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Senior Platform Delivery Lead (BPMN & DMN - Camunda)
Adecco
London
Hybrid
Senior
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Job Title: Senior Platform Delivery Lead (BPMN & DMN Orchestration Platform - Camunda)
Location: London (3 days a week on-site)
Contract Length: Until 31/03/2026 (possibility for extension)
Working Pattern: Full Time
Rate: Highly competitive rate available for suitable candidates
Join Our Team!
Are you ready to lead the charge in delivering innovative BPMN & DMN solutions? Our client is seeking a passionate Senior Platform Delivery Lead to architect, build, and implement a cutting-edge BPMN & DMN Orchestration Platform based on Camunda. This is your chance to make a significant impact in the financial sector while working in a dynamic Agile DevOps environment!
Purpose of the Role:
Architect and Build: Take the reins in designing and implementing a new BPMN & DMN Orchestration Platform.
Manage Delivery: Oversee Agile DevOps delivery of platform engineering resources to enable seamless automation capabilities across the EMEA region.
Required Skills and Experience:
Experience in implementing Camunda into enterprise DevOps platforms and integration with on prem and cloud-based architectures is essential.
Experience in implementing BMPN and DMN based engines for business process and business rules automation and orchestration within Financial Sector and highly regulated environment
Experience in onshore and offshore delivery team leadership
Experience in internal and third-party architecture and engineering resources management
Experience in performance management of resources, training and development
Thorough understanding of IT controls and software development lifecycle
Positive mindset to drive excellence and continual improvement in IT service delivery
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders
Effective corporate culture carrier, diversity and inclusion leader and sustainability champion
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the Way: Design and build the new Process Orchestration Platform using Camunda.
Agile Management: Drive agile DevOps delivery including ceremonies, plans, resources, budgets, and risk management.
Collaborate Effectively: Work with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure smooth delivery and continuous improvement.
Define Excellence: Establish engineering deliverables for the BPMN & DMN Centre of Excellence and support involved teams.
Foster Adoption: Create and implement a platform adoption plan with training and support to ensure effective utilisation.
Mentor and Inspire: Lead, manage, and mentor your team, fostering a collaborative environment focused on results.
Technical Skills:
Orchestration: Camunda 8 (including Zeebe, Operate, Elasticsearch, etc.)
Backend Development: Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, Kafka
Frontend Development: Angular 15+, React 18+, REST APIs
CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
Monitoring & Alerts: Prometheus, Grafana
Data Persistence: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
Why Join Us?
Be part of a forward-thinking organisation that values diversity, inclusion, and sustainability.
Work in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
Enjoy a competitive salary and a supportive work culture that promotes professional growth.
If you’re an analytical and innovative leader ready to take on new challenges, we want to hear from you! Apply today and help shape the future of our BPMN & DMN Orchestration Platform!
Excited to make a difference? Let’s connect!
Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone’s chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
Senior Network Domain Architect
Experis
Lancashire
Hybrid
Senior
£650/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE
Role Title: Senior Network Domain Architect
Location: Barrow On Furness / Hybrid, 1-2 Days per month on site.
Duration: 6 months
Rate: 650 per day - Umbrella Only
CONTRACTOR MUST HOLD SC CLEARANCE - CURRENTLY ACTIVE
Role Description:
SENIOR NETWORK DOMAIN ARCHITECT
We’re seeking a seasoned Domain Architect who wants to apply their skills and experience within an exciting and vibrant Managed Services organisation. Our clients are going through a period of significant change, and digital transformation is at the forefront of their business strategy.
As a Domain Architect, you will thrive on having Design Authority for the relevant Service Line aligned to your domain expertise. You will enjoy being the domain focal point for ensuring its technical integrity. Being part of an enthusiastic Business Technologist community will enable you to maintain awareness of the latest technologies and innovations within the Capgemini Portfolio and apply these to your technology domains. You will also provide inspiration and act as a role model for a talented and enthusiastic team of Engineers in your Service Line.
Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.
If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)
Your role:
As an integral part of the Capgemini Architecture community, you’ll have fantastic opportunities to develop both yourself, and our collective capabilities. As part of a Service Line team, you’ll be empowered to provide:
Design Authority for the Service Line related to your domain expertise.
Key stakeholder management for internal, as well as external parties.
Expert strategy advisory within client facing Managed Services accounts along with new deals and transitions.
Trusted advice to the Client by cultivating strong symbiotic Client relationships.
Direction and guidance on technical aspects, ensuring adherence to Service Line strategy, standards and practices while aligning with client requirements.
Your skills and experience:
A proven track record of acting as Domain Architect within a Managed Services environment. Can demonstrate experience of operating as a Service Line Design Authority within the constraints and complexities of large Managed Services accounts, bids, and transitions. Able to demonstrate a knowledge of contracts and commercials as well as proven stakeholder management and client relationship skills.
Your security clearance:
To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.
Safeguards Consultant
Damia Group Ltd
United Kingdom
Hybrid
Mid
£550/day - £600/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE
Clearable/ SC Cleared SAP Safeguards Consultant- 4 months+ (Apply online only)pd Inside IR35 - Hybrid
Summary
Strong experience in Safeguards in SAP S/4 HANA deployments (minimum of 4 years experience).
Experience in the energy industry highly beneficial (role is in Nuclear).
SC clearance required for role - so ability to get SC clearance is essential.
Skills and Experience
WM, PP and OTC functional skills
Functional expertise in writing specifications - spanning multiple areas
Experience in complex developments
Full lifecycle experience
Experience in providing training and testing
Experience in ensuring compliance with regulations and industry best practices
Clearable/ SC Cleared SAP Safeguards Consultant- 4 months+ (Apply online only)pd Inside IR35 - Hybrid
Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.
Security Assurance Specialist
VIQU Energy Limited
Manchester
Hybrid
Mid
£700/day - £750/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE
Security Assurance Specialist - Manchester
We are looking for an Security Assurance Specialist for a client of ours who are a major player behind the smart meter rollout in the UK, building secure infrastructure to support the mass rollout of smart meters across the country. The role is responsible for working with project teams, including architects, analysts, technical designers and business users to ensure that projects are delivered securely, protecting customer, company and employee data and ensuring compliance with the Information Security policies and standards.
Responsibilities:
Provide end to end engagement on a wide range of business projects, ensuring security is built in and customer, company, and employee data is protected.
Liaise with the Security Architects and wider team to provide technical requirements to ensure projects deliver secure solutions
Work with the Security Business Partners to scope, arrange and support penetration testing and vulnerability testing and track remediation to a close
Articulate risk in technical and non-technical terminology so that it can be interpreted by Information Technology and business individuals
Skills:
Recognised qualifications include CISSP, CISM, CISA or equivalent
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor / Lead Implementor or similar qualification
Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is beneficial.
Formal qualification in Information Security domain or equivalent experience desirable
Cloud Security Controls
Location Manchester or London (hybrid)
Start Date: ASAP
Rate: £700 - £750pd (Inside IR35)
As a Security Assurance Specialist, you ll join a business with a genuinely strong reputation both externally in the market and as an employee proposition.
Security Assurance Specialist
Innovation Manager
Adecco
Warwickshire
Hybrid
Mid
Private salary
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE
Innovation Manager (Secondment - 9-12 Months)
Location: Warwick or London (The Strand) - 2 days per week in the office (hybrid working)
Contract type: Secondment / Fixed Term (9-12 months)
Working pattern: Full-time
About the role
Great Britain’s electricity infrastructure is undergoing an ambitious, exciting and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, greener system-one that protects the planet and serves generations to come.
This role sits within the Engineering Services function of Strategic Infrastructure, which is responsible for three core remits: asset management, innovation, and technical publications. The team oversees major projects within huge portfolios, taking them from construction through to commissioning.
As Innovation Manager, you will play a key role in accelerating how these projects are delivered by focusing on ideation, brainstorming, and scaling solutions. You’ll lead a team of four innovation engineers, working together to identify which solutions have the highest impact, test them, and embed them into the way projects are delivered-ensuring innovation drives efficiency, speed, and sustainability.
You’ll be joining a leading UK energy company at the forefront of the nation’s electricity infrastructure, helping to shape how major projects are delivered while supporting the energy transition.
About you
We’re looking for someone entrepreneurial, creative, and collaborative-able to inspire ideas and turn them into real-world impact. Ideally, you will bring:
Strong commercial, entrepreneurial, and problem-solving skills, with the resilience to navigate complex organisations.
A deep understanding of current and emerging global energy trends.
Technical expertise in grid technologies, experience or understanding of electrical transmission systems (onshore/offshore, AC/DC transmission).
Experience managing innovation projects and scaling ideas into business cases.
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships at all levels.
Proven leadership experience, with the ability to lead and motivate teams while fostering an inclusive culture of belonging.
If you’re passionate about innovation and the energy transition, we’d love to hear from you-you may be the perfect fit for this role, or another within the organisation.
What you’ll do
As an Innovation Manager, you will:
Lead and mentor a team of 4 innovation engineers, guiding their development and delivery.
Run ideation and brainstorming sessions to generate and capture new solutions.
Identify high-impact opportunities and prioritise solutions that accelerate project delivery.
Scale innovation by moving ideas through discovery, prototyping, validation, and implementation.
Track KPIs, share learnings, and report innovation outcomes to senior leadership.
Support funding and business case development for innovative solutions.
Collaborate with project delivery teams, cross-functional partners, and external organisations to test and deploy innovations.
Build relationships with vendors, research institutes, and industry experts to bring in fresh ideas.
This is a fantastic opportunity for entrepreneurial leaders passionate about the decarbonisation of the energy industry to shape how the Engineering Services team within Strategic Infrastructure delivers the UK’s most significant energy projects-by leading a team of innovators and turning ideas into scalable solutions that transform delivery.
Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone’s chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
SAP QM Consultant
Damia Group Ltd
United Kingdom
Hybrid
Mid
£650/day - £700/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE
SAP QM Consultant - 700 per day inside IR35 - Location: Hybrid - a few days a month in Capenhurst and then the ability to travel to Germany/Netherlands for Workshops at the start of the next wave of work.
Clearance required: BPSS and ability to be SC cleared - must not have been out of the country for more than 28 consecutive days in the last 5 years.
Summary
Strong experience in QM (Quality) in SAP S/4 HANA deployments.
Experience in the energy industry highly beneficial (role is in Nuclear).
SC clearance required for role - so ability to get SC clearance is essential.
Key Responsibilities/Skills:
Configure core QM components: PP/PI/PPDS/Variant Configuration.
Integration with Other Modules: Work closely with the other workstreams to ensure seamless integration.
Compliance & Regulatory Support: Ensure quality processes meet industry regulatory requirements.
Drive WRICEF items.
SAP QM Consultant - 700 per day inside IR35 - Location: Hybrid - a few days a month in Capenhurst and then the ability to travel to Germany/Netherlands for Workshops at the start of the next wave of work.
Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.
IT Head Cyber Security Technology
Guidant Global
Reading
In office
Mid
£800/day - £999/day
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Base Location: Reading / Havant
Salary: 800 - 999 per day
Working Pattern: 40 hours per week / Full time
Embark on a transformative career journey with SSE energy company, where innovation meets impact in the heart of the IT sector. As a pivotal player in our forward-thinking team, you’ll harness cutting-edge technology to drive change and propel the UK towards its ambitious net-zero targets. Your expertise will not only shape the future of energy but also carve a sustainable world for generations to come. Join us and be at the forefront of the green revolution, where every line of code contributes to a cleaner, brighter future.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain the enterprise cyber security architecture for the Group including development of enterprise architecture standards and patterns that address the requirements of both IT and OT that aligns with industry standards, regulatory requirements and best practice in support of high risk and critical programmes and projects.
Lead IT security risk position and lead consulting and assurance engagement into Group IT products and services. This includes overseeing the IT security risk position and mitigation planning. Management and challenge of security assurance to critical IT security projects and programmes.
Lead SSE’s Secure by Design approach and provide technical expertise and support for the development and implementation of cyber security policies and architecture standards and patterns.
Define and manage a security tooling roadmap to ensure the implementation of effective security controls and technologies and regularly update cyber security technical strategies including emerging innovation and technological advancements.
Establish and enhance a cyber resilience capability and exercising capability working with all of the Business Units and the Group wide resilience function including working with the National Energy System Operator on cyber resilience.
What do you need?
Enterprise security architecture expertise and ability to understand and advise on the strategic direction for cyber security in IT and OT implementations advising programmes and projects with pragmatic best practice advice.
Deep experience in defining and driving Secure by Design and Secure by Default in order to design and implement security architectures that align with business goals and objectives including creating security standards, and procedures.
A deep understanding of network security, OT and IT security, application security, identity management, cloud security, and endpoint security including knowledge of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, encryption, and other security technologies and industry standards and frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and IEC 62443.
Effective communication skills so that you can explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders and for collaborating with other IT and engineering professionals and experience in interacting with C level executives.
Detail-oriented and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make informed decisions under pressure.
What happens now?
After submitting your application for the Head Cyber Security Technology role, we understand you’re eager to hear back. We value your time and interest, and if your application is successful, you will be contacted directly by the team within 2 working days.
We appreciate your patience and look forward to the possibility of welcoming you aboard.
SAP MM Consultant
Damia Group Ltd
United Kingdom
Hybrid
Mid
£700/day - £740/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE
Clearable/SC Cleared SAP MM Consultant/ Senior Materials Management Consultant- 3 months+ - (Apply online only)pd Inside IR35- Hybrid - a few days a month in Capenhurst and then ability to travel to Germany/Netherlands for Workshops
Location: Hybrid - a few days a month in Capenhurst and then ability to travel to Germany/Netherlands for Workshops at the start of next wave of work.
Summary:
Strong experience in Materials Management in SAP S/4 HANA deployments.
Experience in the energy industry highly beneficial (role is in Nuclear).
SC clearance required for role - so ability to get SC clearance is essential.
Key Responsibilities/Skills:
Integration with Other Modules: Work closely with the other workstreams to ensure seamless integration.
Functional Expertise: Strong understanding of SAP MM processes: procurement, inventory, valuation, and logistics.
SAP S/4HANA Configuration: Configure core MM components such as the Material Master, Vendor Master and Inventory Management.
Drive WRICEF items for future Waves within programme.
Clearable/SC Cleared SAP MM Consultant/ Senior Materials Management Consultant- 3 months+ - (Apply online only)pd Inside IR35- Hybrid - a few days a month in Capenhurst and then ability to travel to Germany/Netherlands for Workshops
Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.
Purchase to Pay (P2P) Lead
Experis
Surrey
Hybrid
Leader
£550/day - £600/day
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Job Title: Purchase to Pay Lead
Clearance required: Active SC or SC Eligible
Location: Hybrid, 30% on client site in Frimley, Surrey
Rate: 550 per day - via Umbrella Only
Job Description:
Has had a consulting role across multiple full cycle projects in SAP S4/HANA or ECC working in MM/PtP of 8+ years
Experience in managing a team in client facing projects.
Responsible for the deliverables within client facing projects and delivering results.
Advocate of best practice design principles along with an advisory focus and demonstrate being able to provide solutions for business requirements.
Be proficient and have vast hands-on config experience in MM capabilities to lead your area and provide solutions for clients dealing with the likes of:
Purchase requisition creation and the integration with planning functionality.
Purchase Order processing.
Goods receipt processing.
Subcontracting.
Returns processing.
Experience in using SAP Fiori and flexible workflow is advantageous.
Have experience in multiple end-to-end design and implementation programmes within S4/HANA or ECC working across MM/PtP.
Strong understanding of Procure to Pay processes, inventory functions and Supplier Relationship Management.
Solid understanding of modules that integrate with MM (e.g. Planning, EWM).
Understand the key capabilities of MM and how they integrate with other SAP modules and applications.
Industry and business process knowledge in one or more of the following sectors is an advantage: Aerospace and Defence, Consumer Products, Pharma or Discrete Manufacturing
Can demonstrate knowledge of the strategic direction of SAP and related products.
Have experience in designing and defining the MM org structure within PtP to offer a fit for purpose design.
SAP Sourcing and Procurement certification is beneficial
SAP ABAP Development Consultant
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Cheshire
Hybrid
Mid
£680/day - £688/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE
Rate: 688 a day MAX - Inside IR35
Duration: Initially 6 months
Clearance required: SC cleared
Location: Hybrid - a few days a month in Chester
Global IT Consultancy are looking for a proven, hands on SAP ABAP Consultant with multiple FULL Lifecycle experience and ability to work unsupervised using the latest SAP technologies, including S/4HANA, CDS Views, Gateway and Adobe Forms.
Role
Helping to deliver SAP solutions with our clients, on client sites
Ensuring quality delivery of our solutions
Helping to influence (with the rest of the technical team in the UK) key reference projects
Ability to work well with our technical & functional capabilities
Skills Required
Experience of implementing Clean Core ABAP Programming, CDS Views, FIORI Element reports & Adobe Forms.
Experience with a selection of other development objects, for example Function Modules, Data dictionary objects, BADI, BAPI, User-Exits, Web Services Gateway, Data Services, CDS Views, ABAP for HANA, Forms, Reports or performance tuning is advantageous
Experience of SAP PO/PI is useful
Strong customer focus with good client facing consulting capability as roles are working collaboratively with our clients, and on behalf of our clients with their suppliers
Perform testing of system changes and to assist in user testing of changes
Participate in knowledge sharing with colleagues in SAP technical and related client business matters
Playing an active part in Process Improvement, ensuring compliance with all relevant quality processes and procedures, including completion of all the specified quality records
SAP P2P Lead
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Camberley
Hybrid
Leader
£550/day - £559/day
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Rate: 559 a day MAX (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Hybrid - 2 days a week on site at Frimley
Clearance required: SC
A global IT Consultancy is looking for a SAP P2P Lead to join them as they deliver digital transformation to a public sector body.
Job Description:
Has had a consulting role across multiple full cycle projects in SAP S4/HANA or ECC working in MM/PtP of 8+ years
Experience in managing a team in client facing projects.
Responsible for the deliverables within client facing projects and delivering results.
Advocate of best practice design principles along with an advisory focus and demonstrate being able to provide solutions for business requirements.
Be proficient and have vast hands-on config experience in MM capabilities to lead your area and provide solutions for clients dealing with the likes of:
Purchase requisition creation and the integration with planning functionality.
Purchase Order processing.
Goods receipt processing.
Subcontracting.
Returns processing.
Experience in using SAP Fiori and flexible workflow is advantageous.
Have experience in multiple end-to-end design and implementation programmes within S4/HANA or ECC working across MM/PtP.
Strong understanding of Procure to Pay processes, inventory functions and Supplier Relationship Management.
Solid understanding of modules that integrate with MM (e.g. Planning, EWM).
Understand the key capabilities of MM and how they integrate with other SAP modules and applications.
Industry and business process knowledge in one or more of the following sectors is an advantage: Aerospace and Defence, Consumer Products, Pharma or Discrete Manufacturing
Can demonstrate knowledge of the strategic direction of SAP and related products.
Have experience in designing and defining the MM org structure within PtP to offer a fit for purpose design.
SAP Sourcing and Procurement certification is beneficial

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