EUD Field Engineer (End User Devices)

Location: Field based to sites across Hampshire or Oxfordshire
Rate: £250 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract: 6 months initially, likely extension
Additional: Vehicle and fuel card provided for site visits

The Organisation

Our client is a UK policing organisation, delivering critical ICT services that directly support frontline and operational policing. Reliability, professionalism and security are essential in everything they do.

The Role

This is a field-based End User Devices (EUD) role providing hands-on installation, maintenance and support of ICT and voice devices across a wide geographic area. You will be a visible, customer-facing presence, ensuring officers and staff have the equipment they need to work effectively.

The role requires regular travel to Hampshire or Oxfordshire-based sites, Monday to Friday, and would suit an engineer who is comfortable working independently in live operational environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure and support end user devices including laptops, mobiles and hardware peripherals
• Diagnose and repair hardware and connectivity issues on site
• Set up and support Windows 10 devices, including user connectivity and authentication
• Work with Azure AD, SCCM and voice communications platforms
• Respond to service tickets and incidents, meeting agreed SLAs
• Liaise confidently with end users and third-party suppliers
• Maintain accurate records of work undertaken

Skills and Experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in a field-based IT support or engineering role
• 4+ years’ experience installing, repairing and supporting IT equipment and network connectivity
• Strong hands-on knowledge of end user device hardware and peripherals
• Practical experience with Windows 10, Azure AD, SCCM and voice comms
• Experience working to SLAs in a service-led environment
• Clear, professional communication skills

Location & Travel

• You must be based in or near Hampshire or Oxfordshire
• Willingness to undertake frequent travel to local sites is essential
• Full, clean UK driving licence required
• Vehicle provided for site visits (hire vehicle available for non-commutable journeys)

Security & Eligibility

• Current NPPV3, SC or DV clearance is highly desirable
• Eligibility for NPPV3 is essential

To be eligible, you must:

• Be a full-time UK resident with the right to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship)
• Have lived and worked in the UK continuously for the past 5 years, without extended periods overseas

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.