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Senior DevOps Engineer 6-month contract London/Remote SC Clearance Inside IR35 My Financial Customer is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a growing technology team responsible for maintaining and evolving a complex on-premise platform. This role will play a key part in ensuring the reliability, performance, and continuous improvement of the organisation s technical estate while supporting the delivery of new services. This Senior DevOps Engineer is required to have experience with the following: Cloud Platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP), Kubernetes, IaC using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines. Skills & Experience required from the Senior DevOps Engineer: Active SC Clearance Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) Strong experience supporting production environments, including on-call support and release management. Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift in on-premise environments. Proven background in Linux system administration Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code, ideally using Terraform, integrated with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins. Observability platforms including logging, monitoring, and alerting tools such as ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, or Grafana. Experience improving DevOps tooling and contributing to technology roadmaps. Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and modern DevOps practices. Experience working in the financial industry would be beneficial. Key Responsibilities of the Senior DevOps Engineer: Support, maintain and enhance the organisation s core platform and supporting infrastructure. Manage the promotion of code across environments, ensuring safe and controlled releases from pre-production through to live. Champion continuous improvement and modern DevOps practices, helping teams adopt automation-first approaches across build, deployment, and release processes. Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers, sharing best practices and supporting professional development within the team. Collaborate with architects and solution designers to align technical delivery with long-term product and technology roadmaps. Lead incident management activities, coordinating major incident responses and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. Support a 24/7 production environment, including participation in an on-call rota and out-of-hours release support when required. Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Connor Smal via the VIQU IT website. Do you know someone great? We ll thank you with up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities like this, please follow us on IT Recruitment.

Principal Data Architect, Secure Government and Defence Programmes Location: UK, hybrid, client site as required Security Requirement: Developed Vetting (DV) clearance is mandatory. This role is only suitable for candidates who currently hold active DV clearance. Overview A leading UK consulting organisation delivering mission-critical digital and data transformation across defence, national security, and sensitive government environments is seeking a Principal Data Architect. This is a senior, client-facing role focused on defining and delivering secure, scalable data platforms within highly classified programmes. Due to the nature of the work and access to classified systems, only candidates with active DV clearance can be considered. Role Responsibilities Define and lead enterprise-level data architecture for complex, secure transformation programmes Architect end-to-end data platforms covering ingestion, integration, storage, governance, and analytics Design secure, resilient, and scalable architectures aligned with defence and national security requirements Translate mission and operational needs into technical data solutions Provide technical leadership across engineering teams and client stakeholders Contribute to capability growth, technical strategy, and thought leadership within secure environments Technical Environment Architectural responsibility across modern and legacy secure platforms, including: Multi-cloud platforms and secure data environments Data lakes, warehouses, and distributed data systems Data ingestion, orchestration, and integration tooling Cloud ecosystems such as AWS, Azure, and GCP Databricks, Snowflake, and similar modern data platforms Infrastructure automation, DevOps, and secure deployment patterns Data governance, metadata, and secure access frameworks Analytics, semantic layers, and enterprise reporting platforms Seniority and Leadership Expectations Operate at Principal Consultant or equivalent leadership level Own architecture strategy across large, complex client programmes Lead multidisciplinary teams across data, engineering, and delivery functions Provide strategic technical direction and advisory support to senior stakeholders Support business development, technical assurance, and capability development Essential Requirements Active DV clearance (mandatory, non-negotiable) Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise data architectures Experience working in defence, national security, or highly regulated government environments Deep understanding of secure data platform design and cloud architectures Strong stakeholder engagement and consulting capability Experience leading teams and delivering complex programmes