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Java Technical Lead Contract Opportunity Inside IR35 UK Wide The Bridge IT are supporting a flagship digital transformation programme, seeking experienced Java Technical Leads to join established engineering teams. This is a long-term contract with significant scope for impact, working on critical national services. Day rate: £600 £625 p/d (Inside IR35) Location: Hybrid with occasional travel Duration: Until March 2026 (initial), with expectation of 12-month extension Clearance: SC Clearance required (will sponsor if required) The Role: As a Technical Lead, you will be both a hands-on engineer and a leader of a cross-functional team, helping shape the technical direction of large-scale digital platforms. You will work closely with product and engineering colleagues to deliver high-quality, secure, and scalable services, while also coaching and mentoring team members to build capability and best practice. This is a role for someone who enjoys technical problem-solving, driving engineering standards, and making a positive impact at scale. Key Skills & Experience: We re looking for individuals who can demonstrate: Software Engineering (Java focus) modern development of digital products using Java, microservice architectures, and hexagonal architecture. Data & Messaging hands-on experience with MongoDB and Kafka in production environments. Cloud & Automation understanding of modern cloud infrastructure (AWS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins). Technical Leadership experience leading engineering teams, setting direction, establishing standards, and providing mentorship and guidance. Engineering Best Practice strong knowledge of version control, secure design, quality assurance, and resilient system design. Collaboration proven ability to work in multi-disciplinary environments, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, and contributing to wider engineering communities. If this sounds of interest, please apply to hear more!

SDWAN/Network Design Authority Up To £70k Hybrid (Harrogate) 2 days a week Permanent Candidates in this role are primarily responsible for designing, implementing, and troubleshooting SDWAN solutions for clients across the UK. They work closely with sales, solutions, and project management teams to ensure customer requirements are met and projects are delivered on time. The role involves configuring network devices such as firewalls, routers, and switches, and providing technical support during and after deployment. Additionally, they contribute to developing standard solutions, documenting processes, and supporting ongoing network improvements. Skills SDWAN design and implementation (Fortinet, Meraki) FortiGate & Meraki SDWAN configuration Cisco routing and switching (CCNP level) WAN and LAN technologies expertise TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6 knowledge VPN technologies (L2/L3 VPN, BGP, OSPF) Firewall and network device troubleshooting Project management and customer communication skills Network security principles4 If this is a role you are intrested in please can you apply or any questions email (url removed)

Data Engineer To support with ongoing tasks such as dataset submissions overseeing/maintaining the ETL processes. Support some interim developments within Azure, Careflow BI, Business Objects as required. Provide some mentorship to junior engineers as required. You will need Skills in. Acute NHS data experience, preferably with Careflow EPR or CaMIS. Excellent SQL, use of SSMS and ideally SSRS. Experience of overseeing ETL, managing load pipelines and troubleshooting. Any experience with Palantir would be an advantage. Please send your CV for immediate feedback.

Purpose of the Job: Design, build, and maintain robust data systems and pipelines that support data storage, processing, and analysis on the Cloud. Work with large datasets, ensuring data quality, scalability, and performance, while collaborating. closely with data scientists, analysts, and other engineering teams to understand their data needs and provide them with high-quality, accessible data. They are responsible for ensuring that the underlying data infrastructure supports the organizations broader data and business goals, enabling more effective data-driven decision-making. Key Accountabilities: Design and implement scalable, efficient, and secure data architectures, ensuring optimal data flow across systems in order to achieve high service levels of support, maintenance and development You will own development and change projects to ensure requirements are met in the most cost-effective manner while minimising associated risk to expected standards. Responsibly for cloud data platform development, data modelling, shaping and technical planning You will be a mentor among the owning decision making and evaluation of requirement suitability, facilitate reliable estimates, technical project management, stakeholder management with a project Ensure that resource requirements are understood and planned/estimated effectively against demand, including identification of additional temporary resource capability within projects Maintain appropriate process procedures, compliance and service level monitoring, performance reporting and vendor management. Implementing best practices around data security, privacy, and compliance for the teams compliance with cyber security and data protection and supporting along with BI lead Strong stakeholder management will be required for maintaining relationships with our business users to clarify and influence requirements. Including liaising with internal business departments and functions to manage the service level expected from the data team. Collaborating with external organisations and third-party software/service suppliers for ongoing support, maintenance and development of systems. You will be able to demonstrate you are quality focused to ensure that they solutions are built to an appropriate standard whilst being balanced with a drive to deliver against tight deadlines. Support in developing and implementing best practices and process across the team along with BI lead. Influence the evolution of business and system requirements and contribute to the design of technical solutions to feed a delivery pipeline that increasingly employs Agile methods such as SCRUM and Kanban You will be required to develop unit tested code and then support test cycles including post implementation validation. You will be required to contribute to the transition into service and ongoing support of the applications in the area which provides the opportunity to reduce technical debt and rationalise our technical footprint Mentor data engineers, supporting their professional growth and development Outcome, Results and Key Performance Indicators: Delivery of projects to expected timely, cost and quality standards Excellent levels of application availability and resilience as required by business operations. Necessary governance and control requirements defined - design, code and test standards and guidelines. Ensure data systems comply with necessary governance and control requirements. Internally-developed data solutions are fit for purpose and fit correctly within the data architecture. Built and tested to user requirements, performing to defined performance and capacity requirements. Company data is secure, accurate, maintained and available according to requirements. Technical risks and issues correctly mitigated and managed on Projects and Production support. High quality software delivered in to production - zero critical and high defects before production release. Dimensions of Job: This role is part of a well-established data team, the role offers a great opportunity for the right candidate to hone their modern data management skills in a friendly and supportive environment. This role requires attendance to a Leeds based office as often as needed with a minimum 2 days a week. Able to work effectively as part of a remote team. A great opportunity for a motivated data engineer seeking a new opportunity with a friendly, newly formed data team and able to contribute to the team's growth with their technical expertise Key Relationships: Internal: Wider technical teams (including apps, test, dev ops and more), Project managers, business SME's, data teams and communities , Data scientists, BI Lead, Head of Data External: software & service suppliers, consultants. Knowledge and Skills: Knowledge - Broad data management technical knowledge so as to be able to work across full data cycle. - Proven Experience working with AWS data technologies (S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, Lake formation, Cloud Formation), GitHub, CI/CD - Coding experience in Apache Spark, Iceberg or Python (Pandas) - Experience in change and release management. - Experience in Database Warehouse design and data modelling - Experience managing Data Migration projects. - Cloud data platform development and deployment. - Experience of performance tuning in a variery of database settings. - Experience of Infrastructure as code practises. - Proven ability to organise and produce work within deadlines. Skills - Good project and people management skills. - Excellent data development skills. - Excellent data manipulation and analysis skills using a variety of tools including SQL, Phyton, AWS services and the MSBI stack. - Ability to prioritise and be flexible to change those priorities at short notice. - Commercial acumen. - Able to demonstrate a practical approach to problem solving. - Able to provide appropriate and understandable data to a wide ranging audience. - Well-developed and professional communication skills. - Strong analytical skills - ability to create models and analyse data in order to solve complex problems or reinforce commercial decisions. - Able to understand business processes and how this is achieved/influenced by technology. - Must be able to work as part of a collaborative team to solve problems and assist other colleagues. - Ability to learn new technologies, programs and procedures. Technical Essentials: - Expertise across data warehouse and ETL/ ELT development in AWS preferred with experience in the following: - Strong experience in some of the AWS services like Redshift, Lambda,S3,Step Functions, Batch, Cloud formation, Lake Formation, Code Build, CI/CD, GitHub, IAM, SQS, SNS, Aurora DB - Good experience with DBT, Apache Iceberg, Docker, Microsoft BI stack (nice to have) - Experience in data warehouse design (Kimball and lake house, medallion and data vault) is a definite preference as is knowledge of other data tools and programming languages such as Python & Spark and Strong SQL experience. - Experience is building Data lake and building CI/CD data pipelines - A candidate is expected to understand and can demonstrate experience across the delivery lifecycle and understand both Agile and Waterfall methods and when to apply these. Experience: This position requires several years of practical experience in a similar environment. We require a good balance of technical and personal/softer skills so successful candidates can be fully effective immediately. - Proven experience in developing, delivering and maintaining tactical and enterprise data management solutions. - Proven experience in delivering data solutions using cloud platform tools. - Proven experience in assessing the impact of proposed changes on production solutions. - Proven experience in managing and developing a team of technical experts to deliver business outcomes and meet performance criteria. - Exposure to Energy markets, Energy Supply industry sector - Developing and implementing operational processes and procedures.

The Project Manager will drive end to end delivery of projects to customers, maintaining communication with all stakeholders to ensure efficient and successful project delivery across the full client engagement lifecycle within scope, schedule, budget and quality parameters. Key responsibilities: Duties will include, but are not restricted to the following: - Successful project delivery - Plan and direct the overall project of work through driving a clear vision and goals. - Be the go-to lead for the project team, customer and management owning the requirements and management process throughout the full project life-cycle, from initiation through to live operation. - Successful commercial delivery of projects, within budget and agreed timescales. - Effective management of issues and risks ensuring that options and solutions are validated and the impacts of decisions clearly articulated and understood. - Ensuring deliverables are built to and agreed quality . - Conform to project management standards, champion their use and contribute to their development. - Ability to lead and deliver projects via various methodologies, AGILE / SCRUM, Waterfall, Hybrid. - Contribute to and delivery relevant reporting across the Delivery and Cloud Services Group functions to internal and external parties. - Ensure accurate and effective documentation and reporting during delivery and into service. Stakeholder management - Ensuring customer satisfaction and promotion of successful long-term customer relationship evidenced by successful on-boarding and customer retention. - Creating and retaining customer engagement throughout the whole project/engagement lifecycle. - Materially shaping the project to get the optimum outcome for all stakeholders. - Using an understanding of the customers strategic importance and to actively contribute to account success. - Demonstrable experience in managing 3rd parties within the engagement lifecycle. Commercial activities - Manage the capacity and forecasting of the project management team ensuring capability and numbers match the pipeline of approved projects. - Key contributor to pre-sales activities of relevant projects and opportunities. - Identifying and following up all new business opportunities with the customer. People management - Taking direction from colleagues to ensure the project is aligned with broader account strategies, however, for some customers/project, the project manager may be the principle relationship owner - Ensure the allocation of relevant resources to ensure delivery success. - Mentoring colleagues in project management best practice where required. - Direct experience of building, managing and developing a team. - This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the role holder is expected to reasonably take on any other responsibilities required to support business activities within the Group.? Person specification The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience: Essential Skills - Superior communication skills, with ability to articulate written and verbal communications clearly and concisely - Ability to manage communication with stakeholders at a variety of levels, and select the most appropriate method of communication. - Confidence in leading project meetings and presentations, and ability to present complex ideas to a non-technical audience. - Ability to anticipate stakeholder and colleague needs and respond accordingly. - Expert experience and knowledge across various delivery and management methodologies. - Experience of working in shared service environments. - Ability to see the wider picture and consider consequences. - Ability to estimate and forecast progress accurately. - Ability to translate ideas and solutions to clear tasks and models. - Experience in working across the full customer engagement lifecycle. - Ability to identify and manage risk, dependencies and constraints. Knowledge - Proven experience of systems integration and implementation projects - Experience of public/private Cloud technologies and associated services - Demonstrable experience of operational service processes and handover practices - Working knowledge of design methods, models and techniques. - Experience of working on multiple and large-scale IT infrastructure projects - Experience of leading project teams to success. - Good commercial awareness and understanding of the need for business value. - Recognised Project Management qualification or equivalent professional experience. Behaviours - High level of self-awareness. - Pragmatism and drive to resolve problems efficiently. - Drive and determination. - Collaborates well looking for a win-win solution wherever possible. - Positive, proactive attitude and approachable nature. Desirable - Knowledge and experience of working in a DevOps/SRE environment. - Evidence of taking a pro-active approach in evolving process improvements. - Experience of account and service management. - Awareness of business process modelling

Contract Centre Consultant Location - North West region with expected travel onsite 2-3 days per week Outside IR35 Start/End - November - March 2026 Summary We are seeking an experienced Contact Centre Consultant to lead the setup, management, and operation of both outsourced and insourced contact centres. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in digitalising call centres, transitioning from legacy systems to modern digital platforms. This role requires a strategic thinker with hands-on experience across both front-end digital design and back-end operational systems , ideally someone who has worked as an implementation consultant with contact centre software solution providers . The position offers a competitive day rate, is outside IR35, and is based in the North West of England. Key Responsibilities - Lead the establishment and ongoing management of contact centres, both outsourced and insourced. - Drive digital transformation initiatives to replace legacy call centre systems with modern, efficient technologies. - Collaborate with stakeholders to design and implement scalable contact centre solutions. - Monitor and improve operational performance, ensuring service levels and KPIs are consistently met. - Provide expert advice on best practices in contact centre management and customer engagement. - Manage vendor relationships and ensure seamless integration of outsourced services. - Support change management and training initiatives to embed new systems and processes. Skills - Experience in setting up, managing, and operating both outsourced and insourced contact centres - Expertise in digitalising call centres from legacy systems - Strong knowledge of contact centre technologies and platforms - Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills - Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects - Analytical skills to monitor performance metrics and drive improvements - Vendor and supplier management experience - Change management and training delivery - Strategic planning and operational execution - Customer experience and service excellence focus Software/Tools - Contact centre platforms (e.g. Genesys, Avaya, NICE) - CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics) - Workforce management and analytics tools - Digital communication channels (chat, email, social media platforms) Certifications & Standards - Relevant contact centre or customer service management certifications (desirable) - ITIL Foundation (desirable) - Project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile) beneficial but not essential

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a DevOps Engineer for a major pharmaceutical company, on a remote contract, outside IR35. The key skills required for this DevOps Engineer role are: AI DevOps AWS Terraform Python RAG If you do have the relevant experience for this remote DevOps Engineer contract, please send your CV.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a contract Automation Tester, for a major pharmaceutical company, on a remote basis, outside IR35. The key skills required for this Automation Tester role are: Python and Pytest UI and Playwright AI (desirable) Pharma (desirable) AWS (desirable) If you do have the relevant skills for this long term Automation Tester contract role, please do apply.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a contract SuiteCRM Developer on a remote contract, inside IR35. This SuiteCRM Developer will be asked to deliver customisation, integration, and ongoing support for their CRM platform. The key skills required for this SuiteCRM Developer role are: SuiteCRM or SugarCRM PHP CRM databases Git APIs If you do have the relevant experience for this contract SuiteCRM Developer position, please do apply.

Lead / Senior DevOps Engineer Contract Opportunity - Inside IR35 UK Wide The Bridge IT are supporting a flagship digital transformation programme, seeking experienced Senior and Lead DevOps Engineers to join established engineering teams. This is a long-term contract with significant scope for impact, working on critical national services. Day rate: £625 £650 p/d (Inside IR35) Location: Hybrid with occasional travel to sites across the UK Duration: Until March 2026 (initial), with expectation of 12-month extension Clearance: SC Clearance required (will sponsor if needed) The Role: You will be part of cross-functional teams delivering and maintaining large-scale digital platforms, ensuring high availability, scalability, and resilience. The role requires a blend of technical depth and leadership capability particularly in automation, observability, and mentoring team members. Key Skills & Experience: DevOps/SRE experience (5+ years) ownership of projects, strong automation and Infrastructure-as-Code approach, incident management, and leadership of initiatives. Terraform production use including modules, state management, and AWS integration. Kafka experience with production clusters, scaling, tuning, troubleshooting, and event-driven systems. MongoDB strong admin experience including replication, sharding, tuning, and backups. Monitoring/Observability Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, with strong alerting/SLO design. AWS expertise across EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, ALB/NLB, and cost optimisation. Linux advanced administration, performance debugging, and security hardening. CI/CD & Automation Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions, plus containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) and GitOps practices. If this sounds of interest, please apply to hear more!

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a contract Automation Tester for an ecommerce company, on a long term contract, remotely, inside IR35. The key skills required for this Automation Tester role are: .Net/C# WinDriver Specflow API Azure If you do have the relevant experience for this Automation Tester position, please do apply.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a FTSE listed company as an Oracle Solutions Architect, outside IR35. It's important to note that this Oracle Solutions Architect will be required on site 2 days per week in either Ripon or Warwick (your choice). This Oracle Solutions Architect role will be migrating legacy supply chain systems to Oracle SCM. This role will suit somebody that specialises in solution architecture, focused on integrations between the oracle solution and our existing applications or extensions to the Oracle application. If you do have the relevant experience for this outside IR35 Oracle Solutions Architect role, please do apply.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a .Net Developer for a major e-commerce client on a remote contract, inside IR35. The key skills required for this .Net Developer role are: .Net Azure SQL Unit testing If you do have the relevant experience for thsi .Net Developer contract role, please do apply.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a Sofware Engineer, on a long term contract, working for a major finance company, inside IR35 and fully remote. The key skills required for this Software Engineer role are below. Low latency FX Matching Java C++ (desirable) trading (desirable) SQL Gradle If you do have the relevant experience for this remote Software Engineer position, please do apply.

Microsoft Support Engineer Up to £38,000 + on call allowance Remote Key Responsibilities Deliver BAU support and maintenance across customer environments. Contribute to service improvement initiatives alongside other engineers and Technical Leads. Assist with solution development based on designs and documentation provided by Technical Leads, Architects, and Delivery Managers. Actively maintain and work towards technical certifications in relevant Microsoft products. Participate in the on-call rota to provide out-of-hours support. Follow change control processes and ensure all work is carried out to a high standard. Note: Responsibilities are not exhaustive the role holder may be asked to take on other reasonable duties as required. Core Skills & Experience Strong problem-solving ability and logical approach to troubleshooting. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to engage with stakeholders at all levels. Strong customer service focus and ability to build positive working relationships. Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team. Awareness of the commercial impact of technical decisions. Previous experience in a managed service or commercial IT environment. Familiarity with working under formal change control. Technical Skills Windows Server (including Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, Group Policy, DFS, DHCP) Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) - AZ-900 required, AZ-104 desirable other Microsoft certifications a bonus. Microsoft 365 administration. PKI, Exchange, and related Microsoft infrastructure components. Exposure to scripting and automation (e.g., PowerShell, Puppet, Docker, or equivalent). Experience with management and operational tooling such as anti-virus, backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring solutions. Bonus skills: Linux administration. Networking fundamentals (routing, switching, firewalls). Supporting bespoke applications and customer-specific services. Experience with Infrastructure as Code. Experience with Kubernetes. Experience with virtualisation platforms such as Hyper-V, VMware, or vCloud, including administration and troubleshooting. Additional Requirements: Successful candidates will be required to undergo NPPV3 and SC background checks as part of the role. These are completed after starting employment.

Business Intelligence Lead Currently looking for a skilled and proactive Business Intelligence Lead to take ownership of a business wide data transformation. You will engage with a stakeholders across the organisation to understand the current landscape before creating and delivering a strategy that migrates current legacy systems to a new data warehouse-driven approach. Ultimately, making data a key enabler for both operational decisions and customer-facing insights. Key Responsibilities Spearhead the migration from legacy reporting systems to a centralised data warehouse. Own the transition to ensure there is a single source of truth that drives decision making. Work closely with leaders across all business functions to understand their requirements and turn them into clear and actionable insights. Oversee the selection and migration to a new BI platform to ensure reports and dashboards are embedded and easily accessible. Design and implement ETL pipelines that ensure data flows are efficient and accurate. You ll replace old manual processes with automated, streamlined solutions that keeps the business running smoothly. Define data governance practices to ensure consistency, accuracy, and security in all reporting and analytics. Manage and guide Junior team members, providing coaching, feedback, and leadership. Key Skills Strong SQL skills. Comfortable writing complex queries and optimising performance. Proven experience in designing data warehouses and building ETL pipelines. Knowledge of embedded reporting tools and integration. Experience with API-based data integration. Proficiency in modern BI tools like Tableau, Power BI or Looker. Ability to translate business needs into actionable insights. Experience mentoring or managing team members. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Job Title: Senior UX Designer Contract: Outside IR35 / Market rates Location: Full remote (occasional visits to Cheshire site) Duration: 6 months + possible renewals We re looking for a Senior UX Designer to join our client's dynamic Engineering team. Are you a creative, user-focused designer with a passion for building accessible and intuitive digital experiences? In this role, you'll be responsible for designing inclusive, seamless, and engaging user experiences across our clients digital services. You'll conduct user research, develop wireframes and prototypes, test usability, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn insights into impactful design solutions. Key Responsibilities Design user journeys, wireframes, and interactive prototypes. Maintain design artefacts such as personas, storyboards, and service blueprints. Plan and conduct user research, usability testing, and interviews. Champion accessibility and inclusive design, adhering to standards such as WCAG 2.1 AA. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and QA teams to align on goals and functionality. Contribute to the evolution of the design system for consistent user experiences. Facilitate co-design workshops and share usability findings with stakeholders. Stay up to date with industry trends, tools, and techniques. Mentor colleagues on user-centred design practices and support knowledge-sharing initiatives. What We re Looking For Proven / strong overall experience in UX, interaction design, and usability. Proven ability to create and iterate on user flows, wireframes, and prototypes. Hands-on experience with tools like Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD. Experience conducting user research and usability testing. Strong understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design. Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences. A collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous improvement. Experience working in Agile environments. Familiarity with service design principles and behavioural analytics. Experience building or contributing to a design system.

Job Title: Senior Automation Tester Contract: Outside IR35 / Market rates Location: Full remote (occasional visits to Cheshire site) Duration: 6 months + possible renewals Role Purpose We're looking for a Senior Automation Tester to join our clients dynamic Engineering team. You'll play a key role in building high-quality, scalable software solutions and help deliver reliable, high-performing software products through advanced testing practices and robust automation frameworks. About the Role Youll play a key role in building and maintaining automated test solutions to support continuous delivery. Working closely with developers, testers, and business stakeholders, you'll ensure that software changes meet high quality standards from start to finish. Key Responsibilities Design and maintain automated test frameworks using tools like Nightwatch, Selenium, or similar. Create and execute automated test scripts that align with changing requirements. Conduct API testing with tools such as Postman, and validate data using SQL queries. Collaborate with engineering and business teams to ensure test coverage aligns with business goals. Continuously improve testing methodologies and contribute to knowledge-sharing sessions. What We're Looking For Experience in automated testing and framework development. Solid understanding of SQL, JavaScript, and version control (e.g. Git). Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and suggest improvements. Strong communication and collaboration skills. A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement. Experience withAzure. ISTQB certification or equivalent is highly desirable.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a Infrastructure Architect on a long term project, for a finance company, inside IR35. It's important to note that this Infrastructure Architect position will require 2 days per week in central London or central Sheffield. The key skills required for this Infrastructure Architect position are: Hands on lead for on prem to Azure upgrade Migrating applications to Azure Azure Cisco HyperV, Exchange End to end security architecture Strong regulatory and compliance knowledge If you do have the relevant experience for this Infrastructure Architect position, please do apply.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a remote Data Curator for a large pharmaceutical company on an Outside IR35 contract. The key experience required for this Data Curator role is: Data curation Data management Python Ontology If you do have the relevant experience for this remote Data Curator role, please do send through your CV.