Technical Lead

QinetiQ Security & Defence Contractors; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading security and technology company is seeking a Technical Lead to manage technical solutions and project delivery in Manchester. The role involves guiding project outcomes, mentoring teams, and ensuring quality standards. Candidates should possess strong technical skills and leadership qualities. Flexible working options and various benefits are on offer.

Benefits

Flexible / Hybrid working options

Performance bonus

Company bonus

Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%

AXA group medical cover

Personal training budget

Holiday purchase / buy-back scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Car benefit scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in leading technical projects and solutions architecture.
• Able to mentor and support team members.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Guide the technical delivery and ensure project success.
• Act as primary technical contact for customers.
• Ensure adherence to project standards and quality.

Skills

Administrative Skills

Management

Biotechnology

Creative Production

Design And Estimation

Architecture

Job description

Job Title

Naimuri - Technical Lead

Job Location

Salford Quays Manchester

Job Type

Permanent - Fulltime

Job ID : SF19008

We can offer you the chance to help make the UK a safer place through innovation working in partnership with government and law enforcement organisations on some of the most challenging data and technology problems out there.

We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive safe and supportive environm ent that allows everyone to do their best work. We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements that you may need during the recruitment proce ss.

About us

Were approaching our tenth birthday and have gone from being a little-known tech start-up to creating our very own community at the heart of the tech and digital epicentre of the UK Greater Manchester. We also have a significant presence in the South West (Malvern / Cheltenham) where this role will be based.

Our name Naimuri is Japanese and simply means

nai meaning not

\

muri meaning overburden

These principles apply to every aspect of an organisation from technology process and infrastructure through to people culture and leadership. This means that we empower our teams to do what they think is the right thing giving them the skills and confidence to explore new ways of working and to create a bias-free environment where all our people feel comfortable collaborating to deliver the finest ideas and solutions in an agile environment.

Our business is focused on 4 cornerstones which shape and underpin the way in which we go about work and treat each other. These are : Wellbeing Empowerment Perpetual Edge and Delivery.

People and culture are at the heart of Naimuri so that collectively we can realise our mission of making the UK a safer place to be.

About the Role

Working on a variety of projects that range in length from a few weeks to 5 years the role of a Technical Lead is to own t he overall technical solution and guide the technical delivery of a project with the key aim of reducing risk and improving project outcomes.

You will act as the primary technical point of contact for the customer and other stakeholders (partners suppliers Naimuri management).

Your responsibilities include solutions architecture and delivery roadmap along with supporting the customer in decision making.

You will engage regularly with other technical leads across the company both seeking and providing support. This will include time allocated to individual projects as well as wider engagement.

Here are some things weve worked on recently that might give you a better sense of the kind of work you could be leading on :

• Building a data analytics tool using a Neo4J graph database.
• A DevOps platform to support 3000 users.
• Processing digital forensic data to enable search and insight generation.
• A search and reporting system backed by an ElasticSearch cluster.
• A custom workflow tool using Camunda with a React / TS front-end
• An AI assurance capability
• Orchestrating a data pipeline and designing specialist metrics for the evaluation of the performance of LLMs in different contexts.

Accountabilities

• Understands the technical aspects of the project and the wider customer business model.
• Solution architecture including security availability observability scalability performance reliability and cost-efficiency.
• Ensures team members understand and adhere to project standards for quality documentation techniques and tools.
• Identifies escalates & manages technical risk with Team Manager and / or Delivery Lead.
• Supports Delivery Lead and Product Owner with backlog prioritisation.
• Seen as a role model and mentor by the team.
• ively drives and enhances Agile project workflows by contributing valuable insights during stand-ups retrospectives and other key ceremonies to accelerate team performance and continuous improvement.
• Provides input for longer term technical roadmaps.
• Challenges detail design choices within the team.
• Leads reviews on others designs.

You will be working closely with our development teams who are responsible for the following :

• Designing implementing documenting and maintaining software solutions.
• Full stack development using Front End technologies such as React integrating AWS services and open source tooling using a variety of different databases (e.g. MongoDb or ElasticSearch) and developing in Java TypeScript or Python.
• Integration of AI into data processing and user workflow systems.
• Working with our Platform Engineers to help manage and maintain their own infrastructure e.g. Kubernetes
• Building and adding to automated delivery pipelines (using GitLab).

Pay and benefits

Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your roles base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.

A full time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working which can be discussed during the recruitment process.

Our core hours are 10 : 00am - 3 : 00pm and our office hours are between 7 : 30 and 18 : 00 Monday to Friday. Most teams have agreed in office days to enable collaboration. You may also be required to attend a local customer site regularly or on occasion to travel to other customer sites in the UK or the Naimuri office in Greater Manchester.

Benefits include :

• Flexible / Hybrid working options
• A performance bonus
• Company bonus
• Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%
• AXA group 1 medical cover
• Personal training budget
• Holiday purchase / buy-back scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car benefit scheme

Recruitment Process

We want to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident when interviewing with us. To help you prepare our recruitment team will discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply.

We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements.

Key Skills

Administrative Skills, Management,Biotechnology,Creative Production,Design And Estimation,Architecture

Employment Type

Full-Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1