We are seeking a Data Platform Engineer to join our Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. You will play a key role in delivering the Connells Group Data Platform, including design, capacity, management and configuration management responsibilities. As a Data Platform Engineer, you will be working in a team of technical specialists on a day-to-day basis, liaising with 3rd party providers developing your core skills and expertise whilst maturing the overall processes and procedures in relation to the service. The role also supports the business objectives and strategy through the delivery of secure, supportable and scalable cloud data platforms.

We offer a hybrid working arrangement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Have expertise around the Data Platform capability
• Maintain the Data Platform for all Connells users, managing critical downtime and risk of disruption.
• To undertake root cause analysis and resolution of incidents.
• To undertake applicable out-of-hours support as required for operational running.

Team Roles and Responsibilities

• Use of Agile methodologies for platform development
• Deliver Platform as Code
• Work within the Cloud Platform design pattern to implement technical and financial observability
• Undertake platform capacity management
• Support projects where appropriate
• Undertake proactive monitoring and react to escalations from other IT teams
• Collaborating with other members of the team.

Experience and Skills Required:

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in similar relevant technical roles
• Experience of incident resolution, requests, changes and problem-solving activities delivered to agreed SLAs
• Experience of implementing Cloud Technologies
• Experience of Microsoft Fabric
• Experience of managing SQL Server
• Good team communication, with experiences in sharing and presenting new ideas and approaches with the team?
• Willingness to learn, adopt and advance best-practices, procedures and qualitative standards?
• Can operate in a complex environment under pressure
• Able to operate both with legacy and current technology
• Analytically minded and a strong attention to detail?

Desirable:

• Experience of GitHub, Git Actions, Terraform, Platform as Code and Zero Trust architectures
• Experience of advanced tools for operational monitoring
• Ability to operate and influence at all levels within the organisation
• Experience of tools for Alerting and Monitoring
• Cloud Cost Monitoring and reporting
• STEM degree/ postgraduate qualification

** Please note that we are unfortunately unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Connells Group UKis an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Dont meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Connells Group we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt fit perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

Your new company
You will be working for a large, well-known organisation who are a powerhouse within their industry.
Your new role
Our client are looking for a Data Platform Engineer to support the design, operation and improvement of our cloud-based data platforms. You will work within a team of technical specialists, contributing to platform reliability, capacity, configuration management and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities:

• Support the development and maintenance of the organisation’s data platform.
• Manage platform stability, availability and incident resolution.
• Perform root cause analysis and contribute to ongoing service improvements.
• Participate in out of hours support where required.
• Assist with proactive monitoring, capacity management and escalations.
• Collaborate with technical teams and third-party providers.
• Contribute to project delivery and platform enhancements.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Experience in similar technical engineering or platform roles.
• Strong background in incident, request, change and problem management.
• Experience with cloud technologies, including Azure.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric is essential.
• Experience managing SQL Server.
• Comfortable working with both legacy and modern technologies.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking.
• Experience with GitHub, Git Actions and Terraform are desirable.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Experience with cloud cost monitoring and reporting.

What you’ll get in return
A permanent role paying up to £50,000pa + benefits and hybrid working on offer with the role being based in Milton Keynes.
What you need to do now

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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Role: DevOps Tech Lead

Location: Nottinghamshire

Working Arrangement: 1 Day Per Month Onsite

Salary: Up to £125k (Realistic £110120k)

Lets cut through it. This isnt a keep the lights on DevOps role.

This is a platform-shaping, culture-driving, reliability-owning Tech Lead position. Youll be the person who ensures the engine never stalls.

Powering 50+ websites and 10 mobile apps, this digital ecosystem operates at serious scale. The infrastructure behind it? Thats where you come in.

The Mission

Were looking for a DevOps Tech Lead to own the cloud platform, drive operational excellence and build a squad that delivers infrastructure properly.

Youll spend around 30% hands-on (because leaders who code earn respect), and the rest shaping strategy, mentoring engineers and pushing standards higher.

This is about:

Scalable, secure Azure cloud environments

Rock-solid Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Mature CI/CD pipelines & GitHub workflows

Observability, incident management & reliability

Building a true DevOps / SRE culture

If uptime, automation and elegant infrastructure matter to you - youll feel at home here.

What Youll Own

Lead a high-performing DevOps / Platform squad

Design and scale Azure infrastructure

Drive Terraform best practice across environments

Improve monitoring, alerting & system visibility

Implement SRE principles (SLAs, SLOs, error budgets)

Guide incident management & root cause analysis

Elevate CI/CD and release strategies

Embed a culture of automation, accountability and security

You wont just respond to incidents, youll design systems where incidents become rare.

What You Bring

Proven experience leading DevOps or SRE teams

Deep Azure expertise (networking, identity, cost, provisioning)

Strong Terraform & IaC in production

Docker, Kubernetes / AKS experience

CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions or similar)

Monitoring stack exposure (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, etc.)

Strong communication across tech & non-tech stakeholders

Bonus points for:

FinOps / cloud cost optimisation

Zero-trust / secrets management

Event-driven systems & distributed architecture

CDN & performance optimisation knowledge

You think strategically, You execute practically and you hold the bar high.

The Perks (And Theyre Proper Perks)

Up to £125k (sweet spot £110120k)

Remote-first (1 day per month onsite)

Monthly peer recognition with potential double pay for a month

Staff discount across all group brands

Onsite state-of-the-art gym with full shower facilities

Discounted gym memberships across multiple UK locations

24/7 wellbeing support including counselling & financial/legal advice

Real progression in a business that backs ambitious leaders

And heres something different - once a year youll spend time on the frontline of the business to understand how your platform impacts real-world operations. That perspective shapes better engineering decisions.

Why This Role?

Because youre not just another DevOps engineer. Youre someone who:

Wants influence.

Wants ownership.

Wants scale.

Wants to build systems that dont wobble under pressure.

This business moves fast, it rewards bold thinking and it backs leaders who step up.

If youre ready to take full ownership of platform reliability and build something that genuinely operates at scale.

Lets talk.

We welcome diverse applicants and are dedicated to treating all applicants with dignity and respect, regardless of background.

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Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS, Azure, Terraform, Developer Tooling, Developer Experience, DevOps, CI/CD, Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Platform Engineering, Product Management A leading UK Digital Banking organisation are seeking a talented individual experienced in building and maintaining cloud platforms and developer tooling to join their inhouse Cloud and DevEx team, who provide cloud/technical solutions as products to the business and wider engineering teams. The existing cloud platform is built exclusively on AWS, but with a plan to move to a hybrid setup with Azure and so you will need to bring experience of both, working with the team through the adoption & setup of Azure. You will also ideally come from a software engineering background demonstrating expertise across Developer Experience more broadly, as the platform is responsible for all software engineering CI/CD, their GitHub repository and other services. In addition to this, the team are also responsible for the development of core products that can be utilised across the business, such as a standardised data ingestion and distribution exchange for engaging with 3rd party data providers. Finally, you will also be a proponent of agile practises and clean, well-documented engineering, supporting auditability and efficient delivery of software into the cloud estate.

6-12 months
London - Remote
£600 per day inside IR35 - umbrella only

Overview
Our developers work within multidisciplinary Agile teams to deliver secure, robust, and user centred digital services. The role involves building high quality software, contributing to technical design, and continually improving codebases to meet service and safety requirements.

Soft Skills & Behaviours:
Clear and confident communicator, able to work with designers, product teams, testers, engineers, and external partners.

• Highly collaborative, supporting team success and contributing to shared goals.
• Positive, engaged, and proactive, bringing energy to team ceremonies and wider delivery activities.
• Comfortable with change, able to work through evolving requirements or priorities.
• Keen to learn and share knowledge, contributing to code reviews, pair programming, and community of practice activities.
• Experienced working within Agile delivery, contributing to stand-ups, planning, reviews, retrospectives, and show and tell sessions.
• Delivers with quality, making sensible trade-offs and managing technical debt thoughtfully.
• Stays informed about modern technologies and practices, promoting proportionate adoption of tools that add value.

Technical Skills & Responsibilities:
Intermediate to advanced practical experience with:

• React and TypeScript
• Python
• AWS services ie Athena/Glue, DynamoDB, ECS, S3, Lambda, SQS, Step Function, etc
• Automated testing frameworks for Python and JavaScript
• Terraform for infrastructure-as-code
• Agile delivery workflows

Tooling experience:

• Git
• Jira
• Confluence

Desirable (Nice to Have):

• Cypress
• GitHub Actions
• Splunk

Other Requirements:

• Eligible for BPSS and SC clearance, due to interaction with sensitive or protected systems.
• Previous NHS experience is desirable, including understanding of NHS digital services or national systems.
• Exposure to digital product development and live’service environments is advantageous.

A leading global technology organisation is seeking a hands on Junior Architect to join a high performing engineering group building secure, scalable, cloud native platforms. You ll work on modern Azure and Java solutions that will underpin future AI driven capabilities, perfect for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and shaping architecture within a large-scale environment.

You ll collaborate closely with senior architects and engineering teams to design, build, and evolve cloud-native services on Azure. This is a highly technical role where you ll influence architectural decisions while remaining actively involved in coding, reviewing, and improving Java-based microservices.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and delivering Azure-hosted Java microservices and platform components.
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub or Azure DevOps, ensuring high standards of quality, security, and observability.
• Performing complex Java development, code reviews, and mentoring developers on best practices.
• Modelling and optimising data flows, working closely with data engineering teams to ensure reliability and performance.
• Documenting architectures, supporting production readiness, and helping prevent incidents.
• Modernising legacy technologies and adapting to internal Java-based frameworks and toolsets.
• Contributing to the organisation s long-term AI readiness through data, service, and governance improvements.

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years software engineering experience, including 4+ years in Azure/Java architecture or similar.
• Strong data engineering awareness: modelling, pipelines, performance tuning, SQL/NoSQL, and data governance familiarity.
• Deep Java expertise (Spring ecosystem) with the ability to design, develop, and review complex code.
• Solid experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with containers/Kubernetes (AKS), Git workflows, and DevSecOps practices.
• Flexibility to work with legacy stacks and internal frameworks.
• Experience with Cosmos DB or large-scale data migration projects is a bonus.
• Clear communication and collaboration skills within Agile teams.
• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.

You ll be joining a collaborative, international engineering environment with a clear roadmap toward AI enabled capabilities. This is a long term contract with strong potential for extension, offering full remote working with occasional travel (once a month or every other month) to London or Cardiff.

With interview slots planned for w/c 9 March 2026, early applications are encouraged. Send your CV for a confidential conversation today.

Job Title: Technical Lead / Staff Software Engineer//Engineering Lead/Technical Director/Chief Engineer

Salary: £63,000 - £103,000

Location: Manchester

Our client is seeking enthusiastic and proactive individuals to join their growing team. Working in a busy but dynamic environment, you will Join our clients Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross-disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions. This is a hybrid role with two days in the office in Central London.

Our client has over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And have a deep expertise in a number of areas not limited to but including consumer and manufacturing, defence financial services and transport. With teams that operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, the US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Job Description

Why consider joining the Digital & Data community

• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track. No need to go onto the Partner career track if this doesnt align with what you want to do.
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors - no project is ever the same

Tech stack required ideally:

While we advocate for using the right tech for the right task, you can expect to work with the following technologies to ensure scalable, high-performance applications:

• Programming Languages: JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#
• Frameworks: Vue/Angular/React/Node/Next, Spring/Spring Boot, .NET/ASP.NET
• Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
• CI/CD:Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep
• Pragmatic and safe usage of AI through the SDLC (e.g. using MCP to combine tools in interesting and effective ways)

Qualifications

Essential requirements

• Experience in managing and technically leading a software engineering team
• Soft-skills to interact with clients, demonstrating credibility in technology and overall delivery
• Proven capability in shaping the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, driving improvements across development, testing, deployment, and operational phases.
• Ability to implement infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and efficient release management strategies.
• Enhance system performance using load testing, caching, and optimizing database queries and application logic for better scalability and response times.
• Expertise in modern engineering standards such as TDD, contract testing, and secure coding, as well as architectural patterns like event-driven architecture and platform migration.
• Experience providing technical subject matter expertise to shape bids and client proposals. Can present proposed approaches and discuss technical implementation with prospective clients during the sales process

You are required to be able to work in the UK full time without restriction and be eligible forSC clearance.If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience required for this role, then please apply to Evolve Recruitment, Kingston upon Thames for more information.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Senior Software Engineer - Consultancy

AWS - Typescript - React

Leeds City Centre with Hybrid Working

£50,000-£70,000 + Benefits

WRK digital is exclusively partnering with a Market leading consultancy, a Leeds-based digital transformation consultancy, to recruit a Senior Software Engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges.

The Role

You’ll spend most of your time writing code, solving complex technical challenges, and working collaboratively with UX designers, engineers, and others across multiple projectswith some of your time focused on improving how they deploy, scale, and monitor applications.

Their clients are diverse, operating across multiple sectors and geographies, often targeting global audiences. They work with technology they’re passionate and excited about, using it to produce software and products that customers love.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of a cross-functional squad to design, build, and ship high-quality digital products for clients
• Take ownership of complex technical challengesunpicking problems and proposing well-structured, pragmatic solutions
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code in languages and frameworks such as Node.js, TypeScript, and React (they also use other open-source languages and frameworks)
• Contribute to estimates and technical planning alongside your team and the Client Lead
• Communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical peoplefrom clients to internal stakeholdersto explain ideas, trade-offs, and recommendations
• Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Support the design, deployment, and monitoring of cloud infrastructureprimarily on AWS (ECS, ECR, Lambda, CloudFront, RDS, etc.) and Azure (you don’t need to be an expert, but being interested helps!)
• Promote strong engineering practices around code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, observability, and security, helping to instil a culture of quality and accountability in engineering
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and QA to ensure solutions are user-focused, technically sound, and aligned with client needs

What You’ll Need

Essential:

• A passion for technology and continuous learning
• Strong software engineering background with ideally 3+ years’ experience building and maintaining production systems
• Strong hands-on experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks, especially Next.js, React, and React Native (other languages like Python/C#/PHP are a bonus)
• Excellent communication skills and emotional intelligenceable to collaborate effectively and adapt your style when working with technical and non-technical people
• A collaborative mindsetyou enjoy working closely with UX designers, delivery managers, product managers, and other engineers
• Confident problem-solver able to troubleshoot complex systems and guide others to effective technical solutions, whilst being able to balance quality with delivery
• Flexibility to adapt your technical approach to fit existing technology stacks and standards
• Proficient with CI/CD pipeline design and automation using tools such as GitHub Actions
• Passion for code quality, with a strong understanding of TDD, automated testing, and peer review processes
• Familiarity with security best practices in cloud environments
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies and iterative delivery in cross-functional teams

Nice to Have (don’t worry if you don’t have any of the followingthey’d still like to hear from you):

• Experience working on AI, IoT, or large-scale web and mobile applications
• Curiosity about mentoring or progressing towards a Principal Tech Lead role
• Experience working with AWS and/or Azure cloud environments
• Experience using infrastructure as code (Terraform and AWS CDK)
• Good understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.)

About You

• You possess a strong strategic mindset and outstanding interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration at all organisational levels. You excel under pressure, managing multiple complex workstreams whilst inspiring and guiding your team.
• You’re self-motivated, highly organised, and eager to challenge the status quo, driving continuous improvement in your own work and that of others. You have a deep passion for software engineering, meticulous attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering solutions that drive tangible business outcomes.
• You show pragmatism around balancing the need for process and achieving outcomes.
• Benefits

Private medical healthcare (Bupa)

• 4% matched pension
• Hybrid working (2 days in the office)
• Flexible working
• Quarterly company Hack Days
• 1 professional development day per month
• City centre office in Leeds
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays + up to 5 loyalty days
• Team events
• Enhanced maternity leave (12 weeks full pay, followed by 27 weeks of SMP)
• Enhanced paternity leave (3 weeks at 90% salary)
• 2 streaming services or gym membership subsidised

How to Apply

WRK digital is managing this recruitment process exclusively on behalf of our client. To apply or discuss this opportunity in confidence, please contact James or Charlie at WRK digital.

Do you want to build real software that real people use every day? At AFI, you'll be working on the digital tools that keep a national powered access business running, from the portals our customers log into, to the integrations that connect our operations behind the scenes. It's varied, it's hands-on, and there's always something interesting to get stuck into. We're looking for a talented Software Developer to join us, based from either our Castle Donington or Rotherham office depending on which is closer to you. Whether you're a recent graduate with strong fundamentals and a hunger to learn, or an early-career developer looking for a role where you can genuinely own what you build, we'd love to hear from you. About the RoleWhat you'll be working on: • Building and improving customer-facing portals • Connecting systems (CRM, rental software, finance platforms) • Writing both frontend and backend code • Working directly with non-technical teams to understand real problems We’re a small dev team. That means real ownership. If you ship something, it goes live. If you improve a process, people notice. What you'll get: • Hybrid working arrangement • A role where your contributions are genuinely noticed and valued • Exposure to a wide variety of systems, languages, and real business problems • A stable position within a fast-growing national company Benefits 25 days holiday, plus statutory holidays. Inclusion in a profit share scheme. An auto-enrolment pension scheme with employer contributions (from aged 22, but voluntary enrolment can be made before this age. Opt-out available). Death-in-Service benefit of 2 x salary. Healthcare cash plan. MyAFI, a comprehensive employee benefits, rewards, and discount programme. Benefits include Cycle2Work scheme, Aviva private medical insurance, and Holiday Trading, to name a few. Christmas Bonus Payment (Discretionary). Requirements We care more about how you think than what's on your CV. That said, it'll help if you have some of the following: • A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) • A solid grounding in web development - HTML, CSS, JavaScript and at least one backend language (we work primarily with PHP) • Comfort working with databases and APIs, and an understanding of how systems talk to each other • Familiarity with version control using Git, whether that's through GitHub, Bitbucket, or similar • Good communication skills - you’ll work directly with colleagues across the business, not just within IT Someone who picks up new technologies without too much hand-holding, and who's not afraid to dive into an unfamiliar codebase. Experience with Laravel, SvelteKit, or Microsoft SQL Server is a bonus but far from a dealbreaker. Familiarity with cloud platforms or deployment tools such as AWS or Vercel is also useful, though not essential. Bonus points if you've experimented with AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code or Cursor. We're a team that's interested in working smarter. We'd also love to see a portfolio, personal projects, or anything on GitHub that shows us how you work. It doesn't need to be polished. We just want to get a sense of how you think and what you enjoy building

Do you want to build real software that real people use every day? At AFI, you'll be working on the digital tools that keep a national powered access business running, from the portals our customers log into, to the integrations that connect our operations behind the scenes. It's varied, it's hands-on, and there's always something interesting to get stuck into. We're looking for a talented Software Developer to join us, based from either our Castle Donington or Rotherham office depending on which is closer to you. Whether you're a recent graduate with strong fundamentals and a hunger to learn, or an early-career developer looking for a role where you can genuinely own what you build, we'd love to hear from you. About the RoleWhat you'll be working on: • Building and improving customer-facing portals • Connecting systems (CRM, rental software, finance platforms) • Writing both frontend and backend code • Working directly with non-technical teams to understand real problems We’re a small dev team. That means real ownership. If you ship something, it goes live. If you improve a process, people notice. What you'll get: • Hybrid working arrangement • A role where your contributions are genuinely noticed and valued • Exposure to a wide variety of systems, languages, and real business problems • A stable position within a fast-growing national company Benefits 25 days holiday, plus statutory holidays. Inclusion in a profit share scheme. An auto-enrolment pension scheme with employer contributions (from aged 22, but voluntary enrolment can be made before this age. Opt-out available). Death-in-Service benefit of 2 x salary. Healthcare cash plan. MyAFI, a comprehensive employee benefits, rewards, and discount programme. Benefits include Cycle2Work scheme, Aviva private medical insurance, and Holiday Trading, to name a few. Christmas Bonus Payment (Discretionary). Requirements We care more about how you think than what's on your CV. That said, it'll help if you have some of the following: • A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) • A solid grounding in web development - HTML, CSS, JavaScript and at least one backend language (we work primarily with PHP) • Comfort working with databases and APIs, and an understanding of how systems talk to each other • Familiarity with version control using Git, whether that's through GitHub, Bitbucket, or similar • Good communication skills - you’ll work directly with colleagues across the business, not just within IT Someone who picks up new technologies without too much hand-holding, and who's not afraid to dive into an unfamiliar codebase. Experience with Laravel, SvelteKit, or Microsoft SQL Server is a bonus but far from a dealbreaker. Familiarity with cloud platforms or deployment tools such as AWS or Vercel is also useful, though not essential. Bonus points if you've experimented with AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code or Cursor. We're a team that's interested in working smarter. We'd also love to see a portfolio, personal projects, or anything on GitHub that shows us how you work. It doesn't need to be polished. We just want to get a sense of how you think and what you enjoy building

Do you want to build real software that real people use every day? At AFI, you'll be working on the digital tools that keep a national powered access business running, from the portals our customers log into, to the integrations that connect our operations behind the scenes. It's varied, it's hands-on, and there's always something interesting to get stuck into. We're looking for a talented Software Developer to join us, based from either our Castle Donington or Rotherham office depending on which is closer to you. Whether you're a recent graduate with strong fundamentals and a hunger to learn, or an early-career developer looking for a role where you can genuinely own what you build, we'd love to hear from you. About the RoleWhat you'll be working on: • Building and improving customer-facing portals • Connecting systems (CRM, rental software, finance platforms) • Writing both frontend and backend code • Working directly with non-technical teams to understand real problems We’re a small dev team. That means real ownership. If you ship something, it goes live. If you improve a process, people notice. What you'll get: • Hybrid working arrangement • A role where your contributions are genuinely noticed and valued • Exposure to a wide variety of systems, languages, and real business problems • A stable position within a fast-growing national company Benefits 25 days holiday, plus statutory holidays. Inclusion in a profit share scheme. An auto-enrolment pension scheme with employer contributions (from aged 22, but voluntary enrolment can be made before this age. Opt-out available). Death-in-Service benefit of 2 x salary. Healthcare cash plan. MyAFI, a comprehensive employee benefits, rewards, and discount programme. Benefits include Cycle2Work scheme, Aviva private medical insurance, and Holiday Trading, to name a few. Christmas Bonus Payment (Discretionary). Requirements We care more about how you think than what's on your CV. That said, it'll help if you have some of the following: • A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) • A solid grounding in web development - HTML, CSS, JavaScript and at least one backend language (we work primarily with PHP) • Comfort working with databases and APIs, and an understanding of how systems talk to each other • Familiarity with version control using Git, whether that's through GitHub, Bitbucket, or similar • Good communication skills - you’ll work directly with colleagues across the business, not just within IT Someone who picks up new technologies without too much hand-holding, and who's not afraid to dive into an unfamiliar codebase. Experience with Laravel, SvelteKit, or Microsoft SQL Server is a bonus but far from a dealbreaker. Familiarity with cloud platforms or deployment tools such as AWS or Vercel is also useful, though not essential. Bonus points if you've experimented with AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code or Cursor. We're a team that's interested in working smarter. We'd also love to see a portfolio, personal projects, or anything on GitHub that shows us how you work. It doesn't need to be polished. We just want to get a sense of how you think and what you enjoy building

DevOps Engineer

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Surrey Hybrid (2 days office) .

Salary: £45k to £55k salary (Experience dependent) plus benefits.

We are delighted and excited to offer this opportunity to join an award winning and rapidly expanding tech business in the telecommunication billing sector.

Their growth is driven by a highly scalable cloud platform, strong engineering practices, and a focus on reliability. As their infrastructure and customer base continue to scale, this role is key to ensuring our systems remain secure, resilient, and efficient.

About the Role

We are seeking a Mid-Level DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in AWS, Linux, and Python, who is passionate about building and optimising CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with development and operations teams to ensure smooth deployment processes, scalability, and reliability of our cloud-native applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployments using tools like AWS CodePipeline.
• Support the development team by providing automation tools and creating CI/CD pipelines to streamline workflows.
• Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure(including ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC).
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based systems and write shell scripts for automation.
• Develop automation scripts and tools using Python to streamline development operational tasks.
• Implement and manage alerts automation using Datadog or similar monitoring tools to ensure proactive incident response.
• Deploy and manage containerised applications using Docker and orchestrate environments.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions for high availability and scalability.
• Collaborate with developers to integrate DevOps best practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Ensure security and compliance across cloud and on-prem environments.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• 3 5 years of hands-on experience in a DevOps or cloud infrastructure role.
• Strong proficiency in AWS services and cloud architecture principles, including ECS and CodePipeline.
• Experience with Linux administration and shell scripting.
• Hands-on experience with Python for automation and tooling.
• Familiarity with Node.js environments and process management using PM2.
• Proven record in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline).
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Proficiency in Docker for containerization.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, proactivity, and ability to work independently in a collaborative environment.

Desirable Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch).
• Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies and DevOps culture.
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management.

Azure Cloud Engineer (SC Cleared) London (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract to £550/day-£600/day (Inside IR35) Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance, AZURE Terraform code. 6 Month Contract based in Central London (Hybrid). Start ASAP in March 2026. Hybrid Working - 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the London office. A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects: Experienced Azure Cloud Engineer required to support cloud transformation programme. Must have in-depth experienced in AZURE Terraform code, GitHub Actions, implementation of both CI/CD.                                                                                          Hands-on experience in Software Development. Experience implementing or maintaining a CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions, Terraform, and Azure. Good working knowledge of PowerShell, SQL of the installation and configuration of Windows based systems. Provide automated testing as you develop and Strong written and verbal communication skills. Experience of Agile methods, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipeline maintenance + automation scripting, also strongly preferred. Ability to plan, schedule and manage a demanding workload.  Experienced in mentoring and training junior engineers. Desirable:  Experience implementing or maintaining a CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions, Terraform, and Azure. Azure Monitoring.  Software development experience using C# and SQL Server. Packer, Kubernetes, AKS, Flux or Helm Banking / Financial Services domain experience preferred. Must hold active SC Security Clearance used on a project within the past 12 Months

Azure Cloud Engineer (SC Cleared)

London (Hybrid)

6 Month Contract

to £550/day-£600/day (Inside IR35)

Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance , AZURE Terraform code.

6 Month Contract based in Central London (Hybrid). Start ASAP in March 2026.

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

A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects:

• Experienced Azure Cloud Engineer required to support cloud transformation programme.
• Must have in-depth experienced in AZURE Terraform code, GitHub Actions, implementation of both CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience in Software Development.
• Experience implementing or maintaining a CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions, Terraform, and Azure.
• Good working knowledge of PowerShell, SQL of the installation and configuration of Windows based systems.
• Provide automated testing as you develop and Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of Agile methods, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipeline maintenance + automation Scripting, also strongly preferred.
• Ability to plan, schedule and manage a demanding workload. Experienced in mentoring and training junior engineers.

Desirable:

• Experience implementing or maintaining a CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions, Terraform, and Azure.
• Azure Monitoring. Software development experience using C# and SQL Server. Packer, Kubernetes, AKS, Flux or Helm
• Banking/Financial Services domain experience preferred.
• Must hold active SC Security Clearance used on a project within the past 12 Months.

Cardiff | £50,000 - £60,000 | Hybrid (2/3 days onsite) The Opportunity We're supporting a fast-scaling SaaS organisation looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to play a critical role in deploying, monitoring, and operating production systems serving tens of thousands of users. This is a high-impact position, directly influencing customer experience, system reliability, and overall company growth. You'll work within an agile engineering function using modern tooling including AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes and Ansible. What You'll Be Doing Providing technical thought leadership across Engineering & Architecture Designing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code across dev & prod Building robust observability and monitoring frameworks Supporting uptime/SLAs Designing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters (advanced configuration) Designing and maintaining Kafka clusters (including DR & scaling strategy) Building and optimising CI/CD pipelines Identifying infrastructure vulnerabilities and improving resilience What We're Looking For 3+ years DevOps experience in a SaaS environment Strong AWS expertise Advanced Kubernetes administration Advanced Kafka administration (DR, topic scaling, performance tuning) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform essential) Config management (Ansible, Chef or Puppet) CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins or GitHub Actions) Distributed systems knowledge Strong networking knowledge (TCP/UDP, SSL, firewalls) Security-first mindset Prior development experience (ideal) What's On Offer Hybrid working (2/3 days onsite) Benefits Include: Enhanced parental leave Generous annual leave Healthcare plan Cycle-to-work scheme Pension with employer contribution Life assurance (3x salary) Rewards & discounts programme LinkedIn Learning licence Ready to Apply? Contact Lewis Allen or apply to find out more. Please apply with a CV and a cover letter outlining why you're perfect for the role. Know someone great for the job? We offer a referral scheme-just get in touch! Note: We do our best to respond to every application, but due to volume, we can't always guarantee it. If you haven't heard back within 7 days, unfortunately, you haven't been successful this time. Keep an eye on our site for new opportunities

8 months
London - hybrid 1-2 days onsite every 2 weeks
Inside IR35 - Umbrella only

Skills required:

• Intermediate to advanced practical experience with: React and TypeScript Python AWS services i.e. Athena/Glue, DynamoDB, ECS, S3, Lambda, SQS, Step Function, etc
• Automated testing frameworks for Python and JavaScript Terraform for infrastructure-as-code Agile delivery workflows
• Tooling experience: Git Jira Confluence

Desirable (Nice to Have):

• Cypress GitHub Actions Splunk

Soft Skills & Behaviours:

• Clear and confident communicator, able to work with designers, product teams, testers, engineers, and external partners.
• Highly collaborative, supporting team success and contributing to shared goals.
  Positive, engaged, and proactive, bringing energy to team ceremonies and wider delivery activities.
• Comfortable with change, able to work through evolving requirements or priorities.
• Keen to learn and share knowledge, contributing to code reviews, pair?programming, and community?of?practice activities.
• Experienced working within Agile delivery, contributing to stand-ups, planning, reviews, retrospectives, and show?and?tell sessions.
• Delivers with quality, making sensible trade-offs and managing technical debt thoughtfully.
• Stays informed about modern technologies and practices, promoting proportionate adoption of tools that add value.

Position: Forward Deployed Engineer (B2)
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
Permanent position

Job Requirements

• Experience building GenAI applications, including RAG, multi-agent systems, fine-tuning, etc., with tools such as LangChain, LangGraph etc.
• Clear understanding of Model Context Protocols, A2A Protocols, Agent Developeer Kit and working experience with LLMs
• Expertise in deploying production grade GenAI solutions, including evaluation and optimizations; Machine Learning deployments on AWS, Azure or GCP
• Extensive hands-on data science experience, leveraging machine learning and data science tools (i.e., pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, etc.)
• Experience with DevOps tools: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD Pipelines, GitHub/GitLab, GitOps, GitHub Actions, Jira, Jenkins, CircleCI, Datadog, Slack.
• Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.) or equivalent practical experience
• Experience communicating and/or teaching technical concepts to non-technical and technical audiences alike
• 5+ years of engineering and technical deployment experience in a customer-facing set up
• Should scoped and delivered complex systems in rapid and ambiguous environments
• Delivered production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or similar stacks
• Understand how AI model behaviour affects product experience
• Communicate clearly with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders
• Flag risks early and seek attention as per the severity

Key responsibilities:

• Help clients integrate and adopt the offerings; demonstrate the impact / outcomes the offerings commited such as KPI improvements and help client succeed
• Embed within the client landscape, understand their domain and co-develop solutions with the core product engineering teams
• Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from prototype to stable release
• Build bespoke AI and transformative agentic AI solutions
• Technical debugging and root cause analysis
• Rapid prototyping
• Implement and administer best practices

Forward Deployed Engineer Generative AI / LLM Deployment
GenAI LangChain RAG AWS Kubernetes Customer-Facing

We are hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead the deployment of production-grade Generative AI and LLM solutions into enterprise environments.

This is a hands-on, customer-facing role focused on building and deploying RAG pipelines, multi-agent systems and fine-tuned LLM applications using tools such as LangChain and LangGraph. You will embed with client teams, own technical delivery from prototype to production, and demonstrate measurable KPI impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deploy GenAI / LLM applications (RAG, agentic AI, fine-tuning)
• Lead production deployment on AWS, Azure or GCP
• Build scalable backend systems in Python (JavaScript a plus)
• Manage infrastructure using Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
• Own end-to-end technical delivery across multiple client deployments
• Conduct debugging, optimisation and root cause analysis
• Communicate complex AI concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Requirements

• Strong experience building and deploying LLM / Generative AI solutions
• Hands-on with LangChain, RAG, multi-agent systems
• Cloud ML deployment experience (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• DevOps tooling: Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitHub, GitOps
• Customer-facing technical delivery experience
• Background in Machine Learning, Data Science or AI Engineering

This role suits a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, AI Solutions Engineer or LLM Engineer who enjoys client impact, rapid prototyping and owning delivery in fast-moving environments.

Apply now to work at the forefront of enterprise AI deployment and agentic systems.

SENIOR DATA ENGINEER

£75,000 + BENEFITS

MANCHESTER (Hybrid)

This is an opportunity to take real ownership of a modern data platform within a growing, technology-driven bank. You will join a collaborative data team, influence architectural direction, and shape the foundations that will support analytics, governance and future AI capabilities.

THE COMPANY:

I’m partnering with a fast-growing, UK-based financial services organisation that operates at the intersection of banking, technology and fintech enablement. Recently established as a fully licensed UK bank, they provide core banking infrastructure to hundreds of fintech and digital asset companies, alongside a growing SME lending operation.

THE ROLE:

• Design and maintain scalable ELT and ETL pipelines
• Own data warehousing architecture,
• Introduce and enhance governance tooling,
• Mentor a junior data engineer
• Collaborate closely with data, product, and operational stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer working across AWS, Python, SQL, and Airflow.
• Hands-on expertise designing and delivering end-to-end pipelines
• Experience with data modelling, data warehousing, and architectural design.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks, lineage, quality, and best-practice engineering standards.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and version control tooling such as Terraform and GitHub.

THE BENEFITS:

You will receive a salary, dependent on experience. Salary is up to £75,000 On top of the salary there are some fantastic extra benefits.

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer 8 months SC Cleared Hybrid - London

My customer is looking for an SC Cleared Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with strong cloud and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise to support the delivery of a large-scale Infrastructure Transformation project.

This role requires a Security Cleared Cloud Infrastructure professional with solid, hands-on experience with DevOps, Terraform, and GitHub.

Responsibilities of the Cloud Infrastructure Engineer:

• Lead the complete transition of applications into the Azure environment.
• Create Automation by implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) working with tools such as Terraform.
• Provide SRE-level support, troubleshooting, and incident resolution for complex cloud environments.
• Coach less-experienced engineers and champion collaborative knowledge-sharing.
• Installing and configuring Windows based systems.
• Integrate PowerShell automation with database operations
• Writing clear and concise documentation.

Essential Skills of the Cloud Infrastructure Engineer:

• Must hold an Active SC Clearance.
• Must have experience completing large scale transformation projects.
• Must have extensive hands-on experience:
  • Azure DevOps
  • PowerShell
  • SQL
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • GitHub
  • Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Desirable hands-on experience:
  • Kubernetes
  • C# development
  • Packer
  • Helm
  • AKS
  • Flux

The successful Cloud Infrastructure Engineer must be available to work 2 days a week onsite in Central London.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Matt Farrell via the VIQU IT website.

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Location: Hybrid (60% onsite / 40% remote)
Duration: Contract through to November 2026

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Network Technical Integration Lead to drive engineering execution, ensure quality delivery, and lead safe, controlled change into production environments.

This is a senior technical leadership role focused on resilience, automation-first engineering, and end-to-end design accountability. You will coach engineers, embed SRE best practices, and ensure non-functional requirements (NFRs) are engineered into every solution.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Design Ownership
• Change & Release Engineering
  Define and execute structured change rehearsals, smoke testing, soak testing, and production rollbacks.
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices
  Implement error budgets, reduce toil, and enhance reliability engineering standards.
• Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

Essential Experience

• 8-10+ years’ experience across network and security engineering (design, build, operate)

• Strong troubleshooting across multiple layers:

  • Network
  • Identity
  • Endpoint
  • Proxy
  • SIEM / SOAR

• Hands-on automation experience (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, GitHub, Azure DevOps)

• Proven ITIL change leadership experience

• Major Incident Management (MIM) exposure

Desirable Certifications

• CCNP / CCIE
• Zscaler Professional
• Fortinet NSE 4+
• Splunk Admin / Enterprise Security
• ITIL 4 Managing Professional (or equivalent)

Success Metrics

• Reduced change failure rate
• Improved MTTR (Mean Time to Resolution)
• Increased automated test coverage
• Higher percentage of changes moved to standard/automated models
• Measurable reduction in repeat incidents

This role is ideal for a technically strong, automation-driven engineering leader who thrives in complex enterprise environments and is passionate about building resilient, production-ready network platforms.