Engineering Lead - AI, Cloud & National Security
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- England,South West,Gloucestershire
- Full Time, Permanent
- £120,000 - £130,000 per annum
Job Description:
Our exciting client is seeking an Engineering Lead to build and lead small, high-performing Agile teams (4-8 engineers) delivering secure, scalable solutions within the UK National Security (NatSec) domain
Engineering Lead - AI, Cloud & National Security
Package - £110,000 - £120,000 + dv bonus + excellent package
Location - Cheltenham - Hybrid
Clearance - eDV Clearance Required
Overview
This is a hands-on leadership role combining architecture, software engineering, and team leadership, with a focus on Software, AI, data platforms, and cloud-native systems.
Key Responsibilities
*Lead and mentor Agile engineering teams, driving high-quality, rapid delivery (DevSecOps)
*Own solution architecture, designing for secure and constrained environments.
*Lead the implementation of the "underpinning tech" for AI, including data pipelines.
*Act as a trusted advisor to UK Government stakeholders.
*Define technical roadmaps and support cloud transformation (AWS/Azure)
Core Skills
*Background in UK National Security / Defence / Government.
*Strong leadership experience in software engineering teams.
*Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java (+ TypeScript/Node.js desirable)
*Expertise in AWS or Azure, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)
*Strong grounding in SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB)
*Experience with CI/CD, microservices, TDD/BDD.
*Knowledge of secure system design.
Desirable (AI & Data)
*Vector DBs: Milvus, Weaviate, Pinecone
*Data orchestration: Airflow, Prefect, Dagster
*Search: ElasticSearch / OpenSearch
*AI frameworks: LangChain, Hugging Face
*MLOps: MLflow, Kubeflow
If you are looking for an opportunity to work on mission-critical systems at the forefront of UK National Security? Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.
Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.
Engineering Lead - AI, Cloud & National Security
Package - £110,000 - £120,000 + dv bonus + excellent package
Location - Cheltenham - Hybrid
Clearance - eDV Clearance Required
Overview
This is a hands-on leadership role combining architecture, software engineering, and team leadership, with a focus on Software, AI, data platforms, and cloud-native systems.
Key Responsibilities
*Lead and mentor Agile engineering teams, driving high-quality, rapid delivery (DevSecOps)
*Own solution architecture, designing for secure and constrained environments.
*Lead the implementation of the "underpinning tech" for AI, including data pipelines.
*Act as a trusted advisor to UK Government stakeholders.
*Define technical roadmaps and support cloud transformation (AWS/Azure)
Core Skills
*Background in UK National Security / Defence / Government.
*Strong leadership experience in software engineering teams.
*Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java (+ TypeScript/Node.js desirable)
*Expertise in AWS or Azure, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)
*Strong grounding in SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB)
*Experience with CI/CD, microservices, TDD/BDD.
*Knowledge of secure system design.
Desirable (AI & Data)
*Vector DBs: Milvus, Weaviate, Pinecone
*Data orchestration: Airflow, Prefect, Dagster
*Search: ElasticSearch / OpenSearch
*AI frameworks: LangChain, Hugging Face
*MLOps: MLflow, Kubeflow
If you are looking for an opportunity to work on mission-critical systems at the forefront of UK National Security? Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.
Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.
Job number 3579040
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