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ABOUT US ___, part of Capgemini, tackles the hardest work in data for the world’s largest organizations. We combine intelligent software with deep data expertise to help the Fortune2000 tackle complex data challenges and drive measurable business outcomes with business-ready data. Syniti’s Data First strategy transforms data from an afterthought into a strategic asset—unlocking insights, reducing risk, and fueling growth. With over 5,000 successful projects, we support the full data lifecycle through a unified platform for migration, quality, replication, matching, master data management, analytics, governance, and strategy. Operating globally across industries, Syniti’s award-winning software, expert consultants give enterprises a unique edge in managing and maximizing their data. Syniti’s cloud-native platform sets new standards in enterprise data management, combining powerful SaaS solutions with deep domain expertise. Designed for agility and scale, our technology helps customers accelerate digital transformation, drive innovation, and make confident decisions with trusted data. Every product enhancement is built to solve real business challenges—empowering organizations to unlock value from their data faster and more effectively. THE ROLE The Principal SRE – Azure Specialist will drive the design and implementation of automation, observability, and operational excellence within Syniti’s Microsoft Azure-hosted runtime environments. This role will focus on architecting and deploying globally scalable, regionally compliant (Cyber Essentials+, SecNumCloud), zero trust architectures. This engineer will lead the technical project to port Syniti’s SaaS architecture and services from AWS to Azure, ensuring platform consistency, operational parity, and regulatory alignment. They will serve as a cross-functional technical leader, developing resilient IaC frameworks, secure deployment models, and integrating Azure-native services with Kubernetes (AKS) and Syniti’s platform stack. WHAT YOU WILL DO • Design and maintain Azure-hosted environments supporting the Syniti SaaS platform across multiple global regions., • Build reusable IaC modules in Terraform for network, compute, and managed PaaS services., • Integrate Azure-native logging, security, and cost optimization with observability pipelines., • Lead incident resolution and proactive failure domain analysis within Azure-hosted regions., • Develop secure service-to-service communication standards leveraging Azure AD workload identity and pod identities., • Collaborate with Compliance and Security to meet UK, EU, and French regional regulatory requirements., • Drive self-healing systems using automation to reduce toil and human intervention., • Support cloud region expansion and infrastructure builds via GitOps and pipeline automation. WHAT IT TAKES • Self-starter with deep understanding of hybrid cloud patterns and Azure ecosystems., • Ability to thrive in a high-stakes, distributed operations environment with mission-critical SaaS systems., • Strong communication and cross-regional collaboration capabilities., • Deep technical expertise across Azure infrastructure and platform services., • Comfort working with engineers across DevOps, Security, and Product teams to deliver shared outcomes., • 15+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or SRE roles., • 5+ years designing or operating in Azure environments including AKS, Storage, VNets, Private Link, Azure Monitor., • 3+ years proficiency with GitOps and declarative infrastructure patterns using tools like Terraform, Bicep, or Pulumi., • 3+ years implementing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines., • 2+ years of Software Development experience, • Advanced scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go., • Strong understanding of managed identity, Azure AD, and Kubernetes identity integrations., • Think Big - Be courageous and bold. Aspire to greatness. Relentlessly pursue market innovation. Set the standard by which others follow. Create solutions that have a meaningful impact. Solve the challenges our customers don’t know they have., • Be Curious - Be a lifelong learner. Seek out new ideas to serve customers. Understand our competition and the world. Be permanently dissatisfied with the status quo. Challenge preconceptions. Focus on the future rather than yesterday., • Take Action - Be the first. Don’t wait. Take accountability. Inspire others by doing. Fail fast and learn from mistakes. Make a difference every day., • Stronger Together - Respect, trust and look out for each other. Celebrate diverse perspectives. Listen. Build connections and belonging. Act with integrity. Give back. One Syniti family. WHAT WE OFFER • Trust that you are proficient at what you do. At Syniti, you will find a supportive environment and access to learning tools, but micromanagement is not our thing., • Growth. We are growing rapidly and steadily solving the biggest challenges enterprise companies are faced with today. There was never a better time to join and grow with us. Most importantly, you will have the chance to shape our journey and share in our success story., • Support. We all rely on each other and enable each other to be successful. You won’t stand alone., • Curiosity and genuine interest in you. We all have our different stories, all equally fascinating, with each depicting a different journey, and we want to hear them all., • Recognition. We are the sum of individual achievements, and we always take the time to celebrate them., • An open organisation. Hierarchies are not our thing, and access is something we make sure of across the board. We are a family where everyone is just as important, everyone’s work is seen, and ideas are valued. OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION At Syniti, we’re committed to creating a respectful, inclusive, and fair workplace where everyone belongs and thrives. We believe that diverse perspectives make us stronger — and we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and voices each person brings to our team. We welcome applicants based on their skills and potential, and we’re dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities for all, regardless of personal background. If you need accommodations during the hiring process, please let us know — we’re here to support you.

Title: Principal Forward Deployed Engineer – AI & Customer-Facing Technical Leader Location: Remote Travel: Customer visits 4–5 days/month; occasional team gatherings Salary: Senior: £100–£130k base + growth trajectory Principal: £130–£170k base + package discussion Tech: Python, JavaScript, Azure, AWS, AI, LLM's, RAG Industry: AI Consultancy The Role We’re looking for talented engineers to join our customer-facing AI practice, from Senior Forward Deployed Engineers through to Principal-level AI technical leaders. You’ll work directly with clients to uncover problems, build prototypes, and guide full AI-enabled solution lifecycles. This is a role for engineers who: • Enjoy building real software that makes a difference, • Are passionate about AI and its practical application, • Thrive at the intersection of technical leadership and client engagement What You’ll Do Customer-Facing Leadership • Lead discovery workshops with technical and business stakeholders, • Represent the organisation’s technical capabilities in high-stakes client meetings, • Build and iterate working AI prototypes quickly, • Architect scalable, maintainable systems from prototype to production, • Guide engineers through technical delivery, code reviews, and architectural discussions, • Elevate team capabilities through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and internal workshops, • Implement AI solutions leveraging LLMs, foundation models, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, • Design evaluation frameworks addressing bias, hallucination detection, and business impact, • Explore novel AI applications while integrating traditional ML techniques where appropriate Who We’re Looking For For Senior Engineers: • 5–8+ years building robust, scalable software systems, • Full-stack development capability across modern technologies, • Client-facing experience or technical consulting skills, • 8+ years delivering complex, enterprise-grade software, • Proven AI/ML expertise with production deployment experience, • Advanced knowledge of transformer architectures, foundation models, and prompt engineering, • Senior stakeholder engagement experience and ability to lead high-level AI strategy

We’re partnering with a PE-backed SaaS business in the EdTech space that is scaling quickly and investing heavily in its product and engineering function. They’re hiring a Staff Engineer to help shape technical strategy across a growing core product suite used at real scale. This is a high-impact senior IC role for someone who loves solving complex architectural problems, influencing across multiple teams, and operating at the intersection of engineering, product, and business strategy. This is not a “staff in title only” role. The business is looking for someone who can work across domains, support technical leaders, raise the architectural bar, and bring strong judgement to a fast-moving environment undergoing significant transformation - including a major push toward AI-first engineering ways of working. What you’ll be doing • Driving architecture, technical direction, and roadmaps across a complex product estate, • Partnering with Tech Leads, Product Directors, and Engineering leadership on the company’s most important initiatives, • Supporting delivery of new product areas, module rebuilds, and greenfield architectural challenges, • Coaching senior engineers and technical leads while improving engineering quality and decision-making across teams, • Helping define what AI-first software development looks like in practice, including how tooling and new workflows reshape the SDLC, • Operating as a senior technical leader across multiple teams rather than sitting in one narrow delivery lane What they’re looking for • A proven background as a Staff Engineer / Principal-level IC / senior technical leader in a scaling product business, • Strong experience in architecture, systems design, and technical strategy across multiple teams or domains, • Someone who can influence senior technical and non-technical stakeholders and turn ambiguity into momentum, • A leader who brings examples, judgement, and real-world experience not just theory, • Strong opinions on how AI changes engineering productivity, team design, and delivery, • Experience in modern product environments where quality, performance, security, and observability matter, • Exposure to technologies such as PHP, Node, React, Python, MySQL, and AWS is helpful, but this is not a language-led search

For our client, a leading company in UK, we are looking for Principal Engineer/ Senior Engineer/Engineer Job Title: Principal Engineer/ Senior Engineer/Engineer Location: Salford / Speke, England, UK What you’ll be doing: • Preparing preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures for local and national authorities, providing support to the Senior Engineer of the design team on various design duties including but not limited to, producing design schedules, health, safety and welfare contract documentation in accordance with the Construction, Design & Management Regulations 2015 Design drawings and associated documents, • Delivering technical and feasibility studies that satisfy client's technical specifications, • Assessing potential risks, materials, and costs, complying with Kier's & client's guidelines and regulations including permits, safety etc and deliver technical files and other technical documentation as required, conducting on site investigations and analysing data (maps, reports, tests, drawings and other), • Contributing towards technical excellence and innovation across the team, providing innovative solutions to engineering problems, complying with Kier's SHEMS and KDTS IMS, agreeing delivery targets and report regularly on progress towards milestones, overseeing and mentor junior staff, • Maintaining good relations with clients and other authorities, attending meetings as necessary, promoting health & safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees Your skills and experiences: • Chartered Engineer and member of CIBSE or IET, with a Degree in Mechanical Building Services or Electrical Engineering plus, significant experience demonstrating the capability to fulfil the accountabilities of the role, • Managing and driving a multi-discipline technical / engineering team with a proven track record of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets, • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts into more readily understood information suitable for a wider business audience, an understanding of application of quality procedures and document control in engineering design., • Ability to pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements, • Competent and a strong working knowledge of civil engineering design software e.g AutoCAD Does this sound exciting to you? Then apply with your latest CV in PDF format.

About the role: An EHV engineering design consultancy client of mine is looking for a HV Cable Design Engineer. This multidisciplinary consultancy provide expert services to help clients transport electricity efficiently, from generation and storage to end use. Their expertise covers projects of all sizes, from smaller works to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs). The HV Cable Design Engineer will provide HV cable system design expertise across a wide-range of projects, delivering cable design projects through the undertaking of cable system design, studies and calculations. Package: • Salary - Dependent on level: Business is open to Junior, Engineer, Senior and Principal levels, • Location - Fully remote with no office expectation Selected Key Responsibilities: • Work both independently and alongside the Senior Design Engineer & other members of the team to deliver cable design projects to targeted levels of quality, timeliness, and profitability., • Undertake cable system design, studies, and calculations to relevant BSEN/IEC/National Grid/DNO/ ENA standards and practices., • Provide input into cable routing feasibility and detailed design studies working with other members of the Team, taking local planning, traffic management and client requirements into account, while developing the most economical cable system design, • Prepare cable system design calculation including cable sizing assessments, earthing and interface studies., • Engage with clients to understand project requirements and ensure that the technical scope of projects is met., • Producing design concepts, specifications, and other technical documents. Including relaying design information to internal drafting resource., • Attending sites for inspection and design purposes., • Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate HV cable designs seamlessly into larger projects. Key Skills and Experience: • Degree - Electrical Engineering or an equivalent qualification(s) and/or relevant experience in a related field., • Competent in using CYMCAP or similar software, • Knowledge of AutoCAD/MicroStation (Desirable), • Demonstrable technical skills in Transmission voltage level underground cable systems development, design and specification or demonstrable transferable skills and experience., • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to demonstrate diligence and to prioritise workload.

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Senior / Principal Process Safety Engineer (permanent role) Location - Belfast, Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Leicester or Liverpool . Salary will be competitive and aligned with experience and qualifications . Overview Our client, a leading consultancy within the high-hazard engineering sector, is seeking a Senior or Principal Technical Safety Engineer to support a growing portfolio of UK and international projects. This role will focus on delivering high-quality technical safety and risk engineering work across sectors including energy, chemicals and other high-hazard industries. The successful candidate will operate in a client-facing consultancy environment, supporting both project delivery and wider business objectives. . Key Responsibilities The successful candidate will deliver high-quality technical work across a range of process safety projects. Typical responsibilities will include: Delivery of Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA), including onshore studies Supporting or leading development of COMAH Safety Reports and Offshore Safety Cases Identification and assessment of major accident hazards and risk profiles Application of ALARP principles and recommendation of appropriate risk reduction measures Participation in, and ideally leadership of, Process Hazard Analysis workshops (HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, FMECA, Bowtie) Technical report writing and preparation of client deliverables Supporting multidisciplinary project teams across consultancy projects Client interaction and contribution to commercial/project delivery discussions Occasional UK and international travel for client and site-based work. . Candidate Requirements Candidates should demonstrate a strong technical background in process safety, engineering risk management or a related discipline. . The successful candidate will: Have several years experience in Technical Safety or Process Safety within a consultancy or high-hazard operating environment Demonstrate a strong understanding of Quantitative Risk Assessment methodologies Have knowledge of COMAH Safety Report and/or Offshore Safety Case requirements Be able to identify, assess and communicate risk, including application of ALARP principles Possess strong analytical and problem-solving capability Be highly numerate with strong technical judgement Have excellent communication and technical report writing skills Be a reliable team player with a commercial awareness . Desirable Experience Experience leading Process Hazard Analysis workshops (HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA etc.) Experience using QRA software such as PHAST and SAFETI Programming or advanced analytical skills (Excel, VBA, Python, C++) Membership of a relevant professional institution . Qualifications Degree in Engineering or Science (Chemical Engineering or Physics preferred) Professional membership or chartership advantageous . Package Competitive salary 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays Up to 8% matched pension Private healthcare Life assurance Additional benefits . Working Arrangements The role can be based from one of several UK offices with hybrid working available. Some travel will be required for project work, including occasional multi-day site visits where overnight stays may be necessary. . . . Charles Francis Cooper celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants. (Charles Francis Cooper are acting as an employment agency) . Keywords Process Safety | Technical Safety | COMAH | COMAH Safety Report | Safety Case | Consultancy | Quantitative Risk Assessment | QRA | ALARP | Major Hazard | Risk Assessment | Process Hazard Analysis | HAZOP | HAZID | LOPA | FMECA | Bowtie | PHAST | SAFETI | Risk Modelling | Consequence Modelling | High Hazard Industries | Safety & Risk Consultancy | Chemical Engineering | Safety Engineer | Risk Engineer TPBN1_UKTJ