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A leading defence technology programme is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to provide expert design and technical leadership across complex infrastructure initiatives. This position offers the opportunity to shape integrated technical solutions that underpin critical national systems. The role is primarily remote, with site attendance in Barrow-in-Furness once or twice per month as required. … p/d- Inside IR35 Duration - 6 months from start date with potential for extension Key Responsibilities Take ownership of the design and integration of end-to-end technical solutions across multiple project streams. Assess and address technical challenges and dependencies , ensuring seamless integration across all areas of delivery. Collaborate with project and technical leads to develop … and deliver solutions that meet defined business and architectural requirements . Identify, analyse, and mitigate technical risks , providing clear guidance to programme management. Ensure traceability of requirements through to technical implementation. Support the development and enhancement of technical standards, policies, and guidelines , promoting best practice across teams. Conduct technical reviews, audits, and due diligence to maintain More ❯

Role Overview- SC Cleared or Eligible only Salary- 70k -80k per annum We are seeking an accomplished Lead Data Engineer (SFIA Level 5) to provide technical leadership, direction, and strategy across complex data engineering initiatives. This role involves leading teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and standards-driven data solutions, while engaging with senior stakeholders to translate requirements … standards, embedding best practices, and ensuring delivery aligns with strategic principles. The role also carries line management responsibilities, helping to build capability within the engineering community. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership and set the direction for engineering teams and communities, ensuring delivery adheres to data standards and strategic principles. Engage with senior stakeholders to define requirements for complex … Standardise code, product, and service quality across engineering teams by implementing best practices and governance. Design and promote reusable metadata libraries and cross-business standards in collaboration with other technical disciplines. Partner with Lead Data Engineers, Data Architects, and Technologists to design and develop innovative solutions. Continually improve data engineering, automation, and scaling capabilities. Provide leadership and mentoring More ❯

Role Overview- SC Cleared or Eligible only Salary- 70k -80k per annum We are seeking an accomplished Lead Data Engineer (SFIA Level 5) to provide technical leadership, direction, and strategy across complex data engineering initiatives. This role involves leading teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and standards-driven data solutions, while engaging with senior stakeholders to translate requirements … standards, embedding best practices, and ensuring delivery aligns with strategic principles. The role also carries line management responsibilities, helping to build capability within the engineering community. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership and set the direction for engineering teams and communities, ensuring delivery adheres to data standards and strategic principles. Engage with senior stakeholders to define requirements for complex … Standardise code, product, and service quality across engineering teams by implementing best practices and governance. Design and promote reusable metadata libraries and cross-business standards in collaboration with other technical disciplines. Partner with Lead Data Engineers, Data Architects, and Technologists to design and develop innovative solutions. Continually improve data engineering, automation, and scaling capabilities. Provide leadership and mentoring More ❯

transformation and delivery on a variety of initiatives such as SAN migrations, data centre moves, server based computing and desktop transformation technologies such as VDI and application virtualisation. The Technical Architect also applies functional knowledge and technical expertise to design systems that support customer needs. Key responsibilities include: To be responsible and accountable for the design of an … integrated technical solution across all streams of a project or small programme To understand the technical problems, challenges and complexities that exist within each stream or area of a programme and be able to manage and/or liaise with other technical stream leads to arrive at an integrated technical solution that meets the business requirements. … Promote co-operation, and where necessary, coach and facilitate co-ordination of all technical streams leaders of a programme to achieve the successful delivery of an integrated technical solution. Identifies, understands and quantifies technical risk and advises on strategies to mitigate that risk. Support the project/programme manager in understanding the technical risks, dependencies and More ❯

Global Head of SRE, Platform, Cloud, Recovery Lead, Strategy , Technical Leadership, Roadmap A leading provider of Financial Services is seeking a global head of SRE who can help shape, navigate and implement the strategy for this key business area. The role: We are seeking a senior technology leader to take on the dual role of Senior Recovery Lead … and Global Head of SRE. This individual will lead a global team of technical experts who act as technical escalation partners during major incidents-helping reduce time to recover (TTR) through deep technical engagement, coordination, and engineering-driven solutions. Skills required: Proven background in Technology, with proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure, DevOps, or Technical Operations.Demonstrated experience leading global technical teams in complex, high-scale environments.Deep expertise in incident recovery, automation, systems design, and platform reliability.Strong working knowledge of problem management, root cause analysis frameworks, and resilience engineering principles.Experience designing and running resilience exercises, chaos engineering, or incident scenario testing at scale.Comfortable operating in regulated environments and partnering with Risk and Compliance functions.Excellent More ❯

ServiceNow Technical Architect – Manager Location: London (£90,000 – £95,000)/Manchester or Edinburgh (£85,000 – £90,000) Level: Manager Our client is recognised globally as the top ServiceNow partner, delivering complex, innovative solutions that drive enterprise transformation. The ServiceNow Business Group combines deep technical expertise with AI and automation capabilities to help clients reimagine operations and achieve … measurable outcomes. The Role As a Manager-level Technical Architect, you will lead teams of ServiceNow developers and architects on large-scale programmes, providing technical leadership, architecture oversight, and trusted client advisory. You will influence solution strategy, ensure adherence to best practices, and enable high-quality delivery across multiple modules and client environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical … service offerings, and client outcomes. Stay current with emerging ServiceNow technologies, modules, AI/GenAI features, and best practices. What You’ll Bring Strong experience in ServiceNow development and technical architecture. 5+ years leading ServiceNow delivery teams in a technical or managerial capacity. Minimum 5+ ServiceNow CIS certifications. Experience with 3+ modules outside ITSM. Advanced scripting and integration More ❯

ServiceNow Technical Architect – Manager Location: London (£90,000 – £95,000)/Manchester or Edinburgh (£85,000 – £90,000) Level: Manager Our client is recognised globally as the top ServiceNow partner, delivering complex, innovative solutions that drive enterprise transformation. The ServiceNow Business Group combines deep technical expertise with AI and automation capabilities to help clients reimagine operations and achieve … measurable outcomes. The Role As a Manager-level Technical Architect, you will lead teams of ServiceNow developers and architects on large-scale programmes, providing technical leadership, architecture oversight, and trusted client advisory. You will influence solution strategy, ensure adherence to best practices, and enable high-quality delivery across multiple modules and client environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical … service offerings, and client outcomes. Stay current with emerging ServiceNow technologies, modules, AI/GenAI features, and best practices. What You’ll Bring Strong experience in ServiceNow development and technical architecture. 5+ years leading ServiceNow delivery teams in a technical or managerial capacity. Minimum 5+ ServiceNow CIS certifications. Experience with 3+ modules outside ITSM. Advanced scripting and integration More ❯

ServiceNow Technical Architect – Manager Location: London (£90,000 – £95,000)/Manchester or Edinburgh (£85,000 – £90,000) Level: Manager Our client is recognised globally as the top ServiceNow partner, delivering complex, innovative solutions that drive enterprise transformation. The ServiceNow Business Group combines deep technical expertise with AI and automation capabilities to help clients reimagine operations and achieve … measurable outcomes. The Role As a Manager-level Technical Architect, you will lead teams of ServiceNow developers and architects on large-scale programmes, providing technical leadership, architecture oversight, and trusted client advisory. You will influence solution strategy, ensure adherence to best practices, and enable high-quality delivery across multiple modules and client environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical … service offerings, and client outcomes. Stay current with emerging ServiceNow technologies, modules, AI/GenAI features, and best practices. What You’ll Bring Strong experience in ServiceNow development and technical architecture. 5+ years leading ServiceNow delivery teams in a technical or managerial capacity. Minimum 5+ ServiceNow CIS certifications. Experience with 3+ modules outside ITSM. Advanced scripting and integration More ❯

ServiceNow Technical Architect – Manager Location: London (£90,000 – £95,000)/Manchester or Edinburgh (£85,000 – £90,000) Level: Manager Our client is recognised globally as the top ServiceNow partner, delivering complex, innovative solutions that drive enterprise transformation. The ServiceNow Business Group combines deep technical expertise with AI and automation capabilities to help clients reimagine operations and achieve … measurable outcomes. The Role As a Manager-level Technical Architect, you will lead teams of ServiceNow developers and architects on large-scale programmes, providing technical leadership, architecture oversight, and trusted client advisory. You will influence solution strategy, ensure adherence to best practices, and enable high-quality delivery across multiple modules and client environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical … service offerings, and client outcomes. Stay current with emerging ServiceNow technologies, modules, AI/GenAI features, and best practices. What You’ll Bring Strong experience in ServiceNow development and technical architecture. 5+ years leading ServiceNow delivery teams in a technical or managerial capacity. Minimum 5+ ServiceNow CIS certifications. Experience with 3+ modules outside ITSM. Advanced scripting and integration More ❯

global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole … Engineering is powered by a community of 1,000+ experts and provides end-to-end product engineering solutions which deliver tangible value, fast. We bring together an obsession for technical excellence with agility and scale, to help clients move from project to product at speed. We partner with clients across all sectors—from fast-growing scale-ups to national … have the opportunity to: Create Innovative Digital Solutions: take part in designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge digital applications tailored to address unique business challenges across several industries. Showcase Technical Leadership: display your technical leadership skills by guiding and collaborating with both onshore and offshore developer team members during client projects, ensuring successful outcomes. More ❯

Lead Software Engineer/Developer (C# .Net) Newcastle onsite to £150k Well funded Fintech scale-up is seeking a skilled backend focussed Software Engineer with strong technical leadership skills. As a Lead Software Engineer you'll design and implement the logic behind core applications, build APIs, and microservices that handle data processing, business rules and third-party integrations … server environments. You'll work closely with internal teams and customers to gather detailed requirements through meetings and workshops and help shape the product vision and roadmap by offering technical insight and feasibility guidance, remaining hands-on with architecture and design. You will be a technical leader, instilling best practices, conducting code reviews, mentoring and collaboratively problem solving … City and the local countryside, many employees walk or cycle in (onsite showers available!). About you: You have achieved a minimum 2.1 BSc in Computer Science or similar technical discipline from a top tier/Russel Group university, backed by A's at A-level You have strong technical leadership skills You have expertise with modern More ❯

Lead Software Engineer/Developer (C# .Net) Newcastle onsite to £150k Well funded Fintech scale-up is seeking a skilled backend focussed Software Engineer with strong technical leadership skills. As a Lead Software Engineer you'll design and implement the logic behind core applications, build APIs, and microservices that handle data processing, business rules and third-party integrations … server environments. You'll work closely with internal teams and customers to gather detailed requirements through meetings and workshops and help shape the product vision and roadmap by offering technical insight and feasibility guidance, remaining hands-on with architecture and design. You will be a technical leader, instilling best practices, conducting code reviews, mentoring and collaboratively problem solving … City and the local countryside, many employees walk or cycle in (onsite showers available!). About you: You have achieved a minimum 2.1 BSc in Computer Science or similar technical discipline from a top tier/Russel Group university, backed by A's at A-level You have strong technical leadership skills You have expertise with modern More ❯

central service portfolio, common standards, policies, tools and practices. The Role This is a key role based in our Newcastle office , that will provide Azure cloud and Infrastructure DevOps leadership as we continue to transform our services through a cloud first approach, following proven industry and Microsoft best practices to ensure infrastructure systems and services perform at an optimal … role will support development and maturing of our Infrastructure DevOps practice. Including the building, implementation, security and operation of automation systems and services. This role will provide Infrastructure DevOps leadership driving adoption, management, security and optimisation working across multiple regions as part of a matrix-managed, multi-sourced organisation and translate business requirements into technical infrastructure solutions leveraging … strong business acumen. Key Responsibilities Define and own the Azure cloud and Infrastructure DevOps roadmap in conjunction with architecture, global and regional IT Provide Azure and Infrastructure DevOps expertise, leadership, direction and assistance to IT leadership, project delivery, regional technical leads and engineering teams Define, build and lead implementation and adoption of Azure cloud and Infrastructure DevOps More ❯

generation products that transform how industries connect, transact, and operate. You’ll be joining a high-performing engineering division where software is treated as a craft — a place where technical excellence, automation, and scalability are embedded in everything they do. This is a company where your decisions directly influence systems serving millions of transactions and users across multiple regions. … mission-critical logistics platform — a sophisticated marketplace used by thousands of partners and service providers every day. You’ll lead a talented team of engineers and QAs, setting the technical vision, delivering high-performance cloud solutions, and driving engineering excellence throughout. You’ll be hands-on: designing, coding, mentoring, and shaping architecture for large-scale distributed systems built on … .NET, Azure, React, and modern cloud-native technologies. This is the kind of role where technical leadership truly matters — where decisions around architecture, security, and performance have visible, far-reaching business impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and inspire a team of engineers, embedding a culture of innovation, quality, and delivery excellence. Define and execute the technical roadmap in More ❯

generation products that transform how industries connect, transact, and operate. You’ll be joining a high-performing engineering division where software is treated as a craft — a place where technical excellence, automation, and scalability are embedded in everything they do. This is a company where your decisions directly influence systems serving millions of transactions and users across multiple regions. … mission-critical logistics platform — a sophisticated marketplace used by thousands of partners and service providers every day. You’ll lead a talented team of engineers and QAs, setting the technical vision, delivering high-performance cloud solutions, and driving engineering excellence throughout. You’ll be hands-on: designing, coding, mentoring, and shaping architecture for large-scale distributed systems built on … .NET, Azure, React, and modern cloud-native technologies. This is the kind of role where technical leadership truly matters — where decisions around architecture, security, and performance have visible, far-reaching business impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and inspire a team of engineers, embedding a culture of innovation, quality, and delivery excellence. Define and execute the technical roadmap in More ❯

generation products that transform how industries connect, transact, and operate. You’ll be joining a high-performing engineering division where software is treated as a craft — a place where technical excellence, automation, and scalability are embedded in everything they do. This is a company where your decisions directly influence systems serving millions of transactions and users across multiple regions. … mission-critical logistics platform — a sophisticated marketplace used by thousands of partners and service providers every day. You’ll lead a talented team of engineers and QAs, setting the technical vision, delivering high-performance cloud solutions, and driving engineering excellence throughout. You’ll be hands-on: designing, coding, mentoring, and shaping architecture for large-scale distributed systems built on … .NET, Azure, React, and modern cloud-native technologies. This is the kind of role where technical leadership truly matters — where decisions around architecture, security, and performance have visible, far-reaching business impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and inspire a team of engineers, embedding a culture of innovation, quality, and delivery excellence. Define and execute the technical roadmap in More ❯

next-generation products that transform how industries connect, transact, and operate. Youll be joining a high-performing engineering division where software is treated as a craft a place where technical excellence, automation, and scalability are embedded in everything they do. This is a company where your decisions directly influence systems serving millions of transactions and users across multiple regions. … a mission-critical logistics platform a sophisticated marketplace used by thousands of partners and service providers every day. Youll lead a talented team of engineers and QAs, setting the technical vision, delivering high-performance cloud solutions, and driving engineering excellence throughout. Youll be hands-on: designing, coding, mentoring, and shaping architecture for large-scale distributed systems built on .NET … Azure, React, and modern cloud-native technologies. This is the kind of role where technical leadership truly matters where decisions around architecture, security, and performance have visible, far-reaching business impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and inspire a team of engineers, embedding a culture of innovation, quality, and delivery excellence. Define and execute the technical roadmap in collaboration More ❯

into a digital first and engineering-led organisation, with the quality of our engineering team being a key differentiator. We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager who will provide technical expertise, ship thoughtfully and operate with excellence to build the foundational platform for Identity across all M and S products. The team is responsible for the M&S Identity … Collaboration: Working closely with product, design, and programme management, you will lead the engineering delivery aligning to the business objectives. Collaboration will be key as you engage with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners to drive strategy and execution. Technical Leadership: You will provide technical direction on high-impact projects, tackling engineering challenges within … the team. Engage in code reviews, ensuring high standards, maintainability, and alignment with best practices. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and shared learning across the team. Hiring, Team Growth & Management: Manage team structure, budgets, resource allocation across projects. Hiring and onboarding new engineers, ensuring a seamless transition into the team. Coaching and mentoring engineers at all More ❯

Manchester/Hybrid Employment Type: Full-Time Salary: Paying up to 72k. An established IT Services Provider is seeking a Lead Developer to take on a hybrid role combining technical leadership with team management. This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned developer who enjoys remaining hands-on while guiding others. The company is at the forefront of … Key Responsibilities Line Management (30-40%) Lead and support a team of developers Conduct regular one-to-ones and performance reviews Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture Technical Leadership & Delivery (60-70%) Act as an escalation point for complex development issues Review and validate code across multiple technologies Oversee project delivery, ensuring quality and timeliness Liaise … with clients and internal stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs Required skillset Strong hands-on experience with PHP and JavaScript Working knowledge of Python and .NET environments Familiarity with modern frameworks and development practices Proven experience in software development and team leadership Excellent communication and organisational skills Ability to balance delivery responsibilities with people management Must More ❯

Lead – Java (Digital Consultancy) – Manchester – Hybrid – up to £110K We're partnering with a rapidly growing UK digital consultancy with 500+ employees and offices across the UK. They combine technical excellence with a supportive culture that genuinely puts people first, delivering innovative solutions across finance, e-commerce, gaming, and more. This role is for a tech lead ready to … guide teams, shape system architecture, and deliver complex, mission-critical solutions for household-name clients. What You'll Be Doing Technical Leadership: • Confidently discuss technical designs with clients, aligning solutions with business goals. • Lead the design, implementation, and documentation of software solutions while ensuring coding standards and codebase health. Hands-On Development: • Contribute to coding on projects … as needed, troubleshoot complex issues, and evaluate emerging technologies for relevance to current and future projects. Team Leadership & Development: • Foster a collaborative, psychologically safe team culture. • Provide mentorship, coaching, and performance management, while promoting continuous learning and improvement. About You • Experienced in Scrum/Kanban methodologies. • Proven track record as a technical and team leader, balancing hands-on More ❯

Lead – Java (Digital Consultancy) – London – Hybrid – up to £110K We're partnering with a rapidly growing UK digital consultancy with 500+ employees and offices across the UK. They combine technical excellence with a supportive culture that genuinely puts people first, delivering innovative solutions across finance, e-commerce, gaming, and more. This role is for a tech lead ready to … guide teams, shape system architecture, and deliver complex, mission-critical solutions for household-name clients. What You'll Be Doing Technical Leadership: • Confidently discuss technical designs with clients, aligning solutions with business goals. • Lead the design, implementation, and documentation of software solutions while ensuring coding standards and codebase health. Hands-On Development: • Contribute to coding on projects … as needed, troubleshoot complex issues, and evaluate emerging technologies for relevance to current and future projects. Team Leadership & Development: • Foster a collaborative, psychologically safe team culture. • Provide mentorship, coaching, and performance management, while promoting continuous learning and improvement. About You • Experienced in Scrum/Kanban methodologies. • Proven track record as a technical and team leader, balancing hands-on More ❯

Our client creates technical solutions for the Engineering Sector and is based in Manchester city centre. This role is hybrid and most people go the office twice a week. Client Details Our client creates technical solutions for the Engineering Sector and is based in Manchester city centre. This role is hybrid and most people go the office twice … will be a mix of hands on coding alongside dealing with Stakeholders, scoping requirements, working with their third-party development partners, ensuring quality of code and help with overall technical direction. Day to day will include: Lead the design, development, and implementation of technical projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve technical challenges. Provide … technical leadership and mentorship to team members. Ensure alignment of technical solutions with organisational goals. Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies. Develop and enforce technical standards and best practices. Communicate project progress and outcomes to stakeholders effectively. Profile Must haves: Tech Lead experience Strong More ❯

Our client creates technical solutions for the Engineering Sector and is based in Manchester city centre. This role is hybrid and most people go the office twice a week. Client Details Our client creates technical solutions for the Engineering Sector and is based in Manchester city centre. This role is hybrid and most people go the office twice … will be a mix of hands on coding alongside dealing with Stakeholders, scoping requirements, working with their third-party development partners, ensuring quality of code and help with overall technical direction. Day to day will include: Lead the design, development, and implementation of technical projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve technical challenges. Provide … technical leadership and mentorship to team members. Ensure alignment of technical solutions with organisational goals. Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies. Develop and enforce technical standards and best practices. Communicate project progress and outcomes to stakeholders effectively. Profile Must haves: Tech Lead experience Strong More ❯

a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with a strong foundation in Python and a passion for leading modern software projects to join our client. This role combines hands-on technical development with leadership responsibilities, guiding teams, shaping technical direction, and delivering robust, scalable solutions across complex environments. What You'll Do Take ownership of the design, build … integrity across systems. Build and manage cloud-native applications using AWS services, employing Terraform for provisioning and automation. Contribute to DevOps practices, including Docker containerisation and serverless deployments. Provide technical leadership: support code reviews, maintain development standards, and mentor junior engineers. Implement automated testing strategies, including unit and API test coverage, to maintain high-quality releases. What You … infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform. Hands-on experience with containerisation and microservices. Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery pipelines and Agile delivery environments. Ability to analyse complex technical problems, identify root causes, and propose innovative solutions. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset, with a track record of guiding others and influencing technical decisions. Desirable Extras More ❯

environment, crafting an innovative integration strategy, and guiding engineering teams with vision and expertise, this role promises to be both transformative and inspiring. This high-impact role requires broad technical expertise and strategic leadership to unify our technology and align it with business goals. You will collaborate with the IT Infrastructure & Operations Director, and the Head of Security … technology standardisation. Architectural Governance- establish and govern the architecture standards and best practices. Ensure that security, compliance, and data privacy requirements are embedded in all designs and plans. Project Leadership & Execution Support - provide technical leadership and support during the execution of consolidation projects. Act as a technical advisor and decision-maker for architecture-related questions or More ❯