Network Architect Must have an Active DV Clearance A new opportunity has arisen for a Network Architect to join a secure Defence and National Security programme. You will design and deliver medium to large scale network solutions while supporting multiple work streams and engaging with technical and project stakeholders across a high profile environment. About the Role - Network Architect As a Network Architect , you will work closely with Programme and Project Managers to produce high quality network designs across programme, live service, and change activities. You will contribute to HLD and LLD documentation for key technologies including Cisco FMC, SSM, FTD, Gigamon HC1 and GigaVUE FM, Juniper LAN and WAN, Endace, NTP, data centre firewalls, and LAN services. The role involves supporting engineering teams, ensuring solutions meet requirements, pass governance, and align with architectural direction. You will provide design input for customer reporting and collaborate with senior technical leadership to maintain architectural consistency. What We're Looking For - Network Architect Strong experience designing secure enterprise networks using Cisco , Juniper , and Gigamon technologies. Knowledge of routing protocols , VRFs, VPNs, QoS, security zones, high availability, and IP addressing design. Skilled in troubleshooting and resolving defects across multi vendor technologies. Experience of overseas infrastructure delivery is essential. Understanding of requirements management and lifecycle processes. Excellent communication skills with the ability to share knowledge, take ownership, and support delivery teams. Shape the delivery of secure and resilient networks as a Network Architect . To apply, please send your CV by pressing the apply button.
31/03/2026
Contractor
Network Architect Must have an Active DV Clearance A new opportunity has arisen for a Network Architect to join a secure Defence and National Security programme. You will design and deliver medium to large scale network solutions while supporting multiple work streams and engaging with technical and project stakeholders across a high profile environment. About the Role - Network Architect As a Network Architect , you will work closely with Programme and Project Managers to produce high quality network designs across programme, live service, and change activities. You will contribute to HLD and LLD documentation for key technologies including Cisco FMC, SSM, FTD, Gigamon HC1 and GigaVUE FM, Juniper LAN and WAN, Endace, NTP, data centre firewalls, and LAN services. The role involves supporting engineering teams, ensuring solutions meet requirements, pass governance, and align with architectural direction. You will provide design input for customer reporting and collaborate with senior technical leadership to maintain architectural consistency. What We're Looking For - Network Architect Strong experience designing secure enterprise networks using Cisco , Juniper , and Gigamon technologies. Knowledge of routing protocols , VRFs, VPNs, QoS, security zones, high availability, and IP addressing design. Skilled in troubleshooting and resolving defects across multi vendor technologies. Experience of overseas infrastructure delivery is essential. Understanding of requirements management and lifecycle processes. Excellent communication skills with the ability to share knowledge, take ownership, and support delivery teams. Shape the delivery of secure and resilient networks as a Network Architect . To apply, please send your CV by pressing the apply button.
Our client, a prominent entity within the Defence and Security sector, is seeking a Senior Network Engineer - DV Cleared to join their team on a contract basis. This role requires working primarily at RAF Wyton with travel to RAF Waddington, RAF Digby, and Hereford. Key Responsibilities: Providing design expertise for future network upgrades, including design documents such as SDR, HLDs, LLDs, and test documentation. Building and configuring network hardware to deliver the design. Offering expertise in managing obsolescence of current networks, proposing replacement networking hardware, and identifying risks associated with shutting down and setting up new network instantiations. Troubleshooting network issues to ensure seamless operations. Acting as a network manager for the current network infrastructure. Job Requirements: Current MOD DV clearance with willingness to go through STRAP. Significant experience in IT networking within the Defence or Security sectors. Expertise in CISCO and Dell network infrastructure. Understanding of CISCO Smart Account Management is desirable. Experience in writing and maintaining design documents, including SDR, HLDs, and LLDs. Strong problem-solving abilities with a focus on network issues. Willingness and ability to travel to various RAF locations as required. If you are a seasoned network professional looking to bring your expertise to a critical project in the Defence and Security sector, we encourage you to apply now to join our client's dynamic team.
31/03/2026
Contractor
Our client, a prominent entity within the Defence and Security sector, is seeking a Senior Network Engineer - DV Cleared to join their team on a contract basis. This role requires working primarily at RAF Wyton with travel to RAF Waddington, RAF Digby, and Hereford. Key Responsibilities: Providing design expertise for future network upgrades, including design documents such as SDR, HLDs, LLDs, and test documentation. Building and configuring network hardware to deliver the design. Offering expertise in managing obsolescence of current networks, proposing replacement networking hardware, and identifying risks associated with shutting down and setting up new network instantiations. Troubleshooting network issues to ensure seamless operations. Acting as a network manager for the current network infrastructure. Job Requirements: Current MOD DV clearance with willingness to go through STRAP. Significant experience in IT networking within the Defence or Security sectors. Expertise in CISCO and Dell network infrastructure. Understanding of CISCO Smart Account Management is desirable. Experience in writing and maintaining design documents, including SDR, HLDs, and LLDs. Strong problem-solving abilities with a focus on network issues. Willingness and ability to travel to various RAF locations as required. If you are a seasoned network professional looking to bring your expertise to a critical project in the Defence and Security sector, we encourage you to apply now to join our client's dynamic team.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer with deep expertise in network appliances to join our client's growing infrastructure and DevOps team for a 12 months contract working 60% on-site in either Leeds, Manchester, or Birmingham. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, migrating and maintaining secure, scalable, and high-performance infrastructure, with a particular focus on network and cloud environments. This role requires advanced hands-on experience with F5, Palo Alto, CheckPoint Firewalls, Zscalar and AWS, alongside fluency in modern DevOps tools and practices. Key Responsibilities Design, implementation, and administration of F5 appliances in AWS. Converge multiple solutions of network patterns and create a self service, single pattern for the service. Configure and manage network security appliances, particularly Palo Alto and CheckPoint Firewalls in enterprise environments. Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI. Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC/CaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize systems, networks, and application performance across hybrid environments. Collaborate with security, development, and operations teams to enforce DevSecOps best practices. Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes. Maintain and document configurations, processes, and network topologies. Required Qualifications Extensive hands-on experience with F5 load balancers expertise. Strong experience with Firewall platforms: Palo Alto Networks and CheckPoint. Strong experience in Zscalar is preferable Solid understanding of networking protocols and concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS, routing, etc.). Proficient with AWS services including EC2, ELB, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, S3,VPC Lattice, Transit Gateway, VPN and more. Practical knowledge of DevOps tools: Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform. Strong Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or equivalent). Experience in managing production systems, preferably in regulated or high-availability environ-ments. Experience in mentoring junior members of the team If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
28/08/2025
Contractor
We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer with deep expertise in network appliances to join our client's growing infrastructure and DevOps team for a 12 months contract working 60% on-site in either Leeds, Manchester, or Birmingham. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, migrating and maintaining secure, scalable, and high-performance infrastructure, with a particular focus on network and cloud environments. This role requires advanced hands-on experience with F5, Palo Alto, CheckPoint Firewalls, Zscalar and AWS, alongside fluency in modern DevOps tools and practices. Key Responsibilities Design, implementation, and administration of F5 appliances in AWS. Converge multiple solutions of network patterns and create a self service, single pattern for the service. Configure and manage network security appliances, particularly Palo Alto and CheckPoint Firewalls in enterprise environments. Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI. Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC/CaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize systems, networks, and application performance across hybrid environments. Collaborate with security, development, and operations teams to enforce DevSecOps best practices. Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes. Maintain and document configurations, processes, and network topologies. Required Qualifications Extensive hands-on experience with F5 load balancers expertise. Strong experience with Firewall platforms: Palo Alto Networks and CheckPoint. Strong experience in Zscalar is preferable Solid understanding of networking protocols and concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS, routing, etc.). Proficient with AWS services including EC2, ELB, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, S3,VPC Lattice, Transit Gateway, VPN and more. Practical knowledge of DevOps tools: Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform. Strong Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or equivalent). Experience in managing production systems, preferably in regulated or high-availability environ-ments. Experience in mentoring junior members of the team If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
You'll be joining the 6th largest IT Service Provider, present in more than 50 countries. From our roots in Japan, NTT DATA's mission is to facilitate business change and technology transformation across many industries for a better future for our business, people and community. Some of the projects we have supported include the digitising of The Open golf tournament and applying Formula 1 technology to support medical staff at University Hospitals Leicester. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values of 'Clients First', 'Teamwork' and 'Foresight' and we achieve these by putting people first. We support and celebrate our differences and preferences, these are what makes us unique. Some of our initiatives, collectively known as "DO Diversity", aim to create a space for us to learn and get involved in building a truly diverse environment. Our Culture & Ethnicity Network gives our colleagues a platform to share their various backgrounds; Our NINGEN programme allows the new generation of NTT DATA employees around the world to connect and shape the future of our organisation and the "City Gives Back" allows us to support our local community that has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic...and much more! NTT DATA UK is looking for a Lead Engineer/Application Architect to join our growing practise specifically focussed on the Law Enforcement/Security services domain. The role requires a hands-on technical leader with excellent customer facing skills and ability to influence business, architecture and technical stakeholders to manage and deliver successful solutions. You will be providing technical leadership and ownership of projects, guiding the client in shaping their ideas by applying your technical knowledge and experience primarily in cloud native technologies and agile delivery. You will coordinate and lead teams of Application and DevOps Engineers and continually drive forward quality, standards, tooling and development practices. You will be primarily responsible for: Being a hands-on contributor as well as providing technical leadership and support to the team(s) in order to manage and deliver successful solutions. Collaborating with other technology teams and technology governance functions to resolve dependencies e.g. interfaces, infrastructure, security. Designing and delivering complex full stack digital products encompassing a rich variety of technologies and using a mixture of agile and planned methods. Being a trusted technical advisor to customers and solving complex technical challenges, and establishing credibility and deep relationships with senior technical and business individuals within the customers' organisation, navigating both complex organisation / programme structures. Documenting and demonstrating solutions by writing documentation, creating and leading customer presentations, creating and maintaining solution / data models / interface specifications, reviewing low level designs and help solve technical challenges. Ensuring the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure within a complex existing client landscape (with pre-defined services and constraints). Owning delivery methodology, development practice, quality assurance process, etc. within the team(s) you are responsible for. Ensuring solution security compliance and supporting penetration testing assurance exercises in a high risk / trust landscape. In order to be successful in this role, you will have proven experience in and a solid understanding of most of the following: Experience with delivering integration micro-service patterns in multiple technologies but at least Java Spring Boot in a containerised environment on AWS Experience of working with SQL and NoSQL Cloud DBs and search services such as Elastic / Open Search Experience working with streaming data (e.g. Apache Kafka) and AWS native messaging/streaming features Strong knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle and experience in incremental delivery of software products. Systems design experience in a high risk / assurance environment, with the ability to architect or explain complex systems interactions including data flows, common interfaces, APIs and other methods, along with broad architecture skills, covering application, infrastructure, data and integration. Experience in leading software delivery lifecycles (both agile and more traditional forms), including: DevOps platforms CI / CD services and approaches Automated testing Experience with DevOps tooling and application hosting services such as: Jenkins, Drone, AWS CodeCommit / Pipeline / Deploy Atlassian stack, Azure DevOpsDocker / Kubernetes / Function as a Service deployments Leading design, delivery and test best practise, covering: Test strategies (contract led, automation, etc) Security assurance (ITHC, penetration testing) ITIL Service Management integration Cyber security and insider threat auditing Strong appreciation of front end delivery concerns including what well architected front end solutions look like (SPA, mobile and traditional MVC) preferably with knowledge of a FE framework such as React You will be comfortable working with and influencing varied seniority levels both internally and with clients; and training and educating at all levels. Education and Experience SC Cleared or Residency in the UK for the past 5 years (ideally British Passport Holder) Senior Developer experience Technical leadership experience Knowledge of Law Enforcement domain or security services A significant number of large scale, whole lifecycle, project experience Proven and successful leadership and delivery Our team believes in hard work. We celebrate each other's success and are always honest with each other to ensure we grow together. We aim to build a strong professional community where each individual can mentor others and be mentored, and can grow professionally through training and support to reach their career goals. Our focus on clients, teamwork and foresight forms our DNA and we are looking for someone who shares and embodies these core values, leading by example. To support your hard work and dedication, we will offer you the following: 25 days of holidays, with the possibility to buy or sell 5 days within your first month A MacBook or laptop The opportunity, as we grow, to experiment within new industries and technologies in both Private and Public Sectors, including Insurance, Automotive, Financial, Government and more. An online training platform with 3000+ courses, accessible from everywhere, to sharpen your skills Support for training and upskilling Industry leading employer pension contributions ...And much more!
23/09/2022
Full time
You'll be joining the 6th largest IT Service Provider, present in more than 50 countries. From our roots in Japan, NTT DATA's mission is to facilitate business change and technology transformation across many industries for a better future for our business, people and community. Some of the projects we have supported include the digitising of The Open golf tournament and applying Formula 1 technology to support medical staff at University Hospitals Leicester. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values of 'Clients First', 'Teamwork' and 'Foresight' and we achieve these by putting people first. We support and celebrate our differences and preferences, these are what makes us unique. Some of our initiatives, collectively known as "DO Diversity", aim to create a space for us to learn and get involved in building a truly diverse environment. Our Culture & Ethnicity Network gives our colleagues a platform to share their various backgrounds; Our NINGEN programme allows the new generation of NTT DATA employees around the world to connect and shape the future of our organisation and the "City Gives Back" allows us to support our local community that has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic...and much more! NTT DATA UK is looking for a Lead Engineer/Application Architect to join our growing practise specifically focussed on the Law Enforcement/Security services domain. The role requires a hands-on technical leader with excellent customer facing skills and ability to influence business, architecture and technical stakeholders to manage and deliver successful solutions. You will be providing technical leadership and ownership of projects, guiding the client in shaping their ideas by applying your technical knowledge and experience primarily in cloud native technologies and agile delivery. You will coordinate and lead teams of Application and DevOps Engineers and continually drive forward quality, standards, tooling and development practices. You will be primarily responsible for: Being a hands-on contributor as well as providing technical leadership and support to the team(s) in order to manage and deliver successful solutions. Collaborating with other technology teams and technology governance functions to resolve dependencies e.g. interfaces, infrastructure, security. Designing and delivering complex full stack digital products encompassing a rich variety of technologies and using a mixture of agile and planned methods. Being a trusted technical advisor to customers and solving complex technical challenges, and establishing credibility and deep relationships with senior technical and business individuals within the customers' organisation, navigating both complex organisation / programme structures. Documenting and demonstrating solutions by writing documentation, creating and leading customer presentations, creating and maintaining solution / data models / interface specifications, reviewing low level designs and help solve technical challenges. Ensuring the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure within a complex existing client landscape (with pre-defined services and constraints). Owning delivery methodology, development practice, quality assurance process, etc. within the team(s) you are responsible for. Ensuring solution security compliance and supporting penetration testing assurance exercises in a high risk / trust landscape. In order to be successful in this role, you will have proven experience in and a solid understanding of most of the following: Experience with delivering integration micro-service patterns in multiple technologies but at least Java Spring Boot in a containerised environment on AWS Experience of working with SQL and NoSQL Cloud DBs and search services such as Elastic / Open Search Experience working with streaming data (e.g. Apache Kafka) and AWS native messaging/streaming features Strong knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle and experience in incremental delivery of software products. Systems design experience in a high risk / assurance environment, with the ability to architect or explain complex systems interactions including data flows, common interfaces, APIs and other methods, along with broad architecture skills, covering application, infrastructure, data and integration. Experience in leading software delivery lifecycles (both agile and more traditional forms), including: DevOps platforms CI / CD services and approaches Automated testing Experience with DevOps tooling and application hosting services such as: Jenkins, Drone, AWS CodeCommit / Pipeline / Deploy Atlassian stack, Azure DevOpsDocker / Kubernetes / Function as a Service deployments Leading design, delivery and test best practise, covering: Test strategies (contract led, automation, etc) Security assurance (ITHC, penetration testing) ITIL Service Management integration Cyber security and insider threat auditing Strong appreciation of front end delivery concerns including what well architected front end solutions look like (SPA, mobile and traditional MVC) preferably with knowledge of a FE framework such as React You will be comfortable working with and influencing varied seniority levels both internally and with clients; and training and educating at all levels. Education and Experience SC Cleared or Residency in the UK for the past 5 years (ideally British Passport Holder) Senior Developer experience Technical leadership experience Knowledge of Law Enforcement domain or security services A significant number of large scale, whole lifecycle, project experience Proven and successful leadership and delivery Our team believes in hard work. We celebrate each other's success and are always honest with each other to ensure we grow together. We aim to build a strong professional community where each individual can mentor others and be mentored, and can grow professionally through training and support to reach their career goals. Our focus on clients, teamwork and foresight forms our DNA and we are looking for someone who shares and embodies these core values, leading by example. To support your hard work and dedication, we will offer you the following: 25 days of holidays, with the possibility to buy or sell 5 days within your first month A MacBook or laptop The opportunity, as we grow, to experiment within new industries and technologies in both Private and Public Sectors, including Insurance, Automotive, Financial, Government and more. An online training platform with 3000+ courses, accessible from everywhere, to sharpen your skills Support for training and upskilling Industry leading employer pension contributions ...And much more!
Are you an experienced infrastructure engineer looking for a "hands on" role? This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly formed team of engineers, working within our Aerospace, Defence and Security sector (ADS) As our new Infrastructure Engineer, you will be the main point of contact (PoC) for all hardware and datacentre related matters. Responsible for the design and deployment of all hardware for a green field enterprise system, including the creation of design artefacts for datacentre, remote site hardware dispositions, rack layouts and network & power cabling schema. Ideally be skilled in the design, sizing, configuration and connecting of Network Attached Storage (NAS) arrays, including knowledge and experience of RAID standards, block and files storage, storage resilience and multi-site storage replication. This is a "hands-on" position requiring solid technical, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills. What you will be doing: Design a multi-site platform based upon commodity off the shelf (COTS) server, storage and networking hardware hosting Window Server and Client Operating Systems, VMware / vSphere Hypervisors and CISCO switch / router operating systems. Produce and maintain design artefacts, such as but not limited to Low-Level Designs, Release Notes, Platform Services related fail-over / disaster recovery instructions Documenting new procedures and review/update as required thought the delivery Assist in the management of Platform Services deployments through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to test and reference, through to the mission-critical production systems Provide input into the Event and Protective monitoring processes as relates to the hardware lights-out / remote consoles network connectivity Develop and maintain Client and third party supplier relationships as will be required to ensure the smooth delivery within the areas of responsibility Provide regular updates to the Technical and project leadership regarding all aspects of the Platform Services hardware delivery. What you will bring: Vocational/Diploma/Associate Degree (technical field) or relevant certification or relevant experience with a deploying enterprise hardware into datacentre-type environments Skilled in the deployment of enterprise hardware installations and the management of cabling and patching matrices Familiarity with deploying Microsoft Windows-based Servers and VMware ESXi hypervisors Strong understanding of deploying resilient hardware solutions Hands-on experience of deploying and managing Network Attached Storage arrays Experienced in the use of Microsoft Event Management software such as System Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) and / or SolarWinds Have a good understanding of 'Secure by Design' principles and practices Experience working in Multi-Datacentre Environments where availability, resilience and fault tolerance are key elements of every design A good understanding of networking as relates to Window Servers and Clients and VMware virtual networking Conversant with modern cabling safety standards such as low-smoke, zero halogen (LSZH) Conversant with different cable and presentation types, such as but not limited to optical fibre presentation (LC, SC), short-wave or long-wave, copper (RJ45) CAT6a - CAT7, Shielded and non-shielded and bandwidth compatibility UK Passport holder Active SC Security Clearance Would be great if you had: Experience in the use and implementation of BMC products, such as Truesight (Event Management) and Atrium (CMDB) Experience of deploying Window Server operating systems in virtual environments Experience with calculation datacentre requirements, such as peak circuit sizing, cooling Familiarity with the MoD and their design guidance and policies to align delivery with MoD Joint Service Publications (JSP) 440 including MoD Site coordinating Installation Design Authority (SCIDA) rules and regulations Expertise in storage array deployment, configuration, management including scaling, replication, fault tolerance and resilience Employment type: Full-time, permanent Location: Hemel Hempstead - Office based Security Clearance Level : You must be currently SC Cleared willing to undergo DV MOD Clearance Internal Recruiter: Carolyne Salary: £54K Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund which is 3% of base salary If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about Sector/Company Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK's Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
21/09/2022
Full time
Are you an experienced infrastructure engineer looking for a "hands on" role? This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly formed team of engineers, working within our Aerospace, Defence and Security sector (ADS) As our new Infrastructure Engineer, you will be the main point of contact (PoC) for all hardware and datacentre related matters. Responsible for the design and deployment of all hardware for a green field enterprise system, including the creation of design artefacts for datacentre, remote site hardware dispositions, rack layouts and network & power cabling schema. Ideally be skilled in the design, sizing, configuration and connecting of Network Attached Storage (NAS) arrays, including knowledge and experience of RAID standards, block and files storage, storage resilience and multi-site storage replication. This is a "hands-on" position requiring solid technical, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills. What you will be doing: Design a multi-site platform based upon commodity off the shelf (COTS) server, storage and networking hardware hosting Window Server and Client Operating Systems, VMware / vSphere Hypervisors and CISCO switch / router operating systems. Produce and maintain design artefacts, such as but not limited to Low-Level Designs, Release Notes, Platform Services related fail-over / disaster recovery instructions Documenting new procedures and review/update as required thought the delivery Assist in the management of Platform Services deployments through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to test and reference, through to the mission-critical production systems Provide input into the Event and Protective monitoring processes as relates to the hardware lights-out / remote consoles network connectivity Develop and maintain Client and third party supplier relationships as will be required to ensure the smooth delivery within the areas of responsibility Provide regular updates to the Technical and project leadership regarding all aspects of the Platform Services hardware delivery. What you will bring: Vocational/Diploma/Associate Degree (technical field) or relevant certification or relevant experience with a deploying enterprise hardware into datacentre-type environments Skilled in the deployment of enterprise hardware installations and the management of cabling and patching matrices Familiarity with deploying Microsoft Windows-based Servers and VMware ESXi hypervisors Strong understanding of deploying resilient hardware solutions Hands-on experience of deploying and managing Network Attached Storage arrays Experienced in the use of Microsoft Event Management software such as System Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) and / or SolarWinds Have a good understanding of 'Secure by Design' principles and practices Experience working in Multi-Datacentre Environments where availability, resilience and fault tolerance are key elements of every design A good understanding of networking as relates to Window Servers and Clients and VMware virtual networking Conversant with modern cabling safety standards such as low-smoke, zero halogen (LSZH) Conversant with different cable and presentation types, such as but not limited to optical fibre presentation (LC, SC), short-wave or long-wave, copper (RJ45) CAT6a - CAT7, Shielded and non-shielded and bandwidth compatibility UK Passport holder Active SC Security Clearance Would be great if you had: Experience in the use and implementation of BMC products, such as Truesight (Event Management) and Atrium (CMDB) Experience of deploying Window Server operating systems in virtual environments Experience with calculation datacentre requirements, such as peak circuit sizing, cooling Familiarity with the MoD and their design guidance and policies to align delivery with MoD Joint Service Publications (JSP) 440 including MoD Site coordinating Installation Design Authority (SCIDA) rules and regulations Expertise in storage array deployment, configuration, management including scaling, replication, fault tolerance and resilience Employment type: Full-time, permanent Location: Hemel Hempstead - Office based Security Clearance Level : You must be currently SC Cleared willing to undergo DV MOD Clearance Internal Recruiter: Carolyne Salary: £54K Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund which is 3% of base salary If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about Sector/Company Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK's Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
DevOps Senior Software Engineer We are looking for a Senior DevOps Software Engineer to join our client ASAP until the 30/04/2022 with possible extension. Ideally, we are looking for SC Cleared candidates with an active clearance OR candidates who are SC Clearable. ie Lived in the UK for a minimum of 5 years and has not left for longer than 6 months at a time. The right candidate must have Agile and experience of Azure. Your future duties and responsibilities include: You will be technically minded and be able to understand the technical constraints and complexities of delivering modern software - it is critical that you have a problem solving mentality and also be able to think outside the box. You will be able to converse with and understand all areas and skills within cross-functional teams and be able to add to the technical solution or design of a particular project where there is value to be unlocked. You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to also work with business stakeholders both internally and externally. As part of your role you may be also involved in Bid and Pre-Sales activities as part of CGI's business generation initiatives where experience of scoping and high level estimation activities would be advantageous. You will have worked with clients who may not have experienced or appreciate Agile delivery methods, and you will be able to evangelise and champion lean delivery and the benefits that it provides. In addition, you will have worked with more classical delivery methods and have demonstrable ways of overcoming the conflicts with Agile delivery. Required qualifications to be successful in this role . AWS/Azure cloud accreditation . Security based approach . Automation Scripting ie Ansible/Bash . Containerisation and orchestration management ie Docker and Kubernetes . Linux . High competency in DB management . Build automation ie Jenkins, GitCI, Concourse . Networking, routing and Firewall management . SC Clearable This will be a fully remote working position with some occassional travel when necessary to meet the business needs. DevOps Senior Software Engineer Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
05/11/2021
Contractor
DevOps Senior Software Engineer We are looking for a Senior DevOps Software Engineer to join our client ASAP until the 30/04/2022 with possible extension. Ideally, we are looking for SC Cleared candidates with an active clearance OR candidates who are SC Clearable. ie Lived in the UK for a minimum of 5 years and has not left for longer than 6 months at a time. The right candidate must have Agile and experience of Azure. Your future duties and responsibilities include: You will be technically minded and be able to understand the technical constraints and complexities of delivering modern software - it is critical that you have a problem solving mentality and also be able to think outside the box. You will be able to converse with and understand all areas and skills within cross-functional teams and be able to add to the technical solution or design of a particular project where there is value to be unlocked. You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to also work with business stakeholders both internally and externally. As part of your role you may be also involved in Bid and Pre-Sales activities as part of CGI's business generation initiatives where experience of scoping and high level estimation activities would be advantageous. You will have worked with clients who may not have experienced or appreciate Agile delivery methods, and you will be able to evangelise and champion lean delivery and the benefits that it provides. In addition, you will have worked with more classical delivery methods and have demonstrable ways of overcoming the conflicts with Agile delivery. Required qualifications to be successful in this role . AWS/Azure cloud accreditation . Security based approach . Automation Scripting ie Ansible/Bash . Containerisation and orchestration management ie Docker and Kubernetes . Linux . High competency in DB management . Build automation ie Jenkins, GitCI, Concourse . Networking, routing and Firewall management . SC Clearable This will be a fully remote working position with some occassional travel when necessary to meet the business needs. DevOps Senior Software Engineer Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
