26 jobs found in Ashford

Software Engineer, Developer, Backend – Java – Identity - IAM Contract – Until End of December 2026 (Renewable) Rate: £600 per day – Inside IR35 Location: Essex based offices (between Brentwood and Basildon) 4 days a week The banking and finance arm of one of the world’s leading manufacturing companies and a household name is seeking a software engineer, software developer with Backend, Back End and Identity Access Management (IAM) expertise. The Backend Software Engineer will join the Identity Management Services team, (IAM) focusing on the core platform work that powers identity infrastructure. Main Tasks & Responsibilities: > Design and build high-scale backend services > Serve as a technical lead to upskill the team in modern, industry-leading application development. > Ensure the platform is secure and resilient > Leverage expertise to elevate the team's technical standards and foster a culture of excellence in backend engineering. Essential Skill and...

NHS Project Manager – 9 Month Contract – Essex / East of England VIQU have partnered with an NHS client who are seeking a Project Manager to support the delivery of a key Digital Implementation programme. The role: The successful Project Manager will oversee the delivery of IM&T projects, focused on implementing a mission-critical IT operating environment. This will include ensuring infrastructure is fully tested, operational, and deployed effectively, with minimal disruption to Trust services. We are looking for someone with experience delivering IT implementation projects, particularly within environments such as call centres or operational service settings. To note, may be a requirement to travel across Trust sites and work occasional unsociable hours to support delivery. Key Skills & Responsibilities: Strong background as a Project Manager – Leading multiple IM&T project workstreams, ensuring delivery against agreed timelines and objectives. Experience...

Data Engineer 12 months London - remote £466 pre day inside IR35 - Umbrella only Role description We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join the NHS England Digital Screening programme, contributing to the development of data dashboards and reporting products for a new digital Screening service. You will build and maintain data pipelines that ingest, transform and prepare data for reporting, developing ETL processes using PySpark and platform tooling. You will work within an Agile multidisciplinary team alongside Data Scientists, Analysts and UCD professionals. This is a largely remote role. Essential skills and experience Strong experience in data pipeline engineering, ETL development and PySpark Experience with Palantir products, including the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) Ability to ensure data quality, reliability and performance across reporting pipelines Experience supporting testing and validation of dashboards and underlying datasets Proven...

ServiceNow Architect Initial 3 Month Contract Remote Working £600 - £700, Inside IR35 We are seeking an experienced ServiceNow Architect to support a major Source-to-Pay programme within a large enterprise environment. Key Responsibilities: Lead the architecture and delivery of ServiceNow Source-to-Pay solutions Provide technical leadership across enterprise-scale implementations Work closely with stakeholders to define solution design and best practices Support programme delivery and governance activities Collaborate with internal teams to ensure successful implementation outcomes Required Experience: Proven experience as a ServiceNow Architect Strong expertise in ServiceNow Source-to-Pay Experience leading one or more enterprise-scale ServiceNow implementations Strong understanding of ServiceNow architecture, design, and delivery best practices ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

C# Developer Role - Hybrid / Liverpool street - 6 month Contract - Banking Role - C# Developer (T/SQL, PL/SQL) Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Liverpool Street (London) - 3 days per week in a Liverpool Street office Rate - £690 per day (Inside IR35) Tech Stack C# SQL Oracle Tasks Tasks include understanding business requirements, designing applications, business data analysis, programming in Visual C#.NET using both Oracle and SQL Server database, Unit testing, Quality Assurance (QA), Implementation, Production and Disaster Recovery environments supporting users and preparing documents. Along with the application development, this role will also include supporting the existing C# and .NET applications. General IT Support to maintain environment Defining database objects required in the systems. Interactions with the SQL and Oracle Database Administrators in both London and New York. Providing script for database enquiry languages, i.e.,...

Data Engineer Lead - Tier 1 Bank - London - 6 months Role - Data Engineer Lead Rate - £700 per day (Inside IR35) Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Liverpool Street - 3 days per week in an office in Liverpool Street (London) Role The Data Engineer Lead is responsible for designing, building, and supporting modern data platform, with a particular focus on Databricks, cloud-based data engineering, and leading the migration of legacy Oracle systems into scalable, cloud-native environments. The role supports the organisation's data strategy especially on Finance and Regulatory domain by ensuring high-quality, reliable pipelines and data models that enable analytics, regulatory reporting, and data-driven decision-making. The post holder plays a key leadership role within the Data Engineering function, shaping architectural direction, ensuring engineering excellence, and partnering with Technology, Architecture, and Business teams across the...

I am recruiting for a Cyber Security Engineer to work 2 days a week in London, 3 days remote. The role falls inside IR35 so you will be required to work through an umbrella company for the duration of the contract. The ideal candidate will be a technical expert in CrowdStrike for endpoint protection and Splunk for security telemetry, capable of turning raw data into actionable intelligence. You must have experience with Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing and Policy/Standards Creation. You will have several years of experience in a dedicated Cyber Security Engineering or SOC Tier 3 role. You will be a CrowdStrike Expert with deep hands-on experience with Falcon Prevent, Insight, and Discover. You will also be a Splunk Power user with proficiency in writing complex Search Processing Language (SPL) and managing Splunk Enterprise Security (ES). You must have a strong understanding of network protocols, cloud security (AWS/Azure), and the MITRE ATT&CK framework....

AI Architect 6 Months Must have or be eligible for SC Clearance £TBC (Inside IR35) My client, a government body are looking for an AI Architect to join their fast-paced team on an initial 6 month contract. As an AI Architect, you will be part of a team of specialists who work with our industry-facing client partners to shape, design and deliver AI solutions to our clients. This is a fast-paced area of IT, so you will need to be continuously learning, be self-driven and think creatively about solving client problems. You will work with others to reflect back the views of our clients and prospects and help to continuously shape our solutions. On the job details- Designing and implementing innovative AI solutions that meet client needs and drive business value. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate AI technologies into existing systems and processes. Demonstrating modern AI solutions to clients, showcasing their benefits and applications. Conducting...

Java Data Engineer 6-Month Contract (Possible Extension) Inside IR35 Hybrid London (3 days) I have been engaged my client to bring in a Java Data engineer to work on a Big Data Project in the finance sector. Required Experience: Java Big Data experience On-premises cluster experience Databases Kubernetes Kafka Apache SparkPreffered Experience: Finance sector experience

Performance Analyst 12 months Location - London/Remote £465 per day inside IR35 - Umbrella only Job Spec: As a Performance Analyst, your role is to support product teams by utilising data tools to create insight and actionable outputs for product managers, designers, and developers. You will be developing and maintaining Adobe Analytics and Power BI reports to enable data driven decisions across the programme. The role involves partnering with product teams to define reporting needs and translate them into clear KPIs and robust data solutions, delivering ad hoc analysis to inform product improvements, and applying measurement frameworks to shape future analytics capability. You will design and optimise dashboards with consistent metrics and meaningful time based comparisons, while ensuring data quality, governance, and alignment across data sources. Collaboration with product, analytics, and data engineering teams is central to continuously improving data, reporting, and...

I am recruiting for a BI / AWS Engineer to work on a remote basis with occasional travel to London or Swindon (once a month). The role falls inside IR35 so you will be required to work through an umbrella company for the duration of the contract. I am searching for an experienced Business Intelligence Engineer / AWS Data Engineer to support the development of a modern data platform and contribute to emerging AI-driven initiatives. This role will suit someone with a strong foundation in AWS data engineering and BI, alongside practical exposure to AI/ML concepts or tools. You must have strong hands-on experience in: AWS Data Engineering stack (e.g. Glue, S3, Lambda, Redshift, Athena) SQL (advanced level) Python (for data processing and pipeline development) Infrastructure / tooling exposure (e.g. Terraform, APIs, CI/CD beneficial) Experience working in Business Intelligence / analytics environments Candidates must demonstrate some level of exposure to AI/ML, such as: Working...

Hays are now looking for a Java Developer on a 12 month contract. The client requires all candidates to already hold SC Clearance and NPPV3. £428 Inside IR35 Mainly Remote (once a month in Bridgend or Reading) Candidates must hold current NPPV3 & SC Clearance 12 month contract Our client is building a team to support and maintain a critical national policing system used across the UK. This role focuses on Level 3 support, troubleshooting, and ongoing development of legacy Java-based applications in a highly collaborative environment.Working closely with Support, Platform, and DBA teams, you will play a key role in ensuring system stability, implementing enhancements, and resolving complex technical issues. What You'll Be Doing Provide Level 3 support for a business-critical national system Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve production issues Maintain, enhance, and support legacy Java-based applications Develop, refactor, and implement automated tests Design, build, and test...

Solution Architect - Smarter Bidding Programme Circa £750/day (inside IR35) Central London - 3x per week onsite 4-6 month contract We are representing a well renowned company in the midst of transformation and change who are looking for a Solutions Architect to join their high-performing team and support a large, international programme. As the Solutions Architect, you will be working on a 'Smarter Bidding' programme, a strategic initiative focused on replacing fragmented, Excel-driven bidding and pipeline processes with a modern workflow and performance management platform. You will be key to designing end-to-end tech & solution designs and contribute to the business' evolution of architecture patterns, standards, and best practises and, ultimately, uplift the maturity of the architecture function. We are looking for: Proven experience within a Solutions Architecture position Expertise in bid management, pipeline management, tendering, or operational workflows - ideally...

Platform Engineer (AWS / Databricks) London (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract £600/day (Inside IR35) Platform Engineer needed with strong AWS, Databricks and Unity Catalog experience. Start ASAP in June/July 2026. 6 Month Rolling Contract based in London (Hybrid), with occasional travel to the Leeds office. Hybrid Working - 3-4 days/week remote (WFH) + 1-2 days/week working from the office in London. A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in large-scale Government projects: Supporting secure integration between AWS hosted data sources, Databricks workspaces and downstream enterprise data platforms. Design and support secure integration across AWS S3, Databricks and downstream data platforms. Strong hands-on experience with AWS IAM, S3, KMS and secure cloud access patterns. Hands-on Databricks on AWS experience, including Hive Metastore, Delta tables, SQL Warehouse and workspace access controls. Practical Unity Catalog experience,...

Role: Security Consultant Location: London (Hybrid) Duration: 3 Months with extensions Day rate: £600 - £650 Inside IR35 Essential skills and experience Specialist (Consultant) Design and delivery of security solutions. Address identified threats and vulnerabilities Ensure cyber security controls across all programmes Work with security and technical specialists for solution quality Coach cyber security staff from a technical SME perspective Define security deliverables during early engagement Align solutions with approved architectural patterns Support and guide implementation Validate solution as part of certification prior to go-live 4. Nice to have Skills: Preferably a degree (or equivalent experience) in an Information Security-related discipline If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website

Role: IT Business Readiness Lead Location: London (Hybrid) Duration: 6 Months Day rate: £650 - £750 Inside IR35 Experience required: Leads IT readiness delivery for large-scale, complex change initiatives. Defines and implements IT readiness approaches appropriate to delivery models, scale, and complexity, ensuring change is delivered within organisational risk appetite and enables benefits realisation. Possesses the expertise to lead all aspects of IT readiness, from early engagement through transition to BAU. Establishes and operates effective IT readiness governance and control frameworks to ensure change is delivered within agreed readiness risk thresholds. Accountable for creating and maintaining forums, interactions, and engagement models with IT communities to ensure timely involvement in change activity and effective support throughout the change lifecycle. Works in partnership with IT change representatives to establish clear IT ownership through readiness...

Product Design Lead Central Government (Payments Infrastructure Programme) London or Leeds | 2 days onsite per week £650 per day | Inside IR35 Active SC clearance required Overview A senior Product Design Lead is required to support a major national payments infrastructure transformation within a central government environment. This role sits at the front end of a high profile programme focused on shaping the next generation of RTGS capability. You will operate at strategic level, leading discovery and early stage design work that will directly influence policy, technical direction, and long term delivery roadmaps. This is not a delivery role. It is about defining what should be built, why it should exist, and how it should be shaped before it enters build. The environment is complex, heavily stakeholder driven, and sits at the intersection of policy, financial systems, and large scale technology change. Key Responsibilities Lead discovery and high level design for a new...

Solution Data Architect (Confluent Flink) Location: London (2 days onsite) Contract Length: 3 months Rate: Up to £428.75 per day (Inside IR35) Clearance: Not required Overview We're working with a leading organisation within the financial services / insurance sector who are seeking an experienced Solution Data Architect to support a large-scale data transformation programme. This role will play a key part in shaping enterprise-wide data architecture, driving consistency across systems, and enabling scalable, governed data flows across core platforms. Key Responsibilities Define and design end-to-end data flows across multiple systems Develop and maintain canonical and system-level data models Design integration mappings aligned to enterprise data architecture standards Collaborate with Solution Architects, Engineering teams, and Data Governance functions Ensure data quality, governance, and consistency across business-critical domains Support delivery teams with best...

OverviewA leading financial services organisation is hiring an experienced Data Governance Lead to support a critical, engineering-led initiative. This role will focus on designing and delivering a risk-based data prioritisation methodology for engineering data and records, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and business priorities. Working across engineering, data, and risk teams, you will play a key role in defining how critical data is identified, prioritised, and governed, and in developing a clear roadmap to achieve compliance and improve data governance maturity. This is a hands-on delivery role, requiring someone who has successfully implemented similar frameworks in complex, regulated environments. Details Location - London Hybrid - 3 days / week in the office Duration - Initial 6 months Rate - £750 -£900 / day Inside IR35 via Umbrella Key Responsibilities Design and implement a risk-based data prioritisation methodology, including scoring...

Job title: Lead Infrastructure Automation Engineer (on perm and Cloud) Contract: 6 Months -possibility for extension Location: London HEX - 3 days a week Rate: Competitive day rate (Inside IR35) Working pattern: Full time Are you ready to take the lead in revolutionising infrastructure automation? Our client, a dynamic and innovative organisation, is on the lookout for a passionate Infrastructure Automation Engineer Lead - VP to spearhead their ambitious automation initiative across all infrastructure functions. This is your chance to drive significant change and enhance the efficiency of global operations! ### About the Role: As the Infrastructure Automation Engineer Lead, you will play a pivotal role in accelerating the adoption of infrastructure-as-code and automation solutions. Your expertise will help shape modern tooling strategies, ensuring scalable and repeatable automation solutions across various infrastructure domains. ### What We're Looking For: Expertise in...