Role: SQL Server Architect
Max Pay Rate: £640 pd inside IR35
Clearance Required: SC Clearance

• UK Passport holders only
• Dual nationality not supported

Location: Hybrid – 60% onsite / 40% remote (Central London)

Overview: design and validate High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions for SQL Server in AWS, supporting a mission-critical SharePoint environment.

Key Activities

• Define PoV success criteria (RPO/RTO, failover, throughput, recovery) with Infra Architect.
• Build PoV topology: SQL Server Always On AGs on EC2 (multi-AZ); EBS (io1/io2/gp3), FSx (if required)
• Integrate CloudWatch, AWS Backup, Systems Manager, automation (CloudFormation/Terraform/PowerShell).
• Validate SharePoint DB compatibility (content/search/service).
• Produce resilience pattern catalogue incl. TCO, performance, complexity: Always On AG; FCI; SIOS DataKeeper; AWS Elastic DR; AWS DMS

Deliverables

• PoV plan & metrics
• HA/DR pattern catalogue (pros/cons, prerequisites)
• DR testing with SharePoint team
• Performance findings (latency, throughput, failover)
• Final recommendation & next-step design

Core Responsibilities

• Architect SQL Server HA/DR in AWS.
• Design Always On patterns (listener, quorum, witness).
• Evaluate AWS services: EC2, EBS, FSx, Route 53, CloudWatch, Backup, SSM, CloudFormation.
• Ensure network/IAM/security alignment.
• Produce documentation and operational runbooks.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• 10+ years SQL Server (2016+) architecture & ops.
• Always On AG, FCI, replication/log shipping.
• Large-scale SharePoint DB experience.
• Performance tuning (I/O, indexing, concurrency, wait stats).
• Strong Always On networking & DNS failover knowledge.
• Excellent documentation & stakeholder skills.

Desirable

• Azure SQL HA/DR exposure.
• Hands-on AWS SQL deployments.
• Automation (CloudFormation, Terraform, PowerShell DSC).
• Regulated environment experience.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Security Solutions Architect

Full Time / Oxfordshire / Hybrid
£50,000 – £70,000 + Bonus

The Opportunity

We are working with a highly successful and award-winning UK technology specialist that continues to experience strong year-on-year growth across security, cloud, and managed services.

With an outstanding reputation for technical excellence and innovation, this organisation has built a people-first culture that invests heavily in development, progression, and creating an environment where individuals can genuinely thrive.

Due to continued expansion, they are now looking to appoint a Security Solutions Architect to join their high-performing Solutions Engineering team.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Solutions Engineering, you will play a key role in supporting business growth by delivering expert pre-sales technical consultancy across a broad security portfolio.

This is a client-facing position where you will:

• Engage with customers to understand their security risks, challenges, and objectives

• Design robust, modern, and commercially viable security solutions

• Support the sales function with technical expertise throughout the full sales lifecycle

• Deliver compelling product demonstrations and Proof of Concepts (POCs)

• Produce high-quality proposals, scopes of work, and tender responses

• Present and position solutions confidently against competitive offerings

This role would suit someone with strong consultancy or pre-sales experience who enjoys working directly with customers and shaping secure, scalable IT environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver both chargeable and non-chargeable technical pre-sales services to new and existing customers

• Build and maintain strong technical relationships with clients and prospects

• Support opportunity qualification, discovery sessions, and technical account planning

• Deliver engaging product presentations, demonstrations, webinars, and customer-facing events

• Design and execute tailored POCs

• Evaluate competitive solutions and recommend best-fit technologies

• Contribute to technical solution design and documentation

Skills & Experience Required

• Experience in technical consultancy, pre-sales, or customer-facing project delivery within an MSP or IT reseller environment (essential)

• Strong knowledge across IT infrastructure and security technologies

• Experience working with technologies such as Sophos, Microsoft, N-Able, Mimecast, Barracuda, Fortinet (or similar vendors)

• Strong proposal and tender writing experience

• Excellent presentation and demonstration skills

• Commercial awareness with the ability to articulate business value alongside technical detail

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences

• Right to work in the UK

Relevant certifications across security, Microsoft, or vendor technologies are highly desirable.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Pay Rate: £500- £550
Duration 6 Months
Working Arrangement: Hybrid(2 days P/W onsite, Canary Wharf)
Tech Stack: Java, Angular

We’re supporting a major international financial institution on a large‑scale procurement transformation programme. We’re looking for a hands-on architect who loves architecture but still enjoys getting into the code, shaping technical direction while close to delivery.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading the technical architecture for a major procurement system modernisation.
• Designing scalable, secure, cloud‑native solutions using Azure.
• Working hands‑on with Java to support development teams and validate architectural decisions.
• Collaborating with product owners, engineers, and business stakeholders to shape end‑to‑end solutions.
• Ensuring architectural decisions align with best practice, performance needs, and long‑term maintainability.

Essential

• Strong experience as a Technical Architect with a background in hands‑on software engineering.
• Deep expertise in Java development.
• Solid experience designing and delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Ability to operate across architecture, design, and development.
• Experience working on complex enterprise systems ideally within procurement, finance, or similarly regulated environments

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Role: Technical Architect
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £550 per day inside IR35

As part of an architecture team, design and deliver architectural solutions for the Intelligent Navigation core platform, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with client’s standards and best practices

Essential:

• Self-motivated with ability to drive conversations across teams, within the organisation, and with third parties
• Solution Design: Experience translating requirements into technical solutions Integration Expertise: Hands-on experience with REST APIs, microservices, and integration patterns
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to engage diverse stakeholders
• Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary agile teams

Desirable

• Experience defining solution architectures, including component design and data modelling
• Understanding of security principles including authentication, authorisation, and data protection
• Experience with non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, resilience)

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Specialty Application Architect – AWS Cloud

Location: Remote
Travel: Occasional travel to IBM or public sector client sites
Contract: 9 February 2026 – 7 August 2026
Rate: £596 per day (Inside IR35)
Security Clearance:SC clearance required

Role

We are looking for a Specialty Application Architect – AWS Cloud to support a major public sector client within a Security and Resilience portfolio. The role focuses on improving platform security, resilience, and cloud-based services.

Key Responsibilities

• Support AWS application and cloud architecture activities

• Contribute as a junior architect / technical resource

• Assist with vulnerability identification and management

• Support secure design and delivery of cloud platforms

Skills & Experience

• AWS cloud experience

• Knowledge of application security and vulnerability management

• Experience supporting security-focused or public sector programmes

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Solution Architect – Physical Asset Management

Rate – £600 – £650 per day Inside IR35
Duration – 6 months initial
Location – Multiple offices across the UK (Once a week on site)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to support a Physical Asset Management project. The role will focus on defining and delivering end-to-end solution architecture across asset data, systems and processes. You will ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, security standards and architecture principles.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, delivery teams and third parties to design secure solutions that improve visibility, governance and lifecycle management of physical assets across the organisation.

Skills:

• Experience delivering Physical Asset Management or Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) programmes
• Strong understanding of asset lifecycle management and asset data models
• Experience integrating asset systems with core enterprise platforms (ERP, finance, risk, compliance)
• Strong knowledge of integration patterns, APIs and middleware
• Experience working within regulated environments (security, risk, audit, compliance)
• Ability to produce high-quality architecture artefacts (HLDs, LLDs, target & transition architectures)
• Strong stakeholder management across business and technology teams
• Experience working in Agile / hybrid delivery models

Nice to have:

• Experience with EAM or asset platforms (e.g. Maximo, SAP PM, IFS EAM, ServiceNow Asset Management)
• Cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Knowledge of data governance and asset data quality frameworks

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

We’re looking for a Digital Architect to help shape and govern digital solutions that deliver exceptional customer experiences and power a large-scale digital transformation.

You’ll work in a fast-moving, agile environment, collaborating closely with product, engineering, and delivery teams to design digital services that are scalable, secure, and built to perform.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing and governing modern digital applications and services that promote a strong digital culture

• Working with internal teams and external partners to ensure solutions align with agreed architectural principles and standards

• Supporting product teams with pragmatic, business-focused technical solutions

• Ensuring all designs align with the wider enterprise architecture vision and governance frameworks

• Championing modern engineering practices, including test-driven and behaviour-driven development

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience designing and architecting digital solutions, ideally in complex or large-scale environments

• Strong knowledge of mobile platforms, CRM, eCommerce, and cloud technologies (Azure and/or AWS)

• Experience with microservices architecture, APIs, and recognised architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF)

• A solid understanding of GDPR, data protection, and cyber security principles

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Travel 1-2 times a week to Burton on Trent

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Solution Architect – ERP Integration (Contract)

Rate: £650 – £750 Inside IR35
Duration: 6 months
Location: Somerset – Three times a week on site

We are seeking an experienced ERP Solution Architect to support the design, assessment and delivery of enterprise ERP solutions across a complex application and data landscape.

This role will focus on evaluating the current ERP estate, defining target-state solution architectures and providing a clear roadmap to support ERP transformation, modernisation and integration initiatives in line with business, regulatory and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess the existing ERP landscape, including core ERP platforms, integrations, data flows and dependencies
• Lead solution architecture across ERP programmes, covering design from discovery through delivery
• Define target-state ERP architectures aligned to business strategy and enterprise standards
• Design scalable, secure and resilient ERP solutions across finance, HR, supply chain and operational domains
• Own integration architecture between ERP platforms and wider enterprise systems
• Identify architectural risks, technical debt and constraints within legacy ERP environments
• Produce pragmatic architecture artefacts, standards and roadmaps to support ERP transformation
• Work closely with delivery teams, vendors and system integrators to ensure architectural alignment
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior business and technical stakeholders

Required Experience:

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect working on large-scale ERP platforms
• Strong hands-on experience with at least one major ERP system (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, IFS, Workday)
• Experience designing ERP integrations across complex enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of data, security and non-functional requirements within ERP solutions
• Ability to translate business requirements into clear, deliverable technical architectures
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

SC Cleared Senior Technical Architect

Contract: 6 months
Rate: £600 – £630 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Milton Keynes – 3 days per week onsite
Clearance: SC required

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Technical Architect to lead architecture, infrastructure, and engineering across complex environments. You’ll translate business needs into robust, secure, and scalable technology solutions while working closely with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

Key experience required:

• Solutions & Enterprise Architecture (bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders)

• Public Sector experience

• Agile, DevOps, and cross-team (squad model) delivery

• Cloud platforms (VMware, AWS, Azure) and enterprise infrastructure

• Strong security knowledge (NCSC, CIS, NIST)

• Architecture qualifications (e.g. TOGAF, MCSE, CCNP or equivalent)

Desirable: DevOps, IaC, containers, microservices, and emerging technology experience

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

BPS/CAS Architect

Job Role:

• Analyze customer requirements and produce both high-level and low-level network designs, leveraging technologies from multiple leading vendors.

• Evaluate customer strategy, operations, and processes, proposing technical solutions to improve efficiency and business performance.

• Provide technical leadership and ownership to guide the design and delivery of solutions across the project life cycle.

• Apply broad networking knowledge, including protocols, cyber monitoring tools, and technologies such as Juniper switching and configuration, WAN routing (MPLS, BGP), network gateways, VPNs, remote access solutions (e.g., AnyConnect), network encryption and tunnelling, Cisco Firepower, F5 TLS Intercept, Packet Brokers, Tap Aggregators, Gigamon, SNMP, TCP, TLS/cryptography, PKI, HTTP, and Sockets API. Familiarity with Endace technologies, HSMs, virtualization, and scripting is desirable.

• Design and implement solutions for collecting, analysing, and storing security event data, including automation and orchestration of incident response workflows.

• Participate in requirements gathering and development of concise solution documentation (“solutions on a page”).

• Conduct performance testing of cyber monitoring tools, including sizing, capacity management, and troubleshooting.

• Maintain a solid understanding of the end-to-end project lifecycle and associated commercial and operational risks.

• Troubleshoot complex technical issues, mitigating business, technical, and operational risks

• Coordinate with other technical architects and engineers, collaborating across multiple teams, supporting project managers in planning, reporting, service readiness, and live service support.

• Communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.