Role: Network Project Manager Location: London, UK- Hybrid Duration: Contract Inside IR35 Strong Banking Client Experience Job Summary: We are seeking a skilled and experienced Network Project Manager with a strong background in the banking sector and expertise in networking, infrastructure, data centers, and migration projects. The ideal candidate will lead and manage complex network-related projects within the banking environment, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and high-quality delivery. The role will involve coordinating cross-functional teams, managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities: Lead and oversee network, infrastructure, and data center projects from initiation to completion, including design, planning, execution, and migration phases. Collaborate with business leaders, internal IT teams, external vendors, and third-party consultants to ensure clear communication, project alignment, and timely delivery. Manage the design and implementation of network infrastructure solutions, including LAN/WAN, routing, switching, and firewall configurations. Oversee the planning, deployment, and optimization of data center operations, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. Coordinate the migration of network systems, applications, and data across various environments, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations. Risk and Issue Management: Identify project risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure they are appropriately addressed throughout the project lifecycle. Provide regular project status updates to senior management and stakeholders. Maintain thorough documentation of all project-related activities, changes, and decisions. Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in networking, infrastructure, and banking, and apply best practices to improve future project delivery. Experience: At least 5-7 years of experience in network project management within the banking or financial services sector. Proven experience with networking technologies (e.g., routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing). Strong background in data center management and migration projects. Familiarity with regulatory requirements and security standards relevant to banking and financial services. Skills: Strong project management skills with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously. Excellent communication and leadership skills to manage diverse teams and stakeholders. Solid understanding of network infrastructure, including IP networks, SD-WAN, cloud solutions, and enterprise architecture. Experience with data center operations and cloud migration projects. Knowledge of ITIL and other relevant methodologies. Priyanka Sharma Senior Delivery Consultant Office: 02033759240 Email: psharma@vallumassociates.com

Role: AWS Architect Location: Remote, UK Duration: 6 months Contract Inside IR35 450GBP/Day SC cleared candidate required for UK Government customer Project Overview The role is part of the Group Infrastructure Operations in the Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE). AWS is a core strategic cloud provider for customer, hosting services mainly in the Flood and Coastal Management space, such as Flood Map for Planning (FMFP) and Check Your Long-Term Flood Risk (CYLTFR). This position is essential for architecting new business-critical applications on AWS. Responsibilities include defining AWS architectural patterns, infrastructure design, promoting best practices, defining deployment and security standards, conducting architectural reviews, and guiding development teams to adhere to CCoE design principles. Activity Overview for Cloud Architect The role is currently involved in designing and onboarding several new projects onto the platform over the next 12 months. Cloud Architect to Assist the solution architect in AWS infrastructure design and data migration of Environment Agency’s Flood Data to AWS. Additionally, the role is crucial for ensuring Defra's AWS platform aligns with the UK's Secure by Design principles. Expectations: Addressing infra gaps in migration design updating HLD, LLD, identifying AWS implementation steps, and overseeing the installation and configuration of AWS migration components. Updating the High-Level Design (HLD) and take through governance. Enhance Documentation Quality -Ensure the documentation is clear, concise, and well-structured. Add diagrams, examples, and use cases to illustrate the patterns effectively. Collaborate with Stakeholders -Engage with other CCoE team members, developers, and operations staff to gather feedback on the current patterns and suggestions for improvements. Implement security controls and encryption measures to protect data at rest and in transit. Creating migration plans and strategies for transferring data to AWS storage. Complete Document reviewing existing (OU) Organizational Unit hierarchy in AWS. Your review should highlight challenges and limitations of the current structure. List and Identify constraints or risks associated with existing Service Control policies(SCP). Implement SCP policies within the OU structure to ensure consistent security and compliance controls across the Defra organisation. Establish monitoring mechanisms to track SCP compliance and detect deviations. Gather requirements from stakeholders, including performance, scalability, security, compliance, and specific functionalities. Design the architecture for high availability and disaster recovery using services like AWS Elastic Load Balancing, AWS Auto Scaling, and multi-region deployments. Implement robust security measures, including IAM roles and policies, encryption (both in transit and at rest), VPCs for network isolation, and AWS WAF for application protection. Priyanka Sharma Senior Delivery Consultant Office: 02033759240 Email: psharma@vallumassociates.com

Role: Infrastructure Architect Location: London, UK (3days/week onsite) Duration: Contract Inside IR35 Domain Expertise and Experience Enterprise Architecture and Ecosystem knowledge Experience of working in a large enterprise of our scale and complexity. Experience in organizing and delivering large scale transformation projects and coordinating multiple and parallel streams of work. Experience in planning and tracking progress of projects and managing multiple stake holders. Plan and track the execution of the multiple streams of work in the transformation book of work. Interfaces into the firm’s Project Management organisation ensuring technical delivery within the platform Must keep pace with technology and industry development and be able to engage effectively with multiple stakeholders to drive appropriate outcomes. Able to respond to changing and/or conflicting priorities Leadership & Teamwork Sets the pace and operating rhythm, driving a culture of achievement and ensures pace by identifying and removing barriers to technical initiative delivery success. Promotes pace and energy within the team and leads by example . Promotes pace and energy within the team and leads by example . Keeps focus on the medium and long term goals and the Group’s values particularly when under short term pressure. Working collaboratively with peers across domains / disciplines and with vendors / partners to deliver high quality solutions Personal Experience Experience working within large-scale enterprise IT environment and the embedded controls Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall working practices and tooling Experience with change management with specific experience of distributed systems Experience working within a DevOps operating model Experience and awareness of security, audit, risk and compliance within enterprise IT environment Strong awareness of data/product lifecycle, management and process Experience in guiding Technology & Organisation transformation Personal Skills Ability to work under pressure to deadlines Strong work ethic Strong interpersonal skills Strong communication skills across all organisation levels Strong understanding of Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture and Ecosystems In-depth knowledge of estimation methodologies and project management Good problem solving skills and adaptable work approach Technical Skills Concepts – Databases: Infrastructure, Product Lifecycle, Service Management General understanding of distributed databases, e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, Db2 LUW, etc. General understanding/experience of distributed compute environments: linux, windows, storage, networks, security,Backup, Recovery infrastructure, etc. Priyanka Sharma Senior Delivery Consultant Office: 02033759240 Email: psharma@vallumassociates.com

Role: Solution Architect (Utility) Location: Hybrid – Canary Wharf UK Contract Must Have: Utility background ROLE PURPOSE Why the role exists Solution Architect required to support the transformation programme. EXPERIENCE What the person has done • Salesforce transformation design experience • Design experience with Azure Integration Services • Previous experience in retail utilities industry (energy b2b commercial and industrial) • Knowledge of pricing and forecasting (preferred). o Has worked as a lead solution architect on a large transformation project with a retail energy ‘big six’. Ideally a large back-office transformation. KNOWLEDGE What the person knows • Experience in solution design demonstrable from previous project experience. • Azure Integration Services. • Salesforce transformation. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES What the person will do • Provide solution architecture/design support to the programme to ensure robust and approved designs for integrations across the project architecture. • Create and maintain solution architecture (High Level Designs) in support of the client’s architecture function and as an enabler to project development workstream. • Weekly/Daily reporting as required on progress with solution architecture, blockers and issues. • Responsible for driving through solution design against an aggressive timeframe to ensure that designs can be approved and then handed over to the development stream. • Acknowledge overlaps between programme and other projects within the portfolio and liaise with other architects and stakeholders for optimal outcomes. • Support the development pods and technical architects in creation of associated technical user stories and LLDs as necessary. • Solution architecture support to programme teams as required. • Creation and maintenance of solution documents for the architectural governance process and programme/project governance. • Provide incremental updates of design artefacts as necessary to facilitate agile incremental delivery and to align with programme/project key milestones • Guide the development of the architecture in an iterative and incremental fashion, working at pace to deliver against milestones. • Support and work closely with development/supplier project teams. • Provide integration specifications to enable creation of technical user stories. • Support the definition of NFRs for the solution • Give guidance on and uphold design principles and take the lead on design decisions. • Communication of the architecture – ensure everyone understands the architecture. • Support stakeholders to understand how the architecture meets the business requirements. • Communicate effectively with stakeholders, programme team and suppliers, use appropriate models/communications for the audience. • Be aware of the cost/time to update the artefacts/documentation and champion a ‘light’ and agile approach. • Work as an integral part of the Design function. • Provide regular and effective progress updates to the Design workstream lead. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS How success is measured • Solution design documents are created, approved and handed over within the project/programme target dates to ensure delivery milestones are met. • Solution Architecture Decisions have appropriate due diligence and options analysis including trade-offs • Consideration of the target state in the light of overlapping projects within the portfolio. • Specific targets: o Week 1-2 – Successful handover from existing Solution Architect. Knowledge transfer completed with BA team, Data architect team and PO/SMEs. Handover report completed at end of the period. o First 2 weeks – completion of any open in-flight design queries for existing known designs. Ongoing – completion of solution design and handover to build workstream per iteration within target dates.

Business Analyst - HR System Transformation - Energy Industry - Contract Role Daily rate on offer: Outside IR35 Initial 6 weeks (scope to extend beyond) Hybrid - London We are seeking a skilled Business Analyst to support a leading energy company's HR system transformation. You will play a pivotal role in analyzing current HR processes, gathering requirements, and ensuring the successful deployment of a modern HR system. Partnering with stakeholders across HR, IT, and third-party vendors, you’ll facilitate alignment between business needs and system functionality. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document business and technical requirements. Analyze current procurement, HR processes and identify areas for improvement or automation. Liaise with cross-functional teams to design, test, and implement system solutions. Ensure the system aligns with compliance, organizational, and data integrity standards. Support training, change management, and post-implementation activities. Key Qualifications: Experience in business analysis, preferably within the energy sectors. Familiarity with HRIS, HRMS, or HCM systems (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors). Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Apply now for an immediate review

Position - MFT Engineer Location - London, UK (Remote) Contract - 12+ Months Pay - £500/day Inside IR35 Duties: • Administer MFT infrastructure, activities include handling installation, upgrades and maintaining File Transmissions and related applications. onboarding/demising partners, monitoring health of application servers, performance tuning and troubleshooting including L2/L3 support. • Work in rotating shifts and provide out of hours support on rotation basis to support the services. • Identify operational, audit, compliance risks / issues and contribute to mitigate the same. Participate in crisis calls for service recovery, MIRs and SIPs. Own the resolution of problems in hand, demonstrate analytical and problem management skills to drive the resolution and prevent recurrence. • Work on critical / complex incidents and ensure completion within agreed deadlines. Participate in POCs and other technical initiatives. Create / maintain knowledge base through documentation, KT sessions. • Share technical knowledge and skills with team members to build / uplift capabilities. Brainstorm with team leaders and peers on emerging technology trends, constantly question, clarify from teams and ensure that critical technology issues are surfaced and considered. • Act as a buddy to the new joiners and colleagues to help them settle and take up work in the project and provide technical leadership to enhance their technical ability, guiding them for new processes and procedures, mentoring for competency preparations etc. • Promote/drive process improvement, automation to improve efficiencies and reduce toil. Enterprise focus – building solutions with an emphasis on sustainability, supportability, stability and robustness including disaster recovery features. • Knowledge of Service Management (Change, Incident and Problem) and Agile methodologies. • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and with sense of ownership and accountability. • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skill. Requirements To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements: • Experience with installation, configuration and administration of IBM Sterling File Gateway (Sterling Integrator), IBM Sterling Connect:Direct (Unix / Windows). Exposure to Sterling Secure Proxy, Sterling External Authentication Server etc. • Excellent general knowledge of file transfer protocols (e.g. sFTP, AS2, C:D, FTPS, HTTPS) and products. • Knowledge of cryptography / key management (SSL/TLS, SSH, PGP/GPG etc.) and data security • Ability to manage application support operations, resiliency and availability including monitoring of system health and performance. • Analyse and fix vulnerabilities across products while collaborating with internal infrastructure teams and/or vendors. • L2/L3 support capabilities, participate in crisis calls for service recovery, MIRs and SIPs. Own the resolution of problems in hand, demonstrate analytical and problem management skills to drive the resolution and prevent recurrence. • Manage and coordinate the resolution of production incidents along with RCA. • Good analytical and troubleshooting skills including ability to recreate issues. Ability to manage self-workload, set and meet customer expectations. Strong organisational and time management skills. Able to identify and manage risks within line of business. • A strong level of IT literacy, including a broad knowledge of IT infrastructure (operating systems, networking, security). Should have understanding of RDBMS, Cloud Technology and Scripting. • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Strong sense of 'do the right thing' in relation to standards and governance. • Flexible to work in rotating shifts and provide out of hours support on rotation basis to support the services • Certifications (IBM or equivalent) would be an added advantage.

Role: Salesforce Architect (Utility) Location: London (Hybrid) Contract Inside IR35 Note: Utility background is mandatory We are seeking a highly skilled Salesforce Technical Architect with extensive experience in Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud as well as Energy and Utilities Cloud. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the energy industry and a proven track record of leading transformation projects in a B2B environment, specifically targeting Industrial and Commercial customers. Reporting to the Head of Architecture, the Salesforce Technical Architect is accountable for supporting the Salesforce Development Pods with Solution advice, assurance and solutions to the technical requirements of product set within the Salesforce footprint. • Develop and implement scalable and robust technical designs for Salesforce solutions tailored to the energy and utilities sector. • Create blueprints of Salesforce application designs, ensuring they align with business objectives • Provide technical leadership, guidance and mentorship to development teams, ensuring best practices in Salesforce development and integration and assuring the outcome of these solutions. • Develop efficient and effective solutions that meet business requirements. • Leverage knowledge of the energy industry to design solutions that address specific challenges and opportunities within the sector. • Lead and manage technology aspects of transformation initiatives in the Salesfoce arena; ensuring successful delivery of projects aimed at improving business processes and customer experiences. • Ability to see strategically what elements are needed to bring about the strategic Smartest landscape and shape the Salesforce elements of this target landscape. • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions. • Stay updated with the latest Salesforce features and industry trends to continuously enhance the solutions provided. • Salesforce Technical Architecture: Can lead clear thinking and documentation of solutions in a complex C&I B2B landscape and assure outcomes based on previous experience • Blueprints: Create blueprints of Salesforce application designs, ensuring they align with business objectives • Customer Focus: Demonstrates a strong commitment to understanding and meeting the needs of C&I customers. • Innovation: Continuously seeks out new and innovative ways to leverage Salesforce technology to drive business value. • Collaboration: Works effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals. • Leadership: Exhibits strong leadership qualities, inspiring and motivating teams to deliver high-quality solutions. • Results-Oriented: Focuses on delivering tangible results and achieving project objectives. • Salesforce Expertise: Expert level experience with Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud, Energy and Utilities Cloud (Industries, previously Vlocity), Omniscript, Data Raptors, Experience Cloud, CPQ and CLM. • Experience of the Salesforce Ecosystem for energy including lifecycle management, contract signature (Docusign or equivalent), Pricing and Onboarding. • Extensive experience of Integrations between Salesforce and both modern and legacy applications and understands event-driven architectural patterns • Has ideally had some elements of hands-on in their career and can assess technical fitness of development and deployments in Salesforce • Can make best practice recommendations for build and management of our Salesforce org. • Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines in the Salesforce context. • In-depth understanding of the energy industry, including regulatory requirements and market dynamics ideally in B2B and ideally in C&I customers. • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design innovative solutions to complex business challenges. • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels and skilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making and drive stakeholders towards a common vision. • Ability to adapt to changing business needs and work in a fast-paced environment with multiple large transformative projects on the go. • Salesforce certifications such as Salesforce Certified Technical Architect, Salesforce Certified Energy and Utilities Cloud Consultant, or equivalent are highly desirable. • Ability to understand the long-term strategy ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations. • Collaborative approach to work, with a desire to work closely with other departments across the organisation. • Excellent written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills as well as planning and organisational skills.

Role: Salesforce Architect Location: London, UK- 3days/week Onsite Duration: 6months Energy or Utility client experience required Description We are seeking a highly skilled Salesforce Technical Architect with extensive experience in Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud as well as Energy and Utilities Cloud. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the energy industry and a proven track record of leading transformation projects in a B2B environment, specifically targeting Industrial and Commercial customers. Reporting to the Head of Architecture, the Salesforce Technical Architect is accountable for supporting the Salesforce Development Pods with Solution advice, assurance and solutions to the technical requirements of client's product set within the Salesforce footprint. Responsibilities Develop and implement scalable and robust technical designs for Salesforce solutions tailored to the energy and utilities sector. Create blueprints of Salesforce application designs, ensuring they align with business objectives Provide technical leadership, guidance and mentorship to development teams, ensuring best practices in Salesforce development and integration and assuring the outcome of these solutions. Develop efficient and effective solutions that meet business requirements. Leverage knowledge of the energy industry to design solutions that address specific challenges and opportunities within the sector. Lead and manage technology aspects of transformation initiatives in the Salesfoce arena; ensuring successful delivery of projects aimed at improving business processes and customer experiences. Ability to see strategically what elements are needed to bring about the strategic Smartest landscape and shape the Salesforce elements of this target landscape. Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions. Experience Salesforce Expertise: Expert level experience with Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud, Energy and Utilities Cloud (Industries, previously Vlocity), Omniscript, Data Raptors, Experience Cloud, CPQ and CLM. Experience of the Salesforce Ecosystem for energy including lifecycle management, contract signature (Docusign or equivalent), Pricing and Onboarding. Extensive experience of Integrations between Salesforce and both modern and legacy applications and understands event-driven architectural patterns Has ideally had some elements of hands-on in their career and can assess technical fitness of development and deployments in Salesforce Can make best practice recommendations for build and management of our Salesforce org. Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines in the Salesforce context. In-depth understanding of the energy industry, including regulatory requirements and market dynamics ideally in B2B and ideally in C&I customers. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design innovative solutions to complex business challenges. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels and skilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making and drive stakeholders towards a common vision. Ability to adapt to changing business needs and work in a fast-paced environment with multiple large transformative projects on the go. Salesforce certifications such as Salesforce Certified Technical Architect, Salesforce Certified Energy and Utilities Cloud Consultant, or equivalent are highly desirable. Ability to understand the long-term strategy ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations. Collaborative approach to work, with a desire to work closely with other departments across the organization. If you are interested in this opportunity, feel free to contact Priyanka Sharma Senior Delivery Consultant Office: 02033759240 Email: psharma@vallumassociates.com

Role: Cloud Architect (AWS) Location: Remote, UK Duration: 6 months Contract Inside IR35 SC cleared candidate required for UK Government customer Project Overview The role is part of the Group Infrastructure Operations in the Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE). AWS is a core strategic cloud provider for customer, hosting services mainly in the Flood and Coastal Management space, such as Flood Map for Planning (FMFP) and Check Your Long-Term Flood Risk (CYLTFR). This position is essential for architecting new business-critical applications on AWS. Responsibilities include defining AWS architectural patterns, infrastructure design, promoting best practices, defining deployment and security standards, conducting architectural reviews, and guiding development teams to adhere to CCoE design principles. Activity Overview for Cloud Architect The role is currently involved in designing and onboarding several new projects onto the platform over the next 12 months. Cloud Architect to Assist the solution architect in AWS infrastructure design and data migration of Environment Agency’s Flood Data to AWS. Additionally, the role is crucial for ensuring Defra's AWS platform aligns with the UK's Secure by Design principles. Expectations: Addressing infra gaps in migration design updating HLD, LLD, identifying AWS implementation steps, and overseeing the installation and configuration of AWS migration components. Updating the High-Level Design (HLD) and take through governance. Enhance Documentation Quality -Ensure the documentation is clear, concise, and well-structured. Add diagrams, examples, and use cases to illustrate the patterns effectively. Collaborate with Stakeholders -Engage with other CCoE team members, developers, and operations staff to gather feedback on the current patterns and suggestions for improvements. Implement security controls and encryption measures to protect data at rest and in transit. Creating migration plans and strategies for transferring data to AWS storage. Complete Document reviewing existing (OU) Organizational Unit hierarchy in AWS. Your review should highlight challenges and limitations of the current structure. List and Identify constraints or risks associated with existing Service Control policies(SCP). Implement SCP policies within the OU structure to ensure consistent security and compliance controls across the Defra organisation. Establish monitoring mechanisms to track SCP compliance and detect deviations. Gather requirements from stakeholders, including performance, scalability, security, compliance, and specific functionalities. Design the architecture for high availability and disaster recovery using services like AWS Elastic Load Balancing, AWS Auto Scaling, and multi-region deployments. Implement robust security measures, including IAM roles and policies, encryption (both in transit and at rest), VPCs for network isolation, and AWS WAF for application protection. Priyanka Sharma Senior Delivery Consultant Office: 02033759240 Email: psharma@vallumassociates.com

Role : Database as a Service Consultant Location: London (3 days per week onsite) Type: Contract Job Description: Required Skills and Qualifications: Proven experience in deploying and managing DBaaS solutions using Azure Database services. Proficient in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Azure CLI, or similar. Experience in developing infrastructure as code scripts in ARM, Bicep, or Terraform. Familiarity with Azure Data Factory (ADF) and its application in real-world scenarios. Knowledge of Azure Service Operator (ASO) and Azure Fabric will be considered a plus. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently on complex tasks. Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.