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Senior Backup and Recovery Engineer
Senior Backup and Recovery Engineer
DWP Digital
NE7, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7NE
£57946 - £68517 per annum
Pay up to £68,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an outstanding Senior Backup and Recovery Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
Pay up to £68,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an outstanding Senior Backup and Recovery Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
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Data and AI Solutions Engineer (UK based remote)
Data and AI Solutions Engineer (UK based remote)
Reed Technology
NE1, Newcastle Upon Tyne
£70000 - £80000 per annum
Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to leveraging data and AI to enhance business strategies and decision-making across various sectors. We are seeking a Data and AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy machine learning models that transform data into actionable insights, driving growth and enhancing decision-making for our diverse clientele. Data and AI Solutions Engineer * Location: Remote first, UK based * Job Type: Full-time * Collaborate closely with client and internal teams to create scalable AI solutions tailored to meet the challenges of a diverse client base. * Design, develop, and maintain production-ready, secure applications using major cloud service providers. * Lead client demos and presentations, effectively showcasing the solutions. * Implement data modelling and transformation processes to support advanced analytics and AI initiatives.
Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to leveraging data and AI to enhance business strategies and decision-making across various sectors. We are seeking a Data and AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy machine learning models that transform data into actionable insights, driving growth and enhancing decision-making for our diverse clientele. Data and AI Solutions Engineer * Location: Remote first, UK based * Job Type: Full-time * Collaborate closely with client and internal teams to create scalable AI solutions tailored to meet the challenges of a diverse client base. * Design, develop, and maintain production-ready, secure applications using major cloud service providers. * Lead client demos and presentations, effectively showcasing the solutions. * Implement data modelling and transformation processes to support advanced analytics and AI initiatives.
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Location: UK remote - Division: Ticketmaster - Line Manager: Sr Manager - Network Services - Contract Terms: Permanent, 40 hours per week - The Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) team is a newly established group within our global network team, focused on bringing a software-first approach to network engineering and operations. Our mission is to eliminate manual effort, improve reliability, and enable agility through automation. As a software engineering team, NRE partners closely with the core network team to identify operational challenges and build automation solutions that scale. We also collaborate with other software engineering teams within the infrastructure group to deliver end-to-end tooling and services. The team plays a critical role in evolving the way networks are managedleveraging automation frameworks, observability tools, and SRE best practices to
Location: UK remote - Division: Ticketmaster - Line Manager: Sr Manager - Network Services - Contract Terms: Permanent, 40 hours per week - The Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) team is a newly established group within our global network team, focused on bringing a software-first approach to network engineering and operations. Our mission is to eliminate manual effort, improve reliability, and enable agility through automation. As a software engineering team, NRE partners closely with the core network team to identify operational challenges and build automation solutions that scale. We also collaborate with other software engineering teams within the infrastructure group to deliver end-to-end tooling and services. The team plays a critical role in evolving the way networks are managedleveraging automation frameworks, observability tools, and SRE best practices to
About the Role: We are seeking a proactive and technically skilled Product Support Engineer to join our team on a temporary basis (contract) and provide customer-facing technical support for our compressed Large Language Models (LLMs) and API services. * Assist customers with API integration, usage, and best practices for performance and reliability.
About the Role: We are seeking a proactive and technically skilled Product Support Engineer to join our team on a temporary basis (contract) and provide customer-facing technical support for our compressed Large Language Models (LLMs) and API services. * Assist customers with API integration, usage, and best practices for performance and reliability.
About Teramind - Teramind is the leading platform for user behavior analytics, serving multiple use cases from insider risk mitigation to business process optimization. With our comprehensive suite of solutions, organizations gain unprecedented visibility into user activities while enhancing security, optimizing productivity, and ensuring compliance. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and businesses of all sizes across industries, our innovative platform helps organizations protect sensitive data, maximize workforce performance, and create safer, more efficient digital workplaces. Through real-time monitoring and advanced analytics, we enable businesses to safeguard their most sensitive information while optimizing employee productivity in both in-office and remote work environments. Our Core Values - At Teramind, our values drive everything we do.
About Teramind - Teramind is the leading platform for user behavior analytics, serving multiple use cases from insider risk mitigation to business process optimization. With our comprehensive suite of solutions, organizations gain unprecedented visibility into user activities while enhancing security, optimizing productivity, and ensuring compliance. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and businesses of all sizes across industries, our innovative platform helps organizations protect sensitive data, maximize workforce performance, and create safer, more efficient digital workplaces. Through real-time monitoring and advanced analytics, we enable businesses to safeguard their most sensitive information while optimizing employee productivity in both in-office and remote work environments. Our Core Values - At Teramind, our values drive everything we do.
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