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NATS is the UK's leading air navigation service provider, handling over 2.4 million flights each year. We provide air traffic control services from two control centres and at airports around the UK. We also provide a wide range of commercial products and solutions internationally. Our people are at the heart of our purpose to advance aviation and keep the skies safe. Salary: £62,278.99 - £83,038.85 Closing Date: 26th December 2025 Purpose of the Job: The main purpose of this role is to provide specialist system and application expertise to support NATS' engineering and IT services for Air Traffic Management. This includes ensuring service resilience throughout the service lifecycle and applying continual service improvement. The role also focuses on the day-to-day and strategic administration, maintenance of delegated systems and supporting project activities as required. This role will be working in the Voice Comms Team. Principal Accountabilities: • Maintenance: Responsible for planning and executing administration, maintenance, and service support of designated systems/applications., • Incident Management: Apply domain expert knowledge to assigned/escalated incidents, prioritizing, diagnosing, resolving and recording them using agreed procedures to restore service resilience., • Problem Management: Analyse service events and Incidents to initiate and undertake Problem Management activities to continuously improve service provision and deliver a 'predict and prevent' method of operations., • Competency Maintenance: Gain, hold, and maintain the competencies necessary to control and configure systems/applications, enabling the restoration of technical services, deploy planned changes and carry out planned maintenance., • Service Configuration: Ensure relevant processes and tools are applied so that service configuration records remain accurate, complete, and current., • Document Management: Produce, review, and amend engineering instructions. Maintain configuration records for hardware, software, and adaptation for Service Support Systems., • Service Asset Management: Manage service assets to ensure they are in a known state and in the correct location for use, ensuring the correct technical services are provided at the required service levels., • Safety Culture: Be an advocate for Safety Culture, promoting and advancing best practice, challenging poor behaviours, and ensuring personal health & safety (H&S) by adhering to H&S procedures., • Training: Provide on-the-job training (OJT) for other colleagues this could be practical application of training or could be via an OJT plan, we would expect this role holder to be an OJTI or working towards it., • Duty Engineer Role: Includes responsibilities for the Duty Engineer role (Be the first point of contact for service resolution - To initiate and progress actions to rectify issues relating to service availability or deliverability) and supporting the implementation of Contingency., • Project Work: Support project requirements and activities., • Supplier Engagement: Engage with suppliers when required to resolve service incidents and problems. Job Scope:, • On Call: These posts are liable for on-call as part of the 24 hour support organisation. There may be the need to provide telephone support or attend out of hours for service restoration, or to deploy service changes in line with the defined procedures., • Environments: Operates across multiple NATS environments, including Production, Pre-production, Training, Simulation, and TADs., • Operates: This post will operate within a Service Support Group. Experience, Qualification & Skills:, • Qualifications: Professional engineering qualification to Higher National Certificate (Level 4 or SQF Level 7) as a minimum Electronics, Telecommunications or Computer Science or other relevant Engineering discipline In lieu of the above qualifications the candidate will be required to demonstrate one of the following alternative criteria:, • Relevant lower-level engineering qualifications such as an Apprenticeship coupled with demonstrable engineering experience in a relevant field (May include but not limited to: Military, Rail, other Safety Critical environment), • Evidence of substantial experience gained in a relevant transferable environment (such as ATSEP) gained over a significant period, • Experience of resolution of incidents, service restoration, incident and problem management of systems and equipment in a Safety Critical environment such as but not limited to Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), Military or Rail., • Shall demonstrate an understanding of safety critical systems and the impact they may have within our operational environment., • Communication Skills: Effective oral and written communication skills. What We're Looking For (ideally): • Knowledge and experience of VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), SIP messaging, SIP response codes and call data flows., • Knowledge of Wireshark, packet capture and packet decoding of G.711, G.729 and G.726 codecs, • Good understanding of IP (Internet Protocol) networking and LAN/WAN technologies, • Windows/Unix/Linux to junior administrator level, • Solid experience of virtual machines and virtualisation principles using VMware technologies that reside in datacentre architectures. We are proud to offer a fantastic total reward package to help you thrive both personally and professionally - for more information on what NATS can offer you please visit - Why NATS? - NATS ' We have adopted agile working to provide greater flexibility and increased choice over working arrangements, with the opportunity for this role to work in our modern office facilities as well as remotely. We also welcome discussions on flexible and part-time working arrangements. If you share our passion to advance aviation and keep the skies safe - we would like to hear from you whatever your age, sex, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, visible or invisible disability. Individuals that bring different perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds help us be at the forefront of our industry. Department: Service Operations Location: Swanwick, Hampshire, GB, SO31 7AY #job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Country/Region: GB Postal Code: SO31 7AY Job Code: 1159 Salary Range: £62,278.99 - £83,038.85 Date: 5 Jan 2026

⚡Lead power and lighting design on nationally significant infrastructure projects.⚡ Our Client has a requirement for a Power & Lighting Engineer, at Senior or Principal level, who will be required to work on a contract basis in any of their key offices in Birmingham, London, Manchester, or Leeds (hybrid working available). Role Purpose: • Provide technical leadership on electrical and lighting design for major infrastructure works, • Deliver high-quality designs from feasibility through to construction support, • Ensure compliance with relevant UK regulations, standards, and best practice Job Role Responsibilities: • Act as technical lead within multidisciplinary design teams, • Produce electrical and lighting designs for feasibility, optioneering, planning and detailed design stages, • Undertake site surveys (day and night) to inform design development, • Prepare technical reports, specifications, and contract documentation, • Support environmental, economic, and business case assessments with technical inputs, • Manage programme activities and monitor design costs, • Liaise with clients, utility providers, contractors, and internal stakeholders, • Contribute to sustainable infrastructure solutions, including EV charging and lighting systems Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications: • Strong experience working to British electrical and lighting standards (BS5489, BS EN 13201, BS7671), • Experience of lighting and electrical design for road and transport environments, • Proficient in lighting and electrical design software (Lighting Reality, DIALux, Amtech), • Excellent technical report writing and documentation skills, • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, • Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering teams, • Proactive, problem-solving mindset with a focus on continuous improvement Company information: At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates. We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for a Power & Lighting Engineer looking for new employment. As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance and must hold British Nationality as their sole/primary nationality. Working: The role offers flexible working but does require engineers on site for a minimum of 3 days per week and is on a secure site where SC clearance is needed. Due to increased workload, one of our major defence clients is looking for experienced stress engineers to lead the structural design and development of next-generation complex projects. The Stress Engineers will collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary teams across our UK sites to develop an advanced aerospace structural solution. The team is responsible for the structural and thermal performance of military systems. And will deliver structural and thermal analysis expertise across the whole product lifecycle from studies in the early concept stage and detailed development of engineering designs to manufacturing concessions and in-service support. This role can provide opportunities to gain experience across a wide range of structural analysis disciplines, including but not limited to: Classical hand calculations; CAE Modelling (Static, Dynamic, Fatigue, Aeroelastics, Non-Linear, Impact, Kinematic), Qualification & Design Testing, Fault Investigation & Loads Derivation. This role is located in Hertfordshire, but we can look at relocation assistance on a case-by-case basis Skill and Experience; • Ideally, degree qualified in a relevant engineering/science discipline or have significant experience in a relevant field (e.g. Mechanical, Aerospace, Structural Analysis etc.)., • Proven experience in estimating, planning, leading and delivering a variety of structural analysis work packages, using both classical hand calculation methods and CAE tools., • Demonstrated ability in preparing and presenting comprehensive technical reports, conveying complex findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including senior management., • Proactive and passionate about developing and improving methods, processes and tools., • Able to mentor and support junior engineers providing technical expertise and fostering their professional growth., • Self-motivated individuals who are great problem solvers, can take responsibility and work independently as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team., • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to network, influence and manage internal and external stakeholders. Desirable Experience; • Experience in the Defence or safety-regulated environment would be advantageous, • Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous., • Experience using Hyperworks is desirable, • Composite stress analysis experience would be an asset. Even If you feel like you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to reach out and apply. Company Benefits; • Bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on performance)., • Pension: Up to 14% total contribution., • Parental Leave: Enhanced parental, maternity, and shared parental leave., • Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days., • Facilities: On-site perks like subsidised meals and free parking., • Training and Development: Excellent opportunities for career progression and skill development Company Details; • The company are a multi-national group, being No 1 in Europe for what they do! With a number of awards and recognitions, with great career progression and opportunities across the business!, • It's no wonder, they have been among the winners of the annual Glassdoor Employees' Choice Awards, 2022, and most recently receiving three accreditation gold standard awards with Investors in People!, • "Interesting work. Good work-life balance. Employees made to feel valued." Software Engineer, 5 Dec 2022. *Glassdoor review., • "Promotes and believes in a good work/life balance interesting work on most programmes Encourages internal mobility. Offers good development/training opportunities" Principal Systems Engineer, 19 Dec 2022. *Glassdoor review., • True advocates of ED&I as an Equal Opportunity Employer! With over 10 Networking groups and communities across the business advocating Equity, Diversity and Inclusion., • Enhanced parental leave: Offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments. For full information, please get in touch

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.

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A leading analytics firm in Southampton is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to build and maintain infrastructure and applications.

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Mentor engineers, influence cross-org roadmaps, and collaborate with Product, SRE, and Network Engineering from concept to GA. Join OCI’s Edge Security team as a Principal Engineer to architect and deliver cloud-scale DDoS protection. Raise engineering quality, automation, and compliance maturity

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Principal Software Architect (FinTech SaaS) – UK Remote. Identifying cross-cutting technical hurdles and driving the adoption of solutions across the entire engineering organisation. Working alongside Product Managers to turn business goals into elite-level software.

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Were looking for a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of high-profile projects and lead the delivery of modern, scalable software. Youll provide hands-on technical leadership, working closely with senior stakeholders, mentoring engineers across multiple teams, and line mana

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a major role in leading and developing software engineering in the Software Modelling and Simulation, autonomy and geospatial fields, along with providing key advice around innovation and new techniques to stakeholders. We are looking for principal sof

Were looking for a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of high-profile projects and lead the delivery of modern, scalable software. Youll provide hands-on technical leadership, working closely with senior stakeholders, mentoring engineers across multiple teams, and line mana

Design, build, test and maintain software to help integrate and orchestrate the movement of data between critical Data components. Deliver observable, reliable and secure software, adopting you build it you run it mentality, and focus on automation. Our team develops and supports market-leading vide

Were looking for a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of high-profile projects and lead the delivery of modern, scalable software. Youll provide hands-on technical leadership, working closely with senior stakeholders, mentoring engineers across multiple teams, and line mana

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We are looking for principal software engineers with diverse experience.

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A leading software company is seeking a Principal Engineer (Web) to lead the design and development of scalable web platforms. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of software development experience, including 3 years in a senior role, and possesses a strong technical background in web architecture

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Share knowledge with the wider engineering community, mentoring and developing those around you to improve the organisation. Experience across large engineering organisations.

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As a Software Development Engineer at Autodesk Research, you will work side-by-side with world‑class researchers and engineers to build new ML‑powered product features that help our customers imagine, design, and make a better world. You are a software engineer who is passionate about solving pr

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Work with Principal Engineers and Architects to share and supply to the broader technical vision. Design, build, test and maintain software to help integrate and orchestrate the movement of data between critical Data components. Deliver observable, reliable and secure software, adopting you build it

As a hands‑on technical leader, you will set the engineering vision, drive technical excellence, and mentor teams to deliver exceptional web experiences that serve thousands of users. Act as a trusted advisor to engineering teams, providing hands‑on guidance in design, implementation, and code r

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Senior Principal Software Engineer (REMOTE). We're seeking an exceptional Senior Principal Engineer to serve as the technical leader to develop the future of autonomous infrastructure platforms for the enterprise. Champion engineering excellence through code reviews, design reviews, and mentorship o

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Principal Software Engineer • London, England, UK. Principal Software Engineer • London, England, UK. Continuous Integration, Docker, Jenkins, Python, System Design, Agile, C/C++, Go, Systems Engineering, Software Development, Java, Distributed Systems.

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Provides software technical leadership on a software development team. Under minimal supervision, leads software development activities including software requirements, architecture, design, implementation, and integration. Follows project and corporate software plans, standards, and procedures to p

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As a result, process stifles the best engineers and doesn’t give others the opportunity to practice the behaviors that made the best engineers the “best. Our engineering culture is motivated by Benji’s (my Co‑founder and CEO) and my belief that a small, talented team, given the right environ

Principal Software Engineer II. Elasticsearch - Principal Software Engineer II - Storage Engine. This globally‑distributed, completely remote team of senior engineers is responsible for delivering the latest innovations in logs and metrics management.

Join to apply for the Principal Software Development Engineer role at Clearwater Analytics (CWAN). We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team at CWAN. Deep knowledge of software methodologies, tools, and common architectural patterns.

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The Principle Development Engineer will work closely with Cartography and Software Engineering teams in Fareham UK and Madison Wisconsin USA, with opportunities for collaboration with engineering teams in Europe and Asia. Principal Software Development Engineer. The Principal Software Development En

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A leading software company is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to work on CAD/Geometry products. Applicants should have a Bachelor's in engineering or Computer Science, with over 8 years in software engineering, particularly in CAD or 3D applications. This role involves developing s

A global technology company is looking for a talented principal engineer in Greater London. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing complex technical problems, leading engineering teams, and developing innovative products that enhance user experience.

A global information analytics company in Southampton is seeking a Principal Software Engineer.

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A leading global financial services firm seeks an experienced Principal Software Engineer specializing in Java development for algorithmic trading.

A global technology company is seeking a Principal Engineer for Software Development to work remotely. This hands-on role focuses on deeply analyzing codebases, improving product stability through AI-enabled automation, and mentoring engineering teams.