Applications Packager – Windows 11 / Intune / Active Directory
Gloucestershire (on-site requirement)
£500 per day
NPPV3 Clearance Required

A Gloucestershire-based public sector organisation is seeking an experienced Applications Packager to support the controlled release, testing and deployment of software across a secure enterprise environment.

This role sits within a highly regulated setting where governance, security compliance and structured release processes are critical. You will take ownership of packaging, validating and deploying applications aligned to defined Active Directory security groups and organisational access controls.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

• Packaging applications for a Windows 11 estate in line with enterprise standards
• Testing software releases to ensure stability, compatibility and compliance
• Deploying applications using Microsoft Intune within a secure, managed environment
• Managing releases based on assigned Active Directory security levels and group structures
• Ensuring appropriate documentation, version control and change governance
• Supporting troubleshooting and remediation of deployment issues

The environment demands a methodical, security-aware approach with a clear understanding of working within structured public sector change and release frameworks.

Essential Experience

• Extensive experience packaging applications within Windows 11 environments
• Strong hands-on expertise with Microsoft Intune for deployment and device/application management
• Deep understanding of Active Directory, including security groups and role-based access
• Experience operating within secure or compliance-driven environments
• Proven ability to manage testing, release and deployment cycles end-to-end

Security Requirement

Active NPPV3 clearance is essential. Candidates without current clearance cannot be considered.

The Opportunity

This is a contract opportunity within a Gloucestershire-based public sector organisation offering a day rate of £500 – £600, dependent on experience.

You will play a key role in ensuring secure, reliable software delivery across a sensitive operational estate where precision and governance matter.

Please apply at your earliest opportunity if you hold active NPPV3 clearance and bring strong Windows 11, Intune and Active Directory packaging expertise. 

I think they’ve historically leaned into senior Product Directors, but what they actually need is someone who sits slightly differently — more portfolio finance and investment discipline, rather than hands-on product ownership.

Civica are looking for someone to bring financial structure and investment discipline across their product estate. It’s less about owning a product roadmap and more about owning the portfolio view — building P&Ls, modelling ROI and payback, supporting M&A business cases, and creating governance frameworks so product investment decisions stand up commercially, particularly in a PE-backed environment.

How I’d Explain It to a Candidate (Clean, Confident Version)

This is an Enterprise Architect role working for Civica, aligned to a major long-term Army programme.
You’d sit within their Central Government architecture capability and effectively act as the senior EA helping shape technology roadmaps and architectural strategy for a secure Defence environment.

Then break it down:

What they’ll actually be doing

• Translating Army business strategy into technology roadmaps

• Owning enterprise-level “as-is / to-be” architecture views

• Setting architectural standards and governance

• Advising on security, data, and technology decisions

• Working across multiple programmes rather than one project

It’s less “hands-on solution design” and more:

Strategic, cross-portfolio architecture leadership in a secure government setting.

What Makes It Different

This isn’t a generic consultancy EA role.

It’s:

• Long-term Defence client (Army)

• Secure environment (SC)

• Enterprise-level thinking, not just domain architecture

• Strong governance and assurance focus

• Hybrid with Andover presence (so likely near Army HQ / defence estate)

How to Position the Level (Important)

This is SFIA Level 6 — so you can say:

It’s aimed at someone already operating at enterprise level — influencing senior stakeholders, setting architectural direction, and owning strategy rather than just contributing to it.

That avoids junior Solution Architects applying.

What Kind of Person This Suits

You can frame it like this:

It would suit someone currently operating as a Lead / Principal Architect in a regulated or secure environment who wants enterprise-level ownership and stakeholder influence.

Or:

• Existing Enterprise Architect

• Lead Domain Architect stepping up

• Principal Solution Architect with governance experience

What Candidates Will Ask (So Pre-Empt It)

They will ask:

1. Is it delivery or governance heavy?
   → It’s governance + roadmap + strategic alignment.

2. Is it greenfield or legacy?
   → Likely legacy modernisation within secure constraints.

3. Is it embedded with the client?
   → Yes — closely aligned with Army stakeholders.

4. How much travel?
   → Hybrid, regular Andover travel (clarify % if you can).

The 30-Second Recruiter Pitch

Here’s a tight version you can literally read:

It’s an Enterprise Architect role aligned to a major Army programme. You’d be responsible for shaping enterprise-wide technology roadmaps, ensuring architectural governance and security best practice, and advising senior stakeholders across business, data and technology domains. It’s strategic rather than hands-on build, operating at SFIA 6 level in a secure Central Government environment.

That sounds informed and avoids waffle.

• Leading the full lifecycle delivery of a large-scale SD-WAN deployment
• Establishing and maintaining robust programme governance and reporting
• Managing complex interdependencies across technical, operational and commercial workstreams
• Providing strong vendor oversight and performance management across major network suppliers
• Holding suppliers to account against contractual obligations and delivery milestones
• Engaging senior stakeholders across technical, operational and executive levels
• Managing risk, assurance, service transition and operational readiness

• Direct experience leading a substantial SD-WAN rollout (ideally 300+ sites; minimum comparable multi-hundred site deployment)
• Extensive network infrastructure programme delivery experience
• Proven vendor management expertise across large, challenging suppliers
• Strong commercial awareness and experience managing supplier performance within contractual frameworks
• Gravitas and credibility with senior stakeholders
• Experience operating within highly sensitive, security-conscious environments

Test Manager
Permanent
Location: Gloucester/Home (Hybrid)
Salary: £53,000 - £57,000 plus excellent benefits

We are looking to recruit a Test Manager for a public sector organisation going through a period of modernisation. You will design, lead, and oversee all testing activities across all projects and workstreams. As you will be responsible for developing the function you’ll be required to have hands on technical testing capability. This role is critical in ensuring that business requirements are met through robust quality assurance processes and effective team leadership.

This is a hybrid role. During the first 3 – 6 months, you will be expected to work on-site 2 – 3 days per week. Once fully settled, this is likely to reduce to approximately one day per week.

What you’ll be doing:

• Define the scope, approach, resources, and schedule of testing activities to ensure business requirements are realised.
• Develop and maintain a test strategy and test plan.

• Establish and enforce testing standards, methodologies, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance processes.

• Collaborate with project managers, developers, business analysts, and stakeholders.
• Communicate test progress, results, and issues clearly and effectively.

• Lead and manage a team of tester(s) (manual and/or automation). Both direct reports and Subject Matter Experts (SME) from other areas on the business.
• Assign tasks, monitor progress, and provide guidance and support.

• Identify potential quality risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Make go/no-go decisions based on test results and risk assessments. (depending on results)

• Track and report on key quality metrics (e.g., defect density, test coverage, business acceptance, managing issue resolution).
• Provide insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in test management.
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies and QA processes.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to manage risks and make critical decisions.
• Familiarity with automation tools and frameworks (desirable).
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and project management
  principles (Agile, Prince2, Waterfall)
• Experience with test management tools (e.g. JIRA, TestRail, HP ALM).
   

Benefits:

• Company pension.
• Employee discounts.
• Free onsite parking.
• Onsite gym.
• Onsite canteen.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Hybrid and flexible working.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme.
• 24 days annual leave, rising to 29 after five year’s continuous service. In addition to, Bank Holidays.

.Net Developer
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Home/Newport Pagnell (2 days per week onsite)
Salary: £60,000 - £66,000 plus Benefits

My client are looking for a .Net Developer to play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining high‑quality, scalable solutions across their client platforms. This role requires deep expertise in the Microsoft development stack, with a strong focus on C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server, and modern design principles. You will ensure that the platforms deliver exceptional performance, usability, and long-term maintainability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coding complex web‑based solutions within Visual Studio using C# ASP.NET MVC.
• Experience working with an ORM such as Entity Framework and Dapper.
• Design, build and maintain SQL Server databases using SQL.
• Experience creating, maintaining and optimising Azure DevOps build and release pipelines.
• Knowledge of T‑SQL programming and creating stored procedures.
• Expert understanding of database design principles.
• Follow recognised web standards for security and resilience.

• Interpret business requirements and map them to a technical solution.
• Provide documentation at all stages of the project delivery to support the build of the solution.
• Follow agreed coding standards and best practices.
• Adhere to project timelines and budgets.

• Provide realistic estimates for programming hours for projects and tasks, based on information provided by the account team.
• Actively and positively contribute in meetings that help set the technical direction of the team (standards, processes, strategic initiatives, reusability of code).
• Support the Business Analyst with appropriate information to identify and document technical aspects of the solution.

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in developing web applications in C#, ASP.NET MVC v4, v5
• Proven experience in developing presentation layers using ASP.NET, HTML 4/5, Angular, JSON, JavaScript, JQuery and CSS
• Proven experience in managing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (ADO) and automate deployments.
• Hands-on experience with ADO DevOps for source control, build/release pipelines, and deployment automation.
• Proven experience in relational database design and implementation.
• Proven experience in developing web services REST/SOAP.
• The ability to communicate with delivery team members, internal and external clients in a professional and concise manner.
• Understanding of latest security and OWASP standards.
• A strong team player.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.

• 6+ years in event production and content creation within an events agency or similar environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of AV systems, staging and environments
• Some knowledge of live digital event platforms and delivery process.
• Proven experience in creative ideation and content development for live and virtual events.
• Excellent communication, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Advanced capability in Microsoft Office Suite; with particular attention to PowerPoint.
• Budget management and supplier negotiation experience

• Experience managing global events, international suppliers and large-scale productions.
• Familiarity with end-to-end objective led event design.
• Familiarity with ROI methodology and event performance measurement.
• Experience of audience facing PowerPoint amends and tidy
• Familiarity with Adobe suite applications

• Original notes:

   

  Pre-sales Product - EdTech

  1. UK - Remote.  )Sales office - London)
  2. US - Remote - trying to break the US market, office in Chicago.

  Within 2 hours of an airport.  

  Norwegian company - 200 staff (15 are UK), most are Bangalore)

  Salary for the UK 55k 
  US - depending on market rate $75 -  $80 preference is to recruit someone on the East Coast. I'll be able to find out a bit more on US benefits next week once I've spoken to Andrea. 

  Hours for the UK are generally 37.5 not 40. 

  Ishan Kolhatkar

  Ishan Kolhatkar
  Global Client Evangelist
  London, UK
  Inspera
  +44 20 7438 2060
  ishan@inspera.com
  www.inspera.com / LinkedIn

   

   

  **Important **

  We would like to assess your online presentation skills. A large proportion of the demonstrations we carry out are online. 

  Please provide a link to a video created by you in which you demonstrate how to use any piece of software. You must assume that the viewer is digitally literate, i.e. knows how to use a computer generally, but you are showing them how to use a specific function. 

  The video must be no longer than 5 minutes.  

  Please do not spend any time editing the video to add titles, captions or subtitles.

  Previous examples have included:

  1.    Creating a pivot table in Microsoft Excel
  2.    Demonstrating functionality in a SaaS platform
  3.    Editing a photograph using an online photo editor

  You are not restricted to these examples.

  While videos will be deleted at the end of the recruitment process, please ensure that you are mindful of the data onscreen during your presentation. Please do not share any personal or sensitive information.

   

   

   

  • Tailored demos and technical deep dives
  • Subject matter expert – Bridge academic workflows (assessment, governance, integrity policy) with technical implementation (SaaS, LMS integrations, APIs, LTIs).
  • Values-led selling – Position Originality not just as software, but as a strategic integrity solution in an AI-driven education landscape.
  • Customer-facing & global – Remote UK-based, but supporting international regions, occasional travel, flexible hours for demos.

   

  Inspera Originality – main product

   

  Communicating complex academic integrity concepts, institutional processes, and technical requirements to a variety of key stakeholders

   

  Someone from higher education

   

  Jody was a teacher and then became a BD manager- we placed on £55k

   

  What % is demos vs discovery vs tender support – 70% demos but depends on demand

   

   

  A lot of similarities but some changes

   

  Cecilia – equivalent of Ishan for Originality product – has a solid ant plagiarism background

   

  Was Sales Director

   

  Reports to CRO – Cecilia works closely with Ishan, no longer originality

   

  This product is more of a softer sell – will be customer demos, navigate the platform, where to click

   

  This will be more a value based sell – not just tech but also can learn to understand how to wrap this into more pedagogical setting – present the platform

   

  Prospects are experienced using Turnitin – know products – and understand the values

   

  Helpful having someone from HE, or direct experience of anti plagiarism platforms

   

  Tom Peroni and Tom Ashworth – from competitors

   

  Thinks the UK candidate pool is better

   

  Learning management, blackboard –

   

   

  100% remote – Cecilia is in Sweden – travel to conferences and events

   

  Additional language

   

  12:30pm catch up call on Fri 27^th

   

  Phil Lillicrapp Talent Acquisition Delivery Manager +44 (0)121 661 3864 phil.lillicrapp@datacareers.co.uk www.datacareers.co.uk Book a call with me here