86 jobs found in Houghton le Spring

Systems Engineer 6-Month Contract - Outside IR35 - Based in Sunderland VIQU are looking for a Systems Engineer to support a large global organisation and maintain their range of IT infrastructure and systems across the business. You will be working in their Infrastructure team supporting them with 3rd line queries – covering both BAU activities and supporting in Projects Systems Administrator Experience/Skillset requirements: Microsoft 365 / Office 365 / Intune / Exchange Online Windows Server Active Directory Hyper-V or VMware – ideally HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastrucutre) Entra ID or Okta Basic Networking knowledge Any Storage, Disaster Recovery and Backup experience would be beneficial Systems Administrator Responsibilities: Provide 3rd Line technical and infrastructure support, resolving complex escalated incidents across infrastructure, networking and end-user computing environments. Maintain and support Windows Server, Microsoft 365, Intune, Okta and Identity &...

Reed Technology are working with a well-respected national organisation based in Newcastle for a network engineer - this is a one year fixed term contract. You will be joining a forward-thinking business that have a true passion for technology and are going through a period or growth and technical investment. We're looking for someone with a broad technical background who wants to have a career within networking. Essential Skills & Experience * Networking background - DNS / DHCP / Routers / Switching / Firewalls * A minimum of 1 years experience in a similar role * Technical competence in the full stack of Microsoft Windows Server Technologies (Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy management, and general Windows Server technologies). * Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage competing demands on their time. Excellent benefits package including bonus / travel discounts / healthcare Apply today to find out more information If you are...

Infrastructure Support Engineer 6-Month Contract - Outside IR35 - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Hybrid – Must be 2 Days per week Onsite VIQU are looking for an Infrastructure Support Engineer to support a large global organisation, maintaining and supporting their IT infrastructure and systems, Windows Server, Vmware, Intune/SCCM, Active Directory and M365. You will join the infrastructure team, providing 3rd Line technical support across BAU operations while also contributing to infrastructure and migration projects. Infrastructure Support Engineer – Experience & Skillset OUTSIDE IR35 Windows Server – up to Server 2022/2025 – on-prem Ideally VMware experience but would consider Hyper-V – ideally experience with HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure) Active Directory Microsoft 365 / Office 365 / Intune / SCCM Strong 3rd Line infrastructure support experience Basic networking knowledge – ideally Firewall experience Desired - Entra ID and/or Okta Infrastructure Support Engineer –...

Lead Software Engineer - Contractor inside IR35 📍 Remote (UK) | 🔐 BPSS Required | 🏛️ Public Sector Experience Essential | 6 month contract (liklihood of extension) - inside IR35 🌟 About Amber Labs Amber Labs is a leading UK and European technology consultancy delivering secure, user-centred digital services for government and public sector organisations. We foster a culture of collaboration, autonomy, and continuous learning, giving our teams the opportunity to solve complex challenges using modern technologies while delivering meaningful outcomes for citizens. 💻 About the Role We're looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across major public sector programmes. This is a hands-on role where you'll lead engineering teams, shape technical direction, mentor developers, and help deliver secure, scalable, and accessible digital services. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to drive engineering excellence and ensure solutions...

Full Stack Software Developer (.NET) Location: Cramlington Contract Type: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract Salary: £42,000 - £50,000 per annum Working Pattern: Primarily remote, with approximately 3 scheduled on-site collaboration days per month We're looking for an ambitious Full Stack Software Developer to join a growing technology team developing innovative digital solutions used across complex engineering and asset-intensive industries. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a solid foundation in modern software development who is looking to expand their skills whilst contributing to the delivery of scalable cloud-based applications, intelligent platforms, and data-driven solutions. You'll work alongside experienced software engineers, product specialists, and stakeholders to help build and enhance applications that solve real business challenges. As a Full Stack Software Developer, you will: * Design, develop, and maintain modern web applications * Build...

FULLY REMOTE WORKING*** We are looking for a GIS Technician to support a busy design and build team delivering GIS outputs across multiple projects. This is a data focused role, working with QGIS, ArcGIS, internal mapping tools and remote sensing data. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating, editing, validating, and maintaining spatial data to support project delivery. This role would suit someone with at least 6 months commercial GIS experience, a strong eye for detail and a genuine interest in working with geospatial data. Responsibilities The GIS Technician will be involved in a range of GIS data capture editing and quality assurance tasks. * Creating, editing, and maintaining spatial datasets using QGIS, ArcGIS, and RS. * Working with large GIS datasets across multiple projects and ensuring data is clean, accurate and fit for purpose * Capturing, digitising, and updating geographic features from a range of data sources * Performing spatial...

Azure DevOps Engineer Contract | Inside IR35 | £380 per day Location: Remote, with 1 day per month in EITHER Newcastle or Leeds The Opportunity We're looking for an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to support one of our central governnent clients Azure Data Platform team, helping to build, automate, enhance and support cloud-native platforms and DevOps capabilities across a complex Azure estate. The Role As an Azure DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and platform automation across Microsoft's Azure Data Platform. You'll work closely with engineering and delivery teams to build resilient, scalable and highly available solutions while promoting DevOps best practices and an automation-first mindset. Key responsibilities include: Designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains. Building and automating Azure-based infrastructure and platform services. Supporting Azure Data...

6-month contract | Inside IR35 | 2 days per week onsite in Leeds. We're supporting a large organisation undergoing a significant business and technology transformation programme and are looking for experienced Solution Architects to join the team. Working closely with Business Analysts, stakeholders and delivery teams, you'll be responsible for translating business requirements and functional designs into scalable, well-governed technical solutions across a range of customer-focused initiatives. The Role Translate business and functional requirements into solution designs Produce architecture artefacts, HLDs and technical documentation Work closely with stakeholders, Business Analysts and technology teams Define solution patterns, standards and best practices Support architecture governance and design assurance Ensure solutions align with strategic objectives and delivery requirements What We're Looking For Proven experience as a Solution Architect within complex enterprise...

IT Engineer 2 Month Contract - INSIDE IR35 Cockermouth £17 Per Hour(Umbrella) One of my clients' is looking for an experienced IT Engineer, to join their team on a short term basis. This will be based onsite 5 days per week(Mon-Fri), working standard working hours. Key Skills and Responsibilities You will be providing 1st line support for end users within the organisation, including hardware, software and other digital resources. You will be comfortable working within a busy IT team, ensuring continuous delivery of IT provisions, within their agreed SLAs. Next Steps If you are interested, please submit your CV ASAP to be considered

Senior Telecoms & Technical Assurance Consultant Contract: 6 months rolling Location: Fully remote The Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Telecoms & Technical Assurance Consultant to provide independent technical assurance across a complex communications system. You will assess vendor designs, challenge technical assumptions, identify engineering risks and determine whether proposed solutions are technically mature, feasible and suitable for the operational environment. This is a broad technical assurance role covering RF, cellular communications, mission-critical services, embedded software, networking and telecommunications electronics, alongside security, aviation safety, certification and project management stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Provide independent technical assurance of communications systems and vendor solutions. Review and challenge supplier architectures, designs and technical documentation. Assess RF and antenna designs, including link...

Scaleway Portal Engineer Poland - Remote €400 - €450 September Start Contract 6-12 Months We are looking for a Scaleway Portal Engineer to build and maintain a customer-facing web portal that provisions and manages infrastructure on Scaleway. You will work across the frontend and backend of the portal, integrating deeply with the Scaleway API to expose resource management, billing, and account features to end users in a fast, reliable, and well-designed interface Job Responsibilities/Objectives: Design and build features for a customer portal that manages Scaleway resources (Instances, Kubernetes, Storage, Databases, networking) via the Scaleway API. Develop responsive, accessible frontend interfaces (React/TypeScript) for provisioning, monitoring, and account management. Build and maintain backend services (Node.js, Go, or Python) that wrap and orchestrate calls to the Scaleway API. Implement authentication, authorisation, and role-based access control (RBAC) for portal...

Enterprise Information / Data Architect Location: Hybrid, 2-3 days per week onsite in London Rate: £650-£690 per day inside IR35 Clearance: BPSS Required UK Passport Holder We're seeking an experienced Enterprise Information / Data Architect to help shape and deliver the enterprise data strategy for a major transformation programme. This is a senior, enterprise-level architecture role focused on defining target-state data architecture, governance, information models, and data capabilities across a complex organisation. You'll work closely with business, technology, and architecture teams to ensure data is structured, governed, and leveraged effectively to support decision-making, regulatory requirements, and digital transformation initiatives. Key Responsibilities Define and maintain current and target-state enterprise data architectures. Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models. Establish enterprise data domains, canonical models, ontologies, semantic layers,...

Full Stack Developer (Node.js) | 3 month contract | up to £550 per day outside IR35 | Remote   We're seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to join a major digital transformation programme focused on the delivery and launch of a large-scale customer-facing website.   This is an opportunity to work within a collaborative team environment on a business-critical platform, supporting the final stages of delivery, go-live activities, and post-launch enhancements.   The successful candidate will have strong Node.js and Next.js experience, combined with a proven track record delivering customer-facing web solutions using Headless CMS architecture in live production environments.   Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain scalable web applications using Next.js and Node.js. Design, build and enhance backend services, APIs and integrations. Support the delivery and launch of a large-scale customer-facing website. Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the...

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a fast-paced technology team working across data, analytics and emerging AI solutions. This is a 12-month day rate contract,  offering the opportunity to work on scalable data solutions while getting exposure to modern cloud and AI technologies. Your Responsibilities Design and develop reliable data pipelines for large and complex datasets Build solutions to extract, transform and process data from a range of internal and external sources Develop scalable applications and data processing solutions using Python Work with cloud-based technologies, particularly AWS, to support data and analytics workloads Help take ideas from initial concepts and prototypes through to production Work closely with developers, data specialists and business stakeholders to deliver technical solutions Identify opportunities to improve existing systems, processes and data workflows Support production environments and participate in an on-call...

SQL DBA/Developer Contract Dublin 6-18 Months. My client a leading global firm is in urgent need of a talented and experienced SQL DBA/Developer to join their group on a rolling contract basis. This is a multiyear transformation project for a large SQL Database, (17 petabytes of data). In a highly regulated environment. You will perform Database monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, high-availability strategies with MS SQL Server 2016, 2019, 2025 in a production environment. You will be Administering, maintaining, developing and recommending policies and procedures for ensuring the performance, availability, security and integrity of the company's databases and systems. You will be proactively monitoring production databases and sp execution for optimum performance. Resolve locking conflicts/blocking and resource utilisation. Identifying and resolving database performance issues, database capacity issues and other database issues. Successful candidates will have 10+...

Infrastructure Project Manager initial 6 month - likely to extend £550 - £720 a day (inside IR35) Remote - occasional requirement to work on site in London (circa once every 6-8 weeks) We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure Project Manager to join a major technology transformation programme within a large global organisation. You'll be responsible for delivering a range of infrastructure, platform and technology lifecycle projects, which could include server and operating system upgrades, security remediation, cloud migration, infrastructure refresh and end-of-life replacement. You'll manage projects end-to-end across planning, design, build, migration, testing, cutover and operational transition, working closely with internal technical teams, senior stakeholders and third-party suppliers. Key responsibilities Lead multiple infrastructure and technology projects from initiation through to closure Develop and maintain integrated project plans, RAID, milestones and...

Cyber Security Contractor | Rate: £500.00 - £550.00p/d (Outside IR35) North Yorkshire Are you an experienced Cyber Security professional with a background in Defence or regulated industrial environments, looking for a hands-on contract where you can lead the security workstream on a genuinely high-profile project? Do you enjoy working across the full lifecycle, from threat modelling and risk assessment through to customer-facing assurance documentation? My client is an established manufacturer of precision technology, delivering solutions used across a range of regulated sectors including defence, energy, and industrial environments. They've built a strong reputation for reliability and operational integrity, with products used in demanding and safety-critical settings. Lead Cyber Security Delivery on a Live MOD Project This is a hands-on contract covering the full cyber-security workstream for a specialist monitoring and alarm system, delivered in line with the MOD Secure by...

Job Title: Technical Infrastructure Programme Manager Location: Flexible / Remote Daily Rate: £300 Are you a skilled Programme Manager with a passion for networking and data centre infrastructure? Our client, a leader in Information Technology, is seeking an experienced Technical Infrastructure Programme Manager to join their dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to drive key projects that support AWS networking infrastructure within data centres and Point of Presence (POP) locations. Key Responsibilities: Lead Infrastructure Programmes: Drive the deployment of AWS networking infrastructure to meet the growing demands of customers across global data centres. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Manage and coordinate multiple competing projects with various teams, including network engineering, deployment managers, and data centre technicians. Project Management Excellence: Develop and manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate effectively with stakeholders...

JSM & Integration Specialist | 12-Month Contract | Inside IR35 | UK-Based We're looking for a hands-on Jira Service Management and Integration Specialist to join a well-funded, mission-driven organisation scaling up its operational tech stack. You'll take the lead on JSM architecture and integrations, connecting Jira Cloud with CRM and backend systems via APIs and webhooks, and designing workflows that actually work for the operational teams using them day to day. What we're after: * Deep Jira Cloud / JSM configuration experience (workflows, request types, permissions, automation) * Proven track record integrating JSM with CRMs or custom backend systems, including retries, error handling and sync patterns * Experience supporting customer-facing service teams (portals, email ingestion, notifications) * Comfortable translating messy real-world processes into clean platform design * Strong communicator, equally at home with developers and non-technical operational teams...

SQL Database Administrator (DBA) Location: London (Remote) Duration: 4-6 months Security clearance: SC If you enjoy keeping mission-critical data environments running smoothly-and you're the person others turn to when performance or reliability issues hit-this is a strong opportunity. Our Client is hiring for a reputed client to join their Database Services team, supporting Microsoft SQL Server production databases with a focus on performance, security, and high availability. What you'll be doing: * Administer, maintain and support Microsoft SQL Server environments, including installations, configuration, upgrades, patching and migrations * Manage databases, instances, security settings, users, roles and permissions * Monitor and optimise performance-investigating bottlenecks, locking issues and query-related problems * Analyse execution plans and apply indexing strategies to improve query efficiency * Design and maintain backup and recovery strategies, including restores and...