Network Infrastructure & Security Engineer
Milton Keynes (hybrid/remote working)
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 + Bonuses + Benefits

We are seeking a hands-on Network & Infrastructure Engineer to support and improve a mix of cloud and on-prem environments. You’ll work across systems, networking, and security, contributing to both operations and design.

Responsibilities

• Manage AWS/Azure infrastructure
• Support Windows/Linux systems and virtualisation (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox)
• Maintain networking (Firewalls, routing, switching, VPNs)
• Implement monitoring, logging, and backup solutions (eg Zabbix, Graylog, Veeam)
• Support security tooling (Cloudflare WAF/Zero Trust, vulnerability scanning, patching, PKI)
• Administer Microsoft 365
• Produce technical documentation (HLD/LLD)

Skills & Experience

• Strong infrastructure background across cloud and on-prem
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and backup tools
• Knowledge of networking and security principles
• Familiarity with vulnerability management and VPNs

Desirable

• ITIL processes
• SIEM/EDR tools (eg Microsoft Sentinel/Defender)
• Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

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Job Description Lead Full Stack Developer (Java)
Permanent UK‑Based - West Midlands (Hybrid working)
SC Clearance Eligible Lead from the front. Build meaningful software. Shape how we deliver. TXP is growing, and we’re looking for an experienced Lead Full Stack Developer (Java) to play a key role in delivering high-quality solutions across internal and customer-facing projects. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll combine deep technical expertise with the ability to guide, mentor, and influence a development team. If you enjoy owning technical delivery, working across modern Java and React stacks, and helping teams do their best work in an agile environment, this could be a great next step. The Role
As a Lead Full Stack Developer, you’ll take technical ownership of projects from design through to deployment, working closely with Delivery Managers, Project Managers, and Scrum Masters. You’ll remain hands-on while providing direction, ensuring quality, and embedding best practice across the team. You’ll work on a mix of TXP internal initiatives and client projects, collaborating closely with stakeholders and building strong, trusted relationships. What You’ll Be Doing Leading the technical delivery of a development team against agreed backlogs and timelines
Designing, building, testing, and deploying high-quality applications using Java and React
Providing day-to-day technical guidance, accountability, and mentorship to other developers
Championing best practice across coding standards, testing, CI/CD, and agile delivery
Working within Scrum teams, actively contributing to sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
Ensuring delivery meets agreed quality, functionality, and time objectives, escalating risks where needed
Collaborating with TXP colleagues, customers, partners, and suppliers to meet business commitments
Supporting the ongoing development of technical standards, policies, and ways of working
Helping grow technical capability and knowledge across the team What We’re Looking For Essential experience: Proven experience leading a technical delivery team
Strong, hands-on background in Java (including Java 1.6 / 1.8)
Experience building RESTful APIs and working with Spring
Good knowledge of React or another modern JavaScript framework
Strong understanding of microservices architecture
Experience with build and deployment tooling such as Maven
Exposure to containerisation technologies (Docker and/or Kubernetes)
Solid experience working in Scrum / agile environments
Experience with unit testing (JUnit,Mockito), TDD, and CI practices
Strong grasp of software design, implementation, and deployment principles Desirable experience: Cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS
Oracle PL/SQL
Linux / bash scripting
Technical architecture or integration experience
Exposure to AI / LLM tooling About You A proven developer with a track record of delivering quality solutions
Comfortable working at both a detailed, hands-on level and a broader system level
A logical problem solver who cares deeply about quality and maintainability
Able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
A strong communicator who builds trust with colleagues and customers
Proactive, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities
Passionate about mentoring others and contributing to team success Why TXP?
At TXP, we value collaboration, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement. You’ll be trusted to make decisions, supported to grow, and given the opportunity to work on meaningful projects with real impact, all within a culture that genuinely values its people. Benefits: • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). • An additional day of paid leave for your birthday (or Christmas eve). • Salary sacrifice, matched employer contributed pension (4%). • Life assurance (3x). • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). • Private medical insurance through our partner Aviva. • Cycle to work scheme. • Corporate eye-care vouchers. • Access to an independent financial advisor. • 2 x social value days per year to give back to local communities. Grow with us: Work on exciting new projects.
If you want to avoid getting stuck with the mundane, you’re in the right place. We work in many sectors with fantastic clients, so you’ll always be working on something exciting and challenging. Career growth – we’ve got you!
We recognise that you might have a career path planned out and you might need some support to help you move forward. We’re here to support you and make the most out of your time with us, through challenging work, opportunities to grow and learning and development opportunities. Be part of the TXP growth journey.
We are a high growth, fast paced environment. We currently have 200+ employees and work with clients across the UK. Joining TXP means you’ll be part of that

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. By applying you will be registered as a candidate with Gleeson Recruitment Limited. Our Privacy Policy is available on our website and explains how we will use your data

Job description

Our products deliver on real-world issues, solving water company and industry problems with existing and new infrastructure that is critical to the environment, economy and everyday living.

We are primarily data driven with domain expertise delivering insights to water networks and assets using analytics, presentation, machine learning and AI that is SaaS and cloud based.

We are building on our existing team to onward develop our existing products, and continue growing our customer offerings, base and revenues.

Working with and as part of the internal customer development and delivery team, help enhance the success of our customer deployments and product utilisation. You will do this in both a proactive and reactive mode, where internally we work to enhance product delivery and address any potential problems, and also to respond to customer queries or issues as they are raised.

This is a technical role, requiring good teamwork and communication skills working across internal development and delivery teams, customer account management, and our customers.

You will need to be able to articulate status in terms of delivery to customers, and what is required from other teams to help you make your role successful.

The work is mainly helping customers successfully utilise the StormHarvester product in guiding them to grow their supported network elements, make changes/updates/enhancements to existing configurations, and helping fix/address issues when they occur.

Job requirements

DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

• Experience of AWS services
• Experience developing custom scripts in Python, Bash, PowerShell, GoLang or similar language
• Experience implementing cloud infrastructure and networking required to host services, including storage, firewall and network configuration
• Experience in deploying serverless functions e.g. AWS Lambda
• Experience of Agile Scrum, Lean or Kanban using JIRA, or similar agile tracking tools

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Degree level education in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
• Min 12 months experience and familiarity with development & delivery in a developer role
• Experienced in at least one of the main cloud technologies – AWS, Azure, RedHat, GCP, IBM Cloud
• Strong working knowledge of Linux
• Strong work ethic with an understanding that we are in a growth phase with lots of opportunities to make improvements
• Ability to review and provide feedback as needed to the rest of the team on areas of improvements and updates
• Can-do, problem-solving mindset

Job responsibilities

• Capture, document, estimate and prioritise sets of work in an Agile team environment, then implement and test these as part of delivery
• Be part of onboarding new customers
• Addressing bugs/changes, and problem solving issues as part of a wider team
• Build in as needed custom features while seeking to maximise reuse and productisation of features
• Troubleshoot configuration, environmental and software issues and help identify solutions to restore customer service
• Implementation and delivery of designs/fixes as part of a continuous delivery mechanism through to live deployments
• Advocate for additional tooling or processes with a view to optimisation and improvement
• Automation of processes
• Prepare and present potential delivery options including estimating, costing and prioritizing
• As part of a team, plan for future developments including contributions to team structures, roles and requirements with an awareness of all existing and future customers in mind
• Understand the deployment, sites and sensors under management across our customers
• Look for opportunities for improvements in service delivery and product use
• Take ownership for the product performance and behaviours in customer deployments across configuration and infrastructure
• AWS Infrastructure Management:
• Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Optimize AWS resources to ensure cost-effective and scalable solutions.
• Monitor and maintain AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and more.

Job benefits

• Private medical and dental insurance
• 24 days+ annual leave
• Birthday day off

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Security Engineer - Palo Alto, Terraform

Up to £750 per day (Inside IR35)

Remote

6 months

My client is seeking a hands-on Security Engineer with deep expertise in Palo Alto Networks technologies, particularly around Prisma Access and Strata Cloud Manager. You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and enhancing secure network infrastructure across a large, complex enterprise environment.

Key Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Security Engineer within large, enterprise-scale environments.
• Strong Palo Alto Networks experience - Prisma Access is essential, with solid hands-on expertise in Strata Cloud Manager.
• Experience building or tuning policy-based security controls (DLP, URL filtering, decryption, etc.).
• Knowledge of firewalling, VPN, Zero Trust frameworks, and SD-WAN technologies.
• Skilled in Palo Alto VM-Series and related PAN security products.
• Exposure to IAM/PAM/PIM concepts.
• Experience with Terraform and scripting (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of cloud security (Azure or GCP)
• Experience integrating SIEM platforms
• Understanding of Zero Trust architecture and SD-WAN optimization

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

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Join a leading independent technology and services provider as an IT Expert Principal.Job Overview:

• Role: IT Expert Principal
• Location: Hatfield
• Contract: 05-May-26 - 30-Oct-26
• Mandatory check: SC Clearance
• Pay Rates: Inside IR35
• Umbrella Rate: £600/day (via a Hays approved umbrella company).
• Hours: 37.5 hours a week. Monday - Friday.
• Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Job Description:The client is looking for an Enterprise Observability Consultant with strong experience across vendor and open-source observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Cribl, OpenTelemetry, and Prometheus.Responsibilities

• Lead observability assessments, discovery workshops, and roadmap creation
• Advise on observability strategy, tooling, and best practices
• Design end-to-end observability architectures (logs, metrics, traces, RUM, synthetics, APM)
• Implement and integrate platforms including Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana Cloud, Elastic, and Cribl
• Build telemetry pipelines, dashboards, alerting, and automation
• Perform root-cause analysis and performance optimisation
• Integrate observability with ITSM, AIOps, and event management tools

Skills & Experience

• Strong knowledge of observability pillars: metrics, logs, traces, user experience
• Hands-on experience with at least two major observability platforms
• Expertise in OpenTelemetry, APIs, tagging, and detection workflows
• Scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible)
• 10+ years’ experience in enterprise consulting and solution delivery
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills

Desirable

• Observability / CNCF certifications
• Cloud and cloud-native monitoring experience (AWS, Azure, Prometheus, eBPF)
• Experience with ITSM and alerting integrations

Key Requirements:Candidates must be SC cleared.How to Apply: If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure / Terraform)£550–£650 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Month Contract | RemoteOverviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join an established project delivering within a modern, cloud-first environment.You’ll be joining a lean, high-performing team, where DevOps is central to delivery not an afterthought. This role offers a high level of ownership, with the opportunity to shape infrastructure, improve reliability, and influence engineering best practices across the wider team.We’re looking for someone with deep Azure and Terraform expertise, who is comfortable operating in a hands-on capacity, while also mentoring others and driving improvements across CI/CD, observability, and security.Role & Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform, including modules, state management, and pipelines
• Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar)
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and security across environments
• Take ownership of infrastructure and deployment processes within a fast-moving delivery team
• Collaborate closely with engineers to embed DevOps best practices and scalable patterns
• Mentor team members on infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering principles
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, risks, and areas for improvement
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking

Skills and Experience

• Experienced DevOps Engineer
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Azure (AKS, networking, identity, storage)
• Solid experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally within Azure DevOps
• Strong scripting capability (Bash, Python, or PowerShell)
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
• Ability to operate in a hands-on role within a small or fast-paced team
• Strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively with engineering teams

Desirable

• Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-104)
• Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) and secrets management

Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure / Terraform)£550–£650 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Month Contract | RemoteOverviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join an established project delivering within a modern, cloud-first environment.You’ll be joining a lean, high-performing team, where DevOps is central to delivery not an afterthought. This role offers a high level of ownership, with the opportunity to shape infrastructure, improve reliability, and influence engineering best practices across the wider team.We’re looking for someone with deep Azure and Terraform expertise, who is comfortable operating in a hands-on capacity, while also mentoring others and driving improvements across CI/CD, observability, and security.Role & Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform, including modules, state management, and pipelines
• Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar)
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and security across environments
• Take ownership of infrastructure and deployment processes within a fast-moving delivery team
• Collaborate closely with engineers to embed DevOps best practices and scalable patterns
• Mentor team members on infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering principles
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, risks, and areas for improvement
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking

Skills and Experience

• Experienced DevOps Engineer
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Azure (AKS, networking, identity, storage)
• Solid experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally within Azure DevOps
• Strong scripting capability (Bash, Python, or PowerShell)
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
• Ability to operate in a hands-on role within a small or fast-paced team
• Strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively with engineering teams

Desirable

• Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-104)
• Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) and secrets management

We are working with a global healthcare and insurance organisation who are making a real difference to people's lives.We require an experienced Senior Data Platform Engineer to join the AI and Data Platform teams.£100,000 + Bonus + Excellent BenefitsFully remote with occasional travel to one of their offices.You will contribute to the design and operation of a scalable, secure enterprise data platform supporting advanced analytics and business intelligence in a healthcare and insurance setting. You'll work with high autonomy, mentor junior engineers, and drive technical excellence while ensuring compliance and performance. This is a key role in shaping a robust, automated data platform that powers better patient care and smarter insurance services.Please note: this is a Platform Engineering role rather than a Data Engineering position.We welcome applications from data engineers who also bring strong platform engineering experience - for example, working with IaC, Terraform, or similar tooling. Role:\* Contribute to the design and delivery of robust, automated, and scalable Azure and Snowflake data platform components.\* Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, ensuring consistency and reusability across environments.\* Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions to support rapid, reliable deployments.\* Implement observability practices including logging, metrics, and alerting using observability tools.\* Collaborate with the Lead Engineer and Architects to align implementation with platform standards and patterns.\* Provide technical guidance and mentorship to mid-level engineers, promoting best practices in automation and. monitoringKey Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:\* Extensive experience in platform engineering, with a strong emphasis on Azure-based data solutions.\* Expert-level knowledge of Azure and/or Snowflake services, including Data Factory, Data Lake, Azure ML, and Power BI/Fabric.\* Proven experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and building CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.\* Strong grasp of observability practices, including logging, metrics, alerting, and performance optimisation.\* Deep understanding of cloud security, with experience applying secure-by-design principles in Azure and/or Snowflake (e.g., network isolation, IAM, data protection).\* Proficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.\* Collaborative mindset, with a proven track record of working effectively across engineering, data science, and business teams.\* Clear communicator, capable of documenting technical designs, contributing to platform standards, and presenting solutions to stakeholders.\* Leadership experience, including mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing - highly desirable.This is majority remote based although you will need to attend the office in either London or Manchester when needed.This company look after their employees and you can expect a large bonus plus some excellent benefits.We are interviewing currently so apply now for immediate consideration for the Senior Data Platform Engineer position or contact Stuart Barnes at ITSS Recruitment for further information.

Platform Engineer London, Hybrid (4 days per week in office)Up to £160,000 + EquityThis is a rare opportunity to join a rapidly scaling AI platform at a pivotal stage of growth. You will take ownership of the cloud and platform foundations, shaping how engineering teams ship reliable, secure, and compliant systems at enterprise scale. The role offers genuine influence, technical depth, and the chance to build infrastructure that underpins a category defining product.The Company They are an enterprise AI platform transforming how complex, regulated organisations build and validate client-ready work. Their technology replaces manual, error-prone workflows with automated AI systems used by global teams. Backed by top tier investors and having recently completed a major funding round, they are now scaling their platform and engineering capability to meet growing customer demand.The Role

• Design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure to support rapid product growth.
• Own DevOps and platform engineering practices, enabling teams to deploy quickly and safely.
• Prepare and maintain audit-ready infrastructure aligned with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 expectations.
• Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines across backend, frontend, and data services.
• Implement observability across logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, etc.
• Monitor and optimise cloud costs while maintaining high availability and performance.
• Act as an advocate for operational excellence across the engineering organisation.

Your Skills and Experience

• Strong commercial experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure, ideally in Azure, with AWS exposure beneficial.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and modern CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions.
• Proven capability implementing observability, including logging, metrics, and tracing frameworks.
• Solid understanding of cloud security best practices, secrets management, and security tooling.
• Strong networking knowledge across private networking, DNS, load balancers, VPNs, and firewalls.
• Experience managing production-grade databases and storage solutions.
• Comfortable automating infrastructure and tooling using Python or Bash.
• Experience supporting reliability, compliance, and cost efficiency in fast-growing environments.

What They Offer

• Salary up to £160,000 plus meaningful equity.
• A high-impact role with ownership over core platform infrastructure.
• Significant technical and personal growth in a fast-moving AI environment.
• Hybrid working with four days per week in the London office.

How to Apply Apply now to explore how this Platform Engineer role could be the next defining step in your career.

Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available)

We’re seeking a Lead Azure Platform Engineer to play a key role in designing, building and running our Azure platform services. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, combining deep engineering expertise with mentoring, standards-setting and influence across teams.

You’ll work as part of our Platform Engineering capability, enabling delivery teams through secure, scalable and well-architected Azure platforms, while helping drive modern DevOps, automation and reliability practices.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build and evolve Azure platform services used across delivery teams.
• Lead the implementation of secure, scalable and resilient Azure environments.
• Be hands-on with development work: writing code, reviewing pull requests and deploying to production.
• Act as a technical authority within the platform and delivery ecosystem.
• Own and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Drive automation that removes toil, improves reliability and accelerates delivery.
• Leverage GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted tooling to increase productivity and quality.
• Champion consistent patterns for networking, identity, security and landing zones.
• Lead the development of CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery.
• Promote strong observability, monitoring and alerting practices.
• Take part in incident response, root cause analysis and platform stability improvements.
• Balance build-and-run responsibilities with a focus on long-term platform health.
• Set and maintain engineering standards, guardrails and best practices.
• Mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Proactively identify technical debt and lead initiatives to address it.
• Influence tooling, ways of working and adoption of new technologies across teams.

Who You Are

Essential Experience & Skills

• Strong experience as a cloud, platform or DevOps engineer.
• Deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure and core platform services.
• Proven experience delivering Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform and/or Bicep).
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash and/or Python).
• Experience building or operating CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• An AI first mindset focused on skills development for SRE

Desirable Experience

• Azure networking and security architecture experience.
• Container platforms (Docker, AKS).
• Cloud governance, cost management (FinOps) or security practices.
• Azure DevOps and/or GitHub enterprise environments.
• Cross-plane experience

• Design operate and improve on prem, cloud and hybrid platforms
• Permanent role £50k-£65k 2 days per week in Peterborough offices
• Senior technical role with ownership of the platforms no people management

My Peterborough-based client, on a legacy to cloud Digital transformation, is looking for a new Senior DevOps Engineer. As the Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in modernising and running the core infrastructure that powers this critical operation. In this permanent, hybrid role with a salary range of £50,000 - £65,000, you’ll have the opportunity to design, operate, and improve their on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms, driving them towards a secure, automated, and cloud-first future.

Key Highlights:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed automation, strengthen resilience, and deliver high-quality infrastructure services
• Enjoy a hybrid working model, with a minimum of 2 days per week in their Peterborough office
• Contribute to a comprehensive benefits package, including 28 days holiday, pension, and wellbeing support

Preferred Requirements:

• Hands-on experience as a DevOps Engineer, working with tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Bash, and PowerShell
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible, as well as GitOps practices
• Ability to develop CI/CD pipelines and automate processes to improve reliability and reduce manual work
• Strong understanding of cloud and hybrid infrastructure, with a focus on enhancing observability, logging, and operational tooling
• Experience in incident response, root cause investigations, and implementing fixes to improve stability and prevent recurrence

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record in DevOps or infrastructure engineering, with a passion for cloud and automation
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams
• Experience in Agile/Kanban environments, with the ability to prioritise technical work and support continuous improvement

This role will require you to be in the Peterborough office 2 days per week, so please only apply if you can and can commute to Peterborough weekly.

Junior DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer - Linux, Python, Bash

Description for the Junior DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer role:- Fantastic opportunity to join a fast growing Software house based in central Reading as a Junior DevOps Engineer. You will be will given the chance to work in a fun, passionate software engineering team in a role which will give you the opportunity to grow your engineering skills. Candidates require enthusiasm for Open Source software and hardware with experience in Linux. You might have an academic background in Computing, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, or related subjects, or just have grown up as a Linux hobbyist with examples of your work.

The role will be hybrid, 3 days in the office in central Reading per week.

Core skills/experience for Junior DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer role:

• Solid knowledge with Linux either commercial or from home learning.
• Likely to have some programming or scripting experience
• Interest in a career in DevOps
• Live in or close to Reading, Berkshire

Salary for the Junior DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer role will depend on experience, but expect between £35,000 and £45,000 + pension, socials, regular salary reviews, 25 days hols raising to 28 days after your 1st year and a lot more!

Please note you will need to be legible to work in the UK as my client will not be able to sponsor.

DevSecOps Security Engineer - AWS, Cloud, Security Cambridge / Hybrid - £80,000 - £100,000 (DOE) About the Company A rare opportunity to join one of Cambridge's leading AI innovators, a business shaping the future of intelligent automation and rapidly outpacing its competitors. This is a chance to be part of a high-growth technical environment where engineering excellence and security maturity sit at the heart of the organisation's ambitions.Role Overview We are seeking a DevSecOps Security Engineer to help elevate security across cloud platforms, delivery tooling, and production environments. You'll play a central role in embedding modern defensive practices, advancing automation, and strengthening engineering resilience across the organisation.This position requires being on-site in Cambridge three days per week, so applicants should be comfortable with a regular hybrid working pattern. Platform Security & Automation\* Introduce protective validation steps throughout software delivery workflows, covering code quality, open-source components, and container images.\* Engineer automated mechanisms that streamline compliance reporting and reduce operational overhead.\* Enforce policy-driven safeguards within infrastructure deployment processes.\* Improve credential management approaches and mature access governance practices.Exposure Management & Technical Controls\* Assist in reviewing weaknesses across applications and infrastructure and support risk-based prioritisation.\* Partner with engineering teams to resolve issues efficiently and pragmatically.\* Refine detection tooling by tuning logic and reducing unnecessary or inaccurate alerts.Operational Readiness & Observability\* Strengthen visibility across systems through improved log pipelines, alerting pathways, and monitoring strategies.\* Contribute to updating response guidelines, runbooks, and incident-handling materials.\* Support initiatives aimed at enhancing defensive posture and operational robustness across platforms.Core Requirements\* Strong experience in DevSecOps, cloud security, or infrastructure security functions.\* Hands-on knowledge of modern CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling.\* Proven background securing AWS environments (Azure or GCP is also valuable).\* Practical experience with security scanning, vulnerability tooling, and tuning to improve accuracy.\* Proficiency in automation or scripting languages such as Python or Bash.\* Experience delivering infrastructure through IaC tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation.Preferred Background & Additional Capabilities\* Knowledge of securing containerised environments and orchestration platforms.\* Experience working within assurance-focused frameworks including ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIST.\* Familiarity with automated governance and policy-driven cloud controls.\* Exposure to investigative, detection, or security operations workflows.Qualifications That Would Be Beneficial\* Industry security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or GSEC.\* Cloud-focused qualifications like AWS Security Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer.\* DevOps and automation-related certifications such as Terraform Associate, CKA/CKAD, or Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).\* Compliance and governance accreditations including ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Lead Auditor, CompTIA Security+, or NIST-aligned training.\* Relevant computing or cybersecurity degree (BSc/MSc) or equivalent practical experience. Keywords DevSecOps, Cloud Security, AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD, Secure Software Delivery, Static Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Dependency Scanning, Container Security, Kubernetes Security, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, CloudFormation, Pipeline Security, Cloud Governance, Policy as Code, Secrets Management, Identity and Access Management, Vulnerability Remediation, Threat Detection, Observability, Logging, Automation Engineering, Python, Bash, Zero Trust, Security Hardening, Cloud Monitoring, Least Privilege, Compliance Automation, Security Orchestration About AdeccoAdecco is acting as an Employment Agency. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are on the client's supplier list for this role.

DURATION: Initial 6 months (likely extension)

LOCATION: Leeds (preferred). Also open to Edinburgh, Manchester, Halifax

ONSITE REQUIREMENTS: Hybrid - 2 days onsite per week (local office)

ENGAGEMENT TYPE: Outside IR35

DAY RATE: £550 per day

LEGAL RIGHT TO WORK:Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, sponsorship is not available for this role.

ATRIUM GLOBAL SUMMARY

Atrium Global is supporting a client in the financial services sector in hiring a Senior z/Linux Engineer to join their Core Infrastructure Platform team within Mainframe Services.

JOB OVERVIEW

This role is focused on the support, stability and continuous improvement of enterprise Linux environments running on IBM Z. You will work across a highly regulated, mission-critical platform, primarily supporting RHEL-based z/Linux systems under z/VM.

This is a Linux-first role, requiring strong hands-on system administration experience within enterprise production environments. Exposure to IBM Z is highly beneficial, but strong Linux engineers with the right background will also be considered.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide hands-on support and engineering across enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments
• Support BAU operations across development, test and production (incident, problem and change)
• Provision, configure and maintain z/Linux virtual machines under z/VM
• Deliver OS patching, upgrades and vulnerability remediation across Linux platforms
• Support platform lifecycle management, ensuring stability, performance and compliance
• Work closely with adjacent infrastructure teams (mainframe, storage, network, security)
• Contribute to platform improvements, upgrades and optimisation initiatives
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, runbooks and operational procedures
• Participate in on-call / standby rota (approx. 1 week in 4–5)

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong Linux system administration experience (RHEL preferred)
• Proven experience supporting enterprise production environments (BAU, incidents, patching, upgrades)
• Experience working in regulated or large-scale environments (e.g. banking, government, utilities)
• Hands-on experience with OS patching, upgrades and vulnerability remediation
• Familiarity with ITIL-aligned processes (incident, problem, change management)
• Ability to work independently within an established infrastructure/platform team

Desirable:

• Experience with z/Linux (s390x) or Linux on IBM Z
• Exposure to z/VM and virtualisation concepts
• Experience with automation tools (Ansible, Bash, Python)
• Exposure to OpenShift or container platforms

Senior Security Analyst / Security Engineer London (City) | £80,000–£90,000 | Permanent If you’re the kind of security engineer who can spot an active threat, contain it calmly, and then harden the environment so it doesn’t happen again — this role is built for you.We’re hiring a hands-on Senior Security Analyst / Security Engineer to strengthen a Microsoft-centric security posture across detection, response, tooling, and infrastructure hardening. Not a one-lane SOC role. Not governance-heavy. This role blends incident response with security engineering and hardening and ideal for someone with 4–5 years’ experience who wants real technical ownership and variety across the full defensive lifecycle.What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead investigations, triage and containment using SIEM/EDR (Microsoft Sentinel preferred)
• Harden IAM, PIM/PAM, Windows/Linux, endpoint baselines and identity services
• Strengthen M365 security: Defender for Endpoint/O365/Identity, Conditional Access, Identity Protection
• Improve detection rules, analytics, baselines and security automation
• Run vulnerability scanning using tools like Tenable, Pentera, Varonis, Secure Score
• Support compliance work (ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, NIST, SOC2)
• Contribute to threat hunting, threat intelligence application and proactive monitoring
• Support operational resilience: scenario testing, DR exercises, post-incident reviews
• Assist with security tooling assessments (including AD hardening tools)

Essential Experience (Must Haves) Candidates must have:Security Engineering & Hardening

• IAM, PIM/PAM, identity lifecycle, access hardening
• OS security hardening (Windows + Linux)
• Network security concepts (firewalls, IDS/IPS)

Incident Response & Detection

• Hands-on IR: triage investigation containment recovery
• Experience with SIEM (Sentinel strongly preferred)
• Experience with EDR/XDR tools: Defender / CrowdStrike / SentinelOne
• Log analysis, packet captures, forensic investigation fundamentals

Microsoft Security

• Defender suite: Endpoint, O365, Identity
• Azure AD / Entra ID security
• Conditional Access, M365 identity protection signals
• M365 Secure Score remediation

Vulnerability Management

• Tools such as Tenable, Pentera, Varonis, Secure Score
• Experience coordinating remediation with technical teams

Frameworks & Security Models

• MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP Top 10
• Exposure to zero-trust principles
• Understanding of encryption, certificate management, secrets management

Scripting & Automation

• PowerShell (essential)
• Python or Bash desirable
• Security automation experience (policy enforcement, scanning, rule tuning)

Experience Level

• 4–5 years in SecEng / SOC / IR roles
• Experience in regulated environments beneficial but not essential

Nice to Haves (Not Essential but a Bonus)

• Terraform / Ansible (desirable, not required)
• Cloud security exposure (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Threat intel platform experience
• Experience tuning SIEM/SOAR playbooks
• CI/CD pipeline security (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab)
• Digital forensics knowledge
• Certifications: Security+, CySA+, GCIH, GCIA, CISSP, CISM, OSCP, CCSP

If you’re looking for a role where you can respond to real threats, engineer lasting fixes, and shape security standards, reach out for a confidential conversation

Senior Platform Engineer (Azure)

Manchester or London (Hybrid)

£90,000 + 10% Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Build the Platform That Powers Data

We’re hiring a Senior Platform Engineer to help design and operate a secure, scalable enterprise data platform supporting advanced analytics and business intelligence.

Important: This is fundamentally a Platform Engineering role.

You’ll focus on infrastructure, automation, and platform reliability, rather than building data pipelines.

We do welcome candidates from data engineering backgrounds—provided you bring strong platform engineering experience, particularly with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform), CI/CD, and cloud platform design.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and delivering robust, automated Azure & Snowflake platform components
• Building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) across environments
• Creating and optimising CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Implementing observability practices (logging, monitoring, alerting)
• Ensuring platform security, scalability, and performance
• Collaborating with architects and senior engineers on platform standards
• Mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practices

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in Platform Engineering (not just data pipeline development)
• Expertise in Azure-based environments and/or Snowflake
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or similar IaC tooling
• Proven ability to build and manage CI/CD pipelines
• Solid understanding of cloud security and observability
• Scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
• Strong communicator with experience working across teams

Ideal Backgrounds

• Platform Engineers working in data environments
• DevOps/Platform Engineers with exposure to data platforms
• Data Engineers who have moved into platform, IaC, or DevOps-focused roles

Why Join?

• £90,000 + 10% bonus
• Hybrid working (Manchester or London)
• High-impact role in a mission-driven healthcare & insurance setting
• Opportunity to shape and influence a modern data platform
• Strong engineering culture with a focus on automation and best practice

Our Client, a leading Trading Firm, is looking for a Junior Systems Engineer to join their trading systems infrastructure team. As a Junior Systems Engineer, you will work on projects focused on their real-time, production trading environment and tackle problems that require high-throughput, ultra-low latency solutions, while developing tools that enable their trading strategies to run worldwide, 24/7.

The ideal candidate for the Junior Systems engineer has a strong passion for coding and automation, is eager to learn new skills and technologies, and has the ability to handle challenging technical issues within a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The role requires at least two years of experience working with Linux systems, programming experience, proficiency in scripting and Bash, and a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities:

Maintains and improves Linux-based trading servers used globally
Ensures trading systems stay up, fast, and stable during live markets
Troubleshoots issues across hardware, operating systems, networking, and applications
Automates repetitive tasks to reduce manual work and errors
Helps deploy upgrades and new systems without disrupting trading
Works closely with traders, developers, and senior engineers to optimize performance

Technical skills

Strong Linux fundamentals (installing packages, managing services/users, reading logs)
Comfortable with Debian/Ubuntu
Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking and debugging connectivity issues
Bash scripting experience to automate operational tasks
Hands-on programming experience (Python, C++, or similar) with real projects to discuss
Basic experience with cloud environments (AWS or GCP is a plus)

Location: London (hybrid)

Duration: 12 months

Day rate: £270 inside ir35

We are looking for a highly technical Customer Success Engineer to join our SASE team, helping customers secure and optimize their cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary technical contact, building strong customer relationships
• Drive adoption and integration of SASE and cloud security solutions
• Provide real-time technical support and strategic guidance
• Partner with CISOs, Security Architects, and DevOps teams on implementations
• Ensure customers achieve maximum ROI from security investments
• Proactively identify risks and develop mitigation plans
• Advocate for customer needs and influence product improvements
• Coach customers on cloud security governance and best practices
• Manage escalations and coordinate with engineering for timely resolution

Required Skills & Experience:

• Experience in technical support, consulting, pre/post-sales, or similar roles
• Strong understanding of networking and security concepts
• Experience with routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), VPNs, IPSEC, TCP/IP
• Knowledge of authentication protocols (SAML, SSO, LDAP, RADIUS)
• Familiarity with SASE architecture and cloud security (CASB, DLP)
• Experience with multi-vendor network environments
• Proficiency in Linux, with Python or Bash scripting skills
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven ability to manage customer expectations and escalations
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

If this seems like a good fit for you, please apply or email your CV to

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

Lynx Recruitment are partnered with a leading global consultancy to source an experienced Cloud Security Engineer to join a high-performing cloud and cybersecurity team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on enterprise-scale cloud environments, driving security best practices and implementing cutting-edge cloud-native application protection solutions.

The Role

You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and managing cloud security controls across large-scale AWS environments, with a strong focus on policy-as-code and automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and manage CNAPP policies using Wiz for continuous cloud posture assessment and remediation
• Develop and maintain policy-as-code frameworks using OPA/Rego
• Integrate security controls into Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) workflows using Terraform
• Collaborate closely with DevOps and Cyber Security teams to remediate non-compliant resources
• Monitor and enhance cloud governance and policy effectiveness
• Embed security into the SDLC through CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab Runners), including vulnerability scanning and compliance checks

Key Requirements

• Strong experience with AWS (essential)
• Hands-on experience with Wiz (including custom rule development, graph rules, or configuration policies)
• Expertise in OPA/Rego for policy-as-code
• Proven experience with Terraform for infrastructure and security automation
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Experience working within DevSecOps environments and implementing shift-left security
• Degree in an IT or technology-related subject with a minimum of a 2:1 (or equivalent)

£550–£650 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Month Contract | Remote Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join an established project delivering within a modern, cloud-first environment. You’ll be joining a lean, high-performing team, where DevOps is central to delivery not an afterthought. This role offers a high level of ownership, with the opportunity to shape infrastructure, improve reliability, and influence engineering best practices across the wider team. We’re looking for someone with deep Azure and Terraform expertise, who is comfortable operating in a hands-on capacity, while also mentoring others and driving improvements across CI/CD, observability, and security. Role & Responsibilities Design, build, and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform, including modules, state management, and pipelines Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar) Improve platform reliability, observability, and security across environments Take ownership of infrastructure and deployment processes within a fast-moving delivery team Collaborate closely with engineers to embed DevOps best practices and scalable patterns Mentor team members on infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering principles Identify and address performance bottlenecks, risks, and areas for improvement Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking Skills and Experience Experienced DevOps Engineer Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Azure (AKS, networking, identity, storage) Solid experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally within Azure DevOps Strong scripting capability (Bash, Python, or PowerShell) Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor) Ability to operate in a hands-on role within a small or fast-paced team Strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively with engineering teams Desirable Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-104) Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) and secrets management