Technical Architect
6 Month Contract
Location: Home / Andover (Hybrid)
Salary: £700 - £750 per day (Inside IR35)

We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Technical Architect for a leading technology consultancy on an initial 6 month contract. The successful candidate will design and deliver complex, large-scale technology solutions that meet both business and technical needs, ensuring architectural integrity and delivering to time, cost, and quality standards.

This is a hands-on, senior technical role where you will influence solution design, drive adoption of best practice, and mentor teams while working closely with clients in highly regulated environments.

This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work 2 days a week at customer site in Andover. Due to the nature of the work valid SC Clearance is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design of large and highly complex systems, ensuring quality, performance, and compliance.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the project lifecycle to embed architectural considerations into all phases of delivery.
• Provide technical guidance, governance, and mentorship to development and delivery teams.
• Evaluate technical designs, changes, and proposals, making recommendations and assessing associated risks.
• Develop technology roadmaps and evaluate emerging technologies to inform future solutions.
• Act as a technical authority during client engagements, proof-of-concepts, and pre-sales activities.
• Establish and enforce architectural principles, standards, and best practices, including security and compliance considerations.
• Support internal capability development, including mentoring junior staff and promoting knowledge sharing.

Experience & Skills Required

Technical & Architectural Expertise

• Extensive experience designing and delivering complex technology solutions, ideally in public sector, government, or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, NAF, or Zachman.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and DevOps/CI-CD practices.
• Strong understanding of Web Applications, Microservices, APIs, authentication/authorization protocols, and data architecture.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices, GDPR, OWASP, and NCSC cloud security principles.
• Experience delivering AI-based solutions, real-time data integration, or IoT solutions is advantageous.

Consultancy & Leadership Skills

• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience providing guidance to senior stakeholders and influencing solution design across multiple teams.
• Track record of mentoring and developing internal teams, promoting best practices and capability growth.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to provide innovative solutions in complex environments.

Essential

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in highly regulated environments (government, defence, or equivalent).

Technical Architect
Permanent
Location: Home / Andover (Hybrid)
Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 (+ benefits)

We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Technical Architect for a leading technology consultancy. The successful candidate will design and deliver complex, large-scale technology solutions that meet both business and technical needs, ensuring architectural integrity and delivering to time, cost, and quality standards.

This is a hands-on, senior technical role where you will influence solution design, drive adoption of best practice, and mentor teams while working closely with clients in highly regulated environments.

This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work 2 days a week at customer site in Andover. Due to the nature of the work valid SC Clearance is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design of large and highly complex systems, ensuring quality, performance, and compliance.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the project lifecycle to embed architectural considerations into all phases of delivery.
• Provide technical guidance, governance, and mentorship to development and delivery teams.
• Evaluate technical designs, changes, and proposals, making recommendations and assessing associated risks.
• Develop technology roadmaps and evaluate emerging technologies to inform future solutions.
• Act as a technical authority during client engagements, proof-of-concepts, and pre-sales activities.
• Establish and enforce architectural principles, standards, and best practices, including security and compliance considerations.
• Support internal capability development, including mentoring junior staff and promoting knowledge sharing.

Experience & Skills Required

Technical & Architectural Expertise

• Extensive experience designing and delivering complex technology solutions, ideally in public sector, government, or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, NAF, or Zachman.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and DevOps/CI-CD practices.
• Strong understanding of Web Applications, Microservices, APIs, authentication/authorization protocols, and data architecture.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices, GDPR, OWASP, and NCSC cloud security principles.
• Experience delivering AI-based solutions, real-time data integration, or IoT solutions is advantageous.

Consultancy & Leadership Skills

• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience providing guidance to senior stakeholders and influencing solution design across multiple teams.
• Track record of mentoring and developing internal teams, promoting best practices and capability growth.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to provide innovative solutions in complex environments.

Essential

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in highly regulated environments (government, defence, or equivalent).

Senior Golang DevOps Engineer
6 Month Contract
Location: Remote
Rate: £550 - £600 per day (INSIDE IR35)

We are looking to recruit a Senior Golang DevOps Engineer for a leading software company. The DevOps Engineer will take ownership of complex system components and lead technical decisions within a cloud-native environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design decisions and own complex services/components
• Work closely with engineering, product, and platform teams
• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Drive continuous delivery best practices
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues using modern observability tooling

Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience with Golang and/or C#/.NET (ideally both)
• Excellent knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and system design
• Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Modern DevOps practices
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• CI/CD pipelines built with GitHub Actions
• Automated testing strategies
• Health checks and resilience patterns
• AWS services including ALB, IAM, and core networking
• Relational databases: Postgres and/or MSSQL on AWS (RDS and/or Athena)
• Monitoring and observability using Datadog
• Comfortable working autonomously in ambiguous environments
• Experience working in Agile teams (Scrum / Kanban)

Nice to Have

• Log aggregation configuration
• Automated testing frameworks (e.g. Playwright)

C#.Net Software Engineer
6 Month Contract
Location: UK - Remote
Rate: £550 - £600 per day (Inside IR35)

Skills: C#.Net, ASP.Net, XML/JSON APIs, SC Clearance

We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared C#.Net Software Engineer for a leading technology consultancy on an initial 6 month contract. Due to the nature of the work valid SC Clearance is required.

This is primarily a remote role with some travel to London for team meetings.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining applications using C#, .NET Framework, and .NET 6+
• Working with ASP.NET, XML/JSON APIs, Docker, and Oracle SQL
• Writing and executing MSTest unit tests
• Using tools such as Postman, Swagger, and PowerShell to support development and testing
• Gathering and analysing requirements to deliver high-quality solutions

What we’re looking for:

• Strong C# and .NET experience
• Experience with APIs, Docker, SQL, and testing frameworks
• Solid understanding of requirements gathering and analysis
• Helpful, proactive, and collaborative mindset

Manual Tester

SC and NPPV3 (from Warwickshire)

Civica client: The Home Office

NLEDS (National Law Enforcement Data Programme)

Remotely - occasional London.

£450 - 500  Inside IR35

6 months

Project Manager
Permanent
Location: Remote - UK
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 (+ benefits)

Skills: Software / Digital projects, Understanding of SDLC, SC Clearance

We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Project Manager for a leading technology. In this role you will work closely with central government and public sector organisations to support the delivery of software and digital solutions for external customers.

This is a great opportunity for a Project Manager who has experience delivering small-scale projects or workstreams within a structured project environment and is looking to develop further within a professional delivery function.

The Role

You will be responsible for supporting and delivering projects from initiation through to closure, working closely with senior project managers, technical teams, suppliers, and client stakeholders. On smaller projects (typically under £100k), you may take full ownership of delivery, including scope, resources, budget, and outcomes.

Due to the nature of projects valid SC Clearance is required.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Deliver multiple small projects end-to-end or support a Senior Project Manager on larger programmes
• Ensure projects follow defined delivery frameworks and governance processes
• Manage project teams and third-party suppliers to deliver agreed outcomes
• Ensure smooth handover into support at project closure

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle
• Build strong working relationships with customer and internal stakeholders
• Support customers through change and adoption of delivered solutions

Planning & Governance

• Produce and maintain project plans, schedules, RAID logs, and documentation
• Track progress, risks, issues, and dependencies, implementing mitigation where required
• Provide clear and accurate status reporting to internal and external stakeholders

Financial Management

• Manage project budgets and cost tracking
• Produce forecasts and financial updates to support commercial objectives

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and relevant security or regulatory requirements
• Contribute to continuous improvement through lessons learned and best practice sharing

Experience & Skills Required

• Minimum 2 years’ experience delivering projects, ideally for external customers
• Experience delivering software or digital solutions
• Understanding of the software delivery lifecycle
• Strong planning, organisation, and communication skills
• Experience managing scope, schedule, risks, and resources
• Exposure to change management activities
• Confident producing project documentation, reports, and forecasts
• Experience using tools such as MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint

Desirable

• PRINCE2 and/or Agile/Scrum certification
• Experience working with public sector clients
• Exposure to data platforms or data delivery frameworks