Duration: 3-6 months (immediate start)

IR35 Status: Outside IR35

Location: Fully Remote Working

We’re looking for a strategic, hands-off contract Lead DevOps Consultant to onboard and understand of our clients end-to-end DevOps function and processes. This is a unique opportunity to drive meaningful change across the organisations DevOps operations, aligning technical performance directly with customer journeys. The role is deemed outside IR35 and fully remote based.

The contract Lead DevOps Consultant will play a critical role in reviewing, challenging and reengineering how the business processes operate. Working closely with development teams, you’ll ensure our infrastructure is robust, scalable and built to support the organisations evolving global e-commerce platform. The successful candidate needs a strong technical background with proven experience implementing DevOps playbooks, owning and defining incident and alerting systems that can deliver a short-term roadmap that sets the DevOps team up for long-term success.

Key Responsibilities

• Performance review of the platform and tooling
• Align operations with core e-commerce flows and system performance metrics
• Drive observability, incident and alerting improvements
• Create DevOps onboarding plan for future hire
• Unify incident and alerting management frameworks
• Define clearly documented response procedures for incidents once understanding business and customer workflows
• Maintain high standards of cloud security and ensure compliance

Key Experience

• Proven technical and leadership within high growth DevOps environments
• Deep understanding of high traffic platforms (ideally e-commerce) and customer-first infrastructure
• Strong background and knowledge in the following environments (hands-off role):
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • New Relic (APM, Infrastructure, Alerts, Dashboards)
  • Cloudflare (Performance & Security or similar providers)
• Track record of driving change, challenging legacy systems and improving processes
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• A transformational mindset focused on delivery and long-term impact

If you’re a strategic Contract Lead DevOps Consultant with a proven track record of operationalization DevOps processes, designing playbooks and implementing best practices in high-growth environments, submit your CV and apply immediately.

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

Are you an experienced IT Systems Manager looking to take ownership of business-critical IT infrastructure and systems? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where reliability, security, and performance are essential? If so, this could be an excellent opportunity.

Impact Recruitment are working with a well-established and expanding business to recruit an IT Systems Manager to be based at their Head Office in Irthlingborough. This is a key role responsible for managing IT systems across multiple sites and supporting both office-based teams and remote staff.

Location: Irthlingborough
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 08:30 - 17:30 // Friday: 08:00 - 17:00
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 (DOE)
Contract: Permanent

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage physical and cloud-based servers
• Oversee internal networks and IT security
• Administer firewalls, WiFi infrastructure, and managed switches
• Manage phone, mobile, and printer contracts and services
• Support multiple sites and remote users
• Ensure systems availability, resilience, and performance
• Respond effectively to IT issues in a time-sensitive environment
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand business needs
• Support continuous improvement initiatives
• Occasional travel to other business sites as required

Technical Knowledge Required:
Hardware & Infrastructure

• HP servers, laptops, PCs, and managed switches
• Active Directory and Hyper-V
• WatchGuard / DrayTek firewalls
• Ubiquiti WiFi
• Printers and mobile devices

Software & Systems

• Windows Server and Client operating systems
• DHCP, DNS, and Group Policy
• MS SQL
• Microsoft 365 Admin Suite
• MS Intune
• Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Zoom
• Cloudflare

The Ideal Candidate:

• Proven experience in an IT Systems Manager or similar senior IT role
• Strong technical and infrastructure knowledge
• Excellent problem-solving and diagnostic skills
• Clear and professional communication style
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable in a fast-moving environment

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with Christmas shutdown)
• Company sick pay
• Health cash plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance
• Workplace pension scheme
• Eye care scheme
• Free on-site parking

If this role sounds of interest, please apply with an up-to-date CV.
Impact Recruitment is an employment agency working on behalf of our client.

Portfolio are proud to be representing our clients who are a Software provider based in the heart of Manchester, providing people solutions to over 100,000 clients worldwide and they’re looking for a frontend developer.

The role is paying up to 45,000 and is 5 days a week in the office.

Essential:

• Client-side Javascript/Typescript
• Modern React Development (Hooks, Context, React Query)
• Unit & Component testing using React Testing Library
• Advanced version control using Git.
• Working with third party REST & GraphQL API’s
• CSS (We use Tailwind)

Desirable:

• Component library design using Storybook.
• Experience using Cloudflare workers.
• Performance optimisation experience (code-splitting, caching, load testing)
• Well-versed in implementing good practice with regards to accessibility (Keyboard support, screen readers, form usability)
• Knowledge of various front-end architectural patterns
• E2E Testing experience (Cypress/Playwright)
• Experience with Observability as a practice (logging, GA tagging, TrackJS, App Insights)

If you would be interested please apply below!

INDMANS

Portfolio Payroll Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

LEAD CLOUD PLATFORM ENGINEER - STOKE (HYBRID)

KEY POINTS
* Up to £85,000 basic salary with a solid bonus scheme
* Hybrid working - minimum 1 day per week on-site in Stoke
* Car or travel allowance included
* Technical leadership role within a global Cloud platform team

ABOUT THE CLIENT
Due to continued investment in their Cloud and platform capability, we’re supporting a large, well-established organisation operating global, business-critical services. The Cloud Platform function underpins teams across the business, enabling secure, reliable, and scalable use of public Cloud and managed services.

THE BENEFITS
* £85,000 basic salary plus bonus
* Car or travel allowance
* Senior technical leadership role with real influence over platform direction
* Opportunity to shape standards, tooling, and operating models
* Ongoing learning and exposure to modern Cloud and platform technologies

THE LEAD CLOUD PLATFORM ENGINEER ROLE:
This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role within the Cloud Platform team. You’ll act as the technical lead for a team of Platform Engineers, working alongside a people-focused manager who handles HR, performance, and pastoral responsibilities.

Your focus will be on technical direction, engineering standards, platform reliability, and delivery. You’ll lead by example, remaining close to the technology while guiding the team through complex Cloud initiatives, platform improvements, and major incidents.

The role combines deep technical ownership with collaboration across architecture, security, and delivery teams, helping drive adoption of a self-serve, GitOps-led operating model across the organisation.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
* Acting as the technical lead for a team of Cloud Platform Engineers
* Providing technical direction, standards, and architectural guidance
* Designing, delivering, and operating global Cloud platform services
* Leading complex platform changes and Cloud initiatives aligned to business priorities
* Remaining hands-on with Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and automation
* Acting as a key escalation point for complex issues and major incidents
* Supporting and mentoring engineers, reviewing designs, code, and IaC
* Driving continuous improvement across reliability, security, and developer experience
* Working closely with senior stakeholders, architects, and delivery teams

LEAD CLOUD PLATFORM ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS
* Extensive experience working with public Cloud platforms at scale (GCP preferred but not essential)
* Strong Kubernetes experience, including design, deployment, and troubleshooting
* Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform) and Git-based workflows
* CI/CD pipelines and automation (GitLab CI/CD or similar)
* GitOps principles and tooling
* Experience operating production Cloud platforms, including on-call and incident response
* Proven ability to lead technically, influence others, and set engineering standards
* Software engineering experience (Go preferred but not essential)

TO BE CONSIDERED:
Please either apply through this advert or email me directly via .
For further information please call me on 01244 567 930 / 07833 460 873.

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

KEY SKILLS
Lead Cloud Engineer, Cloud Platform Lead, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, Git, GitLab, CI/CD, GitOps, Cloudflare, Automation, Go, DevOps, SRE

Are you an experienced IT Systems Manager looking to take ownership of business-critical IT infrastructure and systems? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where reliability, security, and performance are essential? If so, this could be an excellent opportunity.

Impact Recruitment are working with a well-established and expanding business to recruit an IT Systems Manager to be based at their Head Office in Irthlingborough. This is a key role responsible for managing IT systems across multiple sites and supporting both office-based teams and remote staff.

Location: Irthlingborough
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 08:30 - 17:30 Friday: 08:00 - 17:00
Salary: 40,000 to 45,000 (DOE)
Contract: Permanent

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage physical and cloud-based servers
• Oversee internal networks and IT security
• Administer firewalls, WiFi infrastructure, and managed switches
• Manage phone, mobile, and printer contracts and services
• Support multiple sites and remote users
• Ensure systems availability, resilience, and performance
• Respond effectively to IT issues in a time-sensitive environment
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand business needs
• Support continuous improvement initiatives
• Occasional travel to other business sites as required

Technical Knowledge Required:
Hardware & Infrastructure

• HP servers, laptops, PCs, and managed switches
• Active Directory and Hyper-V
• WatchGuard / DrayTek firewalls
• Ubiquiti WiFi
• Printers and mobile devices

Software & Systems

• Windows Server and Client operating systems
• DHCP, DNS, and Group Policy
• MS SQL
• Microsoft 365 Admin Suite
• MS Intune
• Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Zoom
• Cloudflare

The Ideal Candidate:

• Proven experience in an IT Systems Manager or similar senior IT role
• Strong technical and infrastructure knowledge
• Excellent problem-solving and diagnostic skills
• Clear and professional communication style
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable in a fast-moving environment

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with Christmas shutdown)
• Company sick pay
• Health cash plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance
• Workplace pension scheme
• Eye care scheme
• Free on-site parking

If this role sounds of interest, please apply with an up-to-date CV.
Impact Recruitment is an employment agency working on behalf of our client.