Systems Engineer

• -600 - -675
• Inside IR35
• Hybrid (2 days a week onsite in London office)
• 6 month initial contract
• Long term programme (extensions likely)

Help deliver complex modelling and decision-support software used across defence, infrastructure, energy and government.

SR2 is supporting a software consultancy to bring on an experienced Systems Engineer contractor to lead the design and delivery of scalable software solutions, working closely with customers, engineers and technical stakeholders.

The role:

• Leading the technical delivery of customer projects
• Designing scalable, secure and resilient system architectures
• Translating customer requirements into practical technical solutions
• Working across cloud, integrations, data pipelines and distributed systems
• Providing technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Managing technical risk and driving engineering best practice

Requirements:

• Systems Engineering, Solution Architecture or Technical Leadership
• Delivering complex enterprise software or distributed systems
• Cloud-native architectures and systems integration
• DevOps, CI/CD and modern engineering practices
• Working directly with customers and senior stakeholders
• Defence, government, infrastructure or other complex technical environments (desirable)

Technology:

• AWS / Azure / GCP
• Distributed Systems & APIs
• SQL / NoSQL Databases
• Docker / Kubernetes
• CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code
• Security & Cloud Architecture

Commercial overview:

• Long-term contract
• Hybrid working
• Flexible working hours
• Highly flexible annual leave policy
• Private medical and dental cover
• Cutting-edge AI and Digital Twin projects
• Competitive day rate

Please apply with a copy of your CV and Emma from SR2 will contact you regarding next steps.