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Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support businesses across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong software engineering capability (either experience of Python development or a desire to develop Python expertise), experience building applications hosted on cloud platforms, expertise within a modern cloud engineering environment. and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. Based from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a National salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (£67,547 to £83,778 for London) plus 29% Pension and Civil Service Benefits. Salary awarded based on technical skills assessed at interview.Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering at DBTThe Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the digital platforms and services that support this mission.As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing, operating and improving cloud-based platforms and services used across DBT and wider government. Working across Python development, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability and automation, you'll help improve reliability, developer experience and service performance while supporting critical business services used by thousands of users.As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will:Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to work more efficiently.Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development.Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines.Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches.Support teams to adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets.Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact.Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes.Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs.Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management.Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring across the engineering community.Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform.Essential skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include:Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language.Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact.Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar.Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking.Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including:Flexible, hybrid working with employees typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office.Offices located in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Salford.Full-time, part-time and flexible working options.A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service.Three paid volunteering days every year.Learning and development tailored to your role.Access to professional training, certifications and technical development opportunities.A culture encouraging inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement.Employee benefits including cycle to work and wider Civil Service benefits.Why Join DBT?Join a highly collaborative engineering team where you'll work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and developer enablement. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, gain industry certifications and contribute to modern cloud engineering challenges that support services used across government.The team encourages experimentation, continuous learning and new ideas, giving engineers the freedom to improve services, solve complex problems and shape future platform capabilities.This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn.If you're a software engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer or Site Reliability Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms while building services that support businesses across the UK, apply today via Inspire People.TPBN1_UKTJ

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (London £67,547 to £83,778,) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview.Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and TradeThe Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services.As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will:Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture.Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs.Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement.Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community.Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches.Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management.Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way.Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes.Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture.Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices.Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include:Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience.Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices.Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar.Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language.Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact.In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including:Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office.Full-time, part-time and flexible working options.A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service.Three paid volunteering days every year.Learning and development tailored to your role.Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training.An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement.Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefitsWhy Join DBT?This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government.The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade.This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn.If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.TPBN1_UKTJ

The role involves testing distributed services, REST APIs, and event-driven data processing in a fast-paced, Agile environment.

McGregor Boyall is partnering with a purpose-built AI startup to recruit a Founding CTO who will define the technical vision and build the engineering organisation from scratch.The role focuses on AI agents, LLM platforms and cloud-native systems to support billions of users.You’ll lead the archit

This role involves building and evolving software systems for distributed AI training, developing communication capabilities, and collaborating on hardware features.

Xero in London/Remote is seeking a Lead Engineer to shape technical direction across reporting and insights platforms.You will lead hands‑on development, mentor engineers, and drive improvements in delivery, deployment and support while reducing knowledge silos.You’ll work with a modern stack in

Principal Data Solution Architect to design and deliver distributed data platforms at global scale, working with application and engineering teams to ensure architectures are used effectively. You will drive real-time streaming, data structures for distributed systems, and cloud-native deployments a

Hunter Bond is seeking a talented Software Engineer in London to help build the core distributed compute infrastructure for a scale-up tech firm. With 5+ years of experience, you will tackle complex challenges around distributed systems, performance, and reliability, while collaborating with experie

You will lead production code development, guide distributed systems, collaborate across product, architecture, cybersecurity, and operations, and drive engineering excellence through CI/CD, observability, and resilient designs.

Employment Solicitor / Partner – Remote (UK).Are you an Employment Partner ready to step away from traditional firm constraints and into a genuinely modern, high-performing platform?.We are working with a fast-growing, specialist employment and regulatory law firms, ranked in the Chambers Global E

Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team effectiveness, and culture shaping services globally.In our more than 60 year history, we have conducted some of the most high-profile C-suite and board-level searches in the

Rural Chartered Surveyor - Land Consultancy.Our client, a leading rural consultancy, is seeking an experienced Rural Chartered Surveyor in Norwich.This is a unique opportunity for you to grow and ultimately lead a land consultancy team, with a clear path to partnership.As an Associate-level surveyor

Ededge Learning is a ground-breaking organization dedicated to nurturing the potential of our youth and empowering them to explore the vast world of technology and other high-growth fields.Our upcoming initiatives will provide invaluable learning experiences by allowing audiences to gain insights fr

Help Transform Lives Through Employment.The Recruitment Junction is the UK's leading charity supporting people with convictions into sustainable employment.With established operations across the North East and a new Preston hub launching this autumn, The Recruitment Junction is entering an exciting

Rare opportunity to join a well known brand within a friendly in house design team and work across a wide range of products as a Packaging Designer!.This privately owned retail business specialise in food products within the FMCG space and have a multitude of nationwide stores.From frozen to fresh p

Our client is a well-established UK commercial law firm recruiting a Commercial Litigation Partner to join its growing disputes practice.The firm has strategically expanded through acquisitions and organic growth.It provides expertise across Banking & Finance, Commercial & Corporate, Real Estate Cor

Carbon Lead | Remote UK | Permanent | up to £60,000.Are you passionate about helping organisations tackle their biggest decarbonisation challenges?.PT Renewables' long standing client is entering their next phase of growth, and are looking for a carbon expert to help develop this.You'll be joining

The IT & AI Product Manager is responsible for the application and platform lifecycle management in line with the business needs of the brands.This role will be responsible for defining, delivering and maintaining the group IT application & AI strategy partnering with the group divisional functional

Salary: £55,700 - £62,500 (plus potential market supplement).Full-time role (part-time working hours may be considered).Sellick Partnership is delighted to be partnered with a County Council in the home counties on the recruitment of a Senior Contracts Lawyer, on a permanent basis.Due to continued

Project Manager - C&I Renewables.We're recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to join a growing organisation delivering innovative infrastructure and renewable energy projects.This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects that contribute

At Credera, we are passionate about helping clients deliver complex, business-critical transformation projects.Our clients are some of the biggest names in industry and our projects are every bit as challenging as you’d find in large consulting firms.As a Managing Consultant you will have the oppo

QLM is supporting a major European Co-operative with a broad portfolio of investments across the food value chain, as they look to appoint a Head of Farming - Pork.This is a newly created role, designed to strengthen how the business works across its pork supply network, bringing closer alignment be

Project Architect | Oxfordshire | £45,000 - £55,000 | Ref: ARUK180601.I'm currently working with a growing architectural practice in Oxfordshire looking to appoint a Project Architect to join their team.This role would suit an Architect with strong technical and delivery experience who enjoys taki

We're Hiring | Process Engineer — UK (Remote/Hybrid).Axxello is growing its UK team and we're looking for a senior process engineer who wants more than a desk job.If you've spent 8+ years delivering CAPEX projects end-to-end — from mass & energy balances and P&IDs through to commissioning and cl

Project Director – Data Centre Project.Salary - Up to £170,000 per annum plus additional benefits.Lead one of the UK's most significant data centre developments.We're partnering with a leading international main contractor that has built an outstanding reputation for delivering some of Europe's m

Managing Director – Facilities Management.Confidential Appointment | Exclusive Search Partner.Up to £175,000 + Bonus + Executive Benefits.HVAC Recruitment has been exclusively retained to support a leading UK Facilities Management organisation with the appointment of a Managing Director.This is a

Top 75 law firm recognised by over 80 industry awards.Launched in 2010, the firm has rapidly grown to over 500 lawyers across 14 global offices in the UK, US, Germany and Austria.Our breadth of expertise covers some of the most interesting and important emerging disciplines, from ESG and charity law

Multiple roles available for SC (or higher) cleared candidates.Predominantly remote delivery with occasional client travel.Excellent Salary + Bonus + support in gaining Certifications.We can also consider contractors and offer Outside IR35 roles.We're supporting one of the UK's leading specialist te

Facilitate and lead project meetings, ensuring accurate minutes are produced and distributed.

A leading ecommerce retailer is looking for a Senior Project Manager to deliver complex, business-critical technology initiatives across a fast-paced digital environment.Working closely with Product, Engineering and Delivery teams, you'll take ownership of large-scale programmes from inception throu

Project Manager – Technology Transformation / Migration Programme.Remote UK | £475 per day | Contract | Inside ir35.We are supporting a major business transformation programme and are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join an established delivery team.This role will focus on bu

Our client is seeking a talented and driven.This is an excellent opportunity for a solicitor who shares a genuine commitment to the principles of.Non-Court Dispute Resolution (NCDR).The successful candidate will advise clients across a broad range of family law matters, combining technical excellenc

Location: Hybrid (1 day per week in the office - Windsor based).Day Rate: £350-425 per day (Outside IR35).Imagine building an ultra-luxury brand world from scratch, backed by groundbreaking scientific innovation & guided by the design ethos of elite luxury houses.We are partnering with a high-growt

QLM is partnering with a leading European Dairy group to identify their European Project Manager to support their next phase of exciting growth.This is a pivotal executive leadership role, working in direct partnership with the European Executive Team to lead strategic transformation, business impro

London, UK (Occasional Travel).Routing & Switching, Catalyst, Nexus with min 7 years of experience at expert level.With hands-on implementation experience in wireless (min 4 years’ experience) and.DNS and SDWAN at conceptual level.R&S, Nexus & Fair knowledge on Firewall, Load Balancer).For more in

Senior Project Manager - mccglc.Are you an exceptional problem solver? Do you enjoy executing high-quality creative work? Are you passionate about events and new technology, especially in the tech exhibition world? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity to join our pioneering creative agency.T

FinOps and Software Asset Management Practice Lead.Contract opportunity with potential to move to permanent.Location: UK based, covering UK, France and the Netherlands.Day rate is negotiable · Start Date ASAP.We are building a Software Asset Management and FinOps practice across EMEA, with the UK a

Lead end-to-end interaction design across healthcare and public sector digital programmes.Work within user-centred multidisciplinary teams making a real-world difference.Benefits include private healthcare, flexible working, and generous L&D allowance.A specialist UX and Service Design consultancy i

Have you just finished a SPORTS THERAPY OR SPORTS REHAB DEGREE? Read on to line yourself up for a full time role on one of our upcoming start dates in 2026.We have a permanent, full-time opportunity for newly graduated Therapists who want to begin their career in a supportive team and structured env

ROV Opportunities – Long-Term Project (Joining vessel on the 26th Aug 2026).BSA are currently seeking experienced professionals across multiple ROV disciplines for a major long-term project.Ideally looking for personnel with Argus experience, however other experience would be considered and traini

Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems.Turing supports customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced tr

The Stephen James Partnership (SJP) is an award-winning, Chambers and Partners-ranked provider of legal talent solutions, partnering with leading financial institutions, blue-chip organisations, and in-house legal teams.For over a decade, we have built trusted relationships across the legal market b

Hybrid (up to 3 days working from home once settled).We're working with a well-established residential property management business looking to appoint an experienced.Up to 3 days working from home once settled.Autonomous portfolio management role with genuine ownership.Supportive and collaborative t

Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems.Turing supports customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced tr

You’ll conduct network, web, and application security testing for a range of clients, helping identify vulnerabilities and strengthen defences.Deliver high-quality penetration tests and vulnerability assessments.Produce clear, actionable reports and remediation guidance.Support CHECK-accredited en

Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems.Turing supports customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced tr

Are you looking to start or grow your career in food product development within a leading manufacturing business?.Do you have a keen eye for detail and enjoy hands-on, practical work?.Are you well organised, with strong communication skills and a proactive approach?.MacGregor Black are partnering wi

You’ll help build the firm’s SIPP Operations function and develop a best-in-class pensions administration functionality.You’ll enjoy plenty of autonomy and opportunity to bring about change.No frustrating bureaucracy and red tape here.You can work from anywhere in the UK.You’ll also get equi