Client: Globally known Technology and entertainment company! Location: London- Hybrid working Contract Dates: ASAP Start- 12-month contract Pay : TBC (Will be day rate) Role Overview We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to drive the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Network commerce systems, including subscriptions and personalization services. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to enhance system architecture, deployment safety, observability, and overall performance. As part of the centralized Technical Operations team, you will have horizontal responsibility for production reliability, participate in the on-call rotation for critical commerce services, and influence systems that serve millions of users globally. Key Responsibilities Reliability & Risk Engineering Identify systemic reliability risks and implement preventative solutions. Define and maintain SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets aligned with business and user outcomes. Lead incident management, post-incident reviews, and remediation planning. Architecture & Resilience Review and advise on system architecture to improve scalability, availability, and fault isolation. Design strategies for high availability, graceful degradation, and disaster recovery across multi-region environments. Quantify trade-offs between performance, cost, and operational risk. CI/CD & Deployment Safety Enhance deployment pipelines and implement automation to reduce risk and accelerate delivery. Apply safe deployment patterns such as canary, blue/green, and progressive delivery. Ensure robust rollback and recovery mechanisms. Observability & Performance Build and evolve monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions to provide actionable insights. Collaborate to reduce alert fatigue and improve signal quality. Diagnose performance bottlenecks across infrastructure and applications. Infrastructure & Automation Operate cloud-native and containerized workloads at scale. Use Infrastructure as Code tools to deploy and manage resilient platforms. Develop automation frameworks to reduce manual toil and operational risk. Leadership & Mentorship Mentor mid-level engineers and advocate SRE best practices across teams. Partner with engineering, product, and security teams to embed reliability into system design. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience. 7+ years in site reliability, production engineering, or systems engineering roles. Strong understanding of distributed systems, consistency models, failure modes, and fault isolation strategies. Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, including multi-region deployments. Proficiency in Kubernetes and large-scale container orchestration. Programming experience in Go, Python, or Java, building automation or reliability systems. Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines with deployment safety guardrails. Proven track record leading high-severity incidents and driving systemic remediation. Excellent interpersonal skills with experience influencing cross-team decisions. Preferred Qualifications Experience with multi-cloud or multi-region resilience architecture. Proficiency in monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog). Prior mentorship or technical leadership experience. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience using AI-assisted tools for incident analysis, operational efficiency, or observability. If this sounds like you apply now by sending your CV to TPBN1\_UKTJ

Senior Pricing Analyst London, hybrid working (2 days per week) Salary up to 50000 plus benefitsThis is an exciting opportunity to join a growing insurance business during a period of significant expansion. You will shape pricing strategy, build models, and work closely with senior stakeholders to deliver commercially impactful insight.The Company They operate across multiple consumer-facing brands and are backed by a well-established investment partner. The organisation has a collaborative, hands-on culture with a strong focus on data-driven decision making. They have been recognised for their positive working environment and continue to invest heavily in analytical capability.The Role \* Develop and enhance pricing models, including GLMs, across retail and risk pricing. \* Implement pricing models and contribute to wider pricing strategy. \* Conduct competitor and market analysis to identify pricing opportunities. \* Analyse customer behaviour and segmentation to support commercial decision making. \* Produce insight that drives profitability and competitiveness. \* Collaborate with key stakeholders across underwriting, product, and commercial teams.Your Skills and Experience \* Strong commercial experience in insurance pricing across any product line. \* Experience working in both retail and risk pricing. \* Ability to build or refine GLM-based pricing models. \* Coding capability in SQL, Python, SAS, or R. \* Comfortable working in a fast-paced, project-driven environment.What They Offer \* Salary up to 50000 plus a comprehensive benefits package. \* Hybrid working with two days per week in the London office. \* Clear progression opportunities as the pricing function continues to scale. \* Exposure to senior leadership and high-impact analytical projects.

Security Engineer - Palo Alto, Terraform

Up to £750 per day (Inside IR35)

Remote

6 months

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

Key Requirements:

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

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

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Web GIS Lead – ArcGIS Enterprise | Contract | Enterprise Migration

We are seeking an experienced Web GIS Lead to drive enterprise-scale ArcGIS Enterprise development, migration and integration projects. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Data Store environments.

You will lead the design, development and migration of enterprise GIS platforms, ensuring high-performance deployment, automation and seamless integration with business systems.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead ArcGIS Enterprise implementation and migration

* Manage ArcGIS Portal content migration and service publishing

* Develop web GIS applications using ArcGIS Experience Builder (React)

* Build automation using Python, SQL and JavaScript

* Deliver spatial ETL workflows using FME

* Optimise GIS databases (PostGIS / Oracle Spatial)

* Integrate GIS solutions with enterprise applications and cloud platforms (AWS / Azure)

* Provide technical leadership to GIS developers and project teams

Essential Skills

* Strong experience with ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal & Server)

* Experience with ArcGIS Pro

* Hands-on development in Experience Builder

* Strong Python and SQL

* Experience with FME / spatial ETL

* Enterprise deployment, integration and migration experience

Desirable

* React JS

* PostGIS or Oracle Spatial

* Cloud (AWS / Azure)

* ESRI Enterprise custom development

This role suits a Senior GIS Consultant, GIS Technical Lead, ArcGIS Architect or Enterprise GIS Lead with deep ESRI expertise and proven delivery ownership.

Apply now if you have strong enterprise ArcGIS experience and have led complex GIS migrations or platform deployments

ArcGIS Monitor Specialist – ArcGIS Enterprise | AWS / Azure | Contract

We are seeking an experienced ArcGIS Monitor Specialist to join a high-impact enterprise GIS programme. This is a hands-on contract role focused on ArcGIS Enterprise 11.x, infrastructure monitoring and cloud-based GIS environments.

You will lead the installation, configuration and optimisation of ArcGIS Monitor, ensuring full integration with ArcGIS Portal, ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Data Store. The role requires strong experience in performance monitoring, alerting, dashboards and infrastructure visibility across enterprise GIS platforms.

Key Responsibilities

* Install and configure ArcGIS Monitor

* Integrate with ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, Server, Data Store)

* Monitor cloud-based GIS environments (AWS / Azure)

* Configure performance dashboards and automated alerts

* Analyse system health, uptime and resource utilisation

* Provide technical guidance and best practice recommendations

Essential Skills

* Strong experience with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.x

* Hands-on ArcGIS Monitor installation and configuration

* ArcGIS Server administration

* Cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS or Azure)

* Infrastructure monitoring and performance optimisation

* Experience with PowerShell or Python scripting

* Ability to work independently in a delivery-focused environment

Desirable

* DevOps tools exposure

* Networking and IT infrastructure understanding

* Experience supporting enterprise or public sector GIS platforms

This role is ideal for a senior GIS Infrastructure Engineer, ArcGIS Administrator or Enterprise GIS Specialist with proven experience deploying and monitoring ArcGIS environments in the cloud.

Apply now to discuss full details

Location: Cheltenham/Remote

Job Type: Permanent

Clearance: SC/DV

Are you an offensive security specialist who is excited about delivering the best service possible? Keen to work in a business where you stand to work alongside some very talented testers?

CND are working with a boutique Cyber Security consultancy who are focused on the Penetration Testing market. What makes them stand out? They are not interested in flashy marketing and would never be caught trying to pass off a Nessus scan as a Penetration Test. The business has been built on delivering excellent testing and reports as well as ensuring that clients see the real benefits of their testing outputs. The company have an office in Cheltenham however you are welcome to work where is best for you.

Key Responsibilities

* Work to deliver CHECK penetration testing services

* Lean into non-CHECK work where necessary

* Work with the sales team to flesh out technical input as needed

* Deliver quality reports to customers

* Stay up to date with industry trends and new attack methods

* Take a broad approach to testing, working on INF, APP, Mobile, AD, or Cloud tests

Essential Skills

* Currently holds a CHECK equivalency certification

* Eligibility to hold or currently hold clearance

* Experience working with Linux and Windows OS

* Strong understanding of working with common tooling for penetration testing

* Ideally, a knowledge of Cloud services such as Azure or AWS.

* Capability to script or code in Bash, Python etc

* Appreciation for Cyber Security standards such as ISO27001, PCI-DSS or CIS

This is a role with a growing, exciting organisation who can offer you a strong degree of progression and the ability to undertake testing work with incredibly interesting clients

Location: London – Hybrid working 3 days on site
Salary: £110,000

We are looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take a key role in designing, building, and expanding a cutting-edge internal platform on AWS EKS.

As the Lead Platform Engineer, you will have extensive Kubernetes expertise and a solid foundation in software engineering.
You thrive in leadership roles, or are a senior engineer looking to move into a leadership role. You will combine a collaborative and transparent management style with the technical acumen to lead decisions on architecture and strategy.
You will foster learning and development within teams and have the judgement to scale capabilities while maintaining operational excellence under growing platform complexity.

You will shape and extend their greenfield platform, leading a globally distributed engineering team to deliver secure, resilient, and highly scalable developer capabilities.

This role is a unique opportunity to influence the architectural direction and drive the vision behind a platform that underpins the entire organisation’s engineering ecosystem. You will collaborate with stakeholders across teams to streamline application delivery while maintaining compliance, security, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Be Doing
• Leading and evolving our internal developer platform, delivering automated, secure, and commercially viable self-service capabilities.
• Owning the roadmap, embedding customer feedback and data-driven metrics (like DORA) to improve user experience and outcomes.
• Driving technical architecture decisions to ensure security, scalability, and resiliency consistency across the platform.
• Collaborating across engineering, product, and infrastructure teams to build awareness and optimise platform usage.
• Participating in technical deep dives and design reviews to maintain top-tier engineering standards.
• Supporting and developing a strong global engineering team culture, encouraging ownership and continuous learning.
• Advocating for and influencing adoption of modern engineering practices, creating a culture of improvement through regular feedback.
• Embedding operational readiness and automating compliance through policy-as-code.

Essential Skills and Experience:
• Expert level knowledge of Kubernetes and related tooling.
• Strong software engineering foundation, particularly in cloud technologies.
• Experience designing and reasoning about secure and scalable systems.
• Practical understanding of Continuous Delivery pipelines.
• Proven leadership in software engineering teams (globally distributed preferred).
• Product ownership experience and confident customer engagement.
• Familiarity with Extreme Programming practices, including pair programming.
• Agile delivery mindset with practical Kanban experience.
• Ability to solve issues across the stack using structured root cause analysis.
• Strong collaborative and transparent approach to team knowledge-sharing.

Experience across these areas would be beneficial:
• In-depth AWS EKS operation and management experience.
• Hands-on involvement in building or managing an Internal Developer Platform.
• Visible contributions to the cloud native community (open source, speaking engagements).
• Solid experience with Python and Golang pull requests, paired with strong object-oriented programming skills.
• Leadership of globally distributed engineering teams.

If you are interested and looking or your next role, please apply with a copy of your CV or email: (url removed)

Site Reliability Engineer / SRE Manchester City Centre / Hybrid £55k - £65k DOE + Bonus We are working with a leading Tech Brand in Manchester who operate with a large and mature in-house engineering function responsible for a platform used by Millions of consumers, daily. It is a company that takes its technology seriously, with mission-critical systems that need to perform reliably at all times. They are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join a well-funded, settled SRE team, working across multiple engineering squads to build tooling and automation, improve observability practices and drive a culture of continuous improvement. It's a great opportunity to do genuinely impactful work within a business that invests heavily in its people and its technology. Our ideal SRE / Platform Engineer will have a Software Development background and around 5 years+ commercial experience in a similar role. Key requirements: A software development background, with commercial experience writing and contributing to production code Strong SRE knowledge across SLIs, SLOs and reliability frameworks Hands-on experience with Splunk, New Relic, Grafana etc Experience with IaC tools including Ansible or Terraform Background in a large-scale, 24/7 enterprise environment Interest in Platform Engineering and modern observability practices If you're a passionate SRE looking for a step up into a well-resourced, fast-paced environment, apply now. Keywords: Site Reliability Engineer, SRE, Observability, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, PagerDuty, Python, JavaScript, Ansible, Terraform, IaC, Platform Engineering, SLI, SLO, DevOps, Incident Management, Shell Scripting TPBN1\_UKTJ

AWS Data Engineer | 6m Contract | London, Hybrid - Outside IR35 Daily Rate: £570 per day (Outside) Team: Data Engineering - Application Development Overview: Opus have partnered with a London Financial Services company who're seeking a Senior AWS Data Engineer with a background in Application Development to support in architecting and delivering a new PostgreSQL‑driven data platform which will be used to support core functions across investment reporting, risk analysis, regulatory output, and performance measurement. This is a high‑impact greenfield build. You’ll take full ownership of the platform’s design and lead the transition away from Databricks and Excel-centric processes—shaping critical infrastructure that underpins the organisation’s investment operations. What You’ll Work On You’ll be responsible for designing and developing a scalable, secure PostgreSQL environment capable of supporting: Portfolio valuation and holdings data Performance and attribution reporting Risk and analytics outputs Regulatory and trustee disclosures Data governance and operational controls You’ll also oversee the migration of structured datasets from Databricks (Delta Lake/Spark) and replace manual Excel workflows with automated, well-governed pipelines to meet audit and regulatory standards. Key Responsibilities Build and maintain a secure PostgreSQL-based data platform Lead the shift away from Databricks and spreadsheet‑dependent reporting Create dimensional data models covering investments, pricing, performance and related domains Develop reliable ETL/ELT processes in Python Implement data quality, reconciliation and validation controls Optimise database performance for analytical and reporting workloads Ensure compliance with FCA and TPR regulatory guidelines Set up access controls, security standards and permissioning Establish monitoring, backup and disaster recovery solutions Collaborate closely with investment, risk and finance teams Essential Skills & Experience 5+ years’ experience in data engineering, application development or data platform roles Strong PostgreSQL knowledge, including indexing, optimisation and partitioning Background in financial or investment data environments Advanced SQL and Python skills Experience migrating data from platforms like Databricks Confident with dimensional modelling, star schemas, SCDs etc. Experience within regulated financial services Desirable Experience in pensions, asset management or institutional investing Understanding of performance measurement and attribution Exposure to Airflow or dbt Cloud platform familiarity (Azure or AWS) Knowledge of data governance best practice About You Highly detail‑driven with a strong approach to data quality Comfortable operating in tightly regulated sectors Able to explain technical concepts clearly to non‑technical audiences Practical, proactive and solution‑focused Why This Role? A rare opportunity to build core investment data infrastructure from the ground up High visibility and direct engagement with senior stakeholders across multiple business areas Stable organisation with long‑term goals and purpose Flexible hybrid arrangement requiring only occasional travel to the London office

Python Software Engineer / Developer (Data ML) Remote Uk to £75k

Are you a data savvy Python Software Engineer?

You could be progressing your career in as a hands-on Python Software Engineer role as part of a friendly and supportive international team at a growing and hugely successful European car insurance tech company as they expand their UK presence; their platform enables an insurance quote to be made to the consumer within 60 seconds, using just 4 clicks.

As a Python Software Engineer you will play a key role in building the foundational platforms that enable Machine Learning at scale across all countries where the company operates. You’ll design and develop reliable systems and shared capabilities that support the full ML lifecycle, from experimentation to production, taking a lead role in developing platform tools, shared services and infrastructure.

Collaborating closely with product managers and stakeholders, including data scientists and ML engineers, you’ll help to support the full ML lifecycle, from experimentation and training to deployment and monitoring, continuously learning and stay up to date with emerging technologies, tools and industry trends to ensure the platform remains robust and future-proof.

There’s a supportive, diverse environment where you’ll have your voice heard.

Location / WFH:

The company is a big advocate of flexible working and prides itself on DEI; you can work from home anywhere in the UK; you can also work at times that suit you.

About you:

You have strong Python development skills

You have a deep knowledge of software design principles and architecture

You have experience of working with Machine Learning models and workflows in production environments

You have a good knowledge of software development practices like TDD and BDD, ensuring code is marked by quality, readability and maintainability

You have a good working knowledge of CI/CD, IaC, containerisation technologies

You have experience of working with messaging / streaming platforms (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ) and designing relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL)

You’re proficient with cloud-based systems (preferably AWS)

You’re collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills

What’s in it for you:

As aPython Software Engineer / Developer you will receive a competitive package:

Up to £75,000 salary

Flexible / remote working including flexible working hours

Ability to work 30 days from any EU country

Diverse, inclusive team environment with a range of support networks (e.g. LGBTIQA+, Women’s Networking group)

Apply now to find out more about this Python Software Engineer/ Developer (Data ML) opportunity.

TPBN1_UKTJ

Bath (Hybrid)

40,000+ DOE

The Role
We’re working with a purpose-driven health tech company building software that genuinely improves patient outcomes. They’re looking for a SysOps Engineer to support and evolve their AWS-based infrastructure.

You’ll be joining a collaborative, agile team where engineers take real ownership. This isn’t a ticket-driven environment, you’ll be involved in shaping infrastructure, improving systems and working closely with developers and product teams.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting and improving AWS infrastructure across multiple environments
• Maintaining high availability, security and performance
• Working with Terraform and Ansible to manage infrastructure as code
• Monitoring systems and responding to incidents
• Collaborating with engineers across the business

Tech stack
AWS (EC2, VPC), Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Bash/Python, PHP/MySQL

What they’re looking for

• 3-5 years in a DevOps / SysOps / Cloud role
• Strong AWS experience
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform ideal)
• Linux systems experience
• Scripting (Bash or Python)

Why apply?

• Tech-for-good environment
• Strong team culture and collaboration
• Learning and development budget
• Private healthcare + enhanced benefits

Ready to Apply?

Contact Jack Winder 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!

Senior Embedded Software Engineer (C/C++, STM32, FreeRTOS)
Location: Derbyshire (On-site / Remote work available)
Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 + Benefits

Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, test and integrate embedded control systems for advanced industrial applications.

This role is ideal for an experienced engineer with strong C/C++ embedded development skills, looking to work on real-time systems (RTOS) and ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers (STM32) within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary engineering environment.

You will work closely with electrical, mechanical and systems engineering teams to deliver robust, safety-critical and cost-effective embedded software solutions for global customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate system and customer requirements into detailed software specifications and acceptance criteria
• Design and develop embedded software architecture for ARM-based microcontrollers (STM32)
• Develop, test and integrate embedded C/C++ firmware for real-time control systems
• Work with FreeRTOS (or similar RTOS) including task scheduling, inter-task communication and debugging
• Implement and optimise communication protocols including Modbus/TCP, CAN, RS232/RS422/RS485 and Ethernet (TCP/UDP)
• Interface with analogue and digital hardware (ADCs, DACs, sensors and actuators)
• Perform unit testing, static code analysis, code coverage and peer reviews to ensure high-quality software
• Develop and maintain HIL/SIL test environments
• Produce clear technical documentation including specifications, architecture diagrams, and test plans
• Use Git (version control) within a trunk-based development environment with semantic versioning
• Support manufacturing, commissioning and field service teams with troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Drive continuous improvement in software processes, tools and engineering standards

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience in embedded software development or industrial control systems
• Strong programming skills in C and/or C++ for embedded systems
• Experience with ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers (STM32 preferred)
• Solid understanding of real-time operating systems (FreeRTOS or similar)
• Knowledge of functional safety and coding standards (MISRA C:2012, IEC 61508, CERT-C)
• Experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g. Unity, Ceedling), static analysis tools and code coverage
• Strong experience with Git version control and modern development workflows
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols (Modbus, CAN, Ethernet)
• Experience integrating embedded systems with sensors and hardware interfaces
• Excellent problem-solving skills, teamwork and communication abilities

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Python or MATLAB for automation, testing or data analysis
• Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical engineering drawings
• Experience working in safety-critical or regulated industries

Hybrid - Covering South West with site visits

Permanent

Overview

An exciting opportunity with our client for a hands-on Head of Data & Analytics to lead reporting and business intelligence across a group of manufacturing businesses.

This role combines strategic leadership with technical delivery, driving a modern data capability while developing high-quality reporting and insights to support operational and strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the BI & reporting strategy across the organisation
• Design and develop Power BI dashboards, reports, and visualisations
• Work with SQL and raw datasets to build scalable data models
• Establish data governance, KPI frameworks, and reporting standards
• Develop and optimise data pipelines, ETL processes, and reporting performance
• Provide actionable insights to improve operational efficiency and performance
• Automate reporting processes and improve data accessibility
• Partner with senior stakeholders across operations, finance, and leadership

Essential Skills & Experience

• Expert-level Power BI (dashboard design, visualisation)
• Advanced SQL (query writing, optimisation)
• Strong data modelling and analytical dataset design
• Experience working with large, complex datasets
• Background in manufacturing, engineering, or operational environments
• Proven ability to work both strategically and hands-on
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Desirable

• Experience with ERP systems and data integration
• Knowledge of ETL and data warehousing
• Advanced DAX
• Exposure to Azure (Synapse, Azure SQL, Data Lakes)
• Experience with Python or Microsoft BI stack tools
• Track record of improving dashboard performance and data quality

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to lead and shape a growing data function
• Collaborative, forward-thinking environment
• Chance to build a modern analytics capability from the ground up

Remote (UK) 1 2 days per month in the South Manchester area.
Up to £46,000 + flexibility for standout candidates

If you re a Data Engineer who wants more than just maintaining pipelines, this is a chance to shape something from the ground up.

This role sits at the heart of a business investing heavily in its data capability. They re moving away from reactive reporting towards a modern, insight-led platform and they need someone who wants to be part of that journey, not just observe it.

The Opportunity

You ll join at a pivotal moment.

The current data platform is being rebuilt, transitioning from legacy and mixed approaches into a modern, cloud-first architecture built on Azure Synapse and a medallion (bronze silver gold) design.

This isn t a keep the lights on role. You ll be:

• Designing and building scalable data pipelines from scratch
• Shaping how data is structured, governed, and used across the business
• Influencing technical direction and bringing in better ways of working
• Helping the organisation move towards predictive and insight-driven decision making

You ll have genuine ownership and the space to challenge existing approaches and introduce best practice.

What You ll Be Doing

• Building and optimising data pipelines using Azure Synapse (pipelines and notebooks)
• Writing and maintaining robust SQL, including complex stored procedures
• Designing and implementing modern data warehouse architecture (medallion model)
• Ensuring data quality, validation, and reliability across the platform
• Integrating data from APIs and multiple internal sources
• Collaborating with stakeholders to turn data into something genuinely useful

What We re Looking For

You don t need to tick every box, but there are a few things that really matter:

Must-have:

• Strong SQL skills, including writing advanced stored procedures
• Hands-on experience with Azure Synapse (pipelines and notebooks)
• Experience building or working within modern data warehouse architectures
• Ability to get up and running quickly without heavy onboarding

Nice to have:

• Python, PySpark or Spark experience
• Exposure to APIs and external data integration
• Experience working in evolving or transforming data environments

Most importantly, you ll be someone who:

• Wants to improve and evolve things, not just maintain them
• Is comfortable challenging existing approaches constructively
• Enjoys solving problems and taking ownership

Why This Role?

There are plenty of Data Engineer roles out there. This one stands out because of the impact and trajectory.

Build, not maintain genuine opportunity to shape a modern data platform

Influence your ideas and approach will matter from day one

Growth strong focus on learning, with access to training and new technologies

Variety a mix of engineering, problem-solving, and collaboration

Flexibility remote-first, with occasional in-person team time

You ll also be joining a team that values curiosity, improvement, and doing things properly rather than just quickly.

Location & Flexibility

• Remote-first role across the UK
• 1 2 days per month in the Manchester area
• Open to candidates across the North West, and beyond

A Note on Fit

This role won t suit someone looking for routine, maintenance-only work.

It will suit someone who wants to:

Build

Improve

Challenge

And leave things better than they found them

If you re looking for a role where you can genuinely influence a data platform and grow with it, this is well worth a conversation.

Tilt Recruitment are specialists in IT Recruitment. We work hard to find our candidates their perfect roles within fantastic organisations across the UK. If this role isn t right for you, please still get in touch with us as we may have other roles which may suit you better.

We also offer up to £500 for every successful referral, if you know someone who matches this skill set please let us know.

Tilt Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

Remote (with 2 days per month in Birmingham)
35,000 to 42,000 per annum + benefits

Excellent opportunity for a Software Developer with Python and JavaScript experience to join a fast-growing, mission-driven tech start-up, working on products that genuinely help organisations build data capability at scale.

This organisation is bridging the data skills gap through its proprietary education platform, combining change management, live and online learning led by industry experts, and self-serve training. They already work with recognisable brands and are continuing to grow the platform and product offering as demand accelerates.

In this role, you’ll join a small, collaborative engineering team building and improving interactive learning experiences, platform features, and integrations. You’ll work across the stack where needed, contributing in JavaScript (Vue) and Python, with strong engineering practices around testing, documentation, and reliability. You’ll be given real ownership, plenty of variety, and the support to keep developing quickly.

The ideal candidate will have commercial experience building software in Python and JavaScript, be comfortable working in a modern front-end framework (Vue or React), and enjoy solving problems that sit right on the edge of product and engineering. If you like clean, well-tested code, enjoy shipping features that users actually feel, and want to grow in a start-up environment (without chaos for the sake of it), this will suit you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a remote-first company where your work will be visible, valued, and directly tied to the growth of the platform and the impact it has on end users.

The Role:

• Develop and maintain platform features using JavaScript (Vue) and Python
• Build interactive content, gamification features, and user-focused learning tools
• Work across the stack, collaborating closely with product and the wider business
• Contribute to quality-focused practices around testing, documentation, and observability
• Remote-first working, with 2 days per month in the Birmingham office

The Person:

• Commercial experience as a Software Developer (mid-level), or strong equivalent project delivery
• Good Python skills and strong JavaScript fundamentals
• Experience in a modern framework such as Vue or React (Vue preferred)
• Enjoys building robust, well-engineered software with a user-first mindset
• Able to travel to Birmingham 2 days per month

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

VMware Engineer

525 a day (Inside IR35)

Manchester (2 days onsite)

4 months

We are seeking a Senior VMware Engineer (Contractor) with hands-on experience provisioning and managing Linux and Windows virtual machines in enterprise VMware environments. This is a contract engagement supporting a higher education institution’s virtual infrastructure modernisation and operational support initiatives.The contractor will provide advanced engineering expertise across VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware ESXi, VMware vSphere, and VMware NSX-T, ensuring stability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical academic and research systems.

Scope of Work

• Provision, configure, and manage Linux and Windows VMs in enterprise clusters.
• Deploy and manage workloads within VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
• Install, configure, patch, and upgrade VMware ESXi hosts.
• Administer and optimise VMware vSphere clusters, including HA, DRS, and vMotion.
• Design and manage network virtualisation using VMware NSX-T.
• Perform VM lifecycle management (build, template creation, cloning, migration, decommissioning)
• Conduct performance monitoring, capacity planning, and resource optimisation.
• Support storage integration (SAN/NAS/vSAN) and ensure optimal IOPS performance.
• Implement and support backup, replication, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, networking, and research computing teams.

Deliverables

• Fully provisioned and optimised virtual machine environments.
• Updated and documented VMware architecture diagrams and configurations.
• Performance optimisation and capacity planning reports.
• Resolved infrastructure incidents within agreed SLAs
• Knowledge transfer documentation and handover sessions (if required at contract completion)

Required Experience & Skills

• VMware engineering experience.
• Proven track record provisioning Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, etc.) and Windows Server VMs
• Strong hands-on expertise in VCF, ESXi, vSphere, and NSX-T.
• Experience in higher education, research institutions, or multi-tenant environments preferred.
• Solid understanding of storage, networking, and security integration
• Automation and scripting skills (PowerCLI, PowerShell, Bash, Python)
• Experience with vCenter administration and cluster design
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning capabilities.
• VMware certifications (VCP-DCV, VCAP)
• Experience with automation/orchestration (VMware Aria/vRealise, Ansible)
• Hybrid cloud experience (Azure, AWS, VMware Cloud).

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Job Title: SC Cleared Embedded Software Engineer Location: Malvern, UK
Duration; 6 months
Rate: Up to 80 per hour via an approved umbrella company
Must be willing and eligible to go through the SC Clearance process

Are you an experienced Embedded Software Engineer with SC clearance and a passion for innovative technology? Our client, a leading organisation in the defence and aerospace sector, is hiring for a reputable company to support a critical project involving the re-architecture of a legacy electro-optical development board.

What you’ll be doing:

• Baseline and re-architect a legacy electro-optical development board to enhance performance and capabilities.
• Write, implement, and test software at both sub-system and system levels, ensuring seamless integration with application and GUI software, as well as FPGA colleagues.
• Collaborate closely with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality solutions aligned with project goals.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience with Xilinx Petalinux, SDK/XSDK/Vitis, and embedded Linux environments.
• Strong skills in C, C++, and Python programming.
• Familiarity with version control tools such as GIT, and build systems like Makefile.
• Knowledge of FPGA development, particularly with Xilinx SoC/MPSoC/RFSOC, and experience with development boards like ZCU111.
• Experience with FPGA design tools such as Xilinx Vivado, VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, and TCL scripting.
• Desirable skills include Docker, Bamboo, Confluence, and extended database knowledge with PostgreSQL and PostGIS.

What you’ll need:

• A background in embedded software development within a defence or aerospace environment.
• Experience working on complex hardware-software integration projects.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and collaboration.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge projects within a supportive and innovative environment. If you hold SC clearance and are ready to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!

Apply now to join a team committed to technological excellence and impactful solutions.

A high-growth institutional trading business in the digital assets market is expanding its London team and hiring a Quant Developer to join its OTC pricing function. This is a great opportunity to join a successful firm adding headcount as it continues to grow, and to work on highly visible quantitative systems that sit at the core of pricing, hedging and liquidity decisions. The role offers a rare blend of quantitative research partnership and hands-on production engineering, making it ideal for someone who enjoys solving real market problems in a fast-paced trading environment.

THE ROLE: Quant Developer OTC Pricing

This is a senior-level quant development role within the OTC pricing team, focused on turning quantitative ideas into robust, production-grade trading and pricing solutions. The successful candidate will work very closely with quantitative researchers, contributing not only to implementation but also to the design and refinement of pricing and liquidity models.

The role combines research-oriented modelling in Python with production engineering in Java. You will use Python to analyse data, test ideas and support model development, while using Java to build and enhance high-performance pricing infrastructure used in a live, global trading environment.

You will be involved in the development of pricing logic, flow analysis, spread optimisation and automated hedging tools. The role also includes working on distributed systems challenges in a 24/7 multi-region environment, where reliability, consistency and performance are critical. This is a high-impact position for someone who enjoys applying quantitative thinking to real trading and pricing problems at scale.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Quant Developer OTC Pricing

• Build and enhance quantitative pricing, hedging and optimisation models within a high-performance Java framework
• Work alongside quantitative researchers to analyse large datasets and translate research into production-ready solutions
• Use Python for model prototyping, data analysis, signal investigation and backtesting activity
• Develop and improve pricing skew, spread and liquidity optimisation logic
• Design and implement automated hedging strategies, taking into account execution risk, liquidity and market impact
• Support pricing system deployment across distributed, multi-region architecture with a focus on uptime and consistency
• Analyse client trading behaviour, including flow quality, decay and pricing performance, to support more effective pricing decisions
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of tools and systems used in a live institutional trading environment

REQUIRED - SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: Quant Developer OTC Pricing

• Strong Java development experience, ideally 5+ years
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design, concurrency, and high-performance distributed systems
• Proficient in Python; Including use of libraries such as NumPy, SciPy and Pandas for quantitative analysis and prototyping
• Proven experience applying numerical optimisation techniques and/or machine learning methods to pricing, trading or market-related problems
• Prior experience in client pricing, electronic trading, or a closely related quantitative trading environment
• Exposure to liquid markets such as FX, equities, ETFs or crypto
• Strong academic background in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Physics or Quantitative Finance
• Ability to operate effectively in a role that bridges quantitative modelling and production engineering

DESIRABLE - SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: Quant Developer OTC Pricing

• Familiarity with low-latency system optimisation, such as GC tuning or tools/frameworks used in high-performance messaging environments
• Understanding of derivatives pricing and risk management, particularly across products such as futures, forwards, NDFs and CFDs
• KDB+/Q
• Exposure to AWS, Docker and Kubernetes

3 x Infrastructure Engineers

12 months

72.54 (inside IR35)

Defence

Hereford based (On site)

We are looking to fill three roles in total, with one finding a requirement to possess exceptional networking skills. All roles will report to the Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer.

The IT infrastructure engineer will design, build, manage and support the IT-infrastructure that underpins a tactical mission network hosted on an on-premise environment. You will be expected to work as part of an IT engineering team for a government organisation that supports a critical communications system relied upon by hundreds of deployed users. Therefore, you must hold a UKNSV security clearance of SC with DV being desirable.

The IT infrastructure engineer will require a breadth of knowledge across multiple areas including VMware virtualisation, Linux OS, Windows Server OS and Cisco networks. Specialisms in individual areas are good, but it is a breadth of knowledge that is deemed valuable. Troubleshooting and problem management are essential skills, as is an ability to communicate at an appropriate level with other stakeholders such as the project and security teams.

You will enjoy being hands-on while also thinking strategically about how systems fit together. You take ownership of your work, care deeply about reliability and user experience and are motivated to build and strengthen the team.

• Maintain IT infrastructure
• Troubleshoot and rectify problems
• Develop and deploy new infrastructure
• Monitor system performance
• End-user device build process

Knowledge:

Essential:

Minimum of 3 years as an infrastructure engineer

Minimum of 8 years in a related IT field

Strong knowledge of Linux OS, Windows Server OS and virtuaIisation (VMware, Hyper-V)

Desirable:

Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Anisble, Terraform)

Practical scripting or automation skills (Powershell, Python, Bash)

Familiarity with containerisation tools (Docker, Kubernates, Podman)

Skills:

Essential:

Good understanding of networking, routing and switching fundamentals (Cisco)

Analytical mindset with a strong attention to detail

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to explain complex IT concepts

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and within a team

Desirable:

Experience administering enterprise systems (Atlassian, GitHub, M365)

Understanding of Information Security and Compliance (ISO27001, Cyber Essentials+)

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education in computer science, IT or related field

Desirable:

• Certifications (CCNA, RHCA, MCSE, VCP-DCV)

Agilis are currently working exclusively with a key client who are a leading technology consultancy in their search for a Data Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast growing, forward thinking company and helping them take their Data engineering to the next level!

Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join a dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SQL, Python, ETL processes, and data integration, ideally in Databricks. You will play a crucial role in continuing an exciting project designing, developing, and maintaining data infrastructure to ensure the seamless inflow, data sanitation/consolidation and automated report production for clients.
Key Responsibilities:

Design and Development:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines to process and integrate data from various sources.
• Implement data validation routines to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and loading.

Strategic Solution Design:

Data Integration:

• Integrate data from multiple sources, including APIs & relational databases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and understand data requirements.

Database Management:

• Design and maintain relational database schemas to support business needs.
• Ensure efficient storage, retrieval, and management of large datasets.

API Management:

• Develop and maintain APIs for data access and integration.
• Utilize tools like Postman for API testing and documentation.
• A good understanding of working with APIs: Ensure robust and efficient API integration and management.

Data bricks Management:

• Manage permissions and access controls within Databricks to ensure data security and compliance

Data Analytics and Reporting:

• Work with data analysts to provide clean and well-structured data for analysis.
• Develop and maintain documentation for data processes and workflows.
• Develop and maintain automatic report production to ensure seamless delivery of critical data

Collaboration and Communication:

• Collaborate with colleagues to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Communicate effectively with team members to ensure alignment on data initiatives

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong proficiency in SQL or Python or ideally both.
• Experience with ETL processes and tools.
• Knowledge of data validation routines and data integration techniques.
• Familiarity with relational database design and management.
• Experience with API development and testing using tools like Postman.
• Experience of Databricks or similar data platforms desirable
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

For more information please apply using the link or get in touch with Recruitment

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented physicist to support the development, testing, and application of advanced simulation tools. You will work on real-world design challenges, helping customers create innovative components while ensuring software meets the highest standards of quality and performance.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and implement test cases and computational methods to ensure product quality

Rigorously test new software features, identifying limitations and opportunities for improvement

Provide structured feedback to the development team on usability, performance, and enhancements

Design and write automation scripts (Python or MATLAB) to improve internal workflows and customer efficiency

About You

• A strong BSc or MSc in Physics
• Solid understanding of scientific problem-solving and analytical methods
• Interest or experience in areas such as electromagnetism, semiconductor device physics)
• Programming experience in Python or MATLAB (preferred)