Job Title: Discovery Engineer - Architecture & Flow Management Industry: Banking/Financial Services (Corporate & Institutional Banking) Location: London (50% onsite) Contract: 6 months initial, with a view to extend Rate: Competitive | Inside IR35 About the Role Our client, a leading global investment bank, is looking for an experienced engineer to manage the architecture, network flows, and rationalisation of their global BMC Helix Discovery deployment. Main Responsibilities Lead architecture and network flow management project activities, reporting progress to the Discovery team manager Perform recurring platform health checks and use results to shape new project work Collaborate with the wider team on architecture direction, enhancements, and fixes Build and maintain key stakeholder relationships to deliver project outcomes Understand external (non-BMC) tools and processes critical to project delivery Provide clear, weekly progress updates across multiple concurrent project streams Improve and redefine process activities where applicable Implement automation to improve efficiency and delivery time Research new technologies to enhance the discovery service Provide L2/L3 support for incidents, changes, and requests Approx. 80% project-focused, 20% BAU . Essential Experience Experience within a BMC Discovery environment (consultant, contractor, or permanent) Excellent understanding of BMC Discovery at architectural and configurational level Certifications desirable but not critical - strong field experience matters more Role-Specific Technical Skills & Knowledge Expert knowledge of BMC Discovery (formerly ADDM) - deployment, architecture, configuration best practice, and rationalisation principles Communication & access protocols: SSH, HTTPS, DCOM, REST API BMC Discovery connection protocols: UNIX Shell, WMI, PowerShell Strong understanding of BMC Discovery pattern language (TPL) Strong understanding of the BMC Discovery data model & query language Administrative knowledge of Linux, Windows, virtualisation, databases, networking & directory services Desirable Technical Skills & Knowledge Python DevOps - Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Ansible Tower Virtualisation - VMware OpenStack Generic SQL Containerisation solutions Access management tools - CyberArk Personal Attributes Excellent communication and internal networking Determination, motivation, and fast learning Adaptability and multi-tasking Strong team player with attention to detail Interested? If you have hands-on BMC Discovery experience and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Aug 10, 2026
Contractor
Job Title: Discovery Engineer - Architecture & Flow Management Industry: Banking/Financial Services (Corporate & Institutional Banking) Location: London (50% onsite) Contract: 6 months initial, with a view to extend Rate: Competitive | Inside IR35 About the Role Our client, a leading global investment bank, is looking for an experienced engineer to manage the architecture, network flows, and rationalisation of their global BMC Helix Discovery deployment. Main Responsibilities Lead architecture and network flow management project activities, reporting progress to the Discovery team manager Perform recurring platform health checks and use results to shape new project work Collaborate with the wider team on architecture direction, enhancements, and fixes Build and maintain key stakeholder relationships to deliver project outcomes Understand external (non-BMC) tools and processes critical to project delivery Provide clear, weekly progress updates across multiple concurrent project streams Improve and redefine process activities where applicable Implement automation to improve efficiency and delivery time Research new technologies to enhance the discovery service Provide L2/L3 support for incidents, changes, and requests Approx. 80% project-focused, 20% BAU . Essential Experience Experience within a BMC Discovery environment (consultant, contractor, or permanent) Excellent understanding of BMC Discovery at architectural and configurational level Certifications desirable but not critical - strong field experience matters more Role-Specific Technical Skills & Knowledge Expert knowledge of BMC Discovery (formerly ADDM) - deployment, architecture, configuration best practice, and rationalisation principles Communication & access protocols: SSH, HTTPS, DCOM, REST API BMC Discovery connection protocols: UNIX Shell, WMI, PowerShell Strong understanding of BMC Discovery pattern language (TPL) Strong understanding of the BMC Discovery data model & query language Administrative knowledge of Linux, Windows, virtualisation, databases, networking & directory services Desirable Technical Skills & Knowledge Python DevOps - Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Ansible Tower Virtualisation - VMware OpenStack Generic SQL Containerisation solutions Access management tools - CyberArk Personal Attributes Excellent communication and internal networking Determination, motivation, and fast learning Adaptability and multi-tasking Strong team player with attention to detail Interested? If you have hands-on BMC Discovery experience and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Python Developer Location: London or Ipswich - Office based Start Date : ASAP Contract Rate: 420 per day inside IR35 Duration: 12 months initially Role Overview Our client is seeking a Python Developer to develop and maintain automation solutions, backend services, and tooling supporting large-scale telecom network operations. Working closely with QA, Network Engineering, and DevOps teams, you will build REST APIs, automation scripts, and data-driven applications that improve testing, monitoring, and operational efficiency across 5G and enterprise platforms. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain Python-based automation frameworks and scripts for network testing, data processing, and operational workflows. Build RESTful APIs using Flask or FastAPI. Work with SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis. Develop and maintain Docker-based applications and environments. Support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD. Write Linux shell scripts and manage deployments on Linux servers. Integrate with telecom network systems and APIs for validation, monitoring, and health checks. Implement logging, monitoring, and error-handling solutions. Collaborate with QA, Network Engineering, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable automation solutions. Skills & Experience Essential: 4+ years of Python development experience in automation or backend development. Experience building REST APIs using Flask or FastAPI. Knowledge of HTML/CSS and Jinja2. Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases. Strong Linux administration and Bash scripting skills. Experience with Docker and Docker Compose. Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD experience. Experience with Git version control. Knowledge of Python libraries including requests, paramiko, subprocess, schedule, and pandas. Understanding of HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, and API integrations. Desirable: Telecom or network automation experience, including 4G Core, 5G, or Service-Based Architecture (SBA). Experience with RabbitMQ or Kafka. Knowledge of OpenStack and Infrastructure-as-Code practices. Experience with Pytest, Selenium, or Playwright. Knowledge of Grafana, ELK Stack, or Prometheus. Agile or Scrum experience. If you have the relevant skills and experience, please do apply promptly to be considered.
Aug 07, 2026
Contractor
Python Developer Location: London or Ipswich - Office based Start Date : ASAP Contract Rate: 420 per day inside IR35 Duration: 12 months initially Role Overview Our client is seeking a Python Developer to develop and maintain automation solutions, backend services, and tooling supporting large-scale telecom network operations. Working closely with QA, Network Engineering, and DevOps teams, you will build REST APIs, automation scripts, and data-driven applications that improve testing, monitoring, and operational efficiency across 5G and enterprise platforms. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain Python-based automation frameworks and scripts for network testing, data processing, and operational workflows. Build RESTful APIs using Flask or FastAPI. Work with SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis. Develop and maintain Docker-based applications and environments. Support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD. Write Linux shell scripts and manage deployments on Linux servers. Integrate with telecom network systems and APIs for validation, monitoring, and health checks. Implement logging, monitoring, and error-handling solutions. Collaborate with QA, Network Engineering, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable automation solutions. Skills & Experience Essential: 4+ years of Python development experience in automation or backend development. Experience building REST APIs using Flask or FastAPI. Knowledge of HTML/CSS and Jinja2. Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases. Strong Linux administration and Bash scripting skills. Experience with Docker and Docker Compose. Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD experience. Experience with Git version control. Knowledge of Python libraries including requests, paramiko, subprocess, schedule, and pandas. Understanding of HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, and API integrations. Desirable: Telecom or network automation experience, including 4G Core, 5G, or Service-Based Architecture (SBA). Experience with RabbitMQ or Kafka. Knowledge of OpenStack and Infrastructure-as-Code practices. Experience with Pytest, Selenium, or Playwright. Knowledge of Grafana, ELK Stack, or Prometheus. Agile or Scrum experience. If you have the relevant skills and experience, please do apply promptly to be considered.
hackajob is collaborating with Google to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. The Google Public Sector, Technical Delivery and Operations team delivers, operates and secures private cloud services. We aim to provide the flexibility, reliability, and scalability of public cloud for customers with exceptionally high security requirements that can only be met in a private cloud environment. We deliver and operate these private cloud deployments for the most critical customers, helping scale, secure and maintain the deployment whilst working closely with Google product teams to continually improve our technology. This role is part of a new team focused on meeting the needs of our most critical customers in the UK. As an Infrastructure Operations Engineer, you will be deploying new infrastructure as our deployments scale, rolling out new features and updates, troubleshooting problems, and managing incidents. In line with Google's standard engineering practices, you will automate common tasks, manage incidents and conduct blameless retrospectives to avoid the same problems happening again. You will work with local support staff to help them with challenging problems and you will reach back into Google's product teams for help where you need it. You will troubleshoot technical problems with a mix of debugging, networking, system administration and coding/scripting skills. If necessary, you will update our playbooks, not just to help our UK team but to help similar teams around the world. You will help drive the success of Google Cloud by understanding and advocating customers issues. This will include a need to sometimes work non-standard work hours and participate in an on-call rotation. Must be a British citizen to meet compliance and security clearance requirements. Office location will be a satellite site in Wiltshire, with occasional travel to London. This is an on-site position, requiring a standard five day per week schedule in the office. Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field such as Computer Networking, Information Security, or equivalent practical experience. 3 years of experience automating infrastructure provisioning, developer operations, or continuous integration, delivery, designing, building, deploying of cloud-based solution architectures. Experience in scripting and development languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) for Automation. Experience with physical and virtual infrastructure, operating systems, or virtualization. Experience in either Linux/Docker/Kubernetes technologies or Windows and Active Directory environments. Must possess an active Security Check (SC) UK security clearance, and the ability to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance. Preferred qualifications: Experience in system administration tasks in Linux or Unix. Experience with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, OpenStack, Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, Jenkins). Familiarity with standard IT security practices (such as encryption, certificates, key management and use of HSMs or other specialist security equipment). Ability to execute in a customer-focused environment and advocate for partners and customers in a cross-functional organization. Ability to work on a team to design processes, implement projects that solve business problems, and lead or work with cross-functional groups. Active Developed Vetting (DV) Security Clearance. Responsibilities: Build, configure and deploy new compute, network, storage and specialist security infrastructure, ensuring correct configuration and bring into service in line with standard playbooks from Google product teams. Resolve profile escalations and issues, improve the customer experience, and drive initiatives. Manage the health and performance of the environment using observability tools, carry out maintenance and updates to roll out new features and keep the platform secure. Participate in a 24/7, on-call rotation for incident response escalation within response and on-site Service Level Agreements (SLA). Provide technical implementation support in customer environments, including guidance on implementation, and feasibility of cross-product integrations.
Aug 06, 2026
Full time
hackajob is collaborating with Google to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. The Google Public Sector, Technical Delivery and Operations team delivers, operates and secures private cloud services. We aim to provide the flexibility, reliability, and scalability of public cloud for customers with exceptionally high security requirements that can only be met in a private cloud environment. We deliver and operate these private cloud deployments for the most critical customers, helping scale, secure and maintain the deployment whilst working closely with Google product teams to continually improve our technology. This role is part of a new team focused on meeting the needs of our most critical customers in the UK. As an Infrastructure Operations Engineer, you will be deploying new infrastructure as our deployments scale, rolling out new features and updates, troubleshooting problems, and managing incidents. In line with Google's standard engineering practices, you will automate common tasks, manage incidents and conduct blameless retrospectives to avoid the same problems happening again. You will work with local support staff to help them with challenging problems and you will reach back into Google's product teams for help where you need it. You will troubleshoot technical problems with a mix of debugging, networking, system administration and coding/scripting skills. If necessary, you will update our playbooks, not just to help our UK team but to help similar teams around the world. You will help drive the success of Google Cloud by understanding and advocating customers issues. This will include a need to sometimes work non-standard work hours and participate in an on-call rotation. Must be a British citizen to meet compliance and security clearance requirements. Office location will be a satellite site in Wiltshire, with occasional travel to London. This is an on-site position, requiring a standard five day per week schedule in the office. Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field such as Computer Networking, Information Security, or equivalent practical experience. 3 years of experience automating infrastructure provisioning, developer operations, or continuous integration, delivery, designing, building, deploying of cloud-based solution architectures. Experience in scripting and development languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) for Automation. Experience with physical and virtual infrastructure, operating systems, or virtualization. Experience in either Linux/Docker/Kubernetes technologies or Windows and Active Directory environments. Must possess an active Security Check (SC) UK security clearance, and the ability to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance. Preferred qualifications: Experience in system administration tasks in Linux or Unix. Experience with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, OpenStack, Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, Jenkins). Familiarity with standard IT security practices (such as encryption, certificates, key management and use of HSMs or other specialist security equipment). Ability to execute in a customer-focused environment and advocate for partners and customers in a cross-functional organization. Ability to work on a team to design processes, implement projects that solve business problems, and lead or work with cross-functional groups. Active Developed Vetting (DV) Security Clearance. Responsibilities: Build, configure and deploy new compute, network, storage and specialist security infrastructure, ensuring correct configuration and bring into service in line with standard playbooks from Google product teams. Resolve profile escalations and issues, improve the customer experience, and drive initiatives. Manage the health and performance of the environment using observability tools, carry out maintenance and updates to roll out new features and keep the platform secure. Participate in a 24/7, on-call rotation for incident response escalation within response and on-site Service Level Agreements (SLA). Provide technical implementation support in customer environments, including guidance on implementation, and feasibility of cross-product integrations.
