The Network Operations team is responsible the global network and network infrastructure covering office/datacentre/colocation sites, ensuring the company can operate to the best it can. You will be vital for allowing the team to continue providing our high standard of service to the business. We are always working hard to improve and are looking for the best team members to learn from and to bring in new ideas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitoring the health of the network and security infrastructure using monitoring and analysis tools
• Reacting to alerts and providing resolution or initial troubleshooting
• Investigate hardware/software problems and work with the manufacturers’ support teams to resolve
• Reporting and troubleshooting network connectivity to third parties
• Reporting and troubleshooting WAN connectivity outages and issues with our partners
• Completing Level 1 support tickets
• Completing network audits to ensure compliance to standards

Skills and Experience Required:

• Hands on with CISCO and Arista
• Network operations/DC operations background
• CCNP-level understanding of routing & switching
• BGP & VXLAN troubleshooting experience
• Monitoring using Grafana (Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics a plus)

Contract Details:

• Duration: 12 months
• Rate: ~£350-400 per day
• Working Model: Hybrid
• Role Type: Contract

3rd Line Microsoft Engineer

Location: Belgravia, London (5x days onsite per week)

Day Rate: 270.00 per day

Length: 3 months

About the Role

We’re looking for a highly skilled 3rd Line Microsoft Engineer to join our growing IT & Cloud Services team. This is a hands-on technical role where you’ll act as an escalation point for complex issues, drive Microsoft cloud adoption, and help enhance our modern workplace environment. You’ll play a key part in supporting, securing, and optimising our Microsoft ecosystem - with a strong focus on Entra ID, Intune, PowerShell, Azure services, and email security (Mimecast).

What You’ll Be Doing

• Acting as a senior escalation point for 2nd Line teams and resolving complex Microsoft-related incidents.
• Administering, managing, and troubleshooting Entra ID (Azure AD) including conditional access, identity protection, authentication and SSO.
• Creating, deploying, and managing Intune policies, configuration profiles, compliance policies, and application deployments.
• Developing and maintaining PowerShell scripts to automate tasks and improve service efficiency.
• Supporting and administering Mimecast including policies, mail flow, security setups, impersonation protection and overall email continuity.
• Managing Windows 10/11, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online and related cloud services.
• Participating in project work such as cloud migrations, security uplift programmes, and endpoint modernisation.
• Ensuring systems follow security best practices and compliance standards.
• Documenting solutions, creating runbooks, and contributing to continuous improvement.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong background in 3rd Line / Senior Support roles
• Deep knowledge of Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Azure AD, and modern identity/security
• Hands-on experience building and configuring policies in Microsoft Intune
• Solid PowerShell scripting skills
• Experience supporting and configuring Mimecast
• Strong understanding of Windows client OS, device management, Exchange Online, and cloud security

ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Role - Surface Sales Specialist

Location - London, hybrid

Type: Contract(4 month contract to start (because of fiscal year end) but will look to renew to make 18 months longer term)

Overview

This position is suited to professionals with a minimum of three years’ experience in hardware sales who demonstrate a strong commitment to outstanding customer engagement.

We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated “hunter” who is proactive, determined, and able to get up to speed rapidly in a dynamic environment.

As a Surface Sales Specialist, your responsibilities will include owning the full sales cycle for Surface devices, from initial customer engagement and opportunity qualification through to deal closure and post-sale handover. You will drive direct sales via telephone and in-person meetings, independently building and developing customer relationships while collaborating closely with Enterprise Sellers, Operations Managers, partners, and the Go-To-Market team.

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Responsibilities

• Drive direct sales of Surface devices, via phone and in-person visits.
• Manage and grow customer accounts independently, ensuring satisfaction and business growth
• Collaborate with Enterprise Sellers, Operations Managers, Go-To-Market and Partner teams to align on strategy.
• Identify customer needs and provide tailored solutions that showcase Surface and AI capabilities.
• Maintain accurate records of interactions and pipeline in CRM tools.
• Stay informed about product updates, AI trends, and competitive landscape.

Qualifications Required:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in hardware sales, preferably laptops.
• Proven ability to drive sales and manage customer relationships independently.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Data Analyst - ETL, Power BI, PACE, Databricks, Sharepoint

Up to 500 per day (Inside IR35 - Umbrella)

My client is an International Consultancy who require a Data Analyst with demonstrable ETL and Data manipulation skills to play a key role in transforming data across multiple systems through the use of tools such as Power BI, Databricks and Sharepoint as well as PACE.

Key Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience of working as a Data Analyst in a large, commercial organisation
• Proven expertise in Data manipulation and transformation across various platforms to support reporting and operational processes through the use of tools such as Power BI, Databricks and Sharepoint
• Ability to extract and transform Data from the Risk Portal, Virtual Machine (VM), and PACE to transform into digestible reports
• Good understanding of ETL processes
• Flexible approach towards hybrid working if / when required

Nice to have:

• Working knowledge of Access Databases
• Previous experience in the Energy / Engineering / Construction / Utilities sector(s)
• Immediate availability

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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SQL Server DBA (SC Cleared)

London (Hybrid)

6 Month Contract

to £350/day-£400/day (Inside IR35)

SQL Server DBA needed with active SC Security Clearance, SQL Server databases.

6 Month Contract based in Central London (Hybrid). Start ASAP in March 2026.

Hybrid Working - 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the London office.

A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects:

• Experienced SQL Server DBA or similar role, Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO)
• Must have in-depth experienced, Manage SQL Server databases, Configure and maintain database servers and processes, Backups, restores and recovery models.
• High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for SQL Server and experience with Windows server, including Active Directory
• Monitor system s health and performance, including ensure high levels of performance, availability, sustainability and security
• Analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time and Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes
• Assist developers with query tuning and schema refinement
• Provide 24 7 support for critical production systems
• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours
• MCTS, MCITP, and/or MVP certifications a plus
• Banking / Financial Services domain experience preferred.
• Must hold active SC Security Clearance used on a project within the past 12 Months.

Are you a senior Service Designer with experience working within the Public Sector? If so, I have an exciting opportunity for you within the public sector. I am working with a firm who are looking to bring on a Senior Service Designer on a contract basis, the role would run until the end of October initially (around 7/8 months) and would be inside IR35 with a rate of between 600- 700 p/d. This be would hybrid with 1 day a week on site and can work out of their London, Cardiff or Glasgow Offices

Requirements

• Professional experience in service design (lead criteria)

• Professional experience of working with Interaction Design, Content Design and User Research (lead criteria)

• Demonstrable experience designing systems for use across multiple services, and identifying the simplest of a variety of approaches

• Ability to make and justify decisions characterised by high levels of risk, impact and complexity

• Ability to prioritise and mitigate design constraints

• Experience working as a service designer in public sector

• Experience working to the GDS service standard and undertaking service assessments

Senior Solutions Architect - Transport Technology Programme

Location: Hybrid - London
Contract: 2-3 years, rolling 6-month extensions, potential for permanent conversion
Daily Rate: Up to 749 (umbrella)

A leading transport operator is seeking two Consultant Architects to join its Tech & Data programme, delivering complex multi-vendor transport systems.

Front Office Architect: Focus on passenger-facing systems - gates, ticket vending machines, validators, and smart card systems. Experience with transport ticketing suppliers such as Cubic, Scheidt & Bachmann, or INIT is highly desirable.

Back Office Architect: Focus on transaction processing and payment systems, including backend design (Java/.NET/Oracle) and integration with payment acquirers (Visa, Mastercard, Amex).

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain end-to-end solution architectures and capability roadmaps.
• Break down complex projects into work packages for multiple vendors.
• Ensure solutions align with business objectives, maximise efficiency, and optimise total cost of ownership.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and suppliers to shape requirements and deliver innovative solutions.

Essential Skills:

• Strong solution and enterprise architecture experience
• Multi-vendor programme delivery
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management

Desirable: TOGAF/Zachman, agile delivery experience, public cloud knowledge

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited (“ARM”). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.

Rate - £30 (Hourly)

Duration - 3 months (Initially)

Location - Uxbridge (Hybrid)

Ir35 - Inside (Must use an umbrella company)

The Social Media Manager will lead the development and execution of a comprehensive social media strategy that enhances brand visibility, drives student engagement, supports recruitment goals, and strengthens institutional reputation across digital platforms. This role is responsible for managing the university/college’s social channels, producing engaging content, analysing campaign performance, and ensuring consistent brand messaging aligned with the institution’s values.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

Develop and implement a cohesive social media strategy aligned with organisational goals (student recruitment, research impact, alumni engagement, employer partnerships, etc.).

Identify emerging trends in the HE sector and digital media to keep the institution at the forefront of engagement innovation.

Plan and manage social media calendars across multiple platforms (Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube).

Skills & Experience Required

Essential

Proven experience managing social media accounts in the HE sector or a similarly complex organisation.

Strong understanding of student audiences (UG, PG, international markets) and digital engagement behaviours.

Excellent copywriting, storytelling, and visual content creation skills.

Competence with analytics tools (Meta Insights, TikTok Analytics, Hootsuite, Sprout, Google Analytics).

Ability to handle sensitive issues and reputational risks with discretion.

Strong project management, organisation, and stakeholder relationship skills.

Desirable

Experience with paid social and digital advertising campaigns.

Familiarity with SEO, CRM platforms, and website CMS.

Video editing and graphic design capabilities (Adobe, Canva).

Experience managing student ambassador or influencer programmes.

Azure Cloud Engineer (SC Cleared) London (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract to £550/day-£600/day (Inside IR35) Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance, AZURE Terraform code. 6 Month Contract based in Central London (Hybrid). Start ASAP in March 2026. Hybrid Working - 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the London office. A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects: Experienced Azure Cloud Engineer required to support cloud transformation programme. Must have in-depth experienced in AZURE Terraform code, GitHub Actions, implementation of both CI/CD.                                                                                          Hands-on experience in Software Development. Experience implementing or maintaining a CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions, Terraform, and Azure. Good working knowledge of PowerShell, SQL of the installation and configuration of Windows based systems. Provide automated testing as you develop and Strong written and verbal communication skills. Experience of Agile methods, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipeline maintenance + automation scripting, also strongly preferred. Ability to plan, schedule and manage a demanding workload.  Experienced in mentoring and training junior engineers. Desirable:  Experience implementing or maintaining a CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions, Terraform, and Azure. Azure Monitoring.  Software development experience using C# and SQL Server. Packer, Kubernetes, AKS, Flux or Helm Banking / Financial Services domain experience preferred. Must hold active SC Security Clearance used on a project within the past 12 Months

Job Title: Hardware Security Engineer

Location: London (Remote)

Duration: 9 Months

Mode: Remote

Role Overview

The team within Information Security Engineering (based primarily in Zurich, with members in Poland) evaluates CPU vendor-reported vulnerabilities, assesses their impact, and provides mitigation recommendations. The work is highly specialized and focused on CPU microarchitectural security (including RAM and GPUs).

Candidate Profile - Key Signals

Non-negotiable/Strong Signals:

• Deep understanding of speculative execution and microarchitectural security.
• Hands-on research experience (PhD-level research counts as relevant experience).
• Experience discovering new microarchitectural attacks.
• Acknowledgement from CPU vendors for responsibly disclosing hardware vulnerabilities.
• Publications in reputable security venues.

Valuable but Slightly Flexible:

• Implementing production-grade mitigations.
• Ability to unblock other engineering teams.
• Strong experimental/research methodology skills.

The work closely resembles PhD-level experimental research rather than general security engineering.

Rate: £550 - £650 per day Inside IR35

Duration: 6 months initial contract

Location: Remote/Hybrid - once a week into London

We are supporting a major organisation undergoing a strategic transformation of its Product Information Management capability. As part of this journey, they are implementing Stibo STEP as their enterprise PIM platform.

They are looking for a highly experienced Stibo STEP SME to act as the organisation’s internal subject matter expert during this critical phase.

The Role:

This position is less about broad architecture theory and more about deep, hands-on Stibo STEP expertise.

You will:

• Act as the internal authority on STEP capability, configuration and best practice
• Provide independent technical oversight during platform implementation and migration activities
• Ensure the solution design and configuration fully leverage STEP’s native functionality
• Challenge and validate technical decisions, configurations and delivery outputs
• Partner with business stakeholders to ensure requirements are properly translated into STEP solutions
• Provide clarity, confidence and technical assurance across both business and delivery teams
• This is a key assurance role - someone who understands what “good” looks like in STEP and can confidently guide the organisation through implementation decisions.

What They’re Looking For:

• Strong, hands-on experience with Stibo STEP (configuration, workflows, business rules, data structures)
• Experience supporting or overseeing large-scale PIM implementations or migrations
• Ability to assess whether STEP functionality is being used effectively and optimally
• Strong stakeholder management skills - comfortable engaging at both technical and business levels
• Confidence to provide constructive challenge where needed

Broader MDM architecture, governance frameworks or enterprise modelling experience is welcome but not essential - the priority is deep STEP expertise and the credibility to stand behind it.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Remote £competitive outside IR35 rate

Contract

Test, Quality Assurance, ISTQB, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Azure Devops, Postman

Our client are seeking an experience Test Engineer/Test Automation professional to preside over business-wide test activities - test automation and API testing will be in amongst the main duties of the role.

We are looking for a proactive Quality Assurance professional to drive higher software standards through shift-left testing and early requirement analysis. You will plan, design, carry out tests in alignment and conjunction with existing technical and business teams and be the champion of Quality and seamless UAT throughout the business.

Key Tools

• Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, Azure DevOps Test Plans, Jira + Zephyr/Xray, TestRail, HP ALM.

Test Automation

• Knowledge of test automation frameworks (eg, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright).
• Understanding of CI/CD integration for automated tests (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Script creation, maintenance, and optimisation.

API Testing

• Using tools like Postman, REST Assured, SoapUI.
• Validating response codes, payloads, headers, auth flows (OAuth2, tokens).

Test Planning & Execution

• Test planning, strategic development & scope management
• Translating functional and non-functional requirements into comprehensive, structured test cases.
• Conducting manual testing across diverse platforms, including web, mobile, desktop, and API environments.
• Boundary value analysis and equivalence partitioning - to ensure deep coverage.

Defect Management

• Logging, tracking, prioritising, and retesting defects.
• Working with defect life cycle workflows and root cause analysis.

For a full consultation please apply with your most recent CV and contact details included. We look forward to hearing from you & thank you for your interest.

Due to high workload/staffing ratios we kindly ask that you do not call through the main switchboard to discuss your application. We review all applications received.

Role: Rubrik IT Engineer - Rubrik Backup and Hybrid Cloud Protection

Location: Central London (Hybrid)

Duration: 3 Months +

Day rate: 600 Inside IR35

Clearance: SC or eligiable for clearance

Role Overview
We are seeking a highly capable IT Engineer with deep subject matter expertise in Rubrik data protection technologies. The successful candidate will take ownership of the end to end backup and recovery lifecycle across our on premises infrastructure, Microsoft Azure footprint, and Office 365 workloads.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic and operational delivery
Lead the configuration, optimisation, and administration of Rubrik clusters across hybrid environments.
Ensure comprehensive backup coverage for physical servers, virtualised platforms, Azure workloads, and Office 365 tenants.
Conduct regular resilience reviews and steer corrective actions.
Own backup policies, SLAs, retention schedules, immutability controls, and compliance frameworks.

Operational excellence
Perform routine health checks, troubleshooting, and remediation.
Respond to backup and restore incidents and complete root cause analysis.
Oversee patching, upgrades, and feature enablement.
Maintain documentation of backup architectures and DR processes.

Stakeholder engagement
Collaborate with Cloud, Infrastructure, and Cyber Security teams.
Support audits, projects, and initiatives requiring backup expertise.
Communicate technical information clearly.

Essential Skills
Proven Rubrik experience.
Strong understanding of hybrid infrastructure.
Experience protecting Azure and Office 365 workloads through Rubrik.
Strong troubleshooting ability and governance understanding.

Desirable Skills
Experience with other enterprise backup suites.
API integration exposure.
Disaster recovery planning.

Professional Attributes
Methodical and governed by best practice.
Confident decision maker.
High accountability.
Strong interpersonal skills.

Qualifications
Rubrik certifications or equivalent experience.
Microsoft Azure or Office 365 certifications.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

Job Title: Technical Architect

Max rate: 550p/d via Umbrella

Clearance required: BPSS + SC

Location: Remote Worker

Job Description:

Technically Lead the architectural modernisation of a large-scale, established data platform (DWX) within public sector client. This role requires experience of brownfield environments, strong hands-on technical capability, and the ability to reshape existing architectures to align with business and Data & Analytic (D&A) standards while maintaining uninterrupted service delivery.

You will be responsible for re-architecting data flows, modernising infrastructure, managing large-scale schema evolution, enabling cross-cloud connectivity, and providing senior guidance to technical teams and stakeholders.

Skills & Experience Required

Essential

• Proven experience as a senior technical architect in complex brownfield environments.
• Strong data platform architecture experience: ingestion patterns, schema evolution, ETL/ELT, microservices data integration.
• Multi-cloud integration expertise (Azure + AWS) including secure data transfer patterns.
• Deep understanding of government, public sector, or regulated environments.
• Strong experience of technical authority, security governance and SRE handover
• Experience maintaining critical services while modernising underlying platforms.
• Strong infrastructure, security, and network architecture capability (Zscaler, VPC patterns, VPN, identity).
• Ability to navigate and implement organisational standards.
• Hands-on experience re-architecting or migrating technology stacks to standardised platforms.
• Exceptional communication & leadership: able to drive clarity and decision-making in ambiguous contexts.
• Strong experience of technical documentation on Confluence/SharePoint

Desirable

• Experience with event-driven architectures and microservice-based data contracts.
• Knowledge of Kotlin and migration pathways to standard languages (Java, Python, etc.).
• Understanding of Power BI, CoPilot for Power BI, or GenAI (helpful but not core).
• Relevant AWS and Azure certifications.

This is an analyst-level Business Analyst role within the Information Systems & Change (IS&C) function. The position sits in the Change Delivery & Adoption team, meaning the focus is not just on gathering requirements, but ensuring changes are successfully implemented and adopted by the business.

The main purpose of the role is to:

• Understand business needs
• Define clear, structured requirements
• Improve processes and services
• Ensure projects deliver measurable business value
• Support smooth implementation and adoption of new systems or improvements

Business Analysis & Process Improvement

• Investigate and document current business processes
• Identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement
• Ensure solutions balance cost, quality, and outcomes (value for money focus)

Requirements Gathering

• Run workshops and interviews
• Gather and prioritise business requirements
• Write user stories and acceptance criteria
• Maintain traceability from idea to deliver

Implementation & Adoption

• Support training and create user guides
• Help transition solutions into business-as-usual
• Ensure changes are embedded successfully

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

Azure Cloud Engineer (SC Cleared)

London (Hybrid)

6 Month Contract

to £550/day-£600/day (Inside IR35)

Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance , AZURE Terraform code.

6 Month Contract based in Central London (Hybrid). Start ASAP in March 2026.

Hybrid Working - 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the London office.

A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects:

• Experienced Azure Cloud Engineer required to support cloud transformation programme.
• Must have in-depth experienced in AZURE Terraform code, GitHub Actions, implementation of both CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience in Software Development.
• Experience implementing or maintaining a CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions, Terraform, and Azure.
• Good working knowledge of PowerShell, SQL of the installation and configuration of Windows based systems.
• Provide automated testing as you develop and Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of Agile methods, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipeline maintenance + automation Scripting, also strongly preferred.
• Ability to plan, schedule and manage a demanding workload. Experienced in mentoring and training junior engineers.

Desirable:

• Experience implementing or maintaining a CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions, Terraform, and Azure.
• Azure Monitoring. Software development experience using C# and SQL Server. Packer, Kubernetes, AKS, Flux or Helm
• Banking/Financial Services domain experience preferred.
• Must hold active SC Security Clearance used on a project within the past 12 Months.

CRM Manager / Team Lead role in a popular London law firm. 6 month FTC, with a view to going perm. London with hybrid working. Salary up to £85,000.

This London law firm, with a great reputation on the market, is looking for a CRM Manager to lead their CRM systems team. The role will work with the Head of Data and the BD leadership team on the ongoing development of their marketing systems, and the delivery of the firm’s CRM strategy.

They are currently going through various upgrades and automation projects for InterAction and HubSpot, which the role will lead on. The role will also lead a team of 3 Executives, who will support on these projects and the day to day running of the systems.

Candidate requirements:

• Experienced CRM Manager from legal or professional services; Technical knowledge of InterAction and/or HubSpot; Strong line management / team management skills; Experience of changing perceptions of CRM internally and persuading stakeholders; Experience in aligning the CRM strategy with the firmwide strategy, during a period of change,

The role is an initial 6-month contract, with the view to extension / going permanent. The firm are ideally looking for an April start date, but this can be flexible.

Rate: 550 per day, DoE
Location: London - 3 days per week onsite
Duration: 6 months initially

Your New Role
We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer with strong experience in broadcast IP environments to join a high-performance infrastructure team. This role will focus on the design, implementation and ongoing support of highly available network infrastructure supporting live broadcast and production environments.

This is not a standard enterprise networking role. Experience with SMPTE ST 2110, PTP timing, multicast networking and Arista hardware is essential.

Your Responsibilities
Network Design and Implementation
Design, deploy, configure and maintain scalable and resilient LAN, WAN and WiFi infrastructure.
Ensure high availability and performance across all network services supporting critical operations.

Broadcast and AV Integration
Support IP based and cloud-based broadcast workflows.
Ensure seamless connectivity for video and audio production systems, editing suites and transmission infrastructure.
Work extensively with SMPTE ST 2110, PTP timing, multicast and broadcast audio and video protocols.

Hardware Management
Install and configure enterprise grade networking hardware including routers, switches, load balancers and VPN solutions.
Strong hands-on experience with Arista switching platforms is required.

Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Proactively monitor network performance using specialist tools.
Diagnose and resolve complex issues including latency, packet loss and bandwidth constraints in live environments.

Security and Compliance
Implement network security controls including segmentation and access policies.
Ensure alignment with organisational and industry security standards.

Collaboration and Cross Training
Work closely with infrastructure, systems and security teams as well as production and broadcast teams.
Contribute to knowledge sharing and cross training initiatives to strengthen overall team capability.

Documentation and Planning
Maintain detailed technical documentation including network diagrams, configuration records and disaster recovery procedures.

Operational Support
Provide second- and third-line support for critical network incidents.
Participate in an on-call rota supporting 24 by 7 operational requirements.

You Will Have
Strong experience as a Senior Network Engineer within broadcast or media environments.
Proven expertise with SMPTE ST 2110 workflows.
Deep understanding of PTP and multicast networking.
Hands on experience with Arista networking hardware.
Experience supporting high availability environments where downtime has significant operational impact.
Strong troubleshooting capability across complex IP networks.

A leading tech business are urgently recruiting an EMEA Payroll Specialist on a 12 month FTC basis.

This role will make up part of the EMEA payroll team, however, have a focus on processing the Italian payroll for the business.

As the EMEA Payroll Specialist (Italian), you will be responsible for:

• Ownership of the Italian payroll - demonstrating an excellent working knowledge of Italian payroll legislation
• Support wider EMEA payroll team with payrolls across Spain, Germany, France, UK & Ireland
• Payroll accounting and supporting with year-end
• Resolving complex payroll queries
• Ensuring payroll compliance across multiple different territories
• Supporting with a huge payroll implementation project to Cloudpay

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of Italian payroll.

A fantastic benefits package is on offer for this role including a hybrid working pattern, a bonus & other perks!

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Portfolio Payroll Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Location - London
Duration - long term, initial 6 months
IR35 - Inside

Why this job matters:
Team purpose is to create bespoke mobile network designs for the radio coverage solutions for some of the most complex parts of the clients network such as stadiums, transport facilities , tunnels , indoor and events. We need to ensure that the clients mobile customers have great service , we need to achieve this on time, within budgets and following the latest technology roadmaps and industry standards.

Your accountabilities:

• Accountable for developing site specific RAN solutions, following RAN Design Guidelines and BT processes , for individual venues such as stadiums , tunnels and other buildings
• Identify appropriate DAS technology and transmission requirements for each venue considering capacity demand, cost, reliability ( including Gateway Neutral Host NHIB solutions and Femto products).
• Ensure that all venue specific designs are from the approved product list ( BT NPI )
• Specify RAN indoor and outdoor solutions in a timely manner to meet agreed customer requirements for 4G/5G services at licensed/unlicensed frequency bands as applicable. Support operational and Network Performce investigations related to customer complaints or KPI degradation
• Ensure all solutions are delivered safely in accordance with Statutiory, Regulatory & BT policies and guidance.
• Develop and continually improve design processes and methodologies used within the team.
• Own, assist with and support as appropriate the development of Scope of Works documents for bespoke products and solutions.
• Support the delivery trials of new products and initiatives prior to wider deployments.

Skills

• Problem solver - ability to identify and resolve problems and threats in order to achieve desired outcome and to challenge others where necessary.
• Strong team player & people management skills in a disparate team environment.
• Broad understanding of RAN network and coverage & capacity planning requirements and Nokia, Huawei or Ericsson products and architecture.
• Effective and influential communicator both written and verbal at all levels.
• Good analytical skills - ability to source and analyse data in order to identify and where necessary build the case for change & improvements.
• Ability to manage vendors to ensure timely, cost-effective and appropriately resourced delivery of solutions.

Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in Mobile RAN design within the RAN mobile telecoms industry. (MANDATORY)
• Proven excellent track record in project design - including specific experience of Nokia, Huawei or Ericsson products , or DAS (MANDATORY)
• Proven experience in building and sustaining effective and trusted relationships at all levels. (PREFERRED)
• Strong track record of success with major unilteral or shared RAN projects within airports, rail, transport, MoD or ESN environment. (PREFERRED)
• Direct experience of upgrading and decommissioning of RAN solutions. (PREFERRED) Knowledge of current EE, exOUK and exTMUK delivery processes and tools. (PREFERRED)

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

Job Title: Performance Analyst
Directorate: Community Health and Wellbeing Adult Social Care

We are seeking an experienced Performance Analyst to support performance management, data quality and service improvement within Adult Social Care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead on performance reporting, statutory returns and benchmarking
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and analytical reports
• Support delivery of the Adult Social Care User and Carer Survey
• Improve data quality and promote data ownership across services
• Analyse trends, savings and expenditure to inform decision-making
• Provide clear, evidence-based insights to senior leaders and stakeholders

About You:

• Strong analytical experience within public sector or health settings
• Advanced skills in Power BI, Business Objects, Excel Power Query and DAX
• Able to interpret complex data and present findings clearly
• Confident working collaboratively across teams and with senior stakeholders

If you are passionate about using data to drive improvement and better outcomes, we would welcome your application.