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About the Role: My client is seeking a Network Architect to join its Network and Telecoms Team. This is a strategic and hands-on role, ideal for someone with deep expertise in enterprise network design and infrastructure architecture. You’ll play a key role in shaping the organisation’s network infrastructure strategy, ensuring resilience, scalability, and alignment with operational and clinical needs. Key Responsibilities: • Collaborate with senior IT leaders to deliver a robust and future-ready network platform., • Define and document infrastructure strategies and service relationships., • Lead infrastructure projects and vendor engagements., • Ensure network availability, security, and performance across multiple sites., • Provide 24/7 support coverage and troubleshoot production systems., • Contribute to service design, hardware solutions, and interface requirements.Essential Qualifications & Experience, • Higher degree in IT or equivalent experience., • Expertise in:, • Enterprise network design, • Network security and threat hardening, • SD-WAN, SDA, DNS/DHCP, • Centrally managed services (e.g. Cisco DNA, ISE, Prime), • Next-gen firewalls and remote access technologies, • Strong analytical, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills.Desirable Skills & ExperienceDesirable, • Cisco certifications, • Experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud technologies, • Project management qualificationsWhat You’ll Bring, • Ability to lead and mentor technical teams., • Confidence in managing complex relationships across vendors and internal stakeholders., • A strategic mindset with hands-on technical capability., • Commitment to continuous improvement and service excellence.

Lead Data Platform Engineer UK Remote Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 This is an opportunity to step into a highly influential Data Platform Engineering role where you will shape, optimise and own a modern Databricks Lakehouse environment. You will play a key role in driving engineering best practice, improving automation and enabling scalable data solutions across a growing data function. The Company They are a large, well‑established organisation known for combining deep technical expertise with a people‑first culture. With a nationwide presence and a modern approach to flexible working, they invest heavily in technology, innovation and colleague development. Their data function is expanding and plays a central role in supporting transformation, decision‑making and future AI initiatives. You will join a collaborative team that values engineering excellence, autonomy and continuous improvement. The Role As Lead Data Platform Engineer, you will: • Develop and deploy Databricks Lakehouse platform solutions within Azure., • Build and maintain automation for clusters, tagging, monitoring and platform operations., • Architect and design end‑to‑end data platform solutions focused on scalability, security and reliability., • Lead delivery using Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL and Azure Data Factory., • Drive DevOps best practices including CI/CD, automated testing and infrastructure as code., • Collaborate closely with data engineers, ML engineers and wider technical teams to deliver robust platform capabilities., • Take ownership of key data platform projects and influence engineering direction., • Provide technical leadership and ensure standards, patterns and best practices are followed. Your Skills and Experience You will bring: • Strong commercial experience in Azure and Databricks, with deep knowledge of Lakehouse architecture., • Proficiency in PySpark, Python, SQL and Spark SQL., • Strong DevOps engineering skills including CI/CD, automated testing and deployment pipelines., • Experience with monitoring, logging and alerting solutions., • Ability to design, build and optimise cloud platform solutions., • Stakeholder management skills and confidence working across multiple teams., • API development experience., • Azure Data Factory knowledge is beneficial. What They Offer • Salary between £80,000 and £85,000 plus bonus., • Comprehensive benefits package and annual pay review., • Flexible by choice working environment with remote‑first culture., • 35‑hour working week promoting genuine work‑life balance., • Opportunities to shape platform strategy and contribute to future AI and automation initiatives. How to Apply If you are a strong Data Platform Engineer with deep Databricks expertise and want to take ownership of a modern Azure Lakehouse environment, please apply today.

Location • Remote, but requirement to meet up once a month for in-person collaboration day, • UK based About Akixi Akixi is a leading provider of SaaS analytics solutions for cloud-based communication platforms, helping service providers and enterprises gain actionable insights from their telephony and collaboration data. Our solutions span Microsoft Teams, Cisco BroadWorks, Webex Calling, and CRM integrations — delivering real-time and historical analytics that improve customer experience and business performance. We are expanding our platform to include advanced AI capabilities — voice and chat assistants, intelligent analytics, and predictive insights — and are seeking an AI Engineer to define and deliver this vision. Job Summary & Purpose Own and drive Akixi’s AI and ML strategy — from concept and architecture through hands-on prototyping and deployment — to embed intelligence into Akixi’s products and analytics platforms. As the AI Engineer, you will define and execute Akixi’s AI roadmap, combining leadership of architecture and engineering practice with hands-on development of prototypes and production features. You’ll partner with Product, Data, and Platform Engineering to design and integrate AI-driven capabilities such as voice/chatbots, natural-language analytics, and predictive models. This role balances strategic technical direction with hands-on implementation, ensuring Akixi’s AI initiatives deliver tangible business and customer outcomes. Key Responsibilities • Lead the definition and delivery of Akixi’s AI strategy and technology roadmap., • Architect scalable AI solutions integrated into Akixi’s SaaS analytics platform., • Prototype, develop, and integrate AI-driven components such as chatbots, voice assistants, ML models, and LLM-based analytics., • Apply prompt engineering and model-tuning techniques to optimize chatbot and LLM behaviour., • Conduct research, proof-of-concepts, and feasibility studies for emerging AI technologies., • Collaborate with Product Management to scope AI features and align them with business goals., • Partner with Data Engineering to operationalize models, manage training data, and implement monitoring and retraining pipelines., • Work closely with Development, DevOps, and QA teams to ensure smooth CI/CD integration and deployment of AI components., • Establish standards for AI code quality, ethics, and data governance., • Mentor engineers working on AI-related projects, fostering technical excellence and innovation., • Evaluate external AI vendors, tools, and frameworks for adoption or integration., • Stay ahead of developments in AI/ML, LLMs, and applied analytics, translating trends into practical opportunities for Akixi. Required Skills & Experience • 4+ years in software engineering, with at least 2+ years focused on AI/ML or data-driven product development., • Proven expertise in developing and integrating AI solutions such as chatbots, voicebots, ML models, or LLM-based analytics., • Strong proficiency in Python (preferred) and/or JavaScript/TypeScript., • Hands-on experience with AI frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow, PyTorch and/or LangChain) and LLM APIs (e.g. Azure OpenAI, OpenAI API, Anthropic and/or AWS Bedrock)., • Experience with Microsoft Bot Framework, Dialogflow, or similar conversational-AI platforms., • Deep understanding of prompt engineering and fine-tuning of large language models., • Strong grounding in ML concepts — supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning., • Familiarity with cloud AI/ML services (e.g. Azure Cognitive Services, AWS SageMaker, and/or GCP Vertex AI)., • Experience deploying and monitoring AI workloads in CI/CD environments (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and/or AWS)., • Ability to design data pipelines, APIs, and microservice integrations supporting AI features., • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills., • Proven ability to lead technically while remaining hands-on in design and coding. Advantageous Skills & Experience • Experience with call/contact-centre analytics, Microsoft Teams Graph API, or telephony platforms (e.g. BroadWorks, Webex Calling)., • Knowledge of data governance, model ethics, and MLOps practices., • Exposure to data visualization and predictive analytics for customer-experience metrics., • Advanced degree in AI, ML, Data Science, or related discipline. Why Akixi At Akixi, you’ll play a pivotal role in transforming how businesses understand and act on communication data. You’ll define and deliver the intelligence layer of a platform used by thousands worldwide — in an environment that values innovation, experimentation, and technical depth. We offer a collaborative culture, hybrid flexibility, and the opportunity to lead meaningful, high-impact AI initiatives from vision to production.

Job Title: Principal DevOps Engineer II Industry: FinTech / Payments Technology Location: United Kingdom (Fully Remote) Salary: Up to £125,000 base + 9% bonus Type: Permanent, Full-time A rapidly growing global payments technology organisation is looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer II to help define and scale its enterprise DevOps platform. This is a senior technical leadership role focused on architecting and evolving the engineering delivery platform that supports both cloud and on-premise environments. You’ll work closely with engineering leadership, security teams, and developers to design scalable CI/CD architecture, improve developer experience, and implement platform standards across the organisation. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact by driving automation, improving delivery performance, and shaping DevOps culture across a modern engineering environment. The Role: • Define and own the architecture of the organisation’s engineering delivery platform, covering CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, secrets management, and infrastructure provisioning., • Lead the migration and implementation of GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions, building reusable workflow frameworks and enforcing automated security and quality gates., • Architect and manage secrets and credential management strategies using HashiCorp Vault., • Develop and manage artifact repository strategies, including promotion pipelines, vulnerability scanning integration, and multi-language ecosystem support., • Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform and configuration management through Ansible to enable fully automated environments., • Establish containerisation standards using Docker and Docker Compose to support consistent development and production environments., • Manage Cloudflare infrastructure including DNS lifecycle automation, WAF rules, and Zero Trust access policies., • Improve developer experience by building standardised pipeline frameworks that accelerate service delivery and reduce time-to-production., • Champion self-service and inner-source practices, creating shared tooling, documentation, and pipeline libraries for engineering teams., • Implement delivery metrics and dashboards to monitor deployment frequency, lead time for changes, and platform performance., • Provide technical leadership across engineering teams, identifying systemic delivery challenges and implementing scalable solutions., • Mentor senior engineers and contribute to raising DevOps standards through technical design reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing. Skills Needed: • 12+ years of hands-on technical experience with strong foundations in software engineering and DevOps practices., • Proven experience delivering organisation-wide platform initiatives such as CI/CD architecture redesigns or DevOps platform migrations., • Strong coding ability in a statically typed language such as C# or Java., • Expert experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions including reusable workflows and automated pipeline frameworks., • Advanced Terraform expertise including module design, remote state management, and infrastructure policy enforcement., • Strong experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible., • Strong experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management and security integration., • Deep containerisation expertise using Docker and modern image optimisation practices., • Experience managing artifact repositories and CI/CD integration across multiple programming ecosystems., • Experience delivering infrastructure across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud) and on-premise environments., • Strong understanding of DevOps security practices including SAST, dependency scanning, container security, and supply chain security., • Excellent communication and technical leadership skills. Benefits • Fully remote working (UK-based), • 5 days paid holiday plus bank holidays, • £5,000 annual certification and professional development budget, • £60 per month work-from-home allowance, • Private healthcare, • Additional benefits and performance-based incentives Research indicates that men will apply to a role when they meet only 50–60% of the requirements, while women and other underrepresented groups often look for a 90–100% match. If this role excites you but you don’t tick every single box, please still apply. We’d love to hear from you.

Our talented Data & AI team is made up of globally recognized experts - and there's room for more analytical and ambitious data professionals. If you're passionate about helping clients transform their business with the latest AI and data technologies, let's talk. Take your skills to a new level and launch a career where you can truly do what matters. As an Solution Architect within our Data & AI Practice, you'll leverage a client-centric approach to understand our client’s challenges and opportunities to deliver solutions and services that make transformative change and deliver high value business outcomes. You'll engage in solutioning and support on the most strategic opportunities, intervene in high-risk complex deliveries, and contribute to shape the strategic direction using Agentic AI, automation, AI engineering, data platforms, reporting and self-serve analytics.. Avanade is the 7 times Databricks global partner of the year, we deliver over 4000 Microsoft data platform projects annually and deliver more Azure Databricks than any other Databricks partner. Key Responsibilities: • As an architect assigned to a client project, you will typically work closely with delivery teams and client stakeholders to provide technical leadership, shape deals and propositions, drive architectural decisions, create plans and roadmaps, and produce design artifacts., • Play a key role in Avanade's sales process by creating solutions that innovate, inspire and are win new business. You’ll have responsibility for shaping the high-level design, estimates, and contractual details for client proposals in collaboration with other subject matter experts in the business., • As a senior member of the Avanade technical community, you will provide coaching and mentoring to motivate and inspire more junior colleagues from within your team and across the organization., • Have the ability to translate complex technical concepts and solutions and present them in easy to understand language and value based outcomes, to senior business stakeholders, technology leaders and internal sales teams., • Engage in early conversations with clients and/or sales team and support origination and deal qualification, requirements capture and solutioning, recommending best practices and approaches to achieve optimal outcomes, building strong relationship with clients to become the trusted advisor. Prepare and represent the solution in Deal Reviews and play an active role in client presentations, and negotiations with key client buyers., • Work collaboratively with the wider Data & AI leadership to shape our current and future offerings, accelerators, and background IP to support go to market activities., • Lead the development of intelligent data platform projects, building strategic capabilities for our clients. Integrating data from many systems, transforming through lakehouse architectures and making available for reporting, AI and conversational analytics. Requirements for the role - • Awareness of channels to market and how to work in a Databricks and Microsoft eco-system to ensure Customer Success., • High energy intent to help clients understand the fast moving data industry, product and service evolution., • Experience working with stakeholders to create technical visions, high-level architectures, and delivery roadmaps for large programs of work that involve the latest data & AI concepts particularly focused on scaling data use across enterprises., • Capability in creating design artifacts and presenting them for approval at architectural forums attended by multi-disciplined stakeholders from engineering to senior ("C level") client executives., • In-depth understanding of modern Data & AI capabilities such as; structured and unstructured data analysis, streaming data, IoT, AI, GenAI and related topical analytics fields., • Comfortable actively engaging and leading sales and business development opportunities with clients., • Hold Databricks certifications, ideally the Databricks Champion or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience. About Avanade - Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital, cloud, and advisory services, industry solutions, and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem. The company was founded 25 years ago as a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. Back then, digital transformation, automation, and AI weren’t mainstream topics—Microsoft was primarily known for Office 365. But Avanade evolved with the times and is now the number one transformation leader within the Microsoft ecosystem. We have a team of 61,000 professionals in 26 countries. We’re a truly global company with a strong local presence— what I like to call “GLOCAL”: making global impacts on a local level.

.NET Developer - Global Phenomenon – Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (Tech stack: .NET Developer, .NET 10.0, ASP.NET Core, C# 14, .NET Aspire, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, EF Core 10.0, Agile, HTML Living Standard, CSS Living Standard, Programmer, Full Stack Engineer, Architect, .NET Developer) Our client has created a global phenomenon, connecting people online to unique travel experiences, in more than 60,000 cities and 180 countries. As they approach their 10th anniversary they are looking to produce a revolutionary set of products and services that will transform the travel industry beyond recognition. For our client, engineering is not just a job but a practice that they want to perfect. They aim to keep their systems modular, their code clean, and their documentation clear, and they follow the idea of leaving things better than how you found it. It is not just about the code — putting the right processes and tools in place to make developers happy and efficient is important to our client because it gives their .NET Developer the time to focus on polishing the product. Working on a new payment solution, you will be given the opportunity to operate at all levels of the stack: the UIs that allow people all over the world to pay and get paid in their locally preferred methods, the APIs and processor integrations to send payment instructions to their wide network of partners, the offline reporting and reconciliation pipelines that ensure financial data integrity and allow the business to operate, and more. We are seeking .NET Developer with a strong grasp of object orientated development principles and sound knowledge of: .NET, .NET Core, C# and Azure SQL. You will receive industry recognized training in all aspects of: .NET 10.0, C# 14, .NET Aspire, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, EF Core 10.0, Agile, HTML Living Standard, CSS Living Standard. Solid, DRY, LINQ and Azure Cosmos DB. Our client offers a structured career progression programme. It is common place for developers within their firm to receive their first promotion (and pay rise!) within 6 months of joining. All positions come with the following benefits: • Company shares, • Bonus (typically 20%), • Pension (11%), • Private medical healthcare (family plan included), • 27 days holiday, • Quarterly employee travel coupon, • Community involvement (4 hours per month to give back to the community), • Much more... No global movement springs from individuals. It takes an entire team united behind something big. Together, they work hard, they laugh a lot, they brainstorm nonstop, they use hundreds of Post-Its a week, and they give the best high-fives in town. If you are interested in being a part of this movement please apply today! Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK / Remote Working Salary: £45,000 - £85,000 + Bonus + Pension + Benefits Applicants must be based in the UK and have the right to work in the UK even though remote working is available. Noir continues to be the leading Microsoft recruitment agency; we can help you make the right career decisions! NOIRUKNETREC NOIRUKREC NC/RC/NEWET

Hybrid - Newcastle or Erskine Due to the customer requirements successful applicants must be eligible for UK Security Clearance. At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto, its something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission critical services in a secure environment whilst promoting our people first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work-life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth helps us cement our place as one of the worlds leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations. At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has openings for a Network Architect the successful candidate will need to be innovative and motivated with a high level of autonomy, able to develop and present secure solutions to leadership and technical teams. In this role you will assist in leading teams that analyse, design, troubleshoot and implement network architecture in order to best meet client requirements; leverages resources from different teams to ensure that customer needs are met. Assist in troubleshooting the most complex data or voice network and hardware problems; researches and analyses significant, complex network problems that require evaluation of intangibles, such as downstream effects on client satisfaction; assesses and evaluates current and future systems. Ideally you will have experience in : Cisco Routing and switching minimum CCNP, inc. 8200/8300 routers, Nexus N7K/N9K Equivalent level in:Aruba switching AOS-S & CX, on Aruba 2930, 6300, 8300, 8400 CX10K platforms Palo Alto Firewalls, PAN-OS 10.x VPN Technologies on Cisco, Palo Alto plus Cloud platforms AWS/Azure Wireless LAN Architecture, Cisco/Aruba including Multizone, Aruba Central On-Prem General Network Protocols OSPF, BGP, Spanning Tree, IPSec, VPN VXLAN, NSX-T, NAC, ZTNA, VMWare/VxRail, Aruba Clearpass Project management skills Analytical and creative problem solving skills for design, creation and testing of new databases Skilled in time, priority and task management What we will do for you: Competitive compensation Pension scheme DXC Select Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, , gym membership and more) Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more) DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc) TPBN1_UKTJ

Lead Solutions Architect Bristol / Edinburgh / Leeds (Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office) A leading financial services organisation is seeking a Lead Solutions Architect to play a critical role in shaping the architecture behind large-scale digital transformation initiatives. This position sits at the heart of a major platform responsible for delivering colleague and customer services across insurance, pensions, and investment products. This is not a maintenance-focused architecture role. It is an opportunity to define architectural direction, modernise legacy capability, and help build scalable, intelligent platforms that support the organisation’s long-term digital strategy. You will work closely with Product Owners, Engineering teams, and Enterprise Architecture to design and deliver complex, high-impact solutions across a distributed engineering landscape spanning the UK and international teams. Key Responsibilities • Define and lead target solution architectures across APIs, microservices, colleague platforms, CCaaS telephony, robotics, and AI-enabled automation, • Drive the modernisation and simplification of service-driven architectures, enabling scalable and resilient digital platforms, • Shape the data strategy to support actionable intelligence and improved decision-making at scale, • Guide engineering teams in implementing secure, reliable, and scalable architectures, • Work across multiple feature teams to balance delivery speed with long-term architectural strategy, • Support the transformation of back-office operations and customer service capabilities through modern technology and automation, • Collaborate with architecture and engineering leadership to establish standards, patterns, and best practices Key Experience Required • Proven experience leading architecture across complex, multi-system transformation programmes, • Deep knowledge of API-led architectures and microservices, including event-driven and publish/subscribe patterns, • Strong understanding of web architecture, security, and scalable distributed systems, • Experience designing systems with authentication, single sign-on (OAuth), and encryption (in transit and at rest), • Demonstrated ability to define architectural standards, frameworks, and patterns, • Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence engineering and product teams Desirable Experience • Cloud platform experience (GCP preferred, though Azure or AWS is also valuable), • Experience with contact centre / CCaaS platforms such as Genesys Cloud, NICE, or AWS, • Leadership or mentoring of other architects, • Experience experimenting or prototyping new approaches across different technology stacks, • Familiarity with content management frameworks and digital experience tooling Working Environment • Hybrid working model with two days per week in the office, • Locations available in Bristol, Edinburgh, or Leeds, • Agile and flexible working options, including hybrid arrangements and job share opportunities Benefits • Generous pension contribution of up to 15%, • Annual performance bonus, • Share schemes including free shares, • 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, • Flexible lifestyle benefits and wellbeing initiatives, • Strong parental leave policies and family support programmes This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact digital transformation programmes, influence architectural strategy across large platforms, and help shape the future technology landscape of a major financial services organisation. If you would like to learn more, please apply or reach out for a confidential discussion.

Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) – Identity & Microsoft Entra ID Role Overview As a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), you will provide deep technical expertise in Identity and Access Management, with a strong focus on Microsoft Entra ID. You will support enterprise customers in designing, securing, operating, and modernizing identity architectures across cloud and hybrid environments. You will act as a trusted technical advisor for identity, authentication, and access control scenarios, helping customers adopt Zero Trust principles while ensuring secure and scalable access to applications, devices, and data. Key Responsibilities – Identity & Entra ID • Act as a technical authority for Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) within Global Delivery engagements, • Design and implement Entra ID tenant architectures aligned with security and business requirements, • Support hybrid identity scenarios including Entra Connect and Cloud Sync, • Design and troubleshoot Entra Join and Hybrid Join scenarios Key Responsibilities – Security & Access Control • Implement and optimize Conditional Access, MFA, and Zero Trust identity patterns, • Design and support Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and role-based access control (RBAC), • Diagnose authentication, authorization, and sign-in issues, • Advise customers on identity governance, lifecycle management, and security posture Key Responsibilities – Operations & Troubleshooting • Investigate complex identity issues using logs, audit data, and sign-in reports, • Troubleshoot authentication protocols and access flows, • Support incident response and post-incident analysis for identity-related outages, • Collaborate with security, endpoint, and infrastructure teams on end-to-end solutions Required Technical Skills • Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, • Experience with hybrid identity, synchronization, and federation concepts, • Solid understanding of identity security, authentication, and authorization models, • Knowledge of Azure networking fundamentals as they relate to identity Preferred Qualifications • Experience working in enterprise identity or security-focused roles, • Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures and identity governance, • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills Remote Setup Location: Italy or United Kingdom

.NET Developer, C# 14, .NET 10.0 - Newcastle (Tech stack: .NET Developer, .NET 10.0, ASP.NET Core, C# 14, Azure SQL, .NET MAUI, GitHub Copilot, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices architecture, Angular 21, Vue.js, TypeScript, Programmer, Full Stack Engineer, Architect, .NET Developer) Have you ever thought about getting from London to Edinburgh in 30 minutes? My client, a world leader in aerospace technology, and has decided to undertake research into a subsonic train transportation system similar to Hyperloop. Hyperloop and other subsonic transportation systems like this are essentially a futuristic train like mode of transport that have the ability to travel at speeds of over 700mph. Their R&D centres in the UK are in need of some talented .NET Developer to help build the software applications and cloud platforms that they need to run advanced data analytics and capture information from the high speed tests that they are running on a daily basis. .NET Developer applicants should have knowledge of: .NET, .NET Core, C# and Azure SQL. They will provide training into: .NET 10.0, ASP.NET Core, C# 14, Azure SQL, .NET MAUI, GitHub Copilot, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices architecture, Angular 21, Vue.js, TypeScript, Agile and MongoDB. All positions come with the following benefits: • 15% bonus., • 10% pension., • Weekly office code competition., • 5 days of brain-storming time per mo...

About the role: This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking and innovative cloud engineering lead to join ROCK. The Principal Cloud & AI Engineer is a highly technical, hands-on role that provides both deep engineering expertise and architectural guidance as we embark on scaling our AWS and Azure services portfolio. The role requires leadership qualities to be able to coordinate and mentor engineers and delivery partners within the team. This individual will be directly responsible for designing, building, and optimising scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions. The role also offers the successful candidate to take a leading role in the definition and implementation of tooling, CI/CD pipelines operational processes, automation, and security practices to ensure ROCK’s cloud deployments are robust, efficient, and financially well-managed. Alongside daily engineering responsibilities, the Principal Cloud Engineer will shape technical best practices, drive continuous improvement, and mentor engineers, fostering a culture focused on growth, learning, and innovation that supports ROCK’s ambition to become an AWS Premier Partner. The role is instrumental in building and scaling the professional services and the operational cloud team, supporting the evolution from a single customer pod model to multiple delivery teams. A flavour of what you will be doing: Technical Solution Leadership • Provide hands-on leadership in designing, prototyping, deploying scalable solutions and PoCs across AWS, and ideally Azure., • Lead modernisation and migration of complex workloads, particularly Windows environments, to modern cloud platforms., • Architect secure, scalable, and cost-optimised cloud-native environments aligned with well-architected principles., • Act as technical SME, supporting presales initiatives and aligning technical solutions with client business goals., • Serve as technical design authority for AWS, guiding team architectural standards and decision making., • Support the delivery of AI/ML and Gen AI proof of concepts, leveraging cloud-native services. Cloud Strategy, Automation & Governance • Develop and refine cloud landing zones, infrastructure-as-code, and automation strategies across cloud platforms., • Lead the design and standardisation of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices across teams., • Support the review of migration readiness and modernisation assessments, using frameworks such as 7Rs., • Standardise tooling, and governance to improve technical efficiency and consistency across teams., • Stay current with and integrate emerging technologies (AI, ML, serverless) to maintain technical edge. People Leadership & Team Development • Provide technical mentoring for cloud excellence, focusing on best practices, CI/CD and operational excellence., • Foster continuous learning through knowledge sharing, peer mentoring, and structured training., • Drive adoption of standardised operating procedures while encouraging innovation and improvement. What we need: • Proven experience in implementing and designing cloud solutions in AWS (currently holds or is willing to pass AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional)., • Must have experience in Windows migration to AWS, Workspaces and monitoring and security services., • Extensive experience with landing zone development using Terraform IaC, CI/CD and git and GitOps., • Providing technical delivery experience and leadership through large complex projects and migrations., • Significant expertise in building AWS solutions, Azure experience, preferable but not essential., • Background in hybrid / on-premises integration (VMware, networking, storage), • Experience in supporting Cloud Operations / managed services., • Experience in delivering AI/ML and gen AI PoC’s advantageous. The ideal candidate: • Exemplary background in designing in AWS with AWS Pro certification. Azure certifications are also advantageous., • Continuous innovator, ability to support the success and implementation of new services and repeatable packaged solutions., • Strong leadership and communications skills with the ability to inspire., • Deep understanding of cloud operations frameworks, including well architected., • Exceptional communication skills for engaging both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders. This is an truly exciting opportunity as mentioned, to work across multiple projects and help define tooling as part of a fully remote and growing team. If interested, please apply or reach out to Jack directly!

A leading cybersecurity firm in the UK seeks a Cloud Security Practitioner to architect and implement secure cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.In this hybrid role, you'll integrate cybersecurity tools, manage risk, and mentor teams on best practices.Competitive salary and benefits offered,

Relevant certifications (Azure DevOps Expert, Azure Solutions Architect, Datadog certifications). Advanced‑level expertise with Azure DevOps, including process template management and customisation; establishing ways of working; leading Communities of Practice; building complex queries and custom

Technical Infrastructure Architect Newcastle upon Tyne - onsite 3/4 days per week 3 Month Contract £600 - £650 per day(INSIDE IR35) One of my well respected clients' is currently looking for an experienced Technical Infrastructure Architect, to join their team on a 3 month contract. This role will be Monday-Friday, with 3/4 days per week onsite at the client's offices in Newcastle. Key Skills / Responsibilities You will have a deep understanding of Cloud platforms (primarily Azure), virtualisation and operating systems Previous experience of both high level and low level designs within a complex IT infrastructure You will be able to work with the Cloud, EUC and Network Leads, to create and document standards, which will be incorporated within the Operations environment Next Steps If you are interested, please submit your updated CV ASAP to be considered. TPBN1_UKTJ

Azure Integration Architect - LondonReference Code: 364492-en_GBContract Type: PermanentProfessional Communities: ArchitectureAbout the job your considering You’ll be joining a passionate, professional and highly skilled team of architects and engineers who specialise in building and integrating

A leading technology consultancy is seeking an Azure Cloud Security Engineer/Architect to join the Infrastructure Security Architecture team. With at least 5 years of experience in Azure Security, you will work with senior stakeholders to assess policies and provide architecture advice, ensuring a s

Ideal candidates will have extensive Azure experience and relevant certifications. A leading technology service provider in the UK seeks a strategic Azure Lead to manage large-scale deployments. Responsibilities include designing Azure landing zones and enforcing governance policies, while mentoring

A leading global digital services company is seeking a seasoned Data Platform Architect to manage enterprise data platforms across cloud and on-prem environments. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in Snowflake, SQL Server, Power BI, Azure, and Confluent technologies.

This role requires candidates to possess strong expertise in Azure services and at least 5 years of direct experience in Azure infrastructure. A leading technology consultancy is seeking an experienced Azure Infrastructure Architect to join their UK Accounts Contract Team. Candidates must have demon

A leading technology solutions firm in Greater London is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect responsible for designing comprehensive solutions across various technologies, particularly AWS and Azure. The ideal candidate has strong client-facing experience, technical design skills, and a focus on go

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in systems architecture and IT consulting, with expertise in Azure infrastructure. A leading modernization engineering company is seeking an Azure IaaS - Technical Advisory professional for a remote role. This position offers a unique opportun

A leading technology solutions provider in Greater London is seeking a Senior Engineer/Technical Lead to guide software engineering teams.You will leverage strong delivery management and hands-on technical leadership to ensure accountability for successful delivery outcomes.The ideal candidate shoul

A leading energy company in Greater London is looking for an IT Architect to provide strong leadership in architectural IT projects. Candidates should have extensive expertise with the Azure platform and OpenLink Endur.

A global Energy Trading firm in London is seeking a Senior Data Architect for a 12-month contract. The role entails maximizing IT solutions' business value by collaborating with stakeholders, managing architecture activities, and balancing compliance and technical aspects. Ideal candidates should po

A leading construction and materials business in the UK is seeking a Data & Analytics Platform Architect.

The Azure Technical Architect will play a key role in stakeholder management, ensuring smooth deployment and integration of new components while maintaining platform stability. At the architecture level, the Azure platform must be managed in accordance with the Microsoft roadmap, including changes r

Azure Entra ID B2B collaboration. Azure identity and security implementation within one of the UK’s most important financial ecosystems.

A leading financial services firm in Central London is seeking an experienced Investment Platform (Azure) Solutions Architect. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years in architecture roles and extensive knowledge of Azure technologies.

This remote position involves designing and implementing complex Azure architectures, guiding clients on migration and security best practices. A leading cloud solutions provider is seeking an Azure Consultant to deliver cloud-based solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform. The ideal candidate will

Solid understanding of Azure cloud infrastructure - Azure DevOps; Azure Data Platform. Investment Platform (Azure) Solutions Architect - 170k GBP. Position: Investment Platform (Azure) Solutions Architect.

Design, implement, and govern complex Terraform modules for Azure and Kubernetes using providers such as azurerm, azapi, kubernetes, helm. Expert-level hands‑on experience with Azure services including AKS, APIM, Application Gateway, Front Door, Event Hub, Azure SQL, Storage Account, Key Vault, VN

Architect cloud-native solutions using Azure services. Hands‑on expertise in Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, API Management, Azure AD). We are looking for an experienced Technical Solution Architect with strong expertise in.

This role entails crafting complex Azure-based architectures, ensuring secure and compliant implementations, and guiding procurement activities. Ideal candidates will have significant Azure experience, relevant certifications, and strong leadership skills. A leading technology firm in the UK seeks a

A leading global consultancy is seeking an Azure Infrastructure Specialist with over 12 years of IT experience, including 5+ years focused on Azure. Candidates should possess a strong understanding of Azure services, exceptional Linux management skills, and be proficient in scripting and automation.

Responsibilities include defining enterprise DevOps strategies, architecting CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and ensuring compliance with security standards.

Multi‑Cloud Architecture (Strategic design and scaling of global Azure and AWS environments). Infrastructure & Cloud Global Architect; Azure, AWS; Heavily Hybrid, London WC2N; £130,000 + Benefits. Providing architectural oversight across Azure and AWS, ensuring global environments are secure, res

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Technical Solution Architect to support the transformation of healthcare digital platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong Azure and API integration skills and experience in healthcare platforms. You will oversee architectural governance, ensuring best

A prestigious global corporation is seeking a skilled Global Infrastructure & Cloud Architect to oversee Cloud architectures and lead innovation across its international operations. Join a high-impact team that emphasizes architectural excellence, security, and automation, contributing to their glob

The ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of experience, showcasing expertise in Terraform, GIT, Ansible, and Azure DevOps along with a solid understanding of AWS and Azure. A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to work on dynamic projects related to cloud migration in London

A technology consulting firm is seeking an experienced Azure & Cloud Specialist to support the design and implementation of Azure cloud infrastructure. You will design, implement, and secure enterprise Azure environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and compliance with security best pra

A leading educational technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking an infrastructure designer with expertise in Azure to enhance educational resources. This role involves collaborating with architects to ensure high-quality infrastructure and security measures while prioritizing cost efficien

A leading technology recruitment agency in Greater London is seeking a Security Architect with expertise in Privileged Access Management and significant experience with CyberArk. The role involves designing and implementing integrations across Azure while contributing to multi-cloud PAM patterns.

We are currently hiring an experienced Azure & Cloud Specialist to support the design and implementation of secure, scalable Azure cloud infrastructure and networking solutions. Azure cloud services (VMs, App Services, AKS, Functions, Storage). CI/CD pipelines and Azure DevOps.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in translating business requirements into technical architecture and ensuring best practices for security and scalability. A leading technology firm in Greater London is seeking an experienced Technical Solution Architect to design scalable enterprise s

A digital-first technology services firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Data Solution Architect. The successful candidate will have deep expertise in Azure data services, responsible for designing scalable data platforms and influencing stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in a solution architect role focusing on cloud solutions including Azure, and experience in managing project lifecycles. A technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Solution Architect with over 15 years in the IT industry.

A leading technology consulting firm is seeking a cloud solution architect to design and implement resilient Azure cloud environments. The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of Azure services and experience in architecting cloud solutions. You will lead complex migrations from on-premises to Azure,

A leading cloud solutions provider in Greater London seeks a Cloud Solutions Architect to support the sales organization with deep technical knowledge.