16 government jobs found

SC Cleared User Researcher | GDS | Central Government We're supporting a Central Government organisation in the search for an experienced SC Cleared User Researcher to join a high-profile digital programme. Contract Details Up to £450 per day Outside IR35 6-month initial contract Predominantly remote with occasional onsite requirements Active SC Clearance essential The Role You'll be responsible for planning, conducting and communicating user research that influences the design and delivery of digital services, ensuring they meet user needs and align with GDS standards . Working within multidisciplinary Agile teams, you'll help stakeholders develop a deep understanding of users through a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods, turning findings into actionable insights that drive better service outcomes. Key Experience Proven experience as a User Researcher within GDS environments Strong understanding of the Government Service Standard...

Security Architect (Active SC Clearance) x 2 Location: Fully Remote (UK) Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required Contract Length: Until February 2027 Rate: Up to £550 per day (Outside IR35) Security Architect We are looking for two Security Architects to support the secure design and delivery of large-scale cloud-based services within a major public sector programme. You'll work across project teams to ensure security is Embedded throughout the development lifecycle, helping teams manage risk, apply security standards, and deliver resilient solutions in complex environments. Key Responsibilities Provide expert security design guidance to delivery and engineering teams. Review solution and product designs to ensure compliance with security standards and best practice. Conduct threat modelling and security risk assessments. Design security controls aligned to organisational risk appetite. Support the deployment of cloud-based services, predominantly within Azure...

Cyber Security Architect (eSC) - Enhanced SC Cleared Location: Remote, with occasional travel to London (typically 1-2 days per month) Contract Length: 6 month rolling contract (Outside IR35) Security Clearance: Active Enhanced SC Clearance Required About the Role We are seeking an experienced Cyber Security Architect to join a specialist consultancy supporting critical programmes and secure digital transformation initiatives. Operating at the intersection of cyber security, enterprise architecture, risk management, and technology strategy, you will play a key role in ensuring security is Embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle. You will provide expert security architecture guidance across complex programmes, support the development of secure enterprise architectures, and help organisations strengthen their security posture against evolving cyber threats. This role is ideal for a highly experienced architect with a strong background in secure-by-design principles,...

Cyber Security Architect Location: Remote, with occasional travel to London (typically 1-2 days per month) Contract Length: 6 month rolling contract (Outside IR35) Security Clearance: Active Enhanced SC Clearance Required About the Role We are seeking an experienced Cyber Security Architect to join a specialist consultancy supporting critical programmes and secure digital transformation initiatives. Operating at the intersection of cyber security, enterprise architecture, risk management, and technology strategy, you will play a key role in ensuring security is Embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle. You will provide expert security architecture guidance across complex programmes, support the development of secure enterprise architectures, and help organisations strengthen their security posture against evolving cyber threats. This role is ideal for a highly experienced architect with a strong background in secure-by-design principles, enterprise security...

Cyber Security Controls Tester Location: Fully Remote Contract Length: 6 months Day Rate: Circa £550 per day (Outside IR35) Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required (must be current and verifiable) About the Role An established MSSP is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Controls Tester to support a large-scale security assurance programme. This is an excellent opportunity for a security professional with a strong controls testing, audit, risk, or assurance background to assess the effectiveness of security controls across complex environments. Working closely with security architects, risk teams, and business stakeholders, you will provide independent assurance that security controls are appropriately designed, implemented, and operating effectively against recognised industry frameworks and standards. Key Responsibilities Evaluate the effectiveness of technical, procedural, and physical security controls against documented security requirements and...

JavaScript Engineer London (2 days a week onsite) Contract, Outside IR35 £400 to £450 per day SC Clearance Role Overview: We are seeking a skilled JavaScript Engineer to join our client's dynamic team. This role involves working directly with customers to transform their needs into effective technical solutions. The successful candidate will possess both technical expertise and strong customer engagement skills, allowing them to design and maintain high-quality software solutions with minimal supervision. GDS experience is essential Key Responsibilities: - Previous Government Experience - Independently deliver high-quality solutions while collaborating as part of an Agile team. - Confidently engage with customers and internal delivery teams to ensure alignment and clarity. - Efficiently elicit, clarify, and document customer requirements. - Design, develop, test, and maintain robust software solutions. - Enhance AI prompting skills and utilise...

SC Cleared Azure Cloud Platform Architect | Outside IR35 | Remote We are looking for an experienced Azure Cloud Platform Architect to support the design and evolution of secure, scalable cloud foundations within a complex central-government environment. This is an opportunity to shape the standards, guardrails and reusable capabilities that allow delivery teams to build and operate services confidently in Azure. The Role You will take ownership of the architectural approach for Azure landing zones and shared platform services, working across cloud, security, infrastructure and engineering teams. The focus will be on creating a well-governed, resilient and secure Azure estate that supports modern digital delivery. Key Responsibilities Design and assure Azure landing-zone architecture across a multi-subscription cloud environment. Define standards for Azure governance, management groups, subscriptions, policy, access and resource organisation. Develop secure patterns for...

IT Operations Lead (SC cleared) | Government Data Service | Outside IR35 I'm looking to speak with experienced IT Operations/Live Service professionals for a long-term government data programme. This is a hands-on role, not a big enterprise Head of Operations position. You'll be owning the live service across a small support function and working closely with Data, DevOps, Platform and Software teams. Key experience: Live service/IT operations ownership Incident, problem, change and release management Major incident coordination Service Desk leadership SLA/KPI reporting and service performance Continual service improvement Strong stakeholder management Comfortable operating in a technical, public sector environment The role also needs someone resilient and pragmatic who can manage challenging stakeholders and stay close to the detail. Contract details: c. £400/day Outside IR35 Fully remote, UK based Initial contract through to Feb 2027 Good chance of...

SC Cleared Security Architect | Outside IR35 | Remote A security-focused organisation is seeking an experienced Security Architect to support the secure design and assurance of critical digital services. This is a hands-on architecture role, working alongside technical teams and senior stakeholders to embed effective security controls across complex cloud and hybrid environments. The Role You will shape secure technical solutions from early design through to delivery, ensuring architecture decisions are proportionate to risk and meet relevant government security expectations. The role will involve providing clear security direction to engineering and architecture teams, contributing to assurance activity, and helping to resolve complex security challenges across the programme. Key Responsibilities Design and review secure architectures across cloud, on-premise and integrated technology environments. Define pragmatic security controls, patterns and design principles for new and...

. Boomi Solution Architect Remote | Occasional Travel to London/Telford | 3-Month Contract | Outside IR35 Boomi Solution Architect | Integration & API Platform Programme We are seeking an experienced Boomi Solution Architect to support the adoption and evolution of a strategic enterprise integration platform within a large-scale government environment. This is a client-side architecture role requiring a strong blend of technical expertise, integration architecture leadership, governance, and stakeholder engagement. You will be responsible for driving the adoption of strategic integration capabilities across multiple programmes, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and avoid the proliferation of point-to-point integrations. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise across Boomi iPaaS, API Management, Event Streaming, Integration Architecture, and Enterprise Governance , with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical...

Business Analyst - Workday HR or Finance - Central Government Day Rate: £450-£500 per day IR35: Outside IR35 Contract: 6 months initially Location: Hybrid/UK Start: October 2027 We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with Workday HR or Finance experience to support a major ERP transformation programme within a UK government organisation. The role will form part of the clients ERP Implementation, supporting the assessment and adaptation of existing Government Shared Services processes and designs to enable the implementation of a standalone Workday ERP solution. You will work closely with HR, Finance and programme stakeholders to assess existing processes, identify gaps and required adaptations, develop business requirements, and support the procurement and evaluation of the Workday implementation partner. Key Responsibilities Review and analyse existing Government Shared Services HR and Finance processes, business rules, policies, roles and...

CosmosDB Data Engineer We are looking for a CosmosDB Data Engineer who can start a contract in the next 3 to 4 weeks. You will have strong experience of data modelling and CosmosDB. * Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models for both relational (SQL) and non-relational (Cosmos DB/NoSQL) systems. * Design, develop, and manage NoSQL data models using Azure Cosmos DB, ensuring performance, scalability, and cost efficiency (partitioning strategy, indexing, RU optimization). * Define and implement data contracts to ensure consistency, quality, and governance across upstream and downstream systems. * Lead and support data migration projects, including planning, execution, validation, and reconciliation between source and target systems. * Build and orchestrate ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF). * Write and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and views for relational data processing and reporting. The role is for 3-6 months initially outside...

IT Service Manager Contract: Initial 6 months IR35: Outside IR35 Clearance: SC + NPPV3 required Location: London / Hybrid We are looking for an experienced IT Service Manager to support a major transformation programme within the Metropolitan Police. The role will support and deputise for the IT Service Design Workstream Lead, helping to coordinate service design, transition and operational readiness activities across the programme. You will play a key role in ensuring new technology capabilities are introduced into live service in a controlled, supportable and sustainable way. Key Responsibilities Support the delivery of service design, service transition and operational readiness activities. Develop and maintain service design artefacts, operational processes and support models. Define and manage service acceptance criteria and readiness assessments. Coordinate go-live planning, transition activities, service acceptance and hypercare...

ERP Data Lead - Workday - Central Government - London/Hybrid - £500-£600 a day - Outside IR35. We are looking for a Data Lead who has experience migrating to Workday ideally within Central Government. The role will initially focus on the following areas Corporate Services Data and Document Analysis Heatmap, summarising and highlighting areas of strong compliance, areas requiring improvements and areas of concern. Corporate Services Data and Document Analysis Report, detailing the findings of the above analysis and findings and including capture of risks covering storage, retention and migration tasks risks. Data Model & Data & Document Dictionary Data Model o Data and document storage and high-level data flow mapping. Data and Document Dictionary o Inventory of current data and document storage locations and systems. o Updated information Asset Register. Document & Data Transition methodology and plan Data & Document Transition...

Data Architect - SC Cleared Outside IR35: £500 per day Hybrid - circa 1 dpw in London ASAP start - 5 months initial We are recruiting a hands-on Data Architect to develop a trusted enterprise view of a large public-sector technology estate. You will design and implement the underlying data model, defining how information about services, systems and platforms is captured, governed and maintained. The role combines practical delivery with stakeholder engagement across product, architecture, engineering, security, commercial and supplier teams. Role responsibilities Define and implement an enterprise data model covering services, systems, platforms and their relationships. Establish data ownership, stewardship, governance and life cycle principles. Design approaches for collecting, validating and maintaining architecture data. Evaluate enterprise architecture tools and support implementation of the chosen solution. Gather stakeholder requirements and define...

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Node/Typescript) Outside IR35 £425 -£460p/d Remote Start ASAP 6 months initial contract We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join a large-scale digital programme within the public sector. This role would suit an experienced engineer who can work across application development and cloud infrastructure within a modern, microservices-based environment. You will contribute throughout the software delivery lifecycle, building reliable digital services using Node.js, TypeScript and AWS. You'll work collaboratively with technical teams and stakeholders, taking ownership across frontend, Back End and DevOps activities. Technical requirements: Typescript Node.js Springboot PostgreSQL Terraform AWS General requirements: Ability to operate effectively across frontend, Back End and infrastructure disciplines. Strong stakeholder communication and collaborative working skills. Previous delivery experience within...