Job Title: Field Application Engineer
Location: UK
Salary: We know salary transparency matters. While we can’t list a figure on this advert, the client is genuinely flexible and open to shaping the package around the right person.
Employment Type: Permanent
Working Arrangement: Remote plus circa 30% travel

About the Role
A leading technology business is seeking a Field Application Engineer to work closely with customers, understand their technical requirements, and translate these into clear engineering specifications. You will act as the main technical contact throughout the full project lifecycle, ensuring solutions are correctly applied, integrated, and supported.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand technical and operational needs.
• Translate customer requirements into detailed technical documentation.
• Provide full lifecycle support from concept through integration, testing, deployment, and post‑delivery.
• Assess and advise on the application of products to meet customer challenges.
• Act as the primary technical liaison between customers and internal engineering teams.
• Support product demonstrations, troubleshooting, and solution optimisation.

Skills and Experience

• Strong background in embedded systems.
• Experience with VxWorks and Linux.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems/hardware
• Ability to interpret customer needs and convert them into actionable technical requirements.
• Confident communicator with experience working directly with customers.
• Problem‑solving mindset and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Due to the nature of the work, this role requires SC clearance. Candidates must be UK nationals or have resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years to meet eligibility criteria.

For more information, please contact Cathy Swain.
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Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote, UK

Salary: Circa £47,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week to cover core business hours (9-5, Mon-Fri)

Working for Affinity:

We understand the importance of flexibility, wellness, performance and satisfaction - it is part of our culture

We offer opportunities to take unpaid leave and will give you one extra day’s holiday for every year you’ve worked with us, for up to 8 years

We know working from home introduces opportunities for you to do more domestic chores during the day, e.g. picking up the children from school, taking pets to the vet, etc. We don’t mind this at all, as long as we are aware of what you are doing and the work gets done!

About the Role:

We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology and who is always looking for opportunities to improve the services we provide for clients, in areas such as efficiency, cost effectiveness, security and reliability.

You’ll be pivotal in knowledge sharing internally within the business, assisting others in their assigned projects and, where necessary, supporting more junior members of Affinity to help them learn and improve.

The right DevOps engineer will have the opportunity to help grow and shape this emerging function within the team, creating a long-term career path for themselves within Affinity, with an opportunity to progress upwards.

What will your typical day look like?

You will be working on projects, such as the Cabinet Office WordPress support contract, to keep our clients’ systems up-to-date, available, resilient, secure, performing well and cost effective.

Working to improve the efficiency of our infrastructure related processes

At times you’ll need to work together with clients’ own internal teams and with any external infrastructure teams that Affinity may partner with.

Putting together infrastructure design documents at the start of projects, with a view to getting these signed off by the client and then acting as the basis for infrastructure build.

Building infrastructure on new projects through the use of Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, etc. This will also include continuous integration processes, server provisioning, etc.

Imparting knowledge and experience to other Affinity team members, both verbally and also captured in tools such as Jira Confluence, where we would like to build up a repository of DevOps how-tos, best practices, etc.

Opportunity to work as a team lead where other Affinity team members are involved in DevOps.

Providing AWS and Azure thought leadership and mentoring in both advisory and delivery contexts.

Supporting out-of-hours rotas to provide support coverage for contracts in place with Affinity.

About you:

General requirements:

Willingness to provide on-call rota coverage of emergency support (24/7/365)

Ability to work flexible hours from time to time, for specific projects or tasks

UK based and resident in UK for last 3 years (given some client-driven security clearance requirements)

The role is fully remote, though visits to clients and to our office in Cornwall will occasionally be required

Technical must-haves:

Commercial experience of AWS, including services such as Amazon VPC, Amazon RDS, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS/EKS, Amazon EFS, AWS IAM, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3, AWS CodePipeline, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, AWS Cost Explorer, etc.

Commercial experience of Azure, including services such as Azure Networking, Azure Cache (Redis and Memcached), App Services (running WordPress and .NET applications), Front Doors (CDN), API Services, storage services (blob storage, file storage, etc.), Azure Database services, Azure Cost Management, etc.

Terraform and/or CloudFormation scripting

Linux, Apache/Nginx

Continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) experience including GitHub Actions

Familiarity with the AWS/Azure Well-Architected Framework and NCSC Cloud Security Principles

Security experience, including the resolution of issues found during penetration testing

Docker experience

Technical nice-to-haves:

System/server admin experience

Drupal, WordPress or Magento experience

PHP and Composer

Microsoft technologies, including .NET, Windows Server, IIS, Active Directory, MSSQL, etc.

AWS certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, DevOps Engineer - Professional, speciality certifications, e.g., Database, Security, etc.)

Microsoft certifications, including Azure Fundamentals, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, etc.

Load testing experience, including jMeter, Gatling, K6, etc.

Other HashiCorp tools, e.g., Packer, Vault, Vagrant, Consul, etc.

Provisioning tools, e.g., Puppet, Ansible, Chef, etc.

AWS Control Tower and/or Landing Zone

Experience with Google Cloud Platform

Experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates

Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Software Developer, Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, AWS, Infrastructure Engineer, AWS Systems Developer, Azure Software Development may also be considered for this role.

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Senior Security Engineer/Architect - Perm - Up to £110,000 + benefits

Must already hold or be eligible for SC level security clearance

Remote first or Hybrid - London based office

An established organisation is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help shape and enhance the security posture of the environments it supports. This role operates at the intersection of deep technical expertise, advisory ownership, and real-world security impact.

The successful candidate will work closely with customers, engineers, and operational security teams to deliver meaningful improvements across identity, detection engineering, endpoint security, and cloud security posture. This is a hands-on role involving the design and implementation of modern security architectures, solving complex technical challenges, and acting as a trusted technical partner.

Technology Environment

Microsoft Security Stack:

• Microsoft Defender XDR
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft Intune
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Experience with alternative modern security platforms such as SentinelOne or CrowdStrike is advantageous.

Cloud Platforms:

• Microsoft Azure (required)
• Exposure to AWS or GCP (desirable)

Platforms & Infrastructure:

• Active Directory / Entra hybrid identity
• Windows Server and Linux
• Networking, VPNs, firewalls, endpoint management

Tooling & Automation:

• KQL
• PowerShell
• API integrations
• Automation tooling

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery

• Lead technical discussions with customers, guiding architecture, design decisions, and best practice implementations.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of security solutions.
• Design and implement detections, automation workflows, and runbooks.
• Conduct technical assessments across identity, endpoint, cloud posture, logging, and security operations.
• Develop, optimise, and tune KQL queries for detection engineering and threat hunting.
• Review and enhance security configurations across cloud and SIEM/SOAR platforms.
• Manage engagements through architecture, deployment, tuning, documentation, and customer enablement.
• Identify security gaps and recommend improvements across logging, identity, endpoint hardening, cloud posture, and threat detection.

Platform & Engineering

• Understand how endpoints, servers, domain controllers, and cloud workloads operate, and how security controls integrate with them.
• Support remediation of misconfigurations and optimisation of security deployments.
• Leverage scripting, APIs, and automation to streamline repeatable tasks.
• Integrate firewalls, EDR platforms, logging pipelines, and SIEM/SOAR tooling.

Customer & Collaboration

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to security and engineering stakeholders.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable technical plans and deliverables.
• Collaborate with internal engineering, SOC, and platform teams to improve processes and share insights.
• Contribute to knowledge articles, design documentation, runbooks, and reusable delivery patterns.

Required Experience

• Strong, demonstrable experience across the Microsoft security ecosystem.
• Solid understanding of identity and endpoint security fundamentals.
• Proven experience writing and tuning detection logic (e.g., KQL) for detection engineering and threat hunting scenarios.
• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills, with the ability to lead discussions and influence outcomes.
• Ability to work autonomously, solve complex problems, and deliver high-quality technical solutions.

Desirable Experience

• Automation experience (PowerShell, Python, API integrations) and/or systems administration background.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and incident response methodologies.
• Experience working with logging pipelines (e.g., AMA, Syslog, Cribl, SIEM tooling).
• Exposure to non-Microsoft security platforms such as CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, or Tenable.
• Experience producing architecture documents, diagrams, and technical design proposals.
• Background in an MSSP, consultancy, or customer-facing engineering environment.

What the Role Offers

• Ownership of technical direction across engagements with the ability to influence customer security posture.
• A blend of architecture, engineering, advisory, and hands-on implementation work.
• Exposure to a diverse range of environments, threat models, and operational challenges.

Site Reliability Engineer | Bristol, Hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 from home) | Up to £95K & Great Benefits

Ready to take on high-impact engineering challenges that actually matter? Want to work on mission-critical systems used across the UKs most high-profile government organisations?

This is your chance to join TwinStream a team of elite engineers who built their careers cracking complex cross-domain problems, and then built a company to do it even better.

Were growing fast. Demand for our services is skyrocketing. And now were looking for a Site Reliability Engineer whos ready to step into a role with real ownership, real influence, and real opportunities to innovate.

Why Youll Love This Role

As our new SRE, youll be right at the heart of our evolving cloud and on-prem platforms. This isnt a keep the lights on jobits a role where youll shape infrastructure strategy, partner closely with software and systems teams, and push performance, reliability, and automation to the next level.

You’ll help us evolve observability, enhance delivery pipelines, eliminate toil, drive reliability metrics, and make smart technical decisions that keep our systems robust as we scale.

If you love solving gnarly problems, improving how things work, and innovating at speedthis is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities of the Site Reliability Engineer:

Collaborating with Software Engineers to improve subsystem reliability and performance

Partnering with System Administrators to automate toil and cut down alert noise

Taking observability to the next levelfind issues before they hit the business

Supporting development environments to boost speed and quality

Researching & evaluating tools to guide key buy-vs-build decisions

Deepening your expertise across multiple technical and business domains

Expanding your knowledge of diverse tech stacks and platforms

What You Bring

Modern configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef or similar)

Terraform

Docker containers & orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker Swarm)

CI/CD tooling (Jenkins or similar)

Monitoring/metrics stack (InfluxDB, Prometheus, Grafana)

MQ messaging (RabbitMQ or other AMQP solutions)

SQL & relational databases

Linux administration & shell scripting

Network security fundamentals

Cloud hosting (ideally AWS: EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda)

Bonus points for:

Experience with Java, Go, Python or similar

Knowledge of cross-domain principles & tech

Service management experience

Hands-on observability implementation

Proven ability to reduce downtime with smart reliability metrics

Why Youll Love Working at TwinStream

Competitive salary, £65k - £95k DOE

8% employer pension contribution

Private medical healthcare (including dental & optical for the whole family)

Flexible working culture

Learning & development owned by YOU

Electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Regular team events, plus Christmas & summer parties

Life assurance & cycle-to-work scheme

Security Clearance

Youll need to be eligible for SC and/or DV clearance. Any offer will be subject to successful security screening.

Ready to engineer impact?

Apply now and shape the future of secure, high-performance cross-domain systems.

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Job title: Event Management Engineer

Location: Corsham
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £430 per day inside ir35

SC security clearance is required for this role

The Role

Supporting a key programme within the UK defence environment, we’re looking for a Monitoring / Event Management Engineer with strong Splunk and enterprise tooling experience to join the Hosting & Tooling team onsite at MOD Corsham.

You’ll play a key role in monitoring platform management, event correlation, and operational tooling, working closely with engineers, analysts, and client teams to maintain and improve monitoring capabilities across critical services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing and optimising Splunk and enterprise monitoring tools
  * Creating and maintaining event management policies and monitoring rules
  * Developing Splunk queries (SPL), dashboards, and alerting logic
  * Supporting tooling platforms such as BMC TrueSight, BMC Discovery, and Netcool
  * Deploying and managing monitoring agents
  * Producing technical documentation and architecture diagrams
  * Supporting both operational (RUN) activities and project delivery
  * Working directly with client teams to support monitoring requirements
  * Building automation scripts and integrations (Python / PowerShell / APIs)

Required Experience:

• Strong Splunk experience (SPL, dashboards, rules)
  * Experience with enterprise monitoring platforms (BMC, Netcool, SolarWinds, Zabbix, Nagios etc.)
  * Knowledge of event management and observability tooling
  * Experience working across Windows, Linux, or AIX environments
  * Scripting with Python or PowerShell
  * Understanding of networking concepts and SNMP
  * Experience building automation and integrations via REST APIs

If you are interested in this role, please feel free to submit your CV.

If you are interested in this role, please feel free to submit your CV.

Are you an experienced hardware engineer with experience of safety critical design, with a desire to have a tangible impact on design and collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team (across RF, HW, SW, Verification, Mechanical and more) We’re supporting, a global leader in communications technolgoy as they continue to grow their Hardware Team in Cambridge, designing next generation technology used in safety critical industries globally. This is a hands-on senior engineering role where you'll play a key role in designing the electronics of everything from subsystems to full-products at the heart of complex communications, from early concept through to verification and product release.  Thei is a senior role where you will have the opportunity to have a real impact on the next generation development within a fantastic team of highly skilled engineers. Typical activities include: Designing intrinsically safe electronics Developing microprocessor-based hardware platforms Integrating sensors such as accelerometers, magnetometers, gyroscopes and proximity sensors Designing efficient low-power power supply architectures Developing audio amplifier circuits Performing design verification, system testing and EMC validation Creating clear engineering documentation and design specificationsYou don’t need to tick every box, but experience in the following will help you succeed:  If you're unsure then please do click apply as we can always consider other options for you too. Experience developing of intrinsically safe electronic products Strong electronics hardware design experience Understanding of power supply design and low-power electronics Familiarity with communications electronics, particularly interfaces such as I²C, I²S, UART or USB EMC / ESD design Audio electronics Mixed signal systems (analogue, digital, RF) Embedded Linux environments (we don't need you to be an embedded software engineer!) If you're a hardware engineer we'd love to hear from you. You don't have to meet every qualification, so if you are keen on exploring this or other opportunities please do apply

I'm looking for an experienced C++ Engineer / Software Engineer, with experience designing and developing high-availability software - to join a 6 month contract, working on a hybrid basis. This contract has been deemed Inside IR35. The Role The C++ Engineer / Software Engineer will work with C++17 to design & develop key software, working closely with the firmware and hardware engineers. You will work across the full-project lifecycle, participate in code reviews and create high-assurance, testable code. What's required of the C++ Engineer? Commercial experience developing software using C++ Sound knowledge of OO programming Experience of cross-platform development - working with both Windows & Linux Any further experience of C# & .NET FE development would be highly advantageous What's Next? If you're an experienced C++ Engineer / Software Engineer available to start your next contract immediately, please apply today to learn more! Software Engineer, C++ Engineer, 6-month contract, hybrid, Cambridge, Inside IR35 Corriculo Ltd acts as an employment agency and an employment business #MR TPBN1\_UKTJ

Permanent full time

Build software used by thousands. Influence technical direction. Mentor others.

IRIS is one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies and a major European provider of payroll and HR solutions. We’re now looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Dataplan team.

This is a hands on senior role combining deep technical contribution with delivery ownership and mentoring responsibility.

You’ll help shape and scale a cloud-based payroll and HR platform serving thousands of customers.

The Role

You’ll spend the majority of your time writing high quality code while also:

* Driving end-to-end feature delivery

* Partnering with Product on roadmap and prioritisation

* Mentoring and supporting junior engineers

* Leading best practice adoption (testing, CI/CD, observability)

* Contributing to architectural decisions

* Managing technical debt and platform health

* Supporting incident resolution and continuous improvement

Our Tech Stack

Core:

* PHP (Laravel)

* ReactJS

* JavaScript

* Relational databases

* Kubernetes

* Docker

* Linux

Desirable:

* React Native

* MariaDB

* Jenkins

* GitLab

About You

* 5+ years’ experience in software engineering

* Strong experience building and shipping scalable web applications

* Comfortable in Agile environments with sprint-based delivery

* Strong knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps principles

* Experience supporting production systems

* Passion for mentoring and raising engineering standards

Bonus points for experience in regulated sectors (finance, health, govtech) or working with AI tools to improve engineering productivity.

What You’ll Get

* Opportunity to influence technical direction

* Exposure to enterprise scale systems

* Clear progression opportunities

If you’re a senior engineer who enjoys owning delivery, shaping solutions, and developing others — we’d love to hear from you.

Please note:

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible

We are currently recruiting for an Embedded Software Engineer to join a growing team and help develop innovative solutions for a range of industries, including Energy, Industrial, Life Sciences and Medical sectors.

You will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the full product development lifecycle—from concept to production.

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and delivering embedded software solutions across a variety of technical projects. You will work with modern C++ and C in commercial environments, alongside Linux system development, and design real-time embedded systems, including development for microcontrollers such as ARM, PIC, MSP430, and DSP.

You’ll interface with industry-standard protocols and buses (Ethernet, USB, RS232, I2C, SPI) and control wireless modules (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LoRa, NFC). Collaborating closely with customers and internal teams, you’ll help turn initial ideas into tangible products, often under tight deadlines. Additionally, you will engage in software debugging, problem-solving, and continuous improvement processes, while contributing to customer-facing documentation, reports, and test results.

Essential Skills & Experience:

* Good experience in developing embedded or real-time systems.

* Strong expertise in Modern C++ and C programming, gained in a commercial environment.

* Solid experience with Linux system development (e.g., Yocto, Debian).

* Proficiency in working with 16 and 32-bit microcontrollers (e.g., ARM, PIC, MSP430, DSP).

* Familiarity with common protocols and buses such as Ethernet, USB, RS232, I2C, SPI.

* Experience in embedded wireless module control (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LoRa, NFC).

* A hands-on approach to using a variety of development environments and tools.

* Ability to produce high-quality code and adhere to industry best practices.

* Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for debugging and bug-fixing.

Whats on offer:

* The chance to work on a wide variety of technically demanding projects across multiple industries.

* A fast-paced, collaborative environment with the opportunity to influence product development from start to finish.

* A supportive and professional team committed to your growth and success.

* Opportunities to learn new skills, develop your career, and take on exciting challenges.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

If you’re an innovative, motivated software engineer with a passion for creating impactful products and enjoy the challenge of working in a fast-moving technical environment, we would love to hear from you.

Sponsorship is not available for this role and therefore, candidates must hold the right to live and work in the UK.

Apply today to join a company where your skills and ideas will make a real difference

Proactive Personnel are currently recruiting for a Thermal Manufacturing Engineer for a international manufacturing company at their site based in Telford. Our client is a leader in the design, manufacturing and implementation of hyperscale digital infrastructures Partnering with some of the worlds largest cloud, social media and enterprise companies across the glove.

About the role:

As aThermal Manufacturing Engineer,youwill oversee, maintain, and operate multi megawatt liquid cooled production systems, and support production difficulties. The ideal candidate has experience with thermal measurement and is passionate about technology and engineering. Other duties include designing and managing facility scale HVAC systems in a production environment and collecting data from IoT sensor networks such as Temperature, Humidity, and Power.

Duties:

• Create thermal simulation models from CAD to simulate HVAC systems for rack level, room level, and clean room performance.
• Program complex fan and pump control systems using large fields of sensor inputs, setting individual thermal limits, and setting fan and pump speed hysteresis controls for smooth steady state operation.
• Design, improve, and manage manufacturing processes to maximize efficiency and product quality in high density burn in rooms
• Optimize liquid cooled production lines, troubleshooting equipment failures, implementing quality control standards, and designing new manufacturing systems and workstations.
• Control costs for liquid production facilities.
• Interpret sensor log data and analyse presenting into human readable formats but also according to various customers specifications using engineering principles.
• Operate and configure building management systems as pertains to thermal management systems
• Present test reports to customers and accept customer feedback
• Perform temperature measurements using thermocouples and IoT sensors.
• Collect data logs from test tools in Linux or Windows
• Observe and report unexpected results or possible areas of opportunity
• Regularly inspect measurement tools and repair or replace as required

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelors degree in Thermal Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering with strong emphasis on thermal engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience with CDUs of all types including Liquid to Liquid, Liquid to Air, and Liquid to Refrigerant.
• Experience designing facility cooling plumbing systems (either chilled water or glycol based)
• Must have built, tested and refined project designs.
• Strong working knowledge of CFD and CAD software.
• Experience with thermocouples, IR cameras, airflow sensors, and power measurement.
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience building personal computers or servers.
• Experience with environmental chambers.
• Fluency in Linux command line operation
• Ability to examine customer requirements documents and build appropriate test plans for manufacturing team.
• Possesses background knowledge of thermal measurement sciences.
• Familiarity of test instruments such as data loggers, volt meters, and power supplies
• Proficiency in building thermal models preferably in Ansys CFD products.
• Works well as a team member but also independently.
• Pays close attention to detail.
• Communicates clearly and effectively verbally and in writing to people without an engineering background.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity.
• Exhibits familiarity with proper manufacturing safety procedures.

Working hours: 8.30am 5pm, x 2 15mins paid breaks and a 30min unpaid break. 40 hours per week. As this is a US reporting role it may of course mean they need to work flexible hours from time to time.

This role will require some heavy lifting

Benefits:

Salary Circa £55,000

Level 2 Cash plan benefit via Medicash

Private medical insurance via Bupa Full cover

Group life insurance

Company Pension

Management incentive plan payment, 7% of base pay Annual payment is usually at the start of the year and is based on the company meeting performance/financial targets

If you are interested in this role or you would like to know more, please apply or call Antony on 0161 661 8000

DevOps Engineer - Active SC, Ansible, Terraform

Up to £500 per day (Outside IR35)

Primarily Remote

6 months

My client requires a hands‑on DevOps Engineer with active SC clearance to support the delivery and maintenance of Azure‑based IaaS/PaaS environments using Terraform and Ansible.

Key Requirements:

Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer with Active Security Clearance (SC)
Hands‑on experience designing and delivering Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
Strong track record applying Ansible for configuration management and automated environment builds.
Background implementing, supporting and optimising services within the Azure cloud platform.
Practical experience administering Windows Server estates in operational environments.
Solid exposure to Linux server management, including configuration, patching and diagnostics.
Experience resolving infrastructure, OS and network‑level issues, including components such as Active Directory, DNS and IIS.
Nice to have:

Immediate availability
Flexibility to get to site

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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IT Services Team LeaderInfrastructure & OperationsHybrid - Haywards Heath, West SussexGenerous Benefits + 15% Bonus Are you a proven IT leader ready to unite a skilled team of 7 (senior techs + entry-level engineers) in a dynamic data centre environment? Step up to lead software/application support, from VMs/bare metal to stakeholder-facing ops, driving DevOps evolution, breaking silos, and pushing boundaries beyond day-to-day delivery. Enjoy a competitive salary, 15% bonus, 22+ days holiday, pension, onsite gym, and hybrid working.Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and unite your team - breaking silos, building collaboration, coaching skills, setting goals, and creating an engaging environment.
• Make decisions, empower members, support the Data Centre Manager, and drive proactive improvements (e.g., tool evolution like Zabbix/Grafana).
• Oversee third-line support, system/infrastructure development, platform stability, and translate stakeholder needs into agile solutions.

Key Skills & Requirements

• 3-5 years leading technical teams + 5+ years IT (extensive Linux admin across Debian/CentOS/RHEL flavours).
• Agile/DevOps experience; tools like Ansible, Puppet, Zabbix (FAI/Slurm ideal); ITIL Foundation.
• Strong stakeholder communication, problem-solving, and a broader data centre vision to lead effectively.
• Desirable: OpenStack, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Docker, scripting, cloud/virtualisation, hardware (storage/CPU/GPU).

If you’ve held any of these roles or used these technologies/skills, this role could be a great fit: Services Team Leader, Infrastructure Lead, DevOps Manager, Linux Ops Lead, Data Centre Supervisor; Linux (Debian/RHEL), Ansible, Puppet, Zabbix, Slurm, Agile, ITIL, DevOps tools.

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Software Engineer

Bridgend - (hybrid working once fully trained in role)

£33,000 - £38,000

Were working with a manufacturing organisation looking to add a Software Engineer to their Engineering team.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in advancing manufacturing technology through software development, data systems, and production-level innovation.

The Opportunity

Youll support and develop manufacturing IT systems that power cutting-edge production environments. Working within a collaborative engineering function, you will contribute to system reliability, data optimisation, and the integration of new technologies into live operational settings.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining and enhancing manufacturing IT systems to ensure performance and reliability
• Taking ownership of production-level systems, including deployment, monitoring, and ongoing support
• Designing and integrating new software solutions to support manufacturing operations
• Developing and optimising applications for data collection, analysis, and visualisation
• Collaborating closely with engineering and production teams to deliver effective technical solutions
• Identifying and implementing system improvements within live environments

What Were Looking For

Essential:

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• Strong programming skills in C++
• Experience working with S3 binary object storage
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Ability to take ownership from concept through to delivery
• Proactive, self-motivated and passionate about continuous learning

Desirable:

• Experience with embedded systems (e.g. Arduino, Raspberry Pi)
• Linux experience (ideally Debian-based environments)
• Python programming skills
• GitLab/GitHub experience
• Experience with JSON document databases (e.g. MongoDB, Couchbase)

If youre a software engineer who enjoys applying technical expertise in real-world manufacturing environments, this could be a fantastic next step.

An Embedded Software Engineer with experience across both Embedded Linux and Real-Time C/C++ development will bring their broad skills to a thriving Technical Consultancy where you ll contribute to the design and build of embedded systems across a wide range of applications.

With a strong academic background, you ll work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to support a range projects, whilst liaising closely with customers to find solutions to problems across defence, industrial and medical markets.

The ideal Embedded Software Engineer should possess the following:

• Minimum of 1st / 2.1 Bachelors / Masters Degree in an Engineering discipline.
• Commercial Embedded Linux development experience involving Yocto including knowledge of device trees, user-space and kernel-space and SoC platforms.
• Commercial Real-Time C/C++ development skills.
• Experience of at least one high level languages such as Python or C#.
• Experience of working at the boundary between electronics and software.
• Good customer facing experience with a desire to work within a Consultancy environment.

A competitive salary will be offered depending on your level of experience with Hybrid working (normally 3 days office / 2 WFH), Company Bonus, private Healthcare, generous Pension scheme and much more.

Due to the nature of some projects, you should be eligible for basic level UK Security Clearance.

An Embedded Linux Engineer with experience across both Embedded Linux and Real-Time C/C++ development will bring their broad skills to a thriving Technical Consultancy where you ll contribute to the design and build of embedded systems across a wide range of applications.

With a strong academic background, you ll work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to support a range projects, whilst liaising closely with customers to find solutions to problems across defence, industrial and medical markets.

The ideal Embedded Linux Engineer should possess the following:

• Minimum of 1st / 2.1 Bachelors / Masters Degree in an Engineering discipline.
• Commercial Embedded Linux development experience involving Yocto including knowledge of device trees, user-space and kernel-space and SoC platforms.
• Commercial Real-Time C/C++ development skills.
• Experience of at least one high level languages such as Python or C#.
• Experience of working at the boundary between electronics and software.
• Good customer facing experience with a desire to work within a Consultancy environment.

A competitive salary will be offered to the successful Embedded Linux Engineer depending on your level of experience with Hybrid working (normally 3 days office / 2 WFH), Company Bonus, private Healthcare, Life Assurance, generous Pension scheme (employer 10% / employee minimum 5%), car lease scheme, long service awards and more.

Due to the nature of some projects, you must be eligible for basic level UK Security Clearance.

Are you an Infrastructure Manager with a solid technical background looking for a new role?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security sector is currently recruiting for an Infrastructure Manager to help support a high-performing, key account within the business. The key experience required to be a success in this role would be good interpersonal skills from direct people management to the management of both internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate would also have come from a technical background with an understanding of areas including Server, Database, Linux, Backup & Storage and Security. This position will focus on the line management of several technical “Towers” within the account and the relationship and interaction with tower leads as well as the higher echelons of management as well as to interface directly with the account.

We are comfortable with a hybrid working arrangement for this role, being based local to hubs in either Stevenage or Portsmouth is ideal. There will also be travel to our office in Newport.

Due to the sensitivity of the project, we are only able to progress with candidates eligible for SC clearance.

What you’ll be doing

• Oversee day-to-day infrastructure operations.
• Technical oversight of client back-office systems, such as Windows and Unix Server estates, Storage & Backup technologies, Databases, Identity & Access Management (IAM), and Messaging platforms.
• Collaborate with Product Delivery Managers and adjacent technical teams on the client side.
• Ensure adherence to security policies and compliance requirements, including all patching activities.
• Track improvement ideas, prioritise based on business impact, and present outcomes to stakeholders.
• Act as a key point of contact for client stakeholders.

What You’ll bring:

• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Proven experience working in a client facing role, in particular managing external (Client) stakeholders.
• Strong people management background with an emphasis on management of technical teams.
• Exposure to and understanding of key technical elements including Linux, VMware, Monitoring (Check MK), Databases (MongoDB), Vulnerability management.
• Working knowledge of ITIL processes and modern infrastructure management practices.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with Automation for patching, compliance and configuration drift mediation.
• Technical qualifications in relevant areas.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment type: Full-time, permanent.

Location: Hybrid working with travel to offices in Stevenage, Portsmouth and Newport.

Security Clearance level: SC.

Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker.

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience.

Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK’s Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida the UK’s largest Diversity and Inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Platform Engineer to join a distinguished international law firm in London where you will assume a pivotal role in shaping the firm's cloud infrastructure and automation strategies. PLATFORM ENGINEER Salary: Competitive and based on experienceLocation: London What you'll do: You will play an integral role in embedding essential tools such as ServiceNow into core operational processes whilst ensuring all cloud-based systems adhere rigorously to security protocols. By meticulously documenting best practices and providing mentorship to peers, you will contribute significantly to a culture of knowledge sharing and perpetual enhancement. Your expertise will also be sought as an escalation point for resolving complex technical matters. Success in this appointment is defined not only by the delivery of resilient solutions but also by your capacity to foster trusted relationships across departments-ensuring the organisation remains at the vanguard of technological progress whilst upholding its enduring commitment to inclusivity and collective endeavour. What you bring: You bring substantial hands-on experience automating intricate IT infrastructures using contemporary tools such as Terraform across both public and private clouds. Your familiarity with CI/CD pipelines ensures seamless integration between development functions and operational teams. You are adept at scripting-whether employing Bash on Linux or PowerShell on Windows-and have successfully navigated complex global environments where effective communication is paramount. With meticulous attention to detail and steadfast dedication to process refinement, you deliver secure solutions aligned with prevailing industry standards. Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

Job Title: Embedded Software Engineer
Location: Leicestershire (hybrid 3 days per week onsite)
Salary: Up to £65k (depending on experience)

We re looking for a talented Embedded Software Engineer to join a cutting-edge technology company developing next-generation IoT solutions. This is a hands-on role focused on designing, developing, and testing software for embedded systems. If you re an experienced Embedded Software Engineer looking to work on next generation technology, we want to hear from you!

About the Role:

• Develop low-level embedded software, including device drivers, and RTOS/kernel components.
• Integrate secure IoT communication protocols (e.g., MQTT, BLE).
• Build automated test frameworks, run HIL testing, and support prototype validation.
• Collaborate closely with hardware teams and maintain technical documentation.
• Participate in CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and software delivery.

About you:

• Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong experience in C/C++, Linux, and Python - scripting (Shell/Bash) a plus.
• Embedded systems experience with microcontrollers (ARM Cortex, STM32, ESP32).
• Knowledge of low-power design, IoT protocols, and secure data transmission.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (Pytest, Unity, Robot Framework) and debugging tools (JTAG, GDB, oscilloscopes).
• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).

Desirable skills:

• Yocto, OTA updates, bootloader development, SPI/I2C/UART/GPIO, wireless protocols (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, LoRa), TDD/BDD practices, hardware simulation/testing.

Please note, we cannot offer sponsorship for this role.
If interested, please send over an updates CV.

There is a lot happening in Linux! Join our dynamic IT Defence team, where you will be responsible for all aspects of our Linux capabilities. This role offers exposure to business-as-usual operations, delivered services, and innovative project work. We welcome candidates with experience in Slurm or HPC and Ansible.

We have different level opportunities in this growing team, so don’t shy away if you don’t have all the skills.

You do need to be eligible for SC and DV Clearance.

Hybrid Fixed: 3 days per week on our Portsmouth OR Salisbury site, 2 days home working.

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversee and enhance Linux platform capabilities.
• Develop and maintain open-source and commercial tooling.
• Provide expert 3rd line technical support, mentoring, and fault resolution for 1st/2nd line teams.
• Act as a subject matter expert in Linux.

What we need from you:

• Extensive experience in large-scale Linux platform engineering and automation.
• Proficiency with Enterprise Linux OS (RedHat, CentOS, Oracle) to RHCE level.
• Familiarity with DevOps and automation tools (Terraform, Git, Ansible, Vault).
• Experience in building and securing Linux environments, including Kubernetes clusters (on-premise and cloud).

It would be great if you had:

• Network technologies (LAN, WAN, Cisco switching, Juniper and Fortinet security products) and working knowledge of TCP/IP networking.
• Database administration (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB or InfluxDB).
• Virtualisation management experience - VMware, XenServer, OpenStack or Hyper-V.
• Working knowledge of Openshift, Openstack.
• Secure LINUX and IPTablesI

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid Fixed: 3 days in Portsmouth OR Salisbury.

Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance.

Internal Recruiter: Jane

Salary: To £Dependant on experience

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension.

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?Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

Senior Infrastructure & Directory Services Engineer - Defence ProgrammeLocation: Caerphilly (with travel to Defence/Ministry of Defence sites as required)Clearance: SC (must hold or be eligible); DV highly desirablePackage: £65,000 + Bonus + comprehensive benefitsWorking Pattern: Hybrid (Mon & Fri optional WFH)This is a fantastic opportunity for you, a Senior infrastructure and Director Services Engineer - or similar, to join a long?established, financially robust technology provider with comprehensive experience delivering secure IT solutions across the UK public sector.The OpportunityA major Defence customer is undertaking an extensive programme to build a secure, on?premise, multi?domain virtualised infrastructure that underpins mission?critical and operational capabilities. As a Senior Infrastructure & Directory Services Engineer, you will design, implement, and support enterprise services across several secure domains - including Active Directory, identity services, Windows Server, DNS/DHCP, PKI, authentication platforms, and related Microsoft ecosystem components.Key Responsibilities- Architect, manage, and maintain multi?site Active Directory environments- Administer DNS, DHCP, and PKI in secure operational environments- Design and enforce Group Policy Objects (GPOs)- Manage Web Application Proxy (WAP), RDS, and federation services- Ensure alignment with MOD security standards- Participate in design reviews and Change Advisory Boards (CAB)- Work closely with security, cloud, networking, Linux, and virtualisation teams- Monitor performance using Splunk, event logging, and PowerShell automation- Automate tasks using PowerShell (essential) or Ansible (desirable)Essential Skills & Experience- Multi?site Active Directory support- Windows Server, DNS, DHCP- GPO design and troubleshooting- PKI and certificate services- Web Application Proxy & RDS- Strong PowerShell scripting- Working in a Defence or Government environmentDesirable Skills- Defence sector experience- VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi; awareness of NSX?T- SIEM/monitoring experience- Ansible or other automation tools- Linux/Unix integration with AD- Secure WAN technologies (BGP/MPLS/VPN)- Existing SC/DV clearanceQualifications- Microsoft Identity & Access Administrator (or equivalent)- ITIL v4 Foundation or higher- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experiencePersonal Attributes- Customer?focused and committed to service excellence- Strong ownership and reliability- Willingness to challenge established practices- Driven, proactive, and collaborativeIf you are a Senior Infrastructure and Director Services Engineer or similar, with a background in Defence, then please send your CV to me today as this will go quickly.

DevOps Infrastructure Engineer

Hybrid

Are you passionate about building secure, efficient, and scalable infrastructure that supports innovation and continuous improvement?
We’re looking for a DevOps Infrastructure Engineer to play a key role in developing, maintaining, and optimising the systems and tools that keep our business running smoothly.

What You’ll Do

You’ll be responsible for the planning, provisioning, installation, and configuration of systems hardware and software - ensuring our infrastructure operates efficiently, securely, and reliably.

In this role, you will:

• Build and manage virtual domain infrastructure, servers, and development tools to meet evolving business needs.
• Automate and enhance development, deployment, and release processes to support continuous improvement.
• Implement and maintain robust security and configuration baselines to protect against cybersecurity threats.
• Diagnose and resolve technical problems quickly and effectively.
• Collaborate with software developers and engineers to ensure seamless integration and deployment.
• Create and maintain technical documentation to support knowledge sharing and decision-making.
• Contribute to infrastructure projects and provide clear reports and updates to stakeholders.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for someone who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and enjoys solving complex problems.

Essential experience includes:

• Infrastructure engineering in a corporate or DevOps environment using Windows and Linux systems
• Knowledge of virtualisation technologies such as VMware or Nutanix
• Experience with DevOps tools such as Git, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Artifactory

You’ll also be someone who:

• Works effectively as part of a team, supporting colleagues and sharing expertise
• Communicates clearly and confidently across all levels
• Adapts easily to change and takes initiative to solve problems
• Strives for excellence, ensuring high-quality results every time

Why Join Us?

We offer a supportive and flexible environment where innovation and collaboration thrive. You can expect:

• Hybrid working and flexible hours
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Pension, life, and critical care cover
• Medicash and employee assistance programme
• Discounts, wellbeing support, and salary sacrifice options (tech, EVs, bikes)
• Professional development and funded membership fees
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced family leave