We are seeking a skilled Linux Engineer / Linux Systems Administrator to take ownership of our client’s large scale Linux environment consisting of approximately 100 servers. This role will focus on Business-as-Usual (BAU) operations, maintenance, stability and performance, while also contributing to an ongoing infrastructure modernisation programme.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong Linux professional who enjoys both operational responsibility and forward-looking project work.

Key Responsibilities

BAU & Operational Support
Administer, monitor, and maintain circa 100 Linux servers across production and non-production environments
Perform system patching, upgrades and security hardening
Manage user access, permissions and authentication services
Troubleshoot performance issues, outages and system alerts
Maintain high availability, reliability and up time standards
Manage backups, restores and disaster recovery processes

Modernisation & Project Work
Contribute to infrastructure improvement and automation initiatives
Support migration, consolidation or upgrade projects
Assist with cloud, virtualisation or containerisation initiatives where applicable
Identify opportunities for efficiency, performance and cost optimisation

Documentation & Governance
Maintain clear technical documentation and runbooks
Follow change management and incident management processes
Work collaboratively with network, security and application teams

Required Skills & Experience
Strong hands-on experience administering Linux environments (e.g., Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, Debian or similar)
Solid understanding of server hardware, storage and virtualisation platforms
Experience with patch management and security best practices
Proficiency with shell scripting (Bash or similar)
Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools
Experience supporting large-scale server estates

Desirable
Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience with automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform)
Knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
Understanding of networking fundamentals and firewalls
ITIL or relevant Linux certifications

Personal Attributes
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment
Clear communication and documentation abilities
Proactive and improvement-focused mindset

What’s on Offer
Opportunity to influence and shape infrastructure modernisation
Exposure to both operational stability and transformation projects
Supportive technical environment with room for growth
Competitive salary and benefits package

At Gleeson Recruitment Group, we embrace inclusivity and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. We are proud to be a disability confident employer.

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Central London (3 days a week in the office)

Up to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Generous Benefits Package

We are working with an exciting technology company that are looking to bring in a Junior Site Reliability Engineer to help scale their cloud infrastructure and DevOps capability.

They’ve built a high-performing engineering team and are now investing further into the platform side of things as demand grows. Think modern, cloud-native architecture, and a real emphasis on automation, scalability, and developer enablement. You’ll join an experienced team you can learn and grow from.

Tech stack

• AWS (Core services - EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, etc.)
• Monitoring and Observability Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog
• Kubernetes (building and managing production clusters)
• Terraform (IaC provisioning)
• Python, Bash or Go (scripting, automation)
• GitHub Actions (CI/CD pipelines)

What They’re Looking For

• Experience in AWS cloud infrastructure
• Previous experience working with Monitoring and Observability Tools - Datadog, Grafana or Prometheus
• Knowledge on how Kubernetes works.
• Understanding of IaC - Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar)
• A good communicator who enjoys working collaboratively across product and engineering.

The client is willing to consider candidates without all the required skills and provide an environment to learn and grow on the job.

Training and development is at the forefront of the business, where you will get plenty of opportunities to progress your career in whatever path you want.

Junior Site Reliability Engineer

Central London (3 days a week in the office)

Up to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Generous Benefits Package

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AWS, SRE, Cloud, Kubernetes, EKS, Terraform, CI/CD, Automation etc.

Contract: DevSecOps Engineer

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 6 months

Location: Suffolk - onsite 3 days per week

Rate: £500 - £510 per day inside of IR35

Reference: 20280

The Role

The consultant will work closely with technical and delivery teams to identify, design, and validate cloud security controls across Azure environments. This is a hands-on, advisory-focused role, helping ensure that appropriate security frameworks and best practices are embedded as cloud adoption scales.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement secure Azure environments, integrating DevOps and CI/CD pipelines with security gates.
• Develop and enforce Policy as Code, IAM, and privileged access security controls.
• Manage Azure security services (Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Azure Policy) and ensure robust network security (VNETs, NSGs, Firewalls, VPN/ExpressRoute).
• Oversee data protection, secrets management, and container security (AKS).
• Integrate SAST/DAST/SCA tools into CI/CD pipelines and collaborate on compliance (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR).

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on cloud security experience with Azure.
• Proven expertise in secure architecture design and DevOps integration.
• Strong knowledge of IAM, Conditional Access, MFA, and PIM.
• Familiarity with security tools (MS Defender, Palo Alto Prisma) and compliance frameworks.
• Relevant certifications: AZ-500, AZ-400, CCSP (preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a regulated industry (e.g., financial services, insurance).
• Information Security and/or Information Technology industry certification (CISSP, CISM, CRISC).
• Experience with other Cloud vendors (AWS, GCP).
• Scripting and automation expertise (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Bash).

Networking People (UK) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

At Spacelabs Healthcare, our mission is to drive continuous innovation in healthcare technology to improve both clinical and economic outcomes. Our scalable solutions deliver critical patient data across local and remote systems, enabling better-informed clinical decisions, increased efficiency, and safer care environments.

Why Spacelabs? Because lives depend on what we build.

The Senior Software Development Engineer in Test will be a hands-on role on a small team of test automation engineers on the development of automated tests for the next generation patient monitoring platform. This position requires a deep understanding of solid design principles, development practices and test verification knowledge. The role will work closely with cross-functional groups such as Systems, Hardware, Verification, Electrical and Software Engineering.

The test automation development includes the patient monitoring platform of the next generation patient monitor in an enterprise of networked patient monitors physically located on multiple hospital floors communicating with several central stations.

The successful candidate for this role will have test automation development experience in agile software development environment.

Main Responsibilities:

• Work with the test automation team to review and derive required automation tests from requirements related to the patient monitoring platform
• Participate in cross-functional reviews of software requirements, architecture, software design, connectivity interface design and user interface design.
• Participate in the test automation component design efforts. Understand and design to existing interface specifications.
• Write, debug, review and document test automation software.
• Participate in the definition of test architectures, designs, tools and workflows to be shared with the test automation team members
• Ensure on-time delivery of test automation software including design documentation and other required artifacts.
• Hold yourself and other engineers to high standards while maintaining friendly, respectful relationships.
• Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the Companys Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.
• Uphold the companys core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with the companys Code of Ethics and Conduct

Candidate Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related Engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant software experience
• 3+ years of relevant automated testing experience
• Strong experience with Python or other scripting languages
• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Design and Design Patterns
• Strong understanding of software testing concepts and methodologies
• Strong experience at least one automation testing tool and best practices
• Strong understanding of Continuous Delivery and Agile development
• Proficiency with tools supporting the software development lifecycle, such as source control, CI/CD platforms, requirements management, and defects tracking

Desirable:

• Experience with Qt/QML
• Demonstrated experience with embedded Linux application development
• Experience with Squish automation
• Experience with Selenium
• Experience working in a regulated development environment (finance, medical, defence, aerospace, etc.).
• Experience with the development of integrated (hardware and software) medical devices.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with Containerized environments and virtual machines
• To have experience of effective collaboration with international teams in Europe, India, and the US.

Role: Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Newport (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to £53k

28.9% Pension

Must be eligible for SC clearance

The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment are excited to be working with an innovation-driven civil service organisation as they journey through an incredible digital transformation whilst prioritising forward thinking and excellent digital practices. Alongside this, they pride themselves on being a Stonewall Diversity Champion, which means they are part of Britain’s leading best-practice employers’ forum for sexual orientation and gender identity equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are now looking for a DevOps Engineer to work within the Platform Engineering group, during the IPO digital transformation journey. Working within an established team, this role provides an opportunity to turn innovative ideas into customer value using a range of technologies and delivery platforms.

Technical Responsibilities

• Support the full software development lifecycle using DevOps practices.
• Apply best practices across infrastructure and applications (availability, security, performance, scalability).
• Design, implement, and manage automated CI/CD pipelines, including production deployments.
• Lead integration and configuration of DevOps tools across source control, build, testing, security, and monitoring.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and auditing solutions.
• Ensure adherence to security and performance standards.
• Contribute to technical design, architecture, and delivery planning.
• Promote use of automation and infrastructure-as-code.

Core Skills

• Strong experience with DevOps principles and CI/CD pipeline design and management.
• Knowledge of automated testing within pipelines.
• Experience in troubleshooting, incident resolution, and service support.
• Ability to identify and manage risks and issues.

Technical Skills

• Scripting/development experience (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Experience building/deploying applications (e.g. Python, .NET, Node).
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform).
• Experience with containerisation (e.g. Docker, cloud container services).
• Familiarity with source control systems (e.g. Git).
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).

Think this one’s for you

If you think this Senior DevOps Engineer opportunity is for you then please apply online.

Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology integrator and supply chain solutions provider. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results, from idea to outcome.

World Wide Technology EMEA has an opportunity available for aAzure DevSecOps Consultant with strong expertise in Microsoft Azure to design, implement, and manage secure cloud solutions that align with industry best practices and compliance frameworks.

The successful candidate will combine technical mastery of Azure security services with hands-on experience in CI/CD, IAM, and network security, enabling the organization to build resilient, compliant, and scalable cloud environments., please see requirements below.

This is a contract Role & Inside IR35

Azure DevSecOps Consultant

Contract Duration:6 months Contract

Location: Ipswich, United Kingdom (Hybrid with 3 days onsite per week)

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement secure Azure environments, integrating DevOps and CI/CD pipelines with security gates.
• Develop and enforce Policy as Code, IAM, and privileged access security controls.
• Manage Azure security services (Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Azure Policy) and ensure robust network security (VNETs, NSGs, Firewalls, VPN/ExpressRoute).
• Oversee data protection, secrets management, and container security (AKS).
• Integrate SAST/DAST/SCA tools into CI/CD pipelines and collaborate on compliance (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR).

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on cloud security experience with Azure.
• Proven expertise in secure architecture design and DevOps integration.
• Strong knowledge of IAM, Conditional Access, MFA, and PIM.
• Familiarity with security tools (MS Defender, Palo Alto Prisma) and compliance frameworks.
• Relevant certifications: AZ-500, AZ-400, CCSP (preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry-recognized security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CRISC).
• Exposure to multi-cloud environments, including AWS or GCP.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, or Bash.

Candidates will be required to go through background checks before commencing contract.

Must be eligibleto live and work in the specifiedwork location. Some occasional travel maybe required. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: World Wide Technology is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.

About us:
At OMNIA Training, we’ve brought together some of the UK’s most innovative defence training organisations under one powerful mission: to transform the British Army’s training system and create the best-trained Army in the world.

OMNIA are redefining the British Army’s collective training. To do that, we are looking for the best and brightest minds from across the UK. We are backed by British innovation and powered by world-class experts, like you. OMNIA is at the heart of the UK’s bold Land Industrial Strategy.

The role:
This is more than a job - it’s a mission. You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, where we expect everyone to live the values and standards of the British Army. Every person in our team plays a critical role in delivering OMNIA’s vision; designing, delivering, and transforming collective training so the British Army is ready to fight and win.

You’ll work in a matrix organisation and report operationally through OMNIA Training and functionally through the ITEA Manager. Ultimately, you’ll work for the British Army, championing innovation, and helping shape the future of military collective training.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the execution, creation and maintenance of manual test plans.
• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of automated test frameworks and scripts.
• Produce test automation strategies, plans and reports in compliance with project guidelines.
• Define and manage test environments; create and manage test data; define and manage test tools.
• Integrate test automation into the deployment pipeline.
• Support estimation of test activities.
• Promote test automation and best practices within the team and across projects.
• Support test team interactions with the wider team and assist in the resolution of issues.
• Support the team at formal and artefact reviews as necessary.
• Be responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement.
• Definition of test criteria and acceptance in the Verification and Validation Requirements Matrix (VVRM).
• Any other duties required to meet the needs of the programme.

Who we are looking for:

We’re after individuals who want to serve. You’ll have a mission focus, and the enthusiasm and drive to ‘get things done’. You’ll want to work in collaboration with other defence training organisations, and the British Army. You won’t let bureaucracy get in the way of what needs to be done, you’ll learn lessons and share these lessons across the team. You won’t necessarily have a military background, but you’ll understand what it means to serve and to put the mission first.

The OMNIA Training ITEA Test Engineer will provide and deliver ITEA activities across the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS) deliverables. Reporting directly to the ITEA Manager, they will be instrumental in delivering the ITEA Plan and ensuring the effective verification, validation, assurance, and acceptance of services and capabilities across the programme.

This role requires a systems-thinking mindset, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability work in a multidisciplinary engineering team in a complex and evolving environment. Given the programme’s focus on modelling and simulation, familiarity with relevant standards and technologies is highly desirable.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Proven track record of creating manual test scripts
• Proven track record of using scripted test automation to improve quality, consistency and coverage within a software development environment.
• Demonstrable knowledge of creating and managing test automation frameworks.
• Experience of working in an Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model.
• Experience in inputting to and managing VVRM across systems, services and capabilities.
• Working in ITEA Teams.
• Broad technology experience, with demonstrable experience of enterprise capability development (people, process and technology).
• Experience in ITEA Sampling approaches and techniques.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and processes.
• An understanding of assurance and acceptance processes.
• Test and Trial script planning experience and test automation.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience of IBM DOORS and JIRA tools is desirable.
• Experience with modelling and simulation technologies, including familiarity with standards such as HLA (High-Level Architecture), DIS (Distributed Interactive Simulation), and HLA4.
• Knowledge of defence or public sector engineering standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience in training transformation or learning platforms.
• SAFe and ITIL4 certified.
• Knowledge of the MOD’s GEAR framework.
• Testing and assurance in a training environment aligned with JSP 822.
• Experience of programming/scripting languages such as Java, Javascript, Python, Bash.
• Security cleared or ability to obtain (SC or above).

About the job
Job summary
Senior DevOps Engineer
Are you passionate about collaborative working and problem solving? Do you enjoy using your technical skills to help teams work more effectively, and get software into the hands of users with speed and stability? Are you looking for a new role in an organisation that treats you as an individual and supports you on your professional and career development journey? Then this is the role for you!
We have an exciting opportunity for a DevOps Engineer, within the Platform Engineering group, during the IPO digital transformation journey. Working within an established team, this role provides an opportunity to turn innovative ideas into customer value using a range of technologies and delivery platforms.
Key Tech: Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines, Azure, Terraform, scripting, deploying to Azure Machine Learning
Working Style
This role will be carried out in-line with IP O Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office .
The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role so we would encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office.
Job description
Main duties consist of but are not limited to:

• Support all aspects of the software development lifecycle, applying DevOps principles and to lead on developing, implementing, enhancing and managing DevOps practices following agreed processes and best practices.
• Applying industry best practices and patterns across infrastructure and application components e.g. availability, security, performance and scalability.
• Leading on the design, release and implementation of automated, repeatable, efficient delivery pipelines and holds responsibility for the management, delivery and improvements of the deployments onto Production.
• Lead delivery, integration, administration and configuration of DevOps tools, seeking continual improvement and ensuring effective transition onto operational support (where applicable). This includes tools for source control, build, CI & CD support, code reviews, security scans, test automation, monitoring and agile management etc.
• Implementing and configuring DevOps specific monitoring, alerting, auditing and notification strategies and be an advocate for security and performance standards in the organisation
• Contributing to technical decisions and directions in a collaborative team environment, including solution architecture, estimations, product planning, user stories (requirement) creation.
• Attending Team and Agile Scrum ceremonies.
• Sharing knowledge and expertise and providing mentorship and training to other members of the team, enabling them to work in an automated, repeatable fashion.
• Promoting and encouraging the use of test automation and infrastructure-as-code within delivery teams.

Person specification
Essential

• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and experience of working in a DevOps or iterative development culture.
• Excellent knowledge and proven experience implementing continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) tools, including pipeline design and administration.
• Experience with automated testing and embedding this in CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrable experience in service support including troubleshooting and incident resolution.
• Experience in identification and tracking of risks and issues.
• Experience of knowledge sharing and mentoring junior members of the team.

Technical Essential

• Substantial development or scripting experience in one or more of the following:
• Python
• Bash
• PowerShell
• Substantial experience in administration and configuration of Azure DevOps Pipelines (preferred) or other CI/CD orchestration tools.
• Substantial experience supporting the build and deployment of, or coding in one or more of the following or equivalent:
• Python
• Net Core / C#
• NextJs / Node frontend
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform
• Experience in containerisation technologies and platforms such as Docker or Azure container services such as Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps or Azure Container Registry or equivalent.
• Experience in managing and supporting distributed source code repositories (Git).
• Experience of consuming cloud platform resources (Microsoft Azure preferred).

How to Apply
Click the ‘Apply now’ button and complete the application form by providing the following:
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• Upload an anonymised copy of your current CV. Please remove all identifying markers such as name, title, education institution etc.

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Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• At interview you will be assessed on technical criteria

Benefits
Alongside your salary of £47,766, Intellectual Property Office contributes £13,837 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Unlimited Pluralsight video learning access
• Access to Microsoft’s ESI training suite
• Hybrid working with no core hours
• Substantial support for career progression
• 25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments
• You will also get 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave

For more information about what’s on offer at the Intellectual Property Office please review our IPO benefit pack attached to the bottom of this advert.
Please note that benefits may be subject to change.
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Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check and if successful you must also hold, or be willing to obtain, a higher Security Clearance .
For meaningful checks to be carried out individuals will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, depending on the level of clearance, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. For this role the successful individual will need to have consistently lived in the UK for a minimum 5 years in order to meet the relevant security clearance.
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An initial sift of applications will be carried out to create a shortlist. This will be based on the evidence provided for the following Success Profile elements:
Experience
Your CV will be used to assess your suitability for the role
Stage 2 - Interviews
If invited to interview Behaviours, Experience and Technical based questioning will be used.

• Please note candidates that proceed to the interview stage will be required complete a Technical Exercise. Further details will be provided in the invite to interview information.

This recruitment campaign will keep a reserve list for 12 months. If you meet the requirements for this role but aren’t offered after passing the interview, you’ll be placed on the reserve list. If a suitable position opens up during this time, we will reach out to individuals in merit order
The successful candidate would be expected to remain in the role for a minimum of 12 months before applying for another role.
Applicants to note: CVs sent direct to the IPO will not be accepted.
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This post is being advertised to Internal , across Government and external candidates at the same time.
Incomplete and/or late submissions will not be accepted or considered. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
We do not routinely reimburse travel expenses for candidates, however if participating in the selection process would cause you undue financial hardship or if it restricts your ability to participate, please contact the recruitment team for more information.
In line with Government guidance, successfully appointed candidates will need to provide documents for our Right to Work checks. Information on this will be sent within the invite to interview text.
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Please be aware that only one application per candidate is permitted for each recruitment campaign. Multiple applications, including those made using different accounts, may result in your application being withdrawn or rejected at any stage of the process.
For more information on the IPO’s terms and conditions, please review the attached IPO Modernised Terms and Conditions document attached at the bottom of this advert.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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Senior Software Engineer - (Java / AWS) Belfast | Hybrid | Full-Time At a glance Senior backend role with real ownership Java and Kotlin microservices in a cloud native environment Hybrid working in Belfast Salary up to £70k plus bonus The Role As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, developing and owning modern backend solutions while contributing to the evolution of monolithic systems into cloud-native microservices architecture. You will work closely with the Engineering team across Belfast and the wider global engineering organisation, contributing to large scale distributed systems. This role offers a strong mix of hands-on development, architectural decision making and mentorship. What you will be doing Design, build and deliver high-quality backend solutions Advocate for TDD / BDD and engineering best practice Decompose complex monolith applications into scalable microservices Develop secure, resilient RESTful APIs (security-first mindset) Collaborate with Senior, Staff and Principal Engineers globally Contribute to monitoring, alerting and production stability Participate in on-call rotation Coach and mentor junior engineers Drive engineering standards and continuous improvement What you'll need: 5+ years' backend engineering experience Strong Java or Kotlin expertise Experience building scalable microservices in cloud-native environments REST API development experience Solid understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns Experience with relational databases (e.g. MySQL) CI/CD experience (Jenkins or similar) Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams Strong communication and problem-solving skills Nice to Have Experience with NoSQL (DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, MongoDB) Event-driven architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, SAM) Scripting (Bash) level and above Excellent problem solving and communication skills What's on offer Competitive salary up to £70k plus bonus Generous benefits package Hybrid working with a modern Belfast office Clear progression opportunities within a global engineering function For more information on this opportunity, connect with Neill Ferguson on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below. Skills: java kotlin aws senior developer engineer Benefits: Work From Home

Systems & Network Administrator

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Systems & Network Administrator to join our growing IT team. This role requires a well-rounded professional with strong technical expertise across systems administration, networking, and cloud technologies, combined with a proactive leadership mindset.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain Linux and Windows server environments
• Design, implement, and support secure network infrastructures
• Configure and manage firewalls and VPN solutions
• Support cloud-based platforms and hybrid environments
• Lead troubleshooting efforts and ensure system reliability and performance
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to technical strategy

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux and Windows administration whilst working as Systems & Network Administrator.
• Proven expertise in networking concepts (TCP/IP, routing, switching)
• Advanced knowledge of firewall configuration and VPN technologies
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Solid understanding of security best practices
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership qualities and ability to take ownership

Desirable:

• Certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, Microsoft, Cisco, AWS)
• Experience with automation and scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Bash)

Join us to play a key role in shaping and securing our IT infrastructure while growing your leadership capabilities as a Systems & Network Administrator.

Systems & Network Administrator

6 Months Contract + with possible extension

550 a day inside IR35

London Based - 2 days in the office

Active SC Clearance is Needed

A well established IT Provider is looking for an experienced Linux Engineer / Architect with a proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining mission-critical enterprise platforms to join their IT Team on a 6 months contract. You will be at the heart of their infrastructure strategy, responsible for the high-end troubleshooting, security hardening, and automation of our global server estate.

This is a role for a technical heavyweight who thrives on solving complex root-cause issues and enjoys the architectural challenge of ensuring 24/7 availability for high-traffic environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level guidance to engineering teams and lead root-cause analysis on complex system-wide issues.
• Linux Engineering: Manage and optimise a large-scale estate across RedHat, Ubuntu, and CentOS, ensuring peak performance of Apache, Nginx, and Tomcat stacks.
• Automation & IaC: Drive efficiency through the development of custom Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform scripts to automate deployments and server hardening.
• Security & Compliance: Lead server hardening initiatives and vulnerability mitigation, ensuring our infrastructure meets rigorous industry standards (including ISO27001 or MOD restricted requirements).
• Infrastructure Design: Produce High-Level and Low-Level Design (HLD/LLD) documentation for monitoring suites and hybrid cloud integrations.
• Network & Storage: Configure and troubleshoot advanced networking (DNS, VIP, Load Balancing) and manage enterprise-grade storage solutions (SAN/NAS).

The Successful candidate should have the following essential skills

• A minimum of 11 years of deep Linux experience (20+ years preferred)
• Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python, with the ability to write bespoke tools to improve system efficiency.
• Practical experience with AWS or Azure migrations and managing virtualised environments via VMware.

6 Months Contract + with possible extension 550 a day inside IR35

London Based - 2 days in the office

Active SC Clearance is Needed

If you are an experienced Linux Engineer with a background that matches the above then I want to hear from you. If this seems of interest to you then please apply directly to the AD or send your CV to (url removed)

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

My client, a large consultancy, is in need of a GCP DevOps Engineer for a 6 month contract opportunity inside IR35 based in Bristol offering 2 days per week remote but requiring 3 days per week on-site. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GCP API Management (Apigee) - Infrastructure, GCP Networking, GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Load Balancer, GCP Kubernetes Service (GKE), GCP Storage, HashiCorp Terraform, HashiCorp Vault, Harness, Containers and Backstage. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in GCP-based services, Strong DevOps background with experience in IaC and CI/CD pipelines (Terraform, Jenkins), Ability to quickly understand, update, and write code in Python, Groovy, Bash, and PowerShell, Deep understanding of cloud security, networking, and APIs, Strong troubleshooting, logical thinking, and problem-solving ability, Hands-on experience with observability tooling, including Observability-as-Code and SLO-based Dynatrace monitoring, Strong knowledge of source control practices (Git) and collaborative engineering workflows, Experience developing and administering Kubernetes clusters in production environments, Strong background in automation to eliminate toil, Solid understanding of incident management and issue resolution and Demonstrated passion for continuous learning and skill development.

6 months Contract + with possible extension

£550 a day inside IR35

London Based - 2 days in the office

*Active SC Clearance is Needed*

A well established IT Provider is looking for an experienced Linux Engineer/Architect with a proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining mission-critical enterprise platforms to join their IT Team on a 6 months contract. You will be at the heart of their infrastructure strategy, responsible for the high-end troubleshooting, security hardening, and automation of our global server estate.

This is a role for a technical heavyweight who thrives on solving complex root-cause issues and enjoys the architectural challenge of ensuring 24/7 availability for high-traffic environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level guidance to engineering teams and lead root-cause analysis on complex system-wide issues.
• Linux Engineering: Manage and optimise a large-scale estate across RedHat, Ubuntu, and CentOS, ensuring peak performance of Apache, Nginx, and Tomcat stacks.
• Automation & IaC: Drive efficiency through the development of custom Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform scripts to automate deployments and server hardening.
• Security & Compliance: Lead server hardening initiatives and vulnerability mitigation, ensuring our infrastructure meets rigorous industry standards (including ISO27001 or MOD restricted requirements).
• Infrastructure Design: Produce High-Level and Low-Level Design (HLD/LLD) documentation for monitoring suites and hybrid cloud integrations.
• Network & Storage: Configure and troubleshoot advanced networking (DNS, VIP, Load Balancing) and manage enterprise-grade storage solutions (SAN/NAS).

The Successful candidate should have the following essential skills

• A minimum of 11 years of deep Linux experience (20+ years preferred)
• Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python, with the ability to write bespoke tools to improve system efficiency.
• Practical experience with AWS or Azure migrations and managing virtualised environments via VMware.

6 months Contract + with possible extension | £550 a day inside IR35

London Based - 2 days in the office

*Active SC Clearance is Needed*

If you are an experienced Linux Engineer with a background that matches the above then I want to hear from you. If this seems of interest to you then please apply directly to the AD or send your CV to (see below)

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

About Scrumconnect Consulting

Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens.

With a strong commitment to user-centred design, secure engineering, and agile delivery, we continue to build innovative digital services that truly matter.

Preferred Technical ExpertiseCloud Infrastructure

• AWS (EKS, RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache, Kafka, IAM)

Secure Hosting

• Experience working within air-gapped or government-secure environments

Container & Cluster Management

• Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher
• Helm
• Jenkins

Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK Stack
• Dynatrace

Secrets & Identity Management

• HashiCorp Vault
• Keycloak

CI/CD & DevOps Tooling

• Jenkins
• Git
• ServiceNow
• Trivy
• Terraform

Streaming & Messaging

• Apache Kafka (including Kafka Replication)

Data Technologies

• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• RDLs

Automation & Scripting

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Pipeline automation
• Event relay tooling
• Bash, Python, Groovy
• AWS Lambda

Key Responsibilities

• Run, manage, and continuously evolve AWS and secure on-premise environments to ensure high availability

• Lead Level 3 (L3) production support, including non-production maintenance and 24/7 on-call support

• Ensure services comply with government security standards and change/release governance models

• Build and maintain infrastructure components including:

  • Kafka event streaming
  • Aurora, RDS, and Redis databases
  • Identity management (Keycloak)
  • Caching and secure data layers

• Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and developer self-service tooling

• Proactively manage technical debt in collaboration with governance bodies

• Improve automation, observability, and testing coverage across platform services

• Align infrastructure delivery with product roadmaps and platform strategy

• Support critical national infrastructure tasks including:

  • Deployments
  • Incident, problem, and change management (ITIL-aligned)
  • Continuous service improvement

• Use and integrate ServiceNow (or successor platforms) for operational governance

Diversity & Inclusion

At Scrumconnect Consulting, we believe diversity drives innovation. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where every individual is respected, valued, and supported.

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences and actively encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, underrepresented communities, and those seeking flexible working arrangements.

Central London (3 days a week in the office)

Up to £70,000 per annum + Bonus + Generous Benefits Package

We are working with an exciting technology company that are looking to bring in a Site Reliability Engineer to help scale their cloud infrastructure and DevOps capability.

They’ve built a high-performing engineering team and are now investing further into the platform side of things as demand grows. Think modern, cloud-native architecture, and a real emphasis on automation, scalability, and developer enablement. You’ll have the autonomy to make technical decisions and help shape how platform engineering is done as the team continues to scale.

Tech stack

• AWS (Core services - EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, etc.)
• Monitoring and Observability Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog
• Kubernetes (building and managing production clusters)
• Terraform (IaC provisioning)
• Python, Bash or Go (scripting, automation)
• GitHub Actions (CI/CD pipelines)

What They’re Looking For

• Experience in AWS cloud infrastructure (ideally in a regulated or high-traffic environment)
• Previous experience working with Monitoring and Observability Tools
• Hands-on Kubernetes know-how, specifically with EKS.
• Solid IaC experience with Terraform.
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Helm) and CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar)
• Solid scripting/Automation experience with Python, Bash or Go
• A good communicator who enjoys working collaboratively across product and engineering.

Desirable

Certifications - CKA, CKAD, AWS Solutions Architect etc.

The client is willing to consider candidates without all the required skills and provide an environment to learn and grow on the job.

Training and development is at the forefront of the business, where you will get plenty of opportunities to progress your career in whatever path you want.

Site Reliability Engineer

Central London (3 days a week in the office)

Up to £70,000 per annum + Bonus + Generous Benefits Package

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AWS, SRE, Cloud, Kubernetes, EKS, Terraform, CI/CD, Automation etc.

Cloud Operations Engineer - Glasgow or Edinburgh - 50K plus Bonus & more

Hybrid - 2 days per week in either Central Glasgow/Central Edinburgh, whichever suits you

Strong Azure and IaC skills ( Terraform / Ansible / etc. ) required

The Opportunity

Lorien’s longstanding client is looking for a Cloud Operations Engineer who’s excited by the challenge of keeping cloud infrastructure running smoothly, securely, and efficiently. You’ll join a collaborative team responsible for the deployment, automation, and support of the cloud platforms behind growing SaaS products at the core of a growing and evolving organisation.

This is a role for someone who enjoys both the fast pace of operational work and the structure of long-term infrastructure projects - all while working with modern tools in a supportive, people-focused environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

Every day will bring something different. You’ll spend time building and automating infrastructure in Microsoft Azure using Terraform and Azure DevOps. You’ll also support existing environments, solving technical issues quickly and effectively to keep our platforms reliable for users.

Your work won’t just be about reacting to problems - you’ll also contribute to improving how they deploy, monitor, and manage infrastructure through smart automation and tooling. Collaboration is at the heart of the role, and you’ll work closely with engineers, developers, support teams, and external partners.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong broad knowledge of Azure, confident working across cloud environments and system administration
• Must have a good understanding of Terraform / Ansible / simialr IaC offering
• Confidence with offerings such as Azure DevOps / App Service and Git, and be comfortable managing both Windows and ideally Linux
• Strong communication skills are essential, as you’ll be working with a variety of teams and helping to keep multiple systems running smoothly and securely
• If you also have experience with PowerShell or Bash, or know your way around Azure SQL or some ITSM/service desk platforms, that’s a bonus

Why This Role?

This is a great opportunity to be part of a tech-forward, growing organisation that genuinely values its people. If you’re passionate about cloud infrastructure, automation, and solving real-world problems - and want to grow in a supportive an technologically evolving environment - this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Wokingham - hybrid working - £55,000 - £70,000 + perm benefits

We are seeking experienced Principal Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) to join a high-performing engineering team delivering resilient, cloud-native platforms for UK-based customers. These roles blend senior technical leadership with hands-on delivery, covering both project-based work and the ongoing reliability, scalability, and security of critical services.

You’ll work closely with other senior engineers in small, collaborative teams, taking ownership of platform reliability, setting best practices, and mentoring others. The role supports critical national infrastructure, requires participation in an on-call rota, and operates within a hybrid working model across UK offices, client sites, and home.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient platforms, prioritising standardisation, reuse, and automation
• Champion GitOps-first approaches, minimising manual configuration (“ClickOps”)
• Lead and contribute to Site Reliability Engineering practices, including error budgets, SLOs, SLIs, and incident management
• Work in agile delivery teams, aligning engineering outcomes to customer and service reliability goals
• Operate within defined on-call rotas, supporting services underpinning critical national infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, developing the capability of engineers across teams
• Promote and embed best practices in reliability, security, observability, and automation
• Contribute to the evolution of cloud-native and SRE standards, patterns, and platform strategies

Skills and experience

• Proven leadership experience in Site Reliability Engineering or senior platform engineering roles
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and OpenShift (CKA/CKS certifications beneficial)
• Experience designing complex multi-cloud or hybrid architectures
• Hands-on knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio
• Experience with enterprise-grade databases, including EDB Postgres
• Deep understanding of observability and monitoring stacks, such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and LogiStack
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using tools such as Helm or Kustomize
• Proficiency in Scripting and automation, including Bash and Python
• CI/CD and GitOps pipeline management using tools such as ArgoCD, FluxCD, or Tekton
• Experience with Red Hat ACM/ACS and advanced container networking (eg Submariner)
• A strong focus on reliability, automation, and operational excellence

South England - hybrid working - £70,000 - £90,000 + perm benefits

We are seeking experienced Principal Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) to join a high-performing engineering team delivering resilient, cloud-native platforms for UK-based customers. These roles blend senior technical leadership with hands-on delivery, covering both project-based work and the ongoing reliability, scalability, and security of critical services.

You’ll work closely with other senior engineers in small, collaborative teams, taking ownership of platform reliability, setting best practices, and mentoring others. The role supports critical national infrastructure, requires participation in an on-call rota, and operates within a hybrid working model across UK offices, client sites, and home.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient platforms, prioritising standardisation, reuse, and automation
• Champion GitOps-first approaches, minimising manual configuration (“ClickOps”)
• Lead and contribute to Site Reliability Engineering practices, including error budgets, SLOs, SLIs, and incident management
• Work in agile delivery teams, aligning engineering outcomes to customer and service reliability goals
• Operate within defined on-call rotas, supporting services underpinning critical national infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, developing the capability of engineers across teams
• Promote and embed best practices in reliability, security, observability, and automation
• Contribute to the evolution of cloud-native and SRE standards, patterns, and platform strategies

Skills and experience

• Proven leadership experience in Site Reliability Engineering or senior platform engineering roles
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and OpenShift (CKA/CKS certifications beneficial)
• Experience designing complex multi-cloud or hybrid architectures
• Hands-on knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio
• Experience with enterprise-grade databases, including EDB Postgres
• Deep understanding of observability and monitoring stacks, such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and LogiStack
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using tools such as Helm or Kustomize
• Proficiency in Scripting and automation, including Bash and Python
• CI/CD and GitOps pipeline management using tools such as ArgoCD, FluxCD, or Tekton
• Experience with Red Hat ACM/ACS and advanced container networking (eg Submariner)
• A strong focus on reliability, automation, and operational excellence

Salary: £50,000.00 to £60,000.00

Location: Bristol; Hybrid

Join our client as a Firmware Engineer!

Are you a passionate Firmware Engineer looking to make a real impact by giving a voice to those without speech? Our client is looking for a dedicated individual like you to join their team and contribute to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities.

Your Impact

As our client s Firmware Engineer, you will:

• Test software: Ensuring comprehensive automated test coverage of your code, writing automated tests, GUIs, and utility apps in languages such as Python and C#.
• Libraries and apps: Creating software libraries and demo apps in C-compatible languages such as C#, C++, or Rust to control their firmware subsystems.
• Technical strategy: Executing and collaborating on their strategy for highly reliable, mission-critical hardware and firmware.
• Validation and debugging: Implementing and improving their device test plans, debugging, and validating upcoming firmware and software.
• Quality assurance: Promptly analysing and correcting quality issues.
• Project management: Taking ownership of firmware and software projects from start to finish.

Firmware and Software Development:

• Designing, developing and maintaining embedded software in C for Zephyr RTOS and Embedded Linux.
• Applying best practices in embedded software architecture and testing.

Essential Qualifications / Skills / Experience:

• Degree or equivalent experience in an engineering subject (Electronics, Computer Science, Software), Physics, Mathematics, or another scientific subject.
• 4+ years of experience in software development in one or more of the following languages: C, C++, Rust.
• 4+ years of experience in embedded software development in C.
• Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.
• Strong grounding in embedded software architecture, with a focus on maintainability, modularity, fault-tolerance and testability.
• Confident and experienced with automated testing, including unit, integration and system tests, mocking and automation frameworks.
• An understanding of API design and the creation of clear, stable abstractions for hardware / firmware interaction.
• Skilled at debugging in constrained environments and using hardware / software debugging tools.
• A proven track record of innovation and quality software development throughout the entire software product lifecycle.
• Ability to solve complex technical problems in elegant and maintainable ways, demonstrating systems thinking across hardware, firmware and application layers.
• Experience with embedded platforms (for example: Embedded Linux, Arduino, STM32, Nordic, Zephyr RTOS).
• A passion and drive for excellence in software craftsmanship.
• Linux, Bash / shell, CI (Continuous integration) experience.
• Ability to read electronics schematics.
• A collaborative and supportive team player contributing actively to shared goals and supporting colleagues across disciplines.
• Practical, proactive mindset comfortable taking initiative and working through ambiguity in a fast-moving team.

About Our Client

They are proud to be at the forefront of assistive communication technology. Their innovative products are used globally by individuals with diverse needs. Their values passionate, caring, empowering, achieving together, and enabling change resonate in everything they do.

Our Client s Inclusive Culture

They believe in giving everyone a voice. Joining them means joining a diverse team that values collaboration and supports a community that relies on their technology for effective communication.

Our Client s Commitment to Sustainability

They not only innovate but also prioritise sustainability. They aim to minimise their carbon footprint and promote a greener world through sustainable solutions. By joining them, you’ll contribute to shaping a more inclusive society while actively supporting their sustainability efforts.

Our Client s D&I Commitments

They prioritise diversity and inclusivity in their work environment. Here’s how they do it:

• Recognised as a Disability Confident Employer by the UK Government and Founding Partner of Purple Tuesday.
• Their recruitment practices are inclusive and barrier-free, with adjustments available during the application process and throughout your career with them.
• They believe in adding to their culture, not just fitting in. Their diverse team combines unique talents to create products that reflect the diversity of their users and customers.

Rewards and Benefits

Discover a world of rewards and benefits tailored to your wellbeing. Beyond a competitive salary and private medical insurance, explore perks like a hybrid working model, wellness benefits, and paid volunteering days.

Ready to Make a Difference?

Join our client and embark on a fulfilling career where your work truly matters. Apply now and be a part of a team dedicated to creating technology that changes lives.

Agencies

Please respect that at this current time, our client wishes to try to recruit directly from the market rather than engage support from an agency.

Our client, a leading organisation in the defence and security sector, is currently seeking a Front End UI Developer with SC or DV clearance for a contract position based in Romsey, Gloucester, or Woking. This role requires a minimum of one day per week at a Roke office and one day per week client-side working, with occasional travel required to the customer site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing modern, responsive front end interfaces using React and TypeScript
• Building real-time, data-driven features using technologies such as WebSockets or SignalR
• Collaborating with full stack engineers, architects, and end users to shape requirements and deliver top-notch digital experiences
• Contributing to the design and evolution of front end architecture, ensuring scalability, usability, and maintainability
• Integrating UI components with APIs, data stores, and existing backend services
• Writing clean, secure, well-tested code following modern engineering practices
• Participating in agile ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, demos, and refinement sessions
• Collaborating with user researchers to understand user needs and translate them into elegant technical solutions
• Supporting containerised and orchestrated environments as part of the wider platform ecosystem
• Documenting work effectively using appropriate standards, tools, and prototyping methods

Job Requirements:

• A passion for creating clean, usable, and engaging interfaces
• Confidence collaborating across teams and engaging directly with users
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a drive for innovation and ownership
• Curiosity to understand the wider business and technical domain
• Ability to learn “just in time” to adopt cutting-edge new technologies and paradigms
• Prior exposure to defence or national security environments is advantageous but not essential

Core Front End Skills:

• Proficiency in JavaScript
• Experience with front end frameworks such as React, Vue.js, or AngularJS

Useful / Modern Front End Engineering Skills:

• Experience with Node.js (for tooling, SSR, or full stack JavaScript)
• Understanding of web servers/reverse proxies such as Nginx or Caddy
• Experience with containerisation tools such as Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
• Basic scripting skills in Bash or PowerShell
• Basic understanding of relational or NoSQL databases

If you are an experienced Front End UI Developer looking for a new contract opportunity in the defence and security sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client’s dynamic team and contribute to cutting-edge projects.

Rate: 695 a day

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Duration: Initially 6 months

Clearance: SC or DV clearance required

Location: Southampton, Gloucester or Woking min 1 day per week and 1 day per week client side working (Corsham / Andover)

You will join a defence technology consultancy and design and develop modern, responsive front end interfaces using React and TypeScript.

In the role you will:

• Build real time, data driven features using technologies such as WebSockets or SignalR.
• Work closely with full stack engineers, architects, and end users to shape requirements and deliver best in class digital experiences.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of front end architecture, ensuring scalability, usability, and maintainability.
• Integrate UI components with APIs, data stores, and existing backend services.

Core Front End Skills:

• JavaScript (essential front end programming language)
• Front end frameworks: React, Vue.js, or AngularJS

Useful / Modern Front End Engineering Skills:

• Node.js (for tooling, SSR, or full stack JavaScript)
• Understanding of web servers / reverse proxies: Nginx or Caddy (helpful for deployment and performance)
• Experience with containerisation: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes (useful for modern development environments)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure (beneficial for front end hosting, CI/CD, serverless)
• Basic scripting: Bash or PowerShell (useful for automation and tooling) Nice to Have / Broader Engineering Awareness
• Basic understanding of relational or NoSQL databases (helpful when integrating with APIs, not core front end work)