Job title: Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Remote, team based in Leeds

Reports to: Global Head of Infrastructure, UK

Remuneration: Up to £65k GBP (CWE) & pension, 25 days hols,

Main Purpose

Our client, a Uk based, global consulting organisation, is looking for a Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer to join their Global Cloud Services Team (GCS) with a passion for working with innovative cloud technologies, containerised hosting environments and public cloud platform engineering. The GCS team are responsible for providing first-class cloud infrastructure and engineering for our client’s managed cloud service solution to our clients and colleagues worldwide.

GCS Engineers undertake infrastructure builds to specification, are responsible for incident response to remediation for infrastructure incidents and carry out maintenance activities such as patching and technical application upgrades to infrastructure estate and cloud hosted systems.

Key Responsibilities

* To carry out infrastructure builds to specification and internal team processes and documentation

* To provide incident response as and if required – either from monitoring and alerting or as a third-line escalation from support desk - and to undertake investigative and diagnostic processes, formulate and execute action plans, and work in teams to progress incidents to resolution

* Patch and upgrade application and platform components to pre-arranged schedules to keep within vendor support and latest security versions

* To take part in the incident management call rota to respond to incidents at 3rd line/from alerts on infrastructural platforms.

* To continuously review, improve, simplify and expedite existing practises, processes, tooling, runbooks, build documents - and more - to identify opportunities for improvement and optimisation

* To take part in GCS’ proactive monitoring regime using cloud-native tooling and to respond with remedial actions to resolve issues and prevent incidents

* To stay up to date with new and emerging technologies: most notably cloud architecture and containerisation platforms personally and to leverage the experience and knowledge within the team (and wider) to make GCS an organization-leading technical resource

Required Skills/Technologies

* Containerization experience – preferably IBM RedHat OpenShift but also any experience working with Docker or Kubernetes in any form, demonstrable understanding of principles. Ability and demonstrable experience with building OpenShift clusters and/or building new environments into OpenShift clusters a distinct advantage. Experience managing OpenShift clusters, adding and removing nodes and compute resource, and troubleshooting as part of incident response also an advantage.

* Public cloud platform engineering skills - preferably AWS and/or Azure - implementation and demonstrable builds experience a distinct advantage

* Serverless architectures and experience with cloud-native toolsets designed for immutable infrastructure

* Infrastructure as code experience – preferably Ansible but also Terraform, Chef, Puppet, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, Google Cloud Deployment Manager etc

* Configuration management experience – preferably Ansible but also Chef, Puppet etc

* Source control and CMDB – preferably GitHub and Azure DevOps but also SVN, Jira, Confluence

* Linux environment experience – Debian-based, Red-Hat based

* Cybersecurity practises and frameworks – notably demonstrable experience with ISO27001, SOC1/2, CyberEssentials+ and/or the NCSC 14 Principles of Cyber Security

Skills and Qualifications

* Team players only in GCS – our strength is in our ethos and our culture and our quality of service

* Ability to write strong and concise technical documentation to add to and improve the GCS technical library

* Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, replicate-simulate-quantify, triage and investigate technical issues and problems, and the ability to identify root causal factors

* Professional and committed, able to work unsupervised for task completion, disciplined, organised

* Applicants that enjoy playing a mentoring role to others or bringing others up to technical grade within the team will be developed, encouraged and rewarded

* Empathic to colleagues and service requestors and willing to be as helpful as possible in a service provision role where customers are internal as well as external

* This is not primarily a client-facing role, but applicants that are comfortable to deal directly with clients and can explain technical issues to client end users may be asked to assist in this regard from time to time

* Ability to succeed working in virtual teams with colleagues on the other side of the world

Place of Work:

This role is either:

* Home-based (homeworker);

* Based at the Leeds Office (Thorpe Park, East Leeds LS15); or

(By agreement dependent upon the personal circumstances of the applicant)

Some travel to a local office office to meet for face-to-face meetings with line management is required from time to time.

Some travel to client premises may be required if specific need is identified., although this is uncommon.

Hours of Work:

This permanent role works a standard eight-hour day, five days a week. As a global role, some work outside the regular business day is required, and the salary reflects this commitment.

We Commit to offer You:

* A commitment to your personal development, allowing you to grow with the company.

* Training and development to improve your skills, including internal team mentorship programs.

* A professional, friendly, inclusive workplace.

* Flexible working options, including working from home

Up to £510 per day - Inside IR35

Remote

6 months

My client is an instantly recognisable consultancy who urgently require a Platform Engineer with Active SC Clearance for an end client within the public sector.

Key Requirements:

Proven commercial experience working as a Platform / DevOps Engineer within the public sector.
Active SC Clearance.
Strong, commercial experience with Terraform for IaC, and with Databricks.
Proven track record configuring and managing Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
Deep understanding of Azure cloud services and components.
Practical experience with Docker containerisation.
Knowledge of security scanning tooling (Trivy or similar).
Scripting proficiency in Bash (Python is desirable).
Solid understanding of Git-based version control, specifically within Azure DevOps.
Nice to have:

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*Job Title:* Devops Engineer (Urgent Hiring)

*Location:* UK

*Experience:* 2–5 years

*Education: *Bachelors in Science (IT/Computer Science/Engineer)

*Employment Type:* Full-Time

*UK based candidates only.*

*Key Responsibilities:*

* Design & Build: Create and manage scalable AWS infrastructure following best practices for performance, security, and cost efficiency.

* Automate & Streamline: Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and develop CI/CD pipelines for seamless delivery.

* Collaborate & Support: Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate DevOps solutions into project workflows and troubleshoot AWS environments.

* Secure & Comply: Apply security best practices, conduct audits, and maintain compliance with governance and regulatory standards.

* Monitor & Optimize: Develop monitoring and alerting solutions to enhance availability and proactively optimize cloud environments.

* Innovate & Improve: Identify and implement automation opportunities to increase efficiency and drive operational excellence.

*Required Qualifications:*

* You should have proven experience delivering AWS-based DevOps solutions, combining strong technical knowledge with a collaborative and analytical mindset.

* You’ll bring the confidence to work independently while supporting and guiding others on more complex challenges.

*Essential Qualifications:*

* Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM).

* Strong understanding of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Code Pipeline).

* Scripting proficiency (Python, Bash, or similar) and experience with Git.

* Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

* Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).

* Understanding of cloud security and compliance practices.

* Excellent communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.

*Desirable:*

* AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or AWS Solutions Architect certification.

* Experience working in Agile and consulting environments.

*Educational Criteria : *

* *Bachelor’s degree *in computer science, Maths, IT, statistics or physics related field.

* You should be entitled to work in the UK with legal work authorization status.

* Must be willing to travel within the UK as per project/client requirements.

* Excellent communication skills and teamwork skills.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Application question(s):

* Are you available for relocation across UK for projects?

* We must fill this position urgently. Can you start immediately?

* Request you to mention your visa type.

Education:

* Bachelor’s (required)

Work authorisation:

* United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road

Location: Remote – Must be UK based
Type: Full-Time
Salery: £60,000-£166,000 depending on experience
Industry: AI / Enterprise GenAI / Agentic Systems

Are you building production-grade GenAI systems — not just demos?

We’re partnering with a cutting-edge AI organisation delivering transformative, agentic AI solutions to enterprise clients. They are looking for a Senior GenAI Solutions Engineer to embed with customers, lead deployments, and build bespoke AI systems that drive measurable business impact.

This is a high-ownership, customer-facing role at the intersection of AI engineering, cloud deployment, and strategic solution delivery.

What You’ll Be Doing

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Design and deploy enterprise-grade RAG and multi-agent systems

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Build transformative agentic AI solutions using tools such as LangChain and LangGraph

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Lead technical delivery from prototype to stable production release

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Deploy ML systems across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments

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Embed within client teams to co-develop AI solutions aligned to KPIs

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Conduct technical debugging and root cause analysis

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Rapidly prototype innovative AI systems in ambiguous environments

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Drive adoption and demonstrate measurable business outcomes

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Implement best practices across AI engineering, DevOps, and MLOps

What We’re Looking For

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Proven experience building GenAI applications (RAG, multi-agent systems, fine-tuning)

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Strong understanding of Model Context Protocols, A2A Protocols, Agent Developer Kits, and LLM orchestration and evaluation

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Experience deploying production-grade ML/GenAI systems in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

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Strong hands-on data science expertise (pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, etc.)

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DevOps and infrastructure experience including Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI), and GitOps workflows

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Full-stack engineering capability (Python, JavaScript or similar stacks)

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Experience in customer-facing technical roles (5+ years)

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Ability to communicate complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

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Strong risk awareness and proactive problem-solving mindset

Ideal Profile

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Have scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

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Understand how AI model behaviour impacts product experience

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Can move seamlessly between engineering teams and executive stakeholders

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Take ownership of delivery and outcomes — not just code

Education

Graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, or equivalent practical experience.

Why Join?

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Work on truly transformative AI deployments

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High autonomy and ownership

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Fully Remote working options

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Direct client impact with measurable KPI outcomes

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Opportunity to shape next-generation agentic AI systems

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Fast-growing, innovation-driven environment

First round interviews are being arranged, please send in your CV for a confidential discission

Lead the cloud risk agenda for the world’s most complex and prestigious organisations

Our client is a leading global Advisory firm and we are seeking a Senior Manager to join their Technology Risk & Internal Audit practice, specialising in cloud and emerging technology risk. This role sits at the intersection of cloud security, regulation, and executive advisory, supporting global clients as they navigate large-scale cloud adoption, digital transformation, and increasing regulatory scrutiny.

This is a leadership role for a credible cloud authority and trusted advisor and will suit someone equally comfortable designing cloud security architectures as advising Boards and Audit Committees.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and deliver technology risk, internal audit, and cloud security engagements across global enterprises
• Design, assess, and optimise cloud security architectures and control frameworks across hyperscalers
• Advise senior stakeholders on cloud risk, regulatory compliance, and operating model transformation
• Support clients across a variety of sectors, including highly regulated environments,
• Drive practice growth, proposition development, and client relationships
• Build, mentor, and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams

What are we looking for:Cloud & Security

• Deep experience across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud (plus SAP, Oracle, Alibaba, IBM Bluemix)
• Expertise in cloud-native security, CNAPP, data protection, network security, and vulnerability management
• Strong hands-on exposure to Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Prisma Cloud, and DevSecOps

Technology Risk & Regulation

• Proven background in Technology Risk / IT Internal Audit
• Strong knowledge of global regulatory and compliance frameworks, including:
• GDPR, SOx, ISO 27001
• PRA, FCA, EBA, BaFin, OCC, FFIEC, Basel, MiFID II, NIS 2, TISAX, HIPAA
• Ability to translate complex technical risk into clear, board-level insight

Leadership & Advisory

• Senior Manager-level consulting experience
• Track record of leading teams, mentoring talent, and managing senior stakeholders
• Experience delivering cloud-enabled transformation, system integration, and process optimisation
• Familiarity with Agile, COBIT, ITIL, Lean, Six Sigma

Emerging Technology

• Exposure to AI, automation, LLMs, and data-driven security
• Interest in shaping the future of cloud risk and intelligent assurance

What’s on offer:

• High-impact role with real influence over strategy and growth
• Work on complex, high-profile cloud and regulatory challenges
• Clear progression toward Director and Partner
• Collaborative, international environment with access to cutting-edge technology

If you are a senior cloud and technology risk professional and are ready to shape the agenda, lead at scale, and build a long-term advisory career, then make your application now!

Parker Wright Consulting is acting as an Executive Recruitment Agency with respect to this role.

We partner with fast-moving engineering teams who build and run their businesses in the cloud. They need pragmatic, code-literate security specialists and thats where you come in.

The Role

Were looking for a hands-on AWS Security Architect who lives and breathes AWS. Youll dissect designs, model attack paths, and show engineering teams what good really looks like. Depending on the engagement, you might run a threat model, assess CI/CD pipelines, learn a vendor DSL for a PoC, or build internal tooling. We dont expect you to know everything just to be curious, practical, and willing to dive in.

What Youll Do

• Threat Modelling & Architecture Reviews: Break down AWS services, map trust boundaries, build attack trees, and define security requirements before code ships.
• Security Automation: Build IaC-driven checks, Lambda/Step Function tooling, CI/CD gates, and CSPM rules to enforce secure defaults at scale.
• Hands-On Testing & Hardening: Perform cloud-native testing (IAM escalation, container escape attempts, infra abuse) and guide fixes directly via PRs.
• DevSecOps Enablement: Pair with platform teams, review Terraform/CloudFormation/Kubernetes, and promote least privilege, logging, and runtime controls.
• Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to documentation, demos, and continuous learning within the team.

What You Bring

Must-Haves

• Deep AWS internals knowledge
• Proven threat-modelling experience (STRIDE, attack trees, etc.)
• Strong coding skills (Python, Go, Rust, etc.)
• IaC expertise Terraform, CrossPlane, Pulumi, CloudFormation, AWS CDK
• CI/CD security automation experience (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)

Nice-to-Haves

• AWS Security Specialty, SANS, OSCP (skills over certificates, though!)
• Multi-cloud or hybrid security experience
• Container security & supply-chain/SBOM tooling
• Applied cryptography fundamentals (KMS, envelope encryption, etc.)
• Incident response or red/blue/purple team exposure
• OSS security contributions or AWS community involvement
• Technical / IT degree (2:1 or above)

Technical Architect UK Remote - Occasional travel to Reading or Glasgow Salary up to £95,000 SC Clearance eligibility required
Were looking for an experienced Technical Architect to join our Cloud Engineering and Platforms practice. This hands-on leadership role involves designing and building secure, automated, and scalable cloud platforms, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure and a growing multi-cloud footprint across AWS and GCP. This is an ideal opportunity for a pragmatic architect with strong engineering depth and a clear architectural mindsetsomeone who can articulate what excellence looks like and bring it to life through modern DevOps, automation, and infrastructure-as-code patterns.
Key Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into secure, scalable architectures usingWellArchitectedFrameworks
• Lead platform architectureandembedNFRs
• Build automated cloud platforms usingIaC
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and reusable modules, guardrails, andpolicyascodeto support secure, consistent cloud adoption.
• Applyendtoendsecurity across identity, networking, encryption, secrets, MFA, andzerotrust.
• Implement automated security scanning (SAST/DAST), dependency checks, and secure pipeline patterns, aligning platforms withorganisationaland regulatory standards.
• Work across the full project lifecycle.

About You:

• Experienced in designing and building secure cloud solutions(ideally Azure, with awareness of AWS or GCP)andcloudready, distributed, scalable architectures
• Skilled at leading technical discussions and articulating architectural decisions,
• Advancedknowledge ofIaCautomation (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation) with strong DevOps skills across CI/CD pipelines, automation, and modern development practices
• Knowledgeable in cost analysis,optimisation, ROI modelling

Knowledge and Experience of the following would be advantageous:

• Consulting or client facing project leadership experience
• Experience with .NET of Python
• Familiar with cloud-native security tooling

If you are looking to join a leading consultancy specialising in Digital, Security and AI solutions then this is the role for you.
Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.

Permanent

Location: UK - Remote

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 (+ benefits)

Skills: Azure, DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, PowerShell, SC Clearance

We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Senior Azure DevOps Engineer for a leading technology consultancy. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality, innovative solutions to clients across multiple sectors.

The Principal Engineer drive the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. This is a senior, hands-on role combining technical delivery, architecture, and thought leadership, ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient platforms that enable rapid, high-quality software delivery.

This is a home based role with travel for customer and team meetings as required.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure and DevOps processes across client projects.

Act as a technical advisor for cloud engineers, providing guidance on CI/CD automation, container orchestration, and platform reliability.

Design, document, and maintain secure technical and security architectures aligned with best practices.

Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Software Engineering, and Product teams to align cloud platform strategy.

Drive improvements in automation, infrastructure as code, and overall DevOps maturity across projects.

Mentor and coach engineering teams to adopt modern engineering practices and automation strategies.

Deliver large-scale infrastructure transformation projects with low-level design expertise.

Stay ahead of emerging technologies, applying them to deliver maximum client value.

Essential Skills & Experience

Extensive experience in Azure services and architecture (VMs, EntraID, Application Gateway, Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, Azure Fabric, Functions, Logic Apps, Front Door, App Service, Dev Box, Azure Migrate).

Strong expertise in Azure DevOps, GitHub CI/CD, and build/release automation.

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, PowerShell).

Experience deploying solutions in AWS is desirable.

Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and automation/configuration tools (Ansible).

Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python).

Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Azure Monitor, DataDog, New Relic).

Deep understanding of cloud security, governance, and FinOps principles.

Solid Windows, Linux, and Microsoft 365 design and implementation experience.

Proven experience migrating databases (e.g., MS SQL) in cloud environments.

SC clearance (or eligible) preferred.

About You

You are passionate about solving complex business challenges with cloud technologies.

You combine hands-on technical ability with strategic thinking and advisory skills.

You are collaborative, proactive, and committed to sharing knowledge and raising standards.

You thrive in client-facing roles and can communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

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Permanent

Location: UK- Remote

Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 (+ benefits)

Skills: AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, Production SaaS experience

We are looking to recruit a Lead DevOps Engineer for a leading software company. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, ideal for someone who enjoys owning AWS infrastructure strategy while remaining close to engineering delivery.

You’ll play a key role in shaping platform standards, improving reliability, embedding security best practice, and driving automation across the organisation.

This is a fully remote UK based role.

The Role

Platform Architecture & Cloud Engineering

Own AWS multi-account infrastructure architecture (secure-by-design)

Define infrastructure standards across networking, IAM, logging and disaster recovery

Lead Infrastructure-as-Code strategy (Terraform preferred)

Ensure scalability, resilience and high availability across production environments

CI/CD & Release Automation

Design and optimise CI/CD pipelines

Improve deployment reliability and reduce rollback frequency

Standardise release processes across engineering teams

Implement progressive delivery practices

Reliability & Observability

Define and track SLIs/SLOs

Enhance monitoring, alerting and incident response processes

Lead post-incident reviews and root cause analysis

Drive reduction of operational toil

Security & Compliance

Embed DevSecOps controls into pipelines

Implement least-privilege IAM models

Support ISO 27001 and compliance evidence automation

FinOps & Cost Optimisation

Partner on cloud cost optimisation strategy

Improve tagging standards and cost allocation models

Implement rightsizing and automation policies

About You

5+ years’ experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering

Strong AWS expertise (VPC, IAM, EC2, RDS, EKS, Lambda)

Proven Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform preferred)

CI/CD tooling experience (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)

Experience operating production SaaS environments

Strong observability tooling knowledge (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK etc.)

Incident management and root cause analysis experience

Experience in regulated or security-conscious environments is highly desirable

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Rubicon Bridgeis transforming compliance for regulated brands. Compliance isnt a checklist anymore its a constant decision-making burden across fragmented, ambiguous markets. Were building the infrastructure that embeds regulated decision-making directly into workflows, making outcomes consistent, explainable, and defensible at scale.

As a principal Engineer, AI & Architecture, youll design and build the cloud-native backbone behind this mission from rapid prototypes to production systems using AWS, Terraform, and serverless architectures.

What Youll Do

• Build scalable AWS/serverless systems that power governed, deterministic regulatory decisions
• Codify infrastructure into reusable Terraform modules
• Build and ship prototypes with real data and integrations
• Improve resilience, observability, and engineering velocity
• Help make complianceright by design, not a late-stage review step

What You Bring

• Strong AWS + Terraform expertise
• Deep experience with serverless + event-driven design
• API-first architecture and integration skills
• CI/CD, IAM, and cloud security fundamentals
• A builder mindset fast, pragmatic, low ego

Why Join Us

Youll help shape the foundational infrastructure an entire industry will rely on moving regulated brands from manual interpretation to deterministic, scalable, workflow-embedded compliance.

If youre motivated by high ownership, real impact, and building systems that change how regulated work gets done, wed love to talk

Closing Date 27th April 2026

DevOps Engineer (Active SC)

£504.49/day Inside IR-35

Remote with occasional travel to London, Manchester or Leicester

6 month initial contract

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to work closely with developers and IT teams to manage and optimise code releases, bringing together strong engineering principles with practical coding knowledge. You will play a key role in creating and implementing systems software, analysing data to enhance existing solutions, and driving productivity across the organisation. A solid understanding of the software development lifecycle is essential, along with hands-on experience using automation tools to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

Mandatory experience and skills include:

* Proven ability to learn quickly and apply new technical skills
* Hands-on experience delivering technical projects within the DevOps domain
* Experience working in an integration-focused scrum team, supported by architects and subject matter experts
* Ability to collaborate effectively with client teams remotely, supporting successful integration with external applications
* Experience with WebSphere, MQ, IBM BPM or other rules-based application technologies
* Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence
* Knowledge of scripting languages such as ANT, Ansible, Bash, or Terraform
* Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
* Experience with Jenkins, AWS, Git, Docker, and Liquibase

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Role: Lead DevOps Engineer Rate: £675 - £715 per day (Inside IR35 - Umbrella) Location: Fully Remote (UK-Based) Duration: Initial 6 months (extensions highly likely) Clearance: Active SC Clearance (Required) The Opportunity Join a high-profile Public Sector transformation programme. We are seeking a senior-level DevOps Engineer to serve as technical leads in the design and evolution of secure, cloud-native platforms. This is a pure IaC (Infrastructure as Code) environment focused on enterprise-scale resilience and security. Core Technical Stack \* AWS Master: Deep expertise across EC2, Lambda, S3, IAM, and VPC. Terraform Expertise: Proven track record in designing and refactoring complex IaC environments (Git/GitLab integration). CI/CD Orchestration: Advanced experience with GitLab CI and Jenkins to automate end-to-end delivery pipelines. Containerization: Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) for scaling microservices. Scripting: High proficiency in Python, Bash, and Ansible for automation and 'code review' leadership. Responsibilities Lead Technical Design: Shape the architectural direction of the AWS environment. Refactoring & Quality: Lead code reviews and promote refactoring techniques to enhance a multi-site enterprise codebase. Security & Compliance: Implement robust security measures aligned to GDS and Home Office security standards. Stakeholder Liaison: Act as the technical bridge between IT colleagues and business clients to track prioritisation and delivery. Apply Now for immediate consideration TPBN1\_UKTJ

Azure Architect

Salary: £70,000-£90,000 Location: UK Type: Permanent, Full-Time

About the Role:

Vivo Talent are seeking an Azure Architect to design and deliver cloud solutions for our client, with a broad focus on Azure and modern data platforms, including Microsoft Fabric.

You will oversee solution delivery across the full project lifecycle, from architecture and implementation to optimisation, acting as a trusted advisor to clients and internal teams.

This client-facing role will also contribute to internal capability through standards, architectures and best practice guidance, with potential for line management as the Azure practice grows.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design scalable, secure and cost-effective Azure solutions spanning infrastructure, data, analytics and applications.
• Incorporate Microsoft Fabric and modern data architecture patterns (e.g., Lakehouse, Medallion Architecture).
• Guide and mentor internal teams, ensuring best practices, governance, and architectural integrity.
• Conduct technical design reviews and provide recommendations to improve performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Promote DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud governance practices.
• Stay up to date with Azure and Microsoft Fabric capabilities, contributing knowledge and reusable assets to the team.

Required Certifications:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise Azure solutions across infrastructure, data and applications.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services, architecture patterns, landing zones and governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.
• Client-facing experience and ability to lead or influence technical teams.

A fantastic opportunity for a Site Reliability Engineer / Systems Engineer to support highly available, scalable production systems within a fast-growing technology environment, working across cloud platforms, DevOps, networking and operational resilience.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: DevOps Engineer, Operations Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer, Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Production Engineer

SALARY: up to £70,000 per annum (depending on experience) + Benefits

LOCATION: Remote and Hybrid Working Options Available. You can either work remotely of if you prefer Hybrid working from home and the office in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, North West England

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Site Reliability Engineer / Systems Engineer to join a growing technology team focused on delivering reliable, scalable and resilient platforms and services.

As a Site Reliability Engineer/ Systems Engineer you will act as the vital link between operations, end users and backend development teams, ensuring system availability, performance optimisation and effective incident management across live environments.

This Site Reliability Engineer/ Systems Engineer role offers the chance to work with modern cloud technologies, containerisation, observability tools and automation practices, while influencing long-term reliability improvements across business-critical systems.

APPLY TODAY

Ready to make your next career move? Apply Now for our Recruitment Team to review.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Site Reliability Engineer / Systems Engineer include:

• Incident Triage and Ownership: Acting as first-line technical escalation for live production issues through to resolution or handover

• System Monitoring and Availability: Maintaining high availability, performance and scalability of production platforms and services

• Observability Implementation: Managing logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics to proactively identify and resolve issues

• Reliability Improvements: Collaborating with development teams to translate operational insights into long-term platform resilience

• Automation and Resilience: Supporting automation, incident response and continuous improvement practices

• New Service Support: Ensuring new products and features are operable, reliable and scalable from day one

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Working with network engineering, operations and support teams to diagnose service issues

• Documentation and Reporting: Creating and maintaining runbooks, escalation guides and incident reports

• Incident Prioritisation: Balancing customer impact with long-term system health and stability

• Security and Compliance: Supporting compliance with security, availability and regulatory frameworks

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

• Previous experience in a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Systems Engineer or Operations Engineer role

• Experience supporting production services at scale within a DevOps or SRE environment

• Strong working knowledge of ISP-related networking concepts including DNS, DHCP, PPPoE, RADIUS and IPv4/IPv6

• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or Splunk

• Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes

• Cloud platform experience, ideally Google Cloud Platform, including automation and scaling practices

• Strong Linux administration skills with scripting capability in Bash, Python or similar

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and source control tools such as GitHub Actions

• Understanding of security frameworks and operational resilience best practices

DESIRABLE

• Experience within ISP, MSP or telecommunications environments

• Familiarity with enterprise IT architectures including OSS and BSS systems

• Knowledge of information security frameworks such as ISO27001, NIST or GDPR

• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible

BENEFITS

• Smart casual dress code

• Free access to gym facilities

• Access to a financial wellbeing platform (on successful completion of probationary period)

• Access to an employee assistance programme, Virtual GP and Elderly Care support (on successful completion of probationary period)

• Access to cycle to work, childcare, and electric vehicle schemes after six months

• Brand new office with excellent transport links

• Supportive team culture, growth and career progression

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

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Your new company An established and fast‑growing technology organisation is on a mission to transform digital connectivity across the UK. With a focus on building and operating high‑speed fibre networks, the business is committed to delivering world‑class broadband services to communities and supporting a data‑driven future. You'll be joining a forward‑thinking environment that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Your new role As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing the organisation's enterprise data platform. Working within a specialist Data Analytics & AI team, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and models within Snowflake to support analytics, reporting, and data‑led decision‑making across the business.You will translate data architecture strategies into high‑quality technical solutions, optimise performance and cost, and ensure the data platform is reliable, secure, and well‑structured. This includes developing ELT/ETL pipelines using tools such as dbt and Argo Workflows, implementing data quality and governance practices, and leveraging advanced Snowflake features to drive automation and efficiency.Collaboration is key-you'll work closely with analysts, data consumers, and business stakeholders, enabling them through well‑designed data models and providing technical support where needed. You'll also contribute to monitoring, CI/CD processes, and ongoing improvements to engineering standards across the team. What you'll need to succeed Proven experience delivering cloud‑based data engineering solutions, ideally centred around Snowflake Strong skills in SQL, Python, and dbt for data modelling and transformation Experience with Snowflake RBAC and performance optimisation Familiarity with ingestion/replication tools such as Airbyte, Fivetran, Hevo, or similar Understanding of cloud technologies (AWS preferred) Knowledge of data modelling, governance principles, and best‑practice engineering standards Experience supporting BI/reporting tools such as Power BI Solid grounding in version‑controlled development and CI/CD practices (git)Desirable: Exposure to enterprise systems like Salesforce, BSS/OSS, telephony, or call‑centre data Experience in data platform migrations, data validation, and quality assurance Background in enabling business teams through training, documentation, or adoption support Familiarity with Terraform or Infrastructure‑as‑Code A mindset for continuous learning and staying up to date with modern data stack tooling What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

Core Duties Design and develop machine learning models for traditional ML use cases (forecasting, classification, anomaly detection) and GenAI/LLM applications Lead experimentation cycles: define hypotheses, design experiments, evaluate results, and iterate rapidly while adhering to governance requirements Transition validated experiments into production-ready solutions, working closely with other engineers on deployment and monitoring Build and optimise ML pipelines using AWS services and experiment tracking tools Develop and integrate LLM-powered solutions for tracing, evaluation, and production monitoring Implement robust experiment tracking, model versioning, and reproducibility practices with full audit trails Design feature engineering approaches and contribute to feature store development Support production models through monitoring, performance analysis, and continuous improvement Apply responsible AI practices, including model explainability and fairness assessment Present experiment findings and production outcomes to stakeholders, articulating operational and strategic value Mentor junior colleagues and share learnings across the team About You You will have experience in many of the following: Hands-on experience developing and deploying ML models in Python using frameworks such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, PyTorch, or TensorFlow Strong experience with AWS ML services (SageMaker, Lambda, S3) in production environments Strong experiment design skills: hypothesis formulation, A/B testing methodology, and statistical evaluation Proven track record transitioning models from experimentation to production with appropriate governance and quality controls Experience with experiment tracking and MLOps tooling (MLflow, Weights & Biases, Data Version Control) Experience developing LLM/GenAI applications, including prompt engineering and RAG architectures It Would Be Great If You Also Had Experience In Some Of These, But If Not Well Help You With Them Experience with advanced LLM techniques: agents, tool use, and agentic workflows Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) for RAG applications Experience with feature stores (Feast, AWS Feature Store) Experience with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS) Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) Experience with data processing frameworks (Spark, Dask) for large-scale workloads Understanding of data governance and compliance frameworks TPBN1\_UKTJ

Location: Remote (UK Based) Rate: Competitive Inside IR35 Clearance: SC Clearance Required (Active) Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer with a passion for building robust, scalable infrastructure within the public sector? We are looking for a specialist to join a high-profile digital transformation project, leveraging modern cloud-native technologies to deliver secure and efficient services. The Role You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and management of containerised environments. This is a 'hands-on' role where you will automate everything, ensure security best practices are baked into the CI/CD pipelines, and maintain the reliability of critical public services. Key Technical Stack Cloud Infrastructure: Expert-level knowledge of AWS . Orchestration: Deep experience with Kubernetes (EKS) . GitOps & Deployment: Proficiency with ArgoCD for continuous delivery. Infrastructure as Code: Proven experience with Terraform . CI/CD: Building and maintaining pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins). Monitoring: Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack. Requirements Active SC Clearance: Due to the nature of the project, you must hold current SC Clearance. Public Sector Experience: Familiarity with GDS standards and working within secure environments. The 'Usual Stuff': Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) and a solid understanding of networking, security, and Linux administration. Why Apply? This is a chance to work on a long-term contract that impacts millions of citizens, using a modern tech stack in an environment that values automation and best practices. TPBN1\_UKTJ

Life on the team Location: UK WIDE Be part of a 1,000-strong expert community across the UK, Germany, and France under the GPS umbrellaComputacenters leading consultancy and project delivery arm. Here, you'll grow alongside skilled peers, collaborate closely with account teams and partners, and continuously stay sharp by aligning with emerging market technologies and our strategic roadmap. As a predominately engineering role you will have proven skills implementing modern, scalable platform solutions using a range of new and emerging technologies from developed and deployed with Cloud/DevOps tooling What you'll do Engineer multi-cloud architectures across public and private environments, delivering robust, scalable, and automated solutions to support development teams Build by following best practices and Computacenter methodologies, ensuring consistency, performance, and operational excellence Serve as a Junior Subject-Matter Expert (SME) on Cloud Engineering within delivery teamsrepresenting technical implementation in client meetings and highlighting risks clearly and proactively What you'll need Team-based experience in Cloud or DevOps environments, working within Agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, or Lean Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, and provisioning frameworks like ARM templates or Terraform Hands-on exposure to DevOps tooling (automation, orchestration, testing), with awareness of Jenkins or GitLab, Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) and security tools like HashiCorp Vault Strong communicatorable to translate technical complexity into clear insights for both technical and business audiences, while continuously learning and applying new knowledge effectively Broader exposure to cloud platforms and native deployment tools, plus certifications in GitLab, Terraform, or Vault would be a bonus (desirable) Current certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-400, or Terraform Associate reflect highly sought-after competencies (desirable) Join a certified Great Place to Work, where 81% of employees say they feel its an exceptional place to workbacked by a culture that truly values diversity, belonging, and personal growth. TPBN1\_UKTJ

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 Software Engineer
Fully Remote – UK
Golang / GCP / Terraform
£75,000-£85,000

We have partnered with a fast-growing, cloud-native technology company delivering child safety & well-being solutions to clients across the UK and Europe. The platform is built on modern microservices architecture, leveraging Go (Golang) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to power high-performance systems that are used by thousands of customers daily.

Founded over 10 years ago, the company have grown into a global leader within their respective field who are now part of a wider group and now looking to expand their development team with new projects launching this year. The role is fully remote within the UK, and any successful candidate would need to be based in the UK. Sponsorship cannot be offered for this role.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain backend services using Golang
Build and deploy scalable Cloud platforms on GCP – AWS or Azure is fine
Good experience with SQL and working with large datasets.
Confident on the Frontend, working with Typescript & React.
Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making
Develop RESTful APIs and event-driven microservices
Work with cloud-native technologies including containers and serverless
Implement CI/CD pipelines, Terraform and infrastructure-as-code
Other non-essential skills include: Machine Learning, .Net, Testing.
Open to mentoring junior developers and leading on projects.
Salary: £75,000-£85,000
Benefits: Bonus, Share Scheme, 25 Days Holiday, 8% Pension, Private Medical.

If this role sounds of interest, please apply and I can give you a call.

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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.
If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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