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Are you an experienced Solution Architect looking for an exciting contract opportunity? Would you like to join a market leading PE backed business in a newly created high-profile delivery focused role? Can you demonstrate ...

Are you an experienced Enterprise Architect looking for an exciting contract opportunity? Would you like to join a market leading PE backed business in a newly created high-profile delivery focused role? Can you demonstrate ...

Technical Lead (Contract) Contract: Initial 6-Month Contract (Rolling) Rate: £500–£650 per day Location: London (Hybrid Working) Reporting to: Head of Service Delivery Technical Lead – Enterprise Technology & Service Operations We are currently seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join a high-profile organisation on an initial 6-month rolling … contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technical leader to take ownership of a complex enterprise technology estate, ensuring operational excellence, resilience, security, and continuous improvement across business-critical systems. Working closely with the Enterprise Architect, Head of Service Delivery, managed service providers, and senior business stakeholders ...

Working Environment You'll operate in production-focused environments where platform usability and operational excellence matter. The work sits at the intersection of platform engineering, DevOps and MLOps, with close collaboration across data science, ML ...

looking for an AI Tech Lead for a cutting-edge startup organisation to based remotely on an initial contract basis with a view to becoming permanent as the project & product takes off paying a competitive rate with equity and bonus on offer. This is a fully remote role with … expectation to attend meetings with investors. The successful Tech Lead will serve as the sole technical owner of a greenfield, AI-native analytics and reporting platform built for private credit fund managers. Working directly with the founder, you'll make the architecture calls, set engineering standards, and write and review ...

Title: Lead/Hands-On Blockchain Architect Location: UK/Fully Remote (Occasional pre-agreed travel) Duration: 8 Months Rate: Negotiable About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled, hands-on Blockchain Architect to lead the end-to-end design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade distributed ledger solutions. … will collaborate closely with cross-functional data, cloud, and DevOps teams to deliver secure, scalable, and highly compliant systems. Key Responsibilities Architectural Leadership: Lead end-to-end design of blockchain solutions, including consensus models, data structures, cryptographic frameworks, and node architectures. Platform Evaluation: Select and implement optimal blockchain platforms (e.g. ...

Data Engineer Lead - Tier 1 Bank - London - 6 months Role - Data Engineer Lead Rate - £700 per day (Inside IR35) Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid/Liverpool Street - 3 days per week in an office in Liverpool Street (London) Role The Data Engineer Lead is responsible … optimisation the Data Mart and migration processes, ensuring alignment with enterprise data architecture and compliance standards. Core Responsibilities Databricks/Modern Data Platform Engineering Lead the design and development of Data Marts using Databricks (SQL/Python). Follow engineering best practices including version control, CI/CD, orchestration ...

exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced PMO Lead to establish, lead and continuously enhance portfolio governance, planning, reporting and delivery oversight across a Technology Products function. As the PMO Lead, you will be responsible for driving best practice project and portfolio management standards across a diverse portfolio of technology ...

looking for a Lead Software Engineer for a public sector organisation based in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff or the North East (hybrid) on an initial 12-month contract, paying up to £750 per day (Inside IR35, Umbrella). There is an expectation to attend the office 40% of the week … across one of the listed locations. The successful Lead Software Engineer will lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, secure software solutions within a government-focused environment, contributing to services that support the regulation of controlled goods and exports. Working across four Agile squads in a multidisciplinary team ...

Lead Splunk Engineer - London - Hybrid - **Part Time Hours to Suit (during core office hours)** - SC Cleared - Inside IR35 My client a leading finance house are looking for a Lead Splunk Engineer to take the lead in the design and implementation of monitoring and observability patterns and standards within the Observability ...

Lead Data Engineer (BigQuery Consolidation, Migration & Architecture) Contract Location: Hybrid - London Contract Length: Initial 4-week engagement with extension Day Rate: £700 per day (Outside IR35) Start Date: ASAP An ambitious, data-driven organisation is seeking a highly experienced Lead Data Engineer to assess and potentially lead the consolidation … four-week exploratory engagement focused on validating the migration approach, identifying risks, and proving technical feasibility. For the right individual, there is potential to lead the wider migration and transformation programme. The Challenge The current environment consists of multiple platforms, including: Google BigQuery Snowflake Microsoft Fabric Over time, the data ...

Role: AI Agent Enablement Lead Contract: 6 Months Location: Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite Rate: Up to £700 per day (Inside IR35) Overview We're seeking an experienced AI Agent Enablement Lead to help drive the adoption and scaling of AI-powered agents, copilots and workflow automation solutions across … looking for someone with practical experience building and implementing AI solutions who can bridge the gap between business and technology teams. Key Responsibilities Lead the adoption and integration of AI agents, copilots and automation solutions across the organisation. Partner with business teams to identify opportunities where AI can improve services ...

technical leadership across AI-enabled software and DevOps engineering teams - Set architectural direction for API-first design, system integration, and platform enablement for AI - Lead the evolution of legacy or existing applications towards modern, service-based and API-driven architectures - Define and guide integration patterns between applications, platforms … across software development, DevOps, and platform engineering Your Experience To succeed in this role, you will bring: - A strong background as a Senior or Lead Software Engineer, Lead DevOps Engineer, or similar hands-on technical leadership role - Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including system design, clean code, testing, and maintainability - Strong ...

Data Protection Lead Location: London, Bristol or Manchester (Hybrid - typically 1 day per week onsite) Contract: 6 Months IR35: £650 daily Inside IR35 Clearance: BPSS The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Data Protection Lead to join a high-profile digital delivery environment, supporting the development of innovative digital products … position. We're looking for a practitioner who is comfortable getting into the detail of complex digital services, privacy risks and DPIAs. Key Responsibilities Lead and deliver Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new and existing digital services. Provide expert advice on UK GDPR, Data Protection Act requirements and privacy ...

Position: Tech Lead Location: London/Remote Daily Rate: £650 to £700 outside IR35 Clearance: UKSV SC Clearance Required We're working with a central government client at the forefront of innovation, delivering cutting-edge digital, data, and AI solutions that make a real public impact. This is a unique … opportunity for a Tech Lead to shape and scale emerging technologies - from early Proof of Concept through to production - within a fast-paced, high-trust environment. You'll lead end-to-end design across software, data platforms, and AI systems, while providing independent technical assurance to ensure solutions are secure ...

Summer-Browning Associates is currently supporting our public sector client, who is seeking a Delivery Lead (SecOps) for an initial twelve-month assignment with the option to extend. Location: Hybrid working - London (x3 days per week onsite) About the role: You will be responsible for providing delivery leadership across discovery … service of cybersecurity projects and initiatives. The ideal candidate will hold Active SC or DV clearance and have a strong background in providing Delivery Lead/Management support, with the following skills and experience: Experience of successfully delivering complex IT infrastructure and enterprise technology products and services through all phases ...

HRIS Test Lead (12-month FTC) Seeking an experienced IT Test Lead to ensure successful implementation of a new HRIS across global offices. The role focuses on test strategy, execution, and quality assurance, collaborating with HR, IT, vendors, and stakeholders to validate functionality, data accuracy, and user experience. Key Responsibilities … plans for all phases (unit, system, integration, UAT). o Define test cases and acceptance criteria aligned with project milestones. Execution & Coordination: o Lead and coordinate testing across HR, IT, and vendors. o Manage test environments, data preparation, defect tracking. o Facilitate UAT and provide progress reporting. Quality Assurance ...

Lead Splunk Engineer - London - Hybrid - Part Time Hours to Suit (during core office hours) - SC Cleared - Inside IR35 My client a leading finance house are looking for a Lead Splunk Engineer to take the lead in the design and implementation of monitoring and observability patterns and standards within the Observability ...

situations. The emphasis is on trust, judgement and clear reasoning rather than process for its own sake. What You'll Be Doing - Operate as Lead Enterprise Architect for AI-enabled initiatives across the organisation - Establish and evolve an AI architecture capability aligned to the central AI hub - Define and maintain … services - Provide architectural leadership and challenge to teams adopting AI - Shape approaches to agentic and AI-enabled systems, balancing opportunity with compliance and risk - Lead architectural decision-making in ambiguous or complex situations, clearly articulating trade-offs - Provide architectural input to cloud adoption and integration, particularly across AWS-based platforms ...

Service Design Workstream Lead Rate: Up to c£600 (inside IR35/via umbrella) Location: London (Hybrid) 1/2x per week onsite Duration: 6 month initial contract Clearance: Active SC clearance is essential Sanderson are supporting a major transformation programme seeking an experienced Service Design Workstream Lead to take … ownership of a critical workstream. This role requires a blend of deep Service Design expertise and strong leadership capability. You'll lead a team responsible for understanding current services and processes, designing future operating models and driving successful transformation delivery. Key Responsibilities Lead the Service Design workstream across a large ...

Financial Crime Risk Lead/Outside IR35/Remote/6 Month Contract We are seeking an experienced Financial Crime Risk professional to support a Data Transformation Programme by ensuring financial crime requirements are accurately interpreted and embedded into programme delivery. Working closely with Risk, Compliance, Business and Technology teams … problem-solving abilities. If you are interested in this role, please apply or email your latest CV to (url removed) ASAP! Financial Crime Risk Lead/Outside IR35/Remote/6 Month Contract ...

while remaining deeply hands-on in delivery Your Experience To be successful in this role, you will bring: - Strong experience as a Senior or Lead Platform Engineer/DevOps Engineer - Deep hands-on experience building and operating Kubernetes-based platforms - Strong practical experience using Helm and infrastructure-as-code tools … enabling AI delivery at scale by building platforms that other engineers and data scientists actually want to use. This is an opportunity to lead technically, shape a practical MLOps platform, and own operational outcomes in production environments where reliability and usability matter. As an organisation and as a team, Guidant ...

Position: Tech Lead Location: London/Remote Daily Rate: £650 to £700 outside IR35 Clearance: UKSV SC Clearance Required We're working with a central government client at the forefront of innovation, delivering cutting-edge digital, data, and AI solutions that make a real public impact. This is a unique … opportunity for a Tech Lead to shape and scale emerging technologies - from early Proof of Conce click apply for full job details ...