GCP/Kubernetes DevOps Engineer (Contract)

£450+ per day (DOE) | 12 months | Outside IR35 | London (3 days onsite)

We are delivering a major secure government cloud transformation and are looking for a highly experienced Cloud DevOps/Platform Engineer to help build and run a secure private cloud environment from the ground up.

This is a hands-on engineering role in a highly secure, air-gapped environment where reliability, security, and automation are critical.

What You’ll Do

• Build and operate infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Strong hands-on engineering with Kubernetes (GKE) - essential
• Use Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or similar)
• Work in secure, disconnected/air-gapped environments
• Support monitoring, logging, and system reliability (SRE practices)
• Improve performance, resilience, and cost efficiency

What We’re Looking For

• Strong commercial experience in GCP DevOps/Platform engineering
• Expert Kubernetes (GKE) experience - essential
• Strong Terraform/IaC experience
• Experience in secure or regulated environments
• Comfortable working in air-gapped/no-Internet environments
• Good knowledge of IAM, networking, and container security

Bonus

• Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) experience
• FinOps/cost optimisation experience
• Google Cloud certifications
• AI-assisted ops experience
• Existing DV clearance

Requirements

• Active SC clearance (minimum)
• Willingness to go through DV clearance
• Right to work in the UK
• 3 days per week onsite in London -

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Senior DevOps Engineer, SC Cleared (MOD/Defence) - Bristol / Corsham / Hybrid Outside IR35 £500 per day Contract role for a defence consultancy on a MOD project for a senior DevOps engineer. You'll be responsible for maintaining and supporting a critical application within a highly secure, air-gapped client environment across both Windows and Linux platforms. The role will involve building confidence in manual deployments through structured knowledge transfer and shadowing, while gradually taking ownership of deployment and support activities. You'll use your scripting knowledge in areas such as Bash, SQL, and automation to help streamline deployments and operational processes, while also developing hands-on experience with Docker and containerised environments. There will also be the opportunity to progress into using Ansible to help automate and accelerate deployments, supported by established documentation and experienced team members. Working closely with architecture, testing, and data migration teams, you'll play a key part in ensuring successful delivery across the wider programme, while also providing support and guidance to more junior DevOps engineers within the project team. You will need to have current SC clearance and start within 2 weeks of offer

Cloud Security Engineer Inside IR35, £550 Fully remote ASAP start, short term contract through till end of June 2026 The Role We are looking for an experienced Cloud Security Engineer (Azure PKI) to take a hands-on role in delivering a pre-defined enterprise PKI solution. You’ll be responsible for implementing and integrating PKI capabilities within Azure, enabling secure certificate lifecycle management, and supporting the onboarding of workloads across key platforms. This is a delivery-focused, hands-on role, ideal for someone with deep expertise in Azure Key Vault, PKI, and certificate automation. Key Responsibilities Implement and integrate an enterprise PKI solution (e.g. DigiCert or equivalent) within Azure
Configure Azure Key Vault for certificate and key management (RBAC, private endpoints, rotation)
Enable certificate lifecycle management including issuance, renewal, and automation
Support TLS enforcement and mTLS implementation across services
Integrate certificates into Azure services and CI/CD pipelines
Support secure onboarding of platforms including AKS, App Gateway, and APIs
Assess and support hybrid PKI integration (where applicable)
Define and enforce certificate governance standards (e.g. no self-signed certs, revocation policies, auditing)
Produce clear, client-ready documentation and implementation standards Core Skills & Experience Strong experience with Azure Key Vault (certificates, keys, RBAC)
Deep understanding of PKI fundamentals (CA hierarchy, CRL/OCSP, certificate issuance & revocation)
Proven experience in certificate lifecycle automation
Strong knowledge of TLS / mTLS implementation
Experience integrating security into cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines Nice to Have Experience with DigiCert or similar enterprise PKI providers
Exposure to AKS, Application Gateway, and API security
Understanding of hybrid PKI environments (e.g. AD CS integration)

About Us We are a leading gaming and gambling solution software provider with a strong presence in the USA, UK, and Europe. Through partnerships with global gaming companies, we build cutting-edge technical platforms across sportsbooks, lottery, casino, virtual gaming, and financial trading. Our vision is to shape the future of gaming by transforming operations into intelligent, data-driven solutions that deliver exceptional customer experiences and create sustainable value for all stakeholders. We believe in teamwork, knowledge sharing, and transparency with accountability. The Role Were looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help shape and drive how we build and operate reliable, observable, and cost-efficient systems. Youll work closely with development, platform, and incident management teams to define what reliable means in measurable terms and build the tooling and processes to achieve it. Your work will directly influence the speed, stability, and scalability of our platform. Key Responsibilities Partner with development teams to define and manage SLOs/SLIs, and use error budgets to guide engineering decisions. Enhance observability ensuring metrics, logs, and tracing are in place to detect and fix issues proactively. Lead cost optimisation initiatives: monitor spend, rightsize workloads, tune autoscaling, and drive efficient infrastructure usage. Strengthen production readiness with pre-deployment checks, post-release validation, and robust platform guardrails. Introduce and run chaos engineering experiments to improve system resilience. Automate operational processes to reduce manual intervention across the stack. Contribute to major incident response, providing engineering expertise. Collaborate cross-functionally to raise the bar on platform stability, security, and performance. Required Skills & Experience 3+ years in SRE, Platform, or DevOps roles. Strong operational experience with Kubernetes (on-prem and AWS EKS). Proven track record defining and working with SLOs/SLIs in production environments. Deep understanding of observability (metrics, logging, tracing, telemetry

BMS Commissioning Engineer, Cylon or Tridium
London
£330 to £400 per day, Weekly pay
Our client requires an accomplished BMS (Building Management Systems) Commissioning Engineer with Cylon Controls (or Tridium) experience to work on a major prestigious project in Central London. The work will involve the commissioning of Fan Coils Units using Cylon Controls, with on-going major plant commissioning works available thereafter. This contract will initially run for 6 months, however opportunity for extension and to join exciting projects in the future will be available for the right candidate.
Role Profile
The successful applicant for this BMS Commissioning Engineer role will need to have experience of using Cylon or Tridium controls to commission Fan Coil Units and major plant
Key skills required:- * Experienced in the Commissioning of Building Management Systems (BMS) * Qualified and experienced with Cylon or Tridium Control systems. * CSCS Skill Card or equivalent.
£330 - £400 – per day, payable weekly, offered on an outside IR35 basis
For more information call Heather Cole at Team Resourcing Ltd or click “Apply now”.
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Section Engineer (Senior Production – Civil Engineering) Location: Lower Thames Crossing Project We’re looking for an experienced Section Engineer to support civil engineering works on a major infrastructure project. Key Responsibilities: Manage short-term programmes and site production
Oversee H&S, quality, and environmental compliance
Review drawings and coordinate with design teams
Support cost control, procurement, and reporting
Lead and mentor Site Engineers and apprenticesRequirements: Experience in civil engineering and major infrastructure projects
Strong leadership and communication skills
Knowledge of construction standards and best practice
Relevant qualification, CSCS card & UK driving licence The NRL Group connect global companies with the right people to bring engineering projects to life. Supporting contracting companies with energy transition plans and working with our clients to create a cleaner, greener future. We welcome applications from every walk of life and are committed to diversity within the industries we support, as a certified Inclusive Recruiter and Armed Forces friendly employer. You can ensure you stay safe when job searching online by visiting the JobsAware website

Senior Engineer Bristol / South West
£400 per day
40 hours per week
6 Month Contract
Immediate Project Start – End of May 2026 We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Engineer to join a major geotechnical and civil engineering renewal scheme in the South West. This is a site-based role working on a high-value infrastructure project, with some office-based work around Bristol and occasional home working available. Key Responsibilities * Manage engineering delivery across site operations * Production and management of: * Material approvals * ITPs * Red line drawings * WPPs and RAMs * Client coordination and attendance at site meetings * Manage and mentor junior engineers * Carry out setting out using GPS and Total Station equipment where required * Ensure works are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with programme requirements Please note: * Some weekend and night working may be required * A 24/7 possession period is scheduled from 06/07/26 – 03/08/26, therefore flexibility around shifts is essential during this phase Requirements Essential * Minimum 8 years’ experience within civil engineering/infrastructure projects * Previous Tier 1 contractor experience * HNC/HND/Degree in Civil Engineering * ICE membership (Graduate, IEng or MICE desirable) * SMSTS * TWC CITB Ticket * Strong communication and leadership skills Preferred * PTS (Rail) * Appointed Person (AP) * ALO Planner / Coordinator / Responsible Manager What’s On Offer * £400 per day * Long-term infrastructure project * Opportunity to work on a major geotechnical renewal scheme * Strong pipeline of future works * Supportive project team environment Apply now with your updated CV for immediate consideration

Solution Architect – Disaster Recovery & Resilience Contract | Remote / Hybrid | SC Cleared We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect – Disaster Recovery & Resilience to support a major enterprise infrastructure and operational resilience programme. This role is ideal for a strong infrastructure or cloud architect with proven experience designing and assessing disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience solutions across complex hybrid environments. Key Responsibilities \* Design and assess disaster recovery and cloud recovery solutions \* Validate RTO/RPO objectives and recovery feasibility \* Analyse Business Impact Analysis (BIA) outputs and application dependencies \* Provide architectural assurance across resilience and recoverability strategies \* Define recovery approaches for high availability and critical services \* Work with infrastructure, operations, and business stakeholders \* Support operational resilience and recovery improvement initiatives Required Experience \* Strong background in Solution Architecture or Infrastructure Architecture \* Proven experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) and BCDR \* Experience across cloud and hybrid infrastructure \* Strong understanding of RTO, RPO, resilience, and recoverability \* Experience with Azure, AWS, VMware, or enterprise infrastructure platforms \* Ability to challenge technical designs and recovery assumptions \* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Essential \* Active transferable SC Clearance \* Experience within enterprise or regulated environments Keywords Solution Architect, Disaster Recovery, DR Architect, Infrastructure Architect, Resilience Architect, BCDR, RTO, RPO, Cloud Recovery, Operational Resilience, Hybrid Cloud, Business Continuity, Infrastructure Resilience, Recovery Design, SC Cleared Apply now for immediate consideration

Senior DevOps Engineer, SC Cleared (MOD/Defence) - Bristol/Corsham/Hybrid
Outside IR35 £500 per day

Contract role for a defence consultancy on a MOD project for a senior DevOps engineer.

You’ll be responsible for maintaining and supporting a critical application within a highly secure, air-gapped client environment across both Windows and Linux platforms. The role will involve building confidence in manual deployments through structured knowledge transfer and shadowing, while gradually taking ownership of deployment and support activities.

You’ll use your Scripting knowledge in areas such as Bash, SQL, and automation to help streamline deployments and operational processes, while also developing hands-on experience with Docker and containerised environments. There will also be the opportunity to progress into using Ansible to help automate and accelerate deployments, supported by established documentation and experienced team members.

Working closely with architecture, testing, and data migration teams, you’ll play a key part in ensuring successful delivery across the wider programme, while also providing support and guidance to more junior DevOps engineers within the project team.

You will need to have current SC clearance and start within 2 weeks of offer.

Network Team Lead 6-Month Contract

VIQU IT has a customer seeking an experienced Network Team Lead to join their team, combining strong hands-on technical networking expertise with excellent leadership, planning, and stakeholder management skills.

This is a varied and hands-on role where you will act as a senior figure within the Network team, supporting both business-as-usual (BAU) operations and the successful planning and delivery of network-related projects and remediation activities. While remaining technically involved, this role will also require close collaboration with senior management, coordination across teams, and oversight of project and operational priorities.

Network Team Lead Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the network infrastructure environment
• Support BAU network operations, ensuring performance, stability, and security
• Plan and deliver remediation and infrastructure improvement projects
• Coordinate incidents, changes, and operational priorities across the Network team
• Work closely with senior management and stakeholders to align technical and business priorities
• Manage vendor maintenance activities and assess operational impact
• Support workload planning, resource coordination, and project delivery
• Maintain clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Network Team Lead Skills & Experience

• Strong enterprise networking experience across routing, switching, and security
• Hands-on technical expertise with Palo Alto, Aruba, Cisco Nexus, MPLS, and SolarWinds
• Previous experience in a senior or lead Network Engineering position
• Proven ability to plan, organise, and deliver technical projects
• Experience supporting BAU operations alongside project-based work
• Good understanding of ITSM processes including incident and change management
• Strong organisational and coordination skills with attention to detail
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly with senior leadership

About the Role

This role will require onsite presence in Glasgow 2 3 days per week.

The successful candidate will be someone who remains technically strong and hands-on, while also being capable of leading initiatives, coordinating priorities, and acting as a key point of communication within the Network team and wider business.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Phoebe Thompson via the VIQU IT website.

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Azure DevOps Engineer (SC Cleared)

Location: Remote (occasional travel to Warton)
Duration: 3-6 Months
Rate: 640.70 per day (Umbrella)
Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required
Eligibility: British passport holders only

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Azure DevOps Engineer to join a fast-paced programme delivering critical cloud and DevOps capabilities. This is a primarily remote role with occasional visits to the Warton office, supporting a secure, enterprise-scale environment.
You will be responsible for designing, building, and optimising DevOps pipelines and cloud infrastructure, ensuring robust, scalable, and automated delivery practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure DevOps pipelines for build and release processes
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient, automated deployments
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and ARM templates
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes
• Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Promote DevOps best practices, including version control, testing, and monitoring

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (pipelines, repos, artifacts)
• Proven track record in CI/CD setup and optimisation
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code:
  • Terraform
  • ARM templates
• Strong automation and scripting capability
• Experience working in secure or regulated environments
• Ability to work independently in a remote setting

Essential Requirements

• Active SC Clearance
• British passport holder (due to project requirements)

Desirable

• Experience working within defence or highly secure programmes
• Knowledge of Azure cloud architecture and services
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and security best practices

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

Key Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• Infrastructure as code (Terraform & GCP Provisioning) Terraform core, GCP Infra, Policy as code, develop the capability to manage, maintain and write policies,
• Containerization & Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm / Kustomize, GKE Ops
• CI/CD engineering, pipeline authoring, artifacts management, testing automation, deployment strategy
• Data pipeline and DevOps (KAFKA / PubSub) - Kafka basics, schema registry, streaming infra and monitoring
• Graph platform engineering, Neo4j basics, backups, recovery and DR GDS/APOC, observability
• DevSecOps & platform security, security scanning, IAM and identity, network security, compliance
• Release engineering and governance, release ops, change management, documentation
• Regionalisation and compliance, regional deployments and failover, data residency, conditional access

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

In this role, you will: Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for IAM components, policies, connectors, microservices, and integrations. Enable automated testing, security scanning, and controlled deployments across DEV/TEST/PROD environments. Implement continuous improvement to streamline IAM release processes. Develop and maintain IaC (Terraform, Ansible for deploying IAM infrastructure, identity policies, directories, and supporting platforms. Ensure consistent, repeatable environments and compliance with architectural standards. Develop scripts and automation for account lifecycle operations, access provisioning, and system integrations. Deploy IAM services or related microservices on Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, and serverless environments. Manage containerisation, service mesh integrations, certificates, and secrets for IAM workloads. Embed security into the build and deployment process, including vulnerability scanning, secrets detection, and code quality checks. Work with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with Zero Trust principles and IAM security policies. Collaborate with IAM architects, security teams, and application owners on design and integration requirements. Create and maintain documentation for pipelines, IaC, deployment patterns, and operational processes. To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements: Key Skills & Experience Technical Skills Infrastructure as code (Terraform & GCP Provisioning) Terraform core, GCP Infra, Policy as code, develop the capability to manage, maintain and write policies, Containerization & Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm / Kustomize, GKE Ops CI/CD engineering, pipeline authoring, artifacts management, testing automation, deployment strategy Data pipeline and DevOps (KAFKA / PubSub) - Kafka basics, schema registry, streaming infra and monitoring Graph platform engineering, Neo4j basics, backups, recovery and DR GDS/APOC, observability DevSecOps & platform security, security scanning, IAM and identity, network security, compliance Release engineering and governance, release ops, change management, documentation Regionalisation and compliance, regional deployments and failover, data residency, conditional access Soft Skills Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities. Ability to work collaboratively across security, engineering, and operations teams. Excellent communication and documentation skills. Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. Experience of Privileged Access Management and identity access management Understanding and experience of technologies deployed at a large scale in a global IT enterprise Experience of working in an Agile team - managing workload in Jira and engagements in Jira Service Desk Ability to adapt and understand new technologies - being self-motivated to learn Strong interpersonal, influencing, communication and report-writing skills Ability to interact appropriately with users of various technical skill levels Ability to work in a multi country, culturally diverse and time-zone separated role.GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

Contract: Site Reliability Engineer (Linux Administration & Server Hardware) Location: Glasgow (hybrid - 3 days onsite) Duration: 6 months Day Rate: Negotiable (Inside IR35 via umbrella solution) Reference: 20460 We are looking for an experienced Linux Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join a high-performing infrastructure support team focused on maintaining and improving critical platform reliability within a large-scale enterprise environment. This position will focus on resolving hardware and platform-related incidents escalated from the L3 support team. The successful candidate will have strong Linux systems expertise and, hands-on physical server troubleshooting experience, and a proactive approach to operational improvement, automation, and incident reduction. Essential Skills / Requirements Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills (process, networking basics, logs, package/service management). Solid understanding of server hardware and peripherals (disks, RAID/HBA, NICs, firmware) and how failures present at OS level. Experience with out-of-band management / lights-out technologies (e.g., iDRAC, iLO, IPMI/Redfish) for remote troubleshooting and recovery. Proven ability to own incidents end-to-end: triage, identify mitigations/workarounds, coordinate with L3/engineering, communicate status, and drive to resolution. Understanding of SRE operational practices and metrics (e.g., SLO/SLI concepts, error budgets, MTTD/MTTR) and a continuous-improvement mindset. Strong communication skills (written and verbal): clear incident updates, customer/stakeholder management, and effective escalation and handoffs. Strong documentation skills: writing clear runbooks/procedures, contributing to knowledge bases, and participating in post-incident reviews/root cause analysis. Nice to Have / Desired Skills Scripting and automation skills (e.g., Bash, Python) to build small tools, checks, and workflow automation that reduce toil. Familiarity with virtualization and containerization concepts/operations (e.g., VMware/KVM, Docker, Kubernetes) and using automation to support these environments. Experience with monitoring/observability and alerting workflows (dashboards, log analysis, alert tuning) and translating signals into actionable response steps Networking People (UK) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. TPBN1\_UKTJ

Senior Backend Engineer | Kotlin/Golang/GCP

6-month contract | Outside IR35

Remote First - Occasional London based office visits

Up to £500 per day

An established consumer-facing technology business is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to support the continued evolution of high-scale Back End services used by a large international user base.

This role would suit an experienced contractor who is comfortable working in Kotlin-heavy Back End environments, can operate with autonomy, and is confident helping teams move from Legacy systems toward more modern, cloud-native services.

The role

You will be involved in designing, building, and improving reliable Back End services, working closely with product, mobile, platform, and engineering teams. The environment is fast-moving, product-focused, and requires someone who can turn ambiguous requirements into clear technical direction.

Key experience

• Strong Back End engineering experience with Kotlin
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
• Background in scalable, production-grade systems
• Experience in consumer-facing, mobile-first, or high-traffic product environments
• Ability to lead technical work from discovery through delivery
• Strong communication and ownership mindset

Useful additional experience

• PHP exposure, especially within Legacy or hybrid environments
• Golang exposure
• Experience supporting Legacy-to-modern platform transitions
• Cloud architecture, observability, reliability, and cost optimisation
• Mentoring or helping teams adopt modern Back End practices

NetBackup Specialist - 650/day via umbrella - 3-Month Contract - London - Hybrid Working - Flexible Contract

We are seeking an experienced NetBackup Specialist for a 3-month hybrid contract supporting customer environments across London and Potters Bar. This role is ideal for a NetBackup Specialist with strong hands-on experience designing and rebuilding enterprise backup platforms using the latest Veritas NetBackup software.

Your responsibilities as the NetBackup Specialist:

• Design, build, and configure a new instance of the latest Veritas NetBackup software, aligned to current best practice.
• Analyse an existing NetBackup environment and mirror critical configurations and policies into the new instance, resolving performance and stability issues.
• Support the transition from Legacy or unstable backup solutions to the new NetBackup instance with minimal disruption.
• Configure, validate, and optimise backup to cloud capabilities.
• Contribute to Proof of Concept (PoC) activities, demonstrating backup, restore, and recovery capabilities to stakeholders.
• Deliver customer training and knowledge transfer, ensuring operational teams can support the new backup environment.
• Provide technical input into backup architecture decisions involving HP StoreOnce, including integration and operational considerations.
• Produce clear and comprehensive technical documentation, including configuration, processes, and handover materials.

As a successful NetBackup Specialist, you will have:

• Proven experience working as a NetBackup Specialist in enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Veritas NetBackup, including new builds and migrations.
• Experience improving performance and stability in complex backup environments.
• Knowledge of cloud backup integration and hybrid backup architectures.
• Exposure to HP StoreOnce technology and backup appliance integration.
• Experience supporting PoC activity and delivering technical demonstrations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to train and support customer teams.
• Excellent documentation and handover skills.

This is a hybrid NetBackup Specialist contract, requiring onsite presence at customer locations in London and Potters Bar, alongside remote working.

Professional references required.

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Contract Type: Initial 12 month contract (Inside IR35)
Rate: £575 per day Inside IR35
Location: Hybrid in London

Role Overview:

We are looking for an Akamai Security Engineer to join on a 12-month hybrid contract based in London (2-3 days on-site), with an on-call requirement. The role is responsible for implementing, tuning, and managing Akamai security solutions to protect web applications, APIs, and digital assets from evolving cyber threats, working closely with application owners, Network, Security, and SOC stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy and manage Akamai security solutions including Kona Site Defender, Web Application Protector, Bot Manager, Client Reputation, API Security, and Account Protector
• Configure, tune, and optimise WAF rules, rate controls, reputation-based controls, and custom security policies to reduce false positives and improve threat detection
• Analyse security events, logs, and alerts to identify malicious activity and attack patterns, providing incident response support including investigation, mitigation, and post-incident analysis
• Use TrafficPeak and Grafana to create dashboards, interpret traffic spikes, fine-tune thresholds, and establish traffic baselines aligned with business and risk requirements
• Support onboarding of new applications and APIs onto Akamai platforms, and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and process guides in Confluence or equivalent

What You Will Ideally Bring:

• Strong hands-on experience with Akamai security solutions - particularly Kona Site Defender, WAS, CDN, and WAF configuration and tuning
• Solid understanding of web application security concepts including bot mitigation, DDoS protection, and rate limiting, with experience analysing HTTP/S traffic and security events
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS, and CDN architectures, with the ability to balance security controls against performance requirements
• Experience with API security concepts and identifying patterns related to bots, scrapers, reputation-based traffic, and volumetric anomalies
• Familiarity with monitoring and dashboard tools such as TrafficPeak, Grafana, and Datadog, with experience in SIEM integration and log analysis

We are seeking an experienced Linux Administrator to join our team on a 6-month contract. This role is critical in supporting and optimizing enterprise-grade Linux infrastructure within a large-scale project environment. You will work hands-on with advanced RHEL 9 systems, high-end GPU workstations, and HPC platforms, ensuring system stability, performance, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support for high-end GPU workstations in an enterprise environment
• Install, configure, and maintain enterprise software solutions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms
• Troubleshoot complex Linux system issues using structured diagnostic approaches
• Support and contribute to large-scale projects through close collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Conduct performance testing on HPC platforms using custom scripts and tools
• Analyze performance and utilization data to produce actionable insights

Skills and Experience Required:

• Proven hands-on experience as a Linux Administrator or Systems Engineer
• Strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 system administration
• Proficiency in Shell Scripting and automation
• Experience supporting high-end GPU Workstation environments
• Solid knowledge of Linux troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Experience working with HPC platforms, including performance testing

Contract Details:

• Duration: 6 months
• Rate: £350 per day
• Working Model: Stevenage - 3 days per week
• Role Type: Contract

We are recruiting for a SC Cleared IT Technician on contract for our Defence client based in their Bristol offices. Job Description Respond to and resolve incidents and service requests in a timely and professional manner. Manage and maintain onsite stock, including inventory control and regular audits. Perform hardware builds and configuration tasks as required. Ensure compliance with operational procedures and standards. Collaborate closely with the OFS Team Manager on all operational matters. Requirements: Proven experience in a technical support or IT engineering role. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Excellent communication and customer service skills. Familiarity with ITSM tools and stock management processes is desirable. Additional Comments (Clearances, special conditions, Briefing call notes etc.) Must have current active SC clearance that can be transferred over.

Location: Nailsea, UK Contract duration: 12 months Job Summary: As a System Administrator - Software Development Lab, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of the engineering lab environments that support software development, testing, and validation activities. You will manage virtualization platforms, Windows domain services, air gapped networks, backup systems, and specialized lab infrastructure. Working closely with engineering teams, you will maintain a stable, secure, and efficient technical environment that enables high quality software delivery. Key Responsibilities: • Maintain and administer the software development lab infrastructure, including physical servers, virtual machines, networking equipment, and storage systems. • Manage virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper V, or similar), including provisioning, monitoring, optimization, and troubleshooting. • Administer Windows Server-based domains, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and user/workstation management. • Operate and maintain air gapped systems, ensuring strict separation, security controls, data transfer procedures, and compliance with internal policies. • Implement and manage reliable backup and recovery solutions, ensuring data integrity, scheduling, monitoring, and routine testing of recovery processes. • Oversee patching, updates, and system-hardening to maintain secure and compliant environments. • Support engineers in provisioning lab resources, resolving system issues, and ensuring tools and platforms operate smoothly. • Monitor system performance, storage utilization, and resource availability, recommending improvements as needed. • Maintain accurate documentation of lab configurations, procedures, network diagrams, and system inventories. • Ensure lab environments comply with company IT and security standards, including access control, auditing, and configuration management. • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance lab efficiency, scalability, and reliability. Fuel Your Passion - To Be Successful in This Role You Will: • Have a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. • Have experience managing virtualization platforms and Windows domain environments. • Be knowledgeable in backup technologies, system recovery practices, and network security principles. • Be comfortable working with isolated or air gapped networks and understand secure data transfer procedures. • Demonstrate strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve complex system issues. • Be detail-oriented, organized, and capable of maintaining accurate technical documentation.

Oracle Database Administrator - SC Cleared - £460 - 500 per day (umbrella rate)
Mandatory: Minimum 5 Years UK Residency

Location: Remote
Onsite: Newcastle (when required by the client)

Overview
Atrium EMEA are supporting a large managed service provider, looking for an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to deliver and support upgrade, patching, and remediation activities across Oracle Database, Oracle E-business Suite (EBS) 12.2.x, and Oracle SOA Suite environments. The role covers both production and non production systems within secure, governed environments.

Mandatory Skills
* Hands-on experience with Oracle E-business Suite 12.2.8 upgrades/remediation
* Strong Oracle DBA experience (19c) - patching, upgrades, TDE, Grid Infrastructure, Data Guard
* Experience with Oracle ASM
* End-to-end upgrade delivery across non prod and prod environments
* Strong experience in patching, cloning, migration, and environment refresh
* Linux/Unix administration experience
* Performance tuning and troubleshooting (DB & Middleware)
* RMAN backup & recovery
* Experience raising and managing Oracle Support SRs
* Ability to work in secure, controlled environments with strict governance

Key Responsibilities
* Deliver upgrades across Oracle Database, EBS, and SOA Suite
* Perform database patching and upgrades
* Support and upgrade Oracle E-business Suite 12.2.x
* Administer and upgrade Oracle SOA Suite and WebLogic (WLS)
* Manage Oracle ASM and Grid Infrastructure
* Execute cloning, migration, and refresh activities
* Coordinate with Oracle Support and internal delivery teams
* Troubleshoot issues and perform root cause analysis
* Adhere to change, release, and security governance standards

Nice to Have
* Exposure to AWS HA/backup architectures
* Experience with Oracle WLS, SOA Suite, or Oracle IDCS/EBS Asserter
* Familiarity with ITIL processes