site reliability engineer

Betfred

<div>About Us 
 
Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.
With our proprietary platform powering everything we do, it's an exciting time to join us. We're pioneering new products and driving more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.
Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, it's time to join us.
Job Purpose
We&rsquo;re looking for a Platform Engineer to help build, operate, and improve the platforms that underpin our engineering teams. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across infrastructure, automation, and delivery tooling, and who wants to deepen their experience in modern platform and DevOps practices. 
 
You&rsquo;ll work closely with other platform engineers and product teams to improve how software is built, deployed, and operated, reducing friction, increasing reliability, and enabling teams to move faster with confidence. 
Our core application platform is built on .NET, with services connected using WebAPI, WCF, and RabbitMQ. We store and process large volumes of data using MySQL and MongoDB. 
 
We operate a hybrid infrastructure, deploying workloads to AWS and on-premises VMware environments. Infrastructure is defined using Infrastructure as Code, and we run a mix of virtual machines, Docker, and Kubernetes, with a growing focus on containerised, microservice-based workloads. 
 
As we continue to move more workloads onto Kubernetes, you&rsquo;ll have the opportunity to learn and contribute to cloud-native patterns, GitOps, and modern delivery practices.
Our platform tooling includes:
<ul><li>Terraform, Ansible, and Python for infrastructure and automation</li>
<li>Jenkins for CI pipelines and Argo CD for GitOps-based delivery</li>
<li>Docker and Kubernetes for containerised workloads</li>
<li>Experience with these tools is helpful, but we value strong fundamentals and a willingness to learn just as highly.</li>
</ul>
You&rsquo;re someone who:
<ul><li>Enjoys hands-on engineering and learning by doing</li>
<li>Understands the basics of cloud infrastructure, containers, and automation</li>
<li>Cares about reliability, security, and maintainability</li>
<li>Communicates clearly and works well with others</li>
<li>Is curious about new tools and practices and thoughtful about adopting them</li>
<li>Wants to grow into greater technical ownership and influence over time</li>
</ul>
Job Duties
You&rsquo;ll contribute directly to the day-to-day evolution and reliability of the platform, including:
<ul><li>Building and maintaining infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and Python</li>
<li>Supporting and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows</li>
<li>Helping operate and enhance our Kubernetes environments</li>
<li>Working with engineering teams to troubleshoot issues and improve reliability</li>
<li>Contributing to platform standards, documentation, and shared tooling</li>
<li>Automating repetitive tasks and removing manual processes</li>
</ul>
You won&rsquo;t be expected to have all the answers, but you will be expected to ask good questions, learn quickly, and take ownership of the solutions you help build.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
<ul><li>Background in Platform/OS engineering, both Linux and Windows experience is preferred.</li>
<li>BSc in Computer Science or equivalent, or proven industry experience</li>
<li>Experience using configuration management such as Ansible and Terraform</li>
<li>Experience with containers using both Docker and Kubernetes</li>
<li>Strong AWS Platform Engineering skills in particular; EC2, S3, IAM and VPC/network configuration</li>
<li>Experience with VMWare is a bonus, especially vSphere, NSX, VCF</li>
<li>Comfortable working in a fast paced, lean and deadline driven organisation.</li>
<li>Able to work under pressure and to ask for support when required</li>
<li>Ability to quickly undertake evaluation of competing products to determine which best meets the company&rsquo;s requirements</li>
<li>Able to automate complex operational and technical processes using industry standard tools</li>
<li>In-depth knowledge of cloud environments and typical technology stacks employed in then</li>
</ul>
Desirable
<ul><li>iGaming experience: Previous experience within the betting, iGaming, or real-time gaming industry is highly advantageous.</li>
<li>Microservices architecture: Experience building, deploying, and maintaining microservices and event-driven systems.</li>
<li>Data technologies: Familiarity with data platforms and services such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis, or MariaDB/MySQL.</li>
<li>Monitoring tools: Experience with application performance monitoring (APM) and observability tools like Grafana or Datadog.</li>
<li>FinOps: Understanding cost management and FinOps concepts within cloud environments.</li>
</ul>
What is in it for me? 
 
We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you&rsquo;re recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:
<ul><li>A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution ( &pound;40,000-&pound;65,000)</li>
<li>Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions</li>
<li>An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service</li>
<li>Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.</li>
<li>Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme</li>
<li>Enhanced Maternity &amp; Paternity Pay</li>
<li>Long Service Recognition</li>
<li>Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.</li>
</ul>
For More information, visit our https://betfredcareers.com/why-join/</div>

Platform Engineer

bet365

<div>Company Description 
We&rsquo;re one of the world&rsquo;s leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 10,000 people and serve over 120 million customers in 26 languages.
We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of growth opportunities, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we&rsquo;re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what&rsquo;s possible for our global worldwide.
Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, featuring more than 1.38 million In-Play sporting events a year. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe (750,000), we handle over 6 million HTTP requests daily and process more than 1.5 million bets per hour at peak. 
Job Description 
As an Observability Engineer, you will build and evolve our modern observability platform, ensuring our systems stay healthy and performant for millions of users.
We&rsquo;re moving from simple monitoring to an observability-first mindset. As an Observability Engineer, you&rsquo;ll be at the heart of this shift. You&rsquo;ll design solutions that give us deep insights into system health, helping us reduce MTTD and MTTR. You&rsquo;ll work with a comprehensive toolkit to provide analytics, alerting, and remediation strategies for our cloud and on-premise applications. 
 
This role is about more than just keeping the lights on; it&rsquo;s about building a platform that lets us truly understand our systems. You&rsquo;ll set the standards for observability, ensuring it&rsquo;s baked into every new system we build.
This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company&rsquo;s hybrid working from home policy. 
Qualifications 
<ul><li>
Excellent knowledge of contemporary monitoring, analytics tooling and best practice.</li><li>
Strong experience integrating systems and applications with monitoring and APM tools.</li><li>
Demonstrable experience instrumenting applications for observability, ideally with OpenTelemetry.</li><li>
Experience with IaC, automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible and Terraform.</li><li>
Basic programming experience, ideally with Python, Golang or Javascript.</li><li>
Basic scripting ability with Powershell and Bash.</li><li>
Strong experience working in a large scale, 24/7 enterprise where system uptime is paramount.</li><li>
Experience with public and private Cloud.</li><li>
Proficiency with Linux operating system.</li><li>
Ability to work with autonomy and collaborate well within a wider team.</li></ul> 

Additional Information 
<ul><li>
Building sophisticated monitoring dashboards using log data, metrics, traces and profiles from sources like New Relic, Grafana, Splunk, Kibana and Pyroscope.</li><li>
Administrating an incident response platform, like PagerDuty, to enable fast and efficient resolution of incidents.</li><li>
Working with service owners on integrations while supporting the onboarding of telemetry data.</li><li>
Using automation and orchestration platforms to streamline manual processes and workflows.</li><li>
Promoting an observability-first mindset and encourage best practices across teams.</li><li>
Contributing to the development of standards for monitoring, logging and tracing.</li><li>
Evolving team processes and approaches.</li><li>
Mentoring colleagues in the use of new technologies or practices.</li><li>
Maintaining and administer existing monitoring and analytic tools.</li><li>
Collaborating across teams to solve complex challenges and prevent recurrence.</li></ul><div></div>
By applying to us you are agreeing to share your Personal Data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice - https://www.bet365careers.com/privacy-policy

At bet365, we're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued. Where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of their background. We're Never Ordinary, and we're always striving to be better. If you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please don&rsquo;t hesitate to reach out.</div>

Observability Engineer

GAMMA

A bit about us
 At Gamma we provide voice, data, and mobile solutions to businesses across the UK, Germany, Spain, and the Benelux region.
 Our people are at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team that’s transforming how businesses connect and communicate globally.
 We’re growing fast, but we never lose sight of what matters: our people. Whether you're looking to develop your skills, take on new challenges, or make a meaningful impact, Gamma is the place to do it.
 What is the role responsible for?
 As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining Gamma’s Group Products suite, including proprietary OSS/BSS and UCaaS & CCaaS solutions. This role exists to lead technically complex development work across the platform, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and high performing, while supporting and mentoring engineers and driving best practice across the team.
 What will you be doing day-to-day?
 
Here are a few examples of what you could be involved with: 
<ul>
<li>Leading technically complex development across the platform, building new features and maintaining existing systems using TypeScript, Node.js, and React</li>
<li>Collaborating with product, architects, and engineering teams to scope, plan, and estimate solutions that are scalable and future-proof</li>
<li>Designing and developing secure, high-performance APIs and integrating third-party tools and services</li>
<li>Producing and reviewing detailed Solution Design documentation, ensuring consideration of security, performance, and system-wide impact</li>
<li>Driving high standards through code reviews, mentoring engineers, and contributing to CI/CD and testing best practices</li>
<li>Applying site reliability engineering principles to improve observability, resilience, and incident response</li>
<li>Monitoring, profiling, and optimising application performance, including capacity planning to meet SLAs</li>
<li>Identifying technical debt and recommending improvements to systems, processes, and tooling</li>
</ul>
What you’ll bring
 You don’t need experience in everything listed, but we’re especially keen to hear from people with some of the following skills:
 <ul>
<li>Strong experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and modern frontend frameworks such as React or Angular</li>
<li>Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and API design principles</li>
<li>Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Playwright), and version control</li>
<li>Proven experience running large-scale production systems in AWS and working with Kubernetes/containerisation</li>
<li>Strong debugging, performance optimisation, and problem-solving skills across distributed systems</li>
<li>Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership within teams</li>
<li>Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and site reliability engineering practices</li>
<li>Experience with Java and/or telecoms technologies (e.g. VoIP, WebRTC) is highly beneficial</li>
</ul>
What do we offer you?
 <ul>
<li>25 days annual leave + birthday</li>
<li>Subsidised private medical insurance</li>
<li>5.1% matched pension contributions</li>
<li>Enhanced parental leave</li>
<li>Life assurance and Income protection</li>
<li>Share save and incentive plans</li>
<li>Electric Vehicle and Cycle scheme</li>
<li>Employee discounts</li>
<li>Volunteer day</li>
</ul>
A few things to note
 We require all candidates to be eligible to work in the UK and pass a basic DBS check.
 If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you could thrive in this role, we would still encourage you to apply.
 Gamma is an equal-opportunity employer committed to building diverse, inclusive teams where everyone feels valued and can be their authentic selves. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially those underrepresented in our industry. As a family-friendly employer, we foster a culture of trust, autonomy, and flexibility to support your work-life balance and help you thrive at Gamma.
 For recruitment agencies – we have a network of fantastic partners that support us in our hiring from time to time. We’re not looking to increase that network currently, so please don’t send speculative CVs.
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 #LI-Hybrid

Lead Software Engineer

C-Serv

<div>Most engineers get to use large language models. You will get to build the systems that run them in production, at scale, under real latency and reliability constraints, for one of the most recognised names in application security and traffic management.
Our client is expanding its AI Core group and is looking for a Senior or Staff AI &amp; ML Engineer in the UK. This is hands-on, build-focused work at the centre of how the business turns generative AI from a prototype into a dependable product. You will design and ship multi-agent systems, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, anomaly detection, fine-tuned models, and the real-time inference layer that serves them.
If you want ownership over a serving stack rather than a single notebook, and you want your work measured by what holds up in production rather than what demos well, this is the seat.
What you will own<ul><li>Building and shipping generative AI features end to end: from model selection and fine-tuning through to the inference path that serves them.</li><li>Designing multi-agent and RAG architectures, and anomaly detection, that are accurate, observable, and cost-aware at scale.</li><li>Owning the real-time inference layer on Triton and TensorRT, optimising for latency, throughput, and GPU efficiency.</li><li>Standing up the surrounding microservices in Python and FastAPI, containerised and orchestrated for reliability.</li><li>Setting the technical bar: making architecture decisions, raising code quality, and mentoring engineers around you.</li><li>Partnering with research and product teams to take ideas from experiment to a service customers depend on.</li></ul> 
Requirements<ul><li> 
5 to 10 years of relevant experience, including a proven track record as a technical lead who mentors others.</li><li>Strong, current Python engineering, with production services built and shipped (FastAPI or similar).</li><li>Genuine hands-on GenAI depth: LLMs, RAG, agentic or multi-agent workflows, anomaly detection, and fine-tuning (for example LoRA or PEFT).</li><li>Real-time inference experience with NVIDIA Triton and TensorRT, with real attention to latency, throughput, and cost.</li><li>A microservices mindset, with services built in Python and FastAPI, containerised and orchestrated for reliability.</li><li>Solid grounding in Docker and Kubernetes, and large-scale distributed systems on a major cloud.</li><li>Right to work in the UK. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to equal opportunity.</li></ul>
Nice to have<ul><li>Experience with vLLM or other serving frameworks alongside Triton and TensorRT.</li><li>Experience in security, networking, or other high-reliability domains.</li><li>Big-data tooling (Spark, Databricks, Snowflake) and modern MLOps practice.</li></ul>
What you will get<ul><li>A genuine build mandate inside an established AI Core team, not a proof-of-concept that never ships.</li><li>Fully remote working anywhere in the UK, built around delivery rather than presence.</li><li>Competitive salary, strong benefits, and clear scope to grow into staff and principal-level influence.</li><li>The backing of C-Serv throughout: a delivery partner that runs a real quality filter and looks after its people, end to end.</li></ul> 
Benefits<ul><li> 
Fully remote working anywhere in the UK, built around delivery rather than presence.</li><li>A clear path to grow into staff and principal-level technical influence.</li><li>Full support from C-Serv across the hiring process and beyond, with full-cycle accountability.</li><li>A values-led, woman-owned delivery partner built on empathy, integrity, collaboration, and growth.</li></ul></div>

AI/ML Engineer

Mindrift

<div>
 
 Mindrift is looking for highly skilled Senior Python Data Scraping Engineers to join the Tendem project and drive specialized data scraping workflows within our hybrid AI + human system.
 
 
 
 In this role, as an AI Pilot - that's how we refer to this role at Mindrift - you'll collaborate with Tendem Agents that handle repetitive tasks, while you provide critical thinking, domain expertise, and quality control to deliver accurate and actionable results.
 
 
 This part-time remote opportunity is ideal for technical professionals with hands-on experience in web scraping, data extraction and processing.
 
 
 
 What We Do
 
 
 
 The Mindrift platform connects specialists with AI projects from major tech innovators. Our mission is to unlock the potential of Generative AI by tapping into real-world expertise from across the globe.
 
 
 This is a freelance role for a Tendem project. As a
 
 Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer
 
 , you'll handle data scraping tasks requiring technical precision for web extraction and processing, utilizing various tools such as our provided Apify and OpenRouter alongside your own resourceful approaches.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities:
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites, ensuring complete coverage, accuracy, and reliable delivery of structured datasets
 </li>
 <li>
 Leverage internal tools (Apify, OpenRouter) alongside custom workflows to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution while meeting defined requirements
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure reliable extraction from dynamic and interactive web sources, adapting approaches as needed to handle JavaScript-rendered content and changing site behavior
 </li>
 <li>
 Enforce data quality standards through validation checks, cross-source consistency controls, adherence to formatting specifications, and systematic verification prior to delivery
 </li>
 <li>
 Scale scraping operations for large datasets using efficient batching or parallelization, monitor failures, and maintain stability against minor site structure changes
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Requirements:
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 At least 5+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, web scraping, automation, or software development (required)
 </li>
 <li>
 Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical fields is a plus
 </li>
 <li>
 Candidates should have a strong technical foundation and practical experience with scripting, automation, and AI-assisted workflows. We are looking for specialists who can solve non-trivial problems, work confidently with LLMs, and systematically collect, structure, and validate data from diverse sources. A methodical, detail-oriented approach and the ability to work independently are essential
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong experience in Python web scraping (BeautifulSoup, Selenium or similar), including dynamic content (JS, AJAX, infinite scroll) and APIs via proxies
 </li>
 <li>
 Proven ability to extract data from complex structures (hierarchies, archived pages, inconsistent HTML)
 </li>
 <li>
 Solid background in data cleaning, normalization, and validation, delivering structured datasets (CSV, JSON, Google Sheets)
 </li>
 <li>
 Demonstrated experience handling anti-bot mechanisms and dynamic site structures at scale
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent) and containerization (Docker) as part of real workflows
 </li>
 <li>
 Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks (LangChain, OpenRouter, or similar) applied to automation tasks
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
 </li>
 <li>
 Self-directed work ethic with ability to troubleshoot independently
 </li>
 <li>
 A link to GitHub is a plus
 </li>
 <li>
 English proficiency: Upper-intermediate (B2) or above (required)
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Project time expectations
 
 
 
 For this project, tasks are estimated to require around 10-20 hours per week during active phases, based on project requirements. This is an estimate, not a guaranteed workload, and applies only while the project is active.
 
 
 
 Compensation
 
 
 
 On this project, contributors can earn up to
 
 $45 per hour equivalent
 
 , depending on their level and pace of contribution.
 
 
 Compensation varies across projects depending on scope, complexity, and required expertise. Please note that other projects on the platform may offer different earning levels based on their requirements.
</div>

Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)

bcn group

<div>Job title: Azure DevOps Engineer
Location: Hybrid or Remote working available
Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Competitive + benefits 
About BCN:
At BCN we unite people and technology to enable organisations to fly. 
We believe people and organisations can achieve anything using technology to it&rsquo;s full potential. Our role is to help them understand what is possible, implement in the right way and utilise their technology to achieve their ambitions. Which is why we put people front and centre &ndash; building client relationships for life and fostering a culture where our people thrive. 
We are a leading managed IT services provider and technology consultant, specialising in delivering transformative technology solutions with industry-leading client experience across business, public sector and not for profit organisations. From cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data management to power app development, we are dedicated to pioneering technology with Microsoft innovation. 
Guided by our 3 values of building relationships, customer success and passion and dedication, we are on a mission to make BCN the most trusted tech partner in the UK today. The kind of company clients want to work with, and people want to work for. 
We are delighted you are on this journey with us! 
Focus of the role:
As an Azure DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for working directly with our customers in various sectors to deliver public cloud transformation projects in Azure using infrastructure as code to support the deployment and configuration of various resource types in the Azure technology stack. 
Responsibilities:<ul><li>
Deploying and configuring Azure resources using infrastructure as code (IaC).</li><li>
Building and configuring continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to deploy resources to customer environments.</li><li>
Take technical ownership of project delivery for various customer projects.</li><li>
Align deployment tasks and architecture with best practice alignments in both the Azure Cloud Adoption and Well Architected frameworks.</li><li>
Optimise and speed up future deployments by creating templates aligned with Enterprise Scale Landing Zones and secured, well-governed configurations and resource deployments.</li><li>
Align deployments with best practice security standards and guidelines such as National Institute of Standards (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework, ISO27001, Centre for Internet Security (CIS) and zero-trust principles.</li></ul> 
Person, Skills &amp; Experience:<ul><li>
Microsoft Azure experience would be preferred but other public cloud platform experience such as AWS, GCP or Oracle would be accepted.</li><li>
Excellent skills in infrastructure as code (IaC) provisioning using continuous configuration automation tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible or equivalent.</li><li>
Ideally experience of Bicep.</li><li>
Excellent skills working with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline tools such as GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.</li><li>
Good awareness of Microsoft&rsquo;s Cloud Adoption and Well Architected Frameworks</li><li>
Experience of working in a DevOps focused role or experience of other project delivery using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)</li><li>
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or equivalent</li><li>
Ideally Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert</li><li>
Good knowledge of networking principles ideally in public cloud</li><li>
Good knowledge of firewalls, whether PaaS or 3rd party network virtual appliances</li><li>
Experience of supporting Windows Server environments (Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022)</li></ul> 
Why BCN?<ul><li>
The opportunity to shape your own future with industry leading training and development, with access to our BCN Academy.</li><li>
Competitive salary with the ability to progress.</li><li>
23-days holiday allowance, increasing with length of service, plus bank holidays, an extra day off on your birthday and the option to buy more!</li><li>
Company pension scheme.</li><li>
2 paid leave days per year to volunteer and support your local community &ndash; if it matters to you it matters to us.</li><li>
Health cash plan with free access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) supporting bereavement, financial, health and wellbeing, and much more</li><li>
Life assurance</li><li>
Cycle to work scheme, electric vehicle scheme, home and tech scheme, and retail discounts.</li><li>
Balancing work, life, and fitness can be challenging, so we offer a free on-site gym at our Manchester and Leeds locations to make it easier to stay active.</li><li>
Long service recognition to celebrate all the milestones</li><li>
Beer (or soft drinks), Pizza at the end of month, dress down every day, social events such as Summer BBQ, Christmas party and lots more!</li></ul></div>

Azure DevOps Engineer

Sterling Computers

<div>Job Title: Security &amp; Infrastructure Engineer (On-Premise Focus)
Reports To: Head of Engineering<div>
Location: Manchester, UK</div><div></div> 
About the Role: We are looking for a motivated and hands-on Security &amp; Infrastructure Engineer to join our team and help secure our critical platforms across both on-premise VMware environments and hybrid cloud infrastructure (VMware Cloud Foundation, AWS, Azure, and GCP).
This is a technical, execution-focused role where you will implement, configure, monitor, and maintain security controls while gaining valuable experience with advanced technologies such as VMware NSX, vDefend, Palo Alto Networks, and major public cloud platforms. You will work closely with senior engineers to support security hardening, compliance, logging, and incident response in a high-security, regulated environment.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with solid foundational experience who wants to grow their skills across traditional on-premise security and modern hybrid cloud environments. This is a full-time fixed-term role requiring 5 days per week on-site (no remote or hybrid options). Occasional UK travel may be required.<div>
Security Clearance Required: Secret Clearance at a minimum. Willing to attain Developed Vetting.</div> 
Key Responsibilities<ul><li>
Implement and maintain security controls across on-premise VMware infrastructure, with a focus on network and workload segmentation.</li><li>
Ability to lead the configuration and optimisation of VMware NSX (Distributed Firewall policies and micro-segmentation) and VMware vDefend to support zero-trust principles and reduce lateral movement risk.</li><li>
Help manage and tune Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls (policy creation, App-ID/User-ID, threat prevention profiles, NAT, and VPN configuration).</li><li>
Support the hardening of Windows Server environments and Microsoft technologies (Active Directory, Group Policy) in line with security best practices and CIS Benchmarks.</li><li>
Contribute to security monitoring and visibility by working with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats) and Elastic Security for log collection, dashboards, alerting, and basic threat detection.</li><li>
Assist with security tasks across hybrid cloud environments, including:<ul><li>
Basic security configuration and monitoring in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).</li><li>
Supporting security controls in AWS, Azure, and GCP (e.g. IAM policies, security groups, network ACLs, logging, and basic compliance checks).</li><li>
Help maintain secure hybrid connectivity between on-prem and cloud environments.</li></ul></li><li>
Apply CIS Benchmarks, STIGs, and other hardening standards across systems and networks, and support remediation activities.</li><li>
Drive security monitoring, incident response, and basic root cause analysis.</li><li>
Embed security into operational processes and support DevSecOps practices by assisting with vulnerability scanning, configuration management, and automation where appropriate.</li><li>
Collaborate with vendors, auditors, and internal teams to ensure compliance with regulatory and organisational requirements.</li><li>
Maintain documentation and contribute to security reporting and compliance activities.</li></ul>
Required Qualifications &amp; Experience<ul><li>
3-6 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity engineering, focused on on-premise enterprise environments.</li><li>
Proven expertise in VMware NSX (micro-segmentation, DFW policies, integration) and VMware vDefend (Distributed Firewall, advanced threat prevention).</li><li>
Strong experience designing and managing Palo Alto Networks firewalls (NGFW, Panorama, threat prevention, GlobalProtect).</li><li>
Experience with Cisco security/networking technologies (secure routing/switching).</li><li>
Extensive experience securing Windows environments (Server, Active Directory, Group Policy Objects, endpoint hardening).</li><li>
Familiarity with CIS Benchmarks and their practical application to harden systems and networks.</li><li>
Good understanding of zero-trust principles, network segmentation, firewall policy optimisation, identity and access management (IAM), and encryption.</li><li>
Experience with vulnerability management, SIEM integration, logging, and incident response in on-prem setups.</li><li>
Familiarity with TCP/IP networking fundamentals, the OSI model, routing protocols (BGP/OSPF), VPN technologies, and secure architecture design.</li><li>
Practical experience implementing DevSecOps principles, including integrating security tools and controls into CI/CD pipelines, automating security checks, and collaborating across dev, sec, and ops teams.</li><li>
Hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana) and Elastic Security (SIEM, threat hunting, endpoint integration, dashboards/alerting) in on-premise deployments for log management, security analytics, and incident response.</li><li>
Security Clearance: Must have UK government security clearance, minimum SC, with the requirement to go through DV.</li><li>
Right to work in the UK and ability to pass background checks.</li></ul>
Desirable Skills &amp; Certifications<ul><li>
Relevant certifications such as:<ul><li>
VMware Certified Professional &ndash; Network Virtualisation (VCP-NV) or Security</li><li>
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)</li><li>
Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security) or CCIE Security</li><li>
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)</li><li>
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (or equivalent)</li></ul></li><li>
Experience with endpoint detection and response (EDR), SIEM tools, IDS/IPS, or threat intelligence platforms.</li><li>
Knowledge of Linux hardening, container security, or hybrid environments (though focus remains on-prem).</li><li>
Experience in regulated sectors (e.g., government, finance, critical national infrastructure).</li></ul> 
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