45 technical assurance lead jobs found

Technical Assurance Lead Location: Jersey (or must travel to Jersey 3 times/month) Contract: 21 months, Outside IR35 Rate: £500/day Start Date:  04/2026 End Date: 31/12/2027 A tech consultancy working on a government transformation programme is seeking a Technical Assurance Lead to provide independent review and validation of estimates, designs, and key technical decisions. This role ensures quality, coherence, and risk mitigation across multiple projects, supporting leadership in scope, cost, and technical decision-making. Key Responsibilities: Review and challenge supplier estimates for stories, epics, and requirements. Assess technical designs and key design decisions for soundness and alignment to target architecture. Ensure cross-programme consistency and manage technical dependencies. Define and apply technical quality criteria; review documentation for gaps. Support commercial, planning, and governance processes with independent technical...

Technical Assurance Lead – 21 Month Contract Outside IR35 Remote (3 days per month travel to Jersey) Start: Early April We are seeking a senior Technical Assurance Lead to act as an independent critical friend across a large transformation programme. This role provides structured technical, estimation, and design assurance, ensuring supplier outputs (story sizing, architecture, and Key Design Decisions) are sound, cost-effective, and aligned to programme objectives. Key Focus: Challenge and validate supplier estimates Review technical designs and KDDs Define and embed design quality gates Support commercial inputs (SoWs, change requests, releases) Ensure cross-programme architectural alignment Produce monthly assurance reports and risk summaries Experience Required: Strong technical architecture and integration background Experience with agile estimation and story sizing Ability to translate technical...

Technical Assurance Lead – 21 Month Contract Outside IR35 Remote (3 days per month travel to Jersey) Start: Early April We are seeking a senior Technical Assurance Lead to act as an independent critical friend across a large transformation programme. This role provides structured technical, estimation, and design assurance, ensuring supplier outputs (story sizing, architecture, and Key Design Decisions) are sound, cost-effective, and aligned to programme objectives. Key Focus: Challenge and validate supplier estimates Review technical designs and KDDs Define and embed design quality gates Support commercial inputs (SoWs, change requests, releases) Ensure cross-programme architectural alignment Produce monthly assurance reports and risk summaries Experience Required: Strong technical architecture and integration background Experience with agile estimation and story sizing Ability to translate technical...

Technical Assurance Lead - 21 Month Contract Outside IR35 Remote with 3x days travel to jersey per month. Spec: Technical Assurance Lead Role Purpose Act as an independent "critical friend" providing technical, estimation, and design assurance across a large-scale transformation programme. The role ensures supplier outputs—including story sizing, architectural designs, and Key Design Decisions (KDDs)—are technically sound, cost-effective, and aligned with strategic objectives. Key Deliverables Estimation Assurance: Review and challenge supplier estimates for user stories and epics; provide a log of material changes between baselines and updated figures with technical justification. Design & KDD Review: Technical validation of solution options and KDDs for architectural alignment, testing assumptions, and highlighting integration risks. Quality Gatekeeping: Define technical quality criteria for designs and non-functional...

Solution Architect / Digital Solution Architect / Senior Solution Architect / Integration Architect £650-£680 per day / Outside IR35 / 6 Month initial contract / 1/2 days per week on site near Bristol Overview: As the Solution architect you will be responsible for defining and delivering the end-to-end technology architecture and system integration strategy across a newly acquired business. The role will ensure seamless business and data integration across core operational, finance, ERP, CRM, and various other platforms, enabling rapid onboarding of acquired portfolios while maintaining operational continuity and data integrity. This is a software/application/systems architecture focused position, where you would have ideally worked on an M&A project previously with a particular focus on Integration architecture. Key Responsibilities; Solution architecture & technical Leadership: Technical leadership of the integration projects Managing...

Lead Software Engineer Rate: £600 a day IR 35 Determination: Outside IR35 Location: Bristol Working Pattern: 20% onsite Clearance: SC Clearance required Overview: Technical Leadership, Operational and People Management, Technical direction of complex projects A global defence technology consultancy ole are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to provide hands‑on leadership across a high‑priority software delivery programme. This is a senior contractor role requiring a self‑starter who can quickly understand a complex problem domain, translate requirements into actionable deliverables, and drive engineering teams to successful outcomes. You will act as the technical and delivery focal point for multiple workstreams, ensuring work is sequenced, risks are managed, progress is unblocked, and the programme maintains momentum. This role blends technical leadership, delivery ownership, and stakeholder management, and is ideal for someone with a...

Location: Bristol (20% onsite) Duration: 6 month contract Rate: £81.75ph LTD (Outside IR35) Role details: Our client, a prominent entity in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to provide hands-on leadership across a high-priority software delivery programme. Based in Bristol, this contract role requires a self-starter who can swiftly comprehend complex problem domains, translate requirements into actionable deliverables, and drive engineering teams to successful outcomes. Key Responsibilities: Delivery & Execution Own end-to-end technical delivery across the programme. Make time-critical delivery decisions in the absence of programme leadership. Break down high-level requirements into structured deliverables for engineering teams. Sequence work, set priorities, and maintain delivery plans. Act as escalation point for blockers, risks, and technical issues. Drive tangible progress across multiple...

Lead Software Engineer 6 month contract Based in Bristol Offering £80ph Outside IR35 Do you have experience in AI/ML development or model-based engineering? Do you have experience in Python, C#, or .NET? Do you want to work with an industry-leading company? If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you! As the Lead Software Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry. Do you the nature of the work you will be involved in, you will be required to go through MOD SC clearance. You will be involved in: Own end-to-end technical delivery across the programme Make time-critical delivery decisions in the absence of programme leadership Break down high-level requirements into structured deliverables...

Solution Architect / Digital Solution Architect / Senior Solution Architect / Integration Architect £650-£680 per day / Outside IR35 / 6 Month initial contract / 1/2 days per week on site near Bristol Overview: As the Solution architect you will be responsible for defining and delivering the end-to-end technology architecture and system integration strategy across a newly acquired business. The role will ensure seamless business and data integration across core operational, finance, ERP, CRM, and various other platforms, enabling rapid onboarding of acquired portfolios while maintaining operational continuity and data integrity. This is a software/application architecture focused position, where you would have ideally worked on an M&A project previously with a particular focus on Integration architecture. Key Responsibilities; Solution architecture & technical Leadership: Technical leadership of the integration projects Managing technical delivery...

AI Operational Excellence & Enablement Lead - Contract £600 (Outside IR35) 6-Month w/ extensions London - Hybrid We're looking for an AI Operational Excellence & Enablement Lead to take ownership of how AI tools and automation are governed, embedded, and improved across the business. This role sits at the centre of the firm's evolving AI landscape, covering platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Claude, and related automation tooling. The focus is not just on introducing new capability, but on making sure what already exists is being used properly, consistently, and in line with enterprise standards. It is a role for someone who can bring structure to a fast-moving area. You will work across Architecture, Security, Data, M365, Power Platform, Infrastructure and M&A to make sure AI solutions are well governed, technically sound, commercially sensible, and aligned to wider business objectives. The role You will act as the central point of...

Solution Architect/Digital Solution Architect/Senior Solution Architect/Integration Architect £650-£680 per day/ Outside IR35/ 6 Month initial contract/1/2 days per week on site near Bristol Overview: As the Solution architect you will be responsible for defining and delivering the end-to-end technology architecture and system integration strategy across a newly acquired business. The role will ensure seamless business and data integration across core operational, finance, ERP, CRM, and various other platforms, enabling rapid onboarding of acquired portfolios while maintaining operational continuity and data integrity. This is a software/application architecture focused position, where you would have ideally worked on an M&A project previously with a particular focus on Integration architecture. Key Responsibilities; Solution architecture & technical Leadership: Technical leadership of the integration projects Managing technical delivery partners...

AI Operational Excellence & Enablement Lead - Contract £600 (Outside IR35) 6-Month w/extensions London - Hybrid We're looking for an AI Operational Excellence & Enablement Lead to take ownership of how AI tools and automation are governed, Embedded, and improved across the business. This role sits at the centre of the firm's evolving AI landscape, covering platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Claude, and related automation tooling. The focus is not just on introducing new capability, but on making sure what already exists is being used properly, consistently, and in line with enterprise standards. It is a role for someone who can bring structure to a fast-moving area. You will work across Architecture, Security, Data, M365, Power Platform, Infrastructure and M&A to make sure AI solutions are well governed, technically sound, commercially sensible, and aligned to wider business objectives. The role You will act as the central point of...

Lead Software Engineer Rate: £600 a day IR 35 Determination: Outside IR35 Location: Bristol Working Pattern: 20% onsite Clearance: SC Clearance required Overview: Technical Leadership, Operational and People Management, Technical direction of complex projects A global defence technology consultancy OLE are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to provide hands-on leadership across a high-priority software delivery programme. This is a senior contractor role requiring a self-starter who can quickly understand a complex problem domain, translate requirements into actionable deliverables, and drive engineering teams to successful outcomes. You will act as the technical and delivery focal point for multiple workstreams, ensuring work is sequenced, risks are managed, progress is unblocked, and the programme maintains momentum. This role blends technical leadership, delivery ownership, and stakeholder management, and is ideal for someone with a...

Lead Software Engineer Rate: £600 a day IR 35 Determination: Outside IR35 Location: Southampton Working Pattern: 20% onsite Clearance: SC Clearance required Overview: Technical Leadership, Operational and People Management, Technical direction of complex projects A global defence technology consultancy are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to provide hands-on leadership across a high-priority software delivery programme. This is a senior contractor role requiring a self-starter who can quickly understand a complex problem domain, translate requirements into actionable deliverables, and drive engineering teams to successful outcomes. You will act as the technical and delivery focal point for multiple workstreams, ensuring work is sequenced, risks are managed, progress is unblocked, and the programme maintains momentum. This role blends technical leadership, delivery ownership, and stakeholder management, and is ideal for someone with a...

Our client is looking for an experienced DV cleared technical engineering lead for the deployment and operation of a high-assurance VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x private cloud, building upon their existing private cloud patterns. You will be a VMware specialist with experience covering: VCF 9.x Orchestration: Lead the end-to-end deployment of Management and Workload Domains using SDDC Manager, VCF Operations and VCF Installer (Cloud Builder) . NSX Networking & Security: Design and implement complex virtual networking topologies, including Tier-0/Tier-1 gateways, load balancing, and Distributed Firewall (DFW) micro-segmentation policies. VCF Operations (previously Aria Suite) Management: Configure and tune the VCF Operations Suite for proactive operations, log insights, and automation (eg Aria Automation/Orchestrator). Storage Integration: Partner with the team to map NetApp ONTAP storage ensuring performance and path redundancy....

Solution Architect / Digital Solution Architect / Senior Solution Architect / Integration Architect £650- £680 per day / Outside IR35 / 6 Month initial contract / 1/2 days per week on site near Bristol Overview: As the Solution architect you will be responsible for defining and delivering the end-to-end technology architecture and system integration strategy across a newly acquired business. The role will ensure seamless business and data integration across core operational, finance, ERP, CRM, and various other platforms, enabling rapid onboarding of acquired portfolios while maintaining operational continuity and data integrity. This is a software/application architecture focused position, where you would have ideally worked on an M &A project previously with a particular focus on Integration architecture. Key Responsibilities; Solution architecture & technical Leadership: Technical leadership of the integration...

AI Operational Excellence & Enablement Lead - Contract £600 (Outside IR35) 6-Month w/ extensions London - Hybrid We 're looking for an AI Operational Excellence & Enablement Lead to take ownership of how AI tools and automation are governed, embedded, and improved across the business. This role sits at the centre of the firm 's evolving AI landscape, covering platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Claude, and related automation tooling. The focus is not just on introducing new capability, but on making sure what already exists is being used properly, consistently, and in line with enterprise standards. It is a role for someone who can bring structure to a fast-moving area. You will work across Architecture, Security, Data, M365, Power Platform, Infrastructure and M &A to make sure AI solutions are well governed, technically sound, commercially sensible, and aligned to wider business objectives. The role...

Lead Software Engineer 6 month contract Based in Bristol Offering £80ph Outside IR35   Do you have experience in AI/ML development or model-based engineering? Do you have experience in Python, C#, or .NET? Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?   If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!   As the Lead Software Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry. Do you the nature of the work you will be involved in, you will be required to go through MOD SC clearance.   You will be involved in: Own end-to-end technical delivery across the programme Make time-critical delivery decisions in the absence of programme leadership...

Job Title- AI Specialist (AI Foundry) Client-Global Consulting Firm Day Rate-£500-£550 (Outside IR35) Duration-6 months (extendable) Location-Leeds (Hybrid, 3 days per week in the office) Essential skills and experience: ·        Translate complex concepts into clear guidance for executives and governance forums. ·        Contribute to AI strategy, roadmap and horizon‑scanning, informing investment and risk posture. ·        Provide insight to support business cases, investment decisions, risk assessments, and prioritisation discussions at AI governance forums. ·        Lead enterprise‑wide assurance for high‑risk AI systems, conducting deep reviews, assessing model and agent behaviour under stress conditions, identifying systemic risks, and recommending design‑level mitigations to ensure solutions remain robust, ethical and compliant. ·        Serve as the subject matter expert on AI technologies, including large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI,...

Company Description For over 28 years, Version 1 has partnered with leading global brands to deliver digital, cloud, and enterprise application solutions that drive business success. We are proud to be recognised as: Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023 (EMEA) Microsoft Global Partner of the Year (Modernising Applications) AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year (EMEA) One of the Best Workplaces for Women in the UK & Ireland (2023) With 3,700+ people and revenues exceeding €347m/£302m , Version 1 is a market leader in Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS consulting services – and one of the fastest-growing digital consultancies in Europe. Job Description Senior Oracle Fusion Technical Consultant (Cloud Extension Focussed) (Outside IR35 Contract) You must be eligible for CTC Clearance. To be eligible for CTC clearance you need to have lived in the UK for the last 3 years. You must be immediately available or on a very short notice period. Build....