Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer - Kaleida Kaleida is looking for a talented and passionate Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our team and become part of a well-established bespoke software house. This is an exciting opportunity to join a focused, enthusiastic team working in a high-pace environment with exposure to the full development lifecycle. You will be a key part of our development team, focused on designing and delivering customer solutions using ASP.NET MVC, C#, WebApi, MS SQL, Angular, HTML5, CSS3. You will pride yourself on quality and you will strive to develop testable, bug free and scalable code by following SOLID principles and software coding best practices. You will be responsible for delivering specified software to agreed quality and time scales. You will have a passion for writing reusable, efficient solutions to complex problems. You will be hungry to explore emerging technologies and understand how they can be used to deliver value to our customers. You will be a team player who is friendly, positive and enthusiastic with a track record developing in high pressure rapidly changing environments. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Developing testable, bug free & scalable code following SOLID principles and coding best practices Contribute to the planning, architecture, design and specification of web applications Work within a team to deliver projects to a high standard and within defined time scales Work to meet personal and client deliverables on time and within budget Attend daily stand up meetings to communicate progress to the team, project manager and stakeholders Provide technical assistance to the testing and operations teams Advice and improve full development lifecycle Keeping abreast of new and changing technologies, sharing findings with the business and educating the team REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE 7 years varied commercial development experience on the Microsoft stack with excellent C# Excellent understanding of Object Oriented Programming, SOLID principles, Design Patterns and best practices Excellent analytical, problem solving and fault diagnosis skills Extensive experience building scalable web applications Experience working with front end web technologies Very good understanding of secure development practices (OWASP) Ability to be both a strong team player and individual contributor Flexible and able to adapt readily to changing priorities with a "can do" attitude and friendly disposition Taking pride in your work and willing to go that extra mile Self reliant with a strong desire to learn new techniques and technologies based on emerging trends Very good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to provide information tailored to your audience Very good self organisation, self motivation and time management with the ability to prioritise tasks Experience of delivering different solution types for typical business processes, e.g. booking systems, timesheet management etc. DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Developing with Angular 2+ framework, including single page applications (SPA), Angular CLI, reactive forms, observables, custom validation, package management, transclusion, templates, dynamic component loading, webpack TypeScript CSS with SASS Understanding of the full project lifecycle, including technical design, development and quality assurance with proven commercial experience delivering projects on time and to specification Progressive Web Apps using service worker Google Material Design BENEFITS Based: Manchester 8% contributory private pension with Royal London 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Flexible working within agreed core hours Business Analyst - Kaleida Kaleida are looking for a talented and passionate Business Analyst to join our team and become part of a well-established bespoke software house. This is an exciting opportunity to join a focused, enthusiastic team working in a high-pace environment with exposure to the full development lifecycle. You will be a key part of our design and development team, focused on designing and delivering customer solutions using ASP.NET MVC, C#, WebApi, MS SQL, Angular, HTML5, CSS3. You will pride yourself on quality and you will strive to design and deliver testable, bug free and scalable solutions by following SOLID principles and software coding best practices. You will be responsible for designing and delivering specified software to agreed quality and time scales. You will be a team player who is friendly, positive and enthusiastic with a track record developing in high pressure rapidly changing environments. You will be office based with the option of home working 1 day/week with some travel to customer sites. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES You will be involved with: Initial scoping meeting with new prospects (add and existing customers for the 2nd role) High level estimating using story points to provide ball park budgets Proposal writing Design workshop detailed requirements gathering Low level design artefact production (interactive wireframes, activity diagrams, user stories, user acceptance test etc.) Liaise with the solution architects and development leads ensuring the proposed solution and delivered solution are aligned Design costing, liaising with the solution architects and development leads to ensure costing are accurate and timescales are feasible Design handover to development team ensuring the design is sufficiently understood to enable effective development delivery in an iterative approachProject design lead and project delivery management monitoring progress and quality Project risk evaluation and predict potential problems Project change management traceability and estimating Stakeholder review meeting facilitation Stakeholder UAT facilitation Project wrap up and lessons learned facilitation EXPERIENCE At least 5 years of business and/or systems analysis on a range of diverse projects ideally across different industries. CORE SKILLS COMMUNICATION SKILLS You will be a great communicator asking good questions, listening to the answers and absorbing what's being said able to be a strong communicator in a virtual setting (via conference calls or web meetings) PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS Our projects are solutions to problems facilitating a shared understanding of the problem, the possible solutions, and determine the scope of the project facilitating teams to solve technical challenges, especially when they involve negotiation between multiple business or technical stakeholders - by analysing the business process CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS responsibility for evaluating multiple options before helping a team settle on a solution discovering the problem to be solved listening to stakeholder needs and critically considering those needs and asking probing questions until the real need is surfaced and understood BUSINESS ANALYSIS SKILLS DOCUMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION SKILLS ability to create clear and concise documentation at a level appropriate to the recipient ANALYSIS SKILLS using a variety of techniques to conduct analysis and deconstruct the problem or solution Business Level - how the business work flows operationally, often completed by analysing the business process Software Level - how the software system supports the business workflows, often completed through functional requirements models like use cases or user stories Information Level - how data and information is stored and maintained by an organisation, completed using a variety of data modelling techniques creating visual models that support your analysis, such as workflow diagrams and wireframe prototypes FACILITATION AND ELICITATION SKILLS PROJECT DELIVERY SKILLS LEADERSHIP Good leadership skills are essential in getting your team on board to get a project delivered on time TEAM MANAGEMENT promote teamwork TIME MANAGEMENT excellent time management skills to ensure that work is completed on time and the project does not fall behind schedule. Multi tasking is an important skill; you must also be able to prioritise activities - understanding which are more critical than others - and concentrate on them. You will also need to manage other people's time if you are dependent on them for information. STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT you must know how to manage all of you stakeholders know how much power and influence they have on the project you will analyse how much management each stakeholder needs and how they should be individually managed deciding whether face to face meetings, detailed information or high level reports NEGOTIATION use of resources budgets scope creep you will predict and create solutions to issues before they ariseassess the urgency of the risk and act appropriately KEY SOFT SKILLS FOR HYBRID BUSINESS ANALYSTS/PROJECT DELIVERY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING SKILLS you will forge strong stakeholder relationships build trust with the project team and the stakeholders SELF MANAGING be proactive and dependency-aware . click apply for full job details
16/07/2026
Full time
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer - Kaleida Kaleida is looking for a talented and passionate Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our team and become part of a well-established bespoke software house. This is an exciting opportunity to join a focused, enthusiastic team working in a high-pace environment with exposure to the full development lifecycle. You will be a key part of our development team, focused on designing and delivering customer solutions using ASP.NET MVC, C#, WebApi, MS SQL, Angular, HTML5, CSS3. You will pride yourself on quality and you will strive to develop testable, bug free and scalable code by following SOLID principles and software coding best practices. You will be responsible for delivering specified software to agreed quality and time scales. You will have a passion for writing reusable, efficient solutions to complex problems. You will be hungry to explore emerging technologies and understand how they can be used to deliver value to our customers. You will be a team player who is friendly, positive and enthusiastic with a track record developing in high pressure rapidly changing environments. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Developing testable, bug free & scalable code following SOLID principles and coding best practices Contribute to the planning, architecture, design and specification of web applications Work within a team to deliver projects to a high standard and within defined time scales Work to meet personal and client deliverables on time and within budget Attend daily stand up meetings to communicate progress to the team, project manager and stakeholders Provide technical assistance to the testing and operations teams Advice and improve full development lifecycle Keeping abreast of new and changing technologies, sharing findings with the business and educating the team REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE 7 years varied commercial development experience on the Microsoft stack with excellent C# Excellent understanding of Object Oriented Programming, SOLID principles, Design Patterns and best practices Excellent analytical, problem solving and fault diagnosis skills Extensive experience building scalable web applications Experience working with front end web technologies Very good understanding of secure development practices (OWASP) Ability to be both a strong team player and individual contributor Flexible and able to adapt readily to changing priorities with a "can do" attitude and friendly disposition Taking pride in your work and willing to go that extra mile Self reliant with a strong desire to learn new techniques and technologies based on emerging trends Very good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to provide information tailored to your audience Very good self organisation, self motivation and time management with the ability to prioritise tasks Experience of delivering different solution types for typical business processes, e.g. booking systems, timesheet management etc. DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Developing with Angular 2+ framework, including single page applications (SPA), Angular CLI, reactive forms, observables, custom validation, package management, transclusion, templates, dynamic component loading, webpack TypeScript CSS with SASS Understanding of the full project lifecycle, including technical design, development and quality assurance with proven commercial experience delivering projects on time and to specification Progressive Web Apps using service worker Google Material Design BENEFITS Based: Manchester 8% contributory private pension with Royal London 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Flexible working within agreed core hours Business Analyst - Kaleida Kaleida are looking for a talented and passionate Business Analyst to join our team and become part of a well-established bespoke software house. This is an exciting opportunity to join a focused, enthusiastic team working in a high-pace environment with exposure to the full development lifecycle. You will be a key part of our design and development team, focused on designing and delivering customer solutions using ASP.NET MVC, C#, WebApi, MS SQL, Angular, HTML5, CSS3. You will pride yourself on quality and you will strive to design and deliver testable, bug free and scalable solutions by following SOLID principles and software coding best practices. You will be responsible for designing and delivering specified software to agreed quality and time scales. You will be a team player who is friendly, positive and enthusiastic with a track record developing in high pressure rapidly changing environments. You will be office based with the option of home working 1 day/week with some travel to customer sites. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES You will be involved with: Initial scoping meeting with new prospects (add and existing customers for the 2nd role) High level estimating using story points to provide ball park budgets Proposal writing Design workshop detailed requirements gathering Low level design artefact production (interactive wireframes, activity diagrams, user stories, user acceptance test etc.) Liaise with the solution architects and development leads ensuring the proposed solution and delivered solution are aligned Design costing, liaising with the solution architects and development leads to ensure costing are accurate and timescales are feasible Design handover to development team ensuring the design is sufficiently understood to enable effective development delivery in an iterative approachProject design lead and project delivery management monitoring progress and quality Project risk evaluation and predict potential problems Project change management traceability and estimating Stakeholder review meeting facilitation Stakeholder UAT facilitation Project wrap up and lessons learned facilitation EXPERIENCE At least 5 years of business and/or systems analysis on a range of diverse projects ideally across different industries. CORE SKILLS COMMUNICATION SKILLS You will be a great communicator asking good questions, listening to the answers and absorbing what's being said able to be a strong communicator in a virtual setting (via conference calls or web meetings) PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS Our projects are solutions to problems facilitating a shared understanding of the problem, the possible solutions, and determine the scope of the project facilitating teams to solve technical challenges, especially when they involve negotiation between multiple business or technical stakeholders - by analysing the business process CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS responsibility for evaluating multiple options before helping a team settle on a solution discovering the problem to be solved listening to stakeholder needs and critically considering those needs and asking probing questions until the real need is surfaced and understood BUSINESS ANALYSIS SKILLS DOCUMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION SKILLS ability to create clear and concise documentation at a level appropriate to the recipient ANALYSIS SKILLS using a variety of techniques to conduct analysis and deconstruct the problem or solution Business Level - how the business work flows operationally, often completed by analysing the business process Software Level - how the software system supports the business workflows, often completed through functional requirements models like use cases or user stories Information Level - how data and information is stored and maintained by an organisation, completed using a variety of data modelling techniques creating visual models that support your analysis, such as workflow diagrams and wireframe prototypes FACILITATION AND ELICITATION SKILLS PROJECT DELIVERY SKILLS LEADERSHIP Good leadership skills are essential in getting your team on board to get a project delivered on time TEAM MANAGEMENT promote teamwork TIME MANAGEMENT excellent time management skills to ensure that work is completed on time and the project does not fall behind schedule. Multi tasking is an important skill; you must also be able to prioritise activities - understanding which are more critical than others - and concentrate on them. You will also need to manage other people's time if you are dependent on them for information. STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT you must know how to manage all of you stakeholders know how much power and influence they have on the project you will analyse how much management each stakeholder needs and how they should be individually managed deciding whether face to face meetings, detailed information or high level reports NEGOTIATION use of resources budgets scope creep you will predict and create solutions to issues before they ariseassess the urgency of the risk and act appropriately KEY SOFT SKILLS FOR HYBRID BUSINESS ANALYSTS/PROJECT DELIVERY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING SKILLS you will forge strong stakeholder relationships build trust with the project team and the stakeholders SELF MANAGING be proactive and dependency-aware . click apply for full job details
JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared Rate: 550- 600/day (Outside IR35) Location: Onsite Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory) Flexible Work Option: Condensed working week (e.g., 3 long days, paid for 5) Job Summary We are seeking a technically skilled DevOps & Software Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development lifecycle and DevOps toolchain. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and system monitoring frameworks to support the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software. This role demands a strong grasp of modern DevOps practices, cloud and container technologies, automation tooling, and software engineering principles. You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to drive a culture of DevSecOps and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tooling. Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure. Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions. Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance. Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling. Apply DevSecOps principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery. Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution. Contribute to the development and documentation of internal DevOps standards and best practices. Mentor junior engineers and foster a DevOps-first mindset within delivery teams. DevOps & Tooling Proficiency (Preferred) Category Tools & Technologies CI/CD GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps Pipelines Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi Cloud Platforms AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (OpenStack) Containerization Docker, Podman Orchestration Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, OpenShift Version Control Git, GitLab, Bitbucket Monitoring & Logging Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog Security & Compliance HashiCorp Vault, Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks Configuration Mgmt. Ansible, Puppet, Chef Build Tools Maven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack Testing Tools Selenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress Other Nexus/Artifactory (artifact repositories), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, Linux system admin
14/07/2026
Contractor
JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared Rate: 550- 600/day (Outside IR35) Location: Onsite Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory) Flexible Work Option: Condensed working week (e.g., 3 long days, paid for 5) Job Summary We are seeking a technically skilled DevOps & Software Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development lifecycle and DevOps toolchain. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and system monitoring frameworks to support the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software. This role demands a strong grasp of modern DevOps practices, cloud and container technologies, automation tooling, and software engineering principles. You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to drive a culture of DevSecOps and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tooling. Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure. Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions. Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance. Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling. Apply DevSecOps principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery. Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution. Contribute to the development and documentation of internal DevOps standards and best practices. Mentor junior engineers and foster a DevOps-first mindset within delivery teams. DevOps & Tooling Proficiency (Preferred) Category Tools & Technologies CI/CD GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps Pipelines Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi Cloud Platforms AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (OpenStack) Containerization Docker, Podman Orchestration Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, OpenShift Version Control Git, GitLab, Bitbucket Monitoring & Logging Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog Security & Compliance HashiCorp Vault, Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks Configuration Mgmt. Ansible, Puppet, Chef Build Tools Maven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack Testing Tools Selenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress Other Nexus/Artifactory (artifact repositories), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, Linux system admin
Oliver James Associates Ltd.
Manchester, Lancashire
As a technical analyst, your core responsibilities will lie within data transfer, data migration, and pension calculations. Requirements 8 years experience minimum in pensions/BPA industry Strong experience in defined benefit pensions - non negotiable Experienced in pension calculations - creating / developing proformas Strong Excel VBA skills Comfortable with data - migrations, transfer, transformation focussed SQL is useful although not mandatory GMP Equalisation knowledge and experience
14/07/2026
Full time
As a technical analyst, your core responsibilities will lie within data transfer, data migration, and pension calculations. Requirements 8 years experience minimum in pensions/BPA industry Strong experience in defined benefit pensions - non negotiable Experienced in pension calculations - creating / developing proformas Strong Excel VBA skills Comfortable with data - migrations, transfer, transformation focussed SQL is useful although not mandatory GMP Equalisation knowledge and experience
Software Engineer - Developer Productivity Location: London, United Kingdom About The Role A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role Are you passionate about engineering quality, efficiency, and increasing the impact of engineers around you? Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations globally use data. As a Software Engineer on Developer Productivity, you'll identify, develop, and drive investments to improve the velocity and quality of our engineering, as well as bolster the happiness and productivity of other developers. The role spans a spectrum of areas, such as build and software supply-chain systems, platform runtime environments, telemetry relating concurrency, memory/performance optimizations, and monitoring/alerting. Your primary users will be other developers at Palantir. They will be empowered with the software you develop to build capabilities used by research scientists, aerospace engineers, intelligence analysts, and economic forecasters in countries around the world. There will be opportunities to contribute to open source software, including projects maintained by others that we leverage. You'll work autonomously within a community that will support and challenge you as you grow to become a strong technical contributor and engineering leader. The team is hiring for Frontend and Backend engineers. Core Responsibilities We're hiring engineers who are passionate about solving real-world problems and empowering developers to do their work optimally. If you're motivated to develop reliable, performant, scalable systems and tools, here are some examples of the types of work you'd get to do: Define and build standard practices for how services are operated and observed throughout their deployment Build libraries and tooling for defining service APIs and the RPC interactions between microservices; like the conjure ecosystem Unify frontend build and CI infrastructure across all of Palantir Help developers understand and adhere to development practices by building great tools and development processes Push Palantir to the cutting edge of software supply chain security Technologies We Use A variety of languages, including Java, Go, and TypeScript Open-source databases like Cassandra, Lucene, Elasticsearch Open-source libraries/frameworks like GraphQL, Undertow, Jackson, and Log4j Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle, Webpack, CircleCI, and GitHub What We Value Expertise and depth of understanding of a technology or problem space. Embracing, centralizing, and abstracting complexity away from our users in order to expose simple, powerful APIs for consumers that solve otherwise incredibly complex technical problems. Ability to understand how technical decisions impact individuals who will use what you're building and drive to super-power those people Empathy for developer and operator workflows and productivity Awareness of recent industry practices and open source advancements What We Require 2+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics Strong coding skills with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages Great problem solving skills with ability to dive into and navigate existing complex systems Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools Strong written and verbal communication skills
14/07/2026
Full time
Software Engineer - Developer Productivity Location: London, United Kingdom About The Role A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role Are you passionate about engineering quality, efficiency, and increasing the impact of engineers around you? Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations globally use data. As a Software Engineer on Developer Productivity, you'll identify, develop, and drive investments to improve the velocity and quality of our engineering, as well as bolster the happiness and productivity of other developers. The role spans a spectrum of areas, such as build and software supply-chain systems, platform runtime environments, telemetry relating concurrency, memory/performance optimizations, and monitoring/alerting. Your primary users will be other developers at Palantir. They will be empowered with the software you develop to build capabilities used by research scientists, aerospace engineers, intelligence analysts, and economic forecasters in countries around the world. There will be opportunities to contribute to open source software, including projects maintained by others that we leverage. You'll work autonomously within a community that will support and challenge you as you grow to become a strong technical contributor and engineering leader. The team is hiring for Frontend and Backend engineers. Core Responsibilities We're hiring engineers who are passionate about solving real-world problems and empowering developers to do their work optimally. If you're motivated to develop reliable, performant, scalable systems and tools, here are some examples of the types of work you'd get to do: Define and build standard practices for how services are operated and observed throughout their deployment Build libraries and tooling for defining service APIs and the RPC interactions between microservices; like the conjure ecosystem Unify frontend build and CI infrastructure across all of Palantir Help developers understand and adhere to development practices by building great tools and development processes Push Palantir to the cutting edge of software supply chain security Technologies We Use A variety of languages, including Java, Go, and TypeScript Open-source databases like Cassandra, Lucene, Elasticsearch Open-source libraries/frameworks like GraphQL, Undertow, Jackson, and Log4j Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle, Webpack, CircleCI, and GitHub What We Value Expertise and depth of understanding of a technology or problem space. Embracing, centralizing, and abstracting complexity away from our users in order to expose simple, powerful APIs for consumers that solve otherwise incredibly complex technical problems. Ability to understand how technical decisions impact individuals who will use what you're building and drive to super-power those people Empathy for developer and operator workflows and productivity Awareness of recent industry practices and open source advancements What We Require 2+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics Strong coding skills with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages Great problem solving skills with ability to dive into and navigate existing complex systems Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools Strong written and verbal communication skills
Royal London is seeking a BPA Data and Technical Analyst to join their BPA Operations team in the City Of London. This hybrid role involves implementing system automation for Bulk Purchase Annuity business and enhancing the company's digital presence. The successful candidate will engage with various departments and mentor junior analysts while ensuring alignment with best practices. Strong communication skills and a continuous improvement mindset are essential. Royal London is committed to inclusive employment, offering competitive workplace benefits such as 28 days' annual leave and a robust pension scheme.
08/07/2026
Full time
Royal London is seeking a BPA Data and Technical Analyst to join their BPA Operations team in the City Of London. This hybrid role involves implementing system automation for Bulk Purchase Annuity business and enhancing the company's digital presence. The successful candidate will engage with various departments and mentor junior analysts while ensuring alignment with best practices. Strong communication skills and a continuous improvement mindset are essential. Royal London is committed to inclusive employment, offering competitive workplace benefits such as 28 days' annual leave and a robust pension scheme.
"It feels good to have a career with real purpose." Job Title: BPA Data and Technical Analyst Contract Type: Permanent Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based The BPA Data and Technical Analyst role is a key position within the BPA Operations team, contributing to the Group's goal of building financial resilience and providing attractive returns on capital. This role involves the implementation of system automation for Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business, covering activities from buy-in to buy-out. The successful candidate will work closely with various departments to enhance the company's digital presence and improve customer engagement. About the Role: Engage with the wider BPA function to interpret and triage pension scheme benefit specifications. Execute data onboarding routines onto the BPA Administration Platform efficiently. Configure benefit calculations within the BPA Administration Platform or oversee third-party configuration. Identify and deliver continuous improvement in data assurance procedures. Maintain and improve data and configuration models and processes. Ensure testing of data and calculation configuration aligns with industry best practices. Produce comprehensive and auditable documentation. Deliver required MI, reports, feeds, and data flow. Act as a subject matter expert in external meetings. Mentor junior analysts. About You: Good understanding of defined benefit pensions calculations and current legislation. Experience with implementing complex spreadsheet-based calculations. Ability to manage, query, and manipulate large data sets. Understanding of the testing lifecycle and comfortable leading testing of automation. Financial background or numerically literate. Experience managing senior stakeholders and working towards deadlines. Collaborative approach and willingness to support a wide range of activities. Continuous improvement mindset and proactive approach to embedding processes. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. About Royal London We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services. Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits Inclusion, diversity and belonging We're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.
08/07/2026
Full time
"It feels good to have a career with real purpose." Job Title: BPA Data and Technical Analyst Contract Type: Permanent Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based The BPA Data and Technical Analyst role is a key position within the BPA Operations team, contributing to the Group's goal of building financial resilience and providing attractive returns on capital. This role involves the implementation of system automation for Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business, covering activities from buy-in to buy-out. The successful candidate will work closely with various departments to enhance the company's digital presence and improve customer engagement. About the Role: Engage with the wider BPA function to interpret and triage pension scheme benefit specifications. Execute data onboarding routines onto the BPA Administration Platform efficiently. Configure benefit calculations within the BPA Administration Platform or oversee third-party configuration. Identify and deliver continuous improvement in data assurance procedures. Maintain and improve data and configuration models and processes. Ensure testing of data and calculation configuration aligns with industry best practices. Produce comprehensive and auditable documentation. Deliver required MI, reports, feeds, and data flow. Act as a subject matter expert in external meetings. Mentor junior analysts. About You: Good understanding of defined benefit pensions calculations and current legislation. Experience with implementing complex spreadsheet-based calculations. Ability to manage, query, and manipulate large data sets. Understanding of the testing lifecycle and comfortable leading testing of automation. Financial background or numerically literate. Experience managing senior stakeholders and working towards deadlines. Collaborative approach and willingness to support a wide range of activities. Continuous improvement mindset and proactive approach to embedding processes. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. About Royal London We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services. Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits Inclusion, diversity and belonging We're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.
Take the next step on your BPA career ladder in a data and technology-driven role within a major insurance group Are you a talented, technically-minded analyst with a passion for data and large datasets, looking for your next career challenge within the BPA space of a major insurance group? Star Actuarial, on behalf of a leading-edge client, is currently representing an exciting vacancy for a Senior Data and Technical Analyst who will support the implementation of system automation for the Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business, covering activities from buy-in to buy-out. Helping to drive the development of the firm's digital footprint, you will maintain and improve data and configuration models and processes. You will also carry out data onboarding routines onto (and configure benefit calculations within) the BPA Administration Platform. With a good understanding of defined benefit pensions calculations and current legislation, the successful candidates will possess experience with implementing complex spreadsheet-based calculations. You will also have the ability to manage, query, and manipulate large data sets, coupled with an understanding of the testing lifecycle, comfortable leading the testing of automation. Responsibilities Support the implementation of system automation for the Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business, covering activities from buy-in to buy-out. Maintain and improve data and configuration models and processes. Carry out data onboarding routines onto the BPA Administration Platform. Lead and manage the testing of automation. Manage, query, and manipulate large data sets. Qualifications Good understanding of defined benefit pensions calculations and current legislation. Experience implementing complex spreadsheet-based calculations. Ability to manage, query, and manipulate large data sets. Understanding of the testing lifecycle and comfortable leading testing. Technically-minded analyst with a passion for data.
08/07/2026
Full time
Take the next step on your BPA career ladder in a data and technology-driven role within a major insurance group Are you a talented, technically-minded analyst with a passion for data and large datasets, looking for your next career challenge within the BPA space of a major insurance group? Star Actuarial, on behalf of a leading-edge client, is currently representing an exciting vacancy for a Senior Data and Technical Analyst who will support the implementation of system automation for the Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business, covering activities from buy-in to buy-out. Helping to drive the development of the firm's digital footprint, you will maintain and improve data and configuration models and processes. You will also carry out data onboarding routines onto (and configure benefit calculations within) the BPA Administration Platform. With a good understanding of defined benefit pensions calculations and current legislation, the successful candidates will possess experience with implementing complex spreadsheet-based calculations. You will also have the ability to manage, query, and manipulate large data sets, coupled with an understanding of the testing lifecycle, comfortable leading the testing of automation. Responsibilities Support the implementation of system automation for the Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business, covering activities from buy-in to buy-out. Maintain and improve data and configuration models and processes. Carry out data onboarding routines onto the BPA Administration Platform. Lead and manage the testing of automation. Manage, query, and manipulate large data sets. Qualifications Good understanding of defined benefit pensions calculations and current legislation. Experience implementing complex spreadsheet-based calculations. Ability to manage, query, and manipulate large data sets. Understanding of the testing lifecycle and comfortable leading testing. Technically-minded analyst with a passion for data.
Actuarial Futures is seeking a Senior Data and Technical Analyst to support data automation within the Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business. The role entails maintaining data models, leading automation testing, and managing large datasets. Ideal candidates should understand defined benefit pensions calculations and have experience with complex spreadsheet implementations. This position represents an excellent opportunity to drive innovation within a leading insurance group in the United Kingdom.
08/07/2026
Full time
Actuarial Futures is seeking a Senior Data and Technical Analyst to support data automation within the Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business. The role entails maintaining data models, leading automation testing, and managing large datasets. Ideal candidates should understand defined benefit pensions calculations and have experience with complex spreadsheet implementations. This position represents an excellent opportunity to drive innovation within a leading insurance group in the United Kingdom.
Overview Primarily responsible for supporting and developing the BEAS Manufacturing module-covering Item Master Data, Bills of Materials, Routings, MRP, and Capacity Planning-and supporting associated functions such as Engineering, Production, Warehouse, Purchasing, and QC. The role mainly supports BEAS operations in India but also contributes to UK BEAS environment support to ensure consistent processes across all Peak locations. Additionally, the position provides secondary SAP Business One (SAP B1) support and helps maintain alignment between BEAS and the broader SAP B1 ecosystem. Duties and Responsibilities Application Support (SAP B1 / BEAS) Provide 2nd/3rd line support for SAP B1 and BEAS in line with SLAs. Troubleshoot and resolve system issues; escalate when necessary. Set up and configure user access and permissions. Monitor system performance and recommend improvements. Data & Reporting Create and maintain Crystal Reports, layouts, and SQL queries. Support SAP DTW and BEAS DIH templates and data import routines. Monitor and resolve data integration and replication issues. Change, Upgrades & Projects Manage incidents, service requests, and change requests via the service desk. Support SAP B1 and BEAS upgrades following established change control processes. Support UAT and regression testing for new features, fixes, and upgrades. Contribute to global SAP B1 migration activities. Automation & Workflow Assist with codeless BPA workflows and other automation tasks. Collaboration & Governance Collaborate with IT and business teams to enhance system usage. Align support activities with the SAP roadmap and enhancement pipeline. Document procedures and maintain an updated knowledge base. Experience 5+ years' experience supporting SAP Business One. 3+ years' experience supporting Boyum BEAS Manufacturing. Strong understanding of operational processes in production, warehouse, engineering, or manufacturing environments. Skills and Qualifications Technical Skills SQL SAP B1 Certification (or equivalent experience) BEAS Manufacturing Basic networking/infrastructure awareness Codeless BPA (Desirable) Crystal Reports (Desirable) Functional / Professional Skills Ability to resolve complex functional and configuration issues within agreed SLAs. Strong documentation skills, including maintaining knowledge bases and configuration records. Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines. Soft Skills Strong communication and problem solving skills. Ability to work independently and collaboratively. High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
01/07/2026
Full time
Overview Primarily responsible for supporting and developing the BEAS Manufacturing module-covering Item Master Data, Bills of Materials, Routings, MRP, and Capacity Planning-and supporting associated functions such as Engineering, Production, Warehouse, Purchasing, and QC. The role mainly supports BEAS operations in India but also contributes to UK BEAS environment support to ensure consistent processes across all Peak locations. Additionally, the position provides secondary SAP Business One (SAP B1) support and helps maintain alignment between BEAS and the broader SAP B1 ecosystem. Duties and Responsibilities Application Support (SAP B1 / BEAS) Provide 2nd/3rd line support for SAP B1 and BEAS in line with SLAs. Troubleshoot and resolve system issues; escalate when necessary. Set up and configure user access and permissions. Monitor system performance and recommend improvements. Data & Reporting Create and maintain Crystal Reports, layouts, and SQL queries. Support SAP DTW and BEAS DIH templates and data import routines. Monitor and resolve data integration and replication issues. Change, Upgrades & Projects Manage incidents, service requests, and change requests via the service desk. Support SAP B1 and BEAS upgrades following established change control processes. Support UAT and regression testing for new features, fixes, and upgrades. Contribute to global SAP B1 migration activities. Automation & Workflow Assist with codeless BPA workflows and other automation tasks. Collaboration & Governance Collaborate with IT and business teams to enhance system usage. Align support activities with the SAP roadmap and enhancement pipeline. Document procedures and maintain an updated knowledge base. Experience 5+ years' experience supporting SAP Business One. 3+ years' experience supporting Boyum BEAS Manufacturing. Strong understanding of operational processes in production, warehouse, engineering, or manufacturing environments. Skills and Qualifications Technical Skills SQL SAP B1 Certification (or equivalent experience) BEAS Manufacturing Basic networking/infrastructure awareness Codeless BPA (Desirable) Crystal Reports (Desirable) Functional / Professional Skills Ability to resolve complex functional and configuration issues within agreed SLAs. Strong documentation skills, including maintaining knowledge bases and configuration records. Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines. Soft Skills Strong communication and problem solving skills. Ability to work independently and collaboratively. High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
Job Title: Application Support Analyst - Customer Engagement Applications Reports to: Applications Manager Business Unit: Global IT Location: Jasola , Delhi, India Direct Reports: None Overview The role provides Level 1 and 2 support for Peak's Customer Engagement Applications including CRM (SAP Sales Cloud v2), Emarsys Marketing and Zendesk. It ensures smooth daily operation of pre sales, marketing, and service systems by triaging and resolving incidents, managing user access and configuration, supporting data quality, and maintaining reliable integrations between CRM, Emarsys, Zendesk, and SAP Business One. The role will also support codeless BPA workflows that automate CRM SAP Business One processes, including master data synchronisation (such as accounts, addresses and contacts) and transactional Quote to Order updates as well as marketing data integrations. Duties and Responsibilities CRM & Emarsys - Specific Deliver L1/L2 support across CRM, Emarsys and Zendesk, resolving issues with access, permissions, layouts, workflows and data synchronisation. Maintain user accounts, roles, teams, groups, signatures and permission sets. Handle standard configuration updates (fields, layouts, forms, ticket fields, marketing segments and user groups). Support queries relating to accounts, contacts, opportunities and activities. Maintain views, filters, lists, layouts and validation rules. Provide first line support for renewals and quote processes. Assist the BA team with UAT preparation for sales and renewals workflows. Support segmentation, contact lists/sync, email templates, automated journeys and campaign related issues. Maintain daily Emarsys operations including CRM contact sync and troubleshooting data ingestion. Assist in maintaining relational data tables, mappings and field definitions. Provide L1 support for deliverability, unsubscribes, subscription preferences, opt ins and GDPR related queries. Work closely with Marketing and IT to maintain data quality and consistency across CRM, Emarsys, Zendesk and SAP Business One. Work closely with Marketing and IT to ensure data integrity between CRM, Emarsys, Zendesk, and B1. Zendesk - Specific Support ticket routing, views, macros, triggers, automations, SLAs. Maintain ticket forms, help centre configuration, user profiles, agent roles. Assist CX teams with workflow issues and customer communication problems. Data & Reporting Support operational reporting across CRM, Zendesk, and Emarsys (lists, dashboards, performance KPIs). Assist with bulk data corrections via approved templates. Conduct data hygiene tasks for contact, account, lead, and subscription data. Automation & BPA Workflows (CRM B1 / Emarsys) Monitor codeless BPA workflows including: Investigate failed workflow runs, apply fixes if within L1/L2 remit, and elevate to L3 where required. Maintain workflow documentation and update configuration notes. Assist in improving reliability and performance of automation flows. Change, Upgrades & Projects Log and manage incidents, service requests, and change requests using the service desk system. Assist in CRM, Emarsys, and Zendesk release testing, including: Support rollout of new features, fields, and user facing enhancements. Collaboration & Governance Work closely with Sales, Inside Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, Data, and IT colleagues. Ensure all work aligns with CRM, Emarsys, and CX roadmaps and data governance standards. Maintain accurate and up to date documentation and knowledge base articles. Experience Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable experience in application support in at least 1 of SAP Sales Cloud, Emarsys Marketing or Zendesk . Exposure to SAP Business One and workflow automation tools (Codeless BPA, Zapier, Power Automate, etc.) advantageous. Skills and Qualifications Technical Skills Basic understanding of CRM structures (accounts, contacts, activities, opportunities). Understanding of marketing automation concepts (segments, campaign flows, email templates, suppression lists). Familiarity with Zendesk Support configuration. Basic SQL / data manipulation skills desirable. Understanding of codeless BPA workflows desirable. Functional / Professional Skills Strong attention to detail, process discipline, and clear documentation. Ability to analyse patterns, reproduce issues, identify root causes, and communicate findings effectively. Able to manage multiple priorities and work efficiently from a ticket queue. Soft Skills Customer focused, patient, and clear communicator. Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills. Proactive and eager to learn new systems. Able to work independently and elevate appropriately.
01/07/2026
Full time
Job Title: Application Support Analyst - Customer Engagement Applications Reports to: Applications Manager Business Unit: Global IT Location: Jasola , Delhi, India Direct Reports: None Overview The role provides Level 1 and 2 support for Peak's Customer Engagement Applications including CRM (SAP Sales Cloud v2), Emarsys Marketing and Zendesk. It ensures smooth daily operation of pre sales, marketing, and service systems by triaging and resolving incidents, managing user access and configuration, supporting data quality, and maintaining reliable integrations between CRM, Emarsys, Zendesk, and SAP Business One. The role will also support codeless BPA workflows that automate CRM SAP Business One processes, including master data synchronisation (such as accounts, addresses and contacts) and transactional Quote to Order updates as well as marketing data integrations. Duties and Responsibilities CRM & Emarsys - Specific Deliver L1/L2 support across CRM, Emarsys and Zendesk, resolving issues with access, permissions, layouts, workflows and data synchronisation. Maintain user accounts, roles, teams, groups, signatures and permission sets. Handle standard configuration updates (fields, layouts, forms, ticket fields, marketing segments and user groups). Support queries relating to accounts, contacts, opportunities and activities. Maintain views, filters, lists, layouts and validation rules. Provide first line support for renewals and quote processes. Assist the BA team with UAT preparation for sales and renewals workflows. Support segmentation, contact lists/sync, email templates, automated journeys and campaign related issues. Maintain daily Emarsys operations including CRM contact sync and troubleshooting data ingestion. Assist in maintaining relational data tables, mappings and field definitions. Provide L1 support for deliverability, unsubscribes, subscription preferences, opt ins and GDPR related queries. Work closely with Marketing and IT to maintain data quality and consistency across CRM, Emarsys, Zendesk and SAP Business One. Work closely with Marketing and IT to ensure data integrity between CRM, Emarsys, Zendesk, and B1. Zendesk - Specific Support ticket routing, views, macros, triggers, automations, SLAs. Maintain ticket forms, help centre configuration, user profiles, agent roles. Assist CX teams with workflow issues and customer communication problems. Data & Reporting Support operational reporting across CRM, Zendesk, and Emarsys (lists, dashboards, performance KPIs). Assist with bulk data corrections via approved templates. Conduct data hygiene tasks for contact, account, lead, and subscription data. Automation & BPA Workflows (CRM B1 / Emarsys) Monitor codeless BPA workflows including: Investigate failed workflow runs, apply fixes if within L1/L2 remit, and elevate to L3 where required. Maintain workflow documentation and update configuration notes. Assist in improving reliability and performance of automation flows. Change, Upgrades & Projects Log and manage incidents, service requests, and change requests using the service desk system. Assist in CRM, Emarsys, and Zendesk release testing, including: Support rollout of new features, fields, and user facing enhancements. Collaboration & Governance Work closely with Sales, Inside Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, Data, and IT colleagues. Ensure all work aligns with CRM, Emarsys, and CX roadmaps and data governance standards. Maintain accurate and up to date documentation and knowledge base articles. Experience Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable experience in application support in at least 1 of SAP Sales Cloud, Emarsys Marketing or Zendesk . Exposure to SAP Business One and workflow automation tools (Codeless BPA, Zapier, Power Automate, etc.) advantageous. Skills and Qualifications Technical Skills Basic understanding of CRM structures (accounts, contacts, activities, opportunities). Understanding of marketing automation concepts (segments, campaign flows, email templates, suppression lists). Familiarity with Zendesk Support configuration. Basic SQL / data manipulation skills desirable. Understanding of codeless BPA workflows desirable. Functional / Professional Skills Strong attention to detail, process discipline, and clear documentation. Ability to analyse patterns, reproduce issues, identify root causes, and communicate findings effectively. Able to manage multiple priorities and work efficiently from a ticket queue. Soft Skills Customer focused, patient, and clear communicator. Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills. Proactive and eager to learn new systems. Able to work independently and elevate appropriately.
We're looking for a Senior BPA Transition Manager to join our Data / Transitions & Onboarding team. If you're looking for a new challenge with an organisation committed to putting customers first, aiming high and working together, you'll thrive here. Job Type: Permanent Location: This role will be based in our London office with time spent working from home and from the office. We recognise the benefits of flexible working and will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. Flexible working: All roles are open to part time, job share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here. Salary and benefits: Up to £90k depending on experience plus bonus private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12 salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3 volunteering days and much more. Who are we? We're Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone's journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we've been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures. Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day. The role We're currently recruiting for a BPA Senior Transition Manager to join our Annuity Client Services Team. The role will effectively support the safe onboarding of new BPA transactions, while ensuring that existing BPA business is operated efficiently and in line with contractual obligations. You would be the main point of contact for our BPA Trustee clients and their advisors/administrators, owning and driving project plans forward. You'll also be required to take a hands on approach to managing the implementation journey for a varied portfolio of schemes all the way through to buy out. The ideal candidate will also have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage with and influence a variety of stakeholders across the business and externally. The role would fit somebody looking for a challenge and an opportunity to develop a team, themselves and their career. Key Responsibilities Own, drive and manage the implementation of a standard, client focussed transition journey for a varied portfolio of schemes, allowing them to incept in a controlled and efficient manner. Supporting Trustees and our outsourced partner through onboarding and onward to buy out. Support complex schemes where required, including creation of presentations for Trustees and attendance at meetings with clients to provide an overview of the proposition and services offered by the team. Provide ongoing real time support to Trustees, administrators and other third parties as required. Develop a thorough understanding of the benefits and data for each scheme within your portfolio, allowing you to act as the first point of contact for all external communication. Develop, own and drive a project plan with each Scheme to proactively manage them through the transition process and onward to buyout. Work closely with the Client Services data analysts and senior data analysts to ensure that all data cleanse activity is completed in line with agreed project plans. Proactively identify emerging issues, liaising with external administrators and Phoenix's outsourced administrator to rectify. Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, Phoenix's outsourced administrator, scheme administrators and Trustees, providing ongoing support throughout the transition journey. Produce detailed and accurate management information to support effective oversight. Support the preparation of contractual documents and individual pension policy documents at buy out. Ensure that all contractual obligations are completed on time, and to a high standard before the buy out occurs. Support the development of a team of Transition managers ensuring knowledge of the Standard Life proposition is maintained and passed through to the wider team. What are we looking for? Strong technical knowledge of Bulk Purchase Annuities and Defined Benefit pensions, including experience supporting schemes through transition to buy out Demonstrable experience in BPA transition activity, including new business pitches, interpreting pension benefit data/documentation, and contributing to transition delivery Proven ability to analyse risk and issues across the transition journey, providing clear, actionable recommendations aligned to project delivery plans Experience producing and presenting data driven insights to stakeholders, translating complex information into clear, engaging outputs to support decision making Track record of working in a project or change environment, collaborating with internal/external stakeholders and operating within outsourced administration models Strong stakeholder engagement exposure, including working with clients, trustees and third parties, alongside a proactive approach to development and continuous learning We want to hire the whole version of you. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best. Locations 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN, GB (Hybrid)
30/06/2026
Full time
We're looking for a Senior BPA Transition Manager to join our Data / Transitions & Onboarding team. If you're looking for a new challenge with an organisation committed to putting customers first, aiming high and working together, you'll thrive here. Job Type: Permanent Location: This role will be based in our London office with time spent working from home and from the office. We recognise the benefits of flexible working and will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. Flexible working: All roles are open to part time, job share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here. Salary and benefits: Up to £90k depending on experience plus bonus private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12 salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3 volunteering days and much more. Who are we? We're Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone's journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we've been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures. Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day. The role We're currently recruiting for a BPA Senior Transition Manager to join our Annuity Client Services Team. The role will effectively support the safe onboarding of new BPA transactions, while ensuring that existing BPA business is operated efficiently and in line with contractual obligations. You would be the main point of contact for our BPA Trustee clients and their advisors/administrators, owning and driving project plans forward. You'll also be required to take a hands on approach to managing the implementation journey for a varied portfolio of schemes all the way through to buy out. The ideal candidate will also have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage with and influence a variety of stakeholders across the business and externally. The role would fit somebody looking for a challenge and an opportunity to develop a team, themselves and their career. Key Responsibilities Own, drive and manage the implementation of a standard, client focussed transition journey for a varied portfolio of schemes, allowing them to incept in a controlled and efficient manner. Supporting Trustees and our outsourced partner through onboarding and onward to buy out. Support complex schemes where required, including creation of presentations for Trustees and attendance at meetings with clients to provide an overview of the proposition and services offered by the team. Provide ongoing real time support to Trustees, administrators and other third parties as required. Develop a thorough understanding of the benefits and data for each scheme within your portfolio, allowing you to act as the first point of contact for all external communication. Develop, own and drive a project plan with each Scheme to proactively manage them through the transition process and onward to buyout. Work closely with the Client Services data analysts and senior data analysts to ensure that all data cleanse activity is completed in line with agreed project plans. Proactively identify emerging issues, liaising with external administrators and Phoenix's outsourced administrator to rectify. Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, Phoenix's outsourced administrator, scheme administrators and Trustees, providing ongoing support throughout the transition journey. Produce detailed and accurate management information to support effective oversight. Support the preparation of contractual documents and individual pension policy documents at buy out. Ensure that all contractual obligations are completed on time, and to a high standard before the buy out occurs. Support the development of a team of Transition managers ensuring knowledge of the Standard Life proposition is maintained and passed through to the wider team. What are we looking for? Strong technical knowledge of Bulk Purchase Annuities and Defined Benefit pensions, including experience supporting schemes through transition to buy out Demonstrable experience in BPA transition activity, including new business pitches, interpreting pension benefit data/documentation, and contributing to transition delivery Proven ability to analyse risk and issues across the transition journey, providing clear, actionable recommendations aligned to project delivery plans Experience producing and presenting data driven insights to stakeholders, translating complex information into clear, engaging outputs to support decision making Track record of working in a project or change environment, collaborating with internal/external stakeholders and operating within outsourced administration models Strong stakeholder engagement exposure, including working with clients, trustees and third parties, alongside a proactive approach to development and continuous learning We want to hire the whole version of you. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best. Locations 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN, GB (Hybrid)
JOB TITLE: DevOps & Software Engineer - DV Cleared Rate: 550- 600/day (Outside IR35) Location: Onsite Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory) Flexible Work Option: Condensed working week (e.g., 3 long days, paid for 5) Job Summary We are seeking a technically skilled DevOps & Software Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development lifecycle and DevOps toolchain. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and system monitoring frameworks to support the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software. This role demands a strong grasp of modern DevOps practices, cloud and container technologies, automation tooling, and software engineering principles. You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to drive a culture of DevSecOps and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tooling. Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure. Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions. Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance. Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling. Apply DevSecOps principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery. Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution. Contribute to the development and documentation of internal DevOps standards and best practices. Mentor junior engineers and foster a DevOps-first mindset within delivery teams. DevOps & Tooling Proficiency (Preferred) Category Tools & Technologies CI/CD GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps Pipelines Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi Cloud Platforms AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (OpenStack) Containerization Docker, Podman Orchestration Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, OpenShift Version Control Git, GitLab, Bitbucket Monitoring & Logging Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog Security & Compliance HashiCorp Vault, Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks Configuration Mgmt. Ansible, Puppet, Chef Build Tools Maven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack Testing Tools Selenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress Other Nexus/Artifactory (artifact repositories), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, Linux system admin
02/10/2025
Contractor
JOB TITLE: DevOps & Software Engineer - DV Cleared Rate: 550- 600/day (Outside IR35) Location: Onsite Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory) Flexible Work Option: Condensed working week (e.g., 3 long days, paid for 5) Job Summary We are seeking a technically skilled DevOps & Software Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development lifecycle and DevOps toolchain. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and system monitoring frameworks to support the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software. This role demands a strong grasp of modern DevOps practices, cloud and container technologies, automation tooling, and software engineering principles. You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to drive a culture of DevSecOps and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tooling. Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure. Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions. Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance. Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling. Apply DevSecOps principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery. Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution. Contribute to the development and documentation of internal DevOps standards and best practices. Mentor junior engineers and foster a DevOps-first mindset within delivery teams. DevOps & Tooling Proficiency (Preferred) Category Tools & Technologies CI/CD GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps Pipelines Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi Cloud Platforms AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (OpenStack) Containerization Docker, Podman Orchestration Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, OpenShift Version Control Git, GitLab, Bitbucket Monitoring & Logging Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog Security & Compliance HashiCorp Vault, Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks Configuration Mgmt. Ansible, Puppet, Chef Build Tools Maven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack Testing Tools Selenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress Other Nexus/Artifactory (artifact repositories), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, Linux system admin
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.
