Major Incident Manager, ITIL
Up to £625 per day
Manchester/Hybrid working – 3 days on site

Operating in a 24/7 on call environment, the successful candidate will lead Critical & Major Incidents from detection to resolution. You will also be expected to provide info for post incident reviews. Also, you will coordinate Problem Investigations & track delivery of Problem resolution to reduce likelihood of repeat Incidents.

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

Skills and experience required: –

• Relevant experience in leading Critical and Major Incidents in complex environments with a strong understanding of ITIL-based Incident Management.
• Technical knowledge of IT infrastructure, app support and network ops.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional technical teams and third-party suppliers (including during high-pressure situations).
• Problem Management, including root cause analysis, and developing resolution plans.
• Ability to manage stakeholder expectations under time-sensitive and high-stakes conditions.
• Demonstrated leadership skills through high-pressure situations.
• Strong analytical skills to assess business impact and identify the root cause of incidents.
• Knowledge of best practice frameworks for Incident Management including ITIL.

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.

Our leading client is recruiting for a Technical Architect to work on a 12 month FTC, hybrid model ( WFH / Liverpool office) The Technical Solutions Architect will be responsible for assessing the impact of integrating and deploying new technologies into architecture, developing statements of architecture work, defining solution and technical design documents with handover to the engineering teams for build.

Responsibilities

• Producing Statements of Architecture Work outlining deliverables to the business/project management teams
• Producing high-level solution design documents for review by architecture boards
• Producing low-level detailed technical design documents to be translated into implementation work packages by either the architect or BAU engineering and operational teams.
• Participate in the technology direction for the organisation.
• Solution development and control.
• Infrastructure and Cloud (Azure / AWS) design and governance
• Create solutions prototypes, and designs for new technologies
• Control solution development and development of roadmaps
• Ownership of the governance model and standards for the deployment of new technologies
• Engage and work with other technology teams within the business to develop solutions for future software and hardware solutions.
• Work closely with the IT Architecture Manager to develop technology and project roadmaps
• Keep up to date with new and emerging technologies such as Cloud services and Automation
• Define standards for operational systems maintenance and system deployments

Skills / Experience

• End user technologies and controls such as MDM, VDI and security.
• Able to effectively manage a technical workload, both project and BAU.
• Experience of producing high and low-level technical design documentation
• Requirement gathering & translation to solutions.
• Backup management and planning.
• Office365 and other cloud services.
• Multi hosted DC environment.
• High availability & DC
• Datacentre in the cloud.
• Multi-vendor environment.

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.

Software Engineering Team Lead

Gloucester – predominantly on site

Salary to £90,000 plus personal performance bonus

SC Clearance required – to go through DV

Sanderson are working with one of the best know suppliers to the secure government sector in their search for a Software Engineering Team Lead to come in a head up an existing team of software professionals.

The team is currently approximately 10 individuals with skills across Java, Python, C# and React, supporting a secure end client. They are based in our client’s Gloucester office, and therefore the team manager would also be expected to be present most of the time. You should also be reasonably proficient in at least one of the aforementioned languages in order to step in and help out where required.

You should be a commercial aware and confident individual, able to manage relationships across the business and with the end customers.

For this role you would ideally already hold at least SC clearance, and be prepared to achieve DV clearance if required. If you do not hold an active clearance, but perhaps have historically, please still apply and we will consider this on a case by case basis.

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.

Full stack Software developer

Perm

East Sussex

Hybrid model (3 days p/w on site)

£55k-65k

Our client an industry leading private sector business located in East Sussex is looking for a full stack .Net developer.

Key Roles

• Participate in migration of legacy systems built in C#, VB.NET, Angular/TypeScript, using MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server technologies.

• Maintaining applications, ensuring reliability, maintainability, and evolution.

• Act as a liaison between the development team and internal business stakeholders.

• Implementation of modern architectures: micro services, containerised services, and serverless cloud-native components in AWS.

• Diagnose and resolve complex support issues.

• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Team Leaders to refine deliverables and technical solutions.

• CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes using GitHub and Azure DevOps.

• Contribute to Agile processes using KANBAN, ensuring transparency and delivery alignment.

• Document architecture decisions, deployment processes, and codebase changes clearly and thoroughly.

What You’ll Bring

• Relevant software development experience, with strong expertise in .NET (C#).

• Front-end technologies – Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

• SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

• AWS or Azure.

• Experience in a client-facing or business-facing technical role.

• Maintaining and modernising legacy systems, including VB.NET.

• Communication skills to engage confidently with non-technical stakeholders.

• Knowledge of Docker, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, and Azure DevOps

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.

Seeking a highly skilled DV cleared DevOps / Platform Engineer with experience in Linux and DevOps technologies, ideally with a strong background in cloud, to join a dynamic team within the defence sector. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to critical projects in a secure and innovative environment.

Required Experience:

• Active DV clearance is essential
• Developing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
• Software development tasks including working with python, scripting languages, and command line tools.
• Managing ESXI hypervisors.
• Ongoing upkeep of a Windows server domain and desktop workstations.
• Managing Azure and AWS cloud environments, using IaC approaches such as Terraform
• Upkeep and deployment of Linux servers (RedHat, Ubuntu, and and Debian variants).

Beneficial Skills:

• Previous experience within the defence or government sectors.
• Knowledge of security best practices and protocols (e.g., IAM, encryption).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and associated tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).

Why Join Us: This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact within the defence sector, contributing to critical national security initiatives. You will work alongside talented professionals in a supportive environment that encourages innovation and professional development.

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.

Pre-Sales Network Architect

Salary to £71,000/annum plus 10% bonus and a strong pension

Bracknell office – hybrid

This is a position with a major UK defence consultancy business for a pre-sales network architect to come in and support on a variety of bids within the UK Government sector. The role will involve scoping and designing solutions using largely Cisco and Juniper kit, and sometimes supporting delivery of successful bids.

During active bids you may only typically be required in Bracknell one day per week, but this can go up as bids move towards the end of the process, or while you are supporting delivery. You will also on occasion be required to travel to client sites, this will of course be put on expenses.

This role will require you to achieve a high level of security clearance, if you currently hold SC clearance you can start on this level with the understanding that your clearance will be upgraded whilst in post. If you do not currently hold a clearance, you will need to achieve the higher level clearance ahead of commencing this role.

The client bids on both Cisco and Juniper projects, so ideally you would have an understanding of both. However if you are heavily biased one way or another this is not an issue.

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 skilled Platform Engineer with experience in IAM (Identity & Access Management) and strong experience in Agile delivery to support product development and technical enablement across multi-disciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to map user stories to platforms and build secure, scalable services
• Develop hardened base containers and support platform build activities
• Identify delivery risks and promote best practices across engineering teams
• Define QA, integration and deployment pipelines for secure, automated delivery
• Drive adoption of emerging DevOps tools and improve support processes
• Ensure smooth transitions of new products into service aligned to the product roadmap

Essential Skills & Experience

• Passion for IAM and experience developing secure systems
• Experience delivering against a product roadmap in Agile environments
• Strong background in system design, integration, software development & testing
• Familiarity with the SFIA framework – including levels:
• SWDN (Level 5), PROG (Level 4), TEST (Level 3), SINT (Level 5), DATM (Level 4), ASUP (Level 4)

Desirable Skills

• Previous hands-on experience with IAM tools or platforms
• Agile certification (e.g. Scrum, SAFe, or GDS-aligned)
• Strong written and verbal communication, including stakeholder reporting

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.

Engineering Test Lead

Darlington (Hybrid)

£80,000 + benefits

Sanderson Recruitment are supporting a leading Financial Services organisation with their search for a permanent Engineering Test Lead.

This role will be to build out a testing framework for a whole engineering function which currently uses Microsoft stack (Blazer, Angular, C#, SQL Server, Cypress, Selenium, Playwrite). We are looking for someone who is passionate about Testing and has a broad and diverse testing background. This must include experience of automation testing. You will still be very hands on and get involved with the day to day testing.

In time you will build a test team around you.

This role is hybrid with 1-2 days a week on site in a central Darlington location.

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.

£400/425 MAX Outside IR35

3 months initial

Once a week into Birmingham

Working with an exclusive Financial Services company in Birmingham as they take on a migration project integrating three new acquisitions (CRM platforms) into their Snowflake Data Warehouse hosted on Azure.

Skills

• Matillion
• Snowflake
• Cloud compute

Interview

1 stage via Teams

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.

3rd Line Linux Engineer

Stevenage

Salary to £45,000 plus £5,000 additional bonus

Must be able to achieve DV clearance

Sanderson are supporting a major defence consultancy in their search for a Linux Support Engineer to work on a major client account in Stevenage. The role will be based on site due to the secure environment, operating Monday-Friday with the team contracted to provide services from 7-7.

The primary tech stack/skills requirement is as follows, required skills are highlighted in bold.

• Linux Solaris
• Ansible
• VMWare
• NetApp
• SAN
• Cohesity
• 2nd/3rd Line Support
• Ticketing

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.