalable, and compliant data platforms that enable the firm to efficiently manage, analyse, and utilise data. The role ensures that data solutions are robust and reliable while meeting regulatory obligations and safeguarding client confidentiality. Key Responsibilities Design and architect scalable, secure, and compliant data platforms and solutions, producing technical documentation and securing approvals through governance bodies such as Architecture Review Boards. Build and deliver robust data solutions using Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, Azure Data Factory, and Azure services. Develop APIs and write efficient Python, PySpark, and SQL code to support data integration, processing, and automation. Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments using Azure DevOps to enable reliable releases across environments. Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (eg, Terraform, ARM) to provision and manage cloud resources, including ADF pipelines, Databricks assets, and Unity Catalog components. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise data platform performance, reliability, and costs, identifying bottlenecks and recommending improvements. Create dashboards and observability tools to report on platform performance, usage, incidents, and operational KPIs. Knowledge, Skills & Experience Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience designing and building cloud-based data platforms, ideally within Azure. Strong hands-on expertise with Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, and Azure Data Factory. Solid understanding of Data Lakehouse architecture and modern data platform design. Proficiency in Python for data engineering, automation, and data processing. Experience developing and integrating REST APIs for data services. Strong DevOps experience, including CI/CD, automated testing, and release management for data platforms. Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or ARM templates. Knowledge of data modelling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data warehousing concepts. Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (eg, Azure Monitor). Desirable Experience with additional Azure services (eg, Fabric, Azure Functions, Logic Apps). Knowledge of cloud cost optimisation for data platforms. Understanding of data governance and regulatory compliance (eg, GDPR). Experience working in regulated or professional services environments.
Software Engineering Development Lead | Post-Trade & Risk Role: Software Engineering Development Lead (Permanent) Compensation: Up to £150,000 + Executive Benefits Package Team Size: 20+ Engineers Direct Reporting: Head of Development & CIO Location: London (Hybrid) The Opportunity We are representing a global financial institution seeking a Software Engineering Development Lead to act as a strategic "Force Multiplier" across their Post-Trade Technology stack. This is a rare hybrid leadership role: you will manage a large-scale engineering cohort (20+) while remaining hands-on with architectural standards and high-level code reviews. This role is specifically designed for a leader who can bridge the gap between technical delivery and business strategy, providing data-driven reporting to the CIO to ensure the team is operating at peak efficiency. Core Responsibilities Executive Liaison: Partner directly with the CIO to provide transparent, data-backed reports on team velocity, system reliability, and delivery milestones. Engineering Excellence: Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team of 20+ developers. Identify SDLC bottlenecks and implement strategies to improve team output. Technical Oversight: Lead high-level code reviews and architectural audits across a .NET Core, Python, and SQL Server stack. Domain Integration: Collaborate with Front Office trading desks to deliver technical solutions for Risk and Settlement platforms. Cloud & DevOps: Oversee the continued preparation and migration of the tech stack toward Azure hybrid-cloud technologies. The Ideal Profile Tier-1 Banking Background: Deep experience in a global banking or high-growth financial environment is essential. Large-Scale Management: Proven track record of managing engineering teams of 20+ heads . Functional Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of Risk, Settlements, and Trade life cycle (sitting with the desk is a significant advantage). Data-Driven Mindset: Ability to build reports and use metrics to prove team progress and efficiency gains to the C-suite. Technical Breadth: Strong background in C#/.NET and Python, with the ability to perform deep-dive technical mentorship. Why Apply? Senior Stakeholder Exposure: You aren't just managing developers; you are a key advisor to the CIO. High-Impact Projects: Lead the consolidation of distributed technology landscapes into a unified strategic platform. Competitive Package: A permanent salary of up to £150,000 with a comprehensive bonus and benefits scheme.
11/03/2026
Full time
Software Engineering Development Lead | Post-Trade & Risk Role: Software Engineering Development Lead (Permanent) Compensation: Up to £150,000 + Executive Benefits Package Team Size: 20+ Engineers Direct Reporting: Head of Development & CIO Location: London (Hybrid) The Opportunity We are representing a global financial institution seeking a Software Engineering Development Lead to act as a strategic "Force Multiplier" across their Post-Trade Technology stack. This is a rare hybrid leadership role: you will manage a large-scale engineering cohort (20+) while remaining hands-on with architectural standards and high-level code reviews. This role is specifically designed for a leader who can bridge the gap between technical delivery and business strategy, providing data-driven reporting to the CIO to ensure the team is operating at peak efficiency. Core Responsibilities Executive Liaison: Partner directly with the CIO to provide transparent, data-backed reports on team velocity, system reliability, and delivery milestones. Engineering Excellence: Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team of 20+ developers. Identify SDLC bottlenecks and implement strategies to improve team output. Technical Oversight: Lead high-level code reviews and architectural audits across a .NET Core, Python, and SQL Server stack. Domain Integration: Collaborate with Front Office trading desks to deliver technical solutions for Risk and Settlement platforms. Cloud & DevOps: Oversee the continued preparation and migration of the tech stack toward Azure hybrid-cloud technologies. The Ideal Profile Tier-1 Banking Background: Deep experience in a global banking or high-growth financial environment is essential. Large-Scale Management: Proven track record of managing engineering teams of 20+ heads . Functional Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of Risk, Settlements, and Trade life cycle (sitting with the desk is a significant advantage). Data-Driven Mindset: Ability to build reports and use metrics to prove team progress and efficiency gains to the C-suite. Technical Breadth: Strong background in C#/.NET and Python, with the ability to perform deep-dive technical mentorship. Why Apply? Senior Stakeholder Exposure: You aren't just managing developers; you are a key advisor to the CIO. High-Impact Projects: Lead the consolidation of distributed technology landscapes into a unified strategic platform. Competitive Package: A permanent salary of up to £150,000 with a comprehensive bonus and benefits scheme.
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Cisco Presales Solutions Architect - Networking & Security: Cisco LAN, Aruba, Firewalls, Palo/Fortinet - £65,000 - £80,000 + £15,000 - £25,000 Uncapped Hybrid/North London Cisco Networking & Security Presales Solutions Architect for a Top Multi-Vendor MSP. Why? Become an SME for all things Networking & Security Join a multi award-winning MSP Opportunity to lead presales activities from a Net Sec perspective across existing & new customers Must come from a heavy Core Cisco R&S Lan background Presales background. Bonus if you have any Aruba, Meraki and/or Juniper experience. You will have the opportunity to be exposed and involved in new emerging technologies across multiple tech streams. You will be working with Sales Specialist and the Account Management team to providing expertise to enable clients to get the best business outcome for their needs. Working with other SA's that pulls the pieces of the technology puzzle together for the client base. Duties and tech background: Cisco Core R&S LAN Enterprise Firewalls (Palo or Fortinet) - Other Security Vendors welcome Solid Networking & Security knowledge Produce exceptional High level Solution design Understand, scope and document customers' business and technical requirements. Producing BoMs and other foundational documentation Running life cycle reviews, PoCs and other presales activities with customers. Communicating authoritatively at all levels across an organisation to both technical and non-technical audiences. Effective communication of complex technical information. Presenting technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences when engaging with colleagues, users/customers, suppliers, and partners. Cisco Presales Solutions Architect - Networking & Security: Cisco, LAN, Meraki, Aruba, Firewalls, Palo, Fortinet - £65,000 - £80,000 + £15,000 - £25,000 Uncapped Hybrid/North London Please send me your CV and I'll call you to discuss.
11/03/2026
Full time
Cisco Presales Solutions Architect - Networking & Security: Cisco LAN, Aruba, Firewalls, Palo/Fortinet - £65,000 - £80,000 + £15,000 - £25,000 Uncapped Hybrid/North London Cisco Networking & Security Presales Solutions Architect for a Top Multi-Vendor MSP. Why? Become an SME for all things Networking & Security Join a multi award-winning MSP Opportunity to lead presales activities from a Net Sec perspective across existing & new customers Must come from a heavy Core Cisco R&S Lan background Presales background. Bonus if you have any Aruba, Meraki and/or Juniper experience. You will have the opportunity to be exposed and involved in new emerging technologies across multiple tech streams. You will be working with Sales Specialist and the Account Management team to providing expertise to enable clients to get the best business outcome for their needs. Working with other SA's that pulls the pieces of the technology puzzle together for the client base. Duties and tech background: Cisco Core R&S LAN Enterprise Firewalls (Palo or Fortinet) - Other Security Vendors welcome Solid Networking & Security knowledge Produce exceptional High level Solution design Understand, scope and document customers' business and technical requirements. Producing BoMs and other foundational documentation Running life cycle reviews, PoCs and other presales activities with customers. Communicating authoritatively at all levels across an organisation to both technical and non-technical audiences. Effective communication of complex technical information. Presenting technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences when engaging with colleagues, users/customers, suppliers, and partners. Cisco Presales Solutions Architect - Networking & Security: Cisco, LAN, Meraki, Aruba, Firewalls, Palo, Fortinet - £65,000 - £80,000 + £15,000 - £25,000 Uncapped Hybrid/North London Please send me your CV and I'll call you to discuss.
VMware Specialist Engineer Experis London Area, United Kingdom (On-site) VMware Specialist Engineers Contract - £659 p/d (Umbrella) - Immediate Start Role Title: VMware Specialist Engineer Location: Central London Start Date: 10 March 2026 End Date: 10 September 2026 CV Requirement: Candidates must explicitly reference required VMware tools and project usage. Overview An urgent requirement exists for an Expert level VMware Specialist Engineer to support multiple infrastructure and cloud engineering projects. The successful candidate will have strong hands on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and must bring deep subject matter expertise in specialist VMware technologies. Candidates must offer proven experience with at least one of the following: vRealize Network Insight (VRNI) VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) VMware HCX Key Responsibilities VMware Engineering & Deployment Deliver senior level engineering support across VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5 environments. Deploy VMware solutions as part of a technical engineering team delivering large'scale infrastructure projects. Design, implement and customise VCF deployments to maximise platform features. Support upgrade activity, including migrations to VCF 9. Automation & Tooling Contribute to automation initiatives using: PowerShell Python JavaScript Support the development of automation artefacts that enhance platform performance and operational efficiency. Specialist Product Expertise Provide advanced technical capability in one or more of the following: vRealize Network Insight (VRNI) VMware SRM VMware HCX Troubleshoot complex issues within these technologies and provide optimisation guidance. Technical Collaboration Work across multiple parallel projects, supporting technical leads and architecture teams. Produce high quality documentation and contribute to knowledge'sharing within the engineering function. Engage with internal stakeholders to ensure solutions are aligned to technical and business objectives. Required Skills & Experience Essential Strong hands on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5. Current VCP VCF certification. Proven experience using VRNI, SRM or HCX in live project environments. Ability to deliver complex VMware engineering tasks across multiple simultaneous projects. Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills. Must reference key VMware products directly in the CV. Desirable Preparing for VCF 9 release certification. Additional VMware specialisms, eg: vRealize Automation (Aria Automation) vRealize Operations (Aria Operations) Practical automation skills using PowerShell, Python or JavaScript. Experience working on large'scale cloud or infrastructure transformation projects.
11/03/2026
Contractor
VMware Specialist Engineer Experis London Area, United Kingdom (On-site) VMware Specialist Engineers Contract - £659 p/d (Umbrella) - Immediate Start Role Title: VMware Specialist Engineer Location: Central London Start Date: 10 March 2026 End Date: 10 September 2026 CV Requirement: Candidates must explicitly reference required VMware tools and project usage. Overview An urgent requirement exists for an Expert level VMware Specialist Engineer to support multiple infrastructure and cloud engineering projects. The successful candidate will have strong hands on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and must bring deep subject matter expertise in specialist VMware technologies. Candidates must offer proven experience with at least one of the following: vRealize Network Insight (VRNI) VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) VMware HCX Key Responsibilities VMware Engineering & Deployment Deliver senior level engineering support across VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5 environments. Deploy VMware solutions as part of a technical engineering team delivering large'scale infrastructure projects. Design, implement and customise VCF deployments to maximise platform features. Support upgrade activity, including migrations to VCF 9. Automation & Tooling Contribute to automation initiatives using: PowerShell Python JavaScript Support the development of automation artefacts that enhance platform performance and operational efficiency. Specialist Product Expertise Provide advanced technical capability in one or more of the following: vRealize Network Insight (VRNI) VMware SRM VMware HCX Troubleshoot complex issues within these technologies and provide optimisation guidance. Technical Collaboration Work across multiple parallel projects, supporting technical leads and architecture teams. Produce high quality documentation and contribute to knowledge'sharing within the engineering function. Engage with internal stakeholders to ensure solutions are aligned to technical and business objectives. Required Skills & Experience Essential Strong hands on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5. Current VCP VCF certification. Proven experience using VRNI, SRM or HCX in live project environments. Ability to deliver complex VMware engineering tasks across multiple simultaneous projects. Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills. Must reference key VMware products directly in the CV. Desirable Preparing for VCF 9 release certification. Additional VMware specialisms, eg: vRealize Automation (Aria Automation) vRealize Operations (Aria Operations) Practical automation skills using PowerShell, Python or JavaScript. Experience working on large'scale cloud or infrastructure transformation projects.