Network Engineer, Cisco, Firewalls
Attendance on site is required only once/twice per week.
Up to £600 per day (umbrella engagement).

The successful candidate will be required to help provide a high level of proactive and reactive skills and actions to ensure the Network Infrastructure is stable and supportable.

You will work within a time pressured environment where stability and performance along with delivery are critical to allow company to achieve customer & regulatory targets.

General responsibilities: –

• Driving improved support through completion of operational acceptance into service measures and activities.
• Ensuring smooth running of IT systems particularly in Key areas
• Advise on suitable upgrades concerns of any remedial work in Key areas

Experience required: –

• Cisco Networks
• Experience of network security products and countermeasure techniques
• Firewalls (FortiGate/Fortinet preferred)
• Virtual Private Networks (VPN’s),
• Encryption and authentication techniques
• Knowledge in TCP/IP routing protocols, including OSPF and BGP
• Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• F5
• Extensive Experience in Troubleshooting at all levels in the Networking area
• Awareness of WAN connectivity technologies
• ITIL

Please note, engagement is via umbrella company only; all tax and NI will be deducted at source.

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.

Currently entering a period of business change and expansion, this specialist employer is looking to add to its team with the appointment of a DV cleared Network Engineer.

You are an experienced Senior Network Engineer with a passion for solving complex networking challenges. You enjoy working directly with customers, are comfortable taking ownership of projects, and have the confidence to lead technical discussions and provide expert guidance. You thrive in environments where reliability, security, and attention to detail are paramount, and you enjoy working with modern data centre networking technologies as well as traditional
enterprise infrastructure.

The successful candidate will have experience with the following:

• Extensive experience designing and supporting enterprise network infrastructure.
• Expert-level routing and switching knowledge.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and diagnostic skills.
• Excellent customer-facing communication skills.
• Strong understanding of:
  o BGP
  o OSPF
  o VLANs
  o VRRP/HSRP
  o Spanning Tree
  o QoS
  o Multicast
  o IPv4/IPv6
  o High Availability networking
• Due to the nature of this work, candidates must already hold a DV clearance.

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.

Linux Engineer – National Security

Location: Cheltenham
Working: 100% onsite
Contract: Contract opportunity
Rate: Market rate
Clearance: Active eDV required

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Linux Engineer to join a specialist technology team delivering mission-critical capability within the National Security space.

This is a hands-on engineering role working with complex infrastructure in a highly secure environment. Red Hat / RHEL experience is highly desirable, with OpenShift experience particularly advantageous.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong commercial experience with Linux / RHEL

• Hands-on experience managing and supporting Linux infrastructure

• OpenShift / Kubernetes experience highly desirable

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Experience working in secure or highly regulated environments

• Active eDV clearance is essential

The Details

📍 Cheltenham – fully onsite
🔐 Active eDV required
💷 Market-leading contract rates
🖥️ Linux / RHEL / OpenShift environment
🚀 Mission-critical National Security programme

If you’re an eDV-cleared Linux Engineer with strong RHEL experience and you’re open to a new contract, get in touch for a confidential conversation.

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.

Infrastructure Operations Engineer, VMWare, Automation, Hybrid working
Hybrid Working – 3 days on site
Long term contract
£400-£500 per day

We’re seeking an Infrastructure Operations Engineer to join a large-scale enterprise technology environment, supporting critical infrastructure services that underpin business operations. This role offers the opportunity to work across complex server, virtualisation and platform technologies, driving operational excellence, security, automation and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining the reliability, performance and security of production infrastructure whilst supporting ongoing modernisation and optimisation initiatives.

Please note, engagement is via umbrella company only; all tax and NI will be deducted at source.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operation, administration and support of enterprise server and virtualised infrastructure environments.
• Coordinate and deliver regular operating system and application patching activities.
• Identify, assess and remediate infrastructure and application vulnerabilities in line with security requirements.
• Drive automation initiatives to improve efficiency, consistency and service reliability.
• Support infrastructure lifecycle management, including upgrades, refreshes and decommissioning activities.
• Monitor system performance, availability and capacity, proactively addressing issues before service impact occurs.
• Lead infrastructure-related incident resolution, root cause analysis and problem management activities.
• Coordinate infrastructure, network and firewall changes through established governance processes.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and support runbooks.
• Collaborate with security, cloud, network, application and database teams to ensure stable and secure service delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across infrastructure operations, automation and security.

Skills & Experience

• Strong knowledge of Windows Server and/or Linux administration within enterprise environments.
• Automation and scripting using PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Experience managing virtualised infrastructure technologies, including VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, OpenShift or similar platforms.
• Good understanding of patch management, software lifecycle management and vulnerability remediation.
• Knowledge of enterprise networking concepts, including DNS, DHCP, firewalls, load balancing and network security principles.
• Experience working within structured change management and governance frameworks.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively across both technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Familiarity with hybrid infrastructure environments that include both on-premises and cloud-based platforms.

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.

Infrastructure/Cloud (AWS) Architect
Hybrid – 1 day per week on site in Bristol.
£700-£800 per day (umbrella engagement)

Our client, a leading organisation based in Bristol, is looking to hire a Cloud Architect with an Infrastructure Architect background.

The primary purpose of the role is to own and develop the technical architecture for our client’s infrastructure.

Responsible for leading, developing and optimising infrastructure platforms to support our client’s digital strategy. The successful candidate will focus on ensuring the technical architecture supports security, scalability, reliability and cost effectiveness across platforms.

The role holder will have technical authority for infrastructure architecture topics and will collaborate with the wider digital technology, engineering and architecture teams.

General responsibilities: –

• Mature infrastructure technical architecture, defining architectural standards and best practices for deployment and management
• Develop and maintain reference architecture assets, including roadmaps, blueprints.
• Lead architectural designs for secure and scalable infrastructure ensuring resilience and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with security, compliance, and engineering teams to ensure seamless integration with existing and future infrastructure platforms
• Develop and mature robust technical governance for infrastructure and cloud.
• Advise on infrastructure topics, migration strategies and platform solutions, cloud native and hybrid.
• Support operational and engineering colleagues through identifying opportunities to simplify legacy systems, automate processes, and improve security and performance using cloud-native.
• Ensure compliance with relevant frameworks, including ISO 27001, PCI DSS.
• Support infrastructure capabilities internally through the mentoring of technical teams such as Digital Operations and Engineering, on design best practices, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code approaches

Skills and experience required: –

• In-depth infrastructure expertise across security, networking, databases and storage.
• Experience with Windows (Unix OS desirable)
• Relevant exposure to leading cloud providers, in particular AWS.
• Virtualisation, containerisation, orchestration and serverless architectures
• Evidence of successfully simplifying legacy infrastructure and migrating to hybrid and cloud-native platforms
• Awareness and use of architectural frameworks

Please note, engagement is via umbrella company only; all tax and NI will be deducted at source.

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.

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.

Service Design & Transition Lead

6 Month Contract
Hybrid working – 2 days on site in Worcester
Up to £600 per day

A major customer experience transformation programme requires an experienced Service Design & Transition Lead to shape, design and transition a new Salesforce-based customer platform into live service.

Working across business, technology and operational teams, you’ll define the future operating model, establish support and service frameworks, lead transition activities and ensure a seamless move from programme delivery into BAU support.

This is a high-profile assignment involving a new Salesforce CRM, SAP integrations and a customer experience portal, offering the opportunity to influence service design, support strategy and ongoing product management.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the Target Operating Model (TOM), service strategy and support model for a new Salesforce, SAP and customer portal environment.
• Lead service design and service transition activities, ensuring operational readiness and acceptance into BAU.
• Establish AMS, support tiering, vendor management and product management processes.
• Define release management, incident management, governance, ELS and hypercare frameworks.
• Coordinate knowledge transfer, stakeholder engagement and transition planning across business, technology and third-party suppliers.
• Support procurement and supplier selection activities relating to ongoing service support.

Essential Experience

• Proven Service Design and Service Transition experience within large-scale CRM and ERP transformation programmes.
• Strong Salesforce and SAP experience, ideally within complex enterprise environments.
• Solid understanding of ITIL service management, including incident, release and operational acceptance processes.
• Experience designing AMS and support models, including supplier and vendor management.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage business, technology and service teams.
• Ability to produce practical documentation including TOMs, support models, RACIs and operational governance artefacts.

Please note, engagement is via umbrella company only; all tax and NI will be deducted at source.

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.

Hosting & Network Manager, Infrastructure Manager
Bristol (2-3 days per week onsite) Contract
Up to £800 per day

We’re supporting a leading fintech organisation in the search for an accomplished Hosting & Network Manager to oversee the operational delivery, resilience and security of critical infrastructure services.

This role is ideally suited to an experienced people leader who can combine strong operational governance with stakeholder engagement, ensuring infrastructure platforms remain secure, compliant and capable of supporting a complex business environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide leadership and direction to a specialist infrastructure team, creating a high-performance culture focused on delivery, ownership and continual enhancement.
• Take overall responsibility for the governance and operational effectiveness of the organisation’s hosting estate, spanning data centre and co-location environments.
• Ensure the successful management of virtualisation, compute and storage platforms through effective oversight of internal teams and external suppliers.
• Maintain robust governance across enterprise networking services, ensuring performance, resilience and security standards are consistently achieved.
• Oversee business continuity, backup and recovery capabilities, ensuring infrastructure services align with business and regulatory expectations.
• Champion the adoption of security best practices, technical standards and control frameworks across the infrastructure estate.
• Identify opportunities to improve service quality, consistency and efficiency through automation, process optimisation and standardisation.
• Manage key technology partners and vendors, monitoring service performance and ensuring contractual commitments are met.
• Provide senior-level guidance on infrastructure risks, operational resilience and technology strategy to a variety of business stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience leading infrastructure, hosting or network teams within financial services or another highly regulated sector.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure operations, hosting environments and network governance.
• A track record of enhancing operational controls, service stability and team performance.
• Experience working within regulated environments, with an understanding of risk, compliance and audit requirements.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build credibility and influence at all levels of an organisation.

Desirable Technical Exposure: Knowledge of VMware, NetApp, enterprise networking, Infrastructure-as-Code, disaster recovery and security frameworks within regulated enterprise environments.

Location: Bristol (2-3 days per week onsite)
Please note, engagement is via umbrella company only; all tax and NI will be deducted at source.

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.

Hosting and Network Manager

£75,000 – £85,000 + bonus, PHC, pension

Bristol office, hybrid working (2 days a week onsite)

Leading a team of 11

About the job

A leading financial services business are looking for an experienced Hosting and Network Manager to lead a team responsible for the availability, resilience, and security of our enterprise hosting and network platforms within a regulated financial services environment. This is a hands-on technical management role with a strong leadership, governance, and operational resilience.

You will ensure that critical infrastructure services meet regulatory, security, and business continuity requirements, while acting as a trusted partner to senior technology, risk, and business stakeholders.

Hosting and Network Manager- What you will be doing:

• Lead, develop, and performance-manage a hosting and network engineering team, setting clear objectives and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Own the operational governance of enterprise-scale on-premises and co-location hosting environments supporting business-critical financial systems.
• Provide oversight of virtualisation platforms (VMware vSphere, NSX), physical compute, and enterprise storage (NetApp SAN/NAS/HCI) through effective team leadership and vendor management.

Hosting and Network Manager

• Define and assure backup, disaster recovery, and operational resilience strategies aligned to business RPO/RTO and regulatory expectations.
• Establish and enforce infrastructure security baselines and configuration standards aligned with ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and internal risk frameworks.
• Drive service improvement through standardisation, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives, improving stability, control, and operational efficiency.
• Manage third-party suppliers and strategic partners, including contract negotiation, SLA governance, and service performance reviews.
• Act as a senior escalation point and advisor, clearly articulating infrastructure risk, control posture, and resilience to senior leadership.

Hosting and Network Manager- About you:

• Proven experience managing hosting and network teams within regulated environments
• Strong understanding of enterprise hosting, data centre operations, and network governance at scale
• Demonstrated success in leading teams, improving operational maturity, and embedding effective controls
• Deep awareness of infrastructure risk management, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior and non-technical audiences

Qualifications

• Desirable: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
• Preferred certifications: VMware VCP/VCAP, Cisco CCNP, ITIL v4

Working Schedule

This role is based in Bristol head office. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Hybrid working – 2 days per week onsite

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.

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.