Engineering Lead - AI, Cloud & National Security
12 hours ago
Gloucester
Our exciting client is seeking an Engineering Lead to build and lead small, high-performing Agile teams (4-8 engineers) delivering secure, scalable solutions within the UK National Security (NatSec) domain Engineering Lead - AI, Cloud & National Security Package - £110,000 - £120,000 + dv bonus + excellent package Location - Cheltenham - Hybrid Clearance - eDV Clearance Required Overview This is a hands-on leadership role combining architecture, software engineering, and team leadership, with a focus on Software, AI, data platforms, and cloud-native systems. Key Responsibilities • Lead and mentor Agile engineering teams, driving high-quality, rapid delivery (DevSecOps), • Own solution architecture, designing for secure and constrained environments., • Act as a trusted advisor to UK Government stakeholders., • Background in UK National Security / Defence / Government., • Strong leadership experience in software engineering teams., • Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java (+ TypeScript/Node.js desirable), • Expertise in AWS or Azure, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), • Strong grounding in SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB), • Experience with CI/CD, microservices, TDD/BDD., • Vector DBs: Milvus, Weaviate, Pinecone, • Data orchestration: Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, • Search: ElasticSearch / OpenSearch, • AI frameworks: LangChain, Hugging Face As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. xrnqpay All potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application. Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.