Job title: Cyber Incident Response Consultant (Contractor)
Contract: Six Months (possibility of extension)
Location: Basingstoke (X3 days onsite; X2 working remote)

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Cyber Incident Response Consultant to support our cybersecurity function on a contract basis. The consultant will be responsible for collaborating with organisation stakeholders in developing, updating, and enhancing a comprehensive set of tactical and operational cyber incident response documents, including the Incident Response Plan, Communication Plan, Incident Response Playbooks, and Containment & Eradication procedures.

This engagement is focused on delivering high-quality, actionable documentation and strengthening the organisation’s overall incident response capability. The consultant will work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with business operations, technology, and regulatory requirements.

IR Technical Capability Maturity Assessment
* Evaluate and report on the organisation’s technical capabilities and maturity against IR Detection & Analysis, Containment, Eradication, & Recovery domains using industry maturity model.
Develop & Maintain Incident Response Documentation
* Produce and refine the organisation’s Incident Response Plan (IRP).
* Build clear and consistent internal and external incident communication workflows.
* Develop detailed incident response playbooks, such as ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), data breach, insider threat, malware outbreak, DDoS attack, cloud service compromise. (Final scenarios to be agreed during discovery.)

Strengthen Organisational Incident Preparedness
* Conduct discovery sessions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Review existing security processes, tools, and architecture to ensure documentation reflects current environments.
* Support tabletop exercise planning and incorporate lessons learned into documentation.
* Provide expert guidance and recommendations to improve cyber readiness.

Build Containment & Eradication Frameworks
* Develop clear, structured containment strategies for different incident types.
* Create eradication and recovery guidance aligned with operational capabilities.
* Ensure all procedures support legal, compliance, and evidence-preservation requirements.

Align with Standards & Regulatory Expectations
* Ensure all documentation aligns with CIS Controls.
* Ensure materials support relevant legal and regulatory expectations as appropriate for the organisation.
Collaborate Across the Business
* Work closely with SOC staff, IT teams, legal, risk, compliance, communications, and senior leadership.
* Convert technical details and threat intelligence into clear, actionable steps appropriate for operational use.

Required Experience & Skills
* Proven experience (typically 5+ years) in incident response, SOC operations, cybersecurity consulting, or GRC.
* Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality IR documentation and playbooks for medium-to-large organisations.
* Deep understanding of modern threat actors, attack methodologies, and incident response lifecycle.
* Experience across cloud (Azure, AWS) and on-premise enterprise environments.
* Exceptional written communication skills and ability to deliver polished, structured documentation.
* Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and drive deliverables with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience
* GCIH, GCFA, CISSP, or equivalent security certifications.
* Experience working within regulated sectors (financial services, healthcare, government, critical infrastructure).
* Prior participation in or leadership of real-world cyber incident response activities.
* Familiarity with identity governance, EDR platforms, SIEM tooling, and cloud security architecture.

Why This Engagement Matters
The Cyber Incident Response Preparation Consultant plays a crucial role in elevating the organisation’s cyber maturity and readiness. Through the development of robust documentation and playbooks, the consultant will help ensure the organisation can respond rapidly, effectively, and consistently to modern cyber threats

Senior Product Engineer (AWS Serverless, TypeScript, Node)

Location: Manchester / Hybrid (2 times a week in the office)

Salary: Up to £85,000 (DOE)

Sector: HeathTech

About the Opportunity

How would you like to work on products designed to improve people’s lives?

This is an opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join a Tech for Good business in Manchester as they embark on an ambitious roadmap of new products and services.

They are looking for an experienced Software Engineer with a Product and Commercial mindset to help drive the next phase of their platform evolution.

This will get you excited if you’re a ‘product builder’ with a ‘You Build It, You Run It’ mindset. It’s a company where your voice is heard, giving you the opportunity to shape the product. You’ll understand business needs will be able to adapt quickly.

It’s a key role with a focus on delivering modern, API-driven solutions that power their product ecosystem.

You’ll have experience in the follow:

* Strong backend development experience with TypeScript/Node or Python.

* Deep experience with API design, client–server systems, and distributed architectures.

* Hands-on experience with message queues and asynchronous system design.

* Knowledge of cloud services (AWS preferred, but Azure/GCP also fine - easy to transition).

* Solid understanding of logging, monitoring, security considerations, and modern DevOps practices.

* Background in enterprise-level engineering or building production-grade systems.

* Experience with serverless (Lambda or equivalent).

* CI/CD knowledge and infrastructure-as-code concepts (e.g., Terraform).

* Strong interest in improving systems holistically - architecture, performance, security.

This is an opportunity to join an ethically sound business that is genuinely trying to improve people’s health. There is a broad technical scope - backend engineering, cloud, distributed systems and integrations – and a role with influence and room to grow.

Interview Process

1. Initial meet & greet

2. Technical Interview

3. Final interview / offer

If you are a Senior Software Engineer and looking to work with cutting edge technology, in a scaling and successful company that cares about ethics, then please apply today

Location: London
Contract Type: 12 Months

About the Role

Guidant Global is supporting our client in hiring a highly skilled Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design, deploy and optimise scalable, resilient Kubernetes‑based solutions across modern cloud environments.
This is an exciting, hands‑on engineering role where you’ll collaborate with DevOps, software development and security teams to ensure seamless deployment, management and monitoring of containerised applications.

If you’re passionate about cloud‑native engineering, automation and modern infrastructure design, this is an opportunity to make a major impact.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement and maintain Kubernetes clusters in cloud environments
Develop and automate CI/CD pipelines to streamline application delivery
Monitor, analyse and optimise cluster performance, reliability, scalability and security
Create and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests
Implement service mesh solutions and ingress controllers
Ensure high‑availability, backup and disaster‑recovery strategies for mission‑critical workloads
Work closely with developers to containerise applications and troubleshoot deployment issues
Maintain Infrastructure‑as‑Code using tools such as Terraform
Stay ahead of Kubernetes ecosystem updates and recommend best‑practice improvements

Top Skills & Experience (in order of priority)

Kubernetes - CKA certification highly desirable
Cloud expertise (Azure, AWS or GCP)
Container technologies (Docker, container runtimes, orchestration concepts)
Monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals - DNS, load balancing, firewalls

Required Skills & Qualifications

Strong hands‑on experience designing and maintaining Kubernetes environments
Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure and cloud‑native patterns
Experience working with CI/CD tooling and automated deployment workflows
Knowledge of containerisation concepts and best practices
Familiarity with monitoring, alerting and performance‑tuning of distributed systems
Good understanding of networking principles as they relate to Kubernetes and cloud environments

Nice to Have

Experience with GitOps workflows and tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
Knowledge of serverless technologies
Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
Understanding of DevSecOps concepts and secure deployment practices

Who You Are

You’re a proactive, technically curious engineer who enjoys designing robust cloud‑native platforms, solving complex problems and improving reliability at scale. You’re collaborative, thoughtful and comfortable working across teams to deliver modern, resilient infrastructure solutions.

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

Main Purpose of the Role

* To support colleagues and business processes with their IT requirements while acting as a deputy to the IT Manager. The role is responsible for ensuring that the organisation’s IT infrastructure is modern, secure, reliable, and efficient.

Key Responsibilities
IT Infrastructure

* Design, deploy, and manage servers and related services from vendors such as Dell and HP.

* Design, deploy, and maintain networks and cloud services (e.g., Microsoft Azure).

* Deploy and manage virtualisation technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V.

* Implement and manage backup and disaster recovery solutions.

* Manage and optimise storage solutions including SAN and NAS systems.

* Develop and maintain infrastructure automation scripts and tools.

* Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments.

* Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime.

* Assist in the development and enforcement of IT policies and procedures.

* Evaluate and recommend new technologies to enhance the IT infrastructure.

IT Operations

* Monitor and maintain laptops, peripherals, and display equipment across the business.

* Provide technical support and guidance to end users.

* Monitor and maintain system performance, availability, and security.

* Troubleshoot and resolve hardware, software, and network issues.

* Collaborate with colleagues to support business applications and services.

* Ensure compliance with company security policies and industry best practices.

* Maintain documentation for infrastructure configurations, processes, and procedures.

* Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Role Requirements
Qualifications & Experience

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

* Minimum 5 years’ experience in IT Infrastructure or IT Operations roles.

* Relevant certifications such as:

* CompTIA Network+

* Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator

* Strong knowledge of server and network administration.

* Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).

* Proficiency with virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper-V).

* Understanding of ITIL processes and best practices

Location: London
Contract Type: 12 months

About the Role

Guidant Global is supporting our client in hiring a Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer with strong DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering experience. This role bridges traditional on‑premises IT operations with modern cloud‑native engineering, ensuring seamless integration, automation and performance optimisation across hybrid environments.

If you’re passionate about resilient systems, cloud infrastructure, automation and scaling platforms responsibly - this is a role where you’ll have a huge impact.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy and maintain hybrid infrastructure solutions across cloud platforms and on‑premises environments
CI/CD Automation: Build and manage automated delivery pipelines to support rapid development cycles
Monitoring & Reliability: Implement and maintain monitoring, logging and alerting systems to ensure availability, performance and early issue detection
Security & Compliance: Apply robust security best practices across all environments and ensure compliance with industry standards
Infrastructure‑as‑Code: Develop, maintain and version-control infrastructure using Terraform or similar IaC tooling
Partner with development and product teams to improve system reliability, deployment speed and operational efficiency
Participate in on‑call rotations, responding to outages and performance incidents
Maintain clear, comprehensive documentation for systems, processes and configurations

Top Skills (in order of priority)

Background in DevOps, SRE, or Systems Administration
Strong hands‑on experience with both cloud platforms and on‑premises infrastructure
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices
Solid understanding of networking - firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, routing fundamentals
Experience using monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.)

Required Skills & Experience

Strong experience designing, operating and troubleshooting hybrid infrastructure
Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience using Terraform or similar tools for IaC
Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure DevOps
Strong scripting skills for automation and operational tooling
Understanding of security, compliance and best‑practice governance
Ability to work cross‑functionally with engineering and product teams

Nice to Have

Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Experience with hybrid cloud solutions and migration strategies
Familiarity with service mesh, zero‑trust architectures or advanced networking models
Experience working in regulated industries (FS, government, healthcare, defence, etc.)

Who You Are

You’re a versatile engineer who thrives in hybrid environments, combining reliability engineering discipline with cloud‑native mindset. You’re collaborative, calm under pressure, and excited about building systems that are secure, scalable and resilient.

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

Leeds (Hybrid)

6 Month Contract

£(Apply online only)/day (Inside IR35)

Python Full Stack Developer needed for a 6 Month Contract in Leeds (Hybrid). Start ASAP ideally in March 2026.

Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in the Leeds office.

A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in large-scale Government projects.

Key experience, responsibilities + tasks:

Leading the design + development of complex applications using Core Python, and web frameworks like Flask + Django.

Strong Python development expertise, and strong leadership skills, including the ability to drive development projects, and mentor junior developers.

Front-end development using Vue.js, JavaScript, CSS and HTML to create seamless user interfaces.

SQL Server database experience, including developing / optimizing SQL Server databases, data analysis, and efficient data storage / retrieval.

Familiar with AWS Cloud Services, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, serverless architectures + Docker containers.

Developing applications using event-driven programming paradigms + adhering to design patterns like Model View Template (MVT), and Model View Controller (MVC).

Mentoring junior developers in coding standards, Github version control, and code tracking.

Overseeing integration of various software components, and debugging and trouble-shooting applications.

Implementing best practice in software development, including exception handling, data structures + object-oriented programming (OOP).

Technical Environment: Full Stack, Python, Flask, Django, Vue.js, React, CSS, HTML, Agile methods, Design Patterns, Object Relational Mappers (ORMs), server-side templating languages, Unit/API testing, AWS, CI/CD

Python Developer role (Hybrid - 2 days onsite, 3 days remote)

My client are a Technology company based in Winchester. They build tailored software solutions for their clients for both the public and private sectors.

This role is paying up to £50k and is 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home.

Skills needed for this role:

Requirements

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

* Minimum 2–3 years of professional experience developing web applications with Python.

* Proven expertise with FastAPI (or similar ASGI frameworks) for building RESTful APIs.

* Hands‑on experience with Wagtail CMS (or Django‑based CMS platforms) and extending its functionality.

* Strong front‑end development skills using React JS, HTML5, and CSS3.

* Solid understanding of object‑oriented programming, design patterns, and clean‑code principles.

* Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and ORM tools such as Django ORM or SQLAlchemy.

* Ability to write comprehensive automated tests (pytest, unittest, Jest, etc.).

* Excellent problem‑solving abilities, attention to detail, and strong communication skills.

* Comfortable working both independently and as part of a collaborative, hybrid team.

Nice to Have

* Familiarity with additional front‑end frameworks or libraries (e.g., Redux, TypeScript).

* Experience with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).

* Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and CI/CD pipelines.

* Exposure to Agile/Scrum development processes.

* Understanding of GraphQL or other modern API paradigms.

If this sounds like it might be of interest, please apply

Job Title: Senior Solution Architect

Location: Ipswich

Years of Experience: 15+ Years

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Solution Architect to join our dynamic team in Ipswich. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge and expertise in Application Architecture, with a proven track record of designing and implementing robust application solutions. This role requires a strategic thinker who can align technology with business goals and drive innovation within the organization.

Responsibilities:

* Lead the design and architecture of complex application systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.

* Collaborate with cross functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

* Develop and maintain architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices for application development.

* Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance application performance and efficiency.

* Conduct architectural reviews and provide guidance to development teams throughout the software development lifecycle.

* Mentor and train junior architects and developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

* Engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment of application architecture with business objectives.

* Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation within the organization.

Mandatory Skills:

* Strong expertise in Application Architecture, including design patterns, frameworks, and methodologies.

* Proficient in cloud technologies and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

* Experience with microservices architecture and API design.

* Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies.

* Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to think critically under pressure.

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non technical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills:

* Experience with DevOps practices and tools.

* Knowledge of data architecture and database design.

* Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman).

* Experience in leading architectural initiatives and driving change within an organization.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.

* 15+ years of experience in software development and application architecture.

* Proven experience in leading architectural design and implementation for large scale applications.

* Relevant certifications in architecture or cloud technologies are a plus

Senior Full Stack Architect

Permanent | UK-Wide | Hybrid (2–3 Days in Office) | £60,000+

The Opportunity

A leading technology organisation is seeking a Senior Full Stack Architect to own end-to-end technical architecture across a multi-year digital transformation programme. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will define architecture standards, drive engineering excellence and align technology decisions with business goals. You will lead architectural reviews, mentor engineering teams and play a central role in shaping a scalable, secure and cloud-native platform.

What You’ll Be Doing

* Own end-to-end architecture across frontend, backend, APIs, data layers and integrations

* Define reference architectures, technology standards and design principles

* Lead architectural reviews and contribute to technology governance frameworks

* Design cloud-native solutions using Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines

* Champion engineering best practices — GitOps, automated testing and observability

* Coach engineering teams and identify anti-patterns across the stack

* Manage senior stakeholder relationships and communicate architectural decisions clearly

Skills & Experience

* Proven background in senior architecture or technical leadership

* Frontend: React, TypeScript, Material UI, modern JavaScript (ES6+)

* Backend: Node.js, Python, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Kafka or RabbitMQ

* Cloud: AWS, Azure or GCP — Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform / CloudFormation

* Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis — strong data modelling and caching strategies

* Secure architecture: OAuth, JWT, SAML; monitoring via Datadog, Prometheus or Grafana

* Strong Agile delivery experience (SCRUM / Kanban) in complex or regulated environments

* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to Have

* Cloud architecture certification — AWS Solutions Architect or Azure equivalent

* Experience in financial services or other regulated industries

* Familiarity with service mesh architectures such as Istio

Right to Work

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK under one of the following:

* British Citizen

* Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

* EU Settled Status

* Dependent of ILR / British Citizen, or of someone due ILR within 6–8 months

We are unable to consider candidates requiring Tier 2 sponsorship, PSW visa holders, dependents of work permit holders, or former permanent employees of the end client

Senior Software Engineer
Fully Remote – UK
Golang / GCP / Terraform
£75,000-£85,000

We have partnered with a fast-growing, cloud-native technology company delivering child safety & well-being solutions to clients across the UK and Europe. The platform is built on modern microservices architecture, leveraging Go (Golang) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to power high-performance systems that are used by thousands of customers daily.

Founded over 10 years ago, the company have grown into a global leader within their respective field who are now part of a wider group and now looking to expand their development team with new projects launching this year. The role is fully remote within the UK, and any successful candidate would need to be based in the UK. Sponsorship cannot be offered for this role.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain backend services using Golang
Build and deploy scalable Cloud platforms on GCP – AWS or Azure is fine
Good experience with SQL and working with large datasets.
Confident on the Frontend, working with Typescript & React.
Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making
Develop RESTful APIs and event-driven microservices
Work with cloud-native technologies including containers and serverless
Implement CI/CD pipelines, Terraform and infrastructure-as-code
Other non-essential skills include: Machine Learning, .Net, Testing.
Open to mentoring junior developers and leading on projects.
Salary: £75,000-£85,000
Benefits: Bonus, Share Scheme, 25 Days Holiday, 8% Pension, Private Medical.

If this role sounds of interest, please apply and I can give you a call.

Tim Stock
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?? Cloud DevOps Engineer x 2 - Manchester (2 Days Onsite)

Up to £55,000 | Up to £71,000 | Hybrid Working

MUST have active SC clearance

We’re hiring two Cloud DevOps Engineers to join high-performing Cloud Pods delivering enterprise-grade AWS platforms across the UK.

If you enjoy building cloud platforms properly - automation-first, infrastructure-as-code driven, secure by design - this is for you.

?? The Role

You’ll be part of a focused Cloud Pod, working in agile teams to design, build and evolve modern AWS platforms.

Hands-on engineering across:

• AWS (enterprise environments)
• Terraform & Infrastructure as Code
• Kubernetes (EKS)
• Ansible
• GitLab & CI/CD pipelines
• AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA)
• Hybrid cloud (including AWS Outposts)

This isn’t ticket-based support work.
It’s platform engineering with impact.

You’ll help drive:
? Reusable, standardised cloud platforms
? Secure landing zones (SCPs, CloudFormation, YAML)
? Monitoring, patching & lifecycle management
? DevOps best practice & automation
? Continuous improvement across architecture & engineering

?? What You’ll Bring

• Active SC clearance
• Strong hands-on AWS experience
• Terraform & automation mindset
• Kubernetes (EKS) knowledge
• CI/CD pipeline experience
• Solid infrastructure & networking fundamentals
• Experience working in agile environments
• Familiarity with ITIL frameworks

Bonus if you’ve worked with:

• Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA)
• Identity Manager
• Enterprise multi-account AWS environments

?? Why Join?

• Collaborative, supportive engineering culture
• Genuine investment in training & certifications
• Real enterprise cloud challenges
• Clear progression routes
• Hybrid working - 2 days per week in Manchester

?? Two Opportunities Available

Cloud DevOps Engineer - Up to £55k

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer - Up to £75k

RSG Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Salary: Up to £65,000 dependent on experience

HL are looking for a talented full stack Software Engineer to join a Pensions & Retirement product engineering team in building market leading solutions for our clients. This is an opportunity to join the UK’s number one investment services company, looking after over £180 billion in assets on behalf of more than 2 million UK investors.

This is your chance to genuinely stamp your mark on one of the UK’s most innovative and digital-focused businesses.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and run AWS Cloud-native applications with TypeScript and React

• Establish and maintain automated tests for the changes being implemented.

• Write high quality, secure, tested and performant code.

• Work collaboratively with others in a cross functional team to deliver high quality digital client journeys

• Advocate for continuous improvement within the team including for the ways of working, quality, security, performance and CI/CD processes.

• Responsible for documenting all solutions, produced to agreed team standards.

• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and further technologies & techniques embraced by the development team.

• Cultivate strong working relationships within the squad across Product and Engineering.

• Participating in working groups and communities of practice designed to support the development team.

• Continually develop both technical and interpersonal skills.

• Providing engineering support for existing applications when necessary.

About You

• Professional experience with AWS, full stack TypeScript with React on the front end, IaC, CI/CD

• Experience with unit, integration, and end to end testing tools and practices (e.g. Jest, Cypress, Backstop).

• Enjoys learning - you prioritise growing knowledge

• Experience with CI / CD and Trunk Based Development.

• Understanding of Microservices & principles of RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking.

• Experience performing code reviews.

• Experience operating within Agile framework.

• Aware of website performance implications, best practices and other non-functional requirements.

• Able to assist in writing or reviewing technical documentation.

• Advocate of excellent development practices to optimise for rapid and continuous delivery of client value.

• React Native, GraphQL, DevOps and event driven architecture experience beneficial

Skills / Attributes

• Excellent collaborator, naturally works well with others across different disciplines in a cross functional team.

• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) with good numerical skills.

• Logical, analytical and methodological approach to problem solving.

• Pro-active, resourceful and able to use initiative.

• Pragmatic and focused on delivery.

• Effective time management.

• Willingness to learn and desire to develop professionally.

• Tenacious, with a pride in what you do.

• Have a continuous improvement mindset.

Why Us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We’re steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What’s On Offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* & annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL’s future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• Help@hand and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
• Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
• An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
• Join HL’s sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

* dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

Pre-Sales Solution Architect – Cloud & SaaS

Following a successful second year, a fast-growing scale-up is expanding its customer function and is looking for a Customer Solution Architect to act as the technical SME alongside its sales teams.

You will engage with C-level executives, lead discovery calls, and manage customer journeys and technical roadmaps, including product integrations and customisations.

This is a unique opportunity to work on large-scale transformation programmes, combining technical expertise with hands-on client engagement. You will become the go-to expert for the organisation’s core products across SaaS and Agentic AI solutions.

Location: Hybrid – HQ in Leeds, with travel to client sites

Salary: £70,000 – £85,000 + 15% Bonus + Benefits

To be considered you should have:

Minimum 3 years’ experience in a customer-facing technical role such as Solutions Engineer, Pre-Sales Engineer, or similar
Previous experience as a Solution Architect, including involvement in roadmaps, HLD/LLD, and creating Proof of Concepts (POCs)
Strong experience with modern cloud platforms, including Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure
Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage directly with enterprise customers

If interested, please apply via the link below

AI Technologist A&D Location - Erskine, Newcastle, Farnborough or London Candidates are required to be eligible for clearance We are seeking aspirational AI Technologiststo join our AI Centre of Excellence and Execution under the UK Data & AI Wing. These individuals will act as strategic advisors and AI thought leaders across our key industry vertical Aerospace & Defence. As an AI Technologist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping customer conversationsaround AI and Data transformation. Youll work closely with Sales, Account Teams, and the AI Centre of Excellence & Execution(CoEE)to define tailored AI and Data strategies that accelerate our clients AI adoption journeys. This is a pre-sales and enablement-facing rolethat bridges the gap between business vision and technical delivery helping customers build confidence in their AI strategy and ensuring a seamless transition from concept to execution. Key Responsibilities Customer Engagement & Execution. Lead strategic discussions with customers to define their AI and Data Strategy, aligning technology capabilities with business goals. Identify opportunities for AI adoption and co-create innovative use cases with clients. Articulate the business value of Data and AI through impactful storytelling and demonstrable prototypes. Pre-Sales & Solution Development Collaborate with sales teams to shape AI-driven solutions for key opportunities. Design and present industry-specific AI use casesthat demonstrate measurable outcomes. Support proposal development, technical scoping, and solution presentations. Collaboration & Delivery Enablement Work closely with the AI Centre of Excellence & Execution(AI CoEE)to design and validate customer-specific AI solutions. Bridge the gap between sales and delivery teams, ensuring solutions are executable and aligned to client expectations. Build customer confidence by demonstrating technical credibility and business insight. Innovation & Thought Leadership Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging AI technologies relevant to your sector. Contribute to internal capability building, knowledge sharing, and best practices within the Data & AI community. Represent the organization in client and industry forums, showcasing our AI innovation. Key Skills & Experience Platforms, and Cloud ecosystems(Azure, AWS, or GCP). Proven experience in AI / Data Solutioning, Pre-Sales, Consulting, AI Product Manager, AI enthusiast roles. Strong understanding of one or more industry domains: A&D, FSI, Healthcare, Central Government, or Life Sciences. Expertise in AI/ML frameworks, Data p Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value propositions. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills able to influence senior decision-makers. Experience working collaboratively with sales and delivery teams to shape end-to-end solutions. Why Join Us Be part of a cutting-edge AI communitydriving digital transformation across the UK&I. Work at the intersection of business innovation and emerging AI technologies. Opportunity to shape the future of AI adoptionwithin some of the UKs most impactful industries. Collaborative, forward-thinking environment with continuous learning and development opportunities.

Senior Security Engineer/Architect - Perm - Up to £110,000 + benefits

Must already hold or be eligible for SC level security clearance

Remote first or Hybrid - London based office

An established organisation is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help shape and enhance the security posture of the environments it supports. This role operates at the intersection of deep technical expertise, advisory ownership, and real-world security impact.

The successful candidate will work closely with customers, engineers, and operational security teams to deliver meaningful improvements across identity, detection engineering, endpoint security, and cloud security posture. This is a hands-on role involving the design and implementation of modern security architectures, solving complex technical challenges, and acting as a trusted technical partner.

Technology Environment

Microsoft Security Stack:

• Microsoft Defender XDR
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft Intune
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Experience with alternative modern security platforms such as SentinelOne or CrowdStrike is advantageous.

Cloud Platforms:

• Microsoft Azure (required)
• Exposure to AWS or GCP (desirable)

Platforms & Infrastructure:

• Active Directory / Entra hybrid identity
• Windows Server and Linux
• Networking, VPNs, firewalls, endpoint management

Tooling & Automation:

• KQL
• PowerShell
• API integrations
• Automation tooling

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery

• Lead technical discussions with customers, guiding architecture, design decisions, and best practice implementations.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of security solutions.
• Design and implement detections, automation workflows, and runbooks.
• Conduct technical assessments across identity, endpoint, cloud posture, logging, and security operations.
• Develop, optimise, and tune KQL queries for detection engineering and threat hunting.
• Review and enhance security configurations across cloud and SIEM/SOAR platforms.
• Manage engagements through architecture, deployment, tuning, documentation, and customer enablement.
• Identify security gaps and recommend improvements across logging, identity, endpoint hardening, cloud posture, and threat detection.

Platform & Engineering

• Understand how endpoints, servers, domain controllers, and cloud workloads operate, and how security controls integrate with them.
• Support remediation of misconfigurations and optimisation of security deployments.
• Leverage scripting, APIs, and automation to streamline repeatable tasks.
• Integrate firewalls, EDR platforms, logging pipelines, and SIEM/SOAR tooling.

Customer & Collaboration

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to security and engineering stakeholders.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable technical plans and deliverables.
• Collaborate with internal engineering, SOC, and platform teams to improve processes and share insights.
• Contribute to knowledge articles, design documentation, runbooks, and reusable delivery patterns.

Required Experience

• Strong, demonstrable experience across the Microsoft security ecosystem.
• Solid understanding of identity and endpoint security fundamentals.
• Proven experience writing and tuning detection logic (e.g., KQL) for detection engineering and threat hunting scenarios.
• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills, with the ability to lead discussions and influence outcomes.
• Ability to work autonomously, solve complex problems, and deliver high-quality technical solutions.

Desirable Experience

• Automation experience (PowerShell, Python, API integrations) and/or systems administration background.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and incident response methodologies.
• Experience working with logging pipelines (e.g., AMA, Syslog, Cribl, SIEM tooling).
• Exposure to non-Microsoft security platforms such as CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, or Tenable.
• Experience producing architecture documents, diagrams, and technical design proposals.
• Background in an MSSP, consultancy, or customer-facing engineering environment.

What the Role Offers

• Ownership of technical direction across engagements with the ability to influence customer security posture.
• A blend of architecture, engineering, advisory, and hands-on implementation work.
• Exposure to a diverse range of environments, threat models, and operational challenges.

SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach. We have offices in Europe and Mauritius. Our goal? We bring people solutions to life and turn HR into a value source for our clients and their people.

Our people solutions span the entire employee journey, from salary payment to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent. Are you ready to join us?

About the role:

We are seeking a Senior Product Owner Infrastructure Platforms to lead and drive the strategic evolution of our Database (primarily SQL estate) and Server (WinTel / Hypervisor) platforms, including VMware and future compute models, within our SaaS organisation.

This role combines deep infrastructure domain ownership with strong Product Ownership leadership. Infrastructure is treated as a product, serving internal customers such as Product Tribes, Product Owners, and Product Managers.

You will be accountable for platform vision, roadmap, modernization, Agile delivery maturity, risk reduction, and internal customer satisfaction ensuring that our infrastructure enables scalable, secure, resilient SaaS services while migrating progressively toward cloud-native architectures.

What do we have to offer?

• A dynamic environment: flexible working hours and working from home
• 25 days holiday + 8 days public holiday
• Flexible benefits scheme (including ability to buy additional 5 days holiday)
• Pension up to 6% matched
• Car allowance
• Private medical Insurance
• Variable pay bonus
• Workation: possibility to work from any SD Worx location (4 weeks per year, EU only)
• Referral program
• Learning opportunities: through an individual development plan and professional training
• Career growth: whether you want to become more of an expert in your field or want to expand your knowledge more horizontally, there is always room to grow within SD Worx!

Which tasks can you expect?

Platform Product Ownership

• Act as the Product Owner for Database and Server (Wintel) platforms
• Define and own the vision, roadmap, and lifecycle of SQL and WinTel/Hypervisor platforms.
• Ensure platform stability, performance, scalability, and cost optimisation.
• Manage technical debt and drive long-term modernization (cloud migration, automation-first operations).
• Clearly articulate platform value and maturity expectations to internal customers.

Database Platform Ownership (SQL Focus)

• Lead full SQL estate lifecycle across on-prem and cloud.
• Develop and execute cloud migration strategy (PaaS/IaaS/hybrid).
• Govern versioning, HA/DR, backup/restore, patching, and security compliance.
• Improve performance, scalability, observability, and automation maturity.

Server (WinTel/Hypervisor) Platform Ownership

• Own strategy for Windows Server, VMware, and compute platforms.
• Modernize compute, improve automation, and reduce manual provisioning.
• Improve provisioning lead times and cost transparency (FinOps).
• Guide hypervisor rationalisation and cloud-first design.

Stakeholder & Internal Customer Management

• Act as primary liaison between infrastructure squads and product tribes.
• Translate business needs into clear backlog items and priorities.
• Align platform roadmap with product roadmaps and communicate strategy clearly.
• Manage expectations, risks, and internal customer satisfaction.

Backlog Ownership & Value Prioritisation

• Maintain structured, prioritised backlogs with clear epics and user stories.
• Balance stability, modernization, optimisation, risk, and technical debt.
• Ensure backlog items are sprint-ready and aligned to outcomes.

Agile Maturity & Delivery Excellence

• Partner with Technical Lead and Scrum Master to ensure strong Agile practice.
• Lead or support ceremonies: planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives.
• Clarify priorities during sprints and accept completed work.
• Drive squad maturity and meaningful, outcome-focused delivery.

Governance, Risk & Operational Maturity

• Maintain risk visibility, DR and resilience standards, and compliance readiness.
• Prepare for audits and track key platform KPIs (availability, provisioning time, automation, cost efficiency, technical debt).
• Ensure platforms continually improve in operational effectiveness.

What do you have to offer?

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in infrastructure, platform, or SaaS environments

• Strong domain knowledge in:

  • SQL Server platforms
  • Windows Server environments
  • VMware / Hypervisors
  • Cloud migration strategies

• Experience operating in Agile delivery models

• Demonstrated backlog ownership and prioritisation capability

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Experience balancing operational stability with modernization

Preferred Experience

• Azure, AWS or GCP exposure
• FinOps principles
• DR and resilience architecture
• Platform engineering transformation programs

From many places, we work as one, moving from better to best together.

SD Worx embraces diversity in the workplace. Diversity brings inspiration and innovation to our company. We particularly welcome applications from qualified talent, regardless of origin, nationality, gender, skin color, ethnic and social background, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or stage of life.

Salary: Up to £80,000 dependent on experience

HL are looking for a talented full stack Senior Software Engineer to join a Pensions & Retirement product engineering team in building market leading solutions for our clients. This is an opportunity to join the UK’s number one investment services company, looking after over £180bn billion in assets on behalf of more than 2 million UK investors.

This is your chance to genuinely stamp your mark on one of the UK’s most innovative and digital-focused businesses.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and run AWS Cloud-native applications with TypeScript and React

• Establish and maintain automated tests for the changes being implemented.

• Write high quality, secure, tested and performant code.

• Upskilling - Providing coaching & mentoring to peers and more junior members of the team

• Work collaboratively with others in a cross functional team to deliver high quality digital client journeys

• Advocate for continuous improvement within the team including for the ways of working, quality, security, performance and CI/CD processes.

• Responsible for documenting all solutions, produced to agreed team standards.

• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and further technologies & techniques embraced by the development team.

• Cultivate strong working relationships both within working squad and in HL as a whole.

• Actively participating in working groups and communities of practice designed to support the development team.

• Continually develop both technical and interpersonal skills.

• Providing engineering support for existing applications when necessary.

About You

• Professional experience with AWS, full stack TypeScript with React on the front end, IaC, CI/CD

• Experience with unit, integration, and end to end testing tools and practices (e.g. Jest, Cypress, Backstop).

• Enjoys upskilling others in a team - you prioritise sharing knowledge

• Experience with integration and onboarding 3rd party vendors, meeting with vendor engineering contacts, defining integration patterns, abstracting vendor APIs/data models from internal downstream services etc.

• Experience with CI / CD and Trunk Based Development.

• Understanding of Microservices & principles of RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking.

• Understanding of event driven architecture.

• Experience performing code reviews.

• Experience operating within Agile framework.

• Aware of website performance implications, best practices and other non-functional requirements.

• Able to write, assist in writing or reviewing technical documentation.

• Advocate of excellent development practices to optimise for rapid and continuous delivery of client value.

• React Native, GraphQL and DevOps experience beneficial

Skills / Attributes

• Excellent collaborator, naturally works well with others across different disciplines in a cross functional team.

• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) with good numerical skills.

• Logical, analytical and methodological approach to problem solving.

• Pro-active, resourceful and able to use initiative.

• Pragmatic and focused on delivery.

• Effective time management.

• Willingness to learn and desire to develop professionally.

• Tenacious, with a pride in what you do.

• Have a continuous improvement mindset.

Why Us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We’re steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What’s On Offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* & annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL’s future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• Help@hand and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
• Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
• An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
• Join HL’s sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

* dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

Job Title: SC Cleared Data Integration Architect (Primary Care Data)
Location: Hybrid/ 2-3 days near Bath
Duration: 6 months with possible extension
Rate: Up to £704 per day via an approved umbrella company
Must be willing and eligible to go through the SC Clearance process

Our client, a leading organisation in healthcare technology, is hiring for a reputable company to support their mission of modernising healthcare data platforms. We are seeking a skilled Data Integration Architect with strong primary care data domain expertise to lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and interoperable data solutions.

What you’ll be doing:

Define end-to-end data integration architectures across primary, community, and secondary care systems.
Design API-led, event-driven, and batch integration patterns supporting clinical, operational, and analytical needs.
Develop logical and physical data flow diagrams, interface specifications, and establish standards and reusable patterns.
Lead integration involving GP systems (appointments, prescribing, demographics), ensuring NHS standards (FHIR, HL7, SNOMED CT, dm+d).
Support population health, quality reporting, and analytics pipelines.
Act as technical authority across multiple projects, guiding implementation and ensuring architectural alignment.
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet clinical safety, security, and governance standards (GDPR, NHS IG, DSPT).
What you’ll bring:

Proven experience as a Data Integration Architect or Lead Integration Engineer, with a focus on primary care systems.
Hands-on expertise with API platforms, message brokers, ETL/ELT pipelines, and FHIR-based integrations.
Strong data modelling skills and experience designing cloud-native data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Deep understanding of UK primary care data flows, NHS interoperability standards, and patient identity management.
Knowledge of population health and analytics use cases.
Familiarity with healthcare security standards and clinical safety processes.

Desirable skills:

Experience modernising legacy healthcare platforms.
Exposure to population health management or integrated care systems.
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and agile delivery frameworks.
Certification in TOGAF or similar architecture frameworks.
Join a forward-thinking team committed to transforming healthcare data. Apply now to be part of this impactful journey

Location: Harlow, Essex (3 days per week onsite)

Duration: 12-month contract

Inside IR35

Role details:
Our client, a leading organisation in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a highly skilled IT Solution Architect for a contract position. This role offers hybrid working based out of Harlow, with an expectation of at least 3 days a week onsite.

We require a candidate holding active SC clearance.

Key Responsibilities:

We are seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect to join our clients Architecture Team within the Digital Technology function. This role will be a key contributor to a major global ERP and connected systems transformation programme, operating in a highly regulated environment.

Working under the direction of the Lead Architect, the Solution Architect will serve as a trusted point of reference for the programme, helping translate business vision into robust technology designs while ensuring architectural coherence across applications, data, security, and integration landscapes.

Architecture & Design:-

Develop high-quality solution architectures that align with enterprise standards and support the global ERP transformation and its connected systems.
Ensure solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, availability, and regulatory compliance.
Produce architecture artefacts such as logical and physical diagrams, design decisions, roadmaps, and interface specifications.

Collaboration & Technical Leadership:-

Work closely with the Lead Architect to ensure architectural consistency and alignment with strategic
technology direction.
Act as a point of architectural guidance for programme teams - clarifying solution intent, resolving design queries, and managing architectural risks.
Engage business stakeholders, product owners, engineering teams, vendors, and security partners to ensure clarity and buy-in for architectural outcomes.

Data & Security:-

Ensure data flows, data models, and data governance requirements are well understood and appropriately addressed in solution designs.
Embed security-by-design principles, working with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with regulatory and internal security frameworks.
Identify and mitigate risks related to privacy, data protection, and system integrity.

Integration & Connected Systems:-

Design integration patterns for ERP and satellite systems using modern integration platforms, APIs, messaging, and workflow capabilities.
Ensure end-to-end process coherence across ERP and connected applications (e.g., HRIS, CRM, manufacturing systems, reporting platforms).

Governance & Compliance:-

Apply enterprise architecture principles (TOGAF or similar) to ensure traceability, alignment, and structured decision-making.
Support architecture governance forums, design reviews, and adherence to architectural standards.
Ensure solutions meet the requirements of a highly regulated environment, including auditability, traceability, and compliance.

What we are looking for in you:

Essential:-

Active SC clearance
Proven experience as a Solution Architect working on large-scale transformation programmes, ideally global and multi-year.
Strong understanding of ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Dynamics) and their integration across the enterprise ecosystem.
Competence with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, SAFe, or equivalent.
Demonstrable experience in:
Application architecture
Data architecture, governance, and modelling
Security architecture fundamentals
API and integration architecture
Experience working in highly regulated sectors.
Ability to create clear, concise architectural documentation and communicate complex concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Desirable skills:-

Experience in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) relevant to ERP and integration workloads.
Familiarity with global operating models and distributed delivery teams.
If you are an experienced Solution Architect looking to make an impact within a highly regulated environment, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to take on this exciting opportunity

Role: AWS Solution Architect Location: LondonCareer Level: Associate Manager

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance, which requires 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognised worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

We are one of the world’s leading providers of Cloud Solutions. You’ll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with clients to help them get to the next level.

You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you’ll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

In our team you will:

• Work for tier-1 clients across industry sectors - helping them turn their cloud strategy into reality.
• Help design and deliver transformative cloud solutions - from migrating legacy applications onto Cloud, to building innovative, new cloud-native applications.
• Continue to learn and grow - we actively encourage and support continuous learning and certification.
• Serve as a cloud evangelist, educating customers on the value Cloud computing can bring to transform their business.

In your role as an Associate Manager you will:

• Design and implement AWS workloads using modern cloud patterns such as serverless, containerised, and microservices architectures.
• Develop scalable application solutions aligned with best practice for performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks to support rapid delivery.
• Apply cloud security principles, including identity and access management, encryption, and compliance controls.
• Optimise architectures for scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Produce high-quality design documentation and contribute to architecture reviews.
• Execute testing strategies for functional and non-functional requirements (performance, security, reliability).
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to deliver robust, cloud-first solutions.

My client is a fast-growing UK FinTech business serving thousands of customers. They are investing heavily in their data capability and are now looking to appoint a Lead Data Scientist to drive end-to-end machine learning delivery within a regulated financial environment.

This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical ownership, team development, and production-grade model deployment.

The Role

As Lead Data Scientist, you will:

• Lead and develop a growing Data Science team, setting standards and delivery cadence
• Own end-to-end ML solutions - from problem framing and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and governance
• Translate business objectives into modelling strategies aligned to risk appetite and operational constraints
• Build and deploy models using Python, SQL, and AWS (SageMaker or equivalent)
• Partner closely with Engineering, Data, and Risk/Financial Crime teams to ensure robust, production-ready solutions
• Establish monitoring frameworks for performance, drift, and retraining
• Drive clear documentation, traceability, and governance appropriate for a regulated environment

This role requires someone who thinks beyond experimentation - focusing on operational impact, adoption, and long-term model performance.

Essential Experience

• Proven commercial ML/Data Science delivery with measurable impact
• Experience taking models into production and managing performance over time
• Prior experience leading or mentoring Data Scientists
• Strong Python (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn or similar)
• Strong SQL (complex joins, aggregations, analytical functions)
• Solid grounding in applied statistics, evaluation design, calibration, bias/fairness
• Experience working closely with Engineering/Data teams in production-first environments
• Comfortable operating within regulated industries

Desirable

• AWS experience (S3, Athena/Glue, IAM, Lambda)
• SageMaker or equivalent ML platform experience
• Financial services domain knowledge (risk, fraud, affordability, payments)
• Experience with model explainability and governance documentation

Package & Benefits

• Hybrid working model
• Competitive pension
• Additional paid leave (birthday, charity, wellbeing, life events)
• Employee assistance programme & Virtual GP
• Modern collaborative office environment

Interested? Please Click Apply Now! Lead Data Scientist