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ORACLE SRE

Location: Knutsford Campus
Salary: Up to £80,000
Type: Permanent

About the Role
We are seeking a Oracle DBA who has an understanding of SRE practices to join one of the major financial institutions in the Northwest. You'd play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, availability, and scalability of our systems and platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Availability & Performance: Proactively monitor, maintain, and plan capacity for system reliability, scalability, and observability.Incident Management: Lead incident resolution, root cause analysis, and preventative measures for outages.Automation: Develop tools and scripts to automate operational tasks, enhancing efficiency and resilience.System Optimization: Identify and address bottlenecks, applying performance tuning best practices.Collaboration: Work with development teams to integrate reliability, observability, and scalabilityinto the SDLC.Industry Engagement: Stay updated on technology trends and contribute to internal communities.

Essential Skills & Experience

My client is ideally looking for:

Oracle Expertise: Deep knowledge of Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Oracle Internet Directory (OID), and Oracle database performance tuning.LDAPProtocols: Strong understanding of LDAP protocols and directory services.SQLOptimization: Proficiency in SQL optimization.Scripting: Advanced skills in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash).Monitoring Systems: Experience with tools like Prometheus and Grafana, with a focus on observability.

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If you're a seasoned Oracle expert ready to take on a leadership role in reliability engineering, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!

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Currently looking for a Azure Cloud Engineer for a new freelance assignment. This would be for a client based in Gelderland and would be looking for Hybrid working (1-2 days on site)

The role is working as an engineer and setting up the IAAS practice and working on quality improvement and boosting secure scores as well as introducing best practices to application teams.

We are searching for people experienced in:

AzureSetting up the IaaS practiceIaC - (Terraform or/ Bicep or/ YAML)KubernetesAzure MigrationDutch Speaking Required

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Freelance / ZZP Role for a Senior System Engineer

Currently looking for a Senior System Engineer for a new freelance assignment. This would be for a client based in Amsterdam and would be looking for Hybrid working.

We are searching for people experienced in:

You have experience in programming and automationExperience of running Data platform on public cloud (preferably Azure)Experience with Azure Databricks is a plusExperience with running production environments on Azure is a plusYou are experienced with cloud environments and using desired state configuration to manage them (Terraform is preferred)Containerised workloads have no secrets for youYou have experience with KubernetesAt least 5 years in a similar role running workloads on public cloudKnowledge of Gitops / ArgoCDYou're not afraid to use CLI based tooling and you have experience in maintaining and troubleshooting Linux ased operating systemsYou don't want to just report the problems but you want to fix themYou have strong communication skills

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Overview:
We're seeking a skilled DevOps Data Engineer for a fully remote contract role. You'll support the development of an automated data platform enabling real-time ingestion, validation, and reporting. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Azure-based data engineering tools, Python scripting, and scalable pipeline design.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for ingesting benchmark data (e.g., CSVs from Qualtrics).Implement automated data quality checks across pipeline stages.Build event-driven workflows using Azure Data Factory and Databricks.Support automated reporting integrations (Power BI and PowerPoint).Optimize storage and processing within Azure Data Lake and SQL-based systems.Collaborate on data modelling (star/snowflake schemas) with architects and analysts.Monitor and troubleshoot data platform components using Azure Monitor.Contribute to CI/CD practices and documentation for long-term maintainability.

Essential Skills:

Advanced Python scripting and data manipulation.Strong SQL for querying and transformation.Hands-on with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Databricks, and Azure SQL.Understanding of data modelling techniques and governance.Experience with Azure Monitor, Key Vault, and managed identities.

Desirable:

Familiarity with AI/ML data patterns (e.g. vector databases, RAG).Automated Power BI or PowerPoint reporting experience.Exposure to DevOps tools (CI/CD, Git, infrastructure as code).

Environment:

Agile, delivery-focused culture with rapid feedback loops.Strong focus on quality, automation, and cross-functional collaboration.

High-impact data platform supporting analytics and automation initiatives

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The Role:

12-month contract with potential for extensionFully remote working modelUp to 450 EurosImmediate Start

I'm currently working with a Banking Client aiming to upskill their team with the introduction of an experienced Senior Engineer on a contract basis.

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the Design, Implementation, and operational readiness of CI/CD Pipelines during the application migration, ensuring they are secure.

Key Responsibilities

Independently manage the full migration lifecycle, including build, test, and deployment automation.Validate systems for security, stability, and readiness for production deployment and sign-off.Assess current CI/CD pipelines and propose enhancements that align with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and engineering best practices.Facilitate onboarding through the internal enablement team; configure automation tools and workflows to streamline development processes.Provide hands-on support as a paired engineer, demonstrating best practices and validating pipeline functionality in real-time.Deliver walkthroughs, support sessions, and informal training to empower teams during the migration process.Conduct post-migration reviews and participate in retrospectives to ensure solution reliability and continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Experience

Demonstrated ability to work independently CI/CD initiatives.Strong understanding of the full software delivery lifecycle, including:Build configuration, automated testing, validation, and deployment.Designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.Experience with GitLab CI/CD.

If Interested, please apply now or contact me directly with a copy of your CV to [email protected]

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Lead Azure Platform Engineer

Location: Utrecht

Working model: hybrid 2 days on-site

Salary €92,000 + 8% holiday allowance

Contract type: Perm/Detavast

I'm looking for a Lead Azure Platform Engineer to work on the development of a state of the art AI platform which is tackling financial crime challenges.

You will be a hands on leading a team of 8 engineers building and deploying critical infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and security of the platform to enable the Data Scientists and analysts to be able to do their work. You will coach and mentor the team providing them with technical guidance.

Additional details

Tech: Azure, Azure DevOps, Terraform, CI/CD, DatabricksAI/ML experience (advantage)Detavast contractWorking model: hybrid 2 days onsite (Utrecht)Dutch speaking (an advantage)

Interested? Apply or email [email protected] for more details

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Senior DevOps Engineer - JFrog Artifactory SME - 6 month contract - Fully remote

6 month contract - Fully remote

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in JFrog Artifactory to join our growing DevOps team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in high-availability environments and has hands-on experience architecting and managing active-active HA clusters, federated repositories, and edge nodes in a single-domain setup.

You'll be our go-to SME for everything JFrog, working closely with engineering, security, and release teams to ensure efficient artifact management, developer enablement, and policy enforcement across our CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

Act as the subject matter expert for JFrog Artifactory, with a deep understanding of:Active-active HA clustersFederated repositories and edge nodesA single-domain deployment modelOwn the architecture, scaling, and maintenance of Artifactory infrastructure to ensure performance, reliability, and availability.Lead the implementation of artifact lifecycle management, from development to deprecation.Educate developers on how to consume artifacts effectively and safely through repository best practices.Design and enforce governance and compliance policies on artifact retention, immutability, access control, promotion workflows, and clean-up.Collaborate with teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines with Artifactory integrations (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).Drive continuous improvement in repository hygiene, storage utilization, and security posture.

You Bring

8+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.Proven SME-level experience with JFrog Artifactory in complex, enterprise-scale environments.Expertise in HA deployments, federation setups, edge node configuration, and repository architecture.In-depth understanding of artifact lifecycle management and ability to articulate it clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.Strong experience enforcing artifact governance policies and working with InfoSec/Compliance.Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm), and scripting (Bash, Python).Familiarity with DevOps tooling ecosystems: Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Nexus (nice to have), and monitoring/logging tools.Excellent communication and documentation skills.

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HI,

We are hiring for "SREr" for our Banking/Financial client, Below is JD:

6 month contractRate : GBP 600 - 750 p/d Inside IR35

Location : either London or Bristor - occasional office visits When required - Hybrid

Here's some of the key details for the job role:

Working on private cloudWorking with openshift running on-prem with the data centre'sExperience with Kubernetes-based container orchestration platform They mainly use GCP but it's not relevant as this role is working on private, on-prem cloud. They need somebody can come in and quickly understand the end to end structure.Needs to have experience with GolangWill be focusing on Infrastructure and need a solid understanding of networking Need experience with system designNeed somebody that has done systems or code that go into production - different level of criticality.They need someone to come in quickly and understand end-to-end structureNeed somebody that is comfortable being hands on and who can help with diagnostics at speedThey will be debugging high-transaction speed scenariosDuring peak loads: they get in the region of 20-30 transactions per secondTraversing code - systematically going through code structures or data-either for understanding, debugging, analysis, or manipulation.Distribute logs and moving partsAlmost making and suggesting to make for improvements on monitoring and dashboardsBanking experience isn't essential - but needs experience having done something similar in production on a critical system

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Technical Delivery Lead - Postgres, OpenShift, Python and AlloyDB Migration (GCP)

Contract- Fully remote

My London based client are seeking a Technical Delivery Lead with a strong background in Postgres, OpenShift, Python, and AlloyDB. We have an exciting opportunity for you to lead a critical migration project from Postgres to AlloyDB on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the migration of databases from Postgres to AlloyDB within the GCP environment.Oversee the technical delivery, ensuring smooth integration of AlloyDB, including performance tuning and optimization.Manage and mentor a team of developers and engineers in implementing the migration strategy.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure business and technical requirements are met.Implement and manage containerized environments with OpenShift and Python for automation and deployment.

Please send across an updated CV if this position is of interest

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