Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud Media Platforms) Start ASAP (within 2-4 weeks notice) expected duration 6+ months initially London- Hybrid 2/3 days typically wfh/West London (Apply online only)pd Outside IR35 Must have right to work in the UK and be based near London. Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud Media Platforms) providing technical design and development/implementation of systems that industrialise media workflows. Acting as the primary technical authority for Cloud NAS integration, media ingest pipelines, & automated metadata scripting. Prior experience in the media broadcasting industry, specifically with digital asset management, Cloud NAS, and video ingest or similar workflows is required. You will need strong Cloud DevOps skill set, hands on scripting of either Python, Go, or Node.js for automation and API development, hands-on expertise with AWS (preferred) or GCP and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) etc Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud Media Platforms) Job Description Main Responsibilities -Lead the architecture and development of cloud-based media platform components, including storage, video ingest, and workflow services. -Deploy and manage scalable cloud infrastructure aligned with enterprise technology standards. -Design automation, scripting, and API integrations to streamline media processing and operational workflows. -Mentor engineering team members, promoting high-quality software development and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. -Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and efficient releases. -Collaborate with external technology partners to resolve integration and architectural challenges. Skills You'll Need -Strong experience in platform, cloud, or backend software engineering such as cloud-based media platform components, including storage, ingest, and workflow services. -Proficiency in scripting Python, Go, or Node.js for automation and API development. -As a senior member of a small technical team you should have an architecture mindset, able to design and code solutions that can scale to numerous digital media channels, platforms and brands. -Hands-on expertise with AWS (preferred) or GCP and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). -Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub Actions. -Experience with digital asset management, cloud storage, or media ingestion platforms. -Knowledge of Agile delivery practices and test-driven development(TDD). Desirable Skills -AWS or GCP professional-level certifications. At PCR Digital, we are committed to ensuring that diversity, equity and inclusion play a role at all stages of our recruitment - it is important to us that our own company culture and the culture of our network is as varied and supportive as possible. We love people (it's why we do what we do), so, regardless of background, we welcome you to work with us or apply to any of our jobs if you feel that they are right for you." We also aim to ensure that our entire process is accessible. Please make us aware of any adjustments you may need throughout the selection, interview and general process and we will do all we can to ensure that any barriers are removed for you.
Sep 22, 2026
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Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud Media Platforms) Start ASAP (within 2-4 weeks notice) expected duration 6+ months initially London- Hybrid 2/3 days typically wfh/West London (Apply online only)pd Outside IR35 Must have right to work in the UK and be based near London. Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud Media Platforms) providing technical design and development/implementation of systems that industrialise media workflows. Acting as the primary technical authority for Cloud NAS integration, media ingest pipelines, & automated metadata scripting. Prior experience in the media broadcasting industry, specifically with digital asset management, Cloud NAS, and video ingest or similar workflows is required. You will need strong Cloud DevOps skill set, hands on scripting of either Python, Go, or Node.js for automation and API development, hands-on expertise with AWS (preferred) or GCP and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) etc Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud Media Platforms) Job Description Main Responsibilities -Lead the architecture and development of cloud-based media platform components, including storage, video ingest, and workflow services. -Deploy and manage scalable cloud infrastructure aligned with enterprise technology standards. -Design automation, scripting, and API integrations to streamline media processing and operational workflows. -Mentor engineering team members, promoting high-quality software development and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. -Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and efficient releases. -Collaborate with external technology partners to resolve integration and architectural challenges. Skills You'll Need -Strong experience in platform, cloud, or backend software engineering such as cloud-based media platform components, including storage, ingest, and workflow services. -Proficiency in scripting Python, Go, or Node.js for automation and API development. -As a senior member of a small technical team you should have an architecture mindset, able to design and code solutions that can scale to numerous digital media channels, platforms and brands. -Hands-on expertise with AWS (preferred) or GCP and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). -Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub Actions. -Experience with digital asset management, cloud storage, or media ingestion platforms. -Knowledge of Agile delivery practices and test-driven development(TDD). Desirable Skills -AWS or GCP professional-level certifications. At PCR Digital, we are committed to ensuring that diversity, equity and inclusion play a role at all stages of our recruitment - it is important to us that our own company culture and the culture of our network is as varied and supportive as possible. We love people (it's why we do what we do), so, regardless of background, we welcome you to work with us or apply to any of our jobs if you feel that they are right for you." We also aim to ensure that our entire process is accessible. Please make us aware of any adjustments you may need throughout the selection, interview and general process and we will do all we can to ensure that any barriers are removed for you.
Senior Pega Developer Rate: £550 per day Location: Remote Working Contract length: To confirm IR35 status: Inside IR35 Clearance requirement: Active SC Clearance required Mandatory Certification : Pega Certified Senior System Architect (PCSSA) Pega Certified System Architect (PCSA) certification and progression through the Pega certification Pathway. Your new company A contract opportunity is available for an experienced Senior Pega Developer to support the delivery of complex enterprise applications using the Pega Platform. You will work closely with Lead System Architects, Business Analysts, Product Owners and engineering teams to deliver high-quality Pega solutions within a structured Agile environment. Your new role As a Senior Pega Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing and enhancing applications using the Pega Platform, ensuring solutions meet business requirements and technical standards. Key responsibilities Design, develop, configure and enhance applications using Pega Platform. Build case types, stages, workflows, processes, business rules and decision rules. Develop reusable components aligned to established Pega architecture and design patterns. Implement integrations using REST/SOAP services, APIs, connectors and data pages. Develop user interfaces using Pega Constellation and related UX capabilities. Collaborate with Lead System Architects and Solution Architects to deliver technical designs. Analyse complex requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions. Undertake unit testing, debugging and defect resolution. Troubleshoot application, integration and performance-related issues. Ensure compliance with Pega guardrails, coding standards and engineering best practice. Participate in design reviews, code reviews and technical assurance activities. Support automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, deployments and release activities. Optimise application performance and support production troubleshooting. Work with Business Analysts and Product Owners to refine requirements and acceptance criteria. Mentor junior Pega developers and support wider technical delivery activities. Contribute to estimations, sprint planning and technical documentation. Support production releases, implementation activities and hypercare. Essential skills and experience Strong hands-on development experience with Pega Platform. Experience delivering complex enterprise-scale Pega applications. Strong understanding of Pega case management, workflows and application development. Experience with case types, stages, processes, activities, data objects, data pages and decision rules. Experience developing and consuming REST APIs and integration services. Strong understanding of Pega architecture and reusable design patterns. Experience with Pega security, including roles, privileges and access groups. Experience troubleshooting and optimising Pega applications. Understanding of Pega DevOps, CI/CD and deployment processes. Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery environments. Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills. Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with architects and developers. Certification Mandatory: Pega Certified Senior System Architect (PCSSA). Pega Certified System Architect (PCSA) certification and progression through the Pega certification Pathway. Desirable skills and experience Pega Infinity '24'25 or later. Pega Constellation experience. Pega DX API experience. Pega GenAI Blueprint experience. Experience delivering applications on Pega Cloud. Knowledge of Java, JavaScript, SQL and related web technologies. Experience with automated testing and Pega testing capabilities. Cloud platform experience, including AWS or Azure. Application modernisation and Legacy migration experience. Experience within public sector or highly regulated environments. What you'll get in return £550 per day contract opportunity. Opportunity to work on complex enterprise-scale Pega development initiatives. Exposure to modern Pega technologies, including Constellation architecture. How to apply If you're interested in this opportunity, apply with your latest CV, availability and preferred location. If this role isn't quite right for you, please get in touch for a confidential discussion about similar opportunities. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found on our website.
Sep 21, 2026
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Senior Pega Developer Rate: £550 per day Location: Remote Working Contract length: To confirm IR35 status: Inside IR35 Clearance requirement: Active SC Clearance required Mandatory Certification : Pega Certified Senior System Architect (PCSSA) Pega Certified System Architect (PCSA) certification and progression through the Pega certification Pathway. Your new company A contract opportunity is available for an experienced Senior Pega Developer to support the delivery of complex enterprise applications using the Pega Platform. You will work closely with Lead System Architects, Business Analysts, Product Owners and engineering teams to deliver high-quality Pega solutions within a structured Agile environment. Your new role As a Senior Pega Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing and enhancing applications using the Pega Platform, ensuring solutions meet business requirements and technical standards. Key responsibilities Design, develop, configure and enhance applications using Pega Platform. Build case types, stages, workflows, processes, business rules and decision rules. Develop reusable components aligned to established Pega architecture and design patterns. Implement integrations using REST/SOAP services, APIs, connectors and data pages. Develop user interfaces using Pega Constellation and related UX capabilities. Collaborate with Lead System Architects and Solution Architects to deliver technical designs. Analyse complex requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions. Undertake unit testing, debugging and defect resolution. Troubleshoot application, integration and performance-related issues. Ensure compliance with Pega guardrails, coding standards and engineering best practice. Participate in design reviews, code reviews and technical assurance activities. Support automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, deployments and release activities. Optimise application performance and support production troubleshooting. Work with Business Analysts and Product Owners to refine requirements and acceptance criteria. Mentor junior Pega developers and support wider technical delivery activities. Contribute to estimations, sprint planning and technical documentation. Support production releases, implementation activities and hypercare. Essential skills and experience Strong hands-on development experience with Pega Platform. Experience delivering complex enterprise-scale Pega applications. Strong understanding of Pega case management, workflows and application development. Experience with case types, stages, processes, activities, data objects, data pages and decision rules. Experience developing and consuming REST APIs and integration services. Strong understanding of Pega architecture and reusable design patterns. Experience with Pega security, including roles, privileges and access groups. Experience troubleshooting and optimising Pega applications. Understanding of Pega DevOps, CI/CD and deployment processes. Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery environments. Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills. Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with architects and developers. Certification Mandatory: Pega Certified Senior System Architect (PCSSA). Pega Certified System Architect (PCSA) certification and progression through the Pega certification Pathway. Desirable skills and experience Pega Infinity '24'25 or later. Pega Constellation experience. Pega DX API experience. Pega GenAI Blueprint experience. Experience delivering applications on Pega Cloud. Knowledge of Java, JavaScript, SQL and related web technologies. Experience with automated testing and Pega testing capabilities. Cloud platform experience, including AWS or Azure. Application modernisation and Legacy migration experience. Experience within public sector or highly regulated environments. What you'll get in return £550 per day contract opportunity. Opportunity to work on complex enterprise-scale Pega development initiatives. Exposure to modern Pega technologies, including Constellation architecture. How to apply If you're interested in this opportunity, apply with your latest CV, availability and preferred location. If this role isn't quite right for you, please get in touch for a confidential discussion about similar opportunities. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found on our website.
Outside IR35 Contract: Senior AWS Platform Engineer (AI Platform) Day Rate: Up to £600 Outside IR35 Location / Arrangement: Up to 3 Days per Week in office - either Bristol or London office Duration: 6 Months with the intention to further extend - long term greenfield programme Our client is a FTSE100 Investment Management firm, we are seeking a AWS Platform Engineer to support on a £ multi-million greenfield AI platform build out with the long-term goal of DevOps automation. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll own the foundations our engineering teams build on. This is a deep AWS role, you'll be shaping the multi-account estate itself, not just deploying workloads into it and a growing part of it is building the platform capability that lets teams ship AI-enabled products safely and at scale. About you: Deep, hands-on AWS expertise at platform level. You've designed and built landing zones and multi-account environments from the ground up - account vending, SCPs, IAM/identity federation, VPC and hybrid networking, centralised logging, and guardrails - not just consumed them. For example, this role may not be suitable for someone whose AWS experience is shipping Lambdas into an account someone else built. (Highly Desirable) You've built AI/ML platform capability on AWS yourself. Bedrock in particular - model access, guardrails, knowledge bases, agentic patterns - plus the surrounding tooling (SageMaker, vector stores, evaluation and observability). Expert-level Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred; CloudFormation/CDK welcome) and strong scripting (Python, Bash) for complex automation and self-service tooling Strong CI/CD, containerisation and orchestration - Harness (or equivalent enterprise CD tooling such as ArgoCD, Spinnaker, GitLab), Docker, and Kubernetes/EKS, with pipelines and deployment policy managed as code Deep cloud security and governance knowledge - identity management, policy-as-code, and compliance standards (ISO, SOC, GDPR) in a regulated setting Proven track record designing scalable, resilient, cost-efficient AWS solutions in complex enterprise environments Strong analytical and decision-making skills , and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders Experience mentoring engineers and raising the bar around you What you'll do: Design, build and evolve our AWS platform foundations - multi-account architecture, landing zones, Organizations/Control Tower, guardrails, networking and identity Drive platform design and engineering standards, and embed golden paths that simplify and standardise how we build and run services Enable automation, reliability and cost optimisation at scale - treating infrastructure, pipelines and policy as code Mentor and support engineers, influence technical direction, and work across teams to deliver cloud-native solutions aligned to our clients goals Take our AI platform capability from early foundations to a production-grade, self-service platform: Amazon Bedrock and the surrounding tooling (model access and routing, guardrails, knowledge bases/RAG patterns, agentic workflows), with the observability, cost controls and security posture required to run it in a regulated environment (AI Experience not essential but highly beneficial) Reasonable Adjustments: Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason , please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.
Sep 21, 2026
Full time
Outside IR35 Contract: Senior AWS Platform Engineer (AI Platform) Day Rate: Up to £600 Outside IR35 Location / Arrangement: Up to 3 Days per Week in office - either Bristol or London office Duration: 6 Months with the intention to further extend - long term greenfield programme Our client is a FTSE100 Investment Management firm, we are seeking a AWS Platform Engineer to support on a £ multi-million greenfield AI platform build out with the long-term goal of DevOps automation. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll own the foundations our engineering teams build on. This is a deep AWS role, you'll be shaping the multi-account estate itself, not just deploying workloads into it and a growing part of it is building the platform capability that lets teams ship AI-enabled products safely and at scale. About you: Deep, hands-on AWS expertise at platform level. You've designed and built landing zones and multi-account environments from the ground up - account vending, SCPs, IAM/identity federation, VPC and hybrid networking, centralised logging, and guardrails - not just consumed them. For example, this role may not be suitable for someone whose AWS experience is shipping Lambdas into an account someone else built. (Highly Desirable) You've built AI/ML platform capability on AWS yourself. Bedrock in particular - model access, guardrails, knowledge bases, agentic patterns - plus the surrounding tooling (SageMaker, vector stores, evaluation and observability). Expert-level Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred; CloudFormation/CDK welcome) and strong scripting (Python, Bash) for complex automation and self-service tooling Strong CI/CD, containerisation and orchestration - Harness (or equivalent enterprise CD tooling such as ArgoCD, Spinnaker, GitLab), Docker, and Kubernetes/EKS, with pipelines and deployment policy managed as code Deep cloud security and governance knowledge - identity management, policy-as-code, and compliance standards (ISO, SOC, GDPR) in a regulated setting Proven track record designing scalable, resilient, cost-efficient AWS solutions in complex enterprise environments Strong analytical and decision-making skills , and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders Experience mentoring engineers and raising the bar around you What you'll do: Design, build and evolve our AWS platform foundations - multi-account architecture, landing zones, Organizations/Control Tower, guardrails, networking and identity Drive platform design and engineering standards, and embed golden paths that simplify and standardise how we build and run services Enable automation, reliability and cost optimisation at scale - treating infrastructure, pipelines and policy as code Mentor and support engineers, influence technical direction, and work across teams to deliver cloud-native solutions aligned to our clients goals Take our AI platform capability from early foundations to a production-grade, self-service platform: Amazon Bedrock and the surrounding tooling (model access and routing, guardrails, knowledge bases/RAG patterns, agentic workflows), with the observability, cost controls and security posture required to run it in a regulated environment (AI Experience not essential but highly beneficial) Reasonable Adjustments: Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason , please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.
Senior Software Developer Leeds Hybrid Up to 65,000 + bonus & benefits A growing software business is looking for a collaborative, hands-on Senior Software Developer to join its established development team. This is a great opportunity to work across a portfolio of digital products, including platforms within the contracts, project management and document management space. With a strong delivery pipeline and several products in development, you'll be involved in a varied mix of greenfield and existing-product work. You'll join a close-knit development function within a successful SME, working alongside developers, testers and senior stakeholders. While this is not a formal people-management role, you will have the opportunity to provide technical guidance, share knowledge and help shape development best practice. The role Build and enhance full-stack software products across a varied product portfolio Work across the full development lifecycle, including coding, code reviews, testing, releases and cloud delivery Contribute to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, ticket refinement and technical discussions Help break down larger features and balance delivery priorities with technical debt Support and mentor other developers through knowledge sharing, reviews and best practice Collaborate closely with QA to develop and improve manual and automated testing practices Engage with stakeholders to understand product requirements and business priorities Explore and use AI-enabled development tools responsibly to improve ways of working What we're looking for Strong commercial experience as a full-stack software developer Proven experience with .NET , ideally modern versions Front-end development experience with Angular ; candidates with strong React or transferable front-end skills will also be considered Experience with Entity Framework or comparable back-end/data-access technologies Azure experience is desirable, although AWS or Google Cloud exposure is also relevant Good understanding of cloud development, DevOps, testing and release processes Previous experience of mentoring, technical leadership, code reviews, planning or technical-debt management A genuine interest in AI tools and their responsible use in software development Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams About you You'll be a technically strong developer who is also approachable, pragmatic and team-focused. You'll enjoy sharing ideas and knowledge, taking ownership of your work and contributing to a positive engineering culture. The business is looking for someone who is curious, accountable and keen to keep learning - someone who understands that great software is built through strong collaboration as well as technical ability. Package Salary up to 65,000 , depending on experience Annual discretionary bonus Private medical cover Pension contributions matched up to 4% 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service Additional day off over the Christmas period Cycle-to-work scheme Annual training budget and access to professional learning resources Hybrid working, with regular team collaboration in a Leeds office This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Developer looking to make a meaningful technical contribution within a supportive business, while helping a development team scale its products, processes and capability.
Sep 19, 2026
Full time
Senior Software Developer Leeds Hybrid Up to 65,000 + bonus & benefits A growing software business is looking for a collaborative, hands-on Senior Software Developer to join its established development team. This is a great opportunity to work across a portfolio of digital products, including platforms within the contracts, project management and document management space. With a strong delivery pipeline and several products in development, you'll be involved in a varied mix of greenfield and existing-product work. You'll join a close-knit development function within a successful SME, working alongside developers, testers and senior stakeholders. While this is not a formal people-management role, you will have the opportunity to provide technical guidance, share knowledge and help shape development best practice. The role Build and enhance full-stack software products across a varied product portfolio Work across the full development lifecycle, including coding, code reviews, testing, releases and cloud delivery Contribute to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, ticket refinement and technical discussions Help break down larger features and balance delivery priorities with technical debt Support and mentor other developers through knowledge sharing, reviews and best practice Collaborate closely with QA to develop and improve manual and automated testing practices Engage with stakeholders to understand product requirements and business priorities Explore and use AI-enabled development tools responsibly to improve ways of working What we're looking for Strong commercial experience as a full-stack software developer Proven experience with .NET , ideally modern versions Front-end development experience with Angular ; candidates with strong React or transferable front-end skills will also be considered Experience with Entity Framework or comparable back-end/data-access technologies Azure experience is desirable, although AWS or Google Cloud exposure is also relevant Good understanding of cloud development, DevOps, testing and release processes Previous experience of mentoring, technical leadership, code reviews, planning or technical-debt management A genuine interest in AI tools and their responsible use in software development Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams About you You'll be a technically strong developer who is also approachable, pragmatic and team-focused. You'll enjoy sharing ideas and knowledge, taking ownership of your work and contributing to a positive engineering culture. The business is looking for someone who is curious, accountable and keen to keep learning - someone who understands that great software is built through strong collaboration as well as technical ability. Package Salary up to 65,000 , depending on experience Annual discretionary bonus Private medical cover Pension contributions matched up to 4% 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service Additional day off over the Christmas period Cycle-to-work scheme Annual training budget and access to professional learning resources Hybrid working, with regular team collaboration in a Leeds office This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Developer looking to make a meaningful technical contribution within a supportive business, while helping a development team scale its products, processes and capability.
Senior DevOps 650 - 750 daily Inside IR35 12 month contract London based hybrid working (2 days onsite) SC clearance is required for this role, please apply if you have a live SC or be eligible to undergo the process Responsibilities: Supporting teams in mapping their stories to available platforms, ensuring effective and secure service deployment. Developing and maintaining hardened base containers, undertaking skilled platform build and support activities. Identifying gaps in best practices, advising teams on delivery risks and recommending improvements. Assisting engineers with service topology discovery, helping define quality assurance (QA) and deployment pipelines. Driving adoption of new tools and technologies, improving teams' integration approaches. Developing and enhance support processes, ensuring better user experience and operational efficiency. Candidates must demonstrate strong experience across: AWS Kubernetes Docker Terraform CI/CD Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Sep 19, 2026
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Senior DevOps 650 - 750 daily Inside IR35 12 month contract London based hybrid working (2 days onsite) SC clearance is required for this role, please apply if you have a live SC or be eligible to undergo the process Responsibilities: Supporting teams in mapping their stories to available platforms, ensuring effective and secure service deployment. Developing and maintaining hardened base containers, undertaking skilled platform build and support activities. Identifying gaps in best practices, advising teams on delivery risks and recommending improvements. Assisting engineers with service topology discovery, helping define quality assurance (QA) and deployment pipelines. Driving adoption of new tools and technologies, improving teams' integration approaches. Developing and enhance support processes, ensuring better user experience and operational efficiency. Candidates must demonstrate strong experience across: AWS Kubernetes Docker Terraform CI/CD Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Senior Java Architect - Payments Location: London (Hybrid) Contract: 6 Months Initial Pay Rate: £550-£600 - Outside IR35 About the Role We're supporting a global financial services organisation undergoing a significant banking transformation programme. As part of this journey, they are building next-generation banking capabilities and modernising core platforms that support cross-border payments, settlement, reconciliation, and banking operations. We are seeking an experienced Java Engineering Architect to provide technical leadership across backend engineering, architecture, and delivery. This role will play a key part in shaping modern banking platforms built on cloud-native technologies, microservices, event-driven architecture, and AI-assisted engineering practices. The successful candidate will work closely with senior architects and stakeholders while leading offshore engineering teams to deliver enterprise-scale banking solutions. Key Responsibilities Partner with the Lead Architect to design and deliver enterprise-grade banking and payments platforms Lead offshore Java engineering teams and provide technical direction across backend workstreams Contribute to architecture governance, design reviews, technical decision-making, roadmap planning, and risk management Design scalable, secure, and resilient microservices-based architectures using Java and modern engineering practices Architect payment solutions supporting real-time payments, cross-border transactions, settlement, reconciliation, and regulatory requirements Design integration patterns across enterprise systems, third-party providers, and banking platforms Drive iterative delivery, stakeholder engagement, demonstrations, and technical progress reporting Collaborate with Business, Integration, Data, and DevOps Architects to define and refine solution designs Champion engineering excellence, coding standards, performance, and platform reliability Promote AI-assisted software delivery using tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar technologies Required Experience Strong experience as a Java Architect, Engineering Architect, or Lead Backend Architect Extensive experience within Banking, Payments, Financial Services, or other highly regulated environments Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and enterprise-scale backend development Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems Experience designing event-driven solutions using Kafka or similar messaging technologies Strong understanding of API-first architecture, REST services, and enterprise integration patterns Experience working with cloud-native platforms and containerised environments Exposure to AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines Proven experience leading distributed engineering teams and driving large-scale delivery programmes Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Highly Desirable Payments domain expertise including SWIFT, ISO 20022, real-time payments, settlement, reconciliation, treasury, or cash management Experience delivering large-scale modernisation and transformation programmes Architecture certifications such as TOGAF Experience implementing AI-assisted engineering practices within development teams Exposure to cloud-native banking platforms and digital transformation initiatives Reasonable Adjustments: Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason , please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.
Sep 19, 2026
Full time
Senior Java Architect - Payments Location: London (Hybrid) Contract: 6 Months Initial Pay Rate: £550-£600 - Outside IR35 About the Role We're supporting a global financial services organisation undergoing a significant banking transformation programme. As part of this journey, they are building next-generation banking capabilities and modernising core platforms that support cross-border payments, settlement, reconciliation, and banking operations. We are seeking an experienced Java Engineering Architect to provide technical leadership across backend engineering, architecture, and delivery. This role will play a key part in shaping modern banking platforms built on cloud-native technologies, microservices, event-driven architecture, and AI-assisted engineering practices. The successful candidate will work closely with senior architects and stakeholders while leading offshore engineering teams to deliver enterprise-scale banking solutions. Key Responsibilities Partner with the Lead Architect to design and deliver enterprise-grade banking and payments platforms Lead offshore Java engineering teams and provide technical direction across backend workstreams Contribute to architecture governance, design reviews, technical decision-making, roadmap planning, and risk management Design scalable, secure, and resilient microservices-based architectures using Java and modern engineering practices Architect payment solutions supporting real-time payments, cross-border transactions, settlement, reconciliation, and regulatory requirements Design integration patterns across enterprise systems, third-party providers, and banking platforms Drive iterative delivery, stakeholder engagement, demonstrations, and technical progress reporting Collaborate with Business, Integration, Data, and DevOps Architects to define and refine solution designs Champion engineering excellence, coding standards, performance, and platform reliability Promote AI-assisted software delivery using tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar technologies Required Experience Strong experience as a Java Architect, Engineering Architect, or Lead Backend Architect Extensive experience within Banking, Payments, Financial Services, or other highly regulated environments Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and enterprise-scale backend development Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems Experience designing event-driven solutions using Kafka or similar messaging technologies Strong understanding of API-first architecture, REST services, and enterprise integration patterns Experience working with cloud-native platforms and containerised environments Exposure to AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines Proven experience leading distributed engineering teams and driving large-scale delivery programmes Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Highly Desirable Payments domain expertise including SWIFT, ISO 20022, real-time payments, settlement, reconciliation, treasury, or cash management Experience delivering large-scale modernisation and transformation programmes Architecture certifications such as TOGAF Experience implementing AI-assisted engineering practices within development teams Exposure to cloud-native banking platforms and digital transformation initiatives Reasonable Adjustments: Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason , please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.
Hays are now looking for an SC Cleared Senior Full Stack Develope r for one of our local clients: 550 p/d Inside IR35 6 month+ contract Remote Must be SC Cleared We are seeking a Senior Developer to join a business-critical engineering team, providing technical leadership across the development lifecycle while supporting the delivery, enhancement and operation of platform services. Key Responsibilities - Develop and maintain applications using C#, .NET, React, Vue.js and REST APIs. - Design and build microservice-based solutions in cloud environments. - Lead delivery of complex development work packages and software changes. - Conduct code reviews and promote engineering best practices. - Support solution design and technical architecture decisions. - Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes. - Mentor developers and provide technical guidance across Agile teams. - Investigate and resolve complex application and platform issues. - Support service improvement, operational resilience and incident resolution activities. Essential Skills - C#, .NET and Entity Framework - REST APIs and Microservices - React and JavaScript (Vue.js desirable) - AWS cloud services - Docker and CI/CD pipelines - Jenkins, GitLab or equivalent DevOps tooling - PostgreSQL - SOLID principles and secure coding practices - Experience leading development teams, code reviews and mentoring engineers Desirable Skills - Elastic / Kibana - WPF - Infrastructure as Code - Monitoring and observability tooling - Experience supporting production systems and on-call services If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or please send a copy to Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
Sep 18, 2026
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Hays are now looking for an SC Cleared Senior Full Stack Develope r for one of our local clients: 550 p/d Inside IR35 6 month+ contract Remote Must be SC Cleared We are seeking a Senior Developer to join a business-critical engineering team, providing technical leadership across the development lifecycle while supporting the delivery, enhancement and operation of platform services. Key Responsibilities - Develop and maintain applications using C#, .NET, React, Vue.js and REST APIs. - Design and build microservice-based solutions in cloud environments. - Lead delivery of complex development work packages and software changes. - Conduct code reviews and promote engineering best practices. - Support solution design and technical architecture decisions. - Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes. - Mentor developers and provide technical guidance across Agile teams. - Investigate and resolve complex application and platform issues. - Support service improvement, operational resilience and incident resolution activities. Essential Skills - C#, .NET and Entity Framework - REST APIs and Microservices - React and JavaScript (Vue.js desirable) - AWS cloud services - Docker and CI/CD pipelines - Jenkins, GitLab or equivalent DevOps tooling - PostgreSQL - SOLID principles and secure coding practices - Experience leading development teams, code reviews and mentoring engineers Desirable Skills - Elastic / Kibana - WPF - Infrastructure as Code - Monitoring and observability tooling - Experience supporting production systems and on-call services If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or please send a copy to Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
About The Role FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Enterprise Agile Coach/Process Coach to work for our client within the Financial Services sector. This is initially a 6-12 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Edinburgh. The Process Coach is an experienced Agile practitioner who partners directly with CIO delivery teams to embed effective delivery practices, accelerate adoption of new ways of working, and drive continuous improvement across the software delivery lifecycle. Acting as an embedded coach, the Process Coach supports delivery teams in adopting agreed processes, tools, frameworks, and governance standards, helping teams improve delivery outcomes, remove barriers to adoption, and build sustainable capability across the organisation. While this role will support the adoption of AI-enabled delivery practices and the Alpha AI SDLC framework, we are not seeking an AI specialist. Instead, we are looking for individuals who are curious about emerging technologies, enthusiastic about learning, and keen to help teams leverage new tools and approaches to improve delivery performance. We are seeking experienced practitioners with backgrounds such as: Senior Scrum Master Agile Practice Lead Agile Coach Responsibilities Coach delivery teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and engineering practitioners in the effective application of delivery frameworks, processes, and ways of working. Support CIO engagement leads and transformation owners in planning and executing process adoption and continuous improvement activities. Facilitate onboarding of teams onto delivery frameworks, portals, workflows, governance controls, and supporting guidance. Monitor adoption, engagement, and maturity metrics, identifying opportunities to improve effectiveness and value realisation. Establish baseline delivery measures and help teams track progress against agreed performance and adoption outcomes. Work with local champions, change agents, and delivery leaders to embed sustainable delivery behaviours and practices. Identify barriers to adoption and partner with stakeholders to implement improvements and remove impediments. Capture lessons learned, feedback, and emerging requirements to inform future process and framework enhancements. Establish and support Communities of Practice, coaching networks, and knowledge-sharing forums across CIO delivery teams. Promote a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and learning across delivery organisations. Help teams understand and adopt AI-assisted delivery practices where appropriate, supporting the evolution of modern software delivery capabilities. About You Proven experience as an Agile Coach, Agile Practice Lead, Delivery Lead or Senior Scrum Master. Demonstrable experience coaching Agile teams, delivery leaders, and technical practitioners. Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile delivery methodologies, DevOps, and modern product delivery practices. Experience driving behavioural, cultural, and process change within large and complex organisations. Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills. Experience using delivery metrics and performance data to drive continuous improvement initiatives. Ability to identify adoption challenges and implement practical solutions to improve team effectiveness. Experience establishing or supporting Communities of Practice and large-scale transformation initiatives. Excellent communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills. About Us FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK 'Best Employer'. Diversity and Inclusion FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws. Why join us Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field Annual leave and work-place pension
Sep 18, 2026
Full time
About The Role FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Enterprise Agile Coach/Process Coach to work for our client within the Financial Services sector. This is initially a 6-12 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Edinburgh. The Process Coach is an experienced Agile practitioner who partners directly with CIO delivery teams to embed effective delivery practices, accelerate adoption of new ways of working, and drive continuous improvement across the software delivery lifecycle. Acting as an embedded coach, the Process Coach supports delivery teams in adopting agreed processes, tools, frameworks, and governance standards, helping teams improve delivery outcomes, remove barriers to adoption, and build sustainable capability across the organisation. While this role will support the adoption of AI-enabled delivery practices and the Alpha AI SDLC framework, we are not seeking an AI specialist. Instead, we are looking for individuals who are curious about emerging technologies, enthusiastic about learning, and keen to help teams leverage new tools and approaches to improve delivery performance. We are seeking experienced practitioners with backgrounds such as: Senior Scrum Master Agile Practice Lead Agile Coach Responsibilities Coach delivery teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and engineering practitioners in the effective application of delivery frameworks, processes, and ways of working. Support CIO engagement leads and transformation owners in planning and executing process adoption and continuous improvement activities. Facilitate onboarding of teams onto delivery frameworks, portals, workflows, governance controls, and supporting guidance. Monitor adoption, engagement, and maturity metrics, identifying opportunities to improve effectiveness and value realisation. Establish baseline delivery measures and help teams track progress against agreed performance and adoption outcomes. Work with local champions, change agents, and delivery leaders to embed sustainable delivery behaviours and practices. Identify barriers to adoption and partner with stakeholders to implement improvements and remove impediments. Capture lessons learned, feedback, and emerging requirements to inform future process and framework enhancements. Establish and support Communities of Practice, coaching networks, and knowledge-sharing forums across CIO delivery teams. Promote a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and learning across delivery organisations. Help teams understand and adopt AI-assisted delivery practices where appropriate, supporting the evolution of modern software delivery capabilities. About You Proven experience as an Agile Coach, Agile Practice Lead, Delivery Lead or Senior Scrum Master. Demonstrable experience coaching Agile teams, delivery leaders, and technical practitioners. Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile delivery methodologies, DevOps, and modern product delivery practices. Experience driving behavioural, cultural, and process change within large and complex organisations. Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills. Experience using delivery metrics and performance data to drive continuous improvement initiatives. Ability to identify adoption challenges and implement practical solutions to improve team effectiveness. Experience establishing or supporting Communities of Practice and large-scale transformation initiatives. Excellent communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills. About Us FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK 'Best Employer'. Diversity and Inclusion FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws. Why join us Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field Annual leave and work-place pension
Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS) Bristol (Hybrid) 3 days on site £400- £500 OutsideIR35 6 month initial This senior role offers the opportunity to join a well-established Bristol-based technology business operating at scale. Take technical ownership of AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for AI-enabled products, working closely with engineering and product teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and security. Key requirements: Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, including designing, deploying and managing scalable, secure infrastructure. Proven expertise with terraform (Infrastructure as Code) for provisioning, automating and maintaining cloud environments. Extensive experience building and optimising CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated build, test and deployment processes. Solid understanding of API development, integration and management, including RESTful services and microservice architectures. Commercial experience developing applications using .NET and/or JavaScript, with the ability to collaborate across engineering teams. Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS) Bristol (Hybrid) 3 days on site £400- £500 OutsideIR35 6 month initial
Sep 18, 2026
Full time
Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS) Bristol (Hybrid) 3 days on site £400- £500 OutsideIR35 6 month initial This senior role offers the opportunity to join a well-established Bristol-based technology business operating at scale. Take technical ownership of AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for AI-enabled products, working closely with engineering and product teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and security. Key requirements: Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, including designing, deploying and managing scalable, secure infrastructure. Proven expertise with terraform (Infrastructure as Code) for provisioning, automating and maintaining cloud environments. Extensive experience building and optimising CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated build, test and deployment processes. Solid understanding of API development, integration and management, including RESTful services and microservice architectures. Commercial experience developing applications using .NET and/or JavaScript, with the ability to collaborate across engineering teams. Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS) Bristol (Hybrid) 3 days on site £400- £500 OutsideIR35 6 month initial
Java Developer - SHEFFIELD, UK Location: Sheffield (2 days per week onsite) Contract: Contract Role Overview Our banking clients building a platform that enables control owners and engineering teams to manage and monitor compliance with software development standards and controls. The successful candidate will work on modern Java-based applications and APIs within a microservices architecture, helping deliver scalable and resilient solutions across several strategic applications. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain Java-based backend services and APIs. Build and enhance microservices using modern engineering practices. Collaborate with developers, testers and stakeholders to deliver new features. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across the application estate. Contribute to architecture discussions and technical design decisions. Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices. Work within an Agile environment using CI/CD principles and tooling. Support the continuous improvement of platform reliability, scalability and performance. Required Skills & Experience Strong commercial Experience developing applications in Java . Experience building REST APIs and microservices. Strong understanding of SQL and relational databases. Experience working within Agile delivery teams. Proficiency with development tools such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira and Confluence. Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Self-motivated with a proactive approach to problem solving. Desirable Skills Exposure to or interest in Kotlin development. Experience with HTML, JavaScript or modern web technologies. Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP. Experience working within highly regulated enterprise environments. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. Ideal Candidate We're looking for a strong Java engineer who has built and supported enterprise-grade applications and microservices. Kotlin Experience would be beneficial but is not essential. Candidates with solid Java expertise who are interested in learning or expanding their Kotlin knowledge are encouraged to apply. Location Sheffield, UK Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. (phone number removed). Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at (url removed)> To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to (url removed)> We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at (url removed)/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.
Sep 17, 2026
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Java Developer - SHEFFIELD, UK Location: Sheffield (2 days per week onsite) Contract: Contract Role Overview Our banking clients building a platform that enables control owners and engineering teams to manage and monitor compliance with software development standards and controls. The successful candidate will work on modern Java-based applications and APIs within a microservices architecture, helping deliver scalable and resilient solutions across several strategic applications. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain Java-based backend services and APIs. Build and enhance microservices using modern engineering practices. Collaborate with developers, testers and stakeholders to deliver new features. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across the application estate. Contribute to architecture discussions and technical design decisions. Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices. Work within an Agile environment using CI/CD principles and tooling. Support the continuous improvement of platform reliability, scalability and performance. Required Skills & Experience Strong commercial Experience developing applications in Java . Experience building REST APIs and microservices. Strong understanding of SQL and relational databases. Experience working within Agile delivery teams. Proficiency with development tools such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira and Confluence. Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Self-motivated with a proactive approach to problem solving. Desirable Skills Exposure to or interest in Kotlin development. Experience with HTML, JavaScript or modern web technologies. Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP. Experience working within highly regulated enterprise environments. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. Ideal Candidate We're looking for a strong Java engineer who has built and supported enterprise-grade applications and microservices. Kotlin Experience would be beneficial but is not essential. Candidates with solid Java expertise who are interested in learning or expanding their Kotlin knowledge are encouraged to apply. Location Sheffield, UK Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. (phone number removed). Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at (url removed)> To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to (url removed)> We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at (url removed)/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.
Sep 17, 2026
Full time
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.
Sep 17, 2026
Full time
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.
Sep 17, 2026
Full time
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.
Sep 17, 2026
Full time
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy whose work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We deliver impactful technology solutions across UK government departments, working at the forefront of user-centred design, agile delivery, and scalable digital services that genuinely make a difference. Strong focus on work-life balance with a flexible hybrid model (1 day onsite) Be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary agile environment alongside civil servants and industry experts Location: Newcastle, Manchester, or Leeds - one day per week on-site Role Overview We are seeking a DevOps Engineer (SFIA Level 4) to support and maintain secure, scalable AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a public sector client. You'll work with a reasonable degree of autonomy, contributing to infrastructure automation, deployment reliability, and observability, while collaborating closely with senior engineers and the wider delivery team. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible across AWS environments Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, supporting automated build, test, and deployment workflows Write and maintain automation scripts and tooling using Bash and Python Manage and support API gateway and reverse Proxy tooling, including Kong (CE/EE) and Nginx Configure and maintain monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and Alert Manager Manage compute and container infrastructure including EC2, Auto Scaling Groups, ECS (monitoring), and ECR Administer networking and security configuration, including Route53, Security Groups, IAM, ACM, and KMS Support infrastructure deployments using CloudFormation Manage storage infrastructure using S3, including life cycle policies and access controls Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis Follow and support security standards, change management, and release governance processes Contribute to sprint planning, refinement, and other agile ceremonies Support continuous improvement of automation, observability, and platform reliability Required Skills & Experience Experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering role Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure as code Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Proficiency in Bash and Python Scripting for automation Experience with Kong (CE/EE) and/or Nginx for API gateway/reverse Proxy management Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alert Manager for monitoring and alerting Working knowledge of AWS compute and container services: EC2, Auto Scaling Groups, ECS, ECR Solid understanding of AWS networking and security: Route53, Security Groups, IAM, ACM, KMS Experience with CloudFormation for infrastructure deployment Experience managing S3 storage in a production environment Comfortable working within established processes and escalating appropriately, while developing toward greater independent ownership Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Excellent communication and collaboration abilities Additional Information SFIA Level: 4 Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required Location: Newcastle, Manchester, or Leeds (in-office one day per week) Our Interview Process We keep things straightforward. Following an initial CV review, successful candidates will be invited to a short screening call with our recruitment team, followed by a two-stage Interview process comprising a technical assessment and a values-based interview with the hiring team. We aim to move quickly and will keep you informed at every stage. Equal Opportunities Scrumconnect Consulting is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.
Sep 17, 2026
Full time
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy whose work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We deliver impactful technology solutions across UK government departments, working at the forefront of user-centred design, agile delivery, and scalable digital services that genuinely make a difference. Strong focus on work-life balance with a flexible hybrid model (1 day onsite) Be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary agile environment alongside civil servants and industry experts Location: Newcastle, Manchester, or Leeds - one day per week on-site Role Overview We are seeking a DevOps Engineer (SFIA Level 4) to support and maintain secure, scalable AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a public sector client. You'll work with a reasonable degree of autonomy, contributing to infrastructure automation, deployment reliability, and observability, while collaborating closely with senior engineers and the wider delivery team. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible across AWS environments Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, supporting automated build, test, and deployment workflows Write and maintain automation scripts and tooling using Bash and Python Manage and support API gateway and reverse Proxy tooling, including Kong (CE/EE) and Nginx Configure and maintain monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and Alert Manager Manage compute and container infrastructure including EC2, Auto Scaling Groups, ECS (monitoring), and ECR Administer networking and security configuration, including Route53, Security Groups, IAM, ACM, and KMS Support infrastructure deployments using CloudFormation Manage storage infrastructure using S3, including life cycle policies and access controls Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis Follow and support security standards, change management, and release governance processes Contribute to sprint planning, refinement, and other agile ceremonies Support continuous improvement of automation, observability, and platform reliability Required Skills & Experience Experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering role Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure as code Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Proficiency in Bash and Python Scripting for automation Experience with Kong (CE/EE) and/or Nginx for API gateway/reverse Proxy management Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alert Manager for monitoring and alerting Working knowledge of AWS compute and container services: EC2, Auto Scaling Groups, ECS, ECR Solid understanding of AWS networking and security: Route53, Security Groups, IAM, ACM, KMS Experience with CloudFormation for infrastructure deployment Experience managing S3 storage in a production environment Comfortable working within established processes and escalating appropriately, while developing toward greater independent ownership Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Excellent communication and collaboration abilities Additional Information SFIA Level: 4 Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required Location: Newcastle, Manchester, or Leeds (in-office one day per week) Our Interview Process We keep things straightforward. Following an initial CV review, successful candidates will be invited to a short screening call with our recruitment team, followed by a two-stage Interview process comprising a technical assessment and a values-based interview with the hiring team. We aim to move quickly and will keep you informed at every stage. Equal Opportunities Scrumconnect Consulting is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong AWS expertise and experience delivering end-to-end Dynatrace implementations is sought by a market-leading innovation house working on some of the UK's largest and most complex enterprise platforms. Working within a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary engineering team, this Senior SRE Engineer will take technical ownership of observability and reliability across large-scale AWS environments, helping engineering teams improve platform performance, resilience and availability. A key focus of the role will be the end-to-end implementation and ownership of Dynatrace across complex enterprise environments. You will be comfortable taking Dynatrace from initial requirements and architecture through deployment, configuration and integration, before establishing dashboards, alerting, monitoring standards and ongoing optimisation. Alongside Dynatrace, you will bring strong AWS engineering knowledge and a broader Site Reliability Engineering mindset, using automation, Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native tooling to improve reliability and reduce operational overhead. This role would suit a Senior SRE DevOps or Cloud Engineer who combines hands-on AWS expertise with genuine Dynatrace implementation experience, rather than simply having used Dynatrace as an end user. This Senior Site Reliability Engineer should have most of the following: - Strong AWS engineering experience within large-scale enterprise environments - End-to-end Dynatrace implementation experience - Experience designing and deploying Dynatrace across complex cloud environments - Strong understanding of APM, infrastructure monitoring and observability - Dynatrace configuration, dashboards, alerting and performance monitoring - Experience integrating Dynatrace into AWS and wider engineering/tooling ecosystems - Strong understanding of SLIs, SLOs, availability, reliability and performance - Infrastructure as Code experience - ideally Terraform / Ansible - Kubernetes / EKS experience - CI/CD and automation experience - Experience troubleshooting complex distributed systems - Ability to identify performance bottlenecks and drive root-cause analysis - Strong stakeholder management with the ability to work across engineering, infrastructure and application teams - Proven technical ownership within large-scale enterprise environments This Senior Site Reliability Engineer will receive: - Starting salary of up to £110,000 - Long-term remote working - Four promotion opportunities a year - Electric company car scheme - 6% private pension - Death in service / income protection - Private healthcare - 25 days holiday plus bank holidays So, if you are a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong AWS experience who has successfully designed and delivered Dynatrace implementations end-to-end, and you like the idea of taking ownership of observability across complex, enterprise-scale platforms, please apply now to be considered. Senior Site Reliability Engineer SRE AWS Dynatrace Observability APM Terraform Kubernetes EKS CI/CD Cloud
Sep 16, 2026
Full time
Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong AWS expertise and experience delivering end-to-end Dynatrace implementations is sought by a market-leading innovation house working on some of the UK's largest and most complex enterprise platforms. Working within a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary engineering team, this Senior SRE Engineer will take technical ownership of observability and reliability across large-scale AWS environments, helping engineering teams improve platform performance, resilience and availability. A key focus of the role will be the end-to-end implementation and ownership of Dynatrace across complex enterprise environments. You will be comfortable taking Dynatrace from initial requirements and architecture through deployment, configuration and integration, before establishing dashboards, alerting, monitoring standards and ongoing optimisation. Alongside Dynatrace, you will bring strong AWS engineering knowledge and a broader Site Reliability Engineering mindset, using automation, Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native tooling to improve reliability and reduce operational overhead. This role would suit a Senior SRE DevOps or Cloud Engineer who combines hands-on AWS expertise with genuine Dynatrace implementation experience, rather than simply having used Dynatrace as an end user. This Senior Site Reliability Engineer should have most of the following: - Strong AWS engineering experience within large-scale enterprise environments - End-to-end Dynatrace implementation experience - Experience designing and deploying Dynatrace across complex cloud environments - Strong understanding of APM, infrastructure monitoring and observability - Dynatrace configuration, dashboards, alerting and performance monitoring - Experience integrating Dynatrace into AWS and wider engineering/tooling ecosystems - Strong understanding of SLIs, SLOs, availability, reliability and performance - Infrastructure as Code experience - ideally Terraform / Ansible - Kubernetes / EKS experience - CI/CD and automation experience - Experience troubleshooting complex distributed systems - Ability to identify performance bottlenecks and drive root-cause analysis - Strong stakeholder management with the ability to work across engineering, infrastructure and application teams - Proven technical ownership within large-scale enterprise environments This Senior Site Reliability Engineer will receive: - Starting salary of up to £110,000 - Long-term remote working - Four promotion opportunities a year - Electric company car scheme - 6% private pension - Death in service / income protection - Private healthcare - 25 days holiday plus bank holidays So, if you are a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong AWS experience who has successfully designed and delivered Dynatrace implementations end-to-end, and you like the idea of taking ownership of observability across complex, enterprise-scale platforms, please apply now to be considered. Senior Site Reliability Engineer SRE AWS Dynatrace Observability APM Terraform Kubernetes EKS CI/CD Cloud
Contract: 12 months Locations: Manchester, Leeds or Birmingham Working Arrangement: 60% office attendance from one of the following locations: IR35: Inside IR35 Day Rate: £750 per day via Umbrella Security: candidates must be eligible for SC clearance The Opportunity We are looking for experienced Senior Java Developers to join a large-scale digital transformation programme delivering critical public services. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior software engineer who enjoys working hands-on with modern Java technologies while providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to other developers. You will play a key role in designing, developing and maintaining robust, resilient and high-quality digital services, while helping teams adopt and maintain strong software engineering practices. Key Responsibilities Develop high-quality, maintainable software using Java and Spring Boot. Design and develop reusable libraries, services and APIs. Contribute to the design and delivery of scalable and resilient digital services. Provide technical leadership and guidance across software engineering teams. Review code and technical designs, ensuring engineering standards are maintained. Coach and mentor junior and mid-level developers. Work collaboratively with Architecture, Engineering, Delivery and other technical teams. Design and support system integrations and integration testing. Investigate and resolve complex infrastructure and production issues. Provide 3rd-line support for developed products, including occasional out-of-hours support where required. Promote engineering best practice, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. Contribute to technical strategy and longer-term product direction. Consider security, accessibility, resilience, availability and operational stability throughout the development lifecycle. Identify technical risks and proactively develop appropriate solutions. Essential Technical Skills You will have strong commercial experience with: Java Spring Boot AWS Apache Kafka MongoDB Microservices and RESTful APIs Automated testing and modern software engineering practices CI/CD and DevOps principles Distributed systems and system integration What We're Looking For We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer who can work independently, take ownership and hit the ground running. Ideally, you will have experience in: Leading or providing technical direction to software engineering teams. Mentoring and developing junior and mid-level engineers. Designing systems with scalability, resilience, availability and security in mind. Reviewing and challenging technical designs. Troubleshooting complex production and infrastructure problems. Working within Agile delivery environments. Establishing and promoting engineering standards and best practice. Working with multiple stakeholders and communicating complex technical concepts clearly. Apply Now If you are an experienced Java/Spring Boot engineer with strong AWS, Kafka and MongoDB experience and are looking for a senior technical role working on a major digital services programme, we would be keen to hear from you.
Sep 16, 2026
Contractor
Contract: 12 months Locations: Manchester, Leeds or Birmingham Working Arrangement: 60% office attendance from one of the following locations: IR35: Inside IR35 Day Rate: £750 per day via Umbrella Security: candidates must be eligible for SC clearance The Opportunity We are looking for experienced Senior Java Developers to join a large-scale digital transformation programme delivering critical public services. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior software engineer who enjoys working hands-on with modern Java technologies while providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to other developers. You will play a key role in designing, developing and maintaining robust, resilient and high-quality digital services, while helping teams adopt and maintain strong software engineering practices. Key Responsibilities Develop high-quality, maintainable software using Java and Spring Boot. Design and develop reusable libraries, services and APIs. Contribute to the design and delivery of scalable and resilient digital services. Provide technical leadership and guidance across software engineering teams. Review code and technical designs, ensuring engineering standards are maintained. Coach and mentor junior and mid-level developers. Work collaboratively with Architecture, Engineering, Delivery and other technical teams. Design and support system integrations and integration testing. Investigate and resolve complex infrastructure and production issues. Provide 3rd-line support for developed products, including occasional out-of-hours support where required. Promote engineering best practice, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. Contribute to technical strategy and longer-term product direction. Consider security, accessibility, resilience, availability and operational stability throughout the development lifecycle. Identify technical risks and proactively develop appropriate solutions. Essential Technical Skills You will have strong commercial experience with: Java Spring Boot AWS Apache Kafka MongoDB Microservices and RESTful APIs Automated testing and modern software engineering practices CI/CD and DevOps principles Distributed systems and system integration What We're Looking For We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer who can work independently, take ownership and hit the ground running. Ideally, you will have experience in: Leading or providing technical direction to software engineering teams. Mentoring and developing junior and mid-level engineers. Designing systems with scalability, resilience, availability and security in mind. Reviewing and challenging technical designs. Troubleshooting complex production and infrastructure problems. Working within Agile delivery environments. Establishing and promoting engineering standards and best practice. Working with multiple stakeholders and communicating complex technical concepts clearly. Apply Now If you are an experienced Java/Spring Boot engineer with strong AWS, Kafka and MongoDB experience and are looking for a senior technical role working on a major digital services programme, we would be keen to hear from you.
Software Engineer - SC Cleared / SC Eligible Location: Newcastle upon Tyne About the Role We are working with a leading organisation who are building a brand new Software Engineering team in Newcastle. They are looking to hire multiple Software Engineers across Junior, Mid-level, and Senior levels. Due to the nature of the projects, candidates must hold active SC Clearance or be eligible to obtain SC Clearance. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team, work on meaningful and technically interesting projects, and shape the direction of a newly formed engineering function. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software solutions. Work collaboratively within agile, cross-functional teams. Contribute to architectural decisions and technical design. Build scalable, secure, and high-performing applications. Participate in code reviews and promote best engineering practices. Support deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of applications in production. Mentor junior engineers (for mid and senior level roles). Required Skills & Experience We are open to candidates from a wide range of technical backgrounds. The technology stack is flexible, but experience in some of the following is highly desirable: Programming Languages: Python, C++, Go, Rust Cloud & DevOps: AWS or other major cloud platforms CI/CD pipelines Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform Monitoring and logging tools General: Strong software engineering fundamentals Experience working in agile environments Good problem-solving and communication skills Understanding of secure development practices Security Clearance Active SC Clearance OR eligibility to obtain SC Clearance is mandatory. Must have lived and worked in the UK for the past 5 years. Experience Levels Junior: 0-2 years commercial experience Strong fundamentals and eagerness to learn Mid-Level: 2-5 years commercial experience Ability to work independently and contribute to design Senior: 5+ years commercial experience Strong technical leadership and mentoring capability Benefits Competitive salary (dependent on experience) Excellent career development and training opportunities Modern tech stack and greenfield projects Supportive, collaborative culture If you are a Software Engineer looking for your next challenge and hold (or are eligible for) SC Clearance, we would love to hear from you. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
Sep 16, 2026
Full time
Software Engineer - SC Cleared / SC Eligible Location: Newcastle upon Tyne About the Role We are working with a leading organisation who are building a brand new Software Engineering team in Newcastle. They are looking to hire multiple Software Engineers across Junior, Mid-level, and Senior levels. Due to the nature of the projects, candidates must hold active SC Clearance or be eligible to obtain SC Clearance. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team, work on meaningful and technically interesting projects, and shape the direction of a newly formed engineering function. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software solutions. Work collaboratively within agile, cross-functional teams. Contribute to architectural decisions and technical design. Build scalable, secure, and high-performing applications. Participate in code reviews and promote best engineering practices. Support deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of applications in production. Mentor junior engineers (for mid and senior level roles). Required Skills & Experience We are open to candidates from a wide range of technical backgrounds. The technology stack is flexible, but experience in some of the following is highly desirable: Programming Languages: Python, C++, Go, Rust Cloud & DevOps: AWS or other major cloud platforms CI/CD pipelines Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform Monitoring and logging tools General: Strong software engineering fundamentals Experience working in agile environments Good problem-solving and communication skills Understanding of secure development practices Security Clearance Active SC Clearance OR eligibility to obtain SC Clearance is mandatory. Must have lived and worked in the UK for the past 5 years. Experience Levels Junior: 0-2 years commercial experience Strong fundamentals and eagerness to learn Mid-Level: 2-5 years commercial experience Ability to work independently and contribute to design Senior: 5+ years commercial experience Strong technical leadership and mentoring capability Benefits Competitive salary (dependent on experience) Excellent career development and training opportunities Modern tech stack and greenfield projects Supportive, collaborative culture If you are a Software Engineer looking for your next challenge and hold (or are eligible for) SC Clearance, we would love to hear from you. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
Software Engineering Specialist 6 months Hybrid Inside IR35 - umbrella only We are seeking a Voice Services Developer to build, maintain, and optimize our next-generation communication platforms. You will bridge the gap between traditional telecommunication protocols and modern cloud-based AI. Your core focus will be developing stable SIP services using Java, managing open-source media engines, and integrating advanced Speech AI technologies across multi-cloud environments. Key Responsibilities SIP Development: Develop, test, and maintain mid-to-high performance SIP-based voice services using JAIN SLEE, SIP Servlets. Media Server Administration: Configure, manage, and scale FreeSWITCH or Asterisk communication engines. Speech AI Integration: Implement Speech-to-Text (STT), Text-to-Speech (TTS), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) workflows into live voice streams. Cloud Operations: Deploy and monitor voice applications across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Troubleshooting: Use network analysis tools to diagnose audio quality issues, call drops, and latency problems. Team Collaboration: Work alongside senior architects and DevOps teams to roll out scalable conversational AI bots. Required Skills & Qualifications Core Language: Professional experience with Java, including multi-threading and network programming. In depth knowledge of Java Good knowledge of java applications using JAIN SLEE framework, SIP Servlet Frameworks Telephony Engines: Hands-on experience configuring and scripting with FreeSWITCH or Asterisk. Voice Protocols: Solid understanding of SIP, RTP/RTCP, and SDP. Speech AI: Experience integrating cloud speech APIs (e.g., AWS Transcribe/Polly, Azure Speech, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text). Multi-Cloud Exposure: Experience deploying and managing applications on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Tools: Proficiency with Wireshark or sngrep for VoIP troubleshooting. Preferred Qualifications Experience with Java telephony frameworks like Metaswitch Rhino SLEE or Oracle OCCAS. Understanding of containerisation using Docker and Kubernetes in cloud environments. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
Sep 16, 2026
Contractor
Software Engineering Specialist 6 months Hybrid Inside IR35 - umbrella only We are seeking a Voice Services Developer to build, maintain, and optimize our next-generation communication platforms. You will bridge the gap between traditional telecommunication protocols and modern cloud-based AI. Your core focus will be developing stable SIP services using Java, managing open-source media engines, and integrating advanced Speech AI technologies across multi-cloud environments. Key Responsibilities SIP Development: Develop, test, and maintain mid-to-high performance SIP-based voice services using JAIN SLEE, SIP Servlets. Media Server Administration: Configure, manage, and scale FreeSWITCH or Asterisk communication engines. Speech AI Integration: Implement Speech-to-Text (STT), Text-to-Speech (TTS), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) workflows into live voice streams. Cloud Operations: Deploy and monitor voice applications across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Troubleshooting: Use network analysis tools to diagnose audio quality issues, call drops, and latency problems. Team Collaboration: Work alongside senior architects and DevOps teams to roll out scalable conversational AI bots. Required Skills & Qualifications Core Language: Professional experience with Java, including multi-threading and network programming. In depth knowledge of Java Good knowledge of java applications using JAIN SLEE framework, SIP Servlet Frameworks Telephony Engines: Hands-on experience configuring and scripting with FreeSWITCH or Asterisk. Voice Protocols: Solid understanding of SIP, RTP/RTCP, and SDP. Speech AI: Experience integrating cloud speech APIs (e.g., AWS Transcribe/Polly, Azure Speech, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text). Multi-Cloud Exposure: Experience deploying and managing applications on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Tools: Proficiency with Wireshark or sngrep for VoIP troubleshooting. Preferred Qualifications Experience with Java telephony frameworks like Metaswitch Rhino SLEE or Oracle OCCAS. Understanding of containerisation using Docker and Kubernetes in cloud environments. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
Are you a seasoned C# .NET Developer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges? Our client is an established and highly successful technology company whose software is used by thousands of customers. They are investing heavily in their flagship platform and are looking for an experienced Senior Developer to help design, build and enhance large-scale, enterprise-grade applications. This is a genuine opportunity to work on technically challenging software rather than simple websites or line-of-business applications. You'll be joining a highly capable development team where engineering quality, clean architecture and continuous improvement are genuinely valued. The Role You'll play a key role in the ongoing development of a sophisticated software platform, working across the full software development lifecycle. You'll be involved in designing new functionality, improving existing systems and solving complex technical problems while helping shape the future direction of the platform. This role would suit someone who enjoys getting into the detail, writing high-quality code and working on software where performance, scalability and reliability really matter. Technical Skills Required You'll have commercial experience with most of the following: C# .NET ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET MongoDB RabbitMQ Web Services (REST and/or SOAP) What We're Looking For Around 10 years' commercial software development experience . A proven background developing large, complex enterprise applications . Experience working for a software product or technology company where software is the core business. Strong understanding of software architecture and object-oriented design principles. Experience working with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ. Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills. Experience writing efficient, maintainable, well-tested code. Knowledge of low-level programming concepts , such as memory management, threading, performance optimisation and concurrency. Nice to Have Experience with distributed systems or microservices. Cloud experience (Azure or AWS). CI/CD and DevOps practices. If you're an experienced Senior C# .NET Developer looking for your next technical challenge and want to work on software that makes a real impact, we'd love to hear from you. ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE FREE TO WORK IN THE UK Exposed Solutions is acting as an employment agency to this client. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on any grounds, and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from any person for this role.
Sep 16, 2026
Full time
Are you a seasoned C# .NET Developer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges? Our client is an established and highly successful technology company whose software is used by thousands of customers. They are investing heavily in their flagship platform and are looking for an experienced Senior Developer to help design, build and enhance large-scale, enterprise-grade applications. This is a genuine opportunity to work on technically challenging software rather than simple websites or line-of-business applications. You'll be joining a highly capable development team where engineering quality, clean architecture and continuous improvement are genuinely valued. The Role You'll play a key role in the ongoing development of a sophisticated software platform, working across the full software development lifecycle. You'll be involved in designing new functionality, improving existing systems and solving complex technical problems while helping shape the future direction of the platform. This role would suit someone who enjoys getting into the detail, writing high-quality code and working on software where performance, scalability and reliability really matter. Technical Skills Required You'll have commercial experience with most of the following: C# .NET ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET MongoDB RabbitMQ Web Services (REST and/or SOAP) What We're Looking For Around 10 years' commercial software development experience . A proven background developing large, complex enterprise applications . Experience working for a software product or technology company where software is the core business. Strong understanding of software architecture and object-oriented design principles. Experience working with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ. Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills. Experience writing efficient, maintainable, well-tested code. Knowledge of low-level programming concepts , such as memory management, threading, performance optimisation and concurrency. Nice to Have Experience with distributed systems or microservices. Cloud experience (Azure or AWS). CI/CD and DevOps practices. If you're an experienced Senior C# .NET Developer looking for your next technical challenge and want to work on software that makes a real impact, we'd love to hear from you. ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE FREE TO WORK IN THE UK Exposed Solutions is acting as an employment agency to this client. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on any grounds, and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from any person for this role.
