Sopra Steria

Are you passionate about shaping great employee experiences and driving confident, consistent people practices? As our Employee Relations Manager, you'll play a pivotal role within our People Hub, leading a team of ER Partners while providing expert case management support across the business. You'll be the go-to specialist for all aspects of employee relations, employment legislation and best-practice guidance, ensuring our Advice Team delivers exceptional service every time. This role is hybrid, with travel to our Newcastle office once per week and occasional travel to our other sites. What you will be doing: Provide expert guidance on HR policies, employment legislation and best-practice ER processes. Shape and progress the ER strategy, promoting positive employee relations across the organisation. Lead and develop the Employee Relations Team, supporting complex or high-risk cases to ensure effective resolution. Oversee Employment Tribunal case management, maintaining accurate central records and associated cost tracking. Analyse ER metrics and management information, identifying trends and recommending corrective actions or process improvements. Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and ensure high levels of customer service and proactive issue resolution. What you'll bring: Experience leading complex ER cases, redundancies and restructures. Proven ability to manage, develop and support team members to deliver high-quality ER outcomes. Strong background in managing complex employee relations issues and advising on up-to-date employment legislation. Experience handling Employment Tribunal cases, including preparation and attendance. Confident analysing data and metrics, drawing insights, and making evidence-based recommendations for improvement. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to build strong relationships and deliver outstanding customer service across all levels of the organisation. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full-time Location: Hybrid, with travel to our Newcastle office once per week Security Clearance Level: SC Internal Recruiter: Amy Salary: Up to £80k pa, depending on experience Benefits: Bonus, £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Our business is, first and foremost, about people. And it always has been. The solutions we develop are driven by the connections they make and the problems they solve. Our services only matter if they work for people and if they serve a greater purpose. Known for our collaborative approach, we provide consulting and digital services, creating innovative solutions, at scale, to deliver sustainable growth and services that make life better. Our work touches many lives in the UK. From helping the Government provide essential public and health services that offer more convenience and choice, to improving financial services to deliver fairer, customer-centric solutions. Together we are building a better future by delivering real and lasting value. We are just at the start of what we can achieve together. Come and join us!

Are you an Oracle Cloud Payroll Consultant ready to take the next step in your career and help shape a growing payroll team? Sopra Steria is looking for an Oracle Payroll Consultant to play a key role in developing our payroll offering across a range of high-profile public and private sector clients. This is a highly visible role with strong support from the business. You will help shape our approach, strengthen our payroll capability, and build on relationships with an established customer base. It is a great opportunity for a senior consultant who wants to do more than deliver projects. We are looking for someone who can influence direction, support growth, and take a leading role in the future of Oracle Payroll within our team. What you will be doing: Leading full lifecycle Oracle Cloud Payroll implementations, from design through go-live and post-implementation support. Acting as a senior Payroll specialist in pre-sales, shaping solutions, supporting bids, and helping win new work. Building and mentoring a high-performing Payroll consulting team, developing capability and strengthening our delivery reputation. Driving the Payroll go-to-market proposition, contributing thought leadership and innovative approaches that differentiate Sopra Steria. Working on complex, high-profile programmes that deliver visible, real-world impact for clients. Playing a key role in shaping the strategic direction and future growth of the Oracle Payroll capability. What you will bring: Significant experience delivering full lifecycle Oracle HCM Cloud implementations, with deep Payroll expertise. Strong knowledge of UK Payroll legislation, calculations, and statutory reporting. Proven experience leading complex Oracle implementations and managing multiple workstreams. Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills. The ability to translate business requirements into robust, scalable Oracle HCM Cloud solutions. Consulting experience within a recognised systems integrator or consulting organisation. It would be great if you had: Experience delivering into Healthcare, Blue Light and Defence environments. Oracle E-Business Suite experience. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Location: Home Based Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC clearance Internal Recruiter: Josh Salary: Up to £100k Benefits: Bonus, 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy extra days, single private health cover, life assurance, pension, generous flexible benefits fund and £6,600 car allowance Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

Are you an Oracle Cloud EPM Consultant ready to take the next step and help shape a growing EPM capability? Sopra Steria's Oracle Practice is expanding its EPM capability, and we are looking for an experienced Oracle Cloud EPM Consultant to play a leading role in its growth. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys delivery and wants to influence strategy, build capability, and help shape how we take Oracle EPM to market. You will work on high-profile Oracle Cloud programmes, designing and delivering EPM solutions for Public and Private Sector clients. You will also contribute to building our delivery capability, growing your profile, mentoring others, and helping drive meaningful change within a leading Oracle practice. What you will be doing: Leading the successful delivery of consulting-led projects, achieving revenue targets and high customer satisfaction. Identifying additional consulting opportunities and helping shape propositions for new and existing clients. Working with clients to capture and shape opportunities, translating challenges into actionable EPM roadmaps. Leading full lifecycle Oracle Cloud EPM implementations (design to go-live and post-implementation support). Acting as a senior EPM specialist in pre-sales: shaping solutions, supporting bids, and helping win new work. Building and mentoring a high-performing EPM consulting team. Contributing to the EPM go-to-market proposition through thought leadership and differentiated approaches. Working on complex programmes that deliver visible, real-world impact for clients. What you will bring: Broad knowledge across the Oracle EPM suite. Proven experience leading complex Oracle EPM implementations and managing multiple workstreams. Strong stakeholder management and clear, confident client-facing communication. Ability to translate business needs into robust, scalable Oracle EPM Cloud solutions. Experience gained within a consulting/SI environment or equivalent in-house delivery/transformation experience. Change management capability and familiarity with Oracle Modern Best Practice (or similar delivery approaches). It would be great if you had: Experience delivering in Healthcare, Emergency Services (Blue Light) and/or Defence environments. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Permanent Location: Home Based Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for SC Internal Recruiter: Josh Salary: Up to £100k Benefits: Bonus, 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy extra days, £6,600 car allowance, single private health cover, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund If you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

Fantastic opportunity for an expert SharePoint Developer to work on a new Project that is groundbreaking! You will provide software development skills at a subsystem level and work as part of a team taking ownership to specify, develop and test the sub-system; also being responsible for varying specialist services which involve the choice and application of diverse processes, systems and techniques

Are you an Infrastructure Manager with a solid technical background looking for a new role? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security sector is currently recruiting for an Infrastructure Manager to help support a high-performing, key account within the business. The key experience required to be a success in this role would be good interpersonal skills from direct people management to the management of both internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate would also have come from a technical background with an understanding of areas including Server, Database, Linux, Backup & Storage and Security. This position will focus on the line management of several technical "Towers" within the account and the relationship and interaction with tower leads as well as the higher echelons of management as well as to interface directly with the account. We are comfortable with a hybrid working arrangement for this role, being based local to hubs in either Stevenage or Portsmouth is ideal. There will also be travel to our office in Newport. Due to the sensitivity of the project, we are only able to progress with candidates eligible for SC clearance. What you'll be doing Oversee day-to-day infrastructure operations. Technical oversight of client back-office systems, such as Windows and Unix Server estates, Storage & Backup technologies, Databases, Identity & Access Management (IAM), and Messaging platforms. Collaborate with Product Delivery Managers and adjacent technical teams on the client side. Ensure adherence to security policies and compliance requirements, including all patching activities. Track improvement ideas, prioritise based on business impact, and present outcomes to stakeholders. Act as a key point of contact for client stakeholders. What You'll bring: Excellent leadership and communication skills. Proven experience working in a client facing role, in particular managing external (Client) stakeholders. Strong people management background with an emphasis on management of technical teams. Exposure to and understanding of key technical elements including Linux, VMware, Monitoring (Check MK), Databases (MongoDB), Vulnerability management. Working knowledge of ITIL processes and modern infrastructure management practices. It would be great if you had: Experience with Automation for patching, compliance and configuration drift mediation. Technical qualifications in relevant areas. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment type: Full-time, permanent. Location: Hybrid working with travel to offices in Stevenage, Portsmouth and Newport. Security Clearance level: SC. Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker. Salary: Negotiable depending on experience. Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund. Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK's Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida the UK's largest Diversity and Inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

There is a lot happening in Linux! Join our dynamic IT Defence team, where you will be responsible for all aspects of our Linux capabilities. This role offers exposure to business-as-usual operations, delivered services, and innovative project work. We welcome candidates with experience in Slurm or HPC and Ansible. We have different level opportunities in this growing team, so don't shy away if you don't have all the skills. You do need to be eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Hybrid Fixed: 3 days per week on our Portsmouth OR Salisbury site, 2 days home working. What you'll be doing: Oversee and enhance Linux platform capabilities. Develop and maintain open-source and commercial tooling. Provide expert 3rd line technical support, mentoring, and fault resolution for 1st/2nd line teams. Act as a subject matter expert in Linux. What we need from you: Extensive experience in large-scale Linux platform engineering and automation. Proficiency with Enterprise Linux OS (RedHat, CentOS, Oracle) to RHCE level. Familiarity with DevOps and automation tools (Terraform, Git, Ansible, Vault). Experience in building and securing Linux environments, including Kubernetes clusters (on-premise and cloud). It would be great if you had: Network technologies (LAN, WAN, Cisco switching, Juniper and Fortinet security products) and working knowledge of TCP/IP networking. Database administration (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB or InfluxDB). Virtualisation management experience - VMware, XenServer, OpenStack or Hyper-V. Working knowledge of Openshift, Openstack. Secure LINUX and IPTablesI If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Permanent Location: Hybrid Fixed: 3 days in Portsmouth OR Salisbury. Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane Salary: To £Dependant on experience Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? ? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.