21 jobs in ISR Recruitment

• Cloud Technical Architect (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Public Sector / Health & Data Transformation Programme
• 6-month contract
• UK-Based | Remote Working
• Outside IR35
• £575 to £600 per day

The Opportunity:

We are currently supporting a confidential public sector organisation on the appointment of an experienced Cloud Technical Architect to support two strategically important transformation initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity to influence the future direction of a nationally significant digital, data and cloud transformation programmes while working within a complex and highly impactful public sector environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping future technology direction across both a major CRM Discovery Programme and a significant Enterprise Data & Analytics Platform (EDAP) transformation initiative.

This opportunity would suit an experienced Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect or Cloud Architect with a strong background delivering cloud-based transformation programmes within complex government or highly regulated environments.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, technical teams and delivery leadership, you will help establish the current-state architecture, identify future-state requirements and develop actionable roadmaps that support long-term service ownership and digital transformation objectives.

Programme Overview:

CRM Discovery Programme

The initial discovery phase will focus on understanding:

• Current CRM and CRM-like capabilities across the organisation
• Existing platforms, systems and operating models
• Areas of duplication, overlap and common business requirements
• Future CRM strategy considerations
• Data, integration and architecture requirements
• Opportunities for platform consolidation and standardisation
• The output will help inform future technology, data and operating model decisions.

Enterprise Data & Analytics Platform (EDAP)

The second initiative focuses on supporting the transition and onboarding of key data services into long-term ownership and operational management.

You will contribute towards:

• Current-state technical assessments
• Service onboarding and transition planning
• Enterprise Data Platform architecture reviews
• Data integration and analytics capability assessments
• Cloud architecture recommendations
• Technical governance and assurance activities
• Future-state roadmap development

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead technical discovery activities across multiple transformation programmes
• Assess existing cloud, data and application architectures
• Produce architecture assessments, recommendations and target-state designs
• Define architecture principles, standards and governance approaches
• Engage with business and technical stakeholders to capture requirements and priorities
• Support cloud strategy development and technology decision-making
• Identify opportunities for service rationalisation, platform consolidation and operational efficiencies
• Produce high-quality architecture documentation and technical artefacts
• Support transition planning and service onboarding activities
• Provide technical leadership throughout discovery and subsequent delivery phases

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience operating as a Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect or Cloud Architect
• Strong cloud architecture experience across enterprise-scale environments
• Experience supporting complex discovery and assessment phases
• Experience working on large-scale data, analytics or digital transformation programmes
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture principles
• Experience producing architecture roadmaps, target operating models and technical strategies
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills
• Experience operating within highly regulated or public sector environments (Government Digital Service - GDS experience)
• Data platform, analytics or enterprise data architecture experience
• CRM platform architecture and transformation experience
• Service transition, onboarding and operational readiness assessments
• Experience contributing to large-scale cloud migration and transformation programmes

Qualifications:

Candidates should ideally hold one or more relevant certifications or qualifications, including:

• TOGAF
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
• BCS Architecture Certifications
• Enterprise Architecture Certifications
• Cloud Architecture Certifications

Applications:

To learn more about this newly created opportunity consulting as a Cloud Architect for an initial 6 month contract engagement, operating on a remote-working basis; please call and speak with Edward Laing here at ISR Recruitment on or please send through a copy of your latest online profile and/or CV ( ) for an immediate call back in the strictest confidence.

Delivery Manager (Discovery / Alpha)

• Delivery Manager (x2 roles)
• Contract (6-months)
• Remote Working
• Market Rates

The Opportunity:

We are supporting a confidential public sector organisation in the search for an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to join a high-profile digital transformation programme on an initial 6-month contract basis.

One role will focus on leading a Discovery phase programme and the other is an Alpha phase delivery workstream for a nationally significant digital health initiative, operating within a Government Digital Service (GDS) environment.

The successful candidate will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to shape, validate and deliver user-centred digital services that support critical public health and operational outcomes.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience delivering digital health products, clinical systems, case management platforms or consulting across Customer Information Management Systems (CIMS) within the government sector, healthcare clients, public health services or highly regulated environments.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience operating as a Senior Delivery Manager within GDS-aligned environments
• Experience consulting within complex, regulated environments where security, compliance and governance are critical
• Strong track record delivering Discovery and Alpha phase digital services
• Experience working on digital health products, clinical systems, public health platforms, patient services, operational case management systems or CIMS solutions
• Excellent understanding of the GDS Service Standard and service assessment process
• Experience leading multidisciplinary agile teams including Product, Design, User Research, Architecture and Engineering
• Experience translating user needs, research findings and service objectives into actionable delivery plans
• Strong risk, dependency and delivery management capability
• Relevant certifications such as: PRINCE2 / Agile / Scrum / MSP / PMP

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the successful delivery of Discovery or Alpha phase activities across multidisciplinary teams
• Facilitate agile ceremonies, planning activities and delivery governance, managing delivery plans, milestones, risks, issues and dependencies
• Support the development of user-centred service propositions through iterative delivery and continuous learning
• Work closely with Product Managers and User Researchers to ensure delivery aligns with validated user needs
• Enable teams to produce evidence required for GDS assessments and governance reviews
• Coordinate technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment across delivery objectives, fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency and continuous improvement
• Provide regular reporting and progress updates to programme leadership and senior stakeholders
• Remove delivery blockers and support teams in achieving successful Discovery and Alpha outcomes

NB: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic level of security clearance before undertaking the assignment (around two weeks’ lead-time).

Applications:

To learn more about this newly created opportunity consulting as a GDS-focused Delivery Manager for an initial 6 month engagement, operating on a remote-working basis; please call and speak with Edward Laing here at ISR Recruitment on or please send through a copy of your latest online profile and/or CV ( ) for an immediate call back in the strictest confidence.

Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology.

• Infrastructure Architect
• Contract (6-months)
• Remote Working
• Market Rates

The Opportunity:

We are supporting a confidential public sector organisation in the search for an experienced Infrastructure Architect to join a high-profile digital transformation programme on an initial 6-month contract basis to lead the design of a critical contingency hosting solution supporting a major data centre exit programme.

The organisation is currently progressing a strategic migration to AWS and is required to vacate an existing data centre by the end of 2026. As part of their risk mitigation and operational resilience strategy, they require an experienced Infrastructure Architect to assess contingency options and design a viable short-term hosting environment should the cloud migration programme encounter delays.

This is a highly visible and business-critical assignment requiring an architect who can operate across infrastructure, networking, security and operational domains to develop practical and resilient solutions that ensure continuity of service.

A strong networking background is considered essential, as a significant proportion of the engagement will involve assessing and designing connectivity, VPN, IP networking and production environment migration strategies.

If you are an experienced Infrastructure Architect with strong networking expertise and a proven track record delivering data centre migration, resilience and continuity programmes, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience operating as an Infrastructure Architect within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong experience supporting data centre migration, consolidation or exit programmes.
• Demonstrable experience developing Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.
• Experience designing resilient infrastructure solutions supporting business-critical services.
• Strong understanding of operational resilience, service continuity and risk management principles.
• Experience producing high-quality architecture artefacts and technical design documentation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and definition of a contingency hosting platform to support a critical data centre exit programme.
• Produce end-to-end technical architecture designs covering infrastructure, networking, security, resilience and operational support models.
• Assess existing production environments, dependencies and technical risks associated with data centre closure activities.
• Develop contingency plans should AWS migration timelines be delayed.
• Define infrastructure resilience, business continuity and disaster recovery strategies.
• Create and document Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) approaches.
• Develop application availability and resilience strategies supporting cloud migration objectives.
• Assess and recommend options for hosting critical services within an alternative on-premise environment if required.
• Design network migration and connectivity solutions supporting relocation of production services.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security and operational teams to ensure designs are technically robust and operationally viable.
• Identify risks, dependencies and mitigation strategies across the programme.
• Produce architecture documentation, technical roadmaps and implementation recommendations.
• Support governance reviews and stakeholder decision-making throughout the engagement.

NB: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic level of security clearance before undertaking the assignment (around two weeks’ lead-time).

Applications:

To learn more about this newly created opportunity consulting as an Infrastructure Architect for an initial 6-month engagement, operating on a remote-working basis; please call and speak with Edward Laing here at ISR Recruitment on or please send through a copy of your latest online profile and/or CV ( ) for an immediate call back in the strictest confidence.

Please contact Edward Laing here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology.

• CRM Technical Architect
• 6-month contract
• Remote Working
• Market Rates (c£550 per day)

The Opportunity:

We are supporting a confidential public sector organisation in the appointment of an experienced CRM Technical Architect to play a key role in a major CRM transformation programme on an initial 6-month contract basis for a major central government project (Government Digital Services).

Working within a complex enterprise environment, you will be responsible for defining the current technical landscape, developing a transitional target architecture and producing the technical artefacts required to support future CRM strategy and implementation.

This is a strategic architecture role requiring significant experience of CRM migration programmes, enterprise architecture, and contact centre solutions, with the successful candidate helping to shape the future technical direction of a business-critical customer engagement platform.

We are seeking a highly experienced Technical Architect who combines deep CRM architecture expertise with strong enterprise integration knowledge and a proven track record of delivering successful CRM migration programmes.

You will be comfortable operating at both strategic and technical levels, engaging with senior stakeholders and producing high-quality architectural deliverables that support long-term technology transformation.

If you are an experienced CRM Technical Architect with expertise in CRM migrations, enterprise architecture and contact centre solutions, we'd be delighted to hear from you.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience operating as a Technical Architect, CRM Architect or Enterprise Architect on complex transformation programmes.
• Strong experience designing and delivering CRM migration strategies.
• Experience architecting enterprise CRM solutions within large-scale organisations.
• Demonstrable experience designing technical solutions supporting contact centre environments.
• Strong understanding of systems integration, enterprise architecture and application interoperability.
• Experience producing high-quality architecture documentation and technical design artefacts.
• Strong knowledge of Architecture Modelling / Integration Design / Data Flows / Sequence Diagrams / Environment Architecture
• Experience defining non-functional requirements and technical governance processes.
• Experience developing technical risk registers, assumptions logs and implementation strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience supporting digital transformation and enterprise application modernisation programmes.
• Exposure to cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure would be beneficial but is not essential.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical architecture for a major CRM transformation programme.
• Assess and document the current ("As-Is") technical architecture, including applications, integrations and supporting infrastructure.
• Produce detailed architecture documentation including As-Is Architecture Diagrams / Data Flow Diagrams / Supplier Landscape Assessments / Interface Mapping
• Design the transitional target-state CRM architecture to support future organisational requirements.
• Produce technical architecture artefacts including Technical Architecture Diagrams / Integration Patterns / Sequence Diagrams / Environment Models
• Develop architecture approaches that support future CRM platform evolution while meeting immediate programme objectives.
• Identify technical risks, assumptions and architectural dependencies throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Define and document non-functional requirements including security, resilience, availability, scalability and performance.
• Support architecture governance, technical assurance and design authority reviews.
• Develop test, assurance and validation strategies.
• Produce cutover, transition, knowledge transfer and handover documentation.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, delivery teams, solution architects and third-party suppliers throughout the engagement.

NB: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic level of security clearance before undertaking the assignment (around two weeks’ lead-time).

Applications:

To learn more about this newly created opportunity consulting as a GDS-focused CRM Technical Architect for an initial 6-month engagement, operating on a remote-working basis; please call and speak with Edward Laing here at ISR Recruitment on or please send through a copy of your latest online profile and/or CV ( ) for an immediate call back in the strictest confidence.

• Quality Assurance Engineer
• 6-month contract
• Remote Working (UK-based)
• Outside IR35
• £350 to £375 per day
• Start - ASAP

The Opportunity:

We are supporting a confidential programme for a major central government project (Government Digital Services) and are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to join a multidisciplinary Agile delivery team working on the development of modern, cloud-based data platforms and user-facing digital services.

This role is ideally suited to a QA professional with experience testing data-driven systems, validating end-to-end data pipelines and assuring the quality of applications that consume and present complex datasets.

You'll work closely with Product Owners, Data Engineers, Developers and Business Analysts to ensure that data is processed accurately, integrations perform reliably and end users receive high-quality, trusted information.

Experience with cloud-based data platforms, REST APIs and geospatial datasets would be highly advantageous.

You'll be comfortable working within a collaborative Agile team, communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and taking ownership of testing activities throughout the delivery lifecycle.

If you're an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer with a passion for data quality, modern cloud platforms and delivering high-quality digital services, we'd be delighted to hear from you.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven commercial experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer, Test Engineer or Software QA Engineer.
• Strong experience testing data-driven applications and platform-based solutions.
• Good understanding of data pipelines, ingestion, transformation and end-to-end data flow validation.
• Experience working within Azure cloud environments or similar cloud platforms.
• Experience validating REST APIs and integrated services.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate complex technical issues and data anomalies.
• Experience working within Agile software delivery teams.
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD practices.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working with Databricks or similar cloud data platforms.
• Experience testing geospatial datasets or GIS-based applications.
• Knowledge of geospatial data formats including GeoPackage / GeoTIFF.
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data formats including JSON / CSV.
• Experience working on public sector digital transformation programmes.
• Familiarity with GDS (Government Digital Service) standards and delivery approaches.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Owners, stakeholders and technical teams to understand business requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios.
• Design, execute and maintain manual and automated test scripts aligned to user stories and acceptance criteria within Jira.
• Validate end-to-end data pipelines, ensuring accurate ingestion, transformation and delivery of data.
• Perform functional testing across user-facing applications and digital services.
• Support integration testing across APIs, data platforms and front-end applications.
• Verify data quality, integrity and usability from both technical and business user perspectives.
• Execute risk-based testing focusing on critical datasets, integrations and business processes.
• Raise, triage and manage defects with clear reproduction steps, impact assessments and supporting evidence.
• Perform regression testing throughout Agile delivery cycles.
• Produce test completion reports and contribute to quality metrics and delivery reporting.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, retrospectives and technical discussions.
• Champion quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

NB: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic level of security clearance before undertaking the assignment (around two weeks’ lead-time).

Applications:

To learn more about this newly created opportunity consulting as a GDS-focused Quality Assurance Engineer for an initial 6-month engagement, operating on a remote-working basis; please call and speak with Edward Laing here at ISR Recruitment on or please send through a copy of your latest online profile and/or CV ( ) for an immediate call back in the strictest confidence.

• Runcorn (3 days per week in the office)
• £25,000 to £30,000 per year (+ Overtime + On Call)
• Plus an excellent company benefits package

ISR are recruiting for a Service Desk Engineers fluent in Spanish to support our client’s UK and EU based IT systems. Aside from being Bi-lingual, you will have some basic knowledge or interest in IT and be looking to work in front-line role you will offer a first-class customer experience. You will undertake 3 months of training on company systems and support duties, before joining the company on call rota (1 week in 4).

• Bi-lingual with professional proficiency in English and Spanish.
• Proven experience working in a technical support or service desk role.
• Excellent customer service skills and the ability to provide accurate and clear responses.
• Excellent prioritisation skills and the ability to work methodically.
• Any IT based certifications would be highly beneficial (MCSA, CompTIA, CCNA, ITIL, etc.).

• Provide 1st Line technical services across systems in the UK, as well as supporting employees in Spain.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot issues across multiple technologies.
• Escalate complex issues appropriately to senior members of the team or specialist support functions.
• Deliver a high standard of customer service and communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues at all levels.
• Work to agreed SLAs and KPIs.

To hear more about our client and this opportunity working as a Bi-lingual Service Desk Engineer based in Runcorn, Cheshire: please call James Sample at ISR Recruitment here in our Manchester office on or please send me your latest CV and/or your online business profile for an immediate call back ( ).

Please contact James here at ISR to understand more about how our client are growing their teams across a number of key areas and how you can become a part of their expanding business as they look to develop their capabilities further in the Transport Technology sector.

• Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire areas
• c£35,000 to £40,000 per year (+ Vehicle and Overtime)
• Plus excellent company benefits

Are you a Field Engineer/Technician with an electrical, comms or electronics background? We are currently recruiting a Field Engineer role to maintain the technology on motorways and trunk roads around the Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire areas.

You will conduct installation, maintenance and fault-finding activities on a variety of roadside electronic equipment within your patch (VMS, ANPR, MIDAS, Roadside telephones, etc.).

I am happy to speak to individuals coming from backgrounds in traffic signals, motorway communication, CCTV and RTPI, as training will be provided for those coming from outside of the sector.

If you are unsure of your suitability but are keen to learn more about the transport technology sector in general and some of the exciting projects and clients we are working with, please get in touch and I would be happy to discuss further?

• Previous experience working in an electrical/electronic/telecoms maintenance environment
• Experience of fault-finding equipment at component level
• An understanding of power and comms would be very useful
• CCTV or ANPR knowledge would be an advantage
• Current G39, HERS8, NRSWA, NHSS8 Qualification (highly desirable)

• Fault response and repair of roadside equipment
• Carry out routine maintenance visits on all equipment in line with provided schedule
• Conduct preventative maintenance to reduce fault rates
• Carry out fault finding to component level
• Coordinate with the lead engineers to arrange maintenance and inspection schedules
• Able to undertake night working when required

Please contact James Sample here at ISR on to discuss these newly created opportunities based in the South West region working for our client who are delivering their best-in-class highways services and providing cost-effective performance with sustainable and innovative solutions to the public sector?