About Us: Solirius Reply delivers technical consultancy and application delivery to our clients in order to solve real world problems and allow our clients to respond to an ever-changing technical landscape. We partner closely with our clients, embedding our consultants into their businesses in order to provide a bespoke service, allowing us to truly understand our clients' needs. It is this close collaboration with our clients that has enabled us to grow rapidly in recent years and will drive our ambitious future growth plans. We currently have over 400 consultants working with a variety of key clients from both the public and private sectors such as the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, FCDOS, UEFA, International Olympic Committee and Mercedes Benz; with plans to increase our client base further in the near future. We operate as a flat organisation and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently. We pride ourselves on being specialists at what we do, making the most of our consultants' expertise in their fields, to provide a best-in-class service to our clients. All our consultants have the opportunity to work on a range of different projects, providing a broad range of knowledge on which to develop their careers and progress in the direction they choose. About You: You are a motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for working with data to solve real-world problems. You enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams and take pride in delivering high-quality, data-driven solutions that make a tangible impact. With strong communication skills and a consultative approach, you're comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into robust data architectures and platforms. You understand and align with Solirius Reply Values. The Role: We are looking for experienced Data Architects to work on our projects with our public sector clients, helping to deliver Solirius' services to the highest standard. The role will involve working with multiple business and technical stakeholders, helping them to design data solutions and architectures which will then be implemented by the delivery teams. As a Data Architect, you will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, using your experience and judgement to resolve complex data and architectural challenges in alignment with client needs. You will proactively manage escalations and take ownership of delivering effective, scalable, and secure data solutions. Successful candidates will also be expected to take an active role in practice development: developing new data services to help with Solirius' business development - creating and updating data architecture artefacts, liaising with other Solirius practices to maintain practice profile and contributing to the development of more junior practice members. In addition to technical leadership, you will play a key role in identifying and shaping new business opportunities, working closely with stakeholders across client organisations to understand strategic objectives and deliver value-driven, data-led outcomes. You must be a strong and confident communicator, capable of influencing both technical and non-technical audiences. You will lead and mentor technical teams, build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups, and foster collaborative, cross-functional working environments. Your role will require innovative thinking, applying best practices and emerging data technologies to solve complex business problems in creative and pragmatic ways. Key Responsibilities: Design end-to-end data architectures that meet business, technical, and security requirements. Translate business and analytical requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective data platforms. Ensure alignment with enterprise data architecture, data strategy, and governance standards. Lead data architecture reviews and technical design workshops with stakeholders and delivery teams. Support Agile delivery teams, defining MVP data architecture and providing ongoing technical direction. Collaborate with stakeholders across business, product, and IT to gain buy-in and drive data-driven decisions. Define data models, data flows, metadata standards, and integration patterns. Contribute to data engineering, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices for delivery at scale. Ensure data security, privacy, compliance, and risk management are Embedded in the solution. Produce clear data architecture documentation using standards such as conceptual, logical and physical models, C4, Archimate, and cloud-native diagrams, including high-level designs and relevant data artefacts. Key Experience: Extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and senior-level communication, including C-suite. Proven experience in client-facing and/or consultancy environments. Demonstrated ability to translate complex business and analytical requirements into scalable and resilient data architectures. Strong track record in designing and delivering end-to-end data platforms in enterprise settings. Expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling. Deep understanding of data platforms, data integration, and analytics architectures. Ability to design solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, security, and compliance. Broad experience with data governance, data quality, master data management, and regulatory requirements. Key Skills: Advanced knowledge of cloud data platforms: Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Strong experience with data warehousing, data lakes, and lakehouse architectures. Hands-on experience with SQL and at least one programming language such as Python, Scala, or Java. ETL/ELT design and data pipeline orchestration. Streaming and event-driven data architectures. Agile and DevOps delivery methodologies applied to data platforms (DataOps). Expertise in data architecture and modelling (conceptual, logical, and physical). Familiarity with modern integration technologies and patterns (eg, API-driven, event streaming, service mesh). What We Offer: Competitive Salary 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays Flexibility to work from home 10 days allocated for development training per year Generous Discretionary Bonus Statutory & Contributory Pension Private Healthcare Cover Discounted Gym Membership Enhanced Parental Leave Paid Fertility Leave Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Annual Away Days Monthly Company Socials Equality & Diversity: Solirius Reply is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics. Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.
Apr 21, 2026
Full time
About Us: Solirius Reply delivers technical consultancy and application delivery to our clients in order to solve real world problems and allow our clients to respond to an ever-changing technical landscape. We partner closely with our clients, embedding our consultants into their businesses in order to provide a bespoke service, allowing us to truly understand our clients' needs. It is this close collaboration with our clients that has enabled us to grow rapidly in recent years and will drive our ambitious future growth plans. We currently have over 400 consultants working with a variety of key clients from both the public and private sectors such as the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, FCDOS, UEFA, International Olympic Committee and Mercedes Benz; with plans to increase our client base further in the near future. We operate as a flat organisation and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently. We pride ourselves on being specialists at what we do, making the most of our consultants' expertise in their fields, to provide a best-in-class service to our clients. All our consultants have the opportunity to work on a range of different projects, providing a broad range of knowledge on which to develop their careers and progress in the direction they choose. About You: You are a motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for working with data to solve real-world problems. You enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams and take pride in delivering high-quality, data-driven solutions that make a tangible impact. With strong communication skills and a consultative approach, you're comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into robust data architectures and platforms. You understand and align with Solirius Reply Values. The Role: We are looking for experienced Data Architects to work on our projects with our public sector clients, helping to deliver Solirius' services to the highest standard. The role will involve working with multiple business and technical stakeholders, helping them to design data solutions and architectures which will then be implemented by the delivery teams. As a Data Architect, you will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, using your experience and judgement to resolve complex data and architectural challenges in alignment with client needs. You will proactively manage escalations and take ownership of delivering effective, scalable, and secure data solutions. Successful candidates will also be expected to take an active role in practice development: developing new data services to help with Solirius' business development - creating and updating data architecture artefacts, liaising with other Solirius practices to maintain practice profile and contributing to the development of more junior practice members. In addition to technical leadership, you will play a key role in identifying and shaping new business opportunities, working closely with stakeholders across client organisations to understand strategic objectives and deliver value-driven, data-led outcomes. You must be a strong and confident communicator, capable of influencing both technical and non-technical audiences. You will lead and mentor technical teams, build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups, and foster collaborative, cross-functional working environments. Your role will require innovative thinking, applying best practices and emerging data technologies to solve complex business problems in creative and pragmatic ways. Key Responsibilities: Design end-to-end data architectures that meet business, technical, and security requirements. Translate business and analytical requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective data platforms. Ensure alignment with enterprise data architecture, data strategy, and governance standards. Lead data architecture reviews and technical design workshops with stakeholders and delivery teams. Support Agile delivery teams, defining MVP data architecture and providing ongoing technical direction. Collaborate with stakeholders across business, product, and IT to gain buy-in and drive data-driven decisions. Define data models, data flows, metadata standards, and integration patterns. Contribute to data engineering, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices for delivery at scale. Ensure data security, privacy, compliance, and risk management are Embedded in the solution. Produce clear data architecture documentation using standards such as conceptual, logical and physical models, C4, Archimate, and cloud-native diagrams, including high-level designs and relevant data artefacts. Key Experience: Extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and senior-level communication, including C-suite. Proven experience in client-facing and/or consultancy environments. Demonstrated ability to translate complex business and analytical requirements into scalable and resilient data architectures. Strong track record in designing and delivering end-to-end data platforms in enterprise settings. Expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling. Deep understanding of data platforms, data integration, and analytics architectures. Ability to design solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, security, and compliance. Broad experience with data governance, data quality, master data management, and regulatory requirements. Key Skills: Advanced knowledge of cloud data platforms: Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Strong experience with data warehousing, data lakes, and lakehouse architectures. Hands-on experience with SQL and at least one programming language such as Python, Scala, or Java. ETL/ELT design and data pipeline orchestration. Streaming and event-driven data architectures. Agile and DevOps delivery methodologies applied to data platforms (DataOps). Expertise in data architecture and modelling (conceptual, logical, and physical). Familiarity with modern integration technologies and patterns (eg, API-driven, event streaming, service mesh). What We Offer: Competitive Salary 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays Flexibility to work from home 10 days allocated for development training per year Generous Discretionary Bonus Statutory & Contributory Pension Private Healthcare Cover Discounted Gym Membership Enhanced Parental Leave Paid Fertility Leave Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Annual Away Days Monthly Company Socials Equality & Diversity: Solirius Reply is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics. Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Cloud Digital Product Manager to work a 10-month contract with our client 3 days per week on-site in Exeter. You'll join a part of the organisation responsible for shared, cross-cutting capabilities such as developer tools, APIs, data pipelines and infrastructure services. Your job is to make these platforms reliable, discoverable and enabling: reducing delivery friction, improving user experience, and helping downstream service teams ship faster and more safely. What You'll Do: - Support the development of a business case to invest in service enhancements and engagements with third party suppliers - Own the roadmap and backlog for one or more shared technology platforms and deliver to the agreed product vision. - Work with engineers, architects and delivery teams to deliver incremental improvements that make platforms easier to use and maintain. - Understand internal users - from developers to operations staff - and translate their needs into clear priorities. - Investigate the development of measurable service outcomes (adoption, usability, performance) and use data to track progress. - Balance short-term reliability with long-term sustainability and compliance. - Facilitate collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders; communicate trade-offs transparently. - Champion product-led and user informed, iterative ways of working in a complex, Legacy/brownfield environment. What We're Looking For: - Proven experience managing developer infrastructure products and associated cloud technologies eg AWS, Azure, shared services. - Successfully managed commercial services and bought in services - Ability to apply and adapt Agile and Lean practices in the context of an engineering focused team. - Strong understanding of user-centred product development, championing the use of user centered design even when the users are other engineers. - Skilled at prioritising by outcome - eg using impact vs. effort or cost-of-delay approaches. - Confident working with cross-disciplinary teams and senior technical stakeholders. - Comfortable operating in environments with Legacy systems, competing priorities and incomplete information. - Excellent communicator, can translate complex technical issues into clear decisions and trade-offs. You'll Thrive If You - Care about helping others deliver value - product thinking for platforms. - Believe in outcomes over output and in learning through iteration. - Value sustainability over speed, preferring well-designed, reliable systems to quick fixes. - Enjoy bringing structure and clarity to technically challenging, interdependent environments. - Are collaborative, pragmatic and curious - a steady hand in a complex system. Measures of Success (6-12 Months): - Renewal of Cloud technology contracts and supporting services - Clear, agreed roadmap for your platform area. - Well defined and prioritised backlog supporting the roadmap and operational needs. - Measurable improvement in adoption or usability for key internal users. - Positive feedback from engineering and architecture stakeholders. - Introduction of at least one lightweight product practice improving visibility, flow or learning. If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now. By applying for this job and submitting your CV to Parker Shaw, you acknowledge and give permission for us to pass it to an associate company for resourcing purposes. We outsource some of our resourcing calls to a trusted third-party company and they may call you to discuss this opportunity with you. They will then report back to us with the outcome of their conversation with you, where upon we will decide whether to submit your CV to the end client. Please be assured that the third-party company do not store or control any of your data, this is all done by ourselves (Parker Shaw).
Apr 21, 2026
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Cloud Digital Product Manager to work a 10-month contract with our client 3 days per week on-site in Exeter. You'll join a part of the organisation responsible for shared, cross-cutting capabilities such as developer tools, APIs, data pipelines and infrastructure services. Your job is to make these platforms reliable, discoverable and enabling: reducing delivery friction, improving user experience, and helping downstream service teams ship faster and more safely. What You'll Do: - Support the development of a business case to invest in service enhancements and engagements with third party suppliers - Own the roadmap and backlog for one or more shared technology platforms and deliver to the agreed product vision. - Work with engineers, architects and delivery teams to deliver incremental improvements that make platforms easier to use and maintain. - Understand internal users - from developers to operations staff - and translate their needs into clear priorities. - Investigate the development of measurable service outcomes (adoption, usability, performance) and use data to track progress. - Balance short-term reliability with long-term sustainability and compliance. - Facilitate collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders; communicate trade-offs transparently. - Champion product-led and user informed, iterative ways of working in a complex, Legacy/brownfield environment. What We're Looking For: - Proven experience managing developer infrastructure products and associated cloud technologies eg AWS, Azure, shared services. - Successfully managed commercial services and bought in services - Ability to apply and adapt Agile and Lean practices in the context of an engineering focused team. - Strong understanding of user-centred product development, championing the use of user centered design even when the users are other engineers. - Skilled at prioritising by outcome - eg using impact vs. effort or cost-of-delay approaches. - Confident working with cross-disciplinary teams and senior technical stakeholders. - Comfortable operating in environments with Legacy systems, competing priorities and incomplete information. - Excellent communicator, can translate complex technical issues into clear decisions and trade-offs. You'll Thrive If You - Care about helping others deliver value - product thinking for platforms. - Believe in outcomes over output and in learning through iteration. - Value sustainability over speed, preferring well-designed, reliable systems to quick fixes. - Enjoy bringing structure and clarity to technically challenging, interdependent environments. - Are collaborative, pragmatic and curious - a steady hand in a complex system. Measures of Success (6-12 Months): - Renewal of Cloud technology contracts and supporting services - Clear, agreed roadmap for your platform area. - Well defined and prioritised backlog supporting the roadmap and operational needs. - Measurable improvement in adoption or usability for key internal users. - Positive feedback from engineering and architecture stakeholders. - Introduction of at least one lightweight product practice improving visibility, flow or learning. If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now. By applying for this job and submitting your CV to Parker Shaw, you acknowledge and give permission for us to pass it to an associate company for resourcing purposes. We outsource some of our resourcing calls to a trusted third-party company and they may call you to discuss this opportunity with you. They will then report back to us with the outcome of their conversation with you, where upon we will decide whether to submit your CV to the end client. Please be assured that the third-party company do not store or control any of your data, this is all done by ourselves (Parker Shaw).
Job Title : Senior AWS Data engineer (LDW Data Warehouse Discovery) - Gold Max Supplier Rate: £430 Clearance Required : SC - holding SC with governing body Duration : 6 months Location: Hybrid role: requires attendance for occasional workshops (typically a couple of days per month) at one of our sites - Telford or Hove Job Description: The role falls within the Data Contract Delivery Area. The group provides a wide range of data and analytics solutions in support of our client's business priorities: maximise revenues, bear down on fraud, and cloud migration. This role involves migrating data from Legacy on-premises systems (primarily Oracle and Informatica) to a new AWS cloud-native architecture. You will be part of an Agile software delivery team working closely with other engineers and supported by project managers, business analysts, and architects. With additional client and key stakeholder interaction as required. We are looking for strong AWS Senior Data Engineers who can design and deliver cloud transformation projects. Your work will be to: As part of a cloud transformation team, supporting the technical lead with design and client interactions, and supporting junior engineers with their development. Design, Develop and Test Data Pipelines: Create robust pipelines to ingest, process, and transform data, ensuring it is ready for analytics and reporting. Implement ETL/ELT Processes: Develop and Test Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) or Extract, Load, Transform (ELT) workflows to seamlessly move data from source systems to Data Warehouses/Data Lakes/Lake Houses using Open Source and AWS tools. Adopt DevOps Practices: Utilise DevOps methodologies and tools for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD). Must-have skills: Proficiency with Core AWS Tools (AWS Glue, Lambda, S3, Redshift) Programming Skills (Python) SQL and Data Storage Technologies: Some knowledge of Data Warehouse, Database technologies, and technologies (AWS Redshift, AWS RDS). AWS Data Lakes: Some experience with AWS data lakes on AWS S3 to store and process both structured and unstructured data sets. Nice-to-have skills: Knowledge of Open Table Formats (Iceberg/Delta). AWS Tools: Experience with Amazon CloudWatch, SNS, Athena, DynamoDB, EMR, Kinesis. Data modelling Job scheduling/orchestration Data virtualisation tools (Denodo) ALM Tooling (Jira, Confluence) CI/CD toolsets (GitLab, Terraform) Reporting tools (Business Objects, Power BI, Pentaho BA) Data Analytics toolset (SAS Viya) Observability tools (Grafana, Dynatrace) Experience: You should have experience as a senior data engineer delivering within large scale data analytics solutions and the ability to operate at all stages of the software engineering life cycle, as well as some experience in the following Awareness of DevOps culture and modern engineering practices Experience of Agile Scrum based delivery Proactive in nature, personal drive, enthusiasm, willingness to learn Excellent communications skills including stakeholder management Developing solutions within the given architecture and adhering to specified NFRs Supporting other engineers within your team Continually looking for ways to improve Hybrid role: requires attendance for occasional workshops (typically a couple of days per month) at one of our sites - Telford or Hove Security Clearance: candidates must hold active SC Clearance with a UK government body
Apr 21, 2026
Contractor
Job Title : Senior AWS Data engineer (LDW Data Warehouse Discovery) - Gold Max Supplier Rate: £430 Clearance Required : SC - holding SC with governing body Duration : 6 months Location: Hybrid role: requires attendance for occasional workshops (typically a couple of days per month) at one of our sites - Telford or Hove Job Description: The role falls within the Data Contract Delivery Area. The group provides a wide range of data and analytics solutions in support of our client's business priorities: maximise revenues, bear down on fraud, and cloud migration. This role involves migrating data from Legacy on-premises systems (primarily Oracle and Informatica) to a new AWS cloud-native architecture. You will be part of an Agile software delivery team working closely with other engineers and supported by project managers, business analysts, and architects. With additional client and key stakeholder interaction as required. We are looking for strong AWS Senior Data Engineers who can design and deliver cloud transformation projects. Your work will be to: As part of a cloud transformation team, supporting the technical lead with design and client interactions, and supporting junior engineers with their development. Design, Develop and Test Data Pipelines: Create robust pipelines to ingest, process, and transform data, ensuring it is ready for analytics and reporting. Implement ETL/ELT Processes: Develop and Test Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) or Extract, Load, Transform (ELT) workflows to seamlessly move data from source systems to Data Warehouses/Data Lakes/Lake Houses using Open Source and AWS tools. Adopt DevOps Practices: Utilise DevOps methodologies and tools for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD). Must-have skills: Proficiency with Core AWS Tools (AWS Glue, Lambda, S3, Redshift) Programming Skills (Python) SQL and Data Storage Technologies: Some knowledge of Data Warehouse, Database technologies, and technologies (AWS Redshift, AWS RDS). AWS Data Lakes: Some experience with AWS data lakes on AWS S3 to store and process both structured and unstructured data sets. Nice-to-have skills: Knowledge of Open Table Formats (Iceberg/Delta). AWS Tools: Experience with Amazon CloudWatch, SNS, Athena, DynamoDB, EMR, Kinesis. Data modelling Job scheduling/orchestration Data virtualisation tools (Denodo) ALM Tooling (Jira, Confluence) CI/CD toolsets (GitLab, Terraform) Reporting tools (Business Objects, Power BI, Pentaho BA) Data Analytics toolset (SAS Viya) Observability tools (Grafana, Dynatrace) Experience: You should have experience as a senior data engineer delivering within large scale data analytics solutions and the ability to operate at all stages of the software engineering life cycle, as well as some experience in the following Awareness of DevOps culture and modern engineering practices Experience of Agile Scrum based delivery Proactive in nature, personal drive, enthusiasm, willingness to learn Excellent communications skills including stakeholder management Developing solutions within the given architecture and adhering to specified NFRs Supporting other engineers within your team Continually looking for ways to improve Hybrid role: requires attendance for occasional workshops (typically a couple of days per month) at one of our sites - Telford or Hove Security Clearance: candidates must hold active SC Clearance with a UK government body
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer experienced in NetDevOps to work a contract for our client until the end of March in one of several available sites, working 3 days per week on-site. This role is available preferably in Newcastle, but also in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, or Blackpool. Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (NetDevOps) to design, build, and evolve large-scale enterprise network platforms, with a strong focus on modern, automated, and cloud-integrated infrastructure. This role is suited to a hands-on engineer, not an operations or SRE specialist. You will be expected to quickly contribute to design and delivery activities, applying engineering best practice, automation, and network expertise to support critical services. You will work closely with Architecture, Cloud, and Engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available network solutions, balancing immediate delivery needs with longer-term platform improvement. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and enhance enterprise network infrastructure across data centre, hybrid, and cloud environments Engineer and implement network traffic flows to support business-critical services Build and maintain secure hybrid connectivity across Azure, AWS, and OCI Implement and manage Palo Alto Firewall policies across on-prem and cloud environments, aligned to Zero Trust principles Design and operate high-availability network services, including routing, segmentation, and resilience Develop and maintain network automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code Collaborate with architecture and platform teams to ensure solutions align with engineering standards and strategic direction Contribute immediately to delivery work, demonstrating the ability to operate with minimal ramp up Document designs and changes clearly and consistently, supporting maintainability and knowledge sharing Essential Technical Skills Enterprise Networking Engineering Complex OSPF and BGP environments Designing and implementing secure, resilient traffic flows Strong understanding of typical enterprise and cloud network patterns Firewall and Security Technologies Extensive experience with Palo Alto Firewalls Policy design and implementation across data centre and cloud Zero Trust and secure network design principles Data Centre & Network Architecture VXLAN/EVPN, VRF segmentation, and multi-site fabrics Experience with vendors such as Arista (or equivalent) Load balancing technologies (eg F5 BIG-IP: LTM/APM/ASM) Automation & NetDevOps Capability You will be expected to demonstrate a clear move away from traditional, manual networking, including: Network automation experience using Python, Ansible, or similar tooling Infrastructure as Code mindset (eg Terraform) Version control and CI/CD exposure (eg GitLab CI/CD) Applying DevOps-style practices to network and infrastructure engineering Cloud & Hybrid Experience Strong working experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or OCI) Designing and integrating hybrid cloud network solutions Understanding of cloud-native networking constructs and security models Experience & Knowledge Proven track record as a Network/Infrastructure Engineer in large-scale enterprise environments Experience delivering engineering solutions, not just supporting operations Comfortable working across multiple workstreams and priorities Experience in regulated or complex environments Nice to Have Aruba Central/ClearPass SD WAN technologies SaaS and cloud-delivered WLAN/WiFi solutions Prior experience modernising Legacy network environments If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now. By applying for this job and submitting your CV to Parker Shaw, you acknowledge and give permission for us to pass it to an associate company for resourcing purposes. We outsource some of our resourcing calls to a trusted third-party company and they may call you to discuss this opportunity with you. They will then report back to us with the outcome of their conversation with you, where upon we will decide whether to submit your CV to the end client. Please be assured that the third-party company do not store or control any of your data, this is all done by ourselves (Parker Shaw).
Apr 20, 2026
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer experienced in NetDevOps to work a contract for our client until the end of March in one of several available sites, working 3 days per week on-site. This role is available preferably in Newcastle, but also in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, or Blackpool. Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (NetDevOps) to design, build, and evolve large-scale enterprise network platforms, with a strong focus on modern, automated, and cloud-integrated infrastructure. This role is suited to a hands-on engineer, not an operations or SRE specialist. You will be expected to quickly contribute to design and delivery activities, applying engineering best practice, automation, and network expertise to support critical services. You will work closely with Architecture, Cloud, and Engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available network solutions, balancing immediate delivery needs with longer-term platform improvement. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and enhance enterprise network infrastructure across data centre, hybrid, and cloud environments Engineer and implement network traffic flows to support business-critical services Build and maintain secure hybrid connectivity across Azure, AWS, and OCI Implement and manage Palo Alto Firewall policies across on-prem and cloud environments, aligned to Zero Trust principles Design and operate high-availability network services, including routing, segmentation, and resilience Develop and maintain network automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code Collaborate with architecture and platform teams to ensure solutions align with engineering standards and strategic direction Contribute immediately to delivery work, demonstrating the ability to operate with minimal ramp up Document designs and changes clearly and consistently, supporting maintainability and knowledge sharing Essential Technical Skills Enterprise Networking Engineering Complex OSPF and BGP environments Designing and implementing secure, resilient traffic flows Strong understanding of typical enterprise and cloud network patterns Firewall and Security Technologies Extensive experience with Palo Alto Firewalls Policy design and implementation across data centre and cloud Zero Trust and secure network design principles Data Centre & Network Architecture VXLAN/EVPN, VRF segmentation, and multi-site fabrics Experience with vendors such as Arista (or equivalent) Load balancing technologies (eg F5 BIG-IP: LTM/APM/ASM) Automation & NetDevOps Capability You will be expected to demonstrate a clear move away from traditional, manual networking, including: Network automation experience using Python, Ansible, or similar tooling Infrastructure as Code mindset (eg Terraform) Version control and CI/CD exposure (eg GitLab CI/CD) Applying DevOps-style practices to network and infrastructure engineering Cloud & Hybrid Experience Strong working experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or OCI) Designing and integrating hybrid cloud network solutions Understanding of cloud-native networking constructs and security models Experience & Knowledge Proven track record as a Network/Infrastructure Engineer in large-scale enterprise environments Experience delivering engineering solutions, not just supporting operations Comfortable working across multiple workstreams and priorities Experience in regulated or complex environments Nice to Have Aruba Central/ClearPass SD WAN technologies SaaS and cloud-delivered WLAN/WiFi solutions Prior experience modernising Legacy network environments If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now. By applying for this job and submitting your CV to Parker Shaw, you acknowledge and give permission for us to pass it to an associate company for resourcing purposes. We outsource some of our resourcing calls to a trusted third-party company and they may call you to discuss this opportunity with you. They will then report back to us with the outcome of their conversation with you, where upon we will decide whether to submit your CV to the end client. Please be assured that the third-party company do not store or control any of your data, this is all done by ourselves (Parker Shaw).
Job Title: Senior Java Developer Max Rate: £480 - 595p/d via Umbrella Clearance Required: SC Cleared or Eligible Duration: 6 months Location: Telford - Hybrid - min. 2 days per week Job Description: CESA Futures require a Senior Java Engineer to write the low-level design and build some transformation code to transform data from CESA to the ETMP design which will be hosted in an Oracle database. The CESA Futures Programme is a major 2yr+ programme of work within the overarching Tax Admin Modernisation Programme. Currently completing the Discovery phase, CESA Futures will modernise the existing CESA application through the creation of new capabilities or the transfer of functionality to other existing systems across the estate. The remediated capabilities within Tax Admin are referred to as the Auxiliary Self-Assessment Solutions (ASAS), which itself consist of a number of products. These products contain Presentation, Service and Data layers. These are largely supported by the following technologies: The CESA Futures team follows agile principles, on a two-week sprint cadence, with multiple scrum teams forming the overall engineering team. Engineers are expected to be, or become, T-shaped and able to operate across the product stack, including testing (or have a drive to develop their skills in other areas). The engineering team is looking to grow substantially during 2025 and is looking for a mixture of experience levels to form our new scrum teams. This particular role is for a mid-range technical resources where the ability to work within a team. Required Skills: . React . Java 17+ . JSON . Spring Boot 3+ . Junit . Playwright . HTML . Object Oriented Design . JPA . Maven . Gitlab (understanding of Git at least is essential) . JDBC . Proven leadership skills . Good communication skills . Proven team engagement skills . Proven coaching skills . Quality Driven . Adaptable/ability to context switch . Stakeholder Management Optional Skills: . Kubernetes . Micro-services . GraalVM . Helm . Mockito . AWS . Kibana . Grafana . Open API . WCAG . OAuth2/OpenID . Sustainable Software Engineering . Cucumber/Gherkin . Selenium . Agile Scrum . Agile Practices
Oct 03, 2025
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Job Title: Senior Java Developer Max Rate: £480 - 595p/d via Umbrella Clearance Required: SC Cleared or Eligible Duration: 6 months Location: Telford - Hybrid - min. 2 days per week Job Description: CESA Futures require a Senior Java Engineer to write the low-level design and build some transformation code to transform data from CESA to the ETMP design which will be hosted in an Oracle database. The CESA Futures Programme is a major 2yr+ programme of work within the overarching Tax Admin Modernisation Programme. Currently completing the Discovery phase, CESA Futures will modernise the existing CESA application through the creation of new capabilities or the transfer of functionality to other existing systems across the estate. The remediated capabilities within Tax Admin are referred to as the Auxiliary Self-Assessment Solutions (ASAS), which itself consist of a number of products. These products contain Presentation, Service and Data layers. These are largely supported by the following technologies: The CESA Futures team follows agile principles, on a two-week sprint cadence, with multiple scrum teams forming the overall engineering team. Engineers are expected to be, or become, T-shaped and able to operate across the product stack, including testing (or have a drive to develop their skills in other areas). The engineering team is looking to grow substantially during 2025 and is looking for a mixture of experience levels to form our new scrum teams. This particular role is for a mid-range technical resources where the ability to work within a team. Required Skills: . React . Java 17+ . JSON . Spring Boot 3+ . Junit . Playwright . HTML . Object Oriented Design . JPA . Maven . Gitlab (understanding of Git at least is essential) . JDBC . Proven leadership skills . Good communication skills . Proven team engagement skills . Proven coaching skills . Quality Driven . Adaptable/ability to context switch . Stakeholder Management Optional Skills: . Kubernetes . Micro-services . GraalVM . Helm . Mockito . AWS . Kibana . Grafana . Open API . WCAG . OAuth2/OpenID . Sustainable Software Engineering . Cucumber/Gherkin . Selenium . Agile Scrum . Agile Practices
*3 DAYS PER WEEK ONSITE, INSIDE IR35* Role: Senior Software Engineer Experienced Senior Software Engineer to support development of services hosted on Public Cloud platforms. You will leverage your expertise in Software Development, along with your Cloud Engineering experience across AWS/GCP, to design and implement resilient Front End client, Back End services and cloud-native solutions. This is an opportunity to work on high-impact systems within a secure, high-availability environment at one of the world's leading financial institutions. Key Accountabilities Responsibilities will include: * Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant Back End REST API services along with Front End client using Python, Golang, Docker and Cloud-Native services. * Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards. * Collaborate closely with Architecture and DevOps teams to enhance, maintain and mature Product capabilities/features. * Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks. Qualifications and experience The ideal candidate for this role will have the below experience and qualifications: * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience. * Comes from Software Engineering background with infrastructure experience. * 5+ years of development experience with a strong focus on large-scale, distributed systems. * Proficient in Python, Golang and PostgreSQL. * Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management and version control. * Hands-on experience with AWS/GCP, including cloud-native services, storage, IAM, and KMS. * Familiarity with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (eg, Terraform), CI/CD tools (eg, Jenkins, GitLab CI) and containerization. * Strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems. * Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking. * Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences. * A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, using appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success. Essential Skills * Demonstrable experience of: o Public Cloud. o Linux. o Relational and NoSQL databases. o Integration services such as messaging and streams. o Building RESTful API Services. o Containerisation, Kubernetes, serverless functions. o Microservices, and distributed tracing. o Enterprise logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (eg, ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana). * Experience working within an Agile environment. * Programming experience in following languages: Golang & Python. * Good understanding of cryptography (authentication, data encryption). * Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools. * Good non-functional testing experience. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
Oct 01, 2025
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*3 DAYS PER WEEK ONSITE, INSIDE IR35* Role: Senior Software Engineer Experienced Senior Software Engineer to support development of services hosted on Public Cloud platforms. You will leverage your expertise in Software Development, along with your Cloud Engineering experience across AWS/GCP, to design and implement resilient Front End client, Back End services and cloud-native solutions. This is an opportunity to work on high-impact systems within a secure, high-availability environment at one of the world's leading financial institutions. Key Accountabilities Responsibilities will include: * Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant Back End REST API services along with Front End client using Python, Golang, Docker and Cloud-Native services. * Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards. * Collaborate closely with Architecture and DevOps teams to enhance, maintain and mature Product capabilities/features. * Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks. Qualifications and experience The ideal candidate for this role will have the below experience and qualifications: * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience. * Comes from Software Engineering background with infrastructure experience. * 5+ years of development experience with a strong focus on large-scale, distributed systems. * Proficient in Python, Golang and PostgreSQL. * Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management and version control. * Hands-on experience with AWS/GCP, including cloud-native services, storage, IAM, and KMS. * Familiarity with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (eg, Terraform), CI/CD tools (eg, Jenkins, GitLab CI) and containerization. * Strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems. * Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking. * Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences. * A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, using appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success. Essential Skills * Demonstrable experience of: o Public Cloud. o Linux. o Relational and NoSQL databases. o Integration services such as messaging and streams. o Building RESTful API Services. o Containerisation, Kubernetes, serverless functions. o Microservices, and distributed tracing. o Enterprise logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (eg, ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana). * Experience working within an Agile environment. * Programming experience in following languages: Golang & Python. * Good understanding of cryptography (authentication, data encryption). * Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools. * Good non-functional testing experience. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
