Akersystems Jobs

Akersystems - Remote/Home Based

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>Reporting directly to the CFO Requires an experienced finance professional who is&nbsp; comfortable contributing their insight and knowledge of systems in use to the CFO whist remaining fully engaged in the day to day financial management of the business. And is also able to analyse and articulate what the financial results of the business mean. This role would suit an accomplished financial controller who is happy to roll up their sleeves and add value across the finance team. Key responsibilities include: Monthly and Daily: Managing the end-to-end month-end close, including the trial balance, journals, P&amp;L review and balance sheet sign off. Reviewing the consolidated trial balance against prior month, budget and forecast. Identifying required adjustments and providing clear instructions to the finance team on revenue, direct costs, accruals, prepayments and journals. Submitting accurate financial information to the CFO within the agreed timetable. Providing the CFO with commentary on actuals, run rate performance and accounting movements. Producing timely and accurate monthly management accounts and board reporting packs. Costing&nbsp; and Project Analysis Cashflow input and review Treasury Activities Approval of all work produced by the finance team Supervise members of staff in the finance team, though you will be hands on with workloads on a daily basis and cover for them during periods of absence. Quarterly: Management Accounts Vat Returns Full year reforecast on a quarterly basis and analysis Yearly: Prepare Year End legal entity and consolidated Financial statements for review Assist and work with the Auditors Prepare Annual Budget including scenario modelling in excel Ad hoc Projects Requested by the CFO as and when required. About You: Qualifications required – chartered accountant – ACA as preference - &nbsp;with significant experience operating in a senior finance position. You will possess excellent organisational skills, be capable of managing multiple priorities and deadlines and demonstrate the ability to work independently, while remaining a collaborative and supportive team player. You will be a forward thinker excellent communicator, experience of financial reporting, forecasting, balance sheet management, audit processes and project accounting, along with strong communication and management skills.&nbsp; A proactive approach to problem solving continuous improvement of systems will be essential. Experience with Dynamics 365 Business Central accounting software together with excellent Excel (including the ability to prepare spreadsheet modelling for budgets and forecasts) and Microsoft Office Skills will be highly advantageous. You will want to work in a small business with a small finance team and be able to take responsibility for a broad range tasks from the detailed to the high level. &nbsp;Experience in such an environment not essential but helpful (if the person has only worked in Large organisations doing one element of finance they may have too much to learn) &nbsp;<div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Lead Data Analyst

Akersystems - Remote/Home Based

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don’t hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. Due to the nature of the project it is also required you hold a British Citizenship or Dual Citizenship. As a Lead Data Analyst working within our fast-paced client environments, you will lead the business, data and systems analysis activities for products and services, becoming a domain expert in your area.&nbsp; Working within Agile technical delivery teams, the role requires a combination of data analysis and technical analysis. The role will involve: <ul> <li>Leading the data and systems analysis activities within the project, identifying the business and technical requirements and acceptance criteria</li> <li>Conducting data analysis activities to identify detailed requirements including business transformation mappings</li> <li>Creating technical User Stories, including task breakdown and be able to explain them to the technical delivery team</li> <li>Working with the Solution Architect to develop and document detailed User Stories for the project backlog – you will need to validate that the solution will meet the end user requirements</li> <li>Working with the data consumers and internal teams to create data speciﬁcations including detailed data deﬁnitions &amp; mappings</li> <li>Taking the lead on running workshops and data supplier engagement</li> <li>Formalising the results of data and systems analysis into structured documentation and obtain approval from the key stakeholders</li> <li>Forming strong business relationships with suppliers and consumers of data</li> <li>Building out patterns and processes that can be repeated</li> <li>Managing the project backlog in Jira</li> <li>Being part of the technical Agile scrum team – actively contributing to other activities including testing and validation of the end results</li> </ul> Core Competencies <ul> <li>The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater, ideally in Computer Science or a related ﬁeld</li> <li>The successful candidate will at least 5 years experience within a similar role - Technical Analyst or Data Analyst</li> <li>Experience of working in an Agile delivery team</li> <li>You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proﬁciency level appropriate to the seniority of the role: <ul> <li>Experience communicating to a varied range of stakeholders across both technology and the business, building strong relationships</li> <li>Skilled in collecting and interpreting data, analysing results to identify patterns and trends in structured and unstructured data sets, RDBMS and Dimensional Data Models</li> <li>Manipulation, analysis and interpretation of complex data sets using SQL and analytical functions</li> <li>Experience of working with data orientated requirements, including a good understanding of data modelling, mapping and workﬂow</li> <li>Able to apply suitable analytical approaches to requirements discovery, documentation and solution delivery</li> <li>Experience running requirements workshops to elicit User Stories, Workﬂow Diagrams, etc</li> <li>Previous experience working in a technical capacity, as either a Systems Analyst or an MI/BI background would be advantageous</li> <li>Previous experience working within a data team on complex integration problems using public Cloud and messaging or streaming technology</li> </ul> </li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Lead Data Architect (eDV)

Akersystems - Hybrid

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. As a Lead Data Architect, with a minimum of 6 years of experience, you will play a role in shaping data strategy and ensuring the success of our client’s complex, critical high-profile projects. You will support the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and resilient data architectures on AWS and other cloud platforms, while also serving as a mentor to a team of skilled data professionals. Duties &amp; Responsibilities <ul> <li>Engage with stakeholders, both internal and external, to understand business requirements, provide strategic guidance, and ensure that data solutions meet their objectives</li> <li>Support the design, development, and implementation of data architectures that meet the needs of our clients, ensuring alignment with security, performance, and scalability requirements</li> <li>Utilise extensive experience with AWS tooling and other cloud providers to architect and deploy secure, cloud-native solutions for batch and real-time data processing</li> <li>Provide technical leadership and guidance to cross-functional teams, ensuring best practices in data architecture, security, and cloud computing</li> <li>Proficiency in data modelling, ETL processes, data warehousing, distributed systems and metadata systems</li> <li>Utilise Apache Flink and other streaming technologies to build real-time data processing systems that handle large-scale, high-throughput data</li> <li>Ensure all data solutions comply with industry standards and government regulations, maintaining the highest levels of data security and integrity</li> <li>Monitor technical deliverables against the designs, manage and report on design divergences</li> <li>Support the sales and pre-sales teams by providing expert advice and input on proposals, ensuring technical feasibility and alignment with client needs</li> <li>Advise and support on breaches of data standards and make recommendations about how they should be resolved</li> <li>Stay up to date with the latest advancements in cloud technologies, data architecture, and security practices, and apply this knowledge to continuously improve our offerings</li> </ul> Core Experience and Competencies <ul> <li>6+ years of experience in data architecture, with a focus on secure, large-scale, and complex projects</li> <li>Extensive experience with AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and Redshift. Experience with other cloud providers (e.g., Azure, GCP) is a plus</li> <li>In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with Apache Flink for real-time data processing</li> <li>Proven experience in mentoring and managing teams, with a focus on developing talent and fostering a collaborative work environment</li> <li>Strong ability to engage with and influence senior stakeholders, understanding their needs and translating them into actionable technical plans</li> <li>Desirable skills in Scala and Spark to support wider programmes of work</li> <li>Hands-on Public Cloud experience in either AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform, both their ‘services’ and ‘how’ to work in the cloud such as DevOps-centric approach</li> <li>Having worked in sensitive data environments and ideally have experience facing off to cyber security specialists</li> <li>Understand and apply recognised data modelling patterns and standards</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Lead Data Engineer (eDV)

Akersystems - Hybrid

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. As a Data Engineer, you will assist in the development of a secure batch/real-time data platform for a government client leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies. This involves getting data from a variety of different sources, getting it into the right format, assuring alignment to target models, and ensuring that data can be made available to downstream consumers. Duties &amp; Responsibilities <ul> <li>Code, test, and document new or modified data pipelines that meet functional / non- functional business requirements</li> <li>Conduct logical and physical database design</li> <li>Expand and grows data platform capabilities to solve new data and analytics problems</li> <li>Conduct data analysis, identifying feasible solutions and enhancements to data processing challenges</li> <li>Ensure that data models are consistent with the data architecture (e.g. entity names, relationships and definitions)</li> <li>Perform root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement&nbsp;</li> </ul> Core Experience &amp; Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and meet all of the following essential criteria and additionally have some experience (or a genuine interest in learning) from the preferred criteria. Essential <ul> <li>Data pipeline development using data processing technologies and frameworks</li> <li>Agile or other rapid application development methods</li> <li>Data modelling and understanding of different data structures and their benefits and limitations under particular use cases</li> <li>Experience in Public Cloud services, such as AWS. Practical experience with core services such as EC2, RDS, Lambda, Athena &amp; Glue would be even better!</li> <li>Configuring and tuning Relational and NoSQL databases, including both query processing and query planning, or other data processing infrastructure</li> <li>Programming or scripting languages, such as Python</li> <li>Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks</li> </ul> Preferred <ul> <li>Familiar with CI tools such as Jenkins/Drone</li> <li>Knowledge of configuration tools such as Ansible &amp; Packer</li> <li>Use / Knowledge of Terraform for IaC deployments</li> <li>Experience in Linux and Windows&nbsp;</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Lead Data Platform Engineer

Akersystems - Remote/Home Based

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>Location UK / Remote Clearance Depending on the client assignment, UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance may be required. Where SC clearance is required, candidates who do not currently hold clearance may be supported through the application process, subject to eligibility requirements, including having lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. The Role We are looking for a Lead Data Platform Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership in designing, building and evolving secure, scalable and reliable data platforms for clients across the public sector and utilities. You will work across cloud-native and distributed data platforms, helping engineering teams build reliable platform capabilities that support batch, real-time streaming, analytical and operational workloads. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership. You will contribute to platform architecture and design decisions, establish engineering standards, solve complex technical challenges and work closely with architects, engineers and client stakeholders. Strong experience with cloud platforms, distributed systems and data platform engineering is essential. Key Responsibilities <ul> <li>Lead the design, development and evolution of secure, scalable data platform services and components.</li> <li>Design and implement platform capabilities supporting batch, real-time streaming and hybrid workloads.</li> <li>Build and optimise distributed data services using technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis, Spark, Flink or equivalent.</li> <li>Contribute to platform architecture and technical design decisions, balancing scalability, security, performance and maintainability.</li> <li>Work closely with architects and engineers to establish reusable platform patterns, standards and engineering practices.</li> <li>Develop cloud-native data platform capabilities using AWS and/or Azure.</li> <li>Support high availability, fault tolerance, resilience and low-latency performance across platform services.</li> <li>Establish and maintain approaches to data modelling, schema management, data quality and data integrity.</li> <li>Drive engineering best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, TDD, observability and Infrastructure as Code.</li> <li>Support platform monitoring, troubleshooting, performance optimisation and root cause analysis.</li> <li>Contribute to resilience, disaster recovery and operational readiness activities.</li> <li>Work with DevOps and Platform Engineering teams to improve deployment and operational processes.</li> <li>Support technical discovery and solution design with client stakeholders.</li> <li>Provide technical guidance, mentoring and support to Senior Data and Platform Engineers.</li> <li>Identify technical risks, dependencies and opportunities for continuous improvement.</li> </ul> Essential Technical Skills &amp; Experience <ul> <li>Strong commercial experience in Data Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Software Engineering or a similar technical discipline, with experience operating at Lead level.</li> <li>Experience designing and building cloud-native, distributed data platforms.</li> <li>Strong experience with Java and/or Python or equivalent modern programming languages.</li> <li>Experience with streaming and event-driven architectures, including Kafka, Kinesis or equivalent.</li> <li>Experience with large-scale data processing technologies such as Spark, Flink, Kafka Streams or equivalent.</li> <li>Strong experience working with AWS and/or Azure cloud environments.</li> <li>Experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, RDS, Athena, EC2 and IAM is desirable.</li> <li>Strong understanding of data pipeline architecture, orchestration and optimisation.</li> <li>Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including data modelling and performance tuning.</li> <li>Experience implementing CI/CD, automated testing, observability and platform reliability practices.</li> <li>Strong understanding of DevOps and Infrastructure as Code.</li> <li>Experience with GitHub/GitLab or equivalent source control platforms.</li> <li>Experience working in Agile and/or DevOps environments.</li> <li>Desirable: Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Packer, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Python, Bash or Linux.</li> <li>Experience working within public sector, utilities or other regulated environments is advantageous.</li> </ul> Technical Leadership As a Lead Data Platform Engineer, you will provide technical leadership within delivery teams and platform engineering activities. You will: <ul> <li>Lead the technical delivery of data platform capabilities and services.</li> <li>Contribute to platform architecture, technical design and technology decisions.</li> <li>Establish reusable engineering patterns and promote consistent technical standards.</li> <li>Support and mentor Senior Data and Platform Engineers.</li> <li>Work closely with architects, developers, DevOps and client stakeholders.</li> <li>Identify technical debt, platform risks and opportunities for improvement.</li> <li>Promote secure, scalable, observable and maintainable engineering practices.</li> <li>Support teams in balancing technical quality with delivery timelines and client outcomes.</li> <li>Contribute to platform resilience, operational readiness and continuous improvement.</li> </ul> Experience &amp; Qualifications A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering or a related technical discipline is desirable. You should have 5+ years of relevant professional experience across Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering or a similar technical discipline. For a Lead-level appointment, you should demonstrate experience taking ownership of complex platform engineering solutions, technical decisions and mentoring or guiding other engineers. Security Clearance Where required by the client assignment, UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance may be required. Candidates who do not currently hold SC clearance may be supported through the clearance process, subject to eligibility requirements. About You You are a hands-on platform engineer who understands how to build reliable data infrastructure that works in production. You enjoy solving complex problems across cloud, distributed systems, streaming, data platforms and infrastructure, and can translate architectural requirements into practical engineering solutions. You are comfortable moving between hands-on development, technical design and stakeholder discussions, while helping other engineers improve their technical capability. You care about reliability, scalability, security, observability and maintainability, not simply getting a platform into production. Experience working within public sector, utilities or other complex and regulated environments would be highly advantageous. &nbsp;<div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and mor

Lead Data Platform Engineer (eDV)

Akersystems - Hybrid

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. As a Lead Data Platform Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend services for a government client leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies. This involves designing, developing, documenting and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability.&nbsp; Duties &amp; Responsibilities <ul> <li>Design, develop, document and deploy new or enhanced features to our backend services that meet functional / non-functional business requirements&nbsp;</li> <li>Actively participate in the team’s elaboration and estimation of user stories&nbsp;</li> <li>Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team’s momentum&nbsp;</li> <li>Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross-functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them&nbsp;</li> <li>Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns&nbsp;</li> </ul> Core Experience &amp; Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater in Computer Science or a related field or an equivalent of at least 5 years of working experience in a similar capacity.&nbsp; You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role. <ul> <li>JAVA programming experience as the core language, including Spring Boot.</li> <li>Fluent in writing JAVA coding.</li> <li>Experience with Kafka or a similar platform.</li> <li>Experience with Scala and Spark.</li> <li>Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3</li> <li>Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews</li> <li>Working in Agile development and/or DevOps teams</li> <li>Using GitHub/GitLab for source control</li> <li>Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks</li> <li>Experience in Big Data technologies</li> <li>Experience in Public Cloud services, such as AWS</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Lead DevOps Engineer

Akersystems - Remote/Home Based

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don’t hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for public and private sector clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques. This also involves building automated deployments using configuration management technology, deploying new modules, upgrades and fixes to test and production environments. You will: <ul> <li>Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code</li> <li>Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks</li> <li>Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations</li> <li>Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing</li> <li>Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents</li> <li>Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks</li> <li>Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications</li> <li>Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures</li> <li>Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results</li> <li>Mentoring and driving the team to deliver to the start our customer's require</li> </ul> <h4>Core Competencies</h4> The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater. An equivalent of at least 5 plus years' of working experience in a DevOps capacity is also required for this position. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role: <ul> <li>Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other cloud environments</li> <li>Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment</li> <li>Server build and administration, Linux and Windows</li> <li>GitHub/GitLab for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle</li> <li>CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible</li> <li>Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks</li> <li>Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes and Docker</li> <li>Knowledge of large-scale databases and distributed technologies, such as RDS Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka</li> <li>Write/maintain automation script using Bash/Shell or python scripting languages</li> <li>Experience of mentoring and leading people around you and taking point on key decisions&nbsp;</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Lead DevOps Engineer - Cheltenham based

Akersystems - Hybrid

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don’t hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for public and private sector clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques. This also involves building automated deployments using configuration management technology, deploying new modules, upgrades and fixes to test and production environments. You will: <ul> <li>Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code</li> <li>Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks</li> <li>Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations</li> <li>Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing</li> <li>Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents</li> <li>Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks</li> <li>Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications</li> <li>Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures</li> <li>Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results</li> <li>Mentoring and driving the team to deliver to the start our customer's require</li> </ul> <h4>Core Competencies</h4> The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater. An equivalent of at least 5 plus years' of working experience in a DevOps capacity is also required for this position. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role: <ul> <li>Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other cloud environments</li> <li>Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment</li> <li>Server build and administration, Linux and Windows</li> <li>GitHub/GitLab for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle</li> <li>CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible</li> <li>Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks</li> <li>Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes and Docker</li> <li>Knowledge of large-scale databases and distributed technologies, such as RDS Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka</li> <li>Write/maintain automation script using Bash/Shell or python scripting languages</li> <li>Experience of mentoring and leading people around you and taking point on key decisions&nbsp;</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Lead DevOps Engineer (eDV)

Akersystems - Hybrid

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>Company Aker Systems designs, builds &amp; operates advanced, ultra-secure data infrastructure, delivering data modernisation at enterprise scale to enable AI-driven transformation and seamless sharing of trusted data at scale, predominantly for highly regulated and Central Government clients in the UK. Aker has proven tech-enabled service offerings - covering the entire client lifecycle through strategic cloud &amp; data capability leadership, secure cloud and data infrastructure modernisation, managed services in client environments and data &amp; platform engineering. Aker powers AI digital transformation through trusted, enterprise scale data modernisation with proven mission critical, secure, trusted and real-time expertise &amp; solutions. With deeply trusted relationships and influence, innovative technology and excellent delivery track record. Client Focus You will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest, across both short and long-lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real-world problems, keeping the UK safe. Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for National Security and Defence clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques. This also involves building automated deployments using configuration management technology, deploying new modules, upgrades and fixes to test and production environments. Duties &amp; Responsibilities <ul> <li>Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code</li> <li>Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks</li> <li>Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations</li> <li>Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing</li> <li>Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents</li> <li>Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks</li> <li>Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications</li> <li>Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures</li> <li>Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results</li> <li>Mentoring and driving the team to deliver our customer's requirements</li> </ul> Core Experience &amp; Competencies The successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions. <ul> <li>Experience working in DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture</li> <li>Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other public and private cloud (hybrid) environments</li> <li>Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment</li> <li>GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle</li> <li>CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible</li> <li>Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks</li> <li>Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes, Docker, ECS/EKS &amp; AKS</li> <li>Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka and Flink</li> </ul> &nbsp;<div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Lead Software Engineer (SC & eDV)

Akersystems - Hybrid

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>Aker Systems designs, builds &amp; operates advanced, ultra-secure data infrastructure, delivering data modernisation at enterprise scale to enable AI-driven transformation and seamless sharing of trusted data at scale, predominantly for highly regulated and Central Government clients in the UK. Aker has proven tech-enabled service offerings - covering the entire client lifecycle through strategic cloud &amp; data capability leadership, secure cloud and data infrastructure modernisation, managed services in client environments and data &amp; platform engineering. Aker powers AI digital transformation through trusted, enterprise scale data modernisation with proven mission critical, secure, trusted and real-time expertise &amp; solutions. With deeply trusted relationships and influence, innovative technology and excellent delivery track record. Client Focus You will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest in the long term, across both short and long-lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real-world problems, keeping the UK safe. We will support you in obtaining enhanced DV Clearance. Whilst eDV is being processed, you will be working with our Central Government clients on SC level work. Duties &amp; Responsibilities As a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend platforms and services for National Security and Defence clients leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies in private and public cloud environments. <ul> <li>Design, develop, document, deploy and enhance features to our platforms and services that meet functional / non-functional business requirements</li> <li>Actively participate in the team’s elaboration and estimation of user stories&nbsp;</li> <li>Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team’s momentum&nbsp;</li> <li>Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross-functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them</li> <li>Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines</li> <li>Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns&nbsp;</li> </ul> Core Competencies The successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; <ul> <li>Fluent in writing JAVA coding and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Scala)</li> <li>Experience with Kafka or a similar platform.</li> <li>Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture</li> <li>Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3</li> <li>Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews</li> <li>Using GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control</li> <li>Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks</li> <li>Experience with micro-service design patterns</li> <li>Experience in Big Data technologies</li> </ul> &nbsp;<div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Principal Data Platform Engineer

Akersystems - Remote/Home Based

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div> <h1 data-section-id="qejg0h" data-start="276" data-end="318">Principal Engineer – Data Platform</h1> Location: Remote (UK-based; Security Clearance Required) A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don’t currently hold SC clearance, we can support you in applying, provided you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Principal Data Platform Engineer, you will define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and evolution of data platforms for a government client. You will operate at a systems and organisational level, shaping how data is ingested, processed, governed, and consumed across multiple teams and services. This role goes beyond hands-on engineering — it requires deep technical authority, cross-team influence, and strategic decision-making to ensure platforms are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned to long-term business outcomes. <hr data-start="1168" data-end="1171"> <h2 data-section-id="1pzghrs" data-start="1173" data-end="1200">Key Responsibilities</h2> <ul data-start="1202" data-end="2737"> <li data-section-id="10b1few" data-start="1202" data-end="1357">Define and own the technical strategy for data platform architecture, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability and maintainability.</li> <li data-section-id="gijav" data-start="1358" data-end="1470">Lead the design of complex, distributed data systems, including batch and real-time processing at scale.</li> <li data-section-id="1bm31ob" data-start="1471" data-end="1591">Establish platform-wide standards, patterns, and best practices for data engineering, reliability, and security.</li> <li data-section-id="1l9l9wm" data-start="1592" data-end="1688">Act as a technical authority and mentor, guiding senior and lead engineers across teams.</li> <li data-section-id="1nh8h8f" data-start="1689" data-end="1810">Drive architecture decisions across multiple squads, ensuring alignment with enterprise and government standards.</li> <li data-section-id="11xh5i2" data-start="1811" data-end="1948">Partner with architects, product leaders, and stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable technical solutions.</li> <li data-section-id="1pxru14" data-start="1949" data-end="2058">Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and low-latency performance across critical data services.</li> <li data-section-id="19rwqom" data-start="2059" data-end="2169">Champion engineering excellence, including TDD, BDD, observability, and continuous delivery practices.</li> <li data-section-id="1gnfmk0" data-start="2170" data-end="2287">Oversee data modelling standards and governance, ensuring consistency, lineage, and integrity across systems.</li> <li data-section-id="1tacnpv" data-start="2288" data-end="2387">Lead cross-team incident analysis and root cause resolution, driving systemic improvements.</li> <li data-section-id="5u660d" data-start="2388" data-end="2491">Evaluate and introduce new technologies, tools, and frameworks to evolve platform capabilities.</li> <li data-section-id="ou6du" data-start="2492" data-end="2619">Provide technical leadership in client engagements, influencing decisions and managing senior stakeholder expectations.</li> <li data-section-id="1kqr4gd" data-start="2620" data-end="2737">Ensure operational excellence, including resilience planning, cost optimisation, and platform sustainability.</li> </ul> <hr data-start="2739" data-end="2742"> <h2 data-section-id="o2rpdv" data-start="2744" data-end="2785">Required Experience &amp; Competencies</h2> <h3 data-section-id="1w4f9y8" data-start="2787" data-end="2821">Non-Technical Competencies</h3> <ul data-start="2822" data-end="3245"> <li data-section-id="1xb5y18" data-start="2822" data-end="2899">Operating effectively in high ambiguity and incomplete problem spaces</li> <li data-section-id="166dqem" data-start="2900" data-end="2966">Influencing senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams</li> <li data-section-id="13ngd1m" data-start="2967" data-end="3038">Navigating complex client environments and competing priorities</li> <li data-section-id="14yrgm9" data-start="3039" data-end="3104">Leading through technical authority rather than hierarchy</li> <li data-section-id="opsq87" data-start="3105" data-end="3164">Driving alignment across multiple teams and domains</li> <li data-section-id="1o02io3" data-start="3165" data-end="3245">Continuously evaluating and adopting emerging technologies strategically</li> </ul> <hr data-start="3247" data-end="3250"> <h3 data-section-id="1mg0ts2" data-start="3252" data-end="3282">Technical Competencies</h3> <ul data-start="3283" data-end="4250"> <li data-section-id="rvn0hl" data-start="3283" data-end="3374">Extensive experience designing and building large-scale, distributed data platforms</li> <li data-section-id="16ukv8q" data-start="3375" data-end="3452">Deep expertise in Java-based systems and modern backend architectures</li> <li data-section-id="rw7c0g" data-start="3453" data-end="3547">Strong experience with streaming and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis)</li> <li data-section-id="rtjo43" data-start="3548" data-end="3646">Experience with large-scale data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink, Kafka Streams)</li> <li data-section-id="192rmax" data-start="3647" data-end="3751">Expertise in cloud-native architectures, ideally on AWS (including Lambda, S3, managed services)</li> <li data-section-id="1l1f4i6" data-start="3752" data-end="3837">Strong understanding of data pipeline design, orchestration, and optimisation</li> <li data-section-id="15aomsu" data-start="3838" data-end="3924">Experience with data modelling at scale, including schema design and evolution</li> <li data-section-id="16p59ne" data-start="3925" data-end="4005">Expertise in relational and NoSQL database design and performance tuning</li> <li data-section-id="norn67" data-start="4006" data-end="4106">Proven track record of implementing CI/CD, observability, and platform reliability practices</li> <li data-section-id="10jf3np" data-start="4107" data-end="4177">Strong experience with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)</li> <li data-section-id="1njtj0p" data-start="4178" data-end="4250">Ability to define and enforce engineering standards across teams</li> </ul> <hr data-start="4252" data-end="4255"> <h2 data-section-id="4ytmxw" data-start="4257" data-end="4280">Desirable Skills</h2> <ul data-start="4281" data-end="4717"> <li data-section-id="14pmfqz" data-start="4281" data-end="4366">Advanced expertise in data modelling strategies and t

Senior Data Engineer (eDV)

Akersystems - Hybrid

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. As a Data Engineer, you will assist in the development of a secure batch/real-time data platform for a government client leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies. This involves getting data from a variety of different sources, getting it into the right format, assuring alignment to target models, and ensuring that data can be made available to downstream consumers. Duties &amp; Responsibilities <ul> <li>Code, test, and document new or modified data pipelines that meet functional / non- functional business requirements</li> <li>Conduct logical and physical database design</li> <li>Expand and grows data platform capabilities to solve new data and analytics problems</li> <li>Conduct data analysis, identifying feasible solutions and enhancements to data processing challenges</li> <li>Ensure that data models are consistent with the data architecture (e.g. entity names, relationships and definitions)</li> <li>Perform root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement&nbsp;</li> </ul> Core Experience &amp; Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and meet all of the following essential criteria and additionally have some experience (or a genuine interest in learning) from the preferred criteria. Essential <ul> <li>Data pipeline development using data processing technologies and frameworks</li> <li>Agile or other rapid application development methods</li> <li>Data modelling and understanding of different data structures and their benefits and limitations under particular use cases</li> <li>Experience in Public Cloud services, such as AWS. Practical experience with core services such as EC2, RDS, Lambda, Athena &amp; Glue would be even better!</li> <li>Configuring and tuning Relational and NoSQL databases, including both query processing and query planning, or other data processing infrastructure</li> <li>Programming or scripting languages, such as Python</li> <li>Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks</li> </ul> Preferred <ul> <li>Familiar with CI tools such as Jenkins/Drone</li> <li>Knowledge of configuration tools such as Ansible &amp; Packer</li> <li>Use / Knowledge of Terraform for IaC deployments</li> <li>Experience in Linux and Windows&nbsp;</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

Senior Manager, Delivery Lead

Akersystems - Remote/Home Based

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<div class="content-intro">Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</div>The Senior Manager, Delivery Lead, serves as the bridge between strategic vision and technical execution on a specific project or projects.&nbsp; Reporting to the Director, Programme Delivery, you lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex initiatives. In this role, you will build and maintain teams, including managing and mentoring a team of Delivery Managers, fostering a highly collaborative environment where execution meets human-centric leadership. In this role, you will be the 'manager of managers,' responsible for&nbsp;unblocking complex dependencies&nbsp;across multiple workstreams and ensuring our technical teams have the clarity and momentum they need to deliver excellent results to our clients. A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role.&nbsp; If you don’t hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. Duties &amp; Responsibilities <ul> <li>Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex projects</li> <li>Work closely with internal and external stakeholders and external delivery partners to deliver high quality cloud &amp; data solutions for our clients</li> <li>Proactively identify and manage technical or operational dependencies across multiple workstreams to reduce delivery risk</li> <li>Act as the primary point of escalation for delivery teams, rapidly resolving impediments and unblocking problems to maintain pace</li> <li>Identify areas for improvement and contribute to the wider growth of Aker’s delivery capability and processes</li> <li>Work with other departments (Sales/Finance/HR) to ensure that projects’ budgets are estimated, costed and resourced appropriately</li> <li>Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure and security to ensure Aker delivery teams are fully aligned to the client’s outcome</li> <li>Provide effective reporting of project delivery, timelines, milestones and budgets to senior business stakeholders</li> <li>Work with Account Managers, participate in client commercial reviews and support creation of SoWs for future deliverables</li> <li>Take responsibility for the quality of the team’s output and ensure the client satisfaction is of a high standard</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Translate technical progress and risks into clear, non-technical updates for the Director and other senior business stakeholders</li> <li>Manage a mentor a multidisciplinary team including engineers and analysts, fostering a high-performance culture and continuous improvement. including performance management, mentoring, engagement and team building</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Provide constructive and real-time feedback through goal setting, regular 1:1s, personal development conversations and annual appraisals</li> <li>Encourage team camaraderie and collaboration. Resolve any conflicts within the team promptly and effectively thus ensuring a positive and productive working environment</li> <li>Successfully onboard and train new hires, complete probation milestones and processes, create robust inductions and provide career development support and guidance</li> </ul> Core Competencies <ul> <li>7+ years of experience in a delivery management role with a proven track record of leading complex, large-scale projects required</li> <li>Experience of Public Cloud Services and technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure)</li> <li>Previous experience leading cross-functional teams, including the management of managers, strongly preferred</li> <li>Have a good understanding of technical solutions and data integration</li> <li>Deep expertise in&nbsp;Agile (Scrum, Kanban)&nbsp;and traditional Waterfall frameworks, with the ability to blend them based on the context</li> <li>Familiarity with software delivery pipelines,&nbsp;Jira, Azure DevOps, or other digital delivery tools for real-time tracking</li> <li>Strong team management ability, with emotional intelligence to manage conflict and motivate diverse teams</li> <li>Vendor or offshore management experience a plus</li> <li>Advanced stakeholder management, negotiation and conflict resolution skills including being comfortable in dealing with challenging and pressurised situations</li> <li>Ability to understand complex organisational structures and multi-supplier landscapes</li> <li>A driven leader who can shape a team and bring them on the journey to success for our clients</li> <li>Vendor or offshore management experience preferred</li> </ul> <ul> <li>ITIL v3 Foundation and /or SAFe Agile preferred</li> <li>UK Government project experience preferred</li> </ul> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<div class="content-conclusion">Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.</div>

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