Are you ready to lead the charge in securing the digital future of the West Midlands Combined Authority? Were looking for a Principal Cyber Security & Infrastructure Specialist to take ownership of our operational cyber security infrastructure and systems. This pivotal role will drive the transformation from legacy platforms to modern, secure solutions, ensuring compliance with best practices and … guidance, enabling continuous improvement and resilience in our digital services. Please note, this is a 6-month fixed-term contract. What you will be doing. Manage and improve cyber-security systems across cloud and on-prem, addressing risks and performance. Support the cyber-security roadmap in line with strategic goals. Define and maintain security policies, procedures … needs and industry standards. Work independently, making strategic technical decisions. Mentor junior staff and share knowledge to build team resilience. Drive automation and process improvements. Manage risks and ensure security enables business operations. Ensure robust backup and recovery for security systems. Scale cyber-security architecture across the organisation. Collaborate on compliance with internal and external stakeholders. Engage More ❯
the end of the year Company Introduction: We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join a forward-thinking technology team, delivering secure and scalable cloud-native solutions. Job Responsibilities/Objectives: Developing and maintaining secure Back End REST APIs and Front End applications using Golang, Python, Docker, and cloud-native tools. Implementing database … schema changes with Liquibase, ensuring compliance with audit requirements. Building and supporting CI/CD pipelines with DevOps and Security teams. Managing GCP infrastructure for performance, resilience, and cost optimisation. Collaborating with architecture, infrastructure, and cyber security teams. Supporting live systems, performing root cause analysis, and resolving performance issues. Required Skills/Experience: Degree in Computer Science or … equivalent experience. Proven experience in software engineering with infrastructure knowledge. Strong development skills in Golang and Python. Hands-on GCP experience (networking, IAM, cloud-native services). Familiarity with Liquibase or similar tools. DevOps expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, and containerisation. Strong knowledge of cloudsecurity principles. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills. More ❯
Public Sector. Key skills & experience: Good experience with AWS technologies (e.g., EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security. Provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant. Experience with DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime More ❯
Birmingham, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Syntax Consultancy Ltd
Public Sector. Key skills & experience: Good experience with AWS technologies (e.g., EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security. Provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant. Experience with DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime More ❯