“Diamond Light are looking for a hands-on Technical Architect to review and shape the software architecture behind their beamline/data acquisition systems. It’s Java-based, service-oriented, scientific/engineering software, with lots of real-time data flows, detector data, APIs, messaging, configuration, and integration design. They need someone who can assess the current architecture, document what good looks like, and guide development teams on the next-level design.”

GDA - Generic Data Acquisition - Java-based distributed system used on beamlines to control experiments and collect data. It is used across Diamond beamlines and provides beamline-specific GUIs, Python scripting, and experiment/data acquisition capability. 

This architect is being brought in to decide whether the current architecture is fit for the new Diamond-II flagship beamlines, including CSXID, SWIFT and K04. Diamond says these are the day-one flagship beamlines for Diamond-II.

The strongest fit would be someone from a scientific, engineering, control systems, laboratory, research, defence, aerospace, robotics, manufacturing or complex instrumentation software background.

need to be eligible for SC

Security Architect
Permanent
Location: Home / Andover (Hybrid – onsite 2 days a week)
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 (+ benefits)

We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Security Architect for a leading technology consultancy who deliver complex, business-critical solutions into secure UK Government and Defence environments.

They are looking for an experienced Security Architect to support major programmes of work, providing security architecture assurance, risk oversight and secure design guidance across complex systems and capabilities.

This is a senior, client-facing role suited to someone who can operate confidently across architecture, cyber security, assurance and delivery teams. You will review solution designs, identify security risks, recommend proportionate controls and produce high-quality architecture artefacts for senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.

The role would suit a Security Architect with strong UK Defence experience, ideally gained across Army, MOD or similarly secure government programmes.

Key responsibilities

• Lead security architecture reviews across complex Defence or Central Government systems and programmes.
• Identify risks, control gaps and design changes required to achieve the required security posture.
• Produce and maintain security architecture artefacts, including HLDs, LLDs, data flows, security principles, patterns and architecture building blocks.
• Ensure security is embedded across solution design, integration, deployment and operational readiness.
• Support cyber assurance activity across design, build, deploy and run phases.
• Work closely with enterprise architects, solution architects, delivery teams, security stakeholders and customer representatives.
• Translate complex security risks and design issues into clear options, recommendations and decision papers.
• Support alignment to relevant Defence, Government and industry security standards.
• Contribute to technical management plans, covering areas such as configuration standards, patching, cryptography, IAM and assurance checkpoints.
• Provide confident stakeholder engagement across mixed technical, operational and senior leadership audiences.

Essential experience

• Active SC clearance.
• Strong UK Defence, MOD or secure Central Government experience.
• Proven background as a Security Architect, Enterprise Security Architect, Cyber Security Architect or Security Consultant.
• Experience providing security architecture assurance across complex systems or major programmes.
• Ability to produce clear architecture documentation and security artefacts.
• Strong understanding of secure design principles, risk management, threat modelling and security controls.
• Knowledge of UK Government / Defence security standards, guidance and assurance processes.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders across security, architecture, engineering and delivery.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain security risk clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Desirable experience

• Army programme experience or strong MOD stakeholder exposure.
• Experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect, ArchiMate, NAFv4 or similar modelling approaches.
• Knowledge of Joint Service Publications, NCSC guidance, ISO27001, NIST, CIS or related security frameworks.
• Experience across IAM, PKI, secure integration, cloud security, data flows and security architecture patterns.
• Experience reviewing HLDs, LLDs, current-state and future-state designs.
• CISSP, CISM, ISO27001 Lead Auditor, Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect, AWS Security or similar certifications.

Project Manager – Heavy Lift / Heavy Haulage Projects

Location: Redditch, Warwickshire

Salary: Upto £50,000 plus benefits

Our client is a specialist provider of complete heavy lift and heavy haulage solutions and is currently seeking an experienced Project Manager to join their growing team.

This is a key role responsible for the end-to-end planning and delivery of complex transport and lifting projects, ensuring customer requirements are met safely, efficiently and in line with company policies and procedures. The position plays a vital part in promoting the company’s professional, safety-focused reputation within the industry.

You will take full ownership of projects from contract award through to successful completion, managing all operational, commercial and compliance elements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Planning, managing and delivering projects from contract award to completion, ensuring adherence to contractual requirements, programmes, budgets, quality standards and health & safety obligations.

• Acting as the primary point of contact for customers during the execution phase, maintaining clear, timely and professional communication throughout.

• Leading internal project kick-off meetings to coordinate and communicate key project information with engineering and operational teams.

• Attending customer and site visits to gather, measure and record all task-specific information.

• Conducting visits to third-party operational sites (e.g. ports and harbours) to complete facility and route surveys, ensuring all requirements are accurately documented.

• Coordinating internal teams to ensure the timely submission of all required permits, including transport and marine permits.

• Ensuring the timely production of all HSE documentation, including risk assessments and method statements.

• Monitoring project delivery against agreed scope and programme, proactively managing changes and communicating any deviations.

• Managing project costs within the approved budget, maximising profitability and escalating any variances or unforeseen changes to the Head of Project Delivery for agreement with the client.

• Preparing and presenting bi-weekly financial assessments and forecasts to the Head of Project Delivery and Finance teams.

About You

You will be a confident and organised project professional with experience delivering complex projects in specialist transport or heavy lifting environments.

Key requirements include:

• Experience in the commercial management of projects within the Specialist Transport and Heavy Lift sector. (Desirable) 

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and effectively prioritise workloads.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and build relationships at all levels.

• A collaborative, team-focused approach with the ability to contribute positively within a wider project environment.

• Professional, approachable and customer-focused manner.

• Flexible, reliable and highly organised.

• A structured and systematic approach to problem-solving, with the ability to support and assist colleagues where required.

Technical Architect
Permanent
Location: Home / Andover (onsite 2 days a week)
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 (+ benefits)

Skills: Technical Architecture, Azure/AWS, DevOps, Secure Development, Microservices, APIs, SC Clearance

We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Technical Architect for a leading technology consultancy.

This is a high-impact role, working across the full delivery lifecycle to design and deliver complex, secure, and scalable solutions aligned to business and technical strategy.

Location: Andover (2 days per week onsite)
Clearance: Active SC required

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical design of large and complex systems
• Provide architecture governance and technical leadership across delivery teams
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure solutions meet business and technical needs
• Define and apply architecture principles, standards and best practice
• Lead design reviews, risk assessment and impact analysis
• Support pre-sales, bids and client engagements
• Develop proof of concepts and client demonstrations
• Contribute to innovation, identifying emerging technologies and opportunities
• Mentor team members and support development of architecture capability

Experience Required

• Strong experience as a Technical Architect within complex environments
• Proven track record delivering solutions in central government or defence sectors
• Experience designing solutions using Azure and/or AWS
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD and secure software development lifecycle
• Strong understanding of microservices, APIs (REST/SOAP), JSON
• Experience with authentication technologies (SAML, OAuth, OpenID, Active Directory, LDAP)
• Background in Java or .NET development
• Strong stakeholder engagement and consultancy skills

Desirable

• Experience in secure environments
• Exposure to data architecture or real-time integration
• Knowledge of AI-based solutions
• Relevant certifications (e.g. Microsoft, AWS)

Niche RMS Support & Configuration Specialist

South West England / Hybrid Working
Hybrid role with onsite presence in the South West twice per week
Permanent or Contract
£70,000–£75,000 (permanent) or £500–£600/day (contract)

Our client is a specialist consultancy delivering technology, transformation and operational change services across policing and public safety environments in the UK.

As part of continued growth within their policing and public safety practice, an opportunity has arisen for an experienced Niche RMS Support & Configuration Specialist to join a team focused on supporting, configuring and enhancing the Niche Records Management System (RMS) within a policing environment.

This role would suit someone with strong hands-on Niche RMS configuration experience who understands the realities of operational policing, high-volume case and records workflows, and the importance of stable, supportable solutions within mission-critical environments.

The position offers hybrid working, with an expectation of onsite presence in the South West twice per week to support stakeholders, programme activity and operational engagement.

The Role

You will play a key role in configuring and supporting Niche RMS in line with operational requirements, agreed standards and wider programme objectives.

Working closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, suppliers and operational users, you will help ensure the platform supports frontline policing activity, records management, compliance requirements and service continuity.

This is a role that combines technical configuration expertise with stakeholder engagement and operational understanding.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and support Niche RMS in line with approved designs, operational requirements and governance standards
• Configure workflows, forms, entities, rules, validations and business logic
• Support the delivery of enhancements, upgrades and continuous improvement activity
• Ensure configurations are stable, supportable and aligned to operational use cases
• Work with stakeholders to translate operational and business requirements into system configuration
• Support role-based access controls, permissions and security configuration
• Assist with testing, issue resolution and troubleshooting across development, rehearsal and production environments
• Support data migration alignment and configuration readiness where required
• Contribute to documentation, knowledge transfer and handover into support teams
• Work collaboratively with programme teams, suppliers and operational stakeholders to ensure successful delivery

Experience Required

• Proven experience configuring and supporting Niche RMS within a UK policing or criminal justice environment
• Strong understanding of Niche data structures, workflows and configuration capability
• Experience configuring security roles, permissions, validations and business rules
• Ability to support high-volume operational systems in live or programme environments
• Understanding of police operational processes and records management principles
• Awareness of compliance, audit and information governance requirements
• Experience troubleshooting configuration-related issues and supporting system stability
• Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills

Desirable Experience

• Experience supporting RMS replacement or transformation programmes
• Exposure to data migration activity and data model alignment
• Understanding of integrations, interfaces and wider system dependencies
• Experience supporting testing, rehearsal and go-live activity
• Knowledge of public sector, policing or blue-light operational environments
• NPPV3 clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance

Working Arrangements

This is a hybrid role requiring onsite presence in the South West twice per week.

The role would suit someone comfortable working across stakeholder groups and supporting both operational and technical teams within a consultancy delivery environment.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to work within a specialist environment where your Niche RMS expertise will directly support operational policing outcomes.

You will join a consultancy environment delivering meaningful systems that underpin frontline activity, public safety and records management across multiple client engagements.

The role offers the chance to contribute across configuration, support and operational improvement while working with stakeholders who understand the importance of robust, fit-for-purpose systems in high-demand environments.

• Use to promote the deal in the best way possible
• Pricing, appearance
• Analyse data from previous deal – eg what sells – look at previous deals
• Inteperet data – use Excel
• Fast paced – standalone – a lot of sales – eg promote my deal more
• Pay ?35k
• Admin assistant to assistant merchandiser then junior merchandiser (more autonomous) – likely to have had promotion
• Likely to have been assistant merchandiser – most on ?30k - ?40k
• Manage Ireland – 4 days a week in London (Kentish Town)
• Might be called an Account manager – possible other job titles
• Needs to have come from ecommerce
• 30 min Zoom, will do a task in a face face

• Supporting system accreditation and maintaining compliance with IA standards
• Conducting risk assessments for changes to existing services
• Producing clear, structured documentation to support assurance activity
• Mapping and documenting processes (e.g. using Visio)
• Engaging with stakeholders across ICT and the wider organisation
• Representing the team in forums such as change approval boards (following onboarding)
• Contributing to guidance, awareness and user support
• Supporting occasional physical security activity, including site visits (training provided)

Senior Information Assurance Consultant (Projects & Emerging Technology)
£65,365 | 18-month appointment (with strong potential to become permanent)
Hybrid – South of England | Secure Public Safety & Justice Environment

Our client operates within a secure, highly regulated public safety and justice environment, where the integrity and security of information is critical to operational delivery.

They are strengthening their Information Assurance capability at a time of significant technology change, with this role providing senior oversight across a portfolio of complex programmes and emerging risk areas.

The role

This is a senior, project-facing Information Assurance position, embedded within technology delivery rather than operating as a purely governance function.

You will support a range of high-impact programmes, including large-scale system implementations, network modernisation, and ongoing platform upgrades. Alongside this, there is a growing requirement to assess and manage risk associated with emerging technologies, particularly AI-enabled functionality within enterprise systems.

Working closely with architects, delivery teams and suppliers, you will ensure security is considered early and applied in a proportionate, pragmatic way that enables delivery.

What you will be doing

• Leading Information Assurance activity across complex ICT projects and programmes

• Supporting system accreditation and ensuring alignment with national and local standards

• Assessing and articulating risk across modern technology environments, including SaaS and cloud

• Embedding “secure by design” principles into delivery lifecycles

• Producing and reviewing key security documentation, including risk assessments and design artefacts

• Advising stakeholders on appropriate, proportionate and practical controls

• Supporting the development of IA standards, policies and approaches

• Providing guidance and informal mentoring to other team members

• Engaging confidently with stakeholders across technical teams, business areas and suppliers

What they are looking for

You will bring a strong background in Information Assurance, IT Risk or GRC within a regulated environment, with experience of working across full project lifecycles.

You should be comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy, managing your own workload and working directly with stakeholders across both technical and non-technical teams.

This role requires a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach. The team are looking for someone who can work constructively with delivery teams — enabling progress while maintaining appropriate levels of control.

Experience of cloud platforms, SaaS environments or emerging technology risk (including AI) would be beneficial.

Why this role

This role has been structured as an initial 18-month appointment to enable the organisation to move quickly while its longer-term cyber operating model evolves.

There is a clear intention to retain and build capability within the function. As the team develops under a new CISO-led structure, there is strong potential for this role to transition into a permanent position and grow in scope.

This is a high-autonomy role, offering the opportunity to shape how Information Assurance supports complex technology delivery within a critical public service environment.

If you’re looking for a role where you can apply your experience in Information Assurance to complex, real-world technology challenges — with the opportunity to shape a developing cyber function — we’d welcome your application. 

job board search:

("commodity" or "commodities" or "ETRM" or "CTRM" or "Energy trading risk management" or "commodity trading risk management" or "endur" or "findur" or "allegro") and ("tester" or "test*" or "QA" or "quality assurance") and ("automation" or "automated" or "c#") and "API"

Triangle - Their product automates regression testing, trade lifecycle testing, risk, settlements, etc.

JOSH - KEY THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR

1) Reqnroll or Specflow

2) SQL

3) API & Integration testing

3) ideally trading or financial services or gambling or energy

brief:

integration testing 

API testing 

A self starter 

Bright

Personable 

Database, SQL knowledge 

BDD gherkin/cucumber specflow knowledge 

Not necessarily C# or .Net knowledge required 

Someone who has the confidence to work as a consultant with the customer but with our product

Ideally with trading knowledge so they understand the data they are working with 

interview prep:

• Extract in to BD (is that BDD?)
• Went through the lifecycle of a trade – Darren has fx background
• Front end dugging, back end debugging
• SQL questions in his head – slight struggle – would be easier if written down

• SQL questions
• Left join question
• Then inner join question