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Join a leading space and satellite communications company – Farnborough, Onsite This innovative space technology business is developing next-generation satellite payload and communications platforms, delivering high-performance solutions for global connectivity. The team are now looking for a Junior Embedded Software Engineer to support the development, integration and testing of Linux-based embedded systems used in advanced baseband and antenna hardware. You’ll work closely with experienced hardware, RF and software engineers, contributing to low-level development, driver integration and system bring-up while building your skills in a highly technical environment. For this Junior Embedded Software Engineer role, we are looking for someone with: • Some commercial or internship experience developing embedded software in C/C++, • Some exposure to Embedded Linux (kernel, drivers or user-space development), • Understanding of communication peripherals such as I2C, SPI or UART, • Interest in low-level systems and hardware interaction, • A proactive attitude and strong willingness to learn, • Ideally, some awareness of RF or communications systems (not essential) What Next? For more information on this role, or any other jobs across Embedded, Firmware, Linux or Device Driver Development, please contact me, Callum Allen, today.

Description Lead Software Engineer Location: Farnborough, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands Salary: £61,500 - £78,800 The Role: The Lead Software Engineer will play a critical role in both the sustainment of the current environment and the delivery of new capabilities. The selected individual will develop solutions to complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple areas or disciplines; regularly employ ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions and systems to achieve functional objectives. As a Software Engineer in Leidos, you will be immersed in one of our key programmes. On behalf of our central government customer, you will have direct impact on the current and future iterations of one of our most important pieces of critical national infrastructure. This is a technical leadership role. The individual will drive delivery, lead technical decision‑making, collaborate with engineers and architects, and act as the visible technical representative of the software team. What will I be doing? • Provide technical leadership for the software team collaborating with architects to contribute to and understand solution approach, guiding implementation, and making sound engineering decisions that balance delivery, quality, and operational risk., • Provide technical leadership across delivery and engineering practices, ensuring agreed standards and processes are applied consistently throughout the project lifecycle., • Develop, debug, test, document, and deploy software enhancements aligned with the Software Development Strategy., • Lead delivery, covering:, • Java-based backend services and APIs that process system business events and workflows, integrating with downstream systems and data services in a secure, highly available environment., • Drive strong engineering practices across the team, • Ensure adherence to established code review standards, • Ensure defined quality gates are consistently met for the project, • Promote clean, maintainable, well‑documented code, • Guide system design and development by analysing information needs, system flows, data usage, and work processes, and translating these into practical implementation approaches., • Own technical oversight for ensuring the build and deployment pipeline is continuously validated and fit for purpose for the project, working with engineers and supporting roles to ensure defined CI/CD processes, quality gates, and security scanning requirements are consistently met., • Determine operational feasibility by evaluating requests, requirements, problem definitions, solution options, and their impact on operational systems., • Lead engineers and collaborate closely with architects and the test team to ensure new and modified software is fully verified prior to promotion., • Breakdown the design into workable, and reportable, tasks for developers to incrementally deliver against in a Scrum/Agile fashion., • Oversee and enable test automation within the scope of the project:, • Ensure engineers deliver unit and integration tests as a standard part of development, • Support and coordinate automation activities, with the test team retaining ownership of overall outcomes, • Support and continuously improve Agile delivery practices, including planning, estimation, backlog refinement, and delivery cadence., • Ensure effective use of development tooling and processes, including CI/CD pipelines and integrated security scanning., • Mentor and support other engineers, helping to raise technical capability and consistency across the team., • Effectively communicate with internal stakeholders,influencing technical decisions through clear, concise, and well‑reasoned input. What essential skills does Leidos need from me? • Extensive software engineering experience, including substantial hands‑on delivery using:, • Java (Java 8 and modern Java versions such as 17 and 21), • API design and implementation, • Proven experience operating as a technical leader, including:, • Leading technical decision‑making, • Guiding and mentoring engineers, • Representing the software team in customer and stakeholder engagements, • Strong understanding of design patterns and a solid, structured approach to software development., • Strong understanding of git/Bitbucket branching strategies on large projects with moderately sized teams contributing, • Familiarity with Relational Databases (PostgresSQL), SQL and JDBC, • Demonstrated experience writing unit and integration tests as a normal part of delivery., • Familiarity with Agile software development processes and working within iterative delivery models., • Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite (e.g. Jira, Bitbucket, Bamboo), or equivalent tooling, with a solid understanding of CI/CD concepts, workflows, and practices., • Experience ensuring compliance with code review standards, quality gates, CI/CD pipelines, and security scanning processes. Desirable Skills and Experience: • Familiarity with integration and architectural patterns (e.g. adapters, orchestration patterns such as saga)., • Experience with SOAP, REST webservices, • Experience with IBM Web Application Server or JBoss, • Familiarity with Unix, Linux or other variants, • Perl, Python, and/or bash scripting experience., • Experience with C, C++, • Strong performance debugging skills, • Experience contributing to or supporting test automation initiatives (UI and/or API). This will be a customer‑facing role therefore the successful individual must be able to clearly communicate status, risks, trade‑offs, and technical recommendations, and represent the software team in technical discussions and reviews. Clearance Requirements: The successful applicant will be required to hold and maintain UK Security Clearance and additional programme clearances. What we do for you: At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes: • Contributory Pension Scheme, • Private Medical Insurance, • 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays), • Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme), • Flexi-Time Working Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs. Who We Are: _– we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation. What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. £61,500.00-£78,800.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. About Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit _. Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at _. Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at _. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the _. 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Systems Engineer Oracle Linux | KVM | OLVM | Architecture-Led Are you an Oracle Linux KVM expert ready to take full ownership of enterprise virtualisation platforms? We’re looking for a hands-on SME / Architect to design, build and deliver secure, large-scale KVM environments in highly regulated, mission-critical settings. We are looking for someone with SC clearance in place for the role - NPPV3 is also required for the role but this can be obtained before starting. This is a genuine end-to-end role — from gathering requirements and producing architecture through to build, migration, assurance and handover into live service. What You’ll Be Doing • Lead the design and delivery of Oracle Linux KVM / OLVM platforms, • Produce high-quality HLD & LLD documentation, • Architect and implement:, • KVM hosts, clusters & virtualisation environments, • Storage domains (NFS, iSCSI, FC), • Logical networks, VLANs & VM standards, • Deliver build, configuration, migration and platform validation, • Design for high availability, resilience & disaster recovery, • Define standards across:, • Security hardening & compliance, • Performance & capacity optimisation, • Backup, monitoring & automation, • Work closely with infra, network, security & application teams, • Provide technical leadership and mentoring What You’ll Bring • Deep, hands-on expertise in Oracle Linux KVM & OLVM (oVirt), • Strong experience designing enterprise virtualisation platforms, • Proven delivery of HLD & LLD documentation, • Solid knowledge of:, • qemu-kvm, libvirt, VDSM, • VM lifecycle, HA & live migration, • Strong Linux administration & system hardening, • Storage & networking design (SAN, VLANs, bridging, bonding), • Automation skills (Ansible, Bash, Python, APIs), • Excellent stakeholder engagement & problem ownership

Join an innovative AI hardware company – Oxford This fast-growing deep-tech company is developing next-generation AI accelerator technology, combining advanced hardware with high-performance software to redefine compute efficiency. The team are now looking for an Senior Embedded Linux Engineer to support the development of low-level software that enables their cutting-edge hardware platforms. You'll work closely with hardware and systems teams, contributing across Linux device drivers, BSP bring-up, firmware development and RTOS-based control software as new products move from prototype through to production. For this Senior Embedded Linux Engineer role, we are looking for someone with: • Strong experience developing Embedded Linux software in C/C++, • Experience writing Linux device drivers and working within the kernel, • Knowledge of BSP development and board bring-up activities, • Experience with bootloaders, low-level hardware initialisation and system integration, • Understanding of RTOS environments, • Any exposure to PCIe, DMA engines or high-performance hardware platforms is desirable What Next? For more information on this role, or any other jobs across Embedded Linux, Kernel Development, Device Drivers or Firmware Engineering, please contact me, Callum Allen, today.

Job Title: Oracle Systems Engineer (Oracle Linux KVM SME / Architect) Location: Farnborough (hybrid, 1-3 days onsite per week) Contract Length: 12 months Rate: £630 per day (Inside IR35) Hours: 37.5 per week Clearance: Active SC required (NPPV3 preferred or willingness to undergo) Overview We're looking for an experienced Oracle Linux KVM Specialist / Architect to lead the end-to-end design, build and delivery of enterprise virtualisation platforms in secure, highly regulated environments. This is a senior, hands-on role with ownership across architecture, implementation, and transition into service. Key Responsibilities • Act as the SME for Oracle Linux KVM and Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM), • Own architecture and design across virtualisation platforms, including clusters, hosts and networking, • Produce high-quality HLD and LLD documentation covering architecture, security, and operational models, • Lead build, configuration, and deployment of KVM/OLVM environments, • Define standards across security hardening, patching, monitoring and resilience, • Design and implement high availability, disaster recovery, and live migration solutions, • Collaborate with infrastructure, security and application teams to ensure integration and supportability, • Support g...

Network Engineer - Defence High Security Clearance Required £65k + benefits Farnborough based This role sits within a team responsible for building and supporting secure cloud infrastructure in a highly secure environment. The position combines traditional network engineering with cloud-native platform networking, supporting Kubernetes-based services operating within air-gapped infrastructure. You'll work across both physical and virtual networking layers, helping maintain secure, resilient and highly available platforms. Key responsibilities include: • Supporting and improving secure cloud platform networking, • Maintaining and troubleshooting cross-cluster communications within air-gapped Kubernetes environments, • Configuring and supporting software-defined networking technologies, • Implementing automation to reduce operational overhead and improve platform reliability, • Supporting platform upgrades, maintenance activities and incident resolution, • Participating in an on-call rota (1 week in 6) The team is looking for engineers with experience in several of the following areas: • IP Networking, WAN technologies and Layer 2-7 networking, • Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), • Linux systems administration, • Kubernetes administration in production environments, • Kubernetes networking, including CNI technologies such as Cilium, • Service M...

Network Engineer - Defence High Security Clearance Required £65k + benefits Farnborough based This role sits within a team responsible for building and supporting secure cloud infrastructure in a highly secure environment. The position combines traditional network engineering with cloud-native platform networking, supporting Kubernetes-based services operating within air-gapped infrastructure. You'll work across both physical and virtual networking layers, helping maintain secure, resilient and highly available platforms. Key responsibilities include: • Supporting and improving secure cloud platform networking, • Maintaining and troubleshooting cross-cluster communications within air-gapped Kubernetes environments, • Configuring and supporting software-defined networking technologies, • Implementing automation to reduce operational overhead and improve platform reliability, • Supporting platform upgrades, maintenance activities and incident resolution, • Participating in an on-call rota (1 week in 6) The team is looking for engineers with experience in several of the following areas: • IP networking, WAN technologies and Layer 2-7 networking, • Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), • Linux systems administration, • Kubernetes administration in production environments, • Kubernetes networking, including CNI technologies such...

Senior Infrastructure Engineer - MOD / Defence / SC Cleared Outside IR35 - £550-600 per day - Long projects Farnborough - onsite Contract role for a senior level infrastructure engineer, who is a self-starter, can lead projects and adaptable to different technologies within a secure / defence environment. You will need to have active Security Clearance (SC) and be on site in Farnborough 5 days per week. You will need to have demonstrable experience and deep knowledge of the following: • Windows Server / Domain Services - strong understanding of AD, GPOs, domain architecture., • VMware - hands-on experience with VCF, NSX, vCenter, SAN integration, and ESXi., • Hyper-V - practical exposure to virtualisation management and configuration., • PKI / Encryption - understanding of certificate services, key management, and secure communication., • Networking - switch configuration, VLANs (including SAN-related VLANs), routing fundamentals., • Linux - operational capability across common distributions., • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation - experience with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar. There is long project potential, Outside IR35 and ready to hire. Projects are typically the innovative or emerging projec...

From the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on earth, to surging shorelines and anywhere in-between, we make the impossible possible through our continuous passion for innovation. Our people design, engineer and manufacture technologies that are enabling our customers to discover, navigate, measure, detect and communicate in the toughest environment on earth: Our oceans. Weve been actively developing the technology to make the oceans accessible for over 50 years and were only just getting started At Sonardyne, we value different ways of thinking. Whether you think in code, patterns, systems, or steps, your unique perspective is important to us. As we continue to develop the next generation of complex engineering systems, we are seeking an NPI Development Team Lead to guide and grow a high-performing engineering team at the heart of our product delivery capability. In this role, you will lead the development of production test systems and supporting technologies that enable the successful introduction of new products into manufacture. You will combine technical leadership with people management, ensuring the team delivers robust, high-quality test solutions while continuously improving processes, tools, and engineering standards. This is a hands-on leadership role, requiring both strong technical capability and the ability to mentor, guide, and inspire a multidisciplinary engineering team. Dimensions of the Role Travel Required: No Offshore Training Required: No Medical Requirements: No Team Leadership: Yes direct leadership of NPI Development Engineers Stakeholders: Engineering, Production Support, Software, and Product Development teams What You Will Be Doing Leadership & Team Development Lead, mentor, and develop a team of NPI Development Engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Conduct regular one-to-one meetings to support development, performance, and engagement. Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and integration of new team members. Promote a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. Project & Resource Management Manage task allocation using Jira, ensuring alignment with priorities, milestones, and delivery schedules. Facilitate estimation and planning sessions to support accurate forecasting and resource planning. Monitor progress across multiple NPI activities, identifying risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges. Produce clear and concise monthly progress reports for management stakeholders. Lead capacity planning and resolve resource conflicts across concurrent projects. Technical Leadership & Delivery Lead the design and development of high-quality test jigs, including associated electronics and supporting systems. Support new board bring-up activities in collaboration with product design engineers. Develop embedded firmware and PC-based software applications to automate and control production test systems. Drive improvements in test jig functionality, reliability, and efficiency. Influence product design to improve manufacturability and testability. Maintain robust version control and configuration management for all test systems. Process Improvement & Collaboration Work closely with NPI Production Support Engineers to enhance production test capability and validate new test processes. Collaborate with Software Engineering teams to remain aligned with emerging technologies, tools, and best practices. Produce detailed technical documentation, including specifications, procedures, and engineering diagrams. Support structured fault finding, debugging, and resolution of production test issues. Coordinate across engineering disciplines to ensure smooth integration of development activities. Facilitate monthly project and resource review meetings with stakeholders and project teams. What We Are Looking For Essential Skills & Experience Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams within a technical or product development environment. Strong C# development capability, with working knowledge of C or C++. Experience in electronics design interpretation and development of functional test systems. Ability to design and support embedded or PC-based test software. Understanding of Linux command-line tools and development environments. Strong documentation, planning, and organisational skills. Experience working with production or manufacturing engineering teams. Strong communication skills and the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams. Desirable Skills & Experience Experience with PCB test jig design and production test systems. Familiarity with Jira or similar task and workflow management tools. Exposure to version control systems and structured software development practices. Background in New Product Introduction (NPI), manufacturing engineering, or test engineering environments. Qualifications Essential Degree in Electrical, Electronic Engineering, or a related engineering discipline Why Join Us At Sonardyne, you will be part of a team delivering cutting-edge subsea technologies used in some of the most demanding environments in the world. This role offers the opportunity to lead a talented engineering team, shape production test capability, and directly influence how complex systems are introduced into manufacture at a global technology leader. TPBN1_UKTJ

Engineering Development Team Lead Location: Camberley Type: Permanent Lead Innovation. Build Capability. Deliver Excellence. We are seeking an experienced Engineering Development Team Lead to join a growing technology-focused organisation developing advanced products and manufacturing solutions. This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical engineering expertise with team management responsibility. You'll lead a small team of multidisciplinary engineers responsible for developing automated test equipment, production support solutions, and engineering tools that enable the successful introduction of new products into manufacture. You'll play a key role in shaping technical direction, improving engineering processes, mentoring engineers, and ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard. What You'll Be Doing • Leading, coaching and developing a team of engineers to achieve both technical and business objectives., • Managing workload planning, resource allocation and project priorities across multiple concurrent activities., • Driving the development of automated test systems, fixtures and associated electronics., • Supporting the design, development and integration of embedded software and PC-based applications., • Collaborating with design, manufacturing and software teams to improve product quality, testability and production efficiency., • Monitoring project progress, identifying risks and ensuring delivery milestones are achieved., • Producing technical documentation, specifications and development records., • Supporting troubleshooting, root-cause investigations and continuous improvement initiatives., • Championing engineering best practice, innovation and knowledge sharing within the team. What We're Looking For You'll be a technically capable engineering leader who enjoys balancing hands-on development work with people leadership and project coordination. Essential Experience • Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams within a product development or manufacturing environment., • Strong understanding of electronics and hardware systems., • Experience developing or supporting automated test equipment, production tooling or engineering systems., • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively., • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills., • Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability. Technical Background Experience in two or more of the following areas would be highly beneficial: • Electronic circuit design and analysis, • Embedded software development, • C, C++ or C#, • Automated test systems, • Production engineering, • Linux-based development environments, • Hardware and software integration Qualifications • Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or a related discipline. Why Apply? This is an opportunity to join a highly skilled engineering environment where you can influence both technology and team development. You'll have the autonomy to drive improvements, contribute to exciting new product introductions, and help shape the future direction of engineering capability within the business. If you're an experienced engineer ready to take the next step in your leadership career or an established team lead looking for a fresh challenge we'd like to hear from you

Systems Engineer Oracle Linux | KVM | OLVM | Architecture-Led Are you an Oracle Linux KVM expert ready to take full ownership of enterprise virtualisation platforms? We're looking for a hands-on SME / Architect to design, build and deliver secure, large-scale KVM environments in highly regulated, mission-critical settings. We are looking for someone with SC clearance in place for the role - NPPV3 is also required for the role but this can be obtained before starting. This is a genuine end-to-end role - from gathering requirements and producing architecture through to build, migration, assurance and handover into live service. What You'll Be Doing Lead the design and delivery of Oracle Linux KVM / OLVM platforms Produce high-quality HLD & LLD documentation Architect and implement: KVM hosts, clusters & virtualisation environments Storage domains (NFS, iSCSI, FC) Logical networks, VLANs & VM standards Deliver build, configuration, migration and platform validation Design for high availability, resilience & disaster recovery Define standards across: Security hardening & compliance Performance & capacity optimisation Backup, monitoring & automation Work closely with infra, network, security & application teams Provide technical leadership and mentoring What You'll Bring Deep, hands-on expertise in Oracle Linux KVM & OLVM (oVirt) Strong experience designing enterprise virtualisation platforms Proven delivery of HLD & LLD documentation Solid knowledge of: qemu-kvm, libvirt, VDSM VM lifecycle, HA & live migration Strong Linux administration & system hardening Storage & networking design (SAN, VLANs, bridging, bonding) Automation skills (Ansible, Bash, Python, APIs) Excellent stakeholder engagement & problem ownership Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

Company Description Come join us and make a difference in the world! Discover more at NO AGENCIES PLEASE Job Description Please note, role can be remote or hybrid, subject to location. We are seeking a highly capable Oracle Database Application and Support Team Lead who remains hands‑on technically, while providing technical leadership and direction to a team of analysts. The role supports 100+ customer environments, including high‑profile Public Sector organisations, across on‑premises, private cloud, and public cloud platforms. This is a working technical lead role, where the successful candidate will spend a portion of their time engaged in database administration, troubleshooting, upgrades, and application support. Main Responsibilities Hands‑On Technical Responsibilities Function as a senior technical engineer for Oracle Database platforms and associated application stacks. Perform and lead Oracle Database upgrades, patching, and software deployments in customer environments. Conduct 3rd‑line diagnostics and fault resolution, including performance tuning, data issues, backup failures, and application connectivity problems. Proactively review monitoring, capacity, performance, and backup metrics; implement corrective actions before customer impact occurs. Maintain robust backup, recovery, and restore solutions, with objective of improving operational effectiveness. Lead technical input and support the team in major incidents and problem investigations, completing root cause analysis and implementing preventative fixes. Maintain and improve technical documentation, runbooks, and support procedures Technical Leadership Function as the primary escalation point for complex Oracle and application‑related issues. Collaborate with analysts from other teams on live issues, upgrades, and changes, providing real‑time guidance and technical direction. Set technical standards and best practices for database administration and application support. Review and quality‑check technical changes before implementation. Serve as a technical mentor, raising the overall capability of the team through knowledge sharing and coaching. Customer & Stakeholder Engagement Engage directly with customers as lead to schedule work and manage conflicting priorities. Translate complex technical issues into clear, practical explanations for customers and internal stakeholders. Provide recommendations to customers on stability, performance, resilience, and upgrade planning. Continuous Improvement & Automation Identify inefficiencies within the service and directly contribute to:Scripted maintenance Automated health checks Standardised deployment and upgrade processes Drive improvements that reduce manual effort, improve reliability, and enhance customer outcomes. Work closely with Networks, UNIX/Linux, Cloud Ops, and Application teams to resolve cross‑platform issues. Qualifications Essential Skills / Experience Strong hands‑on experience with Oracle Database administration, including upgrades and patching (single‑instance environments). Supporting Local government customers that use Revenues and benefits or Housing solutions. Proven experience installing and supporting software on Linux, Solaris. Experience on Windows is a bonus. Hands‑on deployment and support of Apache Tomcat‑based applications. Experience working in live customer environments, providing production support. Practical experience using ITSM tools such as Ivanti, ServiceNow, or similar. Ability to lead technically while remaining operationally involved. Strong customer communication skills across video, telephone, and email. Eligibility for UK Security Clearance. Desirable Skills / Experience Oracle Certification. Experience with Apache Web Server configuration and support. Unix/Linux shell scripting skills for automation. Experience implementing scripted database and application backup and recovery processes. Understanding networking concepts relevant to database and application support. Experience producing technical documentation and supporting runbooks. Additional Information We are proud of the benefits we offer employees of NEC Software Solutions Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost) 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/ sell 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost) A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5% A fantastic selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs We are an employer who cares, we have a invaluable employee assistance programme which can help in every area of your life All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like. Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required. All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. This role will require UK Security Clearance. NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates. Who We Are: We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies. Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services. We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference. We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way

Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Fleet – £90k Hexwired Recruitment has recently partnered with a rapidly expanding Electronics manufacturer based near Fleet now seeking a Senior Embedded Software engineer to help develop a brand new product the company is looking to bring to the market. The company are expanding due to increased interest in their products and are now seeking a talented Embedded Software engineer ideally with experience designing device drivers from scratch as well as exposure to RTOS. This is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer role, you will be working as part of a well established team on pioneering R&D projects. Key Skills • Degree in Embedded Systems, Electronics or similar, • 10+ years commercial Embedded software development experience, • Good experience designing Device drivers from scratch, • Experience working on RTOS based applications, • Excellent experience working on wireless products (Telecoms, IOT, satcoms etc) is highly desirable but not essential The company are looking to offer £90k along with an excellent benefits package. If you’re interested in this Senior Embedded software job in Fleet, please apply. For more information on this role, or any other jobs across; Embedded, C++ programming, Embedded Linux, Golang Development, FPGA Design, Electronics, Javascript, Python, C# .net, Mechanical Design, Machine Learning, Data Science or Simulation contact us today