1 to 25 of 36 Contract Technical Leadership Jobs in the South East

Lead Data Engineer Hands-on technical leadership building data systems that actually work We're looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join an enterprise data engineering capability and play a critical role in designing, building, and improving real-world data systems . This is not a line … management role . Instead, it's a senior, hands-on technical leadership position for someone with deep data engineering experience who leads through delivery, judgement, and technical credibility rather than hierarchy. You'll work in a complex environment spanning legacy platforms, modern cloud services, and evolving data ...

models, and data-driven solutions that deliver real organisational impact. This role sits at the intersection of data science, AI, and business strategy , combining technical expertise with leadership to shape high-value initiatives and unlock insights from complex data. What You'll Be Doing Build strong relationships with … organisation Translate complex analysis into clear, actionable insights and recommendations Work closely with data engineers to ensure robust, scalable data pipelines and solutions Provide technical leadership , setting standards and coaching other data scientists Drive innovation and champion the use of AI and advanced analytics Contribute to best practice ...

assembled safely, efficiently, and to the required specification, quality, and programme timing. Acting as the engineering lead within the prototype workshop, you will combine technical leadership, build execution, and project coordination to deliver development vehicles that support validation and engineering activities across cutting-edge automotive programmes. This … safely and efficiently. * Manage build resources including technicians, specialist support functions, and facilities. * Conduct build reviews and prioritisation activities to maintain programme timing. Workshop Leadership * Provide technical leadership and day-to-day direction to prototype build technicians. * Support complex assembly activities and resolve engineering concerns. * Ensure adherence ...

Technical Lead/Solution Architect Location: London (Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office) Job Type: Full-time & Contract opportunities available Inside IR35 role Start Date: Immediate The Opportunity Are you an architectural visionary who thrives at the intersection of high-level strategy and hands-on technical leadership? We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead/Solution Architect to drive end-to-end architecture for a diverse portfolio of initiatives. In this role, you will be the technical anchor for global development teams, designing secure, scalable cloud solutions while actively integrating emerging ...

modern Azure data platform, with a strong focus on Azure Synapse, Synapse notebooks and engineering best practice . This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who enjoys owning solutions from requirements through to deployment, working closely with business stakeholders and delivering robust, production-grade data … processes using Azure DevOps Developing scalable data warehouse and lakehouse solutions aligned to modern engineering best practice Translating business requirements into robust, well-designed technical solutions Working independently whilst collaborating closely with technical teams and business stakeholders Providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance across the wider ...

availability, resilience, and strong security controls. The role requires close collaboration with network, security, and cloud engineering teams, along with the ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship. Key Responsibilities Design and architect scalable and resilient DNS solutions across enterprise environments Define DNS strategy including high availability, redundancy … mitigation, and threat protection Troubleshoot complex DNS and network infrastructure issues Work closely with network, security, and cloud teams on integration and optimisation Produce technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams Required Skills and Experience Strong background in DNS architecture ...

strong Principal Engineer to join a high-profile transformation programme delivering a next-generation cloud-native customer onboarding platform. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, combining architecture, engineering excellence, and team mentorship to help deliver a business-critical platform. While experience within Banking or Financial Services … based in London. This role will be Via Umbrella. Working in a Hybrid Model of 2 days a week on site. Key Experience Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering squads, driving engineering standards and best practices. Design and develop cloud-native microservices using Python and/or Java ...

maturity uplift of critical platforms operating across both AWS and Azure. This role sits at the intersection of hands-on DevOps engineering and technical leadership (approx. 60/40 split) - where you will guide direction, lead on platform evolution, and still actively contribute to delivery. Key Responsibilities Design … gapped and restricted access environments (including ITAR and special access considerations) Integrate and support AI/ML models within platform architecture (core requirement) Provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with delivery Essential Skills & Experience Strong experience in DevOps/Platform Engineering roles within enterprise or secure environments ...

maturity uplift of critical platforms operating across both AWS and Azure. This role sits at the intersection of hands-on DevOps engineering and technical leadership (approx. 60/40 split) - where you will guide direction, lead on platform evolution, and still actively contribute to delivery. Key Responsibilities Design … gapped and restricted access environments (including ITAR and special access considerations) Integrate and support AI/ML models within platform architecture (core requirement) Provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with delivery Essential Skills & Experience Strong experience in DevOps/Platform Engineering roles within enterprise or secure environments ...

Senior/Lead Software Engineer to design, develop and support secure, scalable digital services within a regulated export control environment. You will provide technical leadership across agile squads, contributing to resilient, user-centred services aligned to GDS standards and national security requirements. Key responsibilities : Lead design and delivery … scalable Python/Django-based services Translate user needs into robust technical solutions Build secure, test-driven, high-quality code across multiple workstreams Support and maintain live services (performance, stability, reliability) Collaborate across multidisciplinary agile teams (BA, UCD, Engineers) Contribute to system design, integration, and architecture decisions Drive continuous ...

Very competitive day rate, Inside IR35 Overall Purpose of the Role We are seeking a hands-on Principal AI Engineer to act as the technical right hand for the Automation & AI Practice, accelerating the Colleague AI agenda. This pivotal role will transition the organisation from isolated AI experiments … house expertise to reduce vendor dependency, mitigate key person risk, and govern shadow AI usage across the business. Key Responsibilities Provide hands-on technical leadership across Colleague AI initiatives including Sierra PoC and Claude roll-out, owning architecture and design. Drive the build of agentic AI solutions ...

Salesforce Technical Lead Salary: £50,000- £55,000 per annum (depending on experience) 12-month Fixed Term Contract (Full time - 35 hours per week) Hybrid Working – Home Based/Princes Risborough We’re Association for Project Management (APM). We’re a professional membership organisation that sets the standards … Above all, when doing so makes a difference, we challenge the status quo Job Role Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Salesforce Technical Lead to join our Technology team on a fixed term basis. As a Salesforce Technical Lead, you will play a pivotal role within ...

clearance required The Opportunity This is the kind of role that tends to appeal to engineers and analysts who enjoy operating close to difficult technical problems inside genuinely secure operational environments. The work sits within high-side National Security programmes where teams support complex communications, protocol and software capability … across sensitive operational systems. Engineers here are typically trusted with broad technical ownership and are given the space to contribute across analysis, development and wider engineering discussions rather than being confined to narrowly defined delivery functions. What often attracts people to these environments is the level of technical ...

design, implementation, integration, and ongoing enhancement of secure privileged access solutions within highly secure and regulated environments. This role requires a hands-on technical specialist with deep expertise in PAM technologies, secure platform engineering, and cyber security controls. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering secure … access management capabilities across complex enterprise and mission-critical environments. Key Responsibilities Act as the technical authority for Privileged Access Management solutions and associated platform technologies. Lead the design, implementation, and integration of PAM solutions across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments. Capture, analyse, and translate complex business ...

design teams to deliver innovative and value-engineered infrastructure solutions. You will play a key role within the Civil Infrastructure team, helping to shape technical delivery, mentor junior engineers and support the successful delivery of projects from planning through to construction. This position is particularly suited to a planning … develop drainage strategies, engage with Local Lead Flood Authorities (LLFAs) and consultant teams, and lead infrastructure design through the approval process. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership Lead the delivery of civil infrastructure designs from feasibility and planning through to technical approvals and construction. Develop innovative and commercially viable ...

personalisation, propensity scoring, and next-best-action use cases.* Design and run experiments, including A/B testing, to quantify business impact.* Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other data scientists, while engaging confidently with client stakeholders. Your Skills and Experience * Strong experience delivering data science solutions … experimentation, and model evaluation techniques.* Experience deploying and operating models on cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.* Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.* Experience with Pega Customer Decision Hub and Adaptive Decision Manager in production environments is highly desirable.* Exposure ...

large scale network and connectivity solutions. Produce and govern high and low-level designs, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and security standards. Provide technical leadership and guidance to architects, engineers, and project teams. Review and assure complex technical solutions through governance and design authority processes. Engage with … business stakeholders, suppliers, and delivery teams to translate requirements into robust technical designs. Drive network strategy, standards, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives. Support risk management, compliance, and operational assurance activities. Experience Extensive experience in enterprise network architecture and design. Strong expertise in E2E datacentre design and hybrid cloud networking. ...

within a large-scale Agile environment, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable software solutions using Python and Django, while providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior engineer to take ownership of complex systems, contribute … services within a highly regulated environment. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure software solutions Translate user requirements into high-quality technical implementations Develop and maintain test-driven, production-ready code Support live services, ensuring performance, resilience, and stability Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including ...

Company They are a digitally mature organisation investing heavily in their data platform and analytics capabilities. With an established data team and strong technical leadership, they are evolving their stack towards more automated, AI-assisted workflows. The business places significant emphasis on marketing data and customer engagement, with … analytics at the core of decision making. Their environment encourages autonomy, ownership, and collaboration across technical and business stakeholders. The Role and Deliverables * Lead the migration of key marketing data pipelines, including email and segmentation datasets, into a modern data stack * Develop and refine scalable dbt models that underpin ...

business and system requirements gathering/analysis Proven experience in design and development of Information Systems Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices Technical knowledge of a range of IM&T business systems from ERPs through procurement to supplier management Skills: Excellent analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities … Very good written and oral communication skills Architecture and technical support documentation skills Understanding of IM&T/software development lifecycle (including methodologies e.g. Agile) and associated reviews, policies, standards and governance processes Strong interpersonal and consultative skills Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders ...

design. Hybrid Cloud infrastructure experience. Significant background knowledge and design experience/skills. Ability to act as SME against a wide range of proposals, technical and business areas. Ability to work with Business Analysts and stakeholders to specify high level architectures. Strong communication skills - including verbal, written and facilitation … time constraints, impacts and risks. Experience of early planning, estimation, and cost modelling The IT Delivery Architect role has four key aspects to it: Technical Leadership: For large, complex IT projects and operational developments (with budgets up to and exceeding £1M) they help drive the collaborative effort ...

Location: Southampton - 2 x a week on site Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Principal Cloud Platform Engineer with strong DevOps leadership capability to support the design, delivery and continuous improvement of secure, scalable and resilient cloud platforms across Azure and AWS environments. The role will focus … landing zones, infrastructure standards and automation practices, while working closely with engineering, security, product and delivery teams. The successful candidate will provide manager-level technical leadership across DevOps, cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, networking, security, observability and reliability engineering. They will help shape enterprise-scale ...

delivery teams, ensuring that new services and configurations are delivered securely and aligned with modern best practice. This role will require clarity of thought, technical depth and the confidence to operate autonomously. Your ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels, document secure standards and bring structure … principles, modern authentication and secure baseline configuration, will be highly valuable On a personal level, you'll be proactive, analytical and organised, balancing high technical standards with a clear, concise communication style You will be comfortable managing competing priorities, producing strong documentation and representing your expertise to both technical ...

Lead Architect for a complex Oracle ERP Managed Service within a major UK Government environment. This is a senior, hands-on architecture leadership role, responsible for owning end-to-end solution design across Oracle SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS, ensuring all changes and solutions are secure, supportable, and aligned … Oracle Fusion (ERP, HCM, EPM, SCM) Lead the design of Oracle Cloud integrations across OIC, OCI, VBCS, ADB, and OAC Act as the senior technical authority within Design Authority forums Produce and present architecture/design documentation and System Change Requests Ensure all solutions align to Secure by Design ...

third-party platforms Expertise in automation, orchestration and AI-driven service management capabilities Platform upgrades, migrations, performance optimisation and troubleshooting Strong stakeholder engagement and technical leadership skills Desirable: BMC certifications Azure, AWS or hybrid cloud experience Python, PowerShell, REST API and automation tooling knowledge Experience within large-scale ...