Platform Engineer - Active SC, Databricks, Trivy, Azure
£510 per day (Inside)
Remote Working
Initial 6 month Contract

My client is an instantly recognisable consultancy who urgently require a Platform Engineer with Active SC Clearance for an end client within the public sector.

Key Requirements:

• Proven commercial experience working as a Platform / DevOps Engineer within the public sector.
• Active SC Clearance.
• Strong, commercial experience with Terraform for IaC, and with Databricks.
• Proven track record configuring and managing Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep understanding of Azure cloud services and components.
• Some experience using Databricks
• Practical experience with Docker containerisation.
• Knowledge of security scanning tooling (Trivy or similar).
• Scripting proficiency in Bash (Python is desirable).
• Solid understanding of Git-based version control, specifically within Azure DevOps.

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Job Title: Principal Consultant Service Now Tech Lead Job Type: Contract (Inside IR35) Duration: 6 months Work model: Remote Job Summary:

In this role, you will be the technical owner and manage a team of developers, assign their tasks and provide technical guidance as needed.

Responsibilities

You are the technical owner and manage a team of developers, assign their tasks and provide technical guidance as needed.

Mentor and lead a team of developers.

Participate in requirement discovery with clients, design and develop solutions for the ServiceNow platform, ranging from current feature enhancements and bug fixes to full application suite deployment.

Carry out agile sprint-defined development tasks to support release cycles, including execution of development, unit testing, functional testing, and overall peer review of team member work.

Reviews design and code per sprint to ensure quality.

Creation and customization of complex workflows and custom workflow activities.

Coordinate with Client, Architects, Business Analysts, and developers to translate business requirements to technical requirements and development tasks.

Contribute and review user stories.

Build and maintain technical documentation.

Monitor health, usage, and overall compliance of ServiceNow and its applications

Develop a keen understanding of the products we implement and client business.

Provide production support and be able to resolve problems under pressure.

Assists in project estimation.

Participate in regular Knowledge Transfer sessions with ServiceNow Developers

Stay current with new and updated capabilities of the ServiceNow Platform

Coordinate upgrades to Production and Sub-Production instances

Coordinate sub-production testing, evaluation, and regression remediation

Participate in blueprinting workshops and contribute with documentation and effort estimation.

Support COE in continuous development of training paths for professional advancement.

Contribute to ongoing definition of best development and solution practices.

Lead training workshops as mean to spread experiences gained across the practice.

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum Qualifications / Skills

Relevant experience ServiceNow Development.

Demonstrate prior experience in leading client projects as a technical lead.

Certified System Administrator (CSA) plus one mainline Implementor certifications (SPO/CSM / HRSD/ITSM/GRC etc.). Experience on Sourcing and Procurement operation (“SPO”), Service mapping would be preferred.

One greenfield implementation of any ServiceNow module.

Strong hand-on experience in Java scripting, debugging and deployment using update sets for new applications, enhancements, and version upgrades

Hands-on Experience working with Business Rules, Client Scripts, UI Policies, UI Scripts, UI Actions, UI Pages, Script Includes, Access Control Lists, API’s, Service Portal etc…

Experience in Integration with 3rd party tools using Rest, SOAP, Scripted and Flow/Integration Hub.

Good understanding of ServiceNow Best practices in scripting, integration.

Experience in deploying code from Lower instance to Production.

Experience in Cloning and Upgrades.

Excellent communication Skills for client facing roles.

Good management, analytics, problem solving & interpersonal skills

Self-motivated, Positive outlook & result oriented

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills

Knowledge of Azure DevOps/ TFS / Jira / Rally Etc.

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Senior Security Engineer (Incident Response SIEM SOAR AWS) Remote UK to £115k

Are you a tech savvy Senior Security Engineer with strong Incident Response experience?

You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on Senior Security Engineer role as part of a friendly and supportive international team at a growing and hugely successful European car insurance tech company as they expand their UK presence; their platform enables an insurance quote to be made to the consumer within 60 seconds, using just 4 clicks.

As a Senior Security Engineer you will be responsible for strengthening EDR / XDR and DLP configurations, defining new automatic detections of security events in the SIEM, improving automatic security alerts triage and Incident Response playbooks, defining the runbooks to be used during Incident Response and leading the execution of Table Top Exercises (TTX) with different actors and teams.

You’ll take ownership and lead by example during investigations and responses to security alerts.

Location / WFH:

The company is a big advocate of flexible working and prides itself on DEI; you can go into the London office as often or as little as desired and can work fully remotely from anywhere in the UK; you can also work at times that suit you.

About you:

• You have strong, hands-on experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms, Crowdstrike (or similar EDR / XDR solutions) and MDM solutions
• You have strong AWS and Kubernetes (K8s) and Amazon EKS experience
• You have scripting skills with Python (or similar) for automation
• Relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GREM, GCIA or similar are preferred
• You’re collaborative and pragmatic, happy to work remotely with geographically dispersed teams

What’s in it for you:

As a Senior Security Engineer you will earn a competitive package:

• Up to £115k salary
• Remote working including flexible working hours
• Workplace nursery scheme
• Enhanced maternity package
• 25 days holiday plus ability to buy or sell 5 days p/year + extra ‘duvet day’
• Pension, Private Medical and Dental Insurance, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme
• Weekly Yoga and monthly Acupuncture sessions, Headspace membership
• Diverse, inclusive team environment with a range of support networks
• A range of other perks including Perkbox, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Apply now to find out more about this Senior Security Engineer (Incident Response K8s AWS IaC) opportunity.

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We’re an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.

Job Title: GCP Consultant

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Google Cloud (GCP) Consultant to join a dynamic team on a fully remote, UK-based contract (inside IR35). This role is pivotal in rebuilding and supporting a GCP-hosted application environment within the UK region. The initial contract is for six months with a strong potential for extension. Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be UK nationals and either hold active SC clearance or be eligible to gain it.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild and support a GCP-hosted application environment within the UK region.
• Focus on the infrastructure layer of GCP, following an existing architectural design.
• Collaborate with a global team, while owning the UK-specific build.
• Engage in manual build phases, progressing through automation and data enablement/migration.
• Design, build, and support cloud infrastructure components, including GCP services.
• Produce high- and low-level documentation for a compliant and well-governed build.
• Engage in DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code activities as the project evolves.

Essential Skills

• Strong, hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• GCP Associate Cloud Engineer or GCP Professional Cloud Architect certifications.
• experience in building and supporting cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to produce technical documentation and work with established architectural plans.
• Familiarity with cloud security controls or compliance frameworks.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• experience with DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and multi-region deployments.
• Background in government-aligned cloud work is beneficial but not required.

Why Work Here?

This role offers the opportunity to engage in long-term work with the potential for contract extensions. You will work in a supportive environment, with the chance to collaborate with a global team and further develop your skills in cloud infrastructure.

Work Environment

This is a fully remote position based in the UK. The work involves collaborating with both UK and non-UK teams, providing a diverse and inclusive work environment. The position requires flexibility and the ability to adapt to a changing project landscape.

Location

London, UK

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SysOps Engineer – Help Shape, Operate & Optimise Evri’s Cloud Infrastructure

Ready to play a key role in operating, securing, and optimising the AWS platforms that power Evri’s nationwide delivery network?

At Evri, our infrastructure is evolving rapidly as we modernise platforms, embed cloud-native operations, and strengthen the resilience of the systems that keep millions of parcels moving every day. As part of this growth, we’re investing in skilled engineers who can bring technical expertise, operational excellence, and a proactive approach to improving our cloud environment.

Join us as a SysOps Engineer and help ensure that our AWS estate is secure, stable, automated and built for scale. You’ll work closely with Platform, SRE and engineering teams to support critical services, drive governance, and maintain the operational health of our cloud platforms.

This is a remote role with travel into Morley when required.

What you’ll be doing

As a SysOps Engineer, you’ll run and improve our AWS infrastructure—keeping it secure, efficient and reliable. You’ll troubleshoot issues, support engineers, automate operations and help evolve the longterm health of our cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Operate, provision and maintain AWS infrastructure.
• Automate patching, maintenance and key operational tasks.
• Support cost governance through tagging, monitoring and lifecycle management.
• Manage backups, disaster recovery and restore testing.
• Support security and vulnerability remediation.
• Work with SRE teams to align platform needs.
• Troubleshoot Amazon WorkSpaces.
• Manage Route?53, IAM, ACM certificates and AWS account provisioning.
• Oversee resource lifecycles, upgrades and decommissioning.
• Administer AWS Org controls including SCPs, SSO, SCIM and Firewall Manager.

What you’ll bring

• Strong hands-on AWS experience across cloud operations.
• Experience with Linux/Windows environments and scripting (Bash/Python/Go).
• Familiarity with WorkSpaces, tagging standards and AWS governance.
• Experience with IaC tools (CloudFormation/Ansible).
• Knowledge of backups, DR and recovery validation.
• Clear problem-solver with good communication and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to work effectively with teams across engineering.

We Are Evri – Where Everyone Is Welcome

At Evri, we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where every colleague can bring – and be – their whole, authentic selves. We’re focused on removing barriers, creating opportunities and ensuring everyone feels valued for who they are and what they bring.

We’re excited for the future. Let’s deliver it together.

I'm working with a small boutique Consultancy who are looking to hire a highly technical experienced Senior/Lead Automation Engineer. You'll be joining a small passionate team that build software that sits at the heart of major organisations and helps them meet complex regulatory demands. The team are remote first so you can be based anywhere in the UK for this role. They have one more Junior Tester and are now looking for a experienced Senior/ Lead QA experienced with automation to be the senior figure within the team. They want someone who can build a proper QA strategy and help them get better processes in place, collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD and QA practices, and drive staged, holistic improvements and also support and mentor their more Junior QA. You'll be shaping quality from the very start, challenging requirements, spotting risks early, and ensuring what gets released is robust, secure, and built to last. This role also has a consultative edge. You'll work closely with some of their larger enterprise clients, helping define sensible test strategies that fit their systems and business goals. You'll review code, guide teams on quality best practice, and communicate clearly with both technical and non technical stakeholders. Ideally you'll have experience testing complex platforms, particularly in regulated or high risk environments such as finance, compliance, or similar enterprise domains etc where its critical to get things right. along with strong automation skills in tools like Playwright/ Cypress Typescript and ideally C#. You'll work closely with their end clients and design and maintain automated test frameworks across modern web applications, covering Angular front ends and .NET back ends and will actively review both internal team code and external client-side code to ensure adherence to best practices, security protocols, and performance benchmarks. There's a strong focus on automation and API testing, so you should be comfortable building frameworks , along with experience of testing REST Api's and familiarity with cloud environments such as Azure and CI/CD pipelines. You'll be joining a small, high calibre team that values thoughtful engineering, respectful collaboration, and building things that genuinely matter. If you enjoy solving hard problems, influencing how software is built, and working remotely with talented people, then I would love to hear from you. Salary is up to £80,000. If you'd like to hear more please reply below to Sam Miller at SR2. Socially Responsible Recruitment

Lead Data Platform Engineer - Databricks - IAC - Terraform - Azure Data Factory - Data Lakehouse

The Data Platform Engineer designs, develops, automates, and maintains secure, scalable, and compliant data platforms that enable the firm to efficiently manage, analyse, and utilise data. The role ensures that data solutions are robust and reliable while meeting regulatory obligations and safeguarding client confidentiality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, secure, and compliant data platforms and solutions, producing technical documentation and securing approvals through governance bodies such as Architecture Review Boards.
• Build and deliver robust data solutions using Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, Azure Data Factory, and Azure services.
• Develop APIs and write efficient Python, PySpark, and SQL code to support data integration, processing, and automation.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments using Azure DevOps to enable reliable releases across environments.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (eg, Terraform, ARM) to provision and manage cloud resources, including ADF pipelines, Databricks assets, and Unity Catalog components.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise data platform performance, reliability, and costs, identifying bottlenecks and recommending improvements.
• Create dashboards and observability tools to report on platform performance, usage, incidents, and operational KPIs.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience designing and building cloud-based data platforms, ideally within Azure.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, and Azure Data Factory.
• Solid understanding of Data Lakehouse architecture and modern data platform design.
• Proficiency in Python for data engineering, automation, and data processing.
• Experience developing and integrating REST APIs for data services.
• Strong DevOps experience, including CI/CD, automated testing, and release management for data platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or ARM templates.
• Knowledge of data modelling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data warehousing concepts.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (eg, Azure Monitor).

Desirable

• Experience with additional Azure services (eg, Fabric, Azure Functions, Logic Apps).
• Knowledge of cloud cost optimisation for data platforms.
• Understanding of data governance and regulatory compliance (eg, GDPR).
• Experience working in regulated or professional services environments.

VP of DevOps (Hybrid Infrastructure, Global Scale, UK/IE)

Salary: Up to £150,000
Location: UK or Ireland preferred (Remote)
Type: Permanent

We are partnered with a global technology business in the payments and financial services space that is entering a major scale phase across Europe and North America.

The company has grown quickly through acquisitions and is now at the point where they need a senior DevOps leader to unify how software is delivered and how infrastructure is run across multiple teams and environments.

This is a high-impact, senior role with direct ownership of DevOps strategy and execution across a global engineering organisation.

The Opportunity

You will take ownership of DevOps across multiple engineering groups and drive a more consistent, scalable approach to:

• Software delivery and CI/CD standards
• Infrastructure as Code and configuration automation
• Tooling decisions and rollout across teams
• Platform reliability, engineering velocity and operational maturity

This is not a “PowerPoint-only” leadership role. Leadership in this business remains hands-on and practical. You will be expected to lead from the front and stay close to the engineering problems, while still operating at a strategic level.

You will manage a DevOps / platform function of engineers globally, with an expected split of around 65-70% leadership and 30-35% technical involvement.

What You’ll Be Working With

The environment is intentionally pragmatic and engineering-led:

• Hybrid infrastructure (on-prem and data centre footprint is significant, alongside cloud)
• Heavy focus on automation and repeatability
• Infrastructure as Code is standard for deployments
• Configuration management is central (Ansible-style approaches)
• Docker is used where needed
• Not a Kubernetes-first environment - the focus is on simplicity and reliability
• Major tooling improvements underway (including modernising CI/CD and source control workflows)

There is also a strong push internally around AI enablement - equipping engineering teams with tools, licences, and training to use AI properly in day-to-day work.

What They’re Looking For

This role suits someone who can combine real technical depth with leadership maturity.

Must-haves

• Senior DevOps / platform leadership experience (Head of / Director / VP level)
• Strong technical background - you can comfortably engage at Principal Engineer level when needed
• Proven ability to set a DevOps roadmap, standardise practices, and lead change across teams
• Experience operating across hybrid environments (cloud plus on-prem / data centre)
• Strong automation mindset - IaC, configuration, CI/CD, observability and reliability thinking

Nice to have

• Experience integrating or unifying platforms after M&A / acquisitions
• Exposure to multi-region or globally distributed engineering organisations
• Strong stakeholder management across security, operations, engineering and exec teams

Why This Role

If you enjoy stepping into complex environments and leaving them cleaner, faster and more consistent, this will suit you. You will have proper ownership, backing from senior leadership, and the chance to build a modern DevOps function that enables the wider engineering org to move quicker.

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If you’re interested, apply directly or message for a confidential chat.

How to Apply

To apply for this role, submit your CV via the application form provided. Alternatively, to speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity, please contact Jack Tyrrell via

Disclaimer

If you have a disability which means you require assistance at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us directly to discuss. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity to all.

Please note, we are receiving an exceptionally high number of applications at present and will be unable to shortlist candidates who are not meeting the specific requirements for this role. Due to the high volume of applications, we may be unable to provide individual feedback. We thank you in advance for your understanding.

Benefits:
Work From Home

BMC Hosting and Tooling Expert - MUST HAVE MOD SC CLEARANCE - Corsham, Wiltshire (60%) and remote (40%) - 6 months+/RATE: £306 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a BMC Hosting and Tooling Expert/Event Management Please find some details below: CONTRACTOR MUST BE MOD SC CLEARED (active) MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: MUST HAVE THESE TOP 3 SKILLS: BMC TrueSight Orchestration Splunk Event Management As a key member of the Hosting and Tooling Team, you will contribute to both operational (RUN) and project based activities alongside fellow Consultants, Engineers, and Analysts. You will be empowered to: Liaise directly with client teams, providing guidance and support. Create event management policies for internal services and client distribution solutions. Provide high level functional system analysis to support client needs. Maintain operational tooling in line with client operational deliverables. Undertake project tasks and liaise with internal and external Project Managers. Build and enhance your capabilities through training, certifications, and hands on experience. Produce technical documentation and architectural drawings. Build and maintain operational dashboards to support client requirements. Your Skills and Experience You will bring experience of enterprise tooling and a strong technical foundation, ideally supported by relevant certifications. Skills and experience include: Proven experience with enterprise level tooling and associated certifications. Experience managing tooling platforms such as BMC TrueSight, BMC Discovery, and Splunk. Agent deployment and management. Product installation and customisation. SNMP MIB management. Experience working in Windows, AIX, and Linux environments. Knowledge of Scripting languages including Python and PowerShell. Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Zabbix, Nagios, HP Openview, SolarWinds, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, IBM Tivoli Netcool. Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols. Experience creating scripts for automation and system integration (eg, REST API). In depth knowledge of Splunk features, including: o Rule and advanced logic creation o Splunk Query Language (SPL) o SQL coding o Dashboard development Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

Job Description

My client, a leading technology provider within the sports streaming and iGaming sector, is hiring a Team Lead Backend Developer to join an established engineering team based in Belfast. This is a brand-new position within a growing division, focused on building and scaling ultra-low latency, high-availability backend systems that power real-time sports content delivery and sportsbook integrations.
* Competitive salary up to £75k
* Hybrid working - 3 days a week in the office
* Flexible working
* Bonus scheme
* Clear career progression
You will be part of a global technology team delivering innovative, high-performance streaming and API solutions to major sportsbook operators worldwide. My client is passionate about building scalable, low-latency systems using cutting-edge cloud and distributed technologies.
As a Team Lead Backend Developer, you will combine hands-on development with technical leadership responsibilities. You will design and develop robust microservices and APIs, optimise systems for real-time performance, and mentor a team of backend engineers. You will contribute to architectural decisions, drive engineering best practice, and ensure delivery of highly available, scalable backend solutions across cloud environments.

The Person

* Strong backend development experience (6+ years) using Java, C#, .NET, Golang, or Node.js
* Previous experience in a technical lead, senior, or mentoring capacity
* Experience building microservices and distributed systems
* Strong understanding of REST APIs and event-driven architecture
* Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
* Containerisation experience (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
* Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
* Experience optimising systems for performance, scalability, and low latency
* Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
* Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Desirable:
* Experience within iGaming, sportsbook, fintech, or streaming platforms
* Knowledge of real-time systems or low-latency environments
* Experience working in high-availability production systems

For further information on this job, or any other Software Development roles in Belfast or Northern Ireland, apply via the link or contact Kelly Nixon for a confidential chat today.
VANRATH acts as an agency and employment business for permanent recruitment and the supply of temporary workers. Successful applicants may be required to satisfactorily complete pre-employment checks (such as references, criminal record checks, right to work checks) in line with the client or VANRATH’s policy.

Benefits:
Work From Home

NI | Remote | Full-Time

At a glance

• Principal-level role building and leading a new Performance Testing function
  * Design and implement enterprise-scale performance strategy across a global payments platform
  * Hands-on leadership working with Engineering, DevOps and TechOps teams
  * Up to £90k salary plus bonus

The Company

Ocho is proud to partner exclusively with a fast-growing payments technology company building the next generation of capabilities.

Their mission is simple but ambitious: deliver scalable, high-performance platforms that power real-world commerce globally. With continued growth and strategic investment in engineering, They’re expanding its technology leadership and investing heavily in platform reliability, scalability and observability.

This role offers a rare opportunity to build a performance engineering capability from the ground up, shaping how performance testing is designed, executed, and embedded across the entire engineering organisation.

The Role

As Principal Performance Engineer, you will take ownership of designing and implementing end-to-end performance engineering strategy.

Working closely with engineering leadership, DevOps and platform teams, you will design performance testing environments, load models and testing frameworks that mirror real-world production traffic. Your work will ensure platforms scale reliably as transaction volumes grow globally.

This is a highly visible role with real technical influence. You will define performance testing standards, introduce modern tools and methodologies, and help embed a shift-left performance mindset across engineering teams.

There is also potential to build and lead a specialist performance engineering team as the function grows.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement the organisation-wide performance testing strategy
  * Architect and build replica production performance environments
  * Design and execute load, stress and soak testing across platforms and APIs
  * Partner with engineering teams to embed performance testing across the SDLC
  * Analyse performance results and identify bottlenecks, scaling risks and optimisation opportunities
  * Ensure applications are properly instrumented for metrics, tracing and observability
  * Lead performance governance including benchmarking, drift detection and SLA validation
  * Provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams

Ideal Candidate

• 8+ years experience in performance testing role
  * Hands-on experience with tools such as K6, Locust, JMeter, Blazemeter or similar
  * Experience testing APIs, web applications and distributed systems
  * Strong knowledge of database performance testing (PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle etc.)
  * Experience designing production-like test environments
  * Strong understanding of DevOps, observability and cloud-native architectures
  * Ability to influence architecture decisions through performance insights and analysis

Why This Role?

This is a unique opportunity to build and shape a performance engineering function at a global company. You’ll work with modern technology, influence engineering strategy, and help ensure the platform continues to scale as the business grows worldwide.

What’s on Offer?

• Salary up to £90k plus annual bonus
  * Fully remote working (Europe wide with some exceptions)
  * Industry-leading benefits package
  * A modern, product-led engineering culture built on autonomy, trust, and technical excellence

To apply, connect with Neill Ferguson on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below.

Skills:
performance devops testing qa jmeter k6

Benefits:
Work From Home

Technical Lead - Automation (Python / AWS)

Location - Remote, with occasional trip to Edinburgh/ Glasgow required

Duration - 6 months with possible extensions

Day rate - circa £550 p/d (outside ir35)

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to provide hands-on leadership to an agile development team delivering automation capabilities within a large-scale land registration platform. This role will focus on accelerating automation delivery by establishing strong engineering practices, building scalable cloud services, and guiding a team of Python engineers to deliver innovative AI-driven solutions.

You will play a key role in delivering a production-ready automation service that leverages OCR, object detection, and large language models (LLMs) to support accurate and scalable decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical leadership to a cross-functional agile development team.
• Lead the design and delivery of automation services supporting land registration workflows.
• Establish delivery practices including agile ceremonies, quality gates, and continuous improvement.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient solutions on the AWS cloud platform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines enabling frequent and safe releases.
• Implement automation workflows that move cases through defined decision points with full auditability.
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including security, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and operational runbooks for production services.
• Collaborate with product, design, operations, and data teams to shape the delivery roadmap.
• Mentor engineers and champion engineering best practices across the team.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience leading high-performing software engineering teams.
• Strong Python development (3.9+) and experience building APIs using FastAPI.
• Commercial experience with AWS, including serverless architectures and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with OCR, object detection, or LLM-based automation solutions.
• Expertise with Docker, GitLab pipelines, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong understanding of secure, scalable cloud architecture and operational readiness.

Please apply today to be considered

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Technically, you should be strong AWS experts with experience across software architecture and network infrastructure. The environment involves technologies supporting process orchestration, data platforms, calculation engines, and data distribution platforms, within a large-scale nationwide infrastructure where cyber compliance is a key consideration.

We are looking for hands-on architects who can actively contribute to solution design in collaboration with engineering leadership, including senior stakeholders at the CIO/CTO leadership level.

These architect will also play a role in navigating governance frameworks and internal approval structures, helping secure the required permits to build and permits to operate for the proposed solutions.

AWS Cloud Infrastructure & APIs

• Design and implement scalable, secure AWS architectures for market data and pricing platforms
• Architect and govern API layers (REST / event-driven) for internal and external consumers
• Ensure high availability, performance and resilience across critical financial systems

Solutioning & DevOps

• Lead solution design across multiple delivery teams
• Define and embed DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
• Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure solutions are buildable and operable

Required Skills & Experience

Core Technical

• Strong AWS architecture experience (VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, EKS, Glue, Kinesis or equivalents)
• API and integration design experience
• Strong background in DevOps and automation
• Solid understanding of data migration and data platform design
• Experience designing scalable data processing pipelines
• Strong data modelling fundamentals

A growing software business is hiring a Software Engineer to support continued growth and rising demand for its platform.

Software Engineer
Remote Up to 60,000 Java or Kotlin Spring Boot

This is a back-end focused role, ideal for an engineer who enjoys building reliable, scalable applications and wants to work on software used by well-known customers. You will be involved in the design, development and delivery of new features, as well as improving core products in a fast-moving environment.

The role is fully remote, with the option to attend the Newbury office around once a month if desired.

What you will be doing

• Developing back-end applications using Java or Kotlin
• Building software with Spring Boot
• Designing and delivering new features
• Enhancing existing products and platform capability
• Working across the full software development lifecycle
• Supporting QA and UAT feedback through to release
• Collaborating with project, account and delivery teams to understand requirements and turn them into practical solutions
• Writing clean, maintainable, high-quality code

What they are looking for

• Strong commercial experience in software engineering
• Good hands-on experience with Java or Kotlin
• Strong experience with Spring Boot
• A back-end development background
• Experience building scalable systems in a modern development environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently in a remote setup

Nice to have

• Microservices experience
• Docker or Kubernetes
• RabbitMQ or other messaging tools
• MongoDB or other NoSQL database experience
• Experience in telecoms, billing or transaction-led systems

Package

• Up to 60,000

• Remote working

• Optional monthly office time in Newbury

• 24 days holiday plus birthday off

• Private medical

• Life assurance

• Critical illness cover

• Employee assistance programme

• Contributory pension

  Apply now or contact Chris Lynes at Spectrum IT Recruitment

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, and DevOps engineering. In this role, you will contribute to building and operating a strategic platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that supports next-generation digital services aligned with the organization’s long-term technology vision.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in GCP infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, service mesh technologies, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure as code, along with a strong Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) mindset focused on reliability, scalability, and security.

Key ResponsibilitiesCloud Platform Engineering

• Architect, implement, and maintain highly resilient, scalable, and secure Kubernetes environments on GCP.
• Engineer and optimize Kubernetes infrastructure supporting multi-tenant workloads.
• Ensure strong resource isolation, operational scalability, and high availability across cloud environments.

Kubernetes & Service Mesh

• Manage and operate production-grade Kubernetes clusters.
• Implement service mesh technologies such as Istio or Anthos for secure service-to-service communication.
• Configure Istio telemetry, sidecar injection, and mTLS enforcement.

Security & Governance

• Implement strong security controls including:
• OPA Gatekeeper policies
• Fine-grained RBAC
• mTLS encryption
• Secure service mesh configurations
• Apply least-privilege access principles and cloud security best practices.

CI/CD & Automation

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines enabling automated build, testing, and deployment.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Automate platform provisioning and configuration using modern DevOps practices.

Observability & Performance

• Implement observability frameworks using tools such as:
• Prometheus
• Dynatrace
• OpenTelemetry
• Diagnose and resolve complex performance, networking, and automation issues.
• Optimize system performance and ensure platform reliability.

Collaboration

• Work closely with engineering, architecture, and DevOps teams to deliver cloud-native solutions.
• Support the full lifecycle management of cloud-native services.
• Contribute to engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack TypeScript Engineer to design, build, and operate mission-critical insurance applications.

Key ResponsibilitiesFull Stack Development

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications using TypeScript.
• Build frontend applications using Next.js and backend services using Nest.js.
• Develop scalable RESTful APIs and microservices.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deploy and manage applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Work with AWS ECS for containerized application deployment.
• Manage infrastructure using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code).

Data & Storage

• Design and manage SQL and NoSQL database solutions.
• Work with PostgreSQL (AWS Aurora) and DynamoDB.
• Implement efficient data models and database performance optimizations.
• Experience with TypeORM is a plus.

Event Driven Architecture

• Build event-driven services using AWS EventBridge.
• Implement notification systems using AWS SNS.

CI/CD & DevOps

• Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Ensure automated build, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Support DevOps practices for reliable application delivery.

Required Skills & ExperienceCore Technologies

• Strong experience with TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with:
• Next.js (Frontend)
• Nest.js (Backend)
• Experience building full-stack applications and APIs.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Strong experience with AWS cloud services.
• Hands-on experience with:
• AWS ECS
• Terraform
• AWS EventBridge
• AWS SNS

This job is with State Street, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Role Summary :

We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join our Digital Asset development team. This is a hands‑on quality engineering role responsible for designing, executing, and maintaining automated and manual tests for backend and API‑driven systems in a financial services environment. The role focuses on ensuring the reliability, correctness, and security of software that suppors business‑critical workflows. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to build robust, scalable, and secure digital asset products that meet our business and technical requirements.

Role Description :

Design, develop, and execute automated test cases for APIs and backend services supporting financial services applications.

Create and maintain test artefacts including test plans, test cases, and test execution evidence in line with enterprise QA processes.

Perform functional, integration, and regression testing to validate service behaviour, error handling, and edge cases.

Validate data accuracy and integrity across system boundaries, ensuring consistent results for financial and transactional data.

Work closely with developers during sprint cycles to clarify acceptance criteria, identify defects early, and support defect triage and resolution.

Contribute automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support test execution as part of build and release processes.

Support production readiness activities, including smoke testing, release validation, and documentation required for go‑live approvals.

Core/Must have skills :

Hands‑on experience as a QA Automation Engineer or QA Engineer in financial services or other regulated environments .

Experience testing REST APIs and backend services , including request/response validation and negative/error scenarios.

Working knowledge of test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., API automation, backend test frameworks, or UI automation where applicable).

Understanding of QA practices across the SDLC , including Agile delivery, defect management, and regression testing.

Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to clearly document test results and defects.

Good to have skills :

Exposure to microservices or containerized applications , and testing services deployed in cloud‑based environments.

Experience contributing automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and working alongside DevOps teams.

Familiarity with non‑functional testing concepts such as performance, resilience, and reliability in financial systems.

Digital asset knowledge: awareness of concepts such as custody, tokenization, wallets, or blockchain‑adjacent workflows sufficient to understand domain terminology and test scenarios.

Experience working with enterprise tooling for test management, documentation, and collaboration (e.g., Jira‑based workflows).

About State Street Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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A growing software business is hiring a Software Engineer to support continued growth and rising demand for its platform. Software Engineer Remote | Up to £60,000 | Java or Kotlin | Spring Boot This is a back-end focused role, ideal for an engineer who enjoys building reliable, scalable applications and wants to work on software used by well-known customers. You will be involved in the design, development and delivery of new features, as well as improving core products in a fast-moving environment. The role is fully remote, with the option to attend the Newbury office around once a month if desired. What you will be doing Developing back-end applications using Java or Kotlin Building software with Spring Boot Designing and delivering new features Enhancing existing products and platform capability Working across the full software development lifecycle Supporting QA and UAT feedback through to release Collaborating with project, account and delivery teams to understand requirements and turn them into practical solutions Writing clean, maintainable, high-quality code What they are looking for Strong commercial experience in software engineering Good hands-on experience with Java or Kotlin Strong experience with Spring Boot A back-end development background Experience building scalable systems in a modern development environment Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail Ability to work independently in a remote setup Nice to have Microservices experience Docker or Kubernetes RabbitMQ or other messaging tools MongoDB or other NoSQL database experience Experience in telecoms, billing or transaction-led systems Package Up to £60,000 Remote working Optional monthly office time in Newbury 24 days holiday plus birthday off Private medical Life assurance Critical illness cover Employee assistance programme Contributory pension Apply now or contact Chris Lynes at Spectrum IT Recruitment Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and automated cloud platform capabilities.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, API management, and cloud networking, along with a strong DevOps and SRE mindset focused on reliability, automation, and observability.

Key ResponsibilitiesCloud Platform Engineering

• Design, build, and maintain secure and automated cloud platform capabilities on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Support API Management platforms and integration services across the organization.
• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure architectures aligned with platform engineering best practices.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Develop and manage Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Implement automation for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of cloud resources.
• Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Harness.

API Management & Integration

• Support and manage GCP API Management infrastructure (Apigee).
• Implement API Gateway solutions and integration platform capabilities.
• Ensure secure API design using REST/OpenAPI standards, OAuth, mTLS, and certificate lifecycle management.

Containers & Kubernetes

• Design and manage containerized workloads using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Implement container orchestration, scaling, and service mesh technologies such as Istio.

Networking & Security

• Implement and manage GCP networking components, including:
• Load Balancers
• Cloud Armor
• Secure networking configurations
• Ensure security-by-design principles across the platform lifecycle.

Observability & Reliability

• Implement SLO/SLI frameworks and observability solutions to ensure platform reliability.
• Configure monitoring tools such as Dynatrace or other observability platforms.
• Optimize system performance and reduce operational overhead through automation.

Collaboration & Platform Enablement

• Work closely with architecture, DevOps, and development teams to evolve the cloud platform.
• Enable teams to deliver API-first services using reusable platform capabilities.
• Contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and platform best practices.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering standards and communities of practice.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced OpenShift Architecture and Migration Design Specialist to lead the design, planning, and execution of enterprise OpenShift architecture and migration strategies.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, container platforms, and cloud-native architecture, along with strong experience integrating OpenShift environments with VMware and Pure Storage infrastructures.

This role will focus on designing scalable, secure, and resilient OpenShift environments and ensuring smooth migration of applications and workloads with minimal disruption.

Key ResponsibilitiesOpenShift Architecture Design

• Design and implement enterprise-grade OpenShift architecture, including cluster topology, networking, and storage.
• Define best practices for OpenShift cluster deployment, including multi-zone and multi-region architectures.
• Ensure solutions meet high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery requirements.
• Provide architectural guidance for containerized platforms and Kubernetes-based workloads.

Migration Planning & Execution

• Assess existing infrastructure, workloads, and applications for migration readiness.
• Develop detailed migration strategies including containerization, workload migration, and data transfer.
• Execute migration plans ensuring minimal downtime and operational disruption.
• Identify migration risks and implement mitigation strategies.

VMware & Pure Storage Integration

• Design OpenShift deployments integrated with VMware environments.
• Utilize VMware technologies such as vSphere, vCenter, and NSX for optimized deployments.
• Configure and manage Pure Storage solutions (FlashArray, FlashBlade) to support OpenShift workloads.
• Ensure performance optimization and compatibility across OpenShift, VMware, and storage infrastructure.

CI/CD & DevOps Integration

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines optimized for OpenShift environments.
• Integrate DevOps workflows and automation tools for continuous deployment.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring processes to streamline software delivery.

Scalability & Security

• Design solutions that support scalability and future workload growth.
• Implement security best practices, including:
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Network policies
• Encryption
• Conduct security reviews and compliance audits for OpenShift environments.

Collaboration & Documentation

• Work closely with DevOps, development, and infrastructure teams.
• Provide architecture documentation, migration guides, and operational runbooks.
• Offer technical guidance and training to teams on OpenShift and Kubernetes best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) architecture and deployment.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, and orchestration platforms.
• Expertise with VMware technologies (vSphere, vCenter, NSX).
• Hands-on experience with Pure Storage platforms such as FlashArray and FlashBlade.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including ingress, DNS, and load balancing.
• Experience with persistent storage, dynamic provisioning, and container storage solutions.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, or ArgoCD.
• Experience implementing DevOps workflows in container environments.
• Strong knowledge of high availability, scalability, and security architecture.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly accomplished Senior DevOps Lead with 15+ years of IT experience to drive enterprise-wide DevOps transformation across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. The ideal candidate will combine strategic leadership with strong hands-on DevOps expertise and possess excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

This role involves defining DevOps strategy, implementing scalable CI/CD platforms, enabling DevSecOps practices, and leading cloud-native transformation across the organization.

Key ResponsibilitiesEnterprise DevOps Strategy & Governance

• Define, drive, and govern the enterprise DevOps roadmap and maturity model.
• Establish DevSecOps practices aligned with compliance and audit requirements.
• Standardize CI/CD pipelines, release governance, environment strategies, and automation frameworks across business units.
• Lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives across multi-cloud environments.

CI/CD & Azure DevOps Architecture

• Architect and implement scalable CI/CD pipeline ecosystems using Azure DevOps and Jenkins.
• Define branching strategies, release workflows, artifact management, and environment promotion models.
• Implement automated testing, security scanning, quality gates, and compliance validation.
• Optimize pipeline performance, reusability, and governance at scale.

Multi-Cloud & Infrastructure Leadership

• Architect and deliver solutions across multiple cloud service providers (CSPs) with Azure as the primary platform.
• Design resilient, scalable, and cost-optimized hybrid cloud architectures.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM Templates, or CloudFormation.
• Lead containerization and orchestration initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, and observability frameworks.

DevOps for COTS Platforms

• Establish DevOps frameworks for enterprise COTS platforms such as Salesforce, Temenos, IBM enterprise solutions, and Snowflake.
• Design CI/CD automation pipelines, configuration management, and deployment workflows for packaged applications.
• Implement environment provisioning and release orchestration strategies for enterprise COTS systems.
• Integrate COTS solutions into enterprise DevSecOps toolchains.