Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote, UK

Salary: Circa £47,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week to cover core business hours (9-5, Mon-Fri)

Working for Affinity:

• We understand the importance of flexibility, wellness, performance and satisfaction - indeed it is part of our culture
• We offer opportunities to take unpaid leave and will give you one extra day’s holiday for every year you’ve worked with us, for up to 8 years
• We know working from home introduces opportunities for you to do more domestic chores during the day, e.g. picking up the children from school, taking pets to the vet, etc. We don’t mind this at all, as long as we are aware of what you are doing and the work gets done!

About the Role:

We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology and who is always looking for opportunities to improve the services we provide for clients, in areas such as efficiency, cost effectiveness, security and reliability.

You’ll be pivotal in knowledge sharing internally within the business, assisting others in their assigned projects and, where necessary, supporting more junior members of Affinity to help them learn and improve.

The right DevOps engineer will have the opportunity to help grow and shape this emerging function within the team, creating a long-term career path for themselves within Affinity, with an opportunity to progress upwards.

What will your typical day look like?

• You will be working on projects, such as the Cabinet Office WordPress support contract, to keep our clients’ systems up-to-date, available, resilient, secure, performing well and cost effective.
• Working to improve the efficiency of our infrastructure related processes
• At times you’ll need to work together with clients’ own internal teams and with any external infrastructure teams that Affinity may partner with.
• Putting together infrastructure design documents at the start of projects, with a view to getting these signed off by the client and then acting as the basis for infrastructure build.
• Building infrastructure on new projects through the use of Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, etc. This will also include continuous integration processes, server provisioning, etc.
• Imparting knowledge and experience to other Affinity team members, both verbally and also captured in tools such as Jira Confluence, where we would like to build up a repository of DevOps how-tos, best practices, etc.
• Opportunity to work as a team lead where other Affinity team members are involved in DevOps.
• Providing AWS and Azure thought leadership and mentoring in both advisory and delivery contexts.
• Supporting out-of-hours rotas to provide support coverage for contracts in place with Affinity.

About you:

General requirements:

• Willingness to provide on-call rota coverage of emergency support (24/7/365)

• Ability to work flexible hours from time to time, for specific projects or tasks

• UK based and resident in UK for last 3 years (given some client-driven security clearance requirements)

• The role is fully remote, though visits to clients and to our office in Cornwall will occasionally be required

Technical must-haves:

• Commercial experience of AWS, including services such as Amazon VPC, Amazon RDS, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS/EKS, Amazon EFS, AWS IAM, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3, AWS CodePipeline, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, AWS Cost Explorer, etc.

• Commercial experience of Azure, including services such as Azure Networking, Azure Cache (Redis and Memcached), App Services (running WordPress and .NET applications), Front Doors (CDN), API Services, storage services (blob storage, file storage, etc.), Azure Database services, Azure Cost Management, etc.

• Terraform and/or CloudFormation scripting

• Linux, Apache/Nginx

• Continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) experience including GitHub Actions

• Familiarity with the AWS/Azure Well-Architected Framework and NCSC Cloud Security Principles

• Security experience, including the resolution of issues found during penetration testing

• Docker experience

Technical nice-to-haves:

• System/server admin experience

• Drupal, WordPress or Magento experience

• PHP and Composer

• Microsoft technologies, including .NET, Windows Server, IIS, Active Directory, MSSQL, etc.

• AWS certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, DevOps Engineer - Professional, speciality certifications, e.g., Database, Security, etc.)

• Microsoft certifications, including Azure Fundamentals, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, etc.

• Load testing experience, including jMeter, Gatling, K6, etc.

• Other HashiCorp tools, e.g., Packer, Vault, Vagrant, Consul, etc.

• Provisioning tools, e.g., Puppet, Ansible, Chef, etc.

• AWS Control Tower and/or Landing Zone

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform

• Experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates

Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Software Developer, Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, AWS, Infrastructure Engineer, AWS Systems Developer, Azure Software Development may also be considered for this role.

An exciting opportunity for a passionate Linux enthusiast to join a unique, multi-national Information Management function. Ideal candidates should be committed to the future of software defined data centres and open source technologies and have the dedication in supporting our engineering community in a dynamic, fast paced development environment.

Salary: Circa £55,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification.

Security Clearance: British Citizen

This role will require DV Clearance. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

The opportunity:

We are seeking an experienced HPC Engineer to support the design, implementation and ongoing operation of high-performance computing platforms with a strong Linux system/administration background.

As a HPC engineer you will be responsible for maintaining and optimising infrastructure, providing technical assistance to our user community ensuring reliable, secure and efficient system performance. You will manage and maintain HPC environments including compute nodes, storage and interconnects. The role involves close collaboration within your team and wider stakeholders across the organisation. You will also engage with wider multi-national and multi-cultured teams to drive capability development cross functionally.

• Become part of a unique, well respected team of dedicated people that have been recognised within our company for its professionalism, dedication and flexibility.
• Having the opportunity to work both nationally and internationally, broaden your horizons by embracing the rich cultural diversity of our company.
• Partner with both engineers within MBDA and HPC vendors to ensure HPC services are meeting evolving business needs.
• Be part of an organisation with a values-led culture that is committed to investing in its workforce with a personal development programme.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Strong Linux system administration skills (installation, configuration, patching and troubleshooting)
• Experience of HPC job schedulers and workload managers e.g., SLURM
• Understanding of HPC interconnects such as InfiniBand and cluster networking
• Knowledge of HPC storage systems such as GPFS, NFS
• Familiarity with compilers, libraries and parallel programming models
• Scripting and automation (Bash, Python, Ansible) for administration and monitoring
• Knowledge of monitoring tools (Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Knowledge of containerisation and virtualisation for HPC (Singularity/Apptainer, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong knowledge of data security practices within HPC environments.
• Strong communication skills to provide efficient user support and liaising with vendors.
• Knowledge of IT service management and governance frameworks such as ITIL to follow incident, change and request processes.

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

(IAC / Orchestration / Python / Ansible)

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• £450 - £700 per day
• Corsham - 2-3 days onsite / 2 days remote
• SC clearance required - DV desirable
• Work on a major UK Defence digital transformation programme

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is delivering critical infrastructure automation capability across a large-scale UK Defence platform. Operating within a highly secure environment, they are responsible for developing zero-touch, automated infrastructure solutions across complex, multi-vendor estates. Due to continued programme demand, they are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer to support delivery across secure platforms.

THE BENEFITS

• Day rate up to £700
• Hybrid working (Corsham-based secure site)
• Long-term Defence programme
• Exposure to large-scale infrastructure automation
• Agile delivery environment using modern DevOps tooling

THE INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION ENGINEER ROLE

As an Infrastructure Automation Engineer, you will design, develop and validate automation components forming part of a secure Defence platform. You will reverse engineer legacy and manual build processes into parameterised, zero-touch automation packages, working primarily with Python3, Ansible and scripting technologies. The role includes producing production-quality code, contributing to design artefacts, supporting system testing, and working within Agile teams using the Atlassian toolset.

INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Active SC clearance (DV preferred)
• Strong hands-on experience with Python3 automation development
• Experience with Ansible, Puppet or Chef
• Scripting experience in Bash and/or PowerShell
• Experience automating server, network and storage technologies
• Exposure to large infrastructure environments
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability
• Experience working in Agile teams
• Version control experience (Git / BitBucket)

Relevant certification (e.g. CCNP, VCP, RHCE, OCA) highly desirable.

TO BE CONSIDERED

Please either apply through this advert or email me directly via w.
For further information please call 0117 284 0050.
By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

KEY SKILLS

Infrastructure Automation Engineer, Python3, Ansible, DevOps, SC Clearance, DV Clearance, Bash, PowerShell, Jenkins, Git, Agile, Defence, NSD

An established technology delivery organisation is expanding its DevOps capability and is seeking experienced Senior DevOps Engineers to work on large-scale cloud platforms supporting major UK public sector programmes. Join a well versed and highly collaborative team of DevOps engineers, working alongside client technical teams rather than operating in a traditional consultancy delivery model. Current work focuses heavily on AWS-based environments delivering nationally significant digital services. The Role Senior DevOps Engineers work within agile delivery teams to design, automate, and operate cloud platforms and deployment pipelines that enable secure, scalable software delivery. On Offer Salary up to 60k - D.O.E

Sign on bonus

Performance bonus

Hybrid working

Flexible company culture

Benefits pack

First class skill up and career progression opportunities

What you need Strong cloud engineering experience (AWS preferred; Azure also valuable)

Experience with tools such as: GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins Infrastructure as Code Terraform preferred.

Configuration Management: Ansible preferred, Puppet or Chef beneficial

Skills with containerisation - Kubernetes (EKS or AKS exposure is advantageous) Docker Podman etc

Strong Linux administration (essential)

Scripting and automation skills with the following or similar tools Bash scripting, Python, PowerShell etc

Security Clearance - Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through security clearance checks

O.K. I’m in what’s next? Apply with your latest CV below

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Windows Site Reliability Engineer | £110K | Hybrid | London

Overview:
A leading global investment bank is seeking a skilled Windows Site Reliability Engineer to join their London-based Technology team. This is a senior-level leadership role focused on driving platform reliability, automation strategy, and infrastructure modernisation across mission-critical banking systems. This is an excellent opportunity to join an investment banking powerhouse.

Role and Responsibilities:

Lead Platform Engineering and SRE strategy across the organisation
Build scalable, self-service, and resilient infrastructure platforms
Drive Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD adoption, automating manual tasks
Define SLOs and optimise system performance, latency, and scalability
Lead root cause analysis and remediate technical debt
Partner with development teams to improve testing, releases, and deployments
Shape cloud and hybrid migration strategies
Ensure regulatory, audit, and security compliance
Act as senior escalation point for high-severity incidents
Identify cost and efficiency improvements; deputise for senior leadershipSkills and Experience:

Deep expertise in Microsoft Windows Server internals
Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and Kerberos
Extensive experience tuning low-latency, enterprise-scale systems
Strong background in SRE, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code principles
Advanced scripting and development capability (PowerShell, Python, C#)
Clustering, high-availability, replication, and disaster recovery expertise
Experience with Git, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and TeamCity
Strong understanding of security hardening (CIS) within regulated environments
Deep knowledge of performance monitoring, system internals, and optimisation techniques
Experience working within financial services or other regulated industriesDesirable:

Kubernetes and Docker orchestration
Major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Nutanix HCI and VMware ESX
Enterprise databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase ASE, MongoDB, Snowflake)
Enterprise monitoring tools (Splunk, Netcool)Package

Circa £110,000 + Excellent Package
London / Hybrid x3 days onsite
Flexible working consideredWindows Site Reliability Engineer | £110K | Hybrid | London

Job Requirements Position description:

Responsible for architecting and implementing full end-to-end Teamcenter DevOps pipelines. The pipelines will deploy customized customer-specific solutions to running Teamcenter systems following industry-standard practices and innovative technology usage. The ideal candidate will have

Strong fundamental understanding of DevOps concepts and underlying core-components used in DevOps pipelines like Orchestrator, Artifact repository, Source code management etc.

Good familiarity and experience with DevOps pipeline orchestration tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, Azure DevOps etc.

General software architecture experience good understanding of software architectures, design-patterns, and standards. Familiarity with enterprise friendly software architecture aspects is another added advantage e.g. SSL, communications, firewalls, proxy usage etc.

Familiarity with Teamcenter software landscape and architectures is a must.

Experience with modern containerization technologies like Docker.

Experience with standard out-of-the-box DevOps tools like Nexus, JFrog, Maven, ANT etc.

Usage of command-line tools and automated/silent execution of DevOps tools.

Excellent scripting skills with modern scripting/programming languages, preferably Python or Ansible.

Prior experience with other TC DevOps solutions would be added advantage.

Work Experience Strong problem-solving skills and logical thinking ability.

Good aptitude and motivation for learning, including self-learning technical concepts. Candidate must be good in reviewing and learning official technical documentation for industry standard tools.

Familiarity and high level of confidence with at least one programming language, preferably Python or Java.

Good understanding of software architectures and communication protocols.

Good to have points:

Understanding of background services and automation skills.

Familiarity with command-line tools.

Basic understanding of containerization technologies, for example: Docker.

UK national with ability to get SC clearance

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(IAC / Orchestration / Python / Ansible)

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

£450 - £700 per day

Corsham - 2-3 days onsite / 2 days remote

SC clearance required - DV desirable

Work on a major UK Defence digital transformation programme

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is delivering critical infrastructure automation capability across a large-scale UK Defence platform. Operating within a highly secure environment, they are responsible for developing zero-touch, automated infrastructure solutions across complex, multi-vendor estates. Due to continued programme demand, they are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer to support delivery across secure platforms.

THE BENEFITS

Day rate up to £700

Hybrid working (Corsham-based secure site)

Long-term Defence programme

Exposure to large-scale infrastructure automation

Agile delivery environment using modern DevOps tooling

THE INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION ENGINEER ROLE

As an Infrastructure Automation Engineer , you will design, develop and validate automation components forming part of a secure Defence platform. You will reverse engineer legacy and manual build processes into parameterised, zero-touch automation packages, working primarily with Python3, Ansible and scripting technologies. The role includes producing production-quality code, contributing to design artefacts, supporting system testing, and working within Agile teams using the Atlassian toolset.

INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Active SC clearance (DV preferred)

Strong hands-on experience with Python3 automation development

Experience with Ansible, Puppet or Chef

Scripting experience in Bash and/or PowerShell

Experience automating server, network and storage technologies

Exposure to large infrastructure environments

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability

Experience working in Agile teams

Version control experience (Git / BitBucket)

Relevant certification (e.g. CCNP, VCP, RHCE, OCA) highly desirable.

TO BE CONSIDERED

Please either apply through this advert or email me directly via w .

For further information please call 0117 284 0050 .

By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

KEY SKILLS

Infrastructure Automation Engineer, Python3, Ansible, DevOps, SC Clearance, DV Clearance, Bash, PowerShell, Jenkins, Git, Agile, Defence, NSD

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DevOps Engineer

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Surrey Hybrid (2 days office) .

Salary: £45k to £55k salary (Experience dependent) plus benefits.

We are delighted and excited to offer this opportunity to join an award winning and rapidly expanding tech business in the telecommunication billing sector.

Their growth is driven by a highly scalable cloud platform, strong engineering practices, and a focus on reliability. As their infrastructure and customer base continue to scale, this role is key to ensuring our systems remain secure, resilient, and efficient.

About the Role

We are seeking a Mid-Level DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in AWS, Linux, and Python, who is passionate about building and optimising CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with development and operations teams to ensure smooth deployment processes, scalability, and reliability of our cloud-native applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployments using tools like AWS CodePipeline.
• Support the development team by providing automation tools and creating CI/CD pipelines to streamline workflows.
• Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure(including ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC).
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based systems and write shell scripts for automation.
• Develop automation scripts and tools using Python to streamline development operational tasks.
• Implement and manage alerts automation using Datadog or similar monitoring tools to ensure proactive incident response.
• Deploy and manage containerised applications using Docker and orchestrate environments.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions for high availability and scalability.
• Collaborate with developers to integrate DevOps best practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Ensure security and compliance across cloud and on-prem environments.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• 3 5 years of hands-on experience in a DevOps or cloud infrastructure role.
• Strong proficiency in AWS services and cloud architecture principles, including ECS and CodePipeline.
• Experience with Linux administration and shell scripting.
• Hands-on experience with Python for automation and tooling.
• Familiarity with Node.js environments and process management using PM2.
• Proven record in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline).
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Proficiency in Docker for containerization.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, proactivity, and ability to work independently in a collaborative environment.

Desirable Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch).
• Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies and DevOps culture.
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management.

Cardiff | £50,000 - £60,000 | Hybrid (2/3 days onsite) The Opportunity We're supporting a fast-scaling SaaS organisation looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to play a critical role in deploying, monitoring, and operating production systems serving tens of thousands of users. This is a high-impact position, directly influencing customer experience, system reliability, and overall company growth. You'll work within an agile engineering function using modern tooling including AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes and Ansible. What You'll Be Doing Providing technical thought leadership across Engineering & Architecture Designing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code across dev & prod Building robust observability and monitoring frameworks Supporting uptime/SLAs Designing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters (advanced configuration) Designing and maintaining Kafka clusters (including DR & scaling strategy) Building and optimising CI/CD pipelines Identifying infrastructure vulnerabilities and improving resilience What We're Looking For 3+ years DevOps experience in a SaaS environment Strong AWS expertise Advanced Kubernetes administration Advanced Kafka administration (DR, topic scaling, performance tuning) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform essential) Config management (Ansible, Chef or Puppet) CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins or GitHub Actions) Distributed systems knowledge Strong networking knowledge (TCP/UDP, SSL, firewalls) Security-first mindset Prior development experience (ideal) What's On Offer Hybrid working (2/3 days onsite) Benefits Include: Enhanced parental leave Generous annual leave Healthcare plan Cycle-to-work scheme Pension with employer contribution Life assurance (3x salary) Rewards & discounts programme LinkedIn Learning licence Ready to Apply? Contact Lewis Allen or apply to find out more. Please apply with a CV and a cover letter outlining why you're perfect for the role. Know someone great for the job? We offer a referral scheme-just get in touch! Note: We do our best to respond to every application, but due to volume, we can't always guarantee it. If you haven't heard back within 7 days, unfortunately, you haven't been successful this time. Keep an eye on our site for new opportunities

Swindon - 3 days on-site per week

6 months

Inside IR35

The Role

Our client is seeking an Environment Engineer to support integrated test environments for a large-scale financial services programme with the end client.

This role sits within Environment Engineering and focuses on environment stability, configuration, and operational support. You’ll work closely with QA, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to provision environments, maintain compliance, and resolve incidents quickly and effectively.

If you enjoy hands-on technical support, automation, and keeping complex environments running smoothly, this is a strong long-term contract opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and maintain integrated test environments
• Ensure environment stability, reliability, and availability
• Provide L1/L2 support across Wintel-based platforms and applications
• Work closely with QA teams to support testing activities and resolve environment issues
• Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to manage capacity and performance
• Troubleshoot incidents and perform root cause analysis
• Ensure environments meet security, compliance, and operational standards
• Support batch processing and certificate management activities
• Contribute to automation and continuous improvement initiatives

Must Have Skills & Experience

You should have solid hands-on experience in L1/L2 environment or infrastructure support, including:

Configuration & Environment Support

• Wintel (Windows-based environments)
• Windows Server
• .NET applications
• PowerShell scripting
• SQL Server
• DevOps tooling and practices

Digital Lab / Testing Support

• L1/L2 support experience in Digital Lab environments
• Eggplant (test automation or environment support exposure)

Certificate Management & Automation

• Certificate lifecycle management
• Automation experience within Wintel environments
• Tools such as AppViewX and Ansible
• .NET-based automation or scripting

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Financial services or banking domain experience
• Experience supporting large, integrated test environments
• Exposure to batch scheduling or batch operations
• Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing mindset

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!

Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation) - VMware POD Lead
Located in Sheffield
9+ month Contract
360- 390 per day insideIR35
Hybrid - 3 days in the office per week

We are seeking a highly experienced Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation) to join the Virtualisation Engineering Team. This is a leadership role within a VMware Engineering POD, responsible for driving product vision, automation, reliability, and service sustainability across a large-scale enterprise VMware estate.

Responsibilities include:
Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within a POD structure
Own people and performance management responsibilities
Define VMware product strategy focusing on automation, reliability, availability,
performance, and scale
Design, deploy, and manage VMware technologies including vSphere, vRO, vRLI, vROps,
and vLCM
Drive automation initiatives using PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, and vRealize Suite
Establish and enforce engineering standards and SRE best practices
Improve service sustainability, transformation, and platform reliability
Oversee capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity
Manage major incidents and represent the team on critical calls
Ensure compliance, CVE management, and adherence to regulatory standards
Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Applications, Connectivity teams, and
vendors
Manage full hardware and software lifecycle from deployment to decommissioning

Skills and Experience:
15+ years’ total IT experience, including 12+ years in distributed systems (Linux,
Windows, HA solutions, server hardware, VMware)
Extensive experience managing VMware products (vSphere, vCenter, vROPS, vRO, vRLI,
vLCM) within banking/finance environments
Strong automation delivery experience across large-scale virtualisation
infrastructure
Deep understanding of network and storage technologies in distributed systems
Proven leadership and team management capability
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Experience managing full infrastructure lifecycle

This is a senior engineering leadership opportunity for someone who combines deep VMware technical expertise with automation capability and strong people leadership. Please apply for immediate interview!

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Job Title: VMWare Engineering Lead
Location: Sheffield OR Birmingham (3 days per week on-site)
Salary/Rate: Up to 485 per day
Start Date: March 2026
Job Type:10-month contract (Inside IR35)

Company Introduction:
We are currently recruiting for an Engineering Lead with experience in large-scale IT infrastructure & distributed systems to join our tier-1 banking client on an exciting long-term contract.

Role overview

The role is part of the Virtualisation Engineering Team within Distributed Compute in CTO Enterprise Services.
A VMware Engineering POD Lead is responsible for guiding the development and delivery of VMware products, ensuring they meet business needs and customer expectations.

Responsible for VMware Products Vision and Strategy with a focus on automation, availability, reliability, performance, and scale. Managing complex environmental issues, collaborating with wider teams, such as Operations, Applications, Engineering, Connectivity, and vendors.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives:

• Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within the POD structure
• Responsible for people and performance management of the team
• Design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, VRO, vRLI, and related technologies
• Oversee day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of the virtual environment
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions for business needs
• Drive automation initiatives using tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or vRealize Suite
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices
• Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities
• Stay updated with the latest VMware technologies and industry trends
• Engage key stakeholders to ensure product success and value; communicate issues, progress, and resolutions for critical incidents; liaise between operations and engineering teams
• Continuously monitor compliance and mitigate risks using tools like vRealize Operations; ensure adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies
• Manage and improve product offerings throughout their lifecycle using Agile methodologies; assess resource needs for critical services
• Share regular product updates with stakeholders; ensure products are updated and compliant with supported versions; communicate CVEs promptly
• Provide technical direction and leadership, ensuring best practices in VMware products, distributed systems, servers, and storage
• Handle crisis situations efficiently, representing the team in major incident calls and providing technical expertise
• Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively manage platform health
• Ensure system availability and performance, meeting defined SLAs and SLOs
• Plan for future

Required Skills/Experience

• Extensive IT experience with large-scale IT Infrastructure and in-depth experience with Distributed Systems Ex: Linux, Windows, High Availability Solutions, Server Hardware and VMware products
• Proven leadership and team management skills.
• Experienced in managing and maintaining VMware products (vSphere, vCenter, vROPS, vRO, vRLI, vRLCM) within banking / finance domain
• Proven ability to lead and drive engineering deliveries through automation using PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, vRO workflows in large scale virtualization infrastructure
• Strong understanding of network and storage technologies in relation to distributed systems especially VMware platform
• Ability to work collaboratively in team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in managing the entire life cycle of hardware and software, from planning and deployment to maintenance and decommissioning.
• Diploma/B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech/M.Sc in Computer Science/IT preferred (or any engineering field considered) or equivalent

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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2 year Contract

Inside IR35

Location - Portsmouth or Corsham

Overview

The Infrastructure Automation Engineering Service will support the technical team responsible for the design, development, documentation, building and validation of infrastructure automation components which form part of the NSoIT(D) Platform. These automation components will primary be developed using Python3, Ansible and Bash with a focus on hardware components, specifically their various features, services, and configurations, as well as interactions with external REST/SOAP APIs and services. The team’s responsibilities include:

• Apply complex problem solving to “reverse engineer” applications, designs and manual build instructions to create zero touch automation packages that are parameterised, dynamic and able to repeatedly and reliably deploy against these designs. Often these applications are legacy, were created without automation in mind or are otherwise resistive to full, zero touch automation.
• Create production quality code, following industry standard best practices as well as internal policies and procedures, utilising Version Control mechanisms such as GIT and BitBucket to submit development code as well as peer reviewing other team members’ code modules.
• Production and review of all levels of design artefacts.
• Supporting wider NSoIT(D) system testing activities.
• Working with Service Management to resolve issues.

Essential skills, qualifications and experience

In order to deliver this service, it is essential that individuals have:

• At least 12months’ demonstrable hands on experience within the last 3 years of:
  • Creating complex Python3 automation Classes for production systems
  • Using configuration management tools e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef
  • Use of scripting languages e.g. Bash
  • Automated deployment of server, network and storage technologies across multiple vendors
  • Building or supporting large infrastructure environments
  • Troubleshooting hardware or software component failure
  • Working as part of an Agile development team
• Demonstrable experience with advanced Python3 coding features e.g. Workflows, Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Bare Metal Deployment
• At least one of the following professional certifications that have been obtained within the last five years:
  • Networking certification - CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) or similar
  • Virtualisation certification - VMware VCP (VMware vCenter Certified Professional) or similar,
  • Linux certification - RHCA or RHCE
  • Formal Software Development certification - OCA (Oracle Certified Associate) or similar
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to solve problems and propose new ideas.
• Hold a valid Security Clearance (SC)
• Competency in MS Office Suite.

Desirable skills, qualifications and experience

In order to deliver this service, it is desirable that individuals have:

• Knowledge of the Atlassian toolset (JIRA, Confluence, and Bamboo) to record and document work.
• Experience of:
  • Working within the public sector, preferably Defence, and ideally with Defence Digital (formerly ISS).
  • Delivering accredited secure solutions within the UK Public Sector.
• A Computer Science university-based education at Bachelors or Masters level.

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

Job Title: Product Owner
Location: Sheffield OR Birmingham (3 days per week)
Salary/Rate: Up to 485 per day
Start Date: March 2026
Job Type: 10-month contract (inside IR35)

Company Introduction:
We are currently recruiting for a Product Owner to join our client in the financial services sector.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives:

• Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within the POD structure
• Responsible for people and performance management of the team
• Design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, VRO, vRLI, and related technologies
• Oversee day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of the virtual environment
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions for business needs
• Drive automation initiatives using tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or vRealize Suite
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices
• Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities
• Stay updated with the latest VMware technologies and industry trends
• Engage key stakeholders to ensure product success and value; communicate issues, progress, and resolutions for critical incidents; liaise between operations and engineering teams
• Continuously monitor compliance and mitigate risks using tools like vRealize Operations; ensure adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies
• Manage and improve product offerings throughout their lifecycle using Agile methodologies; assess resource needs for critical services
• Share regular product updates with stakeholders; ensure products are updated and compliant with supported versions; communicate CVEs promptly
• Provide technical direction and leadership, ensuring best practices in VMware products, distributed systems, servers, and storage
• Handle crisis situations efficiently, representing the team in major incident calls and providing technical expertise
• Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively manage platform health
• Ensure system availability and performance, meeting defined SLAs and SLOs
• Plan for future

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• 15+ Years of total IT experience with large scale IT Infrastructure and 12+ year of experience with Distributed Systems Ex: Linux, Windows, High Availability Solutions, Server Hardware and VMware products
• Diploma/B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech/M.Sc in Computer Science/IT preferred (or any engineering field considered) or equivalent
• Proven leadership and team management skills.
• Experienced in managing and maintaining VMware products (vSphere, vCenter, vROPS, vRO, vRLI, vRLCM) within banking / finance domain
• Proven ability to lead and drive engineering deliveries through automation using PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, vRO workflows in large scale virtualization infrastructure
• Strong understanding of network and storage technologies in relation to distributed systems especially VMware platform
• Ability to work collaboratively in team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in managing the entire lifecycle of hardware and software, from planning and deployment to maintenance and decommissioning.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

Location: Hybrid (60% onsite / 40% remote)
Duration: Contract through to November 2026

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Network Technical Integration Lead to drive engineering execution, ensure quality delivery, and lead safe, controlled change into production environments.

This is a senior technical leadership role focused on resilience, automation-first engineering, and end-to-end design accountability. You will coach engineers, embed SRE best practices, and ensure non-functional requirements (NFRs) are engineered into every solution.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Design Ownership
• Change & Release Engineering
  Define and execute structured change rehearsals, smoke testing, soak testing, and production rollbacks.
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices
  Implement error budgets, reduce toil, and enhance reliability engineering standards.
• Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

Essential Experience

• 8-10+ years’ experience across network and security engineering (design, build, operate)

• Strong troubleshooting across multiple layers:

  • Network
  • Identity
  • Endpoint
  • Proxy
  • SIEM / SOAR

• Hands-on automation experience (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, GitHub, Azure DevOps)

• Proven ITIL change leadership experience

• Major Incident Management (MIM) exposure

Desirable Certifications

• CCNP / CCIE
• Zscaler Professional
• Fortinet NSE 4+
• Splunk Admin / Enterprise Security
• ITIL 4 Managing Professional (or equivalent)

Success Metrics

• Reduced change failure rate
• Improved MTTR (Mean Time to Resolution)
• Increased automated test coverage
• Higher percentage of changes moved to standard/automated models
• Measurable reduction in repeat incidents

This role is ideal for a technically strong, automation-driven engineering leader who thrives in complex enterprise environments and is passionate about building resilient, production-ready network platforms.

We are delighted to be working in partnership with an established market leader in managed communications technology and systems integration who develop their own products. For over 40 years, they ve been at the forefront of innovation, transforming customer experiences through smarter communications, automation, analytics and AI. They deliver transformative communication and CX solutions throughout the UK and internationally, supporting clients with global reach and ambition. As the business expands, they are looking to onboard a DevOps SysAdmin to support teams across the business for both internal and hosted infrastructures including hardware, operating systems and server-based applications.

As a Senior DevOps Systems Administrator, you ll lead automation efforts, work with cutting-edge tools, and be trusted to make key decisions that influence the direction of the business. The DevOps Engineer will help architect robust hybrid cloud solutions and streamline infrastructure with tools like Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions. You ll be working in a collaborative environment that invests in your development with clear progression, technical certifications, and the opportunity to mentor others whilst growing your leadership skills.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Design, deploy and support infrastructure across AWS and private cloud
• Automate infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Implement observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch)
• Work across teams to improve reliability and security
• Manage hybrid networks, IAM, firewalls and VPNs

The successful DevOps Systems Administrator will have:

• At least 3-5 years of DevOps experience, including hands-on AWS,
• Experience with VMware or Proxmox.
• Strong Linux skills with networking and cloud security knowledge.
• Experience of working with Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes (e.g. EKS)
• Confident scripting in Bash, Python or Go

AWS Certifications and knowledge of security tools such as Trivy would be beneficial.

This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity for an experienced Systems Administrator, DevOps Engineer or Platform/Cloud Engineer to work as part of a people-first company that holds exceptional staff retention rates and career development opportunities. The role comes with a generous benefits package, including retail discounts, private healthcare, flexible working arrangements and many more. If you re ambitious, curious and can demonstrate loyalty as an employee, this is your chance to learn and grow your career in a company with pedigree, purpose and potential.

Please not that this is a permanent position seeking candidates that can demonstrate longevity of service with their former employers.

The Role:

This is a crucial role in ensuring the network infrastructure is optimised for performance and resilience, and mentoring support staff in network infrastructure best practice. The role combines hands-on support of the product pipeline whilst contributing to the improvement of key systems.

Essential Skills:

• Knowledge of DevOps practices including:
  • CI/CD pipeline design and automation
  • Containerisation and orchestration
  • Monitoring and observability tools
• Experience in the defence or advanced technology sector
• Experience with GPU based computer environments
• Experience with MLOps and associated tooling
• Experience with data pipelines
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with security integration in DevOps i.e. DevSecOps
• Service-oriented with effective communication skills
• Ability to prioritize workload under minimal supervision
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent working experience

Essential Tools:

• Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux
• Windows 365 environment
• Gitlab, Gitlab CI
• Docker, Kubernetes

Desirable Tools:

• Alpine Linux
• Terraform, Ansible
• Additional tools as required

Benefits:

• Annual Company Bonus Based on company performance
• 25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements
• Continuous professional development including incentives
• Access to online Udemy training facility to support grade specific learning pathways
• Electric car scheme
• Bike to work scheme
• Private health care (BUPA)
• Job well done scheme
• Employer assistance scheme

About Us:

Synoptix was formed in 2011 to provide engineering solutions across various technical industries. We have evolved from a company established and focussed on Systems Thinking principles into an Engineering company providing solutions and services across three key capabilities: Systems, Cyber & InfoSec and Technology. What makes us stand out is how we engage in the crossover areas between these disciplines, combining our strengths to provide a truly bespoke, market leading approach. Our engineering competence is bolstered by expertise in commercial, legal, financial and resource, thereby ensuring that we uphold excellence in our product and service offerings.

Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept Sole UK National candidates who will need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.

By applying to this position, you are confirming that you consent to the retention of your personal data. Your data is held securely on our own premises and under the terms of the Data Protection Act (2018). It will be treated as confidential, and will not be transferred to any third party, or to any other jurisdiction without your consent. We will not hold any data for any longer than is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations and will remove any data at your written request.

60,000 - 65,000 + Progression + Training + Company Benefits + Hybrid Working

Guildford (Hybrid 1 day office based per month)

Are you a DevOps Engineer with a background in AWS and automation looking to take ownership of complex cloud infrastructure within a growing, forward-thinking business where your ideas genuinely shape technical direction?

On offer is the opportunity to join a well-established yet innovative technology business with over 40 years of industry success. The company invests heavily in its people through clear progression routes, funded certifications, and exposure to modern tooling and large-scale infrastructure projects, all within a collaborative and supportive environment.

In this role you will take the lead on designing, deploying and maintaining hybrid cloud infrastructure across AWS and private cloud environments. You’ll drive automation using Terraform and Ansible, build and improve CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, and implement monitoring and observability solutions to improve reliability and performance across the business. You will also act as a technical escalation point, mentoring junior engineers and influencing best practice.

This role would suit a DevOps Engineer looking for a hands-on position with real ownership, autonomy, and long-term career progression.

The Role:

• Designing, deploying and supporting AWS and hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Implementing monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch)
• Participating in an on-call rota and incident response
• Monday to Friday (Hybrid working 1 day a month site based)

The Person:

• DevOps Engineer or similar
• Commutable to Guildford

Job Reference: BBBH24058

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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. The advertised salary is indicative and will be dependent on experience, qualifications, and skill set.

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+6 months +

+Fully remote working

+SC cleared - must hold current active clearance

+Sole British nationals only - due to nature of the project

Skills:

+AWS

+DevOps Engineer

+Kubernetes

+Public Sector experience

We’re looking for an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimise secure, scalable cloud environments in a fully remote role.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Build and manage containerised environments with Docker and Kubernetes
• Architect and optimise AWS services across compute, networking, storage, and security
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
• Embed DevSecOps practices using tools such as SonarQube, Snyk, and OWASP
• Implement monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Experience Required

• 5-10+ years in DevOps / Cloud Engineering
• Strong AWS architecture and security expertise
• Proven IaC and CI/CD delivery experience
• Solid Docker and Kubernetes knowledge
• Ability to influence stakeholders and mentor teams

Fully remote, high-impact role within a forward-thinking cloud engineering team.

If you’d like to discuss this AWS DevOps Engineer in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch.

Linux System Administrator with key skills in ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS and Debian is sought by a market leading cloud platform software house based in Birmingham city centre. With an industry leading thought leader as a founder this company place employee satisfaction at the heart of every business decision creating a forward thinking, entrepreneurial culture that embodies modern flexibility.

This Linux System Administrator will be joining a re-structured, dynamic core system team working closely with the founder to bring new ideas, technology and a personality to the role with a level of autonomy that allows ownership of the design, installation and maintenance of the company’s platforms.

This Linux System Administrator based near Birmingham should have most of the following key skills:

• Varied operating system exposure - ubuntu, RHEL etc
• Solid web server experience - Apache, Nginx etc
• Load balancing software exposure - Kemp, HAProxy etc
• Solid database knowledge - MariaDB, MySQL etc
• Replicated storage system - DRBD
• Any containerization & IaC exposure would be useful - docker , Kubernetes, terraform, ansible etc
• Knowledge of bash scripting
• Solid understanding of server hardware
• Git version control experience
• Any open sourcing programming and AWS exposure would be a real plus

In return this Linux System Administrator based near Birmingham will receive:

• Starting salary of up to £60,000
• Up to 15% bonus
• Flexible working patterns with a 3/2 in office/ at home split
• Hybrid working hours
• Private healthcare
• 25 days holiday
• Choice of technology
• Regular salary reviews
• A well-structured progression scheme in line with the company’s expansion plans

So if you are a Linux System Administrator looking to join a dynamic, autonomous company with great personal growth potential then please apply now to be considered.

Linux System Administrator
£50,000 - £60,000
Nginx, Apache, HAProxy, web servers, MySQL, ubuntu, RHEL, Debian

Your new company
This client is a globally renowned consultancy.

Your new role
You will be a client-facing DevOps Engineer in an AWS Platform team.
You must be SC eligible to be considered for this role. This role will be mostly remote with occasional travel to the office.

What you’ll need to succeed
You will have:

• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Bash shell
• Experience working with AWS console and AWS CLI
• Knowledge of AWS networking concepts, VPC, subnets, routing, security groups
• Understanding of AWS security best practices and implement appropriate IAM role

What you’ll get in return
An exciting opportunity to join a globally renowned consultancy, in addition to your own dedicated Hays Consultant to guide you through every step of the application process.

What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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