27 contracts found in Manchester

We are looking for a Senior Technical Business Analyst to join our Technology function in either out London or Manchester on a contract basis. This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to provide subject‑matter expertise at a time of significant change, supporting delivery of high‑impact technical initiatives across the business. To succeed in this role, you will be comfortable engaging with senior executives and business stakeholders, bring a structured and proactive approach to your work, and focus on adding immediate, tangible value. You will be expected to quickly build domain knowledge, operate with confidence and autonomy, and support teams through complex technical and organisational change. Role Responsibilities Work directly with all levels of seniority within the Finance department to develop and detail the product backlog in the form of Themes, Epics and Stories Work directly with the Finance business owner and Development Lead...

About the role: We are looking for a Senior Oracle DBA to join DWP's HCS Database Platforms team. This team supports the database services that underpin some of the most critical systems in the UK, directly affecting the daily lives of millions of citizens. You'll support and enhance DWP's mission critical Oracle database platforms, including on prem and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You'll be working alongside highly skilled Database Specialists and Engineers who ensure DWP services are designed, delivered and maintained to high standards, using agile methods and robust engineering practices.   As a Senior Oracle DBA your main responsibilities will be: Supporting highly available Oracle databases across Linux and AIX environments. Managing Oracle RAC, ASM, AFD, HANFS, and TAF. Implementing, automating and maintaining HA/DR solutions including Data Guard. Performing patching, upgrades, performance tuning and resilience improvements....

Contract Role: OUTSIDE of IR35 Job Overview We are seeking an experienced PEGA Lead Business Architect to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing enterprise architecture solutions, with a focus on PEGA systems, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and industry best practices. This role offers an excellent opportunity to lead complex projects, influence strategic decisions, and drive innovation within a collaborative environment. The ideal applicant will possess extensive expertise in solution architecture, cloud infrastructure, and system design, contributing to the development of scalable and secure IT solutions. Responsibilities Lead the development of comprehensive business architecture strategies aligned with organisational objectives and enterprise standards. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective solution architectures using PEGA platform...

Core Purpose  Join DWP's Digital Payment Services team on a major, multi-year transformation programme modernising one of the UK's largest and most critical payment platforms. As the UK's biggest payer, supporting over 22 million citizens and processing approximately £230 billion in payments annually, this programme is re-platforming core systems to improve resilience, scalability and future innovation across government services.   As part of an Agile delivery team, you will support the delivery of applications across AME Payments, contributing to the reliability and performance of critical citizen-facing services.   As a Test Engineer , your main responsibilities will be to: Test applications that underpin critical citizen services, ensuring usability, accessibility, security, stability and performance. Build and maintain robust automated test frameworks and test suites. Identify, log and support resolution of defects impacting...

Role: Marketing & Growth Lead (Contract) Salary: £4,000–£5,000 per month depending on experience Location: Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 Working Schedule: 4 days a week, 1-2x a week in office Contract: Start ASAP Contract Length: initially 3 months, could be extended to 6 months, outside IR35   Northcoders Group PLC are seeking a strategic and hands-on Marketing & Growth Lead (Contract) to lead integrated marketing activity across Counter and Northcoders.   Counter is the group’s challenger consultancy brand, supporting organisations with embedded software engineering and digital transformation capability. Northcoders is one of the UK’s leading technology training providers, delivering software engineering and data bootcamps.   This role will support Counter’s B2B consultancy growth while driving engagement, awareness, and commercial performance for Northcoders’ B2C and...

Core Purpose Join DWP's Digital Payment Services team on a major, multi-year transformation programme modernising one of the UK's largest and most critical payment platforms. As the UK's biggest payer, supporting over 22 million citizens and processing approximately £230 billion in payments annually, this programme is re-platforming core systems to improve resilience, scalability and future innovation across government services. As a Senior Test Engineer, you will play a key role within an Agile delivery team, leading testing activity across applications within AME Payments, working across primarily JavaScript-based projects. You will take ownership of automation strategy while mentoring and supporting a small team of Test Engineers, contributing to the reliability and performance of critical citizen-facing services.   As a Senior Test Engineer , your main responsibilities will be to: Lead testing across applications supporting critical citizen...

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active SC clearance.    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.   Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:   Help people to move into work and...

Job Summary We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Lead Azure Databricks Engineer to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and leading complex data engineering solutions within the Azure cloud environment. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge data projects, optimise data workflows, and mentor junior team members. The ideal applicant will possess extensive expertise in Azure Databricks, big data processing, and cloud architecture, ensuring the delivery of scalable and efficient data solutions that support strategic business objectives. Duties Lead the design and implementation of large-scale data pipelines using Azure Databricks, ensuring optimal performance and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to develop integrated data solutions. Architect and optimise cloud-based data workflows,...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.   Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to: Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society Improve experience of our services...

Full job description Contract Role: OUTSIDE of IR35 Job Overview We are seeking an experienced PEGA Lead Business Architect to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing enterprise architecture solutions, with a focus on PEGA systems, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and industry best practices. This role offers an excellent opportunity to lead complex projects, influence strategic decisions, and drive innovation within a collaborative environment. The ideal applicant will possess extensive expertise in solution architecture, cloud infrastructure, and system design, contributing to the development of scalable and secure IT solutions. Responsibilities Lead the development of comprehensive business architecture strategies aligned with organisational objectives and enterprise standards. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective solution...

Information Security & Privacy Specialist (Day rate Contract) Job Introduction We are seeking a versatile and proactive Information Security & Privacy Specialist to join Handelsbanken UK which is currently undergoing a major technology transformation programme. The successful candidate will a key member of the Secure Change Community of Practice, playing a critical role in ensuring that the Bank 's security and privacy processes, tooling and ways of working allow our Embedded Security Consultants to integrate security seamlessly into change initiatives from inception through delivery. The Bank operates a model where information security consultants are embedded into workstreams acting as the security lead for that delivery team. An established Secure Change Community of Practice supports these embedded security consultants, facilitating knowledge sharing, owning & developing security and privacy processes/tooling, supporting embedded consultants to solve infosec...

Job Summary We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Lead Azure Databricks Engineer to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and leading complex data engineering solutions within the Azure cloud environment. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge data projects, optimise data workflows, and mentor junior team members. The ideal applicant will possess extensive expertise in Azure Databricks, big data processing, and cloud architecture, ensuring the delivery of scalable and efficient data solutions that support strategic business objectives. Duties Lead the design and implementation of large-scale data pipelines using Azure Databricks, ensuring optimal performance and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to develop integrated data solutions. Architect and optimise cloud-based data workflows,...

Job Overview We are seeking an experienced PEGA Lead Business Architect to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing enterprise architecture solutions, with a focus on PEGA systems, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and industry best practices. This role offers an excellent opportunity to lead complex projects, influence strategic decisions, and drive innovation within a collaborative environment. The ideal applicant will possess extensive expertise in solution architecture, cloud infrastructure, and system design, contributing to the development of scalable and secure IT solutions. Responsibilities Lead the development of comprehensive business architecture strategies aligned with organisational objectives and enterprise standards. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective solution architectures using PEGA platform capabilities. Design and oversee...

Information Security & Privacy Specialist (Day rate Contract) {description: Job Introduction We are seeking a versatile and proactive Information Security & Privacy Specialist to join Handelsbanken UK which is currently undergoing a major technology transformation programme. The successful candidate will a key member of the Secure Change Community of Practice, playing a critical role in ensuring that the Bank 's security and privacy processes, tooling and ways of working allow our Embedded Security Consultants to integrate security seamlessly into change initiatives from inception through delivery. The Bank operates a model where information security consultants are embedded into workstreams acting as the security lead for that delivery team. An established Secure Change Community of Practice supports these embedded security consultants, facilitating knowledge sharing, owning & developing security and privacy processes/tooling, supporting embedded consultants...

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active SC clearance.    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.   Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:   Help people to move into work and...

Note: SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position, (and speed at which we require a postholder in situ), preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance   As a Lead SDET you will define and implement the strategy for build automation test solutions that help to assure the quality of products that make up DWPs digital services providing leadership, guidance and technical expertise to the test engineering teams. set direction for your service/capability and teams that is in line with overarching strategy (which you have the ability to influence); ensure that your teams work aligns to standards; have a clear focus on delivering quality, assured and secure services; ensure that you team follow best practice; be aware of and assess impact of any...

Job Summary We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Lead Azure Databricks Engineer to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and leading complex data engineering solutions within the Azure cloud environment. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge data projects, optimise data workflows, and mentor junior team members. The ideal applicant will possess extensive expertise in Azure Databricks, big data processing, and cloud architecture, ensuring the delivery of scalable and efficient data solutions that support strategic business objectives. Duties Lead the design and implementation of large-scale data pipelines using Azure Databricks, ensuring optimal performance and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to develop integrated data solutions. Architect and optimise cloud-based data workflows,...

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office   Job Purpose:   We are the Cabinet Office’s cyber security team, and our mission is to secure the department against cyber threats. We protect our nationwide internal IT infrastructure, and high-profile citizen-facing digital services such as GOV.UK.   As a Business Analyst , your main responsibilities will be:  To act as a crucial bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, focusing on designing, configuring and optimising Jira Service Management (JSM) to improve service delivery.   Collaborate and work closely with different...

Please note, an active SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. (Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.)    This role may also involve some work in the evenings / weekends.    The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office   As a Microsoft Native Tooling Migration Engineer you will execute migrations of...

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office   As a Senior Business Analyst your main responsibilities will be to: Support projects and tasks using a hybrid of Agile and Waterfall methodologies and work closely with stakeholders across multiple teams to understand, identify and analyse user needs and business requirements. Act as the first point of contact for stakeholders to investigate problems, working confidently with other product and delivery professionals, technical specialists and senior managers. You will be experienced at working with relative independence, analysing current processes and driving business...