.NET Software Development Team Leader As the new Software Development Team Leader , you will lead a team of developers to build, support, and maintain high-quality IT solutions. You will act as a subject matter expert in software design, development, testing, documentation, and deployment. What you'll do In this varied role, you will: Provide input to the Software Development Manager regarding scope, estimation, design, cost, quality, risk, and architectural design to ensure IT systems deliver business value. Mentor and develop the technical capabilities of your reports to ensure they meet business demands and maintain service levels. Collaborate with Enterprise, Solution, and Technical Architects to establish and adhere to agreed standards, patterns, and designs. Design, code, test, and document software using significant experience, complying with version control standards. Take a lead role in evaluating and providing expert advice on programming methods, tools, and standards used within the organisation. Lead the planning and execution of functional, performance, and usability tests in conjunction with the QA team. Review technical specifications from suppliers and lead peer reviews for your team, including contractors and third parties. Plan and undertake software upgrades under standard Change Control processes in communication with the wider business. Ensure all development adheres to company security standards to minimise internal and external data breaches. What you'll need Technical Experience: Experience with the Microsoft technology stack , including C#, ASP.NET, .NET, Blazor, MAUI, SOA, and VB.net/VB6 . Proficiency with the Azure Development stack , such as Logic Apps, Function Apps, and App Insights. Strong knowledge of Transact-SQL and Microsoft SQL Server (versions 2000 through 2022). Experience with Biztalk 2016 , Microsoft Integration Services, and Web Services. Familiarity with Azure DevOps, GitHub , GitHubFlow, and versioning tools. Experience operating in an ISO 27001 certified environment. Previous experience in a lead position within a software development team. Excellent collaboration skills for working with highly technical colleagues, consultants, and partners. What you'll receive A combined pension contribution of up to 20% . 25 days' holiday , rising to 28 with service, with options to buy or sell leave. Comprehensive healthcare package and life assurance of up to eight times your salary. Electric car lease scheme via salary sacrifice. Enhanced family leave and access to interactive health and wellbeing platforms. One paid volunteering day each year. Candidate must be able to travel to the office 2-3 days per week There is NO visa sponsorship availale for this role
Jun 10, 2026
Full time
.NET Software Development Team Leader As the new Software Development Team Leader , you will lead a team of developers to build, support, and maintain high-quality IT solutions. You will act as a subject matter expert in software design, development, testing, documentation, and deployment. What you'll do In this varied role, you will: Provide input to the Software Development Manager regarding scope, estimation, design, cost, quality, risk, and architectural design to ensure IT systems deliver business value. Mentor and develop the technical capabilities of your reports to ensure they meet business demands and maintain service levels. Collaborate with Enterprise, Solution, and Technical Architects to establish and adhere to agreed standards, patterns, and designs. Design, code, test, and document software using significant experience, complying with version control standards. Take a lead role in evaluating and providing expert advice on programming methods, tools, and standards used within the organisation. Lead the planning and execution of functional, performance, and usability tests in conjunction with the QA team. Review technical specifications from suppliers and lead peer reviews for your team, including contractors and third parties. Plan and undertake software upgrades under standard Change Control processes in communication with the wider business. Ensure all development adheres to company security standards to minimise internal and external data breaches. What you'll need Technical Experience: Experience with the Microsoft technology stack , including C#, ASP.NET, .NET, Blazor, MAUI, SOA, and VB.net/VB6 . Proficiency with the Azure Development stack , such as Logic Apps, Function Apps, and App Insights. Strong knowledge of Transact-SQL and Microsoft SQL Server (versions 2000 through 2022). Experience with Biztalk 2016 , Microsoft Integration Services, and Web Services. Familiarity with Azure DevOps, GitHub , GitHubFlow, and versioning tools. Experience operating in an ISO 27001 certified environment. Previous experience in a lead position within a software development team. Excellent collaboration skills for working with highly technical colleagues, consultants, and partners. What you'll receive A combined pension contribution of up to 20% . 25 days' holiday , rising to 28 with service, with options to buy or sell leave. Comprehensive healthcare package and life assurance of up to eight times your salary. Electric car lease scheme via salary sacrifice. Enhanced family leave and access to interactive health and wellbeing platforms. One paid volunteering day each year. Candidate must be able to travel to the office 2-3 days per week There is NO visa sponsorship availale for this role
Senior VB6 & C Engineer Rate: 506 Clearance Required: SC-eligible Duration: 6 months Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office Job Description: Role Overview As a Senior Engineer within the clients Market Unit, you will play a pivotal role in delivering modern, scalable, and secure digital services for one of the UK's most critical government departments. You will work closely with architects and delivery leads to design and implement robust backend services, lead engineering best practices, and mentor junior developers. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and is passionate about delivering impactful public sector solutions. Role Purpose As a Senior Engineer, you will remediate, stabilise, and modernise applications participating in the "Ingres?only" pathway-decoupling data from Ingres to target relational platforms (e.g., Oracle/SQL Server) and implementing secure, supportable fixes that reduce risk ahead of March 2027. You'll collaborate with architects, DB specialists, testers, and delivery leads to plan and execute safe change in line with The Clients standards. Key Outcomes Risk reduction & compliance: Identify and remediate vulnerabilities, unsupported dependencies, and non?compliant patterns to meet the clients security and data?protection expectations. Decoupling from Ingres: Refactor data access; support migration from Ingres to the agreed target RDBMS while retaining UI where required. Quality & Release readiness: Deliver thoroughly tested fixes and enhancements that are verifiable in SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT/NFR phases, supporting traceability and sign?off. Knowledge transfer: Produce clear documentation and handover notes to the clients live support teams. Responsibilities Analyse applications (forms, modules, class libraries, COM components) to map dependencies (ADO, ODBC, custom DLLs/OCXs) and Ingres touchpoints. Design and implement low?risk remediation: data access abstraction, connection?string/driver changes, error?handling hardening, and performance fixes aligned to target databases. Collaborate with DB engineers to plan and validate schema/data migration and to optimise SQL (procs/queries) post?migration. Build and execute test plans with QA: unit/functional/regression, non?functional (reliability, performance), and defect lifecycle management across SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT. Contribute to release documentation and change approvals; support rehearsals and cutovers where needed. Work within the clients MU governance for security, data protection, and auditability; keep artefacts current (design notes, runbooks, KT packs). Participate in agile ceremonies; coordinate with the Actian Exit streams (ETMP, Data Retention, Low?Code, Ingres?only) and Model Office activities. Coach junior engineers and contribute to the clients MU engineering community initiatives. Essential Skills & Experience Strong Engineering skills: VB6, Tuxedo, C, AWS preferred Legacy remediation in regulated environments: diagnosing runtime faults, dependency drift, and security gaps; implementing safe, minimal?change fixes. Database fluency: experience moving away from Ingres or similar RDBMS; comfort working with DBAs on schema, queries, and performance while preserving behaviour. Quality engineering: practical test design, defect triage, and readiness for multi?phase test models (SIT/E2E/UAT/OAT). Delivery habits: version control (Git/TFS), lightweight design documentation, and effective stakeholder communication. Desirable Familiarity with AI?assisted upgrade accelerators (e.g., Retrofit/GitHub Copilot) and technical proving approaches used in the programme. Experience with the client MU governance, SD&T/implementation forums, or Model Office validation If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
Jun 04, 2026
Contractor
Senior VB6 & C Engineer Rate: 506 Clearance Required: SC-eligible Duration: 6 months Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office Job Description: Role Overview As a Senior Engineer within the clients Market Unit, you will play a pivotal role in delivering modern, scalable, and secure digital services for one of the UK's most critical government departments. You will work closely with architects and delivery leads to design and implement robust backend services, lead engineering best practices, and mentor junior developers. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and is passionate about delivering impactful public sector solutions. Role Purpose As a Senior Engineer, you will remediate, stabilise, and modernise applications participating in the "Ingres?only" pathway-decoupling data from Ingres to target relational platforms (e.g., Oracle/SQL Server) and implementing secure, supportable fixes that reduce risk ahead of March 2027. You'll collaborate with architects, DB specialists, testers, and delivery leads to plan and execute safe change in line with The Clients standards. Key Outcomes Risk reduction & compliance: Identify and remediate vulnerabilities, unsupported dependencies, and non?compliant patterns to meet the clients security and data?protection expectations. Decoupling from Ingres: Refactor data access; support migration from Ingres to the agreed target RDBMS while retaining UI where required. Quality & Release readiness: Deliver thoroughly tested fixes and enhancements that are verifiable in SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT/NFR phases, supporting traceability and sign?off. Knowledge transfer: Produce clear documentation and handover notes to the clients live support teams. Responsibilities Analyse applications (forms, modules, class libraries, COM components) to map dependencies (ADO, ODBC, custom DLLs/OCXs) and Ingres touchpoints. Design and implement low?risk remediation: data access abstraction, connection?string/driver changes, error?handling hardening, and performance fixes aligned to target databases. Collaborate with DB engineers to plan and validate schema/data migration and to optimise SQL (procs/queries) post?migration. Build and execute test plans with QA: unit/functional/regression, non?functional (reliability, performance), and defect lifecycle management across SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT. Contribute to release documentation and change approvals; support rehearsals and cutovers where needed. Work within the clients MU governance for security, data protection, and auditability; keep artefacts current (design notes, runbooks, KT packs). Participate in agile ceremonies; coordinate with the Actian Exit streams (ETMP, Data Retention, Low?Code, Ingres?only) and Model Office activities. Coach junior engineers and contribute to the clients MU engineering community initiatives. Essential Skills & Experience Strong Engineering skills: VB6, Tuxedo, C, AWS preferred Legacy remediation in regulated environments: diagnosing runtime faults, dependency drift, and security gaps; implementing safe, minimal?change fixes. Database fluency: experience moving away from Ingres or similar RDBMS; comfort working with DBAs on schema, queries, and performance while preserving behaviour. Quality engineering: practical test design, defect triage, and readiness for multi?phase test models (SIT/E2E/UAT/OAT). Delivery habits: version control (Git/TFS), lightweight design documentation, and effective stakeholder communication. Desirable Familiarity with AI?assisted upgrade accelerators (e.g., Retrofit/GitHub Copilot) and technical proving approaches used in the programme. Experience with the client MU governance, SD&T/implementation forums, or Model Office validation If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
C VB6 Tuxedo Engineer - Telford and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £480 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a C VB6 Tuxedo Engineer. For this role you will need to be onsite in Telford 2 days per week. Please find some details below: Role Overview As a Senior Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering modern, scalable, and secure digital services for one of the UK's most critical government departments. You will work closely with architects and delivery leads to design and implement robust Back End services, lead engineering best practices, and mentor junior developers. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and is passionate about delivering impactful public sector solutions. Role Purpose As a Senior Engineer, you will remediate, stabilise, and modernise applications participating in the Ingres-only Pathway-decoupling data from Ingres to target relational platforms (eg, Oracle/SQL Server) and implementing secure, supportable fixes that reduce risk ahead of March 2027. You'll collaborate with architects, DB specialists, testers, and delivery leads to plan and execute safe change in line with the customer's standards. Key Outcomes Risk reduction & compliance: Identify and remediate vulnerabilities, unsupported dependencies, and non-compliant patterns to meet HMRC security and data-protection expectations. Decoupling from Ingres: Refactor data access; support migration from Ingres to the agreed target RDBMS while retaining UI where required. Quality & Release readiness: Deliver thoroughly tested fixes and enhancements that are verifiable in SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT/NFR phases, supporting traceability and sign-off. Knowledge transfer: Produce clear documentation and handover notes to HMRC live support teams. Responsibilities Analyse applications (forms, modules, class libraries, COM components) to map dependencies (ADO, ODBC, custom DLLs/OCXs) and Ingres touchpoints. Design and implement low-risk remediation: data access abstraction, connection-string/driver changes, error-handling hardening, and performance fixes aligned to target databases. Collaborate with DB engineers to plan and validate schema/data migration and to optimise SQL (procs/queries) post-migration. Build and execute test plans with QA: unit/functional/regression, non-functional (reliability, performance), and defect life cycle management across SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT. Contribute to release documentation and change approvals; support rehearsals and cutovers where needed. Work within governance for security, data protection, and auditability; keep artefacts current (design notes, runbooks, KT packs). Participate in agile ceremonies; coordinate with the Actian Exit streams (ETMP, Data Retention, Low-Code, Ingres-only) and Model Office activities. Coach junior engineers and contribute to engineering community initiatives. Essential Skills & Experience Strong Engineering skills: VB6, Tuxedo, C, AWS preferred Legacy remediation in regulated environments: diagnosing runtime faults, dependency drift, and security gaps; implementing safe, minimal-change fixes. Database fluency: experience moving away from Ingres or similar RDBMS; comfort working with DBAs on schema, queries, and performance while preserving behaviour. Quality engineering: practical test design, defect triage, and readiness for multi-phase test models (SIT/E2E/UAT/OAT). Delivery habits: version control (Git/TFS), lightweight design documentation, and effective stakeholder communication. Desirable Familiarity with AI-assisted upgrade accelerators (eg, Retrofit/GitHub Copilot) and technical proving approaches used in the programme. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.
Jun 03, 2026
Contractor
C VB6 Tuxedo Engineer - Telford and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £480 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a C VB6 Tuxedo Engineer. For this role you will need to be onsite in Telford 2 days per week. Please find some details below: Role Overview As a Senior Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering modern, scalable, and secure digital services for one of the UK's most critical government departments. You will work closely with architects and delivery leads to design and implement robust Back End services, lead engineering best practices, and mentor junior developers. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and is passionate about delivering impactful public sector solutions. Role Purpose As a Senior Engineer, you will remediate, stabilise, and modernise applications participating in the Ingres-only Pathway-decoupling data from Ingres to target relational platforms (eg, Oracle/SQL Server) and implementing secure, supportable fixes that reduce risk ahead of March 2027. You'll collaborate with architects, DB specialists, testers, and delivery leads to plan and execute safe change in line with the customer's standards. Key Outcomes Risk reduction & compliance: Identify and remediate vulnerabilities, unsupported dependencies, and non-compliant patterns to meet HMRC security and data-protection expectations. Decoupling from Ingres: Refactor data access; support migration from Ingres to the agreed target RDBMS while retaining UI where required. Quality & Release readiness: Deliver thoroughly tested fixes and enhancements that are verifiable in SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT/NFR phases, supporting traceability and sign-off. Knowledge transfer: Produce clear documentation and handover notes to HMRC live support teams. Responsibilities Analyse applications (forms, modules, class libraries, COM components) to map dependencies (ADO, ODBC, custom DLLs/OCXs) and Ingres touchpoints. Design and implement low-risk remediation: data access abstraction, connection-string/driver changes, error-handling hardening, and performance fixes aligned to target databases. Collaborate with DB engineers to plan and validate schema/data migration and to optimise SQL (procs/queries) post-migration. Build and execute test plans with QA: unit/functional/regression, non-functional (reliability, performance), and defect life cycle management across SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT. Contribute to release documentation and change approvals; support rehearsals and cutovers where needed. Work within governance for security, data protection, and auditability; keep artefacts current (design notes, runbooks, KT packs). Participate in agile ceremonies; coordinate with the Actian Exit streams (ETMP, Data Retention, Low-Code, Ingres-only) and Model Office activities. Coach junior engineers and contribute to engineering community initiatives. Essential Skills & Experience Strong Engineering skills: VB6, Tuxedo, C, AWS preferred Legacy remediation in regulated environments: diagnosing runtime faults, dependency drift, and security gaps; implementing safe, minimal-change fixes. Database fluency: experience moving away from Ingres or similar RDBMS; comfort working with DBAs on schema, queries, and performance while preserving behaviour. Quality engineering: practical test design, defect triage, and readiness for multi-phase test models (SIT/E2E/UAT/OAT). Delivery habits: version control (Git/TFS), lightweight design documentation, and effective stakeholder communication. Desirable Familiarity with AI-assisted upgrade accelerators (eg, Retrofit/GitHub Copilot) and technical proving approaches used in the programme. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.
