Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer - 1 or 2 days a week expected at Head Office in Blackburn - Salary: £60k-£65k Summary of Position The Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer will be responsible for the administration, reliability, security and continuous improvement of the TW Group infrastructure estate across both Linux and Microsoft environments click apply for full job details
Sep 19, 2026
Full time
Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer - 1 or 2 days a week expected at Head Office in Blackburn - Salary: £60k-£65k Summary of Position The Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer will be responsible for the administration, reliability, security and continuous improvement of the TW Group infrastructure estate across both Linux and Microsoft environments click apply for full job details
Name of role holder: Executive Driver & Commercial Support Representative Report to: Chief Commercial Officer Department: Sales Division: Trade Sales Based :Lordswood and Capstone Salary : £35k-£40k Purpose of role: To provide professional, safe, and reliable transportation for the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), ensuring efficient travel throughout the UK while maintaining the highest standards of discret click apply for full job details
Sep 17, 2026
Full time
Name of role holder: Executive Driver & Commercial Support Representative Report to: Chief Commercial Officer Department: Sales Division: Trade Sales Based :Lordswood and Capstone Salary : £35k-£40k Purpose of role: To provide professional, safe, and reliable transportation for the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), ensuring efficient travel throughout the UK while maintaining the highest standards of discret click apply for full job details
Name of role holder: Executive Driver & Commercial Support Representative Report to: Chief Commercial Officer Department: Sales Division: Trade Sales Based : Lordswood and Capstone Salary : 35k- 40k Purpose of role: To provide professional, safe, and reliable transportation for the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), ensuring efficient travel throughout the UK while maintaining the highest standards of discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism. When not engaged in driving duties, the role will support the Senior Commercial Team in the coordination and delivery of key sales activities. Responsibilities will include customer relationship management (CRM) administration, sales reporting, customer contact planning, account analysis, territory planning, meeting preparation, and supporting commercial projects. The role will also provide assistance during customer visits and meetings, gaining exposure to key account management and business development activities. This position is designed as a development opportunity for an individual with some sales, customer service, account management, or business development experience who wishes to build a long-term career in commercial sales. Through structured development, customer exposure, and mentoring from the Commercial Leadership Team, the successful candidate will be expected to progress towards an Area Sales Manager position as their experience and capability develop. Executive Driver Duties Provide safe, professional and punctual transportation for the Chief Commercial Officer throughout the UK. Plan routes efficiently, considering traffic, weather and scheduling requirements. Maintain flexibility to support early morning starts, late finishes and occasional overnight stays. Ensure the executive vehicle is maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness, roadworthiness and presentation. Conduct routine vehicle inspections and coordinate servicing, MOTs and repairs. Manage travel itineraries and support the coordination of appointments and meetings where required. Assist with transportation of documents, materials and equipment needed for business meetings. Represent the company professionally when interacting with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Commercial & Sales Duties Support the Senior Sales Team with CRM data management, customer records, opportunity tracking, and pipeline reporting. Assist in the preparation of sales forecasts, territory plans, customer reviews, and business reports. Coordinate customer appointments, visits, and follow-up activities. Prepare meeting packs, presentations, and commercial documentation. Support key account management activities and maintain regular contact with customers. Conduct market and competitor research to identify commercial opportunities. Assist with lead generation and prospect identification activities. Attend customer visits and meetings alongside senior sales colleagues to gain commercial experience. Maintain accurate records within company CRM systems. Support sales campaigns, product launches, and commercial initiatives. Confidentiality & Professional Conduct Maintain absolute discretion regarding all business information, discussions, customer data and commercially sensitive matters. Handle confidential documents and information securely at all times. Demonstrate professional judgement and integrity when exposed to strategic, financial and organisational information. Act as a trusted representative of the Chief Commercial Officer and the wider business. Knowledge, Skills & Experience Essential Support the Senior Sales Team with CRM data management, customer records, opportunity tracking, and pipeline reporting. Assist in the preparation of sales forecasts, territory plans, customer reviews, and business reports. Coordinate customer appointments, visits, and follow-up activities. Prepare meeting packs, presentations, and commercial documentation. Support key account management activities and maintain regular contact with customers. Conduct market and competitor research to identify commercial opportunities. Assist with lead generation and prospect identification activities. Attend customer visits and meetings alongside senior sales colleagues to gain commercial experience. Maintain accurate records within company CRM systems. Support sales campaigns, product launches, and commercial initiatives. Personal Attributes Experience using CRM systems. Experience within construction, manufacturing, engineering, industrial, or distribution sectors. Knowledge of sales processes and customer account management. Experience supporting senior managers or directors. The ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.
Sep 15, 2026
Full time
Name of role holder: Executive Driver & Commercial Support Representative Report to: Chief Commercial Officer Department: Sales Division: Trade Sales Based : Lordswood and Capstone Salary : 35k- 40k Purpose of role: To provide professional, safe, and reliable transportation for the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), ensuring efficient travel throughout the UK while maintaining the highest standards of discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism. When not engaged in driving duties, the role will support the Senior Commercial Team in the coordination and delivery of key sales activities. Responsibilities will include customer relationship management (CRM) administration, sales reporting, customer contact planning, account analysis, territory planning, meeting preparation, and supporting commercial projects. The role will also provide assistance during customer visits and meetings, gaining exposure to key account management and business development activities. This position is designed as a development opportunity for an individual with some sales, customer service, account management, or business development experience who wishes to build a long-term career in commercial sales. Through structured development, customer exposure, and mentoring from the Commercial Leadership Team, the successful candidate will be expected to progress towards an Area Sales Manager position as their experience and capability develop. Executive Driver Duties Provide safe, professional and punctual transportation for the Chief Commercial Officer throughout the UK. Plan routes efficiently, considering traffic, weather and scheduling requirements. Maintain flexibility to support early morning starts, late finishes and occasional overnight stays. Ensure the executive vehicle is maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness, roadworthiness and presentation. Conduct routine vehicle inspections and coordinate servicing, MOTs and repairs. Manage travel itineraries and support the coordination of appointments and meetings where required. Assist with transportation of documents, materials and equipment needed for business meetings. Represent the company professionally when interacting with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Commercial & Sales Duties Support the Senior Sales Team with CRM data management, customer records, opportunity tracking, and pipeline reporting. Assist in the preparation of sales forecasts, territory plans, customer reviews, and business reports. Coordinate customer appointments, visits, and follow-up activities. Prepare meeting packs, presentations, and commercial documentation. Support key account management activities and maintain regular contact with customers. Conduct market and competitor research to identify commercial opportunities. Assist with lead generation and prospect identification activities. Attend customer visits and meetings alongside senior sales colleagues to gain commercial experience. Maintain accurate records within company CRM systems. Support sales campaigns, product launches, and commercial initiatives. Confidentiality & Professional Conduct Maintain absolute discretion regarding all business information, discussions, customer data and commercially sensitive matters. Handle confidential documents and information securely at all times. Demonstrate professional judgement and integrity when exposed to strategic, financial and organisational information. Act as a trusted representative of the Chief Commercial Officer and the wider business. Knowledge, Skills & Experience Essential Support the Senior Sales Team with CRM data management, customer records, opportunity tracking, and pipeline reporting. Assist in the preparation of sales forecasts, territory plans, customer reviews, and business reports. Coordinate customer appointments, visits, and follow-up activities. Prepare meeting packs, presentations, and commercial documentation. Support key account management activities and maintain regular contact with customers. Conduct market and competitor research to identify commercial opportunities. Assist with lead generation and prospect identification activities. Attend customer visits and meetings alongside senior sales colleagues to gain commercial experience. Maintain accurate records within company CRM systems. Support sales campaigns, product launches, and commercial initiatives. Personal Attributes Experience using CRM systems. Experience within construction, manufacturing, engineering, industrial, or distribution sectors. Knowledge of sales processes and customer account management. Experience supporting senior managers or directors. The ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.
Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer - 1 or 2 days a week expected at Head Office in Blackburn - Salary: 60k- 65k Summary of Position The Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer will be responsible for the administration, reliability, security and continuous improvement of the TW Group infrastructure estate across both Linux and Microsoft environments. This is a hands-on senior role for an experienced infrastructure engineer who is comfortable taking ownership of technical problems, investigating unfamiliar systems and delivering practical solutions with minimal supervision. The successful candidate will work closely with the Software Development Team, IT Operations and selected third-party technology partners to support business-critical infrastructure, development environments, databases, container platforms and deployment pipelines. The role will be expected to take ownership of day-to-day infrastructure operations while also improving automation, monitoring, resilience, documentation and disaster recovery capability across the wider IT estate. Key Responsibilities - Administration, maintenance and improvement of Linux and Microsoft server environments. - Provisioning and configuration of new virtual machines, servers, services and supporting infrastructure. - Deployment and configuration of applications and infrastructure components. - Monitoring the health, performance, availability and security of production and internal systems. - Investigating and resolving infrastructure incidents, performance issues and system failures. - Designing and implementing appropriate monitoring, alerting and logging for new and existing systems. - Managing and improving configuration automation using Ansible. - Supporting and administering containerised environments using Docker, CRI-O and Kubernetes. - Managing Kubernetes clusters, workloads, services and associated infrastructure. - Administration and operational support of MySQL, Galera Cluster and Microsoft SQL Server environments. - 1 Building, maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines. - Supporting software deployment and release processes in collaboration with the Development Team. - Maintaining system patching, upgrades, security configuration and vulnerability remediation. - Managing backup, recovery and disaster recovery processes. - Improving infrastructure resilience and reducing key-person dependencies through documentation and cross-training. - Reviewing existing infrastructure and recommending improvements where systems can be made more reliable, secure, maintainable or efficient. - Supporting infrastructure-related security incidents and remediation activities. - Maintaining clear technical documentation covering systems, infrastructure, recovery procedures and operational processes. - Working with third-party infrastructure and technology partners where specialist support is required. - Supporting the broader IT function where infrastructure, systems or operational responsibilities overlap. Experience - 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Systems Administration, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering or a similar role. - Significant hands-on experience operating production-grade infrastructure. - Strong Linux administration experience. - Practical experience across both Linux and Microsoft server estates. - Proven experience managing infrastructure supporting business-critical applications. - Experience taking ownership of complex technical problems with limited supervision. - Proven ability to investigate unfamiliar systems and determine appropriate solutions. - Experience improving infrastructure reliability, automation, security or operational efficiency. - Previous experience operating in a senior or highly autonomous engineering role Skills and Experience - Core Linux & Systems Administration - Strong professional experience administering Linux server environments in production. - Strong understanding of Linux system administration, including: users and permissions system services package management networking storage and filesystems scheduled tasks logging performance management troubleshooting. - Experience provisioning and configuring servers and virtual machines from initial deployment through to production readiness. - Strong understanding of production infrastructure reliability, availability and operational support. - Experience with system patching, upgrades and lifecycle management. - Experience diagnosing complex infrastructure issues independently. Monitoring, Reliability & Security - Strong experience with system, application and security monitoring. - Experience designing and implementing monitoring and alerting for new infrastructure and applications. - Ability to identify meaningful service health indicators and create appropriate alerts. - Strong understanding of: infrastructure security access control patch management vulnerability remediation system hardening logging auditing certificate management - Experience responding to production incidents and security-related infrastructure issues. - Strong understanding of backup, recovery and disaster recovery principles. - Experience documenting and testing disaster recovery procedures. Automation & Configuration Management - Strong working knowledge of Ansible. Experience using automation to manage: server configuration 3. - Application deployment package installation security configuration environment setup recurring operational tasks - Ability to design reusable, maintainable and well-documented automation. - Strong understanding of infrastructure automation and configuration management principles. - Experience with Infrastructure as Code concepts. Containers & Kubernetes - Strong experience with Docker and containerised workloads. - Experience with CRI-O, containerd or comparable container runtimes. - Practical experience administering Kubernetes clusters in production or business-critical environments. - Strong understanding of: deployments pods services ingress persistent storage secrets configuration resource allocation cluster networking availability monitoring troubleshooting - Ability to independently deploy, troubleshoot and maintain applications within Kubernetes. - Experience supporting highly available containerised environments Database Administration MySQL / Galera - Strong experience administering MySQL environments. - Experience managing Galera Cluster or comparable highly available MySQL architectures. - Good understanding of: replication backup and restore performance - monitoring database troubleshooting permissions and access upgrades clustering high availability failover disaster recovery - Ability to investigate and resolve database performance and availability issues Microsoft SQL Server - Experience administering Microsoft SQL Server / MSSQL environments. - Good understanding of: database backup and recovery - permissions maintenance - monitoring performance - troubleshooting availability resilience Microsoft Systems Administration - Strong experience administering Microsoft Windows Server environments. - Experience installing, configuring and maintaining Windows-based servers and applications. - Experience with system monitoring, patching, security and operational support. - Strong understanding of Windows Server permissions, services and network configuration. - Ability to troubleshoot Windows infrastructure and application issues independently. - Experience supporting business-critical Microsoft workloads. CI/CD & Development Operations - Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines. - Experience designing, maintaining and troubleshooting automated deployment pipelines. - Understanding of build, test and production deployment processes. - Strong working knowledge of Git and modern source control workflows. - Experience supporting software developers with infrastructure and deployment requirements. - Ability to improve deployment reliability through automation and standardisation. - Experience supporting multiple development, staging and production environments Infrastructure & Networking - Strong understanding of: TCP/IP DNS HTTP / HTTPS firewalls VPNs load balancing reverse proxies TLS / SSL certificates - Experience administering web servers such as Nginx and Apache. - Understanding of highly available, multi-server environments. - Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure issues across operating system, networking, database and application layers. - Experience working alongside external infrastructure or managed service providers Working Style & Soft Skills - Strong problem-solving and diagnostic capability. - Comfortable being given an outcome or problem rather than a predefined technical solution. - Able to independently investigate, evaluate options and implement appropriate solutions. - Strong ownership mentality and willingness to take responsibility for systems through their full lifecycle. - Proactive approach to identifying operational risks before they become incidents. - Calm and methodical approach to production incidents and high-pressure situations. - Strong attention to detail. Good communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Ability to explain infrastructure risks and recommendations in practical business terms. Nice-to-Have - Previous experience supporting SAP environments click apply for full job details
Sep 15, 2026
Full time
Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer - 1 or 2 days a week expected at Head Office in Blackburn - Salary: 60k- 65k Summary of Position The Senior DevOps & Systems Engineer will be responsible for the administration, reliability, security and continuous improvement of the TW Group infrastructure estate across both Linux and Microsoft environments. This is a hands-on senior role for an experienced infrastructure engineer who is comfortable taking ownership of technical problems, investigating unfamiliar systems and delivering practical solutions with minimal supervision. The successful candidate will work closely with the Software Development Team, IT Operations and selected third-party technology partners to support business-critical infrastructure, development environments, databases, container platforms and deployment pipelines. The role will be expected to take ownership of day-to-day infrastructure operations while also improving automation, monitoring, resilience, documentation and disaster recovery capability across the wider IT estate. Key Responsibilities - Administration, maintenance and improvement of Linux and Microsoft server environments. - Provisioning and configuration of new virtual machines, servers, services and supporting infrastructure. - Deployment and configuration of applications and infrastructure components. - Monitoring the health, performance, availability and security of production and internal systems. - Investigating and resolving infrastructure incidents, performance issues and system failures. - Designing and implementing appropriate monitoring, alerting and logging for new and existing systems. - Managing and improving configuration automation using Ansible. - Supporting and administering containerised environments using Docker, CRI-O and Kubernetes. - Managing Kubernetes clusters, workloads, services and associated infrastructure. - Administration and operational support of MySQL, Galera Cluster and Microsoft SQL Server environments. - 1 Building, maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines. - Supporting software deployment and release processes in collaboration with the Development Team. - Maintaining system patching, upgrades, security configuration and vulnerability remediation. - Managing backup, recovery and disaster recovery processes. - Improving infrastructure resilience and reducing key-person dependencies through documentation and cross-training. - Reviewing existing infrastructure and recommending improvements where systems can be made more reliable, secure, maintainable or efficient. - Supporting infrastructure-related security incidents and remediation activities. - Maintaining clear technical documentation covering systems, infrastructure, recovery procedures and operational processes. - Working with third-party infrastructure and technology partners where specialist support is required. - Supporting the broader IT function where infrastructure, systems or operational responsibilities overlap. Experience - 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Systems Administration, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering or a similar role. - Significant hands-on experience operating production-grade infrastructure. - Strong Linux administration experience. - Practical experience across both Linux and Microsoft server estates. - Proven experience managing infrastructure supporting business-critical applications. - Experience taking ownership of complex technical problems with limited supervision. - Proven ability to investigate unfamiliar systems and determine appropriate solutions. - Experience improving infrastructure reliability, automation, security or operational efficiency. - Previous experience operating in a senior or highly autonomous engineering role Skills and Experience - Core Linux & Systems Administration - Strong professional experience administering Linux server environments in production. - Strong understanding of Linux system administration, including: users and permissions system services package management networking storage and filesystems scheduled tasks logging performance management troubleshooting. - Experience provisioning and configuring servers and virtual machines from initial deployment through to production readiness. - Strong understanding of production infrastructure reliability, availability and operational support. - Experience with system patching, upgrades and lifecycle management. - Experience diagnosing complex infrastructure issues independently. Monitoring, Reliability & Security - Strong experience with system, application and security monitoring. - Experience designing and implementing monitoring and alerting for new infrastructure and applications. - Ability to identify meaningful service health indicators and create appropriate alerts. - Strong understanding of: infrastructure security access control patch management vulnerability remediation system hardening logging auditing certificate management - Experience responding to production incidents and security-related infrastructure issues. - Strong understanding of backup, recovery and disaster recovery principles. - Experience documenting and testing disaster recovery procedures. Automation & Configuration Management - Strong working knowledge of Ansible. Experience using automation to manage: server configuration 3. - Application deployment package installation security configuration environment setup recurring operational tasks - Ability to design reusable, maintainable and well-documented automation. - Strong understanding of infrastructure automation and configuration management principles. - Experience with Infrastructure as Code concepts. Containers & Kubernetes - Strong experience with Docker and containerised workloads. - Experience with CRI-O, containerd or comparable container runtimes. - Practical experience administering Kubernetes clusters in production or business-critical environments. - Strong understanding of: deployments pods services ingress persistent storage secrets configuration resource allocation cluster networking availability monitoring troubleshooting - Ability to independently deploy, troubleshoot and maintain applications within Kubernetes. - Experience supporting highly available containerised environments Database Administration MySQL / Galera - Strong experience administering MySQL environments. - Experience managing Galera Cluster or comparable highly available MySQL architectures. - Good understanding of: replication backup and restore performance - monitoring database troubleshooting permissions and access upgrades clustering high availability failover disaster recovery - Ability to investigate and resolve database performance and availability issues Microsoft SQL Server - Experience administering Microsoft SQL Server / MSSQL environments. - Good understanding of: database backup and recovery - permissions maintenance - monitoring performance - troubleshooting availability resilience Microsoft Systems Administration - Strong experience administering Microsoft Windows Server environments. - Experience installing, configuring and maintaining Windows-based servers and applications. - Experience with system monitoring, patching, security and operational support. - Strong understanding of Windows Server permissions, services and network configuration. - Ability to troubleshoot Windows infrastructure and application issues independently. - Experience supporting business-critical Microsoft workloads. CI/CD & Development Operations - Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines. - Experience designing, maintaining and troubleshooting automated deployment pipelines. - Understanding of build, test and production deployment processes. - Strong working knowledge of Git and modern source control workflows. - Experience supporting software developers with infrastructure and deployment requirements. - Ability to improve deployment reliability through automation and standardisation. - Experience supporting multiple development, staging and production environments Infrastructure & Networking - Strong understanding of: TCP/IP DNS HTTP / HTTPS firewalls VPNs load balancing reverse proxies TLS / SSL certificates - Experience administering web servers such as Nginx and Apache. - Understanding of highly available, multi-server environments. - Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure issues across operating system, networking, database and application layers. - Experience working alongside external infrastructure or managed service providers Working Style & Soft Skills - Strong problem-solving and diagnostic capability. - Comfortable being given an outcome or problem rather than a predefined technical solution. - Able to independently investigate, evaluate options and implement appropriate solutions. - Strong ownership mentality and willingness to take responsibility for systems through their full lifecycle. - Proactive approach to identifying operational risks before they become incidents. - Calm and methodical approach to production incidents and high-pressure situations. - Strong attention to detail. Good communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Ability to explain infrastructure risks and recommendations in practical business terms. Nice-to-Have - Previous experience supporting SAP environments click apply for full job details
Fashion Retail Store Manager Bath - up to £30k pa (DOE) Full Time Permanent Role > Apply Today Centric Talent are currently recruiting for an Experienced and Talented Retail Store Manager for an exciting and ethical fashion brand, who are dedicated to offering fashion that enable everyone to express themselves and feel confident in their everyday click apply for full job details
Oct 01, 2025
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Fashion Retail Store Manager Bath - up to £30k pa (DOE) Full Time Permanent Role > Apply Today Centric Talent are currently recruiting for an Experienced and Talented Retail Store Manager for an exciting and ethical fashion brand, who are dedicated to offering fashion that enable everyone to express themselves and feel confident in their everyday click apply for full job details
