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Cost Control Lead (SC Clearance) Nottingham (Hybrid - site-based, client + remote) Salary DOE + Training + Development + Pension + Life Insurance An excellent opportunity awaits a professional coming from a cost control background looking to take senior ownership across complex, high-profile defence programmes within a forward-thinking consultancy offering progression and real influence. This company is a growing digital and project controls consultancy operating across major infrastructure and secure defence environments, strengthening cost, planning and digital capability within highly regulated sectors. In this role you'll be embedded within a large-scale defence programme environment, leading cost control across one or more significant workstreams. You'll establish and maintain robust cost baselines, oversee forecasting, and ensure EVM discipline is applied properly. You'll analyse variance, identify cost risk early, and provide clear financial assurance to senior stakeholders. The working pattern is hybrid, typically 3 days on-site in Nottingham and 2 days remote. The ideal candidate will have significant cost control experience within defence, aerospace or similarly regulated environments. You'll be confident owning forecasting and variance analysis, comfortable operating within structured governance frameworks, and experienced briefing senior stakeholders. Strong EVM capability is essential, along with the ability to challenge assumptions where required. The right person must be eligible for SC clearance. This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior cost professional who wants programme-level ownership within nationally significant defence work, influence over financial performance, and progression into broader project controls leadership as the consultancy grows. The Role: *Lead cost control across major defence programmes or portfolios *Establish and maintain cost baselines and forecasts *Oversee EVM performance and variance analysis *Identify cost risk and efficiency opportunities *Hybrid split - 3 days on-site in Nottingham, 2 days remote The Person: *Significant cost control experience within defence or regulated sectors *Strong EVM, forecasting and variance ownership capability *Comfortable briefing and influencing senior stakeholders *Experience operating within formal governance frameworks *Must be eligible for SC clearance Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client. We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Project Controls Manager (SC Clearance) Nottingham (Hybrid - site-based, client + remote) Salary DOE + Training + Development + Pension + Life Insurance An excellent opportunity awaits a project controls professional from a strong cost control background looking to take senior ownership across complex, high-profile defence programmes within a forward-thinking consultancy offering real influence and progression. This company is a specialist digital and project controls consultancy operating across major infrastructure and secure defence environments, embedding into complex programmes to strengthen planning, cost, risk, governance and performance assurance. In this role you'll be embedded within a large-scale defence programme environment, acting as the central point across planning, cost, risk and change. You'll ensure controls are fully integrated, performance reporting is accurate, and governance standards are maintained. You'll align schedule, cost and risk into one clear picture, support senior stakeholders with reliable performance insight, and operate confidently within a structured, security-sensitive setting. The working pattern is hybrid, typically 3 days on-site in Nottingham and two days remote. The ideal candidate will have significant project controls leadership experience within defence or similarly regulated sectors. You'll be confident integrating schedule, cost, risk and change, comfortable with EVM and forecasting, and experienced operating within formal governance and assurance frameworks. Strong capability across tools such as Primavera P6, MSP and reporting platforms is important. The right person must be eligible for UK security clearance and meet nationality requirements due to programme sensitivity. This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior project controls professional who wants to own the full controls picture within high-profile defence work, influence programme-level decision-making, and progress into broader leadership as the consultancy expands. The Role: *Lead and integrate all project controls disciplines across the programme *Align schedule, cost, risk and change into a coherent controls framework *Oversee EVM, forecasting and performance reporting *Maintain governance standards and data integrity *Hybrid split - 3 days on-site in Nottingham, 2 days remote The Person: *Significant project controls experience on complex programmes (ideally Defence) *Background within defence or highly regulated sectors *Strong integrated controls knowledge (schedule, cost, risk, change) *Comfortable briefing and influencing senior stakeholders *Must be eligible for UK security clearance (British National) Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client. We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

As an Azure infrastructure Engineer you'll; Support and enhance Azure platform services (identity, networking, security controls and shared services) in line with departmental standards and policies. Build, configure and maintain Azure resources (e.g. App Service, Functions, storage, compute) across non‑production and live environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Contribute to reusable IaC modules and patterns, collaborating with senior engineers to codify best practice and ensure consistency. Support, maintain and contribute to secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, including environment promotion, approvals and release governance. Monitor platform health using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics; respond to alerts and contribute to incident and problem management processes, including post‑incident reviews and remediation actions. Apply DevSecOps practices (security scanning, policy enforcement, secrets management) and support compliance with organisational security requirements and standards. Develop and maintain automation scripts and hardened base containers to support consistent, secure deployments and developer productivity. Provide hands‑on technical support to delivery teams, troubleshooting platform and configuration issues and guiding secure, reliable use of platform capabilities. Collaborate with product and delivery teams to onboard services to Azure, ensuring sound use of networking, identity, secrets, observability, backup/DR and cost controls. Produce and maintain technical documentation, runbooks and shared standards to enable consistent ways of working and effective knowledge transfer.

Our global client is currently looking for a Senior Business Analyst - Storage Migrations. The role works directly with Application Owners, Platform Teams, Business Service Owners, the Planning Lead and the Technical Design Authority (TDA) to ensure migration activity is fully understood, formally approved, and operationally ready prior to execution. The BRM validates that operational procedures, technical dependencies, governance approvals and service restoration activities are fully aligned to the agreed Migration Sequence of Events (SoE) and T-minus readiness gates, ensuring controlled cutover and minimal service disruption. The role is fully onsite in London. Please note that the role is inside IR35. Responsibilities Extract server and application scope from Device42 or equivalent migration discovery data and create a structured Application Migration Engagement Tracker to manage all business-facing activity. Cross-reference ServiceNow / CMDB records to validate application ownership, technical contacts and service classification. Issue structured migration communications to Application Owners, Platform Teams and Business Service Owners in line with the approved migration schedule, clearly articulating: Scope and migration approach Outage requirements Risk mitigation controls Rollback strategy Business benefit and transformation context Engage directly with Application Owners to capture and validate: Controlled stop/start procedures (applications, middleware, databases, batch processes) Integration and upstream/downstream dependencies Governance approvals and CAB requirements Business impact and worst-case scenario assessments Named resources for event weekend support Ensure all operational procedures are aligned to the agreed Migration Sequence of Events (SoE) and T-minus readiness checkpoints prior to event lock-in. Work collaboratively with the Planning Lead and Technical Design Authority (TDA) to ensure application-level inputs are fully reflected in sequencing, bundling and execution planning. Manage objections or concerns relating to outage windows or risk exposure and escalate unresolved blockers through appropriate governance forums. Maintain structured communication cadence between approval and event execution, ensuring stakeholders remain informed and prepared. Update the Master Migration Planning tool to reflect application approval status and readiness classification ("Approved", "Conditionally Approved", "Blocked", "Locked In"). Provide regular reporting to Migration and Application Services leadership including: Applications engaged per migration wave Approvals secured and locked-in scope Outstanding approvals and associated risks Escalations and mitigation actions Governance gaps or dependency concerns Track and report risks where outage agreement or operational readiness confirmation is delayed, ensuring early escalation to protect schedule integrity. Issue and manage Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys post-migration events, track response rates and maintain programme KPI targets. Adhere to the programme T-minus migration checklist, ensuring all readiness gates are completed prior to migration execution. Capture and document lessons learned following migration events, contributing to continuous improvement of engagement and readiness processes. Contribute to process standardisation and best practice development across the migration function. Provide peer support and event coverage during peak migration windows or planned leave to ensure continuity of stakeholder engagement. Support weekend migration events where required to ensure clear business liaison and controlled service restoration. Essential Skills Experience supporting large-scale data centre migrations (Lift & Shift and Phased Production) within complex enterprise environments. Strong stakeholder engagement skills, working directly with Application Owners, Platform Teams and Business Service Owners to secure approvals and operational readiness. Ability to validate operational procedures, dependency sequencing and rollback plans aligned to a defined Migration Sequence of Events (SoE). Experience operating within structured change governance frameworks (e.g. CAB, formal approval controls) in regulated environments. Strong risk awareness and ability to escalate blockers impacting migration schedule or service stability. Proficient in migration planning and Microsoft Excel, ServiceNow/CMDB and collaboration platforms (MS Teams). Clear, confident communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders and manage outage sensitivity. Detail-oriented, organised and comfortable working to fixed migration windows and T-minus readiness gates. Preferred Skills Experience working in finance or banking industry. Experience working on a complex storage migration programme. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance. A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience. Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.