WA Consultants is currently recruiting for a Technical Lead for an initial 12-month contract.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to the team, ensuring effective support and maintenance of operational services.

• Collaborate with the product team to develop and implement robust technical solutions tailored to customer and business requirements.

• Coach and mentor team members, fostering professional growth and skill development.

• Drive continuous improvement by leading and owning initiatives focused on process optimisation, automation, and increased operational efficiency.

Essential Criteria:

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Demonstrated proficiency in understanding end-to-end systems, including integration and dependencies with other services, to deliver comprehensive solutions.

• Demonstrated expertise in configuring, enhancing, and patching software applications to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

• Extensive experience in conducting user acceptance testing for applications, ensuring alignment with business requirements and delivering high-quality stable solutions.

• Advanced skills in Scripting and programming languages, such as Bash and Python.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

• Deliver technical assurance to the technical leadership team, including the Lead Technical Architect and Lead DevOps Engineer, empowering informed strategic decision-making.

• In-depth knowledge of the ITIL framework, along with hands-on experience managing high-risk changes and incident management.

• Demonstrates a proactive commitment to team responsibilities, recognising that participation in the team's out-of-hours support roster is an essential and mandatory aspect of the role.

• Experience with CI/CD development processes and IT automation tools, such as Ansible.

Please note, the role has been deemed by the client to fall inside of IR35. This is a hybrid working role with the expectation of one site visit per week.

For further information, please contact Alexander Wilson.

WA Consultants is an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as described within The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.