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Integration Engineer
Stackstudio Digital Ltd.
Warwick
In office
Mid - Senior
£350/day - £400/day
RECENTLY POSTED

Role/Job Title: Integration Engineer
Work Location: UK, Gaydon
Mode of Working: Office based (5 days a week)

The RoleAutomotive EV Propulsion Integration through PiL/ViL Testing, Verification & Validation, DOE’s and Execution, Vehicle DV Planning & Execution, Rig data analysis, 8D Problem Solving, Strong engineering first principles.

  • Design validation, development, integration, and testing of electric propulsion systems, including high-voltage (HV) power systems, electric drive units (EDUs) and Battery
  • Design validation through PiL (Powertrain in the Loop) and ViL (Vehicle in the Loop) testing, ensuring the system meets performance and regulatory requirements
  • System architecture, software development, calibration, and integration, contributing to the overall EV driving experience

Your Responsibilities

  • Developing and executing PiL/ViL test plans
  • Analyzing test results and identifying areas for improvement
  • Collaborating with other engineers and stakeholders to resolve technical issues
  • Participating in design reviews and providing feedback
  • Contributing to the development of new EV technologies
  • Working with software engineers to develop and calibrate control systems
  • Ensuring the system meets regulatory and safety requirements

Your ProfileEssential Skills / Knowledge / Experience

  • Good experience in BEV propulsion system, knowledge of HV systems
  • Proven experience with PiL/ViL testing and validation
  • Test planning and understanding of test standards
  • Test data analysis from rigs and compliance to test standards
  • Ensure safety functionality
  • Understand VSC & calibration knowledge / sensor control

Desirable Skills / Knowledge / Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or automotive engineering
  • Exposure to AVL / Horiba test rigs
  • Problem solving / 8D
  • Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence
Technical Trainer - Oracle Primavera
Gazelle Global Consulting Ltd
West Midlands
Remote or hybrid
Mid - Senior
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Oracle Unifier / Primavera SME Business Change & Adoption

We are seeking asenior Oracle Unifier SMEto support the enterprise transition from ASITE toOracle Primavera Unifier (NEC4 Contract Event Management). This role sits within the Business Change workstream and is accountable for ensuring Unifier is understood, embedded, and used correctly across complex NEC4 processes.

This is not a pure training role. It is asubject matter expert position, focused on Unifier capability, process alignment, stakeholder guidance, and readiness for go-live, with targeted training oversight where required.

Role Focus

You will act as theUnifier NEC4 authority, working across project, commercial, and delivery teams to ensure system design, workflows, and ways of working are clearly understood and adopted. You will guide how Unifier supports NEC4 processes end to end, ensuring confidence, compliance, and consistent use post-go-live.

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as SME forOracle Primavera Unifier NEC4 CEM, including Early Warnings, Compensation Events, Instructions, Programmes, Payments, Certificates, and Closeout.
  • Support business readiness for the transition from ASITE to Unifier, aligned to Business Change milestones and cutover plans.
  • Translate NEC4 business processes into clear system usage models and operating practices.
  • Advise project, commercial, and delivery teams on correct use of Unifier workflows and permissions.
  • Provide governance and assurance over Unifier-related materials, guidance, and user communications.
  • Support Super User networks and act as escalation point for process or system queries.
  • Monitor adoption, usage issues, and behavioural risks post-go-live, recommending corrective actions.
  • Input into reinforcement activity where gaps in understanding or compliance are identified.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Strong hands-on experience withOracle Primavera Unifier(NEC4 or contract/event management use cases).
  • Background inproject controls, commercial management, or enterprise system delivery.
  • Deep understanding ofNEC4 contract processesand their application in large programmes.
  • Experience operating as asubject matter expertwithin major business or digital transformation programmes.
  • Ability to work across complex stakeholder groups including project teams, commercial functions, contractors, and consultants.
  • Experience in asset-heavy environments such asutilities, infrastructure, or construction.
  • Knowledge ofOracle Primavera Cloud or P6is advantageous.
  • Strong communication skills with the credibility to guide senior users and delivery teams.
Cockpit Systems Lead Engineer
Gazelle Global Consulting Ltd
West Midlands
In office
Senior
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Contract | Coventry | Leading OEM via Major Consultancy

The role

You will own the end to end development of cockpit plastic trims from concept through to launch. This is a lead position with real accountability across technical delivery, supplier performance, validation and VAVE. You are the point of truth between design intent and production reality.

What you will be doing

Leading design and development of cockpit plastic trims from concept to SOP

Creating and maintaining CAD models and engineering drawings

Applying DFMEA, DFM and DFA to deliver robust, manufacturable designs

Translating styling intent into feasible engineering solutions

Selecting materials and defining manufacturing processes with suppliers

Managing suppliers to deliver cost, weight and quality targets

Driving validation for durability, thermal, NVH and regulatory compliance

Resolving engineering issues through prototype and production phases

Ensuring alignment with global regulations and OEM standards

What you need

Degree in Mechanical, Automotive or Polymer Engineering

8 to 10 years experience in automotive cockpit or interior plastic trims

Strong knowledge of injection moulding, compression moulding and finishing

Confident user of CATIA V5, V6 or equivalent CAD tools

Solid understanding of NVH, BSR and regulatory requirements

Proven supplier management and cost optimisation experience

Comfortable owning delivery, decisions and trade offs

Success looks like

On time delivery of cockpit trims to programme milestones

Weight, cost and quality targets met without drama

Full regulatory and safety compliance

Premium interior execution that customers actually notice

Validation Engineer - MHEV System
Stackstudio Digital Ltd.
Warwick
In office
Mid - Senior
£350/day - £400/day
RECENTLY POSTED

Role DetailsRole/Job Title: Validation Engineer - MHEV System
Work Location: UK, Gaydon
Mode of Working: Office based (5 days a week)The RoleA Validation Engineer for MHEV systems at JLR plays a pivotal role in ensuring the correct integration, verification, and validation mild-hybrid propulsion systems across vehicle programs. This includes hands-on testing, issue resolution, cross-functional engineering collaboration, and structured validation planning.Your Responsibilities

  • Supporting resolution of Propulsion system issues
  • Support vehicle Build/PIL to provide MHEV system technical support and problem resolution
  • Support Vehicle/PIL level fault diagnosis relevant to ICE/MHEV powerpack.
  • DVP Creation/ Test Case/ procedure and requirements writing.
  • System definition and validation activities

Your ProfileEssential Skills / Knowledge / Experience

  • Engineering knowledge of ICE/MHEV Propulsion systems/ integration experience
  • Base overview of Hybrid & Electric Vehicle propulsion systems.
  • A working knowledge of electrical Engineering and battery technology including system interactions.
  • Powertrain System & Technical issue management experience
  • Experience of working in Engineering facilities, rig environments and vehicle testing
  • User of diagnostic/Data analysis tools; INCA/Canalyzer/Corvus/Matlab/picoscope/MDA
  • Experienced in solving complex technical issues using a structured approach, using Six sigma or similar processes
  • Experience applying a Systems Engineering approach
  • Ability to build and manage multiple internal and external relationships working collaboratively across commodities, domains and functions
  • A full UK Driving Licence/ JLR class 2 or equivalent
  • JLR Class 3PG driving permit
  • Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  • Experience of JIRA

Desirable Skills / Knowledge / Experience

  • A effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
  • A clear communicator to ensure they can be effective withing the team.
  • Well organised, highly driven, self-motivated and able to deliver with minimum supervision
  • A positive, proactive and flexible attitude to adapt to changing work requirements and priorities, in order to meet deadlines
  • Flexibility to work at different JLR sites as per programme requirements.
  • Passionate about applying engineering principles and solving technical problems with a hands-on approach
SW Integration Engineer
Stackstudio Digital Ltd.
West Midlands
In office
Mid - Senior
£375/day - £400/day
RECENTLY POSTED

Role/Job Title: SW Integration Engineer
Work Location: West Midlands
Role Type: Contracting
Mode of Working: Office basedThe Role-------> As a Software Vehicle Integration Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of this transformation - integrating, testing, and refining the software that powers our most advanced driver assistance features. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you’ll work across embedded systems, vehicle platforms, and global teams to bring new features to life. From debugging in real vehicles to collaborating with architects and engineers across the business, you’ll play a key role in delivering safe, intelligent, and seamless driving experiences. You will support the team in case of critical technical delivery issues in your product group/domain.Your responsibilities: Lead the integration of new software into embedded ECUs and full vehicle environments, ensuring smooth bring-up and functionality
Validate customer-facing features through end-to-end system testing and real-world vehicle trials
Act as the technical lead for issue resolution, using triage, root cause analysis, and hands-on debugging to solve complex software and system problems
Implement software fixes and enhancements directly within the software stack to improve performance and reliability
Support cross-functional teams by investigating software issues and providing expert-level technical insight
Collaborate with architects and subject matter experts to align integration efforts with system-level design and long-term platform goalsYour ProfileEssential skills/knowledge/experience: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, or related field
Proficiency with automotive tools and platforms, including Vector tools: CANoe, CANalyzer, CAPL scripting, and AUTOSAR architectures, BSW integration, RTE understanding
Communication Protocols: CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Automotive Ethernet
Experience with ECU flashing, configuration management, debugging and Log analysis
Exposure to Body Systems (Lighting, Doors, Windows, Seats, HVAC, etc.)
Experience with HIL rigs or vehicle validation
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Ability to lead and work effectively with cross-functional teams
Strong communication and leadership skills

Cockpit plastic trims-Lead Engineer - Gaydon, UK
Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Warwick
In office
Senior - Leader
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Duration: 6 Months contractLocation: Gaydon, UK
The RoleAs a Cockpit system Lead Engineer responsible forend-to-end development of Cockpit plastic trimsfrom concept through launch.managing technical delivery, supplier coordination, and attribute validation to ensure that seat systems meet OEMs standards for comfort, safety, aesthetics, and innovationevaluating and implementing cost reduction (VAVE) proposalsRoles and responsibilities:Design & DevelopmentCreate CAD models and engineering drawings for cockpit plastic trims.Apply DFMEA, DFA, and DFM principles to ensure manufacturability and robustness.Collaborate with styling teams to translate design intent into feasible engineering solutions.Material & Process ExpertiseSelect appropriate plastics (ABS, PP, PC-ABS, fiber-reinforced composites) for trims.Work with suppliers on injection molding, compression molding, and finishing processes.Ensure compliance with BSR (Buzz, Squeak, Rattle), NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness), and regulatory standards.Validation & TestingOversee performance testing for durability, thermal stability, and crash safety.Ensure trims meet global regulatory requirements (EU, US, India).Cross-Functional CollaborationWork with interior design, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams.Support programme delivery and resolve engineering issues during prototype and production phases.Ensure alignment with global regulatory standards and customer expectations.Manage the cost and weight of the system as per vehicle targets.Your ProfileExperience: 8 to 10 years in automotive Cockpit plastics or interior plastic trim design and development.Strong knowledge of plastic injection molding, compression molding, and finishing processes.Familiarity with CATIA V5/V6 or other CAD tools.Understanding of NVH, safety, and regulatory requirements for cockpit trims.

Simulation Engineer
Quest Global Engineering Limited
Redditch
In office
Mid - Senior
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED

Software Simulation Engineer

Redditch, UK

12 months +

Work Experience

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science ./Industrial Engineering
  • Experience: Minimum 37 years of relevant experience in supply chain simulation, industrial engineering, or discrete event simulation.
  • Simulation Software/ Tools : Proficiency in specialized software such as FlexSim, AnyLogic, .ANSYS (FEA/CFD), MATLAB/Simulink (dynamic systems), COMSOL, or AnyLogic.
  • Programming: Strong scripting skills (Python, R) for data analysis and automating simulation tasks.
  • Programming Languages: Proficiency in Python (scientific computing), C++ (high-performance tasks), and MATLAB/R for data analysis and mathematical modeling.
  • Domain Knowledge: Solid understanding of warehousing automation technologies (AGVs, sorters, AS/RS).
  • WMS Knowledge: Familiarity with WMS systems.
  • Simulation Tools: Experience with industry-specific software such as ANSYS (FEA/CFD), MATLAB/Simulink (dynamic systems), COMSOL, or AnyLogic.
  • Experience with CAD tools (e.g., AutoCAD) for layout creation.

Job Requirements

  • The Simulation Engineer will develop, validate, and analyze discrete-event simulation models of warehouse facilities, incorporating automation, conveyors, and WMS software. The goal is to identify bottlenecks, improve efficiency, and validate operational scenarios before implementation.
  • Modeling & Simulation: Design and build 3D simulation models of distribution centers and warehouse logistics using software like FlexSim, Simio, or AnyLogic.
  • Data Analysis & Validation: Analyze operational data (e.g., order profiles, inventory levels, stock audit ) to validate simulation models, ensuring they accurately represent real-world operations.
  • Process Optimization: Conduct experiments to identify bottlenecks, test “what-if” scenarios, and optimize resource requirements (staffing, automated equipment).
  • WMS Integration: Simulate interactions between physical equipment (AGVs, ASRS, conveyors) and warehouse software systems (e.g., SAP EWM, Manhattan Associates).
  • Documentation & Reporting: Create detailed technical reports and visualizations (Tableau, R) to present findings to stakeholders and support data-driven decision-making.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to integrate simulation results into final warehouse designs.
OT Security Engineer
Rullion Limited
West Midlands
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£473/day - £640/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Rullion are looking to recruit for the following role for one of our global leading Energy clients.

  • OT Security Engineer
  • Location - Warwick- Hybrid - 1 day per week - Commute to Lincoln once a month
  • Some international travel may be required
  • ASAP Start
  • 6-12 Months then rolling contract (long term work)
  • Inside IR35
  • PAYE £473 per day PAYE - £640 Per day Umbrella
  • Hands on Role not just consultant role - Not just IT

Position Main Responsibilities:

  • Report to the Lead Execution Manager for Industrial Cyber Security.
  • Hands-on support the Digital Products and Solutions team in achieving goals and setting cyber security strategy.
  • Assist in the delivery of cybersecurity projects by validating existing technical documentation.
  • Hands-on work in OT environments, including configuring networks, remote access solutions, and virtualization platforms.
  • Provide customer cyber support and act as a point of contact for execution projects.
  • Answer technical questions from Product Lines, including troubleshooting and solution listing.
  • Write and perform training sessions for internal teams and customers.
  • Support key business stakeholders in adopting new technologies.
  • Develop and maintain technical partnerships with internal and external stakeholders or suppliers.
  • Liaise with the internal ICS (Industrial Cyber Security) group on compliance and best practices.
  • Support Cyber execution training and troubleshooting for Product Competence Centers.
  • Maintain the cyber security lab in Warwick with monthly visits.
  • Travel to customer sites globally (approx. 10% of the time).

Typical Day Overview:

A typical day may involve answering technical queries from product lines, configuring network components, listing and documenting cybersecurity solutions, and preparing or delivering training sessions. You’ll also collaborate with stakeholders, review technical documentation, and support ongoing cyber execution projects.

Relevant Skills and Experience:

  • Experience as a control systems engineer or similar role, with knowledge of industrial applications in energy or oil & gas.
  • Hands-on experience with cybersecurity implementation in OT environments.
  • Familiarity with industrial cyber regulations, especially IEC 62443.
  • Strong attention to detail and high-quality deliverables.
  • Knowledge of remote connection solutions used in industry.
  • Proven ability to write and manage technical documentation.
  • Preferred certifications: GICSP or similar.
  • Experience with virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware).
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills for client-facing interactions.

If available please submit CV and a member of the team will be in touch

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Software Vehicle Integration Engineer
Gazelle Global Consulting Ltd
West Midlands
In office
Mid - Senior
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED

Be part of an exciting, automotive software team where you will be challenged every day.

Work closely with the range of domains within the business to bring products to life.

Work with customers and identify opportunities to support their strategy and improve their processes across functions.

The Role

-------> As a Software Vehicle Integration Engineer, youll be at the heart of this transformation - integrating, testing, and refining the software that powers our most advanced driver assistance features. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where youll work across embedded systems, vehicle platforms, and global teams to bring new features to life. From debugging in real vehicles to collaborating with architects and engineers across the business, youll play a key role in delivering safe, intelligent, and seamless driving experiences. You will support the team in case of critical technical delivery issues in your product group/domain.

Your responsibilities:

Lead the integration of new software into embedded ECUs and full vehicle environments, ensuring smooth bring-up and functionality

Validate customer-facing features through end-to-end system testing and real-world vehicle trials

Act as the technical lead for issue resolution, using triage, root cause analysis, and hands-on debugging to solve complex software and system problems

Implement software fixes and enhancements directly within the software stack to improve performance and reliability

Support cross-functional teams by investigating software issues and providing expert-level technical insight

Collaborate with architects and subject matter experts to align integration efforts with system-level design and long-term platform goals

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

Bachelors or masters degree in computer science, or related field

Proficiency with automotive tools and platforms, including Vector tools: CANoe, CANalyzer, CAPL scripting, and AUTOSAR architectures, BSW integration, RTE understanding

Communication Protocols: CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Automotive Ethernet

Experience with ECU flashing, configuration management, debugging and Log analysis

Exposure to Body Systems (Lighting, Doors, Windows, Seats, HVAC, etc.)

Experience with HIL rigs or vehicle validation

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Ability to lead and work effectively with cross-functional teams

Strong communication and leadership skills

Lead AWS Data Engineer
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Multiple locations
In office
Senior
£550/day - £600/day

Lead AWS Data Engineer | Birmingham | Finance | AWS | Java | Outside IR35 | Contract | 12 Months Opus is partnered with financial services client to deliver a major programme of work. You’ll join an established engineering group, working alongside internal teams to build a new reporting workflow, upgrade an existing pipeline, and lead a full data‑sourcing uplift across multiple reporting workflows. The team will also be responsible for helping upgrade the framework for two critical internal workflows. This role will require you to be on site in either the London or Birmingham office 5 days per week, please only apply if you hit this criteria. Required Experience Strong background in data engineering within distributed data environments Hands-on expertise with AWS, Spark, Glue, and Snowflake Experience building and optimising data pipelines & reporting workflows Ability to work closely with internal engineering and controls teams Experience upgrading or modernising existing workflows and frameworks For Lead-level: prior experience leading engineering teams or workstreamsTech Stack AWS (Glue, S3, Lambda, Step Functions) Apache Spark Snowflake Java if you are interested in this role then please apply here or email me your most recent and up to date CV, along with your availability  to (url removed) Lead AWS Data Engineer | Birmingham | Finance | AWS | Java | Outside IR35 | Contract | 12 Months

AWS Platform Engineer
TXP
Birmingham
Remote or hybrid
Mid - Senior
£450/day - £500/day

Role: AWS Platform Engineer (SC Cleared)
Day rate: £450pd-£500pd (Inside IR35)
Contract: 3 months initially with chances of extensions

We are currently recruiting for AWS Platform Engineers who have good experience with DevOps, Infrastructure Automation & Deployment. You will be working as part of a team on project work and ensuring that deadlines and timescales of the project are met. Due to the sensitivity of the role, any successful candidate must have active SC Clearance.

Skills and experience required:

  • Demonstrable experience in automating operations tasks with one or more Scripting languages
  • Experience creating and/or maintaining production software delivery pipelines using common CI/CD tools (GitLab Pipelines)
  • Experience working with AWS, Lambda, Glue, MWAA, Athena, IAM, KMS, S3 Access Points
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
  • A good understanding of Cloud security principles (eg IAM, KMS, AzureAD, Security Groups)
  • Current and active SC Clearance

The role will be a remote working opportunity, with occasional travel to client sites when required. Please consider this before applying for the role.

If you’re interested in the role and would like to apply, please click on the link for immediate consideration.

Java Developer
Experis
West Midlands
Hybrid
Senior - Leader
Private salary
+17

Role: Java Developer

Location: Solihull/Remote (2 days per week on-site)

Duration: 6 Months

Day rate: Negotiable Outside IR35

Clearance: Active SC clearance required & NPPV3 is desirable

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Java Developer to join our team and work on a large-scale public sector program. This unique development opportunity involves creating and implementing solutions for our portfolio of biometric products, supporting live systems, and diagnosing incidents. You will be part of a collaborative team that prides itself on engineering the best possible Java code.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement solutions for biometric products.
  • Support live systems and diagnose incidents.
  • Collaborate with the team to ensure high-quality Java code.

Essential Skills and Experience:

  • Proficiency in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Microservices, Quartz, SQL Database (PostgreSQL), JPA (Hibernate), REST and SOAP Web Services, Messaging service (ActiveMQ), Maven, Junit, Jenkins, AWS Cloud hosting and its components, Postgres/Aurora, Bootstrap, Docker, TDD, Agile (Scrum)
  • Public sector experience.
  • 8-10 years of hands-on experience with large-scale Spring-based Java projects.
  • Experience supporting live systems and diagnosing incidents.
  • Experience in large-scale integration projects involving microservices, messaging, web services, and distributed systems.
  • Experience with web services (SOAP and RESTful).
  • Experience with containerization (Docker).
  • Experience with testing frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, Powermock, JMock, DBUnit, TestContainers.
  • Experience connecting processes across several systems with message brokers like ActiveMQ.
  • Experience with Continuous Integration methodologies - Maven, GIT, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Stash Repository.
  • Experience developing in a Linux development environment.
  • Experience working with a suite of Atlassian products.
  • Experience working with open-source database management systems like PostgreSQL.
  • Experience working with AWS services (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, KMS, Cloudwatch).
  • Monitoring using Grafana.
  • Agile development methods - Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD.
  • Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.

Desired Skills and Experience:

  • Experience in Angular and Node JS.
  • Experience in Jaspersoft reporting tool.
  • DBA experience in performance tuning SQL queries and Postgres/Aurora DB config.
  • Experience working with Spring Cloud, Spring Batch, and Spring Integration.
  • Experience working with Activiti BPMN.
  • Experience working with Postfix.
  • Experience in AWS DevOps.
  • Ability to create a cohesive working environment and build high-performing teams.
  • Strong stakeholder management.
  • Hands-on Java development experience working on digital or technology projects at a leading consultancy, agency, or government organization.
  • AWS or Azure certification, or willingness to attain the certification.
  • Self-starter, comfortable working in both process-driven and ambiguous environments.
  • Experience and passion for working within Central Government and other sectors.
  • Proven capability of working successfully with senior client stakeholders and end-users, quickly building successful relationships, and establishing credibility.
  • Passion for digital and technology, with the drive and determination to continually learn new things and develop yourself and others.
  • Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, with a high degree of attention to detail.
  • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to work independently in a highly collaborative, team-based environment.

What We Are Looking For:

  • Ability to manage and build relationships with teams, relevant stakeholders, and third-party sub-contractors utilizing effective and appropriate governance mechanisms.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD tools and agile methodologies, and hands-on delivery experience.
  • Drive outcomes and business value, coordinate activities across teams to establish pace of delivery.
Firewall Security Engineer
Syntax Consultancy Ltd
Warwick
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£380/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Firewall Security Engineer (F5, Checkpoint, Juniper)

3 Month Contract

Warwick (Hybrid)

£380/day (Outside IR35)

Firewall Security Engineer needed with active *SC Security Clearance and in-depth experience of F5 firewalls experience, plus Checkpoint or Juniper firewall. 3 Month Contract start ASAP.

paying up to £380/day (Outside IR35). Start ASAP in Feb/March 2026.

The vast majority of work is expected to be remote. There may be occasional travel to customer Data Centre sites in Warwickshire, West/South England, sometimes average 2 to 3 days weekly onsite when required.

Working with a global IT Consultancy on large-scale network solutions projects for a Telecoms end client.

Key skills, experience + tasks will include:

  • Must have in-depth F5 firewalls experience, plus Checkpoint or Juniper firewall security skills.
  • Technical Ownership of a Telecoms end client’s Network Security Infrastructure estate, processes, documentation + lifecycle management.
  • Acting as the technical point of contact for all Network Security related projects, changes and modifications, including firewall rules base.
  • Point of escalation and link to vendor support for Network Security infrastructure incidents.
  • Design of customer networks including input into High-Level and Low-Level design (HLD/LLD).
  • Technical support, change management (physical/remote), customer inventory management, EOL, hardware, software.
  • Technical Environment: F5, Checkpoint, Juniper, Bluecoat, Cisco Networking, Cisco IPT / QoS / 802.1x, switches, wireless, Inflobox DNS, SSL VPN, DMVPN, IPsec, WAN, routing protocols.
  • SC Security Clearance is essential for this contract.
Delivery Lead / Scrum Master - Birmingham, UK (Hybrid)
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Birmingham
Hybrid
Senior
£400/day - £500/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Role: Delivery Lead / Scrum MasterType: Contract (6 Months)
Location: Birmingham, UK
Working Model: Hybrid (2/3 Days in office per Week)

Telecom Industry Experience Required.

Payrate: 400 - 500 per day INSIDE IR35 Umbrella

The Mission We need an experienced Delivery Lead to drive high-priority Data & Analytics initiatives for a major Telco. You will lead a cross-functional squad (onshore & offshore) to deliver a GCP platform re-architecture and automated self-serve reporting (Qlik/Looker/PowerBI).

What You’ll Do

  • Lead Delivery: Manage sprint ceremonies, backlogs, and flow for data engineering and analytics teams.
  • Manage Vendors: Coordinate effectively with offshore partners to ensure seamless delivery.
  • Unblock: Navigate complex data dependencies and remove impediments across the business.

The “Must-Haves”

  • Telecom Experience: Mandatory prior experience in the Telco industry.
  • Data Fluency: Proven success delivering data pipelines and BI projects (not just software/web).
  • Agile Expertise: Pragmatic experience applying Scrum/Kanban to data workflows.

This is an urgent vacancy with a deadline where the hiring manager is shortlisting for an interview immediately. Please apply with a copy of your CV or send it praveen. Com

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Business Change Officer
Hays DT - Midlands
Birmingham
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£420/day

Your new company

My clients are looking for a Business Change Officer. This is a hybrid role, working 2 days a week on-site, based in Birmingham. They are looking for someone who can join a directorate to help support the client through an implementation. You will be analysing and reviewing processes and data along with reporting back to the business change managers. You will be the main point of contact for the directorate to resolve any issues/queries they may have to help implement Oracle smoothly.

The experience below is essential for this role.- Local or Central Gov experience

  • Oracle Fusion/ERP
  • Data Analysis processing
  • Business Change Officer/Consultant experience

Your new role

  • Lead the adoption and change management planning of the delivery of projects which may span an 8- month period, engaging and influencing stakeholders to balance objectives and redeploy people and resources as priorities change to ensure the project delivers the agreed business objectives.
  • Work with colleagues in other functions to define sound adoption and change management resourcing models, and priority, funding, governance, and reporting mechanisms required to enable the project to deliver upon our commitments.
  • Be the ‘go-to’ person for expertise on how to deliver and manage the people side of change within the project, providing support to the change sponsor.
  • Directly lead the adoption and change management delivery elements of projects, products, and services, taking responsibility for understanding, managing, and communicating the change process to all stakeholders.
  • Work with multidisciplinary product teams to analyse and articulate adoption and change needs, creating actionable deliverables for the five change management levers: communications plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan, and resistance management plan.
  • Apply and promote best practices and standards to drive the continuous improvement in the use of products and services to meet user needs, ensuring they dovetail with the work of the product team.
  • Complete project change readiness assessments for all stakeholders and impacted audiences, evaluate and ensure user readiness, identify, analyse, and prepare risk mitigation tactics, assess the change impact, and support change management at the project level advising on activities to embed the change.
  • Act as a facilitator for adoption and change management within the product teams that you work within, and clearly articulate adoption and change value to stakeholders.
  • Protect the value of project investments by utilising and integrating effective change management into projects, continually assessing change risk during execution, and putting in place appropriate mitigation to enable faster adoption, higher utilisation, and greater proficiency of use to protect the aggregate project benefits and value.
  • Oversee the successful transition into service of deliverables and ensure that the results of post implementation reviews are used to inform, refine, and improve our change management and adoption approach. Be a role model for IT&D’s values and lead by example to help transform the culture of the organisation; fostering a high trust, empowered and inclusive environment where teams and individuals thrive and perform at their best.

What you need to do now

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BI Analyst/Developer
TXP
West Midlands
Hybrid
Mid
£350/day - £430/day

Job title: BI Analyst / Developer

Role Type: Contract (3-4 months initial)

Location: Brierley Hill (Hybrid 2-3 days)

Our client is looking for a talented BI Analyst / Developer to join their growing Data & Analytics team. In this role, you’ll design and deliver high quality Power BI solutions that help drive data led decision making across the organisation.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and deploy Power BI dashboards and reports that provide clear, actionable insights.
  • Develop and optimise data models to ensure performance, accuracy, and usability.
  • Implement row level security, user roles, and data governance best practices.
  • Use DAX to create advanced measures and analytical logic.
  • Conduct data analysis to support planning, forecasting, and strategic initiatives.
  • Ensure reporting accuracy and alignment with business objectives.
  • Manage ETL processes across SQL, APIs, spreadsheets, and cloud data sources.
  • Work closely with Data Engineering to enhance pipelines and improve data quality.
  • Document data processes and definitions to support ongoing governance.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into BI solutions.
  • Present insights to both technical and non technical audiences.
  • Provide training and support for end users on BI tools.

Essential skills:

  • Proven experience developing Power BI solutions (reports, dashboards, dataflows).
  • Strong DAX and data modelling skills (star schema, relationships, measures).
  • Solid working knowledge of SQL.
  • Ability to turn business requirements into scalable BI solutions.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

If this sounds like you, we urge you to apply NOW and provide an up to date CV for consideration!

CMM Programmer
Verify Europe
Kidderminster
In office
Mid - Senior
£40/hour
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

We are seeking an experienced CMM Programmer, with knowledge of LK metrology Camio software for a 6-month role in Worcestershire.

Able to assist in the workload of creating new programmes to align new machines.

Support to validate the new programs prior to using them in a production environment. This typically involves checking the CMM programs have the correct nominal/tolerances programmed in and the correct features on the component are being probed, followed by a repeatability check.

This role falls inside IR35 and would require the use of an Umbrella Company.

  • Must be a Sole UK National (due to program security restrictions).
  • Ideally holds UK Government Security Clearance as this will be required.

Tasks include:

  • Creation of new programs to align a new CMM machine.
  • Review and update all of the current programs to ensure efficiency/accuracy
  • Reverse engineering programming for historic tooling
  • Working closely with our current inspectors to improve their CMM programming and understanding

Essential skills / Experience:

  • Excellent understanding/knowledge of LK metrology Camio software
  • Excellent understanding/knowledge of GD&T
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Strong metrology background
Full-Stack Developer
Hays Technology
Coventry
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£400/day - £450/day

Your new role
Full Stack Developer required to work 4 days a week, on site in Coventry with the remaining day remote.

What you’ll need to succeed
Django, Flask frameworksReact, Vanilla JavaScript, Node.js
API integration and workflow automation
SQL and data integration
Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tools

Should Have:
SQL database management
Azure cloud deployment
YAML pipeline experience

Desirable
Knowledge of NEC contract compliance

What you’ll get in return
c 450 per day (inside IR35)

What you need to do now
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Integration Engineer
DCV Technologies
Coventry
In office
Senior - Leader
£400/day - £450/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Software Integration Engineer (Automotive / Embedded Systems)

We are recruiting an experienced Software Integration Engineer to support the integration and validation of automotive embedded software within real vehicle and ECU environments. This is a hands-on contract role focused on AUTOSAR-based systems, vehicle bring-up and in-vehicle testing.

You will work across ECUs, embedded platforms and vehicle systems, integrating new software, debugging complex issues and supporting end-to-end vehicle validation. The role suits an engineer who enjoys hands-on problem solving and close collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Integrate automotive software into ECUs and vehicle platforms
  • Perform vehicle integration, bring-up and validation testing
  • Debug and resolve software and system-level issues
  • Use Vector tools such as CANoe, CANalyzer and CAPL
  • Work with CAN, LIN, FlexRay and Automotive Ethernet
  • Support ECU flashing, configuration and log analysis
  • Collaborate with system architects and domain experts

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • Automotive embedded software or vehicle integration experience
  • Strong knowledge of AUTOSAR (BSW, RTE)
  • Hands-on experience with Vector CAN tools
  • ECU integration, flashing and debugging experience
  • Vehicle testing, HIL or in-vehicle validation exposure
  • Understanding of body systems or vehicle networks

Desirable:

  • ADAS or body systems experience
  • CAPL scripting
  • OEM or Tier-1 automotive background

This role is ideal for a Senior or Lead-level Integration Engineer looking for a technically challenging, delivery-focused contract within automotive software and vehicle systems.

Apply now for immediate consideration.

Data Engineer
TXP
West Midlands
Hybrid
Mid
£475/day - £520/day

Role: Data Engineer (Python, PySpark, SQL)

Day rate: 475pd- 520pd (Inside IR35)

Contract: 6 months initial

We are currently recruiting for a Data Engineer to be part of a team on a Business Data Service Project, which is a Data Warehouse Replacement & Report simplification project. You will be responsible for ensuring all data products and solutions created in the business insights ecosystem are fit for purpose, resilient, robust and reliable.

You will play a pivotal role that builds, tests and deploys Data Warehouse solutions. This will cover the lifecycle for the planning, ingestion, transformation, consolidation and aggregation of data from source to target in the Data Warehouse environment.

Skills and experience required:

  • Strong experience developing ETL/ELT pipelines using PySpark and Python
  • Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric lakehouse or similar cloud data platforms (Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks)
  • Proficiency in working with Jupyter/Fabric Notebooks for data engineering workflows
  • Solid understanding of data lakehouse architecture patterns and medallion architecture
  • Experience working with Delta Lake or similar lakehouse storage formats
  • Strong SQL skills for data manipulation, transformation, and quality validation

This is a role that will require 2/3 days per month onsite in Dudley, West Midlands. Please consider this when applying for the role.

If you are interested in the role and would like to apply, please click on the link for immediate consideration.

Senior Information Controller
Hays Technology
Birmingham
In office
Senior
£300/day - £375/day

Your new role
As a Senior Information Controller, you will support the project leads and management team with the control of information throughout the project lifecycle. You will be responsible for delivering the daily information exchange activities on the project and supporting the Lead Information Controller in driving compliance and alignment with the agreed OWOW processes.

You will:
Deliver the project Information Control with a data-driven and automation focus. Have an active part of working groups and steering groups aimed at developing new ways of working and new BU & OU level strategies.
Support department level engagement sessions and subject-matter experts to develop the best fit solutions

Manage the daily information exchange activities, including but not limited to issuing and receiving documents in accordance to ISO 19650 and/or any other standard requested by the client. Drive robust information management behaviours across the project, in line with industry standards and agreed OWOW processes and procedures, highlighting and addressing any non-conformance.
Supporting the Lead Information Controller in managing the CDE system, including its configuration, folder structure and users.
Successful implementation and adoption of the Skanska Infrastructure Digital Strategy at project level
Engagement with project teams to ensure effective collaboration and development
Good engagement and working relationships with the technical functions
Engagement with project teams to ensure effective understanding and use of CDE solutions
Appropriate professional qualification & demonstrable delivery experience
Awareness and importance of stakeholder engagement
Knowledge and awareness of the UK BIM Framework: BS1192, PAS1192 and ISO 19650 suite of standards and Government Construction Strategies
Supporting the Lead Information Controller in managing the CDE system, including its configuration, folder structure and users.
For Information Control records purposes only, generate reports and update Information Control-owned dashboards as required.
Ensure good communication with clients, suppliers and stakeholders.
Ensure the metadata on the project CDE is correctly used.
Deliver training for the project CDE system in line with the agreed training materials.
Manage information and documents on the project’s CDE systems and ensure the correct folder structure and workflows are adhered to.
Engage with the Lead Information Controller to identify and agree on any necessary updates to the
Information Control documentation and workflows in line with OWOW guidance.
Assist the Lead Information Controller in developing Infrastructure-wide information control documentation plans and training.

What you’ll get in return
c 375 per day (inside IR35)

What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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