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Modern Workplace Security Consultant, freelance, 12 month initial contract, fully remote, part time, SC Clearance required Job Description: We are looking for a SC Cleared Modern Workplace Security Consultant to join a leading UK cyber security consultancy delivering Microsoft security solutions. The consultant will predominantly focus on Microsoft Purview and security policy implementation within Microsoft 365 environments. The role also involves delivering Microsoft-funded security workshops to enterprise customers, helping organisations strengthen their compliance, data protection and security posture. This is a fully remote role within the UK , working with clients across both the public and private sectors. Company Description: Our client is a specialised cyber security consultancy focused on Microsoft security technologies . They support organisations in implementing secure modern workplace environments through Microsoft 365, identity protection, compliance frameworks and advanced threat protection. The company is a Microsoft security Partner working closely with Microsoft and delivers security transformation programmes and funded workshops designed to improve enterprise security posture and compliance capabilities.

QA Engineer - GPT 6 Month contract initially + Extensions Based: Remote Rate: £Market rates - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a QA Engineer - GPT to join the team. Participate in design discussions about the technical implementation and consider the tradeoffs to support business value, scalability and delivery timeline. ● Analyze data and reports for Quality audits, develop QA Test Plans, write functional test cases that meet the requirements ● Design and build easily maintainable Test framework and reusable test scripts ● Execute and validate the developed solution meets the business requirements ● Perform Functional and Regression testing as needed on various components. Key Responsibilities; Participate in design discussions about the technical implementation and consider the tradeoffs to support business value, scalability and delivery timeline. ● Analyze data and reports for Quality audits, develop QA Test Plans, write functional test cases that meet the requirements ● Design and build easily maintainable Test framework and reusable test scripts ● Execute and validate the developed solution meets the business requirements ● Perform Functional and Regression testing as needed on various components Key Skills & Experience: Must have demonstrable good experience in Software application testing. ● Must have data audit and data analytics experience. ● Must have 3 years of experience developing Test plans and writing Test Cases ● Understanding of distributed processing frameworks like Pyspark. ● Must have Strong communication, collaboration and problem solving skills with a track record of delivering production grade systems in a team environment ● Understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) APIs and services is highly desired ● Experience testing Machine Learning / AI applications ● Motivated individual who learns quickly, has pride in building a new product and can engage others to accelerate technical solutions ● Experience in working with distributed teams ● 3 years of experience working with agile scrum methodologies and bug creation in tools like JIRA ● Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1, 508) required ● Experienced in performing manual (screen-reader) and automated accessibility testing This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Software Engineering (Manager) 6 Month contract initially + Extensions Based: Remote Rate: £Market rates - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Software Engineering (Manager) to join the team. Key Responsibilities; Responsible for digitization systems and technologies ● Digitizing documents using machine learning, AI technologies at an enterprise scale ● Manages effective stakeholder engagement across all levels. This includes the ultimate users of the platform and operations personnel. ● Encourages creativity and challenges traditional thinking to solve business problems. ● A talent multiplier who enables the digital teams to drive focus and increase velocity. ● Ensures the solution is able to scale to deliver standard business specific platform accelerators. ● Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations, etc. in order to lead strategic business direction of the vertical. ● Lead, mentor, and grow multiple scrum teams of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. ● Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, fostering their professional development and technical expertise in areas such as Python, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, and microservices. ● Champion a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement within the engineering teams. ● Identify and address technical challenges and risks, proactively finding solutions to ensure smooth project execution. ● Participate in the recruitment and onboarding of new engineering talent. ● Manage team performance, providing regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and identifying opportunities for growth. ● Ensure effective communication within the teams and with stakeholders regarding project status, risks, and dependencies. Key Skills & Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in technical management/leadership roles overseeing multiple software development teams. ● Proven track record of successfully managing and delivering complex software projects using agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban). ● Expert level understanding of software system design, data systems, microservices architecture, and data analytics. ● Ability to effectively plan, prioritize and execute projects, communicate status, foresee risks, flag issues, seek help, and be committed to a culture of continuous improvement. ● Strong technical proficiency and hands-on experience in: ○ Large Language Models (LLMs): Familiarity with the concepts, architectures, and applications of Large Language Models. Experience leading teams working with LLMs for various use cases. ○ Microservices Architecture: Deep understanding of microservices design patterns, development, deployment, and scaling. Experience leading teams building and maintaining microservices. ○ Excellent leadership, communication (written and verbal), interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. ○ Ability to travel up to 20% of the time ○ Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at various levels. ○ Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, testing methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines. ○ Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP). ○ Experience with data engineering and data pipelines. ● Ability to understand business problems, bridge with technology capabilities and design solutions. ● Ability to look across the technology landscape and understand the structure and relationships other applications have to enable an effective data interchange and data ingestion. ● Be able to communicate effectively with users, partners, leaders, and executives at all levels. ● Exceptional customer service skills, in addition to extensive experience working in a matrixed org. ● Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and teams with competing priorities. Experience with Agile teams and delivery. ● 5+ years development experience with REST APIs and integrations This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

***SC CLEARED*** Incident and Problem Management Analyst 6 Month contract initially + Extensions Based: Hybrid - 1 day onsite p/w in Warrington Rate: £250 - £300 p/d - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Incident and Problem Management Analyst to join the team. Key Responsibilities; * Act as a point of contact for all Incidents and Problem Records * Monitor the incidents to ensure that the Service Level Agreement are respected * Identify, initiate, schedule, and conduct incident reviews * Ensure the closure of all resolved and end-user confirmed Incident records * Provide guidance to the Incident Process Coordinators * Set and Chair bridge calls on Incidents, as per process * Possess working knowledge on other ITSM and SIAM processes and help if required * Coordinate with other SIAM, ITSM and Business teams * Working knowledge and Safe and Agile DevOps methodology * Act as a point of contact for all Incidents and Problem Records * Monitor the incidents to ensure that the Service Level Agreement are respected * Identify, initiate, schedule, and conduct incident reviews * Ensure the closure of all resolved and end-user confirmed Incident records * Provide guidance to the Incident Process Coordinators * Deliver & manage high standard communications across Customers and IT to ensure that Issues are dealt with by priority and customer needs, providing regular communications to Customers across the organisation. * Co-ordinate with Service Desk and other teams in the identification of Major/ High Incidents; manage these Incidents, to ensure that these are diagnosed and escalated to appropriate and consistent quality standards; co-ordinate Service Desk, IT support staff and Customers to ensure accurate and appropriate communications during these Incidents. * Produce trends analysis of recurring Problems/Incidents - extract trends on Incident types, Customer types, departments, hardware types etc. as instructed * Experience with Knowledge in SLA Measurement, Reporting and Major Incident Management * Owning delivery to ensure the BAU deliverables are met with required Turn Around Time with required Quality * Responsibility for identifying Process Enhancement opportunities, prepare solution, estimation, get customer sign-off and execution of the projects. * Manage Problems, to ensure that these are diagnosed, logged and escalated to appropriate and consistent quality standards; co-ordinate Service Desk, IT staff and Customers to ensure accurate and appropriate communications during Problems. * Call and chair Problem Review meetings following priority Incidents; issue a written Postmortem report to IT management; ensure Problem actions are completed in a timely manner. * Customer Interface: delivering & managing high standard communications across Customers and IT to ensure that Problems are dealt with by priority and customer needs, providing regular communications to Customers across the organisation. * Co-ordinate with Service Desk and Incident coordinator in the identification of priority Incidents; manage these Incidents, to ensure that these are diagnosed and escalated to appropriate and consistent quality standards; co-ordinate Service Desk, IT support staff and Customers to ensure accurate and appropriate communications during Major Incidents. * Hold regular meetings with IT support groups to review recurring Problems and press for final resolutions - or escalate; produce 'Escalation Reports' on recurring issues and issues not being resolved. Key Skills & Experience: 1. Must be ITIL certified or demonstrate strong knowledge - Essential. 2. Responsible to meet Process SLAs and KPIs - Essential. 3. Possess excellent soft skills, verbal and written communication skills - Essential. 4. Ability to participate and lead, when needed, project meetings with the customer - Essential. 5. Demonstrable customer management / service skills/ proactivity 6. Experience of working within a busy first level service desk environment in Incident and Problem management role 7. Very good understanding and awareness of the ITIL Incident management process and procedures 8. Sound technical knowledge across the ITSM tools, applications including MS Office, Teams, etc., 9. Decision maker with an operational viewpoint 10. Available to support on-call outside of business hours 11. Work with onsite & Offshore Team This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Ahead Digital, an agency specialising in digital strategy based in Brussels and Paris, is looking for an AI Project Manager for a position to be filled as soon as possible! As part of an assignment carried out at one of our clients in Brussels, you will strengthen the Data team, to identify business opportunities where AI can bring value to our client’ sector, in collaboration with domain experts. This freelance assignment will start at the end of March and continue until the end of 2026, and will take place in central brussel. We are looking for a AI Project Manager to lead high-impact, innovative projects. Mission On a daily basis you : Identify business opportunities where AI can bring value to our client sector, in collaboration with domain experts; Monitor technological developments in AI and translate them into concrete solutions; Challenge proposed solutions, test products, and actively contribute to their improvement; Develop action plans, manage timelines, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies; Detect project blockers and risks, resolve them directly or escalate appropriately; Ensure project follow-up and communicate progress clearly and appropriately to different audiences — C-level profiles, architects, technical experts (network, infrastructure, development, data), and business partners; Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders: legal experts, analysts, IT specialists, developers, data scientists, BI analysts, and more.

Role Overview The Solution Architect is responsible for technical leadership, architectural design, and the end to end delivery of functionality within an agile development environment. The role requires strong experience across distributed teams, sprint planning, high performance application development, and ensuring adherence to coding, design, and architectural standards. ________________________________________ Key Responsibilities Leadership & Agile Delivery * Foster teamwork, set technical direction, and ensure alignment with program guidelines. * Develop sprint work plans aligned to release roadmaps and functional epics. * Track sprint progress and ensure timely delivery of planned work. * Facilitate daily stand ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other agile ceremonies. * Review user stories with Business Analysts and Business Owners to plan future sprints. * Identify risks, obstacles, and changes to scope or schedule; escalate appropriately. * Collaborate with the Scrum Master to improve team velocity and drive continuous improvement. * Assist with budget forecasting, resource planning, and estimation. * Coordinate resource utilisation and identify opportunities for resource sharing across teams. * Maintain detailed resource plans for all sprints within a release cycle. * Support pre sales and sales teams with technical expertise, customer demos, and solution validation. ________________________________________ Technical Architecture & Design * Create application designs including database architecture, service/API design, and performance considerations. * Maintain architectural oversight across all sprint and release deliverables. * Define and enforce coding standards, implementation patterns, and quality guidelines. * Work with architects and developers to establish frameworks and reusable components. * Identify key design and implementation decisions to minimise technical risk. ________________________________________ Development Leadership * Operate as a lead developer when required, performing code reviews and ensuring best practices. * Provide story point estimates and contribute to backlog refinement. * Ensure proper usage of code repositories and agile tools as per program standards. * Verify implementation of test cases and ensure unit test coverage targets are met. * Collaborate with QA teams to identify and implement automation opportunities. * Track defects and promote a culture of quality within the team. * Assist with transitioning releases to production support teams and support priority production issues. Required Skills & Experience * Prior experience as a software development lead for large scale, high performance transactional web applications. * Strong hands on experience with Java, JavaScript, Maven, and SQL (8-10 years). * Proven experience designing web applications and service oriented platforms. * Expertise with API and RESTful service design and integration. * Minimum 5 years of experience working with distributed teams. * Minimum 5 years working within agile Scrum environments. * Strong leadership, communication, and problem solving skills with a track record of ownership and delivery. * Experience with design patterns, scalable architecture, and performance optimisation. * Experience in data modelling and metadata schema definition (5 years). * Familiarity with architectural governance and security reviews. * Experience with agile tools such as JIRA, Rally, TFS, or VersionOne. * Mastery of Git, Subversion, and Artifactory repositories. * Production support experience. * Bachelor's degree required; Master's in a relevant field (Business, Library, or Computer Science) is beneficial. * Willingness to travel up to 10%. Desirable Skills & Technologies * Experience with Tomcat, Apache Solr, VMware, Oracle or similar technologies. * Prior involvement with enterprise scale platforms or large multi team delivery programs LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Responsabilités clés : Definition, governance, implementation of T24/Transact targe architecture across AA, Securities, Accounting, Interfaces, Payments, Treasury, and related systems Definition & implementation of componentization strategy and alignment with Temenos best practices Design, implement and validation of integration patterns including Kafka-based event streaming Support and oversight of technical design, impact analysis, and remediation for the upgrade Ensure performance, resilience, monitoring, security and nonfunctional requirements Review, definition, creation of XML structures, data models, COB/EO workflows, and batch architecture Support development teams and ensure adherence to architectural standards Provide guidance, coaching and documentation to mensure sustainable knowledge transfer Stakeholder management with IT, business, architecture, and partners

Microsoft Azure solution architect, with a strong application development background to architect application migrations and development on azure platform. Able to work with customer and provide best-fit solutions and able to guide team technically in delivering those solutions. Should have had strong implementation experience in API Management, Data / Application integration and in workload migration and/or large-scale cloud native application. Skills and experience * Azure Certified Solution Architect with deep azure cloud architecture, design and development skills, with overall 12+ years of IT industry experience, and at least 5+ years of working experience with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform * Hands on experience in architecting, implementation solutions in Azure * Proficient in defining and implementing Cloud Azure based solution * Strong development experience on using Azure API Management, Azure LogicApp, Web API, Azure Functions ,Service Bus, Azure Data Factory, Event Grid, Event Hub Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure * Design, build and configure .Net based Microservice Applications to meet business process and application requirements. Excellent knowledge of .Net Core programming concepts * Strong Integration /API development experience on .NET * Candidate must bring in expert understanding of cloud computing, PaaS and cloud application design pattern; Deep expertise on Cloud and API/ Services Oriented Architectures with a proven ability to provide consulting and solution roadmaps for large scale cloud transformation, migration and cloud native development on Microsoft Azure platform. * Collaborate with various cross functional teams to define and determine integration requirements * Working knowledge on Azure DevOps Roles & Responsibilities * Work independently with technical and business stakeholders Understand business problems and perform due diligence * Work with Prospects and Customers for requirement understanding and problem statement definition. * Define standards, principles and develop reference architecture for project teams. * Build the technical and business artifacts, which includes Application, Technical Architecture, Development, Migration, Governance, reviews, and enhancements. * Estimate and outline the solution approaches, can express and articulate the architecture and design rationale * Hands on in implementing proposed solutions and be able to technically guide extended teams during development and deployment of solution * Has a complete technical ownership of the delivery * Need to have excellent written and verbal communication skills for communicating with customer technically and procedurally LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Daily operations of Monitoring and Application Performance Monitoring tools: AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Icinga, Splunk Design of management systems and other tools: design of architecture, tech- nical evaluation of alternatives offered on the market, conduct of proof of concept, testing in pre-production environment Implementation of new solutions for operations: migration of new systems in production environment, definition of procedures, training of operators for new procedures, development of tools (customisation or configuration of commer- cial tools) Evaluation of quality and efficiency of operations by definition and implementation of metrics; periodical follow-up of metrics; proposal of measures to improve quality and/or efficiency of operations Training: knowledge at admin level and proven experience are required for one of the following tools: AppDynamics Dynatrace Icinga Splunk

Retail Core Banking Solution Architect 6 Month contract initially + Extensions Based: Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite in Milton Keynes Rate: £450 - £550 p/d - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Retail Core Banking Solution Architect to join the team. Key Responsibilities; Expectation Providing essential services to Core Banking, as well as products for the bank to manage customers, accounts, pricing, transactions, etc. Core banking systems are crucial for the day-to-day operations, enabling us to serve our customers effectively Producing functional architecture for project(s) Reviewing the designs that have been produced by Engineering Teams using guidance and patterns that have been provided to them by Architecture Validating that solutions align to the strategies (e.g. Retail & Corporate Bank & Group) Working with the engineering community to deliver solutions primarily in an agile way Key Skills & experience: Solution Architecture and Design Significant experience as a Solution Architect, ideally within complex financial services environments Domain knowledge in o Retail Banking products e.g. - Unsecured loans Personal Accounts - banking & savings and Bonds (fixed term deposits) o Business Segmentation - Retail, business banking, private o Onboarding processes for Personal account o Core Banking products (customers, accounts, pricing, transactions, etc) and related services essential to the operations of a bank Domain driven design, with working knowledge of the BIAN framework, TOGAF, ArchiMate Proven experience in defining & documenting As-Is & Target Architecture, working with stakeholders to help define & deliver strategic objectives & roadmaps, being embedded into the functional domain, balancing business requirements with functional & technical Strategy Experience Defining and evolving RESTful APIs following best practices for scalability, versioning and documentation Experience with event-driven architectures Ability to produce clear functional architecture, design logical components and define interactions between systems, whilst delivering decommissioning and archival initiatives Experience balancing business outcomes with long term architecture strategies Experience in working with engineering teams to align technical designs with the published architecture. Peer review designs produced by other team members, ensuring architectural integrity and compliance with standards. Experience in creating practical, workable architectures that can be aligned to IT principles/standards, whilst following the bank's architecture governance processes. Leadership & Ways of Working Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities Practical and delivery focused mindset Able to operate independently in a fast-moving environment Evidence of thought leadership, ownership and initiative Desirable (not mandatory): These are beneficial, but should not exclude otherwise strong candidates: Knowledge of BIAN, TOGAF, ArchiMate or C4. Experience with Abacus or similar architecture tools. Familiarity with microservices, API integration patterns and cloud concepts such as AWS. Exposure to global banking environments or large-scale transformations. Preferred Having knowledge on Santander Core Banking systems, COTS Core Banking Products This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Your responsibilities System Architecture You will collaborate with product management and key stakeholders to understand and shape the business vision and its impact on architectural blueprints/runways. You will take responsibility for the architectural design within a defined scope (for example, a domain). You will work with the product manager and product owner to define high‑level solution intent (blueprint), including roadmap, information models and documentation expectations. You will identify enabler epics (initiatives, stories) and make dependencies transparent. You will define subsystems and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities and understand deployment as well as interactions with the surrounding solution context. You will plan and develop the architectural runway for your system to support business features, the technical vision and the blueprint, and support teams in technical design. You will ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards and support the long‑term sustainability of the system. You will prepare options and request exceptions when deviations are required. You will manage the application lifecycle and work toward reducing architecture debt, communicating this transparently and protecting applications/platforms from excessive debt accumulation. Planning You will work with other system architects, shared services, the system team and the enterprise architect to define the architectural approach and capability roadmap. You will contribute to the QBR process and to the high‑level objectives for the upcoming PI planning (enablers). You will help summarise findings into an agreed set of PI solution objectives and validate alignment of the technical directions. You will support teams in defining features and breaking them down into stories. Collaboration You will identify risks related to deviations from standards or innovation. You will work with discipline architects to address identified issues and contribute to bank‑wide solutions. You will collaborate with stakeholders, customers and suppliers to ensure the architectural direction remains aligned with the system intent. You will make sure that the technical characteristics of supplier‑delivered capabilities are well understood and support their integration into the architecture.

Target Start Date - ASAP Target End Date - 1 year demand from start date. Recruitment Type - Contractor Rate Circa £600 p/d, Inside IR35 Location of role :Full time On site Clearance Required - DV Working Pattern - Monday - Friday Your role We are looking for an experienced Cloud Resource Manager to join a support team based in Basingstoke to ensure VMware based infrastructure resources meet current and future business needs in a cost-effective, reliable, and scalable manner. In this role, you will ensure the effective management of service operations, adherence to SLAs, and continuous improvement of IT service performance. The ideal candidate has a cloud resource management background, deep knowledge of ITIL practices, a strong understanding of VMware infrastructure resource management and a proven ability to manage service teams and client expectations in a dynamic environment. Key Responsibilities -Oversee end-to-end delivery of cloud resource services across infrastructure, support functions and in close collaboration with the customer. -Own and execute the resource management processes, including Business, Service, and Component resource management. -Develop and maintain cloud resource plans, forecasts, and models for VMware environments. -Monitor service performance metrics, analyse trends, forecast resource allocation and consumption. -Identify risks, constraints, and performance bottlenecks before they impact services. -Drive service improvement initiatives based on resource data, customer feedback, and technology developments. -Coordinate with internal IT teams (e.g., infrastructure, development, support) to manage scalability and flexibility. Your experience -Strong experience managing Cloud resources. -Strong understanding of IT service management frameworks (ITIL v3 or v4 certification preferred). -Experience managing resources within a VMware infrastructure. -Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills. -Strong problem-solving capabilities delivering effective solutions based on business priority. -Experience working within cross-functional teams in a complex technical environment. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 18 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Our client is seeking an experienced VMware vSAN SME with strong technical design and planning experience. This role will require someone with end to end experience of implementation, design writing and customer facing. The high level designs are in flight but the person will have to be able to turn them into more specific project design. This is a 2 months contract initially with strong possibility of extension. Please note that the role is inside IR35 and working week is 37.5 hours. This role is remotely with very occasional visit to client site in London. Required skills and experience: - VMware vSAN - Technical Design and Planning - High and low level design experience. - Customer facing experience. - VCP certified - ideally version 8 but 7 will be fine too. - Any knowledge of Dell PowerEdge and Dell networking would be a plus. Job description: - VSAN design - Clean Room vSAN server build - Clean Room vSAN server test execution - Clean Room Virtual Machine Migration from VxRail to VSAN - Clean Room vSAN Ready Node configuration: Dell will create a VVF design for the vault o Deploy VMware vSAN in alignment to the agreed VMware Foundation Design - Clean Room vSAN Ready Node Testing: Conduct the testing of the test plan to validate the build of the VMware Foundation for the RTL Clean Room o Document the implementation in theConfiguration Workbooks. - Virtual Machine Migration: - Perform the migration of the VxRail hosted Virtual Machines to the vSAN VMware Foundation platform Confirm connectivity of the VMs and their provided services Note: The VMs will not be altered during the migration. The VVF design should match existing network connections for the VMs. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

***SC CLEARED*** L1/L2 Operations Lead 6 Month contract initially + Extensions Based: Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite in Warwick Rate: £300 - £350 p/d - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for an L1/L2 Operations Lead to join the team. Key Responsibilities; * To support the Wintel and Linux operating system. * Strong knowledge on the Wintel/ Linux server and Azure infra-administration. * Server Administration (Windows/Linux): o Windows: Managing Active Directory, Group Policy (GPO), patching, and troubleshooting Windows Server. o Linux: Managing user access, file permissions, log analysis, system performance tuning, and basic scripting. * System Maintenance: Performing system backups, restoring data, applying patches, and managing storage. * Network Troubleshooting: Investigating, fixing, or configuring network connectivity issues. * Documentation: Updating SOPs, creating knowledge base articles, and documenting resolutions * Proficiency in Identity and Access management administration and manage Azure Virtual networks, Load balancers, Storage accounts, Firewall setup, Handle VM provisioning, resizing and decommissioning. * Proficiency in implementing SSL certificates on the application. * Knowledge on the patching and vulnerability remediation on the servers. * Knowledge on the Service Management, Change Management, Incident Management. * Software engineering fundamentals - work to build things that are easy to understand and maintain. Only introduce complexity when it is needed. * Self-improvement - looking to continuously develop, learn and teach new skills and contribute to high standards. Good to Have: * Basic understanding of Oracle, SQL and PL/SQL. * Knowledge on VMware and Hypervisor. * SCADA knowledge This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Security Architect reviewer (SAR) 6 Month contract initially + Extensions Based: London / Hybrid Rate: £Market rates p/d - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Security Architect reviewer (SAR)to join the team. Key Responsibilities; * Design and implement security architecture and solutions to meet organizational goals and regulatory requirements. * Ensure security integration in all technology projects, including cloud services and on-premises systems. * Conduct security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities and recommend remedial actions. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security measures are embedded in all stages of system development and deployment. * Prepare and maintain detailed security documentation, including architecture diagrams, policies, and standards. * Lead the adoption of new security technologies and practices to keep the organization ahead of emerging threats. 1. Develop Security Architecture Design Patterns and Standards to comply with group security requirements, industry standards, customer requirements, regulatory requirements and good practices. 2. Assist the development of a Security Architecture control framework. 3. Research, design and document the security posture requirements and controls of new technology introduced into the Group. 4. Research industry trends and regulatory requirements. 5. Lead the Security Architecture evaluation of risks identified in systems, including reviewing, and proposing tactical and strategic remediation plans. 6. Actively contribute to the adoption of secure by design practices, with technical delivery teams for both existing systems and new systems, e.g. use of internal or external guidance, leading Threat Modelling activity. 7. Nurture the use of secure technical practices to deliver technical excellence. 8. Support experimentation and innovation in solving problems. 9. Contributes to the development of metrics and their monitoring to report the effectiveness and efficiency of the Security Architecture function. 10. Contributes to the content and management of the Security Architecture intranet presence. 11. Guiding and mentoring other team members as required Key Skills & experience: * Extensive experience in security, architecture and design. * In-depth knowledge of security standards, protocols, and best practices. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. * Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Proficiency in using security and project management tools. * Willingness to stay updated with the latest security trends and technologies. This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Python Developer 6 Month contract initially + Extensions Based: Onsite in Wokingham Rate: £380 - £400 p/d - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Python Developer to join the team. Key Responsibilities; * Python Development & Software Engineering * Develop, optimize, and maintain software using core Python features including iterators/generators, exception handling, file handling, type hints, OOP, and data structure design. * Build scalable algorithms and write clean, maintainable, and well‑structured code. * Develop and maintain RESTful APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger, Connexion, or FastAPI. * Work with Python web frameworks such as Flask, Django, FastAPI, and Jinja2. * Data, Analytics & Databases * Perform data manipulation and analysis using tools like Pandas and NumPy. * Design, query, and maintain both relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL/document stores (e.g., MongoDB). * Build data pipelines and support analytics dashboards and visualizations in Python. * Mathematical Modelling & Optimization * Develop and solve Linear Programming (LP), Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP), and other optimization models. * Use optimization tools and libraries such as Pyomo, AMPL, Gurobi, CPLEX, or similar solvers. * Model the behaviour of power system components including generation assets, demand profiles, and network elements. * Contribute to techno‑economic assessments of power systems using Python-based models. * Quality Assurance & DevOps * Write unit tests using unittest or pytest, with exposure to Test‑Driven Development (TDD) methodologies. * Use Git and modern version‑control workflows; collaborate via Azure DevOps or similar platforms. * (Bonus) Develop and deploy containerized applications using Docker, and support container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes). * (Bonus) Work with messaging/streaming technologies such as RabbitMQ or Kafka. Key Skills & experience: Desirable skills/knowledge/experience: * Strong proficiency in Python programming and its optimization/analytics ecosystems. * Proven experience with algorithm development and computational problem‑solving. * Hands‑on experience with data analytics, visualization, and database systems. * Solid understanding of power system modelling, techno‑economic simulation, and energy systems. * Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills. * Excellent communication and documentation abilities. * Experience using Pyomo, AMPL, Gurobi, CPLEX, or similar optimization tools. * Working knowledge of containerization and cloud‑native deployment. * Familiarity with RabbitMQ/Kafka, microservice architecture, and distributed systems. This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.