Infrastructure Architect – Active Directory Focus – Permanent – MOD DV Cleared

Location – Basingstoke, Bracknell

Type – Permanent, Full-Time

Salary – £75,000 – £80,000 + DV Bonus (Once Attained) + Pension + Company Bonus + Car Allowance

Clearance – Must be eligible for SC and MOD DV clearances (Sole British National). Clearances aren’t essential to apply but would need to be obtained prior to start date.

A leading technical supplier to the MOD is seeking to expand its Architectural teams. As part of this team, you will collaborate with highly skilled Infrastructure and Lead Architects. You will have a strong focus on Active Directory but have existing knowledge of general Infrastructure and Windows systems. Contributing to various project lifecycles that encompass security, service, and management. Successful candidates will thrive in a collaborative environment where teamwork is essential.

This Role Will Involve:

• The Successful candidate will be working as part of a highly skilled team of Architects, where teamwork and collaboration is key. Communicating with multiple stakeholders ensuring work is aligned to the client’s needs.
• Your will have a knowledgeable detailed focus on Active Directory.
• Your role will entail providing technical leadership within a project, being responsible for network design and configuration documentation, including navigating through governance review.
• The role will provide hands-on technical configuration/implementation support and ensure a successful handover to service.
• This role also includes mentor-ship and coaching opportunities to help more junior Architects and Integrators.

Your Experience:

• Strong senior-level client-facing skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with executives.
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing secure, large-scale, and resilient infrastructure.
• Proven track record of gathering and defining infrastructure requirements directly with clients.
• Hands-on experience delivering production-ready solutions and managing smooth service transitions.
• Skilled in creating infrastructure designs aligned with security standards.
• Knowledgeable and efficient in Active Directory.
• Experienced in Agile software development and delivery.
• Solid knowledge of enterprise Windows systems administration, including configuration via GPO, PowerShell, WMI, and patching processes. Linux is a desirable but not essential.
• Knowledge of Private Cloud desirable but not essential.
• Virtualisation knowledge and experience.
• In depth knowledge of both HLD’s and LLD’s.

Benefits

• 26 Days annual leave plus public holidays
• Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Company-wide incentive plans
• Company Learning and Development Plans
• Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays / travel / dental critical illness and more)
• Perks at work – employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme / virtual GP

If you’re interested in the above and would like to learn and discuss more, reach out to [email protected]

Infrastructure Architect – Permanent – MOD DV Clearable

Location – Basingstoke, Bracknell

Type – Permanent, Full-Time

Salary – £75,000 – £80,000 + DV Bonus (Once Attained) + Pension + Company Bonus + Car Allowance

Clearance – Must be eligible for MOD DV and SC clearance (Sole British National). Not required to have these to apply but will require them to start the role.

A leading technical supplier to the MOD is seeking to expand its Architectural teams. As part of this team, you will collaborate with highly skilled Infrastructure and Lead Architects, contributing to various project lifecycles that encompass security, service, and management. Successful candidates will thrive in a cooperative environment where teamwork is essential.

This Role Will Involve:

• The Successful candidate will be working as part of a highly skilled team of Architects, where teamwork and collaboration is key. Communicating with multiple stakeholders ensuring work is aligned to the client’s needs.
• Your role will entail providing technical leadership within a project, being responsible for network design and configuration documentation, including navigating through governance review.
• The role will provide hands-on technical configuration/implementation support and ensure a successful handover to service.
• This role also includes mentor-ship and coaching opportunities to help more junior Architects and Integrators.

Your Experience:

• Strong senior-level client-facing skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with executives
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing secure, large-scale, and resilient infrastructure
• Track record of gathering and defining infrastructure requirements directly with clients
• Hands-on experience delivering production-ready solutions and managing smooth service transitions
• Skilled in creating infrastructure designs aligned with security standards
• Experienced in Agile software development and delivery
• Solid knowledge of enterprise Windows systems administration, including configuration via GPO, PowerShell, WMI, and patching processes. Linux is a desirable but not essential.
• Knowledge of Private Cloud desirable but not essential.
• Virtualisation knowledge and experience.
• In depth knowledge of both HLD’s and LLD’s

Benefits

• 26 Days annual leave plus public holidays
• Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Company wide incentive plans
• Company Learning and Development Plans
• Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays / travel / dental critical illness and more)
• Perks at work – employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme / virtual GP

If you’re interested in the above and would like to learn and discuss more, reach out to [email protected]

Your role will Involve:

• The successful candidate will work as part of a multi skilled agile team, where teamwork is paramount. The role will be challenging and varied, where cross training is expected, and challenges shared.
• The successful candidate will have the responsibility of owning the delivery of a work package from design, through prototyping, ensuring the work package meets functional and non-functional requirements. The skills necessary to troubleshoot and problem solve. The candidate will script repeatable unit tests to exercise functionality, which will account for desired and undesired outcomes.
• The candidate will continue to support the work package through user piloting and into production and will continue to be on hand to provide early life support, as well as creating and maintaining support and design documentation to assist users and support personnel in maintaining the work package throughout its life.
• The candidate will be responsible for the delivery of ongoing change to the work package, in response to evolving user requirements.
• The ideal candidate will be working with LLD and HLD#
• The candidate will also hold the responsibility of mentoring more junior architects to develop their skills

Your experience

• SQL Server
• The following is also desirable but not essential: Microsoft Windows systems administration within an enterprise environment – delivery of configuration change via GPO, Registry, Filesystem, Powershell cmdlets or, WMI, as well as Windows Update and patching mechanisms, including Windows Installer.
• Need expertise in private cloud and Linux
• Confidence in leadership to bring out the skills of new architects along with excellent communication

• VMWare (VCF) Cloud Foundation is essential
• VSAN – Essential
• Software Defined Networking – Essential

IDAM Architect

Active DV or SC Clearance (Sole UK National)

Basingstoke (Onsite)

£75k – £85K Base + Annual Bonus, Clearance Allowance, Car Allowance

Role details:

We’re partnering with a global consultancy who’ve been a key player in the UK’s ICT landscape for the last 50 years. They deliver highly secure network services into high profile Central Government and Defence customers.

They are looking for an IDAM Architect work in close partnership with their delivery teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions to a key customer.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in Identity and Access Management technologies.
• Experience in MS Windows Enterprise technologies and architectures, along with Powershell scripting and automation of these technologies.
• Some experience or awareness of Automated testing.
• Experience of agile delivery methodologies.

Benefits:

• 26 Days annual leave
• Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%
• 10% Annual Bonus
• 10% DV Clearance Bonus (Paid monthly)
• Car Allowance
• Life assurance & Medical cover

Eligibility:

To be considered for the role, you must have active DV Clearance OR SC Clearance + eligibility for DV clearance (Sole UK National + Resident in the UK for the past 10 years).

Our leading client had an exciting new postion for a Workforce Analyst. As a Workforce Management Analyst, you will be responsible for the models and processes that determine how many labour hours each of their sites needs. You will work closely with the Workforce Management Partners to define and deliver the strategy for the function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the models that determine how many labour hours their sites need, including maintaining accurate inputs, managing and updating model assumptions, changing code, and validating outputs.
• Collaborate with Workforce Management Partners to ensure system configuration and workload rules are accurate and up-to-date, diagnosing and resolving any issues.
• Play a critical role in the annual budgeting process, working closely with Finance to provide forecasted hours by sites, backed up with clear rationale and commentary.
• Enhance workforce models, systems, and reports, and support the implementation of the development roadmap.

What You’ll Bring:

• Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to confidently write, modify, and troubleshoot VBA code and macros.
• Extensive experience working with data and generating insights in an analytical-oriented role, ideally in an operational context.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences and build effective relationships.

Join us and be part of a dynamic team where your analytical skills and passion for data will make a significant impact!

Job Advert: Field Network Engineer

Location: Woking & various UK sites (travel required)

Hybrid: 2 days a week

Salary: Up to £62,000

An opportunity has arisen for a Field Network Engineer to support and maintain a Windows Server environment and IT infrastructure across multiple UK locations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and troubleshooting servers, networks, and telephony systems.

• Performing installations, upgrades, and security patches.

• Providing on-site IT support across different locations.

• Responding to IT support tickets and ensuring minimal downtime.

• Collaborating with teams to enhance network security and connectivity.

Requirements:

• Strong experience with Windows Server, VMware, Cisco networking.

• Knowledge of LAN/WAN, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, and firewalls.

• Knowledge of Azure/AD

• Must have CCNA or completing CCNA qualification

If you are a Field IT Infrastructure Engineer, looking for your next opportunity, please apply!

IT Support Technician

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Salary to £30,000/annum

SC or eligibility for SC clearance required

Sanderson Government and Defence have partnered with an exciting mid size consultancy who operating right across the UK Secure Government sector in their search for an IT Support Technician who would ultimately be externally facing.

Our requirements for this role are as follows:

• At least one year of experience working in an IT Support based role
• Strong communication skills and external customer facing experience (doesn’t have to be IT related)
• Ideally active SC Security Clearance or at least eligibility for it (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels)
• Ability to work full time in the Stonehouse location (own transport ideal)
• Willingness to learn and progress within the organisation

This would be a fantastic opportunity for someone looking for a stable yet exciting and opportunity laiden role within the UK secure government sector.

A fantastic, fast-growing organisation are seeking a super strong HR generalist to join them on a permanent basis.

This will be a rewarding role for those wanting to progress in an exciting business.

Due to the nature of the organisation, you must be SC cleared or eligible to go through an SC Clearance.

What You’ll Do:

• Advise and support leaders and staff on all things HR

• Deliver HR strategies across recruitment, performance, ER, and talent development

• Guide and coach managers on policies and best practices

• Lead on complex employee relations cases and support change initiatives

• Champion wellbeing, EDI, and continuous improvement

• Help shape and deliver key People projects alongside the Head of People

What You’ll Bring:

• CIPD qualified/training

• Experience partnering with leadership teams

• Knowledge of UK employment law

• Skilled communicator with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset

• Comfortable managing a varied workload and analysing HR data

• Experience with HR systems and project implementation

Why apply?

• Competitive salary & benefits (Up to £40,000 per annum)

• Real opportunities for professional growth

• Collaborative and supportive culture

• A chance to make a genuine impact

SOC Analysts (L1 & L2)
SC OR DV Clearance (Sole UK National)

Farnborough (24/7 shift pattern, 4 on 4 off)

£40k – £65k DOE + Clearance Bonus

Role details:

We’re partnering with a global IT Services company who have become leaders in Infrastructure within the Public Sector. They are looking for several L1 & L2 SOC Analysts to play a crucial role in their Cyber Threat Analysis Centre.

L1 Responsibilities:

• Monitor and review security events across various SIEM platforms 24/7/365 to detect, triage, and respond to security incidents.
• Act as the first line of response for security incidents by identifying, validating, and classifying potential threats, escalating to higher tiers when necessary.
• Perform preliminary analysis on alerts to determine false positives and escalate confirmed incidents based on pre-defined criteria.
• Create and manage incident tickets in the system to track incident status and facilitate accurate handovers between shifts.

L2 Responsibilities:

• Conduct escalated triage and analysis on security events identified by Tier 1 Analysts, determining threat severity and advising on initial response actions.
• Apply expertise in SIEM solutions utilizing Kusto Query Language (KQL), to perform log analysis, event correlation, and thorough documentation of security incidents.
• Identify and escalate critical threats to Tier 3 Analysts with detailed analysis for further action, ensuring rapid response and adherence to service Tier objectives (SLOs).
• Investigate potential security incidents by conducting deeper analysis on correlated events and identifying patterns or anomalies that may indicate suspicious or malicious activity.

Eligibility:

To be considered for the role, you must have active DV Clearance OR SC Clearance AND eligibility for DV clearance (Sole UK National + Residence in the UK for the past 5 years).

Executive Assistant

£325 – £375 a day via Umbrella

London – 3 days a week in the office

Full Time

12 Month contract initially

Household name – Technology Brand

Our client, a world-renowned technology business, is looking for a highly skilled Executive Assistant to provide exceptional support to two senior Directors within a dynamic, fast-paced global team.

This is a unique opportunity to join an innovative, high-performing environment where your ability to manage complexity, anticipate needs, and communicate with impact will be key to success.

This would suit someone with strong experience in large businesses as an executive / personal assistant who is looking to add a great brand to their CV in a long-term contract opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high-level, tailored administrative support to two Senior Directors, anticipating needs and ensuring seamless daily operations.
• Own complex diary management, including global meetings, video conferences, and last-minute schedule changes.
• Coordinate intricate international and domestic travel – flights, accommodation, and all logistics.
• Support financial processes such as raising purchase requisitions, processing expenses, and managing vendor creation.
• Plan and execute internal events, executive visits, and strategic planning cycles.
• Partner with teams across Europe and globally to drive collaboration and consistency.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as an Executive Assistant supporting Senior Leaders at large, complex organisations.
• Exceptional organisation and time management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.
• A proactive mindset – able to stay calm under pressure and thrive in ambiguity.
• Confident communicator with excellent written and verbal skills.
• Discretion and diplomacy when managing sensitive matters.
• Proficiency with Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative, team-first attitude.

• International experience would be a huge bonus, though not essential.

If this role is of interest, please apply below!