The successful candidate will take ownership of end-to-end network delivery, primarily focused on network migration projects across data centre, WAN/LAN, SD-WAN and potentially cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, execute, and manage network delivery projects from initiation to completion.
• Should have good knowledge of network migrations, challenges in migration and taking ownership of network project management & delivery.
• Ensure timely delivery of network solutions within agreed SLAs and KPIs.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal teams and external vendors.
• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders effectively.
• Oversee deployment, configuration, and optimization of network hardware and software.
• Ensure network designs meet performance, scalability, and security requirements.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and organizational security policies.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Proven experience in network migration projects (data center, WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, cloud).
• Strong understanding of networking technologies and protocols (TCP/IP, MPLS, VPN, BGP, OSPF).
• Experience with migration tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity with ITIL processes and change management.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience in network delivery or network project management.
• Strong understanding of networking technologies (LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, Firewalls, etc.).
• Familiarity with ITIL processes and project management methodologies (Agile, PMP).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage budgets and vendor relationships.

Contract Details:

• Duration: 6 months
• Rate: ~£375 per day (inside IR35)
• Working Model: Hybrid
• Role Type: Contract

Fire Suppression Technician / Fire Sprinkler Engineer

Must have experience carrying out PPM maintenance on fire sprinkler systems.

Rate: £200 - £250 including expenses
Location: Central London, various London underground stations
Vehicle required: Must have own van or car
Ticket/ Quals: Sentinel Card - Not essential
Days/ Hours: This role is night shift only -Sun – Thursday night - 10 pm – 6 am
Duration: 12 weeks or longer

PPM Suppression Engineer - PPM

The PPM Engineer will undertake planned maintenance activities on a wide range of fire assets, on the London Underground network. You’ll be working on a night shift , Sunday to Thursday pattern and in all weather. You’ll be trusted to work autonomously and relied on to make sure you work safely at all times. This is a excellent opportunity, to work for a market leading company.

You must have a driver’s license to enable you to travel between sites.

The key deliverables of this role are as follows:

• Completing preventative maintenance tasks on a nightly basis on spirnkler systems
• Ability to support the delivery of Daily tasks in line with business expectations
• Working as part of a team and individually dependant on task
• Health and Safety awareness and practice - Must have fire sprinkler experience
• Monitoring of works to ensure continued compliance
• From a fire surppresion bacground or Mechanical background.

The responsibilities for this role include:

• Provide accurate site reports on completed activities to either the site SPC or your line manager
• Responsible for completion of maintenance against defined schedule
• Ensure maintenance is completed to required standard and report any issues
• Complete any administration tasks in a timely manner

Qualifications / Skill Requirements:

• Familiarity with local, national, and international fire codes, regulations, and standards as wet/dry sprinklers, gas suppression systems, foam systems
• Hydraulics and Fluid Dynamics: Expertise in water flow calculations and the behaviour of fluids under pressure
• Fire Suppression Systems: Understanding of various types of fire suppression systems such
• Previous experience working within the LUL or Rail environment - desriable not esential

initial 6 month contract - £575 - £650 a day - outside IR35

Fully onsite role based - Newbury - (9-day fortnight, every other Friday off)

Active DV Clearance is essential

We are seeking an experienced Contract Juniper Network Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise-grade LAN/WAN/WLAN environments.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering secure, highly available, and scalable network solutions leveraging Juniper technologies, with integration into cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise LAN/WAN/WLAN networks using Juniper technologies

• Plan and deploy high-availability, resilient, and scalable network architectures

• Integrate on-premise infrastructure with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

• Configure and manage Juniper routers, switches, and firewalls

• Implement and administer network security solutions

• Provide advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across network environments

• Monitor, maintain, and optimise network performance and capacity

• Implement network automation using scripting (e.g., Python, Ansible, or similar)

• Produce and maintain:

• Network diagrams

• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Runbooks

• Configuration and support documentation

Participate in an on-call rota (details to be confirmed)

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise networks using Juniper technologies

• Strong hands-on configuration experience with:

• Juniper routers (MX series or equivalent)

• Juniper switches (EX/QFX series)

• Juniper SRX firewalls

Solid understanding of:

• Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)
• VLANs, MPLS, VPNs
• High-availability and failover technologies

Experience integrating enterprise networks with AWS and/or AzureStrong troubleshooting capability in complex, multi-site environmentsExperience implementing security controls and firewall policiesNetwork automation experience (Python, Ansible, Junos automation, or similar)Ability to produce clear technical documentation

Desirable Experience

• Experience working in secure or highly regulated environments
• Exposure to multi-site enterprise or critical infrastructure networks
• Familiarity with monitoring and performance management tools

This is an urgent role so if you’re interested please send your CV asap

Job Title: Contract Applications Developer - C++/Windows
Location: Cambridge
Rate: We know rate transparency matters. While we can’t list a figure on this advert, we are more than happy to disclose immediately upon application
Employment Type: Contract - 6 Month Contract
Working Arrangements: Hybrid working (3 days on site, 2 from home)

A contract opportunity for an experienced Contract Applications Developer - C++/Windows to join a high‑performance engineering team in Cambridge, working on motor control, embedded systems, and cross‑platform development across Windows and Linux. This is an initial 6‑month contract with strong potential for extension.

You will develop and enhance software that drives complex motor‑control systems used in advanced engineering environments. The work involves low‑level control, real‑time performance, and robust cross‑platform implementation. Collaboration with electronics, firmware, and systems engineers is central to the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain C++ applications for motor‑control systems
• Implement and optimise algorithms for real‑time motor control
• Develop software for Windows and Linux environments
• Integrate software with motor drivers and controllers

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong commercial experience in modern C++ (C++14/17)
• Proven background in motor control, motion systems, or embedded control loops
• Confident working across Windows and Linux platforms
• Experience with hardware interaction, device drivers, or real‑time systems
• Solid understanding of multithreading, performance optimisation, and low‑level debugging
• Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced R&D environment

This contract does not accept candidates operating through a Personal Service Company (PSC). Therefore, you will be required to work through an Umbrella company.

For more information, please contact Cathy Swain.
T: 01582 350053
E:

Role: Senior/Principal Safety Engineer

Location: Plymouth

Duration: 12 months

Inside IR35: Umbrella

About our client:

Our client in Devonport is a leading engineering and maritime organisation specialising in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of naval vessels. The site operates with a skilled workforce across mechanical, electrical, and technical disciplines, delivering high-quality and complex engineering projects. It offers a structured and collaborative working environment with opportunities for hands-on experience and professional development.

Main Purpose of Role

Responsible for ensuring the delivery of the safety engineering aspects of the facility. Ensure systems are designed against a clear statement of compliance with defined requirements, including demonstration that the design meets relevant HSE requirements. Guiding the development of engineering to the required scope and quality to support timely delivery of the project.

• Review of Safety Engineering design for compliance against relevant engineering standards on behalf of the receiving Design Authority
• Provide Subject Matter Expert advice for engineering to assist with problem solving as required
• Provide Technical design guidance and review of safety design packages
• Provide Technical design guidance and review integration of safety designs with other design packages
• Ensure the developing safety case claims can be substantiated by designs within your area
• Ensure that the design documentation covers the scope of operations required for the facility and is produced in accordance with corporate standards and that deliverables are complete and accurate
• Ensure Design Specifications are clear and review Inspection & Testing Plans for accuracy to ensure validation of design intent
• Provide on site advice regarding design change or defect rectification as required
• Ensuring effective Quality Management Arrangements operate and deliver through compliance with our client’s engineering processes
• Ensure that the processes and activities being managed are appropriately documented with appropriate records maintained and configuration and quality controls applied.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competences

The candidate should have extensive experience of:

• Safety Engineering within a complex project
• Derivation of safety requirements and developing / guiding safety strategies
• Verification of substantiation claims and safety case documentation
• Change management within a nuclear regulated environment

Due to the nature of the work carried out at our client’s site, these roles are subject to specific nationality requirements and are only open to sole British citizens. Candidates who meet this criterion will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with PwC to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

PwC is a hugely diverse business, bound by our global purpose - to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our greatest opportunity to deliver our purpose is through meaningful work that makes a difference to our clients and society. We have a culture of high performance built on exceptional quality, ethical and professional standards. We lead by example. Our standards for quality - and care - are high. And together we surpass them. We believe we can make the biggest impact when leading with our purpose, values and PwC Professional behaviours in every interaction.

On behalf of PwC, we are looking for an Integration Engineer to work on a 6 Month contract based in Rochester (Flexible).

Join us as an Integration Engineer:

The Integration Engineer is responsible for owning the end-to-end integration lifecycle, translating business and technical requirements into reliable, production-ready interface solutions across enterprise systems. The role focuses on delivering and optimising integration services using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC/OICS) and related technologies, ensuring solutions are secure, performant, resilient, and aligned with architectural standards. The Integration Engineer also supports service stability by embedding observability, error handling, and recoverability into integrations, while contributing to structured testing, controlled deployments, and post go-live support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the definition of integration requirements and functional specifications.
• Produce clear technical specifications and interface design documentation.
• Align integrations to enterprise architecture and canonical data models.
• Develop and configure integrations between source systems and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC/OICS).
• Configure and manage adapters for Oracle and non-Oracle systems.
• Implement mappings, transformations, and lookups.
• Implement structured error handling, retries, idempotency, logging, and alerting.
• Ensure integrations are secure, auditable, and support operational monitoring.
• Embed resilience and recoverability into integration solutions.
• Perform unit testing of integrations and support SIT, end-to-end testing, and UAT.
• Package and promote integration artefacts across environments.
• Support controlled release and production deployment activities.
• Troubleshoot incidents and manage reprocessing activities in line with defined runbooks.

Key Accountabilities, Skills & Experience:

• Experience delivering enterprise system integrations.
• Knowledge of Oracle ERP (11i, R12, Fusion) and/or Oracle EPM environments.
• Experience with ETL tools, data integrity strategies, and previous data migration activities.
• Understanding of enterprise integration patterns and API-based architectures. Technical Skills
• Strong experience with Oracle SQL and PL/SQL.
• Solid understanding of Oracle ERP database architecture and/or Oracle Cloud environments (EPM / Fusion).
• Experience with joins, subqueries, analytic functions, and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of ETL techniques and integration methodologies.
• Experience using PowerShell or other scripting/automation tools.
• Experience working with FBDI templates (desirable).

Next Steps:

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business

Job title: Systems Engineer (Digital Engineering)

Location: Reading/Hybrid (2-3 days per week on site)

Rate: £83 per hour inside ir35

Contract: 6 months+

SC security clearance is required for this role

Job description:

We’re looking for a Systems Engineer within Product Delivery for a client of mine who are a leading IT and engineering firm operating within the UK defence sector. You will own and evolve their System of Systems (SoS) digital engineering capability.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver and continuously improve SoS toolchains (Cameo/UAF, SysML/UML, IBM DOORS NG, interface & configuration management, simulation and verification integration).
• Define the reference architecture and technical baselines for multi-system digital solutions.
• Create and manage a clear capability roadmap and backlog aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Enable full digital traceability from capability requirements ? architecture ? interfaces ? analysis ? verification ? compliance evidence.
• Drive adoption of model-centric working - replacing document-based reviews with authoritative models.

Expereince required:

• 10+ years’ experience delivering SoS / MBSE capabilities.

• Strong background in Aerospace, Defence or other regulated environments.

• Deep knowledge of:

• Architecture modelling (UAF/DoDAF, SysML/UML)

• Requirements management (IBM DOORS NG)

• Interface & configuration management

• Digital Thread integration and traceability

Proven ability to lead complex, multi-partner technical delivery.Confident communicator who can align engineers, suppliers and senior stakeholders.

Desirable: INCOSE CSEP/ESEP, SAFe/Agile, Product Line Engineering, assurance/safety case experience.

If you are interested in this role, please feel free to submit your CV.

Data and Security Network Engineer - F5, Skyhigh Web Gateway proxies, VPN, Cisco

• Proven experience (5 years) as a Load Balancing and Proxy Network Engineer.
• Proven experience (5 years) implementing and configuring Cisco Switches and Routers.
• Strong proficiency in configuring and managing load balancers (F5 and AVI) and proxies (Skyhigh Web Gateway).
• In-depth knowledge of network protocols, security principles, and best practices.
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving complex network issues.
• Relevant certifications (eg, F5, AVI, Cisco) will be an advantage.

As a Data and Security Network Engineer, your skills will include:

• Experience with load balancing technologies (F5, AVI)
• Ability to configure Skyhigh Web Gateway proxies.
• Strong DMZ architecture and engineering Experience
• Experience and working knowledge of VPN designs and configuration on Cisco platforms.
• Experience and working knowledge of BGP and Multicast
• Working knowledge of DNS

Inside IR35 - initial 12 month contract (to be extended) - candidate can be based near Manchester/Liverpool/Stoke/Birmingham

Frome, Somerset - Onsite £45,000 - £50,000 + Private Healthcare + 26 Days Holiday This is an excellent opportunity for a Software Engineer to join a specialised Avionics team. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on technical variety, ranging from high-level UI development to low-level embedded systems, and wants to see their code take flight in the real world. This company is a fast-growing aerospace R&D firm is a pioneer in autonomous aviation. They design, manufacture, and operate large-scale autonomous helicopters for both military and civilian markets. Operating with a “safety-first” culture and a small, highly experienced team, they offer a cutting-edge environment where innovation and robust engineering are at the heart of everything they do. In this varied role you will be responsible for the full software lifecycle, from initial brief to live deployment. You will develop software for Linux-based deployed systems, create intuitive user interfaces, and while not as heavily weighted, you will have the opportunity dive into firmware for embedded systems. A unique aspect of this position includes supporting in-person flight testing, allowing you to develop and refine avionics systems in a live, operational environment. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of delivering robust, safety-critical code without AI reliance. You should be highly proficient in Linux, Python and Java, while beneficial to also have experience with C/C++, coupled with a deep understanding of STM32 processors and hardware interfaces such as CAN, SPI, and I2C. Beyond technical ability, you must be a British Citizen with a valid driving licence. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking company that values work-life balance through a 9-day fortnight (every other Friday off). Beyond the technical challenge, you’ll have the chance to work autonomously and travel both nationally and internationally. The Role: Managing the full lifecycle from the initial brief through to final deployment in service. Developing software for Linux-based deployed systems, user interfaces, and autonomy controls. Supporting live, in-person flight testing to refine avionics systems in a real-world environment. 5 days onsite in Frome The Person: Strong experience with Java, Python, Linux. Strong background in Linux-based systems, Raspberry Pi, and hardware interfaces like CAN and SPI. Beneficial to have experience with Firmware development (C/C++) Must be a British Citizen and hold a valid UK driving licence Reference Number: BBBH(phone number removed) Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client. We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates

Job Title: Contract Applications Developer - C++/Windows
Location: Cambridge
Rate: We know rate transparency matters. While we can t list a figure on this advert, we are more than happy to disclose immediately upon application
Employment Type: Contract - 6 Month Contract
Working Arrangements: Hybrid working (3 days on site, 2 from home)

A contract opportunity for an experienced Contract Applications Developer - C++/Windows to join a high performance engineering team in Cambridge, working on motor control, embedded systems, and cross platform development across Windows and Linux. This is an initial 6 month contract with strong potential for extension.

You will develop and enhance software that drives complex motor control systems used in advanced engineering environments. The work involves low level control, real time performance, and robust cross platform implementation. Collaboration with electronics, firmware, and systems engineers is central to the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain C++ applications for motor control systems
• Implement and optimise algorithms for real time motor control
• Develop software for Windows and Linux environments
• Integrate software with motor drivers and controllers

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong commercial experience in modern C++ (C+/17)
• Proven background in motor control, motion systems, or embedded control loops
• Confident working across Windows and Linux platforms
• Experience with hardware interaction, device drivers, or real time systems
• Solid understanding of multithreading, performance optimisation, and low level debugging
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced R&D environment

This contract does not accept candidates operating through a Personal Service Company (PSC). Therefore, you will be required to work through an Umbrella company.

For more information, please contact Cathy Swain.
T: (phone number removed)
E: (url removed)

initial 6 month contract - 575 - 650 a day - outside IR35

Fully onsite role based - Newbury - (9-day fortnight, every other Friday off)

Active DV Clearance is essential

We are seeking an experienced Contract Juniper Network Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise-grade LAN/WAN/WLAN environments.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering secure, highly available, and scalable network solutions leveraging Juniper technologies, with integration into cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise LAN/WAN/WLAN networks using Juniper technologies
• Plan and deploy high-availability, resilient, and scalable network architectures
• Integrate on-premise infrastructure with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Configure and manage Juniper routers, switches, and firewalls
• Implement and administer network security solutions
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across network environments
• Monitor, maintain, and optimise network performance and capacity
• Implement network automation using scripting (e.g., Python, Ansible, or similar)
• Produce and maintain:

• Network diagrams
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Runbooks
• Configuration and support documentation

• Participate in an on-call rota (details to be confirmed)

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise networks using Juniper technologies
• Strong hands-on configuration experience with:

• Juniper routers (MX series or equivalent)
• Juniper switches (EX/QFX series)
• Juniper SRX firewalls

• Solid understanding of:

• Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)
• VLANs, MPLS, VPNs
• High-availability and failover technologies

• Experience integrating enterprise networks with AWS and/or Azure
• Strong troubleshooting capability in complex, multi-site environments
• Experience implementing security controls and firewall policies
• Network automation experience (Python, Ansible, Junos automation, or similar)
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation

Desirable Experience

• Experience working in secure or highly regulated environments
• Exposure to multi-site enterprise or critical infrastructure networks
• Familiarity with monitoring and performance management tools

This is an urgent role so if you’re interested please send your CV asap

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.

Rate: 380 a day

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Location: Wokingham Hybrid in office three days a week

Duration: 6 months duration

Clearance: SC Clearance required

You will join a global IT Consultancy bringing digital transformation to a public sector agency

Role Description:

Knowledge, Experience & Technical Expertise

• Proven track record in the design, construction, and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 8, 9, and 10.
• Demonstrated success in the design and management of Red Hat Satellite and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Experienced in managing VMware solutions.
• Proven leadership in guiding a small team of Red Hat subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Strong understanding of network protocols and topologies.
• Extensive customer-facing experience in an IT service role.
• Methodical and positive approach to problem-solving.
• Proficient in working effectively both independently and as part of highly productive small to medium-sized teams in an ITIL/DevSecOps based support environment.
• Experience with business-critical real-time systems, ensuring high levels of availability through proactive actions.
• Demonstrated accountability in seeing issues through to successful resolution. - Skilled in producing technical reports and documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong communicator with excellent writing skills.

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience in a production IT environment, managing enterprise IT infrastructure, hardware, hosting services, and network areas.
• Ability to write and review architectural design documents.
• Knowledge of industry trends and new technologies, with the ability to apply these trends to architectural needs.

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.

A Contract position Outside IR35

3 days pw onsite

Our client, a leading name in the automotive sector, is currently seeking a Low Voltage Energy Management Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. This role focuses on the development, integration, and validation of low voltage systems within automotive projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, integrate, validate, and sign off low voltage systems across various projects.
• Manage hardware and software (System 42), approve circuit diagrams, and support development of functions and ECU communications.
• Resolve vehicle issues using diagnostic troubleshooting skills.
• Support compliance, functional safety, and emission control activities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with departments such as Electrical & Electronics, Whole Vehicle, Body & Trim, and Motion Engineering.
• Validate platform changes, part introductions, technical changes, and releases for low voltage components.
• Coordinate with suppliers and VW group engineers to deliver functional low voltage systems.
• Deliver functional safety documentation sign-off for low voltage energy management.

Job Requirements:

• Understanding of vehicle low voltage systems and components including energy management software functions, starter motors, alternators, and 12V battery technology.
• Knowledge of medium (48V) and high voltage systems and their interaction with low voltage systems.
• Experience with 12V DC high power systems, fusing cable sizing, and in-circuit resistance.
• Knowledge of 12V battery charging technology and diagnostic testers.
• Experience with modelling, simulation for performance and ageing predictions, and CAN, Flexray, and LIN bus systems.
• Proficiency in using tools like Vector Tools - CANape, CANoe, CANanalyser, INCA, NI Labview, and Diadem.
• Electronic/electrical fault finding and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of software development and writing electronic system specifications.
• Experience in systems engineering and cross-functional working.

Qualifications:

• Engineering degree.
• Desirable: High Voltage training/qualification and German language skills.

If you are a skilled Low Voltage Energy Management Engineer seeking a challenging contract role in the automotive industry, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client’s dynamic and innovative team.

Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer (Facilities & Infrastructure Upgrades)
Location: Boscombe Down
WFH: 3 days onsite per week
Duration: 6 months
Clearance: SC to Start preferred
IR35: Inside
Day Rate: DOE

Key Skills: Systems Engineering, Test, Trials, Training, Infrastructure, Engineering, Rail, Nuclear, Aviation, Military, Full Lifecycle, RIBA, CDM, JCT, NEC

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Principal Systems Engineer to lead the technical delivery and systems engineering of complex, high-value infrastructure projects supporting Test, Trials, Training and Evaluation. This includes facilities and infrastructure that supports the testing of aviation, land, and environmental systems.

In this role, you will act as the Technical Lead and Lead Systems Engineer, guiding projects from requirements through to transition to service, while mentoring junior engineers and providing technical advice across multiple programmes. You will be responsible for ensuring solutions are compliant, safe by design, and delivered to time, cost, and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities as a Principal Systems Engineer:

• Lead technical delivery of complex systems programmes or multiple infrastructure projects.
• Develop systems engineering artefacts throughout project lifecycle, including Technical Delivery Plans, Stakeholder & System Requirements, Architecture Design Documents, Integrated Test & Evaluation Plans, and Acceptance Plans.
• Lead tailoring of project lifecycles and engineering governance approaches, advising and mentoring others.
• Oversee subcontracted technical activity, ensuring risk transparency, mitigation, and compliance.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate critical safety, security, and high-risk elements early in the lifecycle.
• Plan complex installation, integration, and acceptance activities across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience as the Principal Systems Engineer:

• Experience delivering facility and building upgrades using systems engineering processes.
• Proven ability to lead high-value technical programmes through the full project lifecycle.
• Experience in specialist infrastructure sectors such as:

• Defence / military (ex-forces experience beneficial)
• Aviation facilities and test ranges
• UK nuclear sites
• Railways or critical industrial infrastructure

• Strong knowledge of systems integration including facilities, equipment, control, communication, and IT systems.
• Have a deep understanding of engineering standards, RIBA stage gates, regulatory compliance, and safety-critical functions.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and multiple stakeholders across complex projects.
• Have strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching skills with excellent communication at all levels.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering, or relevant technical discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent ideal
• Demonstrable track record of hands-on delivery of systems engineering artefacts and leading teams in complex technical programmes.

PLEASE NOTE

Security Clearance (SC) or eligibility to gain is required to be considered for this vacancy

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Structured Cabling Engineer contract in Dunfermline

DCS Recruitment currently seek an experienced structured cabling engineer in Dunfermline on behalf of a national client.

Vacancies: 2

Individuals and teams are equally encouraged to get in touch.

Start Monday 2nd March

Duration: 3 weeks

M-F day shifts

This contract will involve moves, adds, and changes, of commercial network infrastructure and its structured cabling.

The ideal candidate will:

• Hold a valid CSCS/ECS/Equivalent - preferably an industry related card e.g. datacoms, network infrastructure, cabling installer
• Have a minimum of 2 years industry experience as a data cabling installer
• Be able to provide relevant work references prior to start
• Installation of structured cabling and network hardware in a commercial setting

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Our client, an established catering and hospitality company, is currently recruiting an SAP HANA Administrator to join their SAP team on a 6-month contract basis. The SAP Administrator will be responsible for managing the Linux services in use to enable the business to achieve its business objectives and strategic plans.

Key Responsibilities for the SAP HANA Administrator:

• Administer, manage, and maintain SAP HANA databases.
• Perform database tuning and performance monitoring.
• Support backup and recovery operations.
• Provide support and guidance to the SAP team.
• Resolve database performance issues, capacity issues, replication, and other data-related issues.
• Ensure compliance with database vendor license agreements.

Skills Required for the SAP HANA Administrator:

• A strong background working as an SAP Admin
• Proficiency in database management, tuning, backup, and recovery
• Strong technical documentation skills with ability to summarise technical issues or proposals in non-technical language when required.
• Experience of SAP upgrade from S2 to HANA is desirable
• Strong communication skills

Please apply as directed!

This role sits within the Cyber Security function and is responsible for managing, optimising and securing enterprise-scale Akamai environments. The successful candidate will operate as a Level 3 SME within a high-pressure Cyber Defence environment, ensuring performance, resilience and security across critical digital platforms.

You will play a key role in protecting large-scale systems from advanced threats, optimising CDN performance, and ensuring compliance across both cloud and on-prem environments.

Key Responsibilities

Manage and optimise Akamai security suites including:

• WAF
• L7 Anti-DDoS
• Bot Manager Premier
• API Security
• Site Shield
• API Acceleration
• Implement advanced blocking measures and bot-attack prevention strategies to secure large-scale production systems.
• Ensure PCI compliance and maintain secure configurations across hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
• Configure and optimise Akamai CDN for performance, scalability and reliability.
• Set up application and web transaction monitoring, including customised reporting and alerting.
• Integrate automation tooling such as Terraform and CI/CD pipelines into Akamai deployments.
• Act as L3 SME for Akamai-related incidents within Cyber Defence Centres (CDCs).
• Lead service recovery during outages and ensure SLA/OLA adherence in high-stakes environments.
• Conduct deep technical troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and performance tuning across Akamai CDN services.
• Support transition of Akamai services from incumbent providers where required.
• Produce clear documentation, reporting and knowledge transfer materials.

What You Will Ideally Bring

• 7+ years of Cybersecurity experience.
• 3+ years operating as an Akamai SME/L3 Engineer.

Strong background in:

• Network Security
• Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
• Anti-DDoS
• Web Application Firewalls (WAF)
• Bot Management
• Hands-on experience managing and optimising enterprise Akamai environments.
• Akamai certifications (WAF, DDoS, Bot Manager, API Protector, Site Shield) highly desirable.
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision in high-pressure environments.
• Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working within structured incident and governance frameworks.

Contract Details

• Duration: 6 months
• Rate: £500 per day
• IR35 Status: Inside IR35
• Location: Hybrid - Farringdon
• Start Date: ASAP

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!

Edinburgh OR Newcastle - fully onsite

12-month contract

Paying up to 70p/h (Inside IR35)

Role overview: Our client is looking for an experienced Systems Engineers to contribute to the continued development of an in-service radar system, by supporting the planning and analysis of radar trials (rig-based and flight trials).

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with large datasets from rig and flight trials, and use analytical techniques to evaluate radar performance against requirements and raise Systems Problem Reports (SPR) for detailed investigation.
• Apply signal processing, image processing, and object classification techniques to extract actionable insights.
• Investigate system anomalies using real trial data, ensuring performance meets specifications.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to develop and prototype cutting-edge defence solutions.
• Contribute to System Verification & Validation (V&V) activities as part of the continuous development / enhancement of the Radar System.

Required Skillset:

• Strong experience with MATLAB, particularly for use in the analysis of large data sets.
• Full V-model lifecycle experience, with an emphasis on the middle to right side (implementation, integration, testing, and V&V).
• Experience in safety-critical systems.
• An understanding of radar or complex sensor systems would be beneficial.

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.