About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Experience in systems engineering, solution architecture, or technical leadershipExperience delivering complex enterprise software or distributed systemsExperience with cloud-native architectures and systems integrationExperience with DevOps, CI/CD, and modern engineering practicesExperience working directly with customers and senior stakeholdersExperience in defence, government, infrastructure, or other complex technical environments is desirableExperience with AWS, Azure, or GCPExperience with distributed systems and APIsExperience with SQL and NoSQL databasesExperience with Docker and KubernetesExperience with CI/CD and infrastructure as codeExperience with security and cloud architecture Responsibilities: Lead the technical delivery of customer projectsDesign scalable, secure, and resilient system architecturesTranslate customer requirements into practical technical solutionsWork across cloud, integrations, data pipelines, and distributed systemsProvide technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teamsManage technical risk and drive engineering best practice Technologies: AIAWSAzureCI/CDCloudDevOpsDockerGCPSupportKubernetesNoSQLSQLSecurity More:
We are supporting a software consultancy to hire an experienced Systems Engineer contractor for a 6-month initial contract on a long-term programme with likely extensions. The role is hybrid, with two days a week onsite in our London office, and sits inside IR35 with a competitive day rate of £600-£675. You will help deliver complex modelling and decision-support software used across defence, infrastructure, energy, and government. We offer flexible working hours, a highly flexible annual leave policy, private medical and dental cover, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and Digital Twin projects.
last updated 29 week of 2026