Outside IR35

£525.00

Until end of July initially

Website Transformation

Higher Education Organisation

Drupal Architect to support the discovery phase of a large-scale public website transformation within a higher education organisation. The programme is moving multiple public-facing websites from a legacy CMS to Drupal and requires senior architectural input to gather, rationalise and harmonise requirements across distinct product groups.

This role works under the Head of Web and alongside an existing Solutions Architect and internal Business Analyst. The focus is squarely on requirements, solution design and reuse strategy, not build or delivery.

Programme Context

The organisation currently operates multiple legacy CMS sites serving different audiences and product areas, including international and UK-focused content and assessment-related material. These will be migrated to separate Drupal instances per product group, aligned through a shared design and reuse approach.

Most capability is expected to be common across sites, with some product-specific bespoke requirements. The immediate aim is to step away from legacy platforms and establish a clear, reusable Drupal blueprint that can be taken to market through a formal RFP for delivery partners.

The Assignment

The initial discovery phase is already underway. This contract strengthens the architecture and design capability by adding a business-facing Drupal technical architect who can:

• Work with stakeholders to understand what they need
• Assess how Drupal can fulfil those needs
• Harmonise overlapping requirements across product groups
• Shape high-level designs that balance reuse with necessary variation

The outputs from this engagement will form the baseline set of requirements and designs used across all product groups ahead of vendor procurement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support requirements discovery workshops with business and product stakeholders

• Consolidate, de-duplicate and harmonise requirements across multiple product groups

• Work alongside the Drupal Solutions Architect to define high-level solution options

• Translate agreed approaches into High-Level Technical Designs (HLDs), covering:

• Content models

• Component and pattern choices

• Reuse versus bespoke decisions

• Integration considerations where relevant

Assess requirements against reusable Drupal assets and patterns, identifying where common solutions applyMaintain clear traceability between business goals, requirements and architectural outcomesWrite user stories and acceptance criteria to support backlog refinementContribute to knowledge transfer across the programme during discovery

In Scope / Out of Scope

In scope

• Requirements elicitation, consolidation and harmonisation
• High-level solution outlining
• High-Level Technical Design (HLD) creation
• Reuse and consistency assessment
• Discovery-phase knowledge transfer

Out of scope

• Detailed or low-level technical architecture
• Platform governance
• Build or implementation delivery
• BAU support or infrastructure operations
• Vendor selection or supplier management

Skills & Experience Required

Essential

• Extensive experience (circa 10+ years) in hybrid Business Analysis / Solution Design roles

• Strong, hands-on Drupal expertise, including:

• Content modelling

• Site building

• Clear understanding of what Drupal can and cannot deliver without custom development

Demonstrable experience producing High-Level Technical DesignsFamiliarity with modern Drupal concepts such as Recipes, Install Profiles, Distributions, SDC and StorybookConfident facilitating workshops and challenging stakeholders to align on shared solutionsComfortable operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments

Desirable

• Drupal certification (Acquia or equivalent) or community contributions
• Previous experience supporting a Solutions Architect within a platform or multi-site model
• Familiarity with Figma, design tokens or design-system processes
• Working knowledge of WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards
• Experience with Jira, Confluence or requirements traceability tooling

The thing that makes your position so important in Equator is that you are accountable for the end-to-end delivery of a diverse range of projects within an agreed but flexible framework and governance structure.

Main Responsibilities

• Being accountable for managing budgets, timescales, and quality on technically complex or transformation projects.
• Deciding which approach should be deployed on projects, the appropriate use of documentation and controls including but not limited to User Stories and Acceptance Criteria, Project Plans, Wireframes, Technical Specs, Test Plans, Project Reports and Client Action Logs (this list is not exhaustive).
• Facilitating requirements gathering workshops and produce the associated outputs.
• Leading the project team in scoping activities, preparing costs and robust capacity / delivery plans off the back of this.
• Ensuring JIRA and Confluence are being utilised in line with our process, that project boards are maintained and that each project has an eazyBI ETC report.
• Working with the delivery team to ensure work is understood and meets our definition.
• Working with the delivery team to ensure that our outputs meet defined requirements and achieve sign-off.
• Communicating with key stakeholders, including clients, ensuring they are informed on project progress, risks, dependencies, and blockers.
• Mentoring Project Managers providing support and guidance.
• Assisting with recruitment.

The Ideal Candidate

• Project delivery practices:You know how to lead teams in Agile and Waterfall environments. You can identify, compare, and decide which processes or delivery methods to use. You can recognise when something doesn’t work and encourage the team to adapt. You can create or tailor new ways of working. You can get our clients bought into and working in line with our preferred delivery approach. You understand and can work within constraints (including but not limited to technology, financials, and timelines).
• Financial management:You can input into RFPs and ballparking activities. You know how to balance cost vs. value. You can take responsibility for relationships with contractors, 3rd parties and delivery partners. You know how to negotiate, influence, or set budgets in complex environments. You understand the importance of revenue recognition and work with the Development Project/Team lead to ensure ETC’s are accurate, properly considered and completed on a weekly basis. You can monitor cost and budget vs. project progress and will take corrective action when challenges are encountered.
• Communication: You know how to communicate effectively, overcoming departmental boundaries. You can manage stakeholder expectations and facilitate discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales. You don’t shy away from difficult conversations and embrace feedback.
• Planning: You know the importance of planning and forecasting and the different ways to develop a plan. You can lead a continual planning process in complex environments. You know how to communicate plans, assumptions, and progress to stakeholders. You can manage complex internal and external dependencies.
• Making our process work:  You can identify what works best for the delivery team and when to utilise certain processes. You can add value and mentor the Project Management team to review and adapt processes. You know how to lead teams through the implementation of a new process or way of working.
• Ownership and initiative:You take ownership of problems. You take accountability for your actions and decisions you make.
• Maintaining delivery momentum:You understand the different phases of project delivery and can contribute to, plan, and run these. You actively address the most complex risks, issues, and dependencies, including where ownership exists out with the delivery team or where no owner exists. You can identify innovative ways to unblock issues.
• Team dynamics and collaboration:You can identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and take steps to address them. You can pull out issues through agile ceremonies and know when to probe further. You can give varying types of feedback, ensuring the discussion and decisions stick. You can facilitate conflict resolution. You are flexible, adaptable and keep up to date with trends and industry improvements.

Job Title: IT Business Analyst

PURPOSE SUMMARY:

A member of the IT Change Team,

As a Business Analyst, you will play a crucial role in delivering functional enhancements to critical applications. Under the guidance of the IT Business Solutions Manager you will work closely with stakeholders across business functions, and subject matter experts to gather requirements, analyse business processes, and translate them into actionable deliverables.

The BA will also support the IT Business Solutions Manager to define and deliver IT and business processes across the organisation aligned as necessary to project requirements.

Key measures for the role include high requirements accuracy, quality documentation, stakeholder/customer satisfaction, collaboration and communication, continuous learning and improvement and adaptability/flexibility with an overall focus on fast and effective delivery of enhancements to IT systems/services/applications change overall.

Responsibilities

1. Requirements Gathering and Analysis:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit and document business requirements for functional enhancements to critical applications.
• Lead interviews, workshops, and meetings to understand business processes, user needs, and system requirements.
• Analyse and document current and future state business processes, identifying areas for improvement and optimisation.

1. Documentation and Specification:

• Create clear and concise functional specifications, user stories, use cases, and process flows based on gathered requirements.
• Develop detailed business requirements documents (BRDs) and ensure alignment with technical teams, project objectives and stakeholders.
• Manage & maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation throughout the lifecycle of the enhancement delivery

1. Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work closely with stakeholders, including business users, testing teams, and project managers, to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
• Facilitate requirements review sessions and walkthroughs, seeking feedback and clarifying any ambiguities.

1. Change Management:

• Assess the impact of proposed changes on existing systems, processes, and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify change management needs and develop strategies for smooth implementation.

1. Testing and Quality Assurance Support:

• Collaborate with the testing team to define test scenarios, validate test results, and ensure that the implemented solution meets the defined requirements.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) by providing guidance, assisting with test case creation, and addressing user feedback.

1. Continuous Improvement:

• Monitor and evaluate system performance and user feedback, identifying areas for improvement.

• Proactively contribute to process improvements and suggest innovative ideas to enhance overall system functionality and efficiency.

• Work with the IT team to define, implement and ensure continuous improvement of the following ITIL processes:

• Business Relationship Management

• Demand Management

• Design coordination

• Change Evaluation

• Change Management

• Release and Deployment Management

• Service Validation and Testing

• Plus actively support the IT team in Information Security Management

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, or a related field.
• Proven industry experience working as an IT Business Analyst
• Solid track record of utilising business analysis methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to gather and interpret complex information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with strong documentation and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in using business analysis and productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, JIRA, Confluence).
• Proven ability to work independently, manage priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive and solution-oriented mind-set.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and domains.

A fast-scaling technology company helping global organisations in finance, insurance, and tech build critical workplace skills, now are in need of a Modern Workplace Engineer to join as they continue to grow. This company are cloud-first, fast-moving, and every person plays a key role.

Role

Own the Microsoft cloud environment from day one. You will manage the infrastructure, identity, security, and devices that keep the business running, with real autonomy and clear impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer Microsoft 365 and Azure, including tenant management and licensing
• Manage device lifecycle via Intune and Autopilot across Windows, macOS, iOS and Android
• Administer Entra ID: conditional access, MFA, PIM and user lifecycle
• Operate the Microsoft Defender stack for endpoint and cloud security
• Automate processes using PowerShell and Power Automate
• Support Teams, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Jira and Confluence
• Own backup, DR and data protection strategy
• Maintain technical documentation and runbooks in Confluence

Experience

• 3+ years in a cloud-focused infrastructure or sysadmin role
• Hands-on Microsoft 365 admin: Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint
• Proven Intune experience: Autopilot, compliance policies, app management
• Entra ID: conditional access, identity governance, MFA
• Microsoft Defender and cloud security best practices
• PowerShell scripting for automation
• Knowledge of Zero Trust and cybersecurity frameworks

Nice to have: MD-102, AZ-104, SC-300 or SC-200 certifications; Azure Virtual Desktop; Microsoft Sentinel; Power Platform.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Cloud-native stack with no legacy systems
• Certification support and development budget
• Real ownership in a growing organisation

Please apply now if you are meeting the above criteria, or contact Andrew Harrison directly.

Skills:
Microsoft 365 Intune MDM Azure Entra ID Support Defender

Benefits:
Work From Home

Outside IR35

£525.00

Until end of July initially

Website Transformation

Higher Education Organisation

Drupal Architect to support the discovery phase of a large-scale public website transformation within a higher education organisation. The programme is moving multiple public-facing websites from a Legacy CMS to Drupal and requires senior architectural input to gather, rationalise and harmonise requirements across distinct product groups.

This role works under the Head of Web and alongside an existing Solutions Architect and internal Business Analyst. The focus is squarely on requirements, solution design and reuse strategy, not build or delivery.

Programme Context

The organisation currently operates multiple Legacy CMS sites serving different audiences and product areas, including international and UK-focused content and assessment-related material. These will be migrated to separate Drupal instances per product group, aligned through a shared design and reuse approach.

Most capability is expected to be common across sites, with some product-specific bespoke requirements. The immediate aim is to step away from Legacy platforms and establish a clear, reusable Drupal blueprint that can be taken to market through a formal RFP for delivery partners.

The Assignment

The initial discovery phase is already underway. This contract strengthens the architecture and design capability by adding a business-facing Drupal technical architect who can:

• Work with stakeholders to understand what they need
• Assess how Drupal can fulfil those needs
• Harmonise overlapping requirements across product groups
• Shape high-level designs that balance reuse with necessary variation

The outputs from this engagement will form the baseline set of requirements and designs used across all product groups ahead of vendor procurement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support requirements discovery workshops with business and product stakeholders
• Consolidate, de-duplicate and harmonise requirements across multiple product groups
• Work alongside the Drupal Solutions Architect to define high-level solution options
• Translate agreed approaches into High-Level Technical Designs (HLDs), covering:

• Content models
• Component and pattern choices
• Reuse versus bespoke decisions
• Integration considerations where relevant

• Assess requirements against reusable Drupal assets and patterns, identifying where common solutions apply
• Maintain clear traceability between business goals, requirements and architectural outcomes
• Write user stories and acceptance criteria to support backlog refinement
• Contribute to knowledge transfer across the programme during discovery

In Scope/Out of Scope

In scope

• Requirements elicitation, consolidation and harmonisation
• High-level solution outlining
• High-Level Technical Design (HLD) creation
• Reuse and consistency assessment
• Discovery-phase knowledge transfer

Out of scope

• Detailed or low-level technical architecture
• Platform governance
• Build or implementation delivery
• BAU support or infrastructure operations
• Vendor selection or supplier management

Skills & Experience Required

Essential

• Extensive experience (circa 10+ years) in hybrid Business Analysis/Solution Design roles
• Strong, hands-on Drupal expertise, including:

• Content modelling
• Site building
• Clear understanding of what Drupal can and cannot deliver without custom development

• Demonstrable experience producing High-Level Technical Designs
• Familiarity with modern Drupal concepts such as Recipes, Install Profiles, Distributions, SDC and Storybook
• Confident facilitating workshops and challenging stakeholders to align on shared solutions
• Comfortable operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments

Desirable

• Drupal certification (Acquia or equivalent) or community contributions
• Previous experience supporting a Solutions Architect within a platform or multi-site model
• Familiarity with Figma, design tokens or design-system processes
• Working knowledge of WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards
• Experience with Jira, Confluence or requirements traceability tooling

Job Title: Atlassian SME

Contract Length: 3 months & Remote

IR35: Outside IR35

Project

Deliver governance, administration, and optimisation of an organisation’s Atlassian Cloud environment. The role focuses on improving system structure, ensuring reliable day-to-day operations, and enabling internal teams through training and knowledge transfer so they can manage the platform independently.

Tech Stack

• Jira Software (JSW)
• Jira Service Management (JSM)
• Jira Product Discovery (JPD)
• Compass
• Confluence
• Jira Ops
• Atlassian Marketplace apps & integrations

Key Responsibilities

Governance & Standards

• Support end users and standardise projects, workflows, permissions, fields, and naming conventions
• Review current Atlassian setup and usage
• Define governance model (roles, responsibilities, change control)
• Recommend licensing, apps, and integrations
• Manage users, groups, projects, and spaces
• Maintain workflows, automations, SLAs, queues, and templates
• Oversee apps and integrations
• Perform regular housekeeping (clean-up, access reviews, consistency checks)
• Ensure scalable, consistent configurations across teams (delivery, service, engineering, product)

Training & Knowledge Transfer

• Assess training needs across user groups
• Deliver role-based training sessions and materials
• Produce admin guides and playbooks
• Support handover to internal teams for ongoing management

Role: Atlassian Operations Engineer

Location: UK, Remote

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

?Profile

We are working with a company that are globally recognised in what they do and are helping millions of people around the world live a better life.

Due to continued growth in their Digital Workforce team, they are looking to add an Atlassian Operations Engineer to help with ongoing support and projects.

My client has a Atlassian Cloud estate of approximately 6,000 licensed users spanning Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Assets, and related products. The team is simultaneously executing two significant programs inside a single planning interval: the JSM go-live as the new enterprise ITSM platform, and an enterprise license renewal - alongside support to a strategic confidential program.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Atlassian access provisioning ticket queue (currently approximately 555 tickets per quarter)
• User lifecycle across Jira, Confluence, JSM, Assets - joiner, mover, leaver operations
• Group membership management and permission troubleshooting
• Support SCIM and Okta-Atlassian integration operations - troubleshoot provisioning failures, reconcile mismatches
• Customer and internal user access for Jira Service Management portals
• Hands-on support for the JSM go-live as the new enterprise ITSM platform

Essential Experience

• Minimum 3 years Atlassian Cloud administration across Jira, Confluence, and JSM
• Jira project configuration at production scale - workflows, schemes, custom fields, screens
• Confluence administration - spaces, permissions, templates
• Jira Service Management administration - request types, queues, portals, SLA management platform, or greenfield)
• User and group lifecycle operations at scale (thousands of users)
• Working knowledge of SCIM provisioning, ideally with Okta as the identity provider

If you feel you have the right skill set and want to work for a growing organisation, then please apply ASAP.

INDIT

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Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

WS DevOps Engineer | Remote

We’re hiring an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join a major digital programme with a leading global technology consultancy. Fully remote, competitive day rate.

The Role

A senior, hands-on DevOps position with real influence over architecture, process improvement, and team development within a large-scale AWS environment. You’ll be working as part of an Agile team on a high-profile UK government digital initiative.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains
• Driving process optimisation and leading implementation of improvements
• Embedding security controls into solution design from the outset
• Managing availability, capacity, and performance across the environment
• Mentoring and guiding team members
• Reporting on KPIs and progress to management and customers
• Using Confluence and Jira for documentation and story management

What we’re looking for:

• Strong hands-on AWS experience in a DevOps engineering role
• Proven CI/CD tooling experience
• Solid information security knowledge with secure-by-default design capability
• Agile environment experience
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to mentor others and lead process improvement

Security & Eligibility Requirements

Due to the nature of this programme, the following are mandatory and non-negotiable:

• Currently valid, fully transferrable SC clearance is required — candidates without active SC clearance will not be considered
• Sole British nationals only — dual nationals cannot be considered for this role
• Candidates must have been continuously resident in the UK for the past 5 years

The Details

• Location: Remote (UK-based)

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

The Company

We are working with a fast-growing, well-invested SaaS company that has been helping organisations manage information security and regulatory compliance since 2005. Its platform is used by more than 65,000 people across the UK, Europe, the US and APAC.

The business is scaling quickly and is building a team that cares about delivering compliance technology properly, with a focus on strong engineering, practical process and scalable product development.

The Role

They are hiring a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer to join their backend engineering team.

This is a senior individual contributor role with leadership expectations. You will work closely with the Tech Lead to deliver roadmap work, improve architecture where needed and help shape how AI is used across engineering in a practical, measurable way.

The role suits someone who is comfortable working in a mature Rails monolith, can move between legacy and modern patterns without drama and is motivated by making a real contribution in a small, capable team.

What you will be doing

• Build and maintain product features in Ruby on Rails
• Contribute to architecture decisions and help evolve the platform over time
• Work confidently across legacy and modern parts of the application
• Improve performance, maintainability and developer productivity
• Support the team with code review, pairing, technical planning and mentoring
• Help define and improve AI-augmented engineering workflows
• Contribute ideas, not just delivery

The Stack

Current technology includes:

• Rails 8.1, Ruby 4.x and MySQL 8
• GitHub Actions, Cypress, Turbo and StimulusJS
• dry-rb libraries, Action Policy, RailsEventStore and DelayJob
• New Relic, JIRA and Confluence

Areas of technical direction include:

• ERB moving toward Phlex
• Solr moving toward ElasticSearch / OpenSearch
• Component separation via Packwerk
• AI-augmented workflows across engineering

AI and Engineering

This company is serious about using AI to improve speed, quality and leverage across engineering. This is not treated as a nice-to-have.

They are looking for someone who already uses AI regularly in engineering work, including coding, refactoring, testing, documentation and workflow improvement.

This could include practical use of tools such as:

• OpenAI Codex
• Claude Code
• GitHub Copilot
• Similar AI engineering tools

You should understand where AI can improve delivery and productivity, but also where strong engineering judgement is still essential.

What They Are Looking For

Must-haves:

• 5+ years of relevant Ruby on Rails experience
• Strong Ruby fundamentals and sound object-oriented design
• Experience working effectively in a mature monolith codebase
• Strong SQL skills, with confidence writing and understanding queries
• Testing experience across unit, integration and end-to-end levels
• Experience contributing to architecture and technical direction
• High autonomy, initiative and product awareness
• Daily, practical use of AI coding tools
• Strong written and verbal communication

Nice-to-haves:

• Stimulus, Turbo or Hotwire experience
• Event-driven architecture experience
• Familiarity with security and compliance domains
• Familiarity with ISO 27001 or similar standards
• Experience with agentic workflows, automation design or evals
• Personal projects demonstrating thoughtful AI use

Why Apply?

This is a great opportunity to join a growing, well-invested SaaS business where the role has real scope, responsibility and influence.

You will be joining a small engineering organisation that values people who can contribute beyond the ticket in front of them, collaborate well and help improve how engineering works.

The business has strong processes in place, including backlog reviews, product workshops, technical workshops, sprint planning, demos and retrospectives, without being overly bureaucratic.

This is a remote UK role with a focus on output, ownership and meaningful technical contribution.

Contract Remote (occasional London travel) 450/day (inside IR35)

SC Clearance required

We’re recruiting on behalf of a major government technology programme for a software engineer to help design and evolve high-performance, cloud-based systems that support critical public services. This is a hands-on technical role with real influence - you’ll contribute to architecture decisions, mentor colleagues, and own complex integrations end-to-end.
Working within an Agile squad, you’ll lead technical design discussions, manage CI/CD pipelines, and play an active role in incident and change management, all within a modern Azure cloud environment.

What you’ll need

• Angular - component architecture and state management
• Node.js - async programming and API/backend services
• Azure - designing and managing scalable cloud infrastructure
• Terraform - infrastructure as code and environment automation
• Jenkins - CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
• Git - branching strategies and collaboration workflows
• Jira & Confluence - Agile delivery and documentation
• Current active SC Clearance

Description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Programme Name: LCST

Location: Remote, with attendance at Leidos UK Bristol or Customer sites as required

We’re ready for you to unleash your potential!

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced hands-on Senior DevOps Engineer to join the LCST Programme team. As part of a high-performing Agile team, you will design, implement, and support secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using a tailored SAFe Agile SecDevOps Scrum process. You’ll apply DevOps best practices and cloud-native design principles, leveraging AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive automation and continuous delivery across environments.

This role also includes hands-on work with automated testing, deployments, and infrastructure monitoring—alongside participation in Agile ceremonies, risk mitigation activities, and collaborative solution design. Cross-functional flexibility across systems engineering, software development, testing, and security is highly valued.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated experience in managing source code with GIT, including pull requests, branching strategies (Trunk-based, GitFlow), and collaborative version control workflows
• Expertise in designing and managing AWS cloud infrastructure, including services like EC2, ECR, ECS, ECK, ASG, VPC, RDS, Load Balancers, Lambda, IAM, ports, R53 etc
• Strong proficiency in IAC using Terraform and Ansible to provision, configure, and maintain secure and scalable cloud environments
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, implementing automation for building, testing, and deploying applications across multiple environments
• Proven ability to write and maintain scripts and automation tools using Bash, Python, and PowerShell to enhance operational workflows and eliminate manual tasks
• Familiarity with containerisation using Docker and orchestration best practices, along with configuration management using Ansible.
• Knowledge of secrets management and access control using tools like Vault and IAM policies, ensuring secure handling of credentials and sensitive information
• Strong understanding of AWS security best practices, including encryption, patching, monitoring, least privilege access, and compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience in implementing and managing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data protection and business continuity]
• Ability to implement robust monitoring and logging solutions e.g., CloudWatch, to ensure system reliability, observability, and proactive incident response
• Comfortable working in Agile development teams, translating business requirements into technical solutions, and actively participating in sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups
• Capability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud-native solutions that meet availability and performance objectives
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective mitigation strategies in complex environments
• Understanding of routing, traffic management, and load balancing, including configuration of NGINX and AWS-native tools for optimizing traffic flow.
• Experience with structured release and change management processes, including deployment governance, rollback strategies, and versioning control.
• Awareness of Java application environments and deployment considerations is a plus for supporting platform-wide consistency and integrations
• Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement attitude, regularly identifying opportunities to enhance delivery pipelines, infrastructure, and development practices
• Proficiency in designing and managing SNS topics for event-driven architectures, integrating notifications with Lambda, or external systems to support decoupled and scalable cloud workflows
• Hands-on experience using Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket to support Agile delivery, documentation, collaboration, and CI/CD pipeline management
• Working knowledge of Active Directory and ADFS for identity and access management, including group policy management, SSO, and integration with cloud authentication services

Application Requirements:

• Hands-on experience:
  • in any programming language e.g. python, bash, powershell, etc
  • in Redhat OS
  • in AWS OR Azure OR any other cloud provider
  • as Redhat and windows Admin
  • in containerised solution
  • in supporting application troubleshooting
  • IAC – terraform
  • App config - ansible or any other like puppet
  • CI/CD pipeline like Jenkins or Azure devops or bamboo, etc
  • Any Automation

Desired Skills:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or equivalent certification
• Proficiency in Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• ITIL Foundation Certification or experience with ITIL-based environments

Interview Requirements:

• This role will involve a two-stage interview process:
  • First stage: face to face video competency-based interview covering your experience and transferable skills/application requirements into the role
  • Second stage: face to face in person interview at our Bristol office, this will include a technical test aligned around the application requirement capabilities

Clearance Requirements:

• Clearance to Start BPSS
• Clearance for Role SC
• Must be a UK Citizen and based in UK for the duration
• Must have, or be able to obtain, a UK SC Clearance

Clearance Requirements:

• BPSS pre-screening required to start

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Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction…

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

•   Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD’s materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK’s defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

£47,600.00-£61,000.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Job Title: Software Architect
Rate: 515 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Remote - occasional travel to Telford
Clearance: Active SC Clearance required

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Software Architect to support on governance and development across DMAP Velocity Change Model projects. This role focuses on delivering robust architectural solutions, ensuring best practices, and contributing to the full development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and produce high-level and low-level solution designs
• Support governance and architectural oversight across projects
• Collaborate with development teams in Agile environments
• Contribute to data modelling and system integration design
• Ensure alignment with development lifecycle standards (D4D)
• Support and enhance test automation frameworks

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with Talend, Unix, Oracle SQL, and Oracle PL/SQL
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Vault, and Artifactory
• Experience working with AWS
• Knowledge of Berlin JobScheduler
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies
• Experience designing scalable and secure architectures
• Strong data modelling capability

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Denodo

Job Title: Software Architect
Rate: 515 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Remote - occasional travel to Telford
Clearance: Active SC Clearance required

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Software Architect to support on governance and development across DMAP Velocity Change Model projects. This role focuses on delivering robust architectural solutions, ensuring best practices, and contributing to the full development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and produce high-level and low-level solution designs
• Support governance and architectural oversight across projects
• Collaborate with development teams in Agile environments
• Contribute to data modelling and system integration design
• Ensure alignment with development lifecycle standards (D4D)
• Support and enhance test automation frameworks

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with Talend, Unix, Oracle SQL, and Oracle PL/SQL
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Vault, and Artifactory
• Experience working with AWS
• Knowledge of Berlin JobScheduler
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies
• Experience designing scalable and secure architectures
• Strong data modelling capability

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Denodo

If this Software Architect role is of interest apply now, or email your CV to me at (url removed)

Contract - Inside IR35, Remote
Software Licensing Specialist (Developer Background) - Financial Services Client

Excellent opportunity with a leading financial services client who are looking for a Software Asset Management Consultant to join the business. We’re specifically looking for someone with a strong background in software development or programming, to support governance, processes, and controls around the use and contribution of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

The role is ideally suited to someone who has previously built or maintained software and has developed a strong understanding of software licensing from a developer’s perspective-including how licensing impacts code usage, distribution, and integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide practical, developer-focused guidance to engineering teams on the implications of FOSS licensing within their applications and codebases.
• Analyse licensing and copyright considerations for new open-source software requests, with an understanding of real-world development use cases.
• Use FOSS scanning and composition analysis tools to identify licensing risks and coordinate remediation with engineering teams.
• Contribute to the enhancement of FOSS governance frameworks, policies, and control processes.
• Review, interpret, and categorise open-source licences, including edge cases not recognised by automated tools.
• Support training and awareness initiatives, translating legal/licensing concepts into developer-friendly guidance.
• Mentor and support FOSS licensing analysts, particularly in understanding licensing in the context of software development.
• Assist in the evaluation and improvement of licence analysis and scanning tooling.

Essential Experience

• Previous experience as a software developer, engineer, or programmer (hands-on coding background required).
• Strong understanding of open-source licences and obligations from a development and code usage perspective.
• Experience working with open-source components in real-world applications and understanding their licensing implications.
• Hands-on experience with at least one FOSS or software composition analysis tool.
• Solid understanding of software licensing terms and how they apply to code integration, distribution, and reuse.
• Experience collaborating with Legal teams to interpret and apply licence requirements in engineering contexts.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between technical and legal stakeholders.
• Familiarity with tools such as Confluence, JIRA, and SharePoint.

Desirable

• Experience working closely with both Engineering and Legal stakeholders in a commercial environment.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments.
• Exposure to tools such as Sonatype, Nexus IQ Server, FOSSology, or similar.
• Any legal or copyright training would be beneficial.

More details available upon successful application.

I am currently looking for a Business Analyst to support a major PMS Transformation programme for one of my clients

Requirements

• Experience: Proven background as a Business Analyst within transformation or change programmes.
• Methodology: Ability to work across the full delivery lifecycle, from requirements definition through to implementation.
• Process Mapping: Experience documenting “as-is” and “to-be” processes across the investment lifecycle.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Visio.
• System Support: Experience supporting system evaluations, RFPs, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Stakeholder Skills: Strong ability to facilitate workshops and build credibility with stakeholders across Finance, Operations, and Data teams.
• Qualifications: Ideally a degree in a STEM or business discipline.
• Certifications: Professional certification expected (e.g., BCS Diploma, IIBA, PRINCE2, or AgilePM).
• Attributes: A methodical, proactive approach with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous environments

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

In this developer role, you will:

• Provides senior-level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases, including third-party product integration.
• Translates technical specifications into code for complex projects, writes programs, develops code, tests artifacts, and produces reports, ensuring automation support.
• Elevates code to development, test, and production environments on schedule, provides production support, and submits change control requests with documentation, including peer reviews.
• Understands software development methodology and architecture standards, trains and mentors less experienced staff, and resolves elevated issues.
• Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout the life cycle, explains technical considerations at meetings, and performs systems analysis activities.
• Understands client business functions and technology needs, with a broad knowledge of Vanguard’s technologies, tools, and applications.
• Interfaces with cross-functional team members and communicates system issues at the appropriate technical level for each audience.
• Works with business-facing IT teams to deliver new solutions, reviews functional specifications, translates them into program specifications, liaises with end users for acceptance testing, and provides 3rd line support.
• Builds thought leadership and expertise in best-practice solution design and implementation.
• Manages time effectively across multiple projects with competing business demands and priorities.

What it takes:

• Experience in Test Driven Development and strong knowledge of Java (17 or higher), Spring Boot, Spring MVC, RESTFul API implementation, GraphQL, and open-source frameworks
• Experience in software development using cloud technologies (AWS preferred)
• Knowledge of build/deployment/testing/logging/monitoring tools and frameworks like Maven, Cucumber, Bamboo, GitHub, Claude Code/Bedrock and Splunk.
• Understanding of investment management domain with strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work well with both business managers and operations team, and ability to perform well under pressure, and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of agile software development process/practices and familiarly with JIRA, Confluence, and other tools.
• Desirable - Knowledge and experience in Python programming, regulatory/transaction reporting domain knowledge.

Languages
Python & Java.AWS technologies
Lambda (Python 3.7 and above),
S3 buckets
Step functions
SNS/SQS
GraphQL
IAM Roles
CloudWatch/CloudTrail
CloudFormation
AppSync

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Remote with occasional travel to Cardiff
55,000 - 70,000 per annum

CPS Group are working with a well-established public sector company based in South Wales looking for two experienced Business Analysts.

This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with a strong technical background who are passionate about delivering impactful change within a public sector environment.

Key Responsibilities

Work closely with stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document business requirements
Translate business needs into clear functional and technical specifications
Collaborate with technical teams to support solution design and delivery
Facilitate workshops, meetings, and stakeholder interviews
Identify process improvements and support business change initiatives
Ensure requirements traceability and alignment with organisational objectives
Support testing activities, including UAT coordination and validation
Produce high-quality documentation, including business cases, process maps, and reports

Key Skills & Experience

Proven experience as a Business Analyst, ideally within the public sector
Strong technical background (e.g. experience working closely with developers, understanding of systems architecture, data, or software delivery)
Experience with Agile and/or Waterfall delivery methodologies
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Desirable Experience

Experience working on digital transformation or IT change programmes
Knowledge of data analysis, integration, or APIs
Familiarity with government or public sector frameworks and standards
Experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar is desirable

Contact: Zach Bennett - CPS Group

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+6 months + +Fully remote working +SC cleared - must hold current active clearance +Sole British nationals only - due to nature of the project Skills: +AWS +Kubernetes +Public Sector experience +Testing experience - can set the Testing process up from beginning to end and to be able to own it We're looking for an experienced DevOps Tester, this is a pivotal role in maintaining critical national infrastructure where scalability and resilience are essential. We're looking for a highly skilled DevOps engineer with a strong background in testing (including APIs). The ideal candidate should be self-motivated and results-driven, capable of thriving in an Agile team. You'll need to be comfortable with Confluence for documentation and Jira for project tracking and story management. Your main responsibility will be to develop and structure a comprehensive test framework. This includes creating approaches and plans, gaining approval for those approaches, and ultimately delivering a complex set of functional and performance tests for software components running within an AWS multi-account model. You will be working alongside client teams and supporting, as required, in a 3rd line capacity. Key technologies you'll be working with include Vault, Consul, Kubernetes, various AWS services (Compute, Identity), Prometheus for monitoring, ELK, Jenkins for CI/CD, and scripting languages such as Python, Ansible, and/or Bash. Knowledge of proxies and firewalls, including Fortinet and Palo Alto, would be an advantage. If you'd like to discuss this DevOps Tester in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch.