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Role: Principle Software Engineer Location: Cheltenham Salary: Up to £72k Clearance: Candidates must be willing and eligible to obtain DV clearance Are you a highly experienced Software Engineer, looking to join a cutting-edge and innovate Cyber Intelligence team within a world-leading organisation? Due to recent strategic successes, our key client is growing their Software Development team, and looking for ambitious Senior & Principle Developers. With a Java focus, your experience will cover different technologies within an agile environment. You will be joining a leading Global Security Company providing innovative systems, products and solutions to government and commercial customers worldwide - supporting the UK in making in the safest place to live and do business in, both physically and online. As Principle Software Engineer, your additional responsibilities will include: Design & delivery of software projects Supporting Business Development Leading teams/Line Management/Mentoring Colleagues/working with customers Key criteria: Experience in Java and use of Object Oriented Design Experience of technical leadership Desirable criteria: Agile/Scrum methodologies using tools eg Confluence and Jira DevOps approaches (Ansible, Docker and Jenkins) Cloud-based architectures Linux operating systems This role will require you to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) Government Security Clearance. Any questions, please do give me a call or (see below)

Technical Lead/Principal Developer £70,000 - £80,000 per annum + benefits Fully remote working available - UK Wide An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Lead/Principal Developer to join an established organisation located in Reading, Berkshire who do also offer fully remote working options. The successful candidate will be designing the architecture for their heavy weight SaaS platform being delivered within the aviation sector. The Technical Lead/Principal Developer will be leading the development function whilst staying hands on with the technology stack making key decisions across the full development life cycle. This is a pivotal role within the technology team to maintain existing software applications as well as creating new software solutions for greenfield projects. The successful Technical Lead/Principal Developer needs to have proven experience leading development teams as well as strong hands-on development experience in PHP and cloud technologies. You are likely to have experience in the following areas. Key Experience Software development team leadership - proven experience of people leadership, team size is 12. Working with the engineering team to discuss, design and build software and make key technical decisions. Leading architecture and complex solution design sessions and being the key decision maker Hands on experience working with complex software applications. Technical hands-on and solution design experience in the following technologies. OOP PHP MVC frameworks - Laravel, Symfony, Yii, Zend etc AWS - will consider Azure experience MySQL Rest API's JavaScript Has the ability to understand business needs and product roadmaps and maintain software quality. Lead and take part in workshops and discussions for the design of a new software platforms. Capable of communicating effectively into the technical team to maintain effective software delivery. Experienced at working within an agile software development team, producing web facing enterprise SaaS solutions. Excellent stake holder communication skills, able to interact across all areas of the business. This role is offering a Technical Lead/Principal Developer a fantastic opportunity to spearhead a successful software development team working with cutting edge technologies. Please send your CV for immediate consideration to (see below) or call

Senior Developer/Senior Engineer/Senior Software Engineer - Digital - £90,000 - DevOps - C#, Azure Functions, Web API, MVC, Entity Framework, jQuery, CSS, Bootstrap, React and JavaScript programming Working in the Digital Delivery DevOps team, this role translates business needs and functional designs into functioning software or technology designs and deliver/develop common foundation architecture components that conform to known successful patterns, and that support evolution toward the future-state architecture. Digital Delivery is responsible for the build, support, and continuous improvement of the busiensses range of Technology products Principal Accountabilities: Participate in development & support of applications. Mentoring junior developers of the team Implementation of solutions based upon OO, DRY and SOLID principles. Design of Micro Services based on re-use and scalability. Review and provide quality control for technology delivery teams (eg design/code review). Document technical design and analysis work. Develop and Support applications in Azure. Work in a DevOps team - will involve being available on call and supporting out of office hours. Technical C#, Azure Functions, Web API, MVC, Entity Framework, jQuery, CSS, Bootstrap, React and JavaScript programming. Continuous integration and automated deployments within TFS/VSTS (Azure Devops). Automated testing. SQL Server and Transact-SQL. Experience and knowledge of Webservices & Web API. Design and development of N-tier, SOA & Microservice applications. Experienced in Full Life Cycle Development (Agile preferred). Knowledge and practical application of Design Patterns and Practises. Understanding of design documentation, UML, Entity Relationship Diagramming etc. Commercial experience in some of the following: Messaging and Distributed Caching. Azure cloud services. Azure Application Insights and Azure Monitor .Net Core. SharePoint, Nintex or Dynamics CRM. PaaS & Azure Functions ARM Templates, Azure CLI, Azure Service Bus, Key Vaults, Azure AD, App Service, Service Fabric, Azure Storage.

An experienced Infrastructure Engineer is now sought to join a team of 3rd/4th line infrastructure experts within a leading research an educational institution. The team support complex, large-scale architectures on-prem and cloud, virtualisation (VMware) operating systems (including Unix, Linux and Windows), server hardware (including Blade enclosures), storage area networks, network attached storage, back up and archive With an increasing appetite for/consumption of cloud based solutions (Azure) The Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for ongoing management, maintenance and support of virtualisation (VMware) operating systems (including Unix, Linux and Windows), storage area networks, network attached storage, back up and archive infrastructure services. Taking responsibility for the design, development, testing and implementation of new and upgraded infrastructure to meet the changing needs of the Organisation. Essential experience for the Infrastructure Engineer; Administration of block based storage technologies (Dell Compellent, Dell SC, Datacore SSV) Administering and troubleshooting a VMware environment. Maintaining hardware platforms eg HPE c7000, HPE Synergy) Knowledge of core Networking Principals Desirable skills for the Infrastructure Engineer: Administering and troubleshooting F5 Big-IP (APM & LTM) Understanding of core technologies, (Active Directory, DNS, BIND DNS) Automating infrastructure (Ansible, PowerShell, Chef, Puppet) Understanding of UNIX based systems Administration of file based storage technologies (Dell EMC Isilon) Good understanding of backup technologies (Veeam, CommVault) As the successful Infrastructure Engineer you will be offered a starting salary of between £45,000 - £49,500 plus excellent benefits and the role will be for an initial period of 18 months. Apply now for an immediate interview.

Senior Network Engineer - Sheffield/Remote Working Up to £75,000 per year + Bonus + Benefits Package W e are looking for a hands-on, delivery and implementation focused Senior Network Engineer who has deep technical understanding of modern WAN/SD WAN/SDN Networking technologies, to join a growing team of specialists as part of successful award winning MSP. As the Senior Network Engineer , you will actively get involved in Designing, Delivering and Implementing WAN/SD WAN/SDN Networking solutions whilst working closely with the Pre-sales and Delivery team to "technically influence" customers as the Networking SME on best-fit solutions. Requirements for this Senior Network Engineer role: Produce technical High Level/Low Level Designs on WAN/SD WAN/SDN Networking solutions Ability to have deep technical conversations around WAN/SD WAN/SDN Networking and Security solutions at C-level/C-suite Possess hands-on Delivery and Implementation experience of Networks/Security managed service projects, including build, configurations, testing, migrations and transitions into service Delivery Able to set up a Lab testing environment for POC's/Demonstrations/Solutions testing Support Pre-sales/Delivery teams , whilst technically influencing external customers and internal teams Ideally CCNA certified , a holder of ITIL V3 Foundation accredited but not essential On offer for the successful Senior Network Engineer is a salary of up to £75,000 per year and an attractive benefits package. For more information, please submit your CV (Lakh at Concept Resourcing) or hit apply, or visit the Concept Resourcing website for more information. Network Architect, Principal Network Architect, SD WAN, SD-WAN, SDWAN, Azure, MSAzure, MS Azure, Microsoft, Security, Network & Security, Network Security, LAN, WAN, LAN/WAN, Routing, Switching, Routing & Switching, Firewalls, Cloud, Identity, Silver Peak, Viptella, Fortinet, Palo Alto

Infrastructure Engineer Birmingham 18 months Fixed Term Upto £49,533per.annum Excellent benefits and work life balance An experienced Infrastructure Engineer is now sought to join a team of 3rd/4th line infrastructure experts within a leading research an educational institution. The team support complex, large-scale architectures on-prem and cloud, virtualisation (VMware) operating systems (including Unix, Linux and Windows), server hardware (including Blade enclosures), storage area networks, network attached storage, back up and archive With an increasing appetite for/consumption of cloud based solutions (Azure) The Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for ongoing management, maintenance and support of virtualisation (VMware) operating systems (including Unix, Linux and Windows), storage area networks, network attached storage, back up and archive infrastructure services. Taking responsibility for the design, development, testing and implementation of new and upgraded infrastructure to meet the changing needs of the Organisation. Essential experience for the Infrastructure Engineer; Proven experience administering and troubleshooting a VMware environment. Proven experience administering and troubleshooting F5 Big-IP (APM & LTM) Good understanding of core technologies, (Active Directory, DNS, BIND DNS, IPv4, Firewalls) Proven experience of maintaining hardware platforms eg HPE c7000, HPE Synergy) Knowledge of core Networking Principals Desirable skills for the Infrastructure Engineer: Experience of automating infrastructure (Ansible, PowerShell, Chef, Puppet) Understanding of UNIX based systems (RPM-based - CentOS/RHEL-based) Experience of administration of block based storage technologies (Dell Compellent, Dell SC, Datacore SSV) Experience of administration of file based storage technologies (Dell EMC Isilon) Good understanding of backup technologies (Veeam, CommVault) As the successful Infrastructure Engineer you will be offered a starting salary of between £45,000 - £49,500 plus excellent benefits and the role will be for an initial period of 18 months.

Here at NPS we have a simple set of values that sets out who we are as a company. We are: Intelligent - we make the right choices Involved - our enthusiasm creates energy Innovative - we always ask what's next Our business is all about making lives safer, healthier, better managed and mobile Our software underpins critical police, health, housing and local government services, ensuring delivery of the right data at the right time to protect and improve people's lives. We're as committed to the positive social outcomes of our customers' services as they are, which means we put people first. In the interfaces and systems we design, and the software support and development service we provide. Our story Across the world, billions of people every day rely on the services and benefits provided by their police, health services, housing and local government. Their home, welfare, well being and security often depend on them. We create and manage the software that connects people with these services. We design smart interfaces and data processes to ensure services are easy to use, always on, relevant, accurate and trusted. Using internet, mobile and AI technology, we are designing new tools that maximise the positive experience people have of critical services, and helping to make sure they are safer, healthier, better managed, and able to organise their life on the go. Working closely with our customers - the service providers - we define people's needs today and in the future - and work intelligently to continuously improve our software products and data management. Our software underpins the performance of our customers as they serve their customers. Our constant focus is making sure our software is stable, efficient, cost efficient and secure. We're proud of the role we play, improving people's lives through dependable critical services. With a growing number of customers globally, we're going to make a difference to millions of people more. Based in the UK but working around the world, our 2,000 employees help improve the services that matter most. We are now part of the NEC corporation, a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people worldwide - this brings in new opportunities without limits for growth and innovation. Job Description The Technical Architect plays a hands on role in day to day delivery of technical solutions and implementations that drive forward the security posture and capability of our business. The role will require a technical background in Solution or Technical Architecture. The successful candidate does not need a lot of Technical Architect experience. Training and support will be provided to successful candidates irrespective of experience. Hands on design and deployment of security enforcing controls to assist the Cyber Security team to provide enhancements to the overall NPS security architecture. Work closely with the wider Cyber Security team to assess any potential impact of emerging vulnerabilities and CVEs to ensure that remediation and action taken is appropriate. Review security technologies, tools and services, and make recommendations to the broader cyber security team for their use, based on security, financial and operational metrics. Documentation creation and review Work with security analysts and engineers to refine the use of security related tools such as privilege access management, security event management and anti virus. Work with business areas to identify their technical needs and investigate and propose technical solutions to drive efficiencies or consolidation of technology. Provide technical guidance to the wider NPS business. Enthusiasm to look at new technologies not in use by NPS and create Proof of Concepts to determine if the technology would benefit NPS. Conduct technical reviews of existing solutions to review how the security could be improved Work with a range of application teams and engineering teams within NPS to deliver technical solutions to the corporate business. The role is less policy and procedure based and more technically focussed. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate recent experience in the deployment and 'living with' of technologies and infrastructure/tooling rather than strategic or policy creation. The successful candidate will join an existing team of Architects and Principal Security Architects. Qualifications Essential: Experience and technical understanding of Physical, Virtual and Cloud Hosts. Detailed knowledge of Networking/Firewall and load balancing devices. Excellent technical Authoring skills. Proven experience designing Architectures within a small to medium enterprise environment Extensive experience with Cloud-hosted software solutions - particularly client-facing digital applications for web and mobile Familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape such as ISO 27001 Good hands on deployment and operation of security products such as Anti-Virus/Encryption/Device control or general operational IT tooling Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across a range of functions and teams. High degree of personal motivation and ability to self-manage Hands on technical experience working with range of disciplines from server, networks, storage, monitoring and backup Self learning capacity to ensure that we remain on top of emerging technologies and potential security threats. Desirable: Experience and technical understanding of Public and Private Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and VMware Experience designing the deployment of applications and infrastructure into public cloud services. Experience at a technical and analytical level of working with a SIEM Experience working within a shared environment with multiple tenants and requirements. Knowledge of HMG security guidance and successful application of the principles within formally accredited solutions Understanding of agile / DevOps project methods Additional Information Employees of Northgate Public Services are entitled to the following Company funded benefits: Single Private Medical Cover (with the option to select family cover at an additional cost) 25 days paid holiday (includes 3 company nominated days) with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days 4 x basic salary life assurance cover A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions A selection of tax efficient flexible benefits to suit your individual needs This role offers a competitive salary. OTHER INFORMATION Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the EU. Documentary evidence will be required. This position requires you to either currently have a Security Clearance or ability to gain Enhanced Security Clearance in addition the Baseline Personnel Security Standard All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. All roles as standard undertake a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, some roles may require additional vetting such as NPPV/MOD. Northgate Public Services is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities

Here at NPS we have a simple set of values that sets out who we are as a company. We are: Intelligent - we make the right choices Involved - our enthusiasm creates energy Innovative - we always ask what's next Our business is all about making lives safer, healthier, better managed and mobile Our software underpins critical police, health, housing and local government services, ensuring delivery of the right data at the right time to protect and improve people's lives. We're as committed to the positive social outcomes of our customers' services as they are, which means we put people first. In the interfaces and systems we design, and the software support and development service we provide. Our story Across the world, billions of people every day rely on the services and benefits provided by their police, health services, housing and local government. Their home, welfare, wellbeing and security often depend on them. We create and manage the software that connects people with these services. We design smart interfaces and data processes to ensure services are easy to use, always on, relevant, accurate and trusted. Using internet, mobile and AI technology, we are designing new tools that maximise the positive experience people have of critical services, and helping to make sure they are safer, healthier, better managed, and able to organise their life on the go. Working closely with our customers - the service providers - we define people's needs today and in the future - and work intelligently to continuously improve our software products and data management. Our software underpins the performance of our customers as they serve their customers. Our constant focus is making sure our software is stable, efficient, cost efficient and secure. We're proud of the role we play, improving people's lives through dependable critical services. With a growing number of customers globally, we're going to make a difference to millions of people more. Based in the UK but working around the world, our 2,000 employees help improve the services that matter most. We are now part of the NEC corporation, a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people worldwide - this brings in new opportunities without limits for growth and innovation. Job Description The Security Architect plays a hands on role in day to day Cyber security defence operations in addition to undertaking design and implementation of security enforcing technical controls. The role will require a technical background in Solution or Technical Architecture, where principles can be applied into security programmes of work. Experience delivering architectures to UK Government, Health and Policing as a Security Architect will be of high relevance for this post however, a good foundation of security understanding is more relevant. Support and training where necessary to develop an understanding of specific security concepts will be provided to successful candidates irrespective of experience. Hands on design and deployment of security enforcing controls to provide enhancements to the overall NPS security architecture. Support application development and product teams to review and risk assess the security posture of an NPS application - providing advice and guidance to enhance the security and privacy of any application under development Conduct Security Assessments of Architecture design Work closely with the wider Cyber Security team to impact assess emerging vulnerabilities and CVEs to ensure that remediation and action taken is appropriate Review security technologies, tools and services, and make recommendations to the broader cyber security team for their use, based on security, financial and operational metrics Documentation creation and review The role is less policy and procedure based and more technically focussed. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate recent experience in the deployment and 'living with' of technologies and infrastructure/tooling rather than strategic or policy creation. The successful candidate will join an existing team of Security Architects and Principal Security Architects. Qualifications Essential Proven experience designing Architectures within a medium to large enterprise Extensive experience with Cloud-hosted software solutions - particularly client-facing digital applications for web and mobile Good experience and technical understanding of Public and Private Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and VMware Familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape such as ISO 27001 Good hands on deployment and operation of security products such as Anti-Virus/Encryption/Device control Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across a range of functions and teams. High degree of personal motivation and ability to self-manage Desirable Experience of assessing the risk profile of software solutions, understanding how these have evolved with modern, agile development and deployment practices Documented experience and a strong working knowledge of the methodologies to conduct threat-modelling exercises on new applications and services. Experience designing the deployment of applications and infrastructure into public cloud services. Experience at a technical and analytical level of working with a SIEM Experience working within a shared environment with multiple tenants and requirements. Knowledge of HMG security guidance and successful application of the principles within formally accredited solutions Understanding of security within agile / DevOps project methods Additional Information Employees of Northgate Public Services are entitled to the following Company funded benefits: Single Private Medical Cover (with the option to select family cover at an additional cost) 25 days paid holiday (includes 3 company nominated days) with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days 4 x basic salary life assurance cover A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions A selection of tax efficient flexible benefits to suit your individual needs This role offers a competitive salary. OTHER INFORMATION Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the EU. Documentary evidence will be required. This position requires you to either currently have a Security Clearance or ability to gain Enhanced Security Clearance in addition the Baseline Personnel Security Standard All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. All roles as standard undertake a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, some roles may require additional vetting such as NPPV/MOD. Northgate Public Services is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities

Company Description Here at NPS we have a simple set of values that sets out who we are as a company. We are: Intelligent - we make the right choices Involved - our enthusiasm creates energy Innovative - we always ask what's next Our business is all about making lives safer, healthier, better managed and mobile Our software underpins critical police, health, housing and local government services, ensuring delivery of the right data at the right time to protect and improve people's lives. We're as committed to the positive social outcomes of our customers' services as they are, which means we put people first. In the interfaces and systems we design, and the software support and development service we provide. Our story Across the world, billions of people every day rely on the services and benefits provided by their police, health services, housing and local government. Their home, welfare, well being and security often depend on them. We create and manage the software that connects people with these services. We design smart interfaces and data processes to ensure services are easy to use, always on, relevant, accurate and trusted. Using internet, mobile and AI technology, we are designing new tools that maximise the positive experience people have of critical services, and helping to make sure they are safer, healthier, better managed, and able to organise their life on the go. Working closely with our customers - the service providers - we define people's needs today and in the future - and work intelligently to continuously improve our software products and data management. Our software underpins the performance of our customers as they serve their customers. Our constant focus is making sure our software is stable, efficient, cost efficient and secure. We're proud of the role we play, improving people's lives through dependable critical services. With a growing number of customers globally, we're going to make a difference to millions of people more. Based in the UK but working around the world, our 2,000 employees help improve the services that matter most. We are now part of the NEC corporation, a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people worldwide - this brings in new opportunities without limits for growth and innovation. Job Description The Technical Architect plays a hands on role in day to day delivery of technical solutions and implementations that drive forward the security posture and capability of our business. The role will require a technical background in Solution or Technical Architecture. The successful candidate does not need a lot of Technical Architect experience. Training and support will be provided to successful candidates irrespective of experience. Hands on design and deployment of security enforcing controls to assist the Cyber Security team to provide enhancements to the overall NPS security architecture. Work closely with the wider Cyber Security team to assess any potential impact of emerging vulnerabilities and CVEs to ensure that remediation and action taken is appropriate. Review security technologies, tools and services, and make recommendations to the broader cyber security team for their use, based on security, financial and operational metrics. Documentation creation and review Work with security analysts and engineers to refine the use of security related tools such as privilege access management, security event management and anti virus. Work with business areas to identify their technical needs and investigate and propose technical solutions to drive efficiencies or consolidation of technology. Provide technical guidance to the wider NPS business. Enthusiasm to look at new technologies not in use by NPS and create Proof of Concepts to determine if the technology would benefit NPS. Conduct technical reviews of existing solutions to review how the security could be improved Work with a range of application teams and engineering teams within NPS to deliver technical solutions to the corporate business. The role is less policy and procedure based and more technically focussed. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate recent experience in the deployment and 'living with' of technologies and infrastructure/tooling rather than strategic or policy creation. The successful candidate will join an existing team of Architects and Principal Security Architects. Qualifications Essential: Experience and technical understanding of Physical, Virtual and Cloud Hosts. Detailed knowledge of Networking/Firewall and load balancing devices. Excellent technical Authoring skills. Proven experience designing Architectures within a small to medium enterprise environment Extensive experience with Cloud-hosted software solutions - particularly client-facing digital applications for web and mobile Familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape such as ISO 27001 Good hands on deployment and operation of security products such as Anti-Virus/Encryption/Device control or general operational IT tooling Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across a range of functions and teams. High degree of personal motivation and ability to self-manage Hands on technical experience working with range of disciplines from server, networks, storage, monitoring and backup Self learning capacity to ensure that we remain on top of emerging technologies and potential security threats. Desirable: Experience and technical understanding of Public and Private Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and VMware Experience designing the deployment of applications and infrastructure into public cloud services. Experience at a technical and analytical level of working with a SIEM Experience working within a shared environment with multiple tenants and requirements. Knowledge of HMG security guidance and successful application of the principles within formally accredited solutions Understanding of agile / DevOps project methods Additional Information Employees of Northgate Public Services are entitled to the following Company funded benefits: Single Private Medical Cover (with the option to select family cover at an additional cost) 25 days paid holiday (includes 3 company nominated days) with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days 4 x basic salary life assurance cover A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions A selection of tax efficient flexible benefits to suit your individual needs This role offers a competitive salary. OTHER INFORMATION Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the EU. Documentary evidence will be required. This position requires you to either currently have a Security Clearance or ability to gain Enhanced Security Clearance in addition the Baseline Personnel Security Standard All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. All roles as standard undertake a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, some roles may require additional vetting such as NPPV/MOD. Northgate Public Services is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities

Principal Solutions Architect As England's independent regulator of qualifications, examinations and assessments, Ofqual's job is to maintain standards, to make sure that qualifications accurately reflect the knowledge and skills people have attained through a range of different learning methods. We work with Civil Service departments across the spectrum of education to deliver on our priorities and to ensure the best possible outcomes for learners in England. We are looking to secure a Principal Solutions Architect who will be responsible for providing strategic technology leadership to enable us to become fully established as a digitally and data enabled Regulator, using the best of Cloud technology. The role is responsible for working with the Director of DDaT, the team of over 25 professionals, and all of Ofqual to make sure that our technology activity continues to enable regulation and in turn supports and promotes confidence in regulated qualifications among learners and others who rely on them. It's an exciting time to join our well establish IM team and being part of this team you will play a key part in Ofqual's IM team, providing technical leadership for our cloud-native solutions ensuring we're making the right technology choices to give us resilience and sustainability and to deliver what users need. This role will see you regularly collaborate with senior stakeholders to promote DDaT-driven change and you'll be proactive in identifying problems and solutions, and translating these into non-technical descriptions that can be widely understood. Being able to contribute to our DDaT strategy to enable and underpin Ofqual's growth with positive impact on our user base and the public who use our technology is an integral part of this role. We are looking for a leader within the team who will mentor and coach more junior colleagues so our focus on succession planning and talent management remains true If you want to be part of using the cloud for our solutions and services, work with passionate people who care about continuous improvement and enjoy working collaboratively then this is a perfect role for you. If all of the above interests you, please do not hesitate to apply now! Ofqual is a rewarding, dynamic place to work. The team strongly encourages flexible working and personal learning & development. Diversity & Inclusion is important to us. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Closing date: March 14th 2021

I am looking for a Principal Architect to work for a market leading organisation and support design within critical national infrastructure. The Principal Architect is responsible for providing architecture designs and direction to the systems engineering and design teams. They must have the following skills: * Systems of systems architecture experience * Experience of large scale integration programs * Service Oriented architecture and design * Experience of Security including design and assurance activities relating to security * Systems engineering skills including Requirements management, * Model Based Systems Engineering * Project and programme management including the ability to carry out technical planning of cost and schedule and management of risks and opportunities. * Logistic support including reliability and availability analysis and design for sustainability * Performance/capacity analytics and modelling * Knowledge of ITIL and Service operation management * Experience in Enterprise architecture e.g. TOGAF * Safety analysis including Failure mode analysis * Knowledge of systems/service transition * High level concepts of software engineering * High level concepts of Integration and Test * Experience running technical reviews * Design analysis and trade study experience * Ability to provide technical leadership both in the designs and the systems engineering technical processes. Experience in as many of these areas would be beneficial:- * Cloud * Data Analytics * Security * Test Automation * Service Management * Orchestration & Integration * Large Scale Solutions Design Required Skills * 10+ years demonstrated expertise designing, implementing and integrating Enterprise-grade technical solutions meeting complex business requirements * Strong problem-solving and triage skills with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced and rapidly changing work environment * Strategic thinker, coupled with a pragmatic hands-on approach to getting the job done * Quick learner with an in-depth understanding of the capability * Excellent communication skills (oral, written and presentation), including the ability to listen effectively * Strong design and engineering experience; e.g. Architect, Senior System Engineer and Design Lead roles * TOGAF or equivalent Architecture certification an advantage * Strategic consulting experience around transition and transformation, Digital transformation programs * Ability to self-manage and work independently, work to tight deadlines, prioritize workloads and work with related internal business functions such as commercial, legal and finance. If you feel that you possess the majority of these requirements and are keen to make your mark by designing some critical national infrastructure then I look forward to receiving your application and I will reach out to you to arrange a time to speak further. Networkers acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers and is part of Gattaca Plc. Gattaca Plc provides support services to Networkers and may assist with processing your application

Solution Architect Perm Hours: 37.5 hours Location: Birmingham Our clients an exciting and progressive company based in Colshill are recruiting a solution architect, working within the Software & Analytics team you will also be principally responsible for defining and implementing system architectures with cloud environments; define data pipelines, storage and management; and guide the productization of machine learning models and algorithms. Principle Responsibilities: * Develop, communicate, implement and document the overall architecture of solutions * Develop robust processing and ETL pipelines for seamless deployment to multiple cloud providers including Google Cloud using where necessary the Python programming language * Collaborating with the software & analytics team and proposing a range of solutions where appropriate * Generate deployment workflows for different projects in the Software and Analytics team using tools such as Docker, Ansible, Airflow, Kubernetes or Vagrant * Create data architecture, management, transformation and publishing frameworks Person Specification: * Expert knowledge of Python * Candidate with at least 3-4 years’ experience in a solution/system/data architect role * Experience working on multiple projects using different methodologies to deliver projects * A strong technical background with proven track record in successful software development, implementation and deployment * Experience of using cloud systems for data analysis, application deployment and user management (particularly Google Cloud, AWS and VWware) * Experience of automatic provisioning of cloud infrastructure (e.g. Ansible, Terraform or equivalent) * Experience of working with and managing server-side workflow management software (e.g. Airflow). * Expert knowledge in Linux systems * Excellent coding standards, including appropriate formatting, commenting and use of linters in a production environment * Experience working with external APIs * Experience as a scrum master would be advantageous * Excellent team worker with good communication skills (fluent English) * Experience of working and collaborating with a technical development team * Ability to work and appropriately express ideas with non-technical colleagues * Excellent report writing skills, enabling the creation of both detailed technical reports and accessible client facing reports Neaves & Neat Employment Services Ltd. are acting as an Employment Agency for this Permanent vacancy

In this role, you will be responsible for the availability, latency and performance of our customer’s platforms.    You will work proactively to identify areas for improvement, implementing automation, DevOps tooling and observability to reduce the impact of failure, provide scale and improved cost efficiency. You will triage monitoring events and service desk requests, following a well defined incident response process and provide guidance and expertise to customers in a clear, calm and concise manner. Finally, you will work under the guidance and mentoring of our Solutions Architects to undertake cloud infrastructure and transformation projects in-line with Well-Architected  principals. Key tasks Continually evaluate customer platforms and identify areas for improvement. Build reliable and sustainable observability into our customer’s environments. Provide expertise and guidance to customers through service desk and phone. Triage problems through an established incident response process. Implement corrective and preventative measures in response to incidents. Act as a mentor to new team members. On-call duties. Technologies AWS, Lambda, Kubernetes, ECS, Terraform, Packer, Helm, Jenkins, Puppet, Grafana, Prometheus, ElasticSearch, Aurora, Kinesis, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, KMS, SSM, IAM. Key skills / experience Solid Linux experience. Excellent communication skills. Ability to work on several work streams with excellent time management. A positive, constructive approach with an emphasis on collaboration. Enthusiastic and eager to learn new skills, technologies and gain industry recognised certifications.

Our Client: We now have a number of Senior Software Engineer positions available with a US company who have recently announced their new office in Belfast. Experts in the world of Big Data they create enterprise level data which allows their customers to make smart decisions to lower cost, increase revenue and grow their individual businesses. With an extensive repository of intelligent hardware and software information our client is able to provide the highest quality enterprise IT data available to and trusted within the industry. Having worked closely with them for a few months now in securing their first hires it is clear that these are unique opportunities for Belfast in that you will get to do "greenfield" development in its truest form. The Belfast office is free from any legacy constraints of how they company has went about their software engineering tasks and processes in the past. It is a new start and a blank canvas to make your mark with innovative ideas and really influence the design and delivery of this new Data as a Service platform. They are not restricted to any technology and therefore want to hear from Software Engineers who have perhaps dabbled in a range of technologies and can use that experience to provide solutions rather than stay within the comfort of one particular technology. Your Responsibilities: As one of their first senior level hires you will join a team that has full ownership of the technical solution right down to the selection of technologies, establishment of a Continuous Integration pipeline and adoption of DevOps principals. Your duties will include the following: * Build a new DaaS platform including advanced, cloud-based data stores and APIs against an ambitious technical roadmap following Agile and DevOps principles * Introduce automation for all relevant processes * Create and maintain meaningful documentation * Work closely with the Product Management Team to suggest new features * Follow and enhance SCM and DevOps processes to facilitate agile development Your Experience: To be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate the following criteria: * Minimum 5 years' OO design and development experience * Experience across a range of programming languages * Experience with Big Data tools, technologies and concepts would be an advantage * Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases * Previous experience of building highly available, scalable and secure data architecture * Product development and data services experience for cloud environments * DevOps and SCM experience * Automation and scripting experience for Unix and Windows platforms Rewards: As a new company in Belfast these roles offer a highly attractive salaries, benefits packages and a perfect city centre location. It is a great opportunity to join a privately owned company who are experiencing very strong growth and have plans to make a significant impression in the local IT sector most notably in the world of Big Data. To hear more on this opportunity send your CV via the link below or call the Ciaran Boyle on (Apply online only). Please note that WPR is acting as an Agency on behalf of our Client

Our Client: We now have a number of Senior Software Engineer positions available with a US company who have recently announced their new office in Belfast. Experts in the world of Big Data they create enterprise level data which allows their customers to make smart decisions to lower cost, increase revenue and grow their individual businesses. With an extensive repository of intelligent hardware and software information our client is able to provide the highest quality enterprise IT data available to and trusted within the industry. Having worked closely with them for a few months now in securing their first hires it is clear that these are unique opportunities for Belfast in that you will get to do "greenfield" development in its truest form. The Belfast office is free from any legacy constraints of how they company has went about their software engineering tasks and processes in the past. It is a new start and a blank canvas to make your mark with innovative ideas and really influence the design and delivery of this new Data as a Service platform. They are not restricted to any technology and therefore want to hear from Software Engineers who have perhaps dabbled in a range of technologies and can use that experience to provide solutions rather than stay within the comfort of one particular technology. Your Responsibilities: As one of their first senior level hires you will join a team that has full ownership of the technical solution right down to the selection of technologies, establishment of a Continuous Integration pipeline and adoption of DevOps principals. Your duties will include the following: * Build a new DaaS platform including advanced, cloud-based data stores and APIs against an ambitious technical roadmap following Agile and DevOps principles * Introduce automation for all relevant processes * Create and maintain meaningful documentation * Work closely with the Product Management Team to suggest new features * Follow and enhance SCM and DevOps processes to facilitate agile development Your Experience: To be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate the following criteria: * Minimum 5 years' OO design and development experience * Experience across a range of programming languages * Experience with Big Data tools, technologies and concepts would be an advantage * Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases * Previous experience of building highly available, scalable and secure data architecture * Product development and data services experience for cloud environments * DevOps and SCM experience * Automation and scripting experience for Unix and Windows platforms Rewards: As a new company in Belfast these roles offer a highly attractive salaries, benefits packages and a perfect city centre location. It is a great opportunity to join a privately owned company who are experiencing very strong growth and have plans to make a significant impression in the local IT sector most notably in the world of Big Data. To hear more on this opportunity send your CV via the link below or call the Ciaran Boyle on (Apply online only). Please note that WPR is acting as an Agency on behalf of our Client

Our Client: We now have a number of Senior Software Engineer positions available with a US company who have recently announced their new office in Belfast. Experts in the world of Big Data they create enterprise level data which allows their customers to make smart decisions to lower cost, increase revenue and grow their individual businesses. With an extensive repository of intelligent hardware and software information our client is able to provide the highest quality enterprise IT data available to and trusted within the industry. Having worked closely with them for a few months now in securing their first hires it is clear that these are unique opportunities for Belfast in that you will get to do "greenfield" development in its truest form. The Belfast office is free from any legacy constraints of how they company has went about their software engineering tasks and processes in the past. It is a new start and a blank canvas to make your mark with innovative ideas and really influence the design and delivery of this new Data as a Service platform. They are not restricted to any technology and therefore want to hear from Software Engineers who have perhaps dabbled in a range of technologies and can use that experience to provide solutions rather than stay within the comfort of one particular technology. Your Responsibilities: As one of their first senior level hires you will join a team that has full ownership of the technical solution right down to the selection of technologies, establishment of a Continuous Integration pipeline and adoption of DevOps principals. Your duties will include the following: * Build a new DaaS platform including advanced, cloud-based data stores and APIs against an ambitious technical roadmap following Agile and DevOps principles * Introduce automation for all relevant processes * Create and maintain meaningful documentation * Work closely with the Product Management Team to suggest new features * Follow and enhance SCM and DevOps processes to facilitate agile development Your Experience: To be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate the following criteria: * Minimum 5 years' OO design and development experience * Experience across a range of programming languages * Experience with Big Data tools, technologies and concepts would be an advantage * Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases * Previous experience of building highly available, scalable and secure data architecture * Product development and data services experience for cloud environments * DevOps and SCM experience * Automation and scripting experience for Unix and Windows platforms Rewards: As a new company in Belfast these roles offer a highly attractive salaries, benefits packages and a perfect city centre location. It is a great opportunity to join a privately owned company who are experiencing very strong growth and have plans to make a significant impression in the local IT sector most notably in the world of Big Data. To hear more on this opportunity send your CV via the link below or call the Ciaran Boyle on (Apply online only). Please note that WPR is acting as an Agency on behalf of our Client

Our Client: We now have a number of Senior Software Engineer positions available with a US company who have recently announced their new office in Belfast. Experts in the world of Big Data they create enterprise level data which allows their customers to make smart decisions to lower cost, increase revenue and grow their individual businesses. With an extensive repository of intelligent hardware and software information our client is able to provide the highest quality enterprise IT data available to and trusted within the industry. Having worked closely with them for a few months now in securing their first hires it is clear that these are unique opportunities for Belfast in that you will get to do "greenfield" development in its truest form. The Belfast office is free from any legacy constraints of how they company has went about their software engineering tasks and processes in the past. It is a new start and a blank canvas to make your mark with innovative ideas and really influence the design and delivery of this new Data as a Service platform. They are not restricted to any technology and therefore want to hear from Software Engineers who have perhaps dabbled in a range of technologies and can use that experience to provide solutions rather than stay within the comfort of one particular technology. Your Responsibilities: As one of their first senior level hires you will join a team that has full ownership of the technical solution right down to the selection of technologies, establishment of a Continuous Integration pipeline and adoption of DevOps principals. Your duties will include the following: * Build a new DaaS platform including advanced, cloud-based data stores and APIs against an ambitious technical roadmap following Agile and DevOps principles * Introduce automation for all relevant processes * Create and maintain meaningful documentation * Work closely with the Product Management Team to suggest new features * Follow and enhance SCM and DevOps processes to facilitate agile development Your Experience: To be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate the following criteria: * Minimum 5 years' OO design and development experience * Experience across a range of programming languages * Experience with Big Data tools, technologies and concepts would be an advantage * Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases * Previous experience of building highly available, scalable and secure data architecture * Product development and data services experience for cloud environments * DevOps and SCM experience * Automation and scripting experience for Unix and Windows platforms Rewards: As a new company in Belfast these roles offer a highly attractive salaries, benefits packages and a perfect city centre location. It is a great opportunity to join a privately owned company who are experiencing very strong growth and have plans to make a significant impression in the local IT sector most notably in the world of Big Data. To hear more on this opportunity send your CV via the link below or call the Ciaran Boyle on (Apply online only). Please note that WPR is acting as an Agency on behalf of our Client

Our Client: We now have a number of Senior Software Engineer positions available with a US company who have recently announced their new office in Belfast. Experts in the world of Big Data they create enterprise level data which allows their customers to make smart decisions to lower cost, increase revenue and grow their individual businesses. With an extensive repository of intelligent hardware and software information our client is able to provide the highest quality enterprise IT data available to and trusted within the industry. Having worked closely with them for a few months now in securing their first hires it is clear that these are unique opportunities for Belfast in that you will get to do "greenfield" development in its truest form. The Belfast office is free from any legacy constraints of how they company has went about their software engineering tasks and processes in the past. It is a new start and a blank canvas to make your mark with innovative ideas and really influence the design and delivery of this new Data as a Service platform. They are not restricted to any technology and therefore want to hear from Software Engineers who have perhaps dabbled in a range of technologies and can use that experience to provide solutions rather than stay within the comfort of one particular technology. Your Responsibilities: As one of their first senior level hires you will join a team that has full ownership of the technical solution right down to the selection of technologies, establishment of a Continuous Integration pipeline and adoption of DevOps principals. Your duties will include the following: * Build a new DaaS platform including advanced, cloud-based data stores and APIs against an ambitious technical roadmap following Agile and DevOps principles * Introduce automation for all relevant processes * Create and maintain meaningful documentation * Work closely with the Product Management Team to suggest new features * Follow and enhance SCM and DevOps processes to facilitate agile development Your Experience: To be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate the following criteria: * Minimum 5 years' OO design and development experience * Experience across a range of programming languages * Experience with Big Data tools, technologies and concepts would be an advantage * Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases * Previous experience of building highly available, scalable and secure data architecture * Product development and data services experience for cloud environments * DevOps and SCM experience * Automation and scripting experience for Unix and Windows platforms Rewards: As a new company in Belfast these roles offer a highly attractive salaries, benefits packages and a perfect city centre location. It is a great opportunity to join a privately owned company who are experiencing very strong growth and have plans to make a significant impression in the local IT sector most notably in the world of Big Data. To hear more on this opportunity send your CV via the link below or call the Ciaran Boyle on (Apply online only). Please note that WPR is acting as an Agency on behalf of our Client