Vallum Associates

About the Company

Vallum Associates offer best in class talent acquisition on a contingency, retained, or project basis. Through our dedicated sector consultants, our specialised brands have the knowledge and connections to provide tailored hiring and project services across industries :

* Banking & Financial
* Energy, Utilities & Commodities
* Engineering & Renewable
* Insurance Services

Our specialised industry and sector specific consultants are able to offer a personalised experience to fit your needs. Our unique associate consultative approach compliments our own consultant's in-depth industry knowledge, allowing us to draw upon industry-wide connections to offer non- traditional approaches to delivering transformation and complete business growth globally.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Vallum Associates

Job Title

Enterprise Architect

Job Description

**Job Title:** Enterprise Architect **Role Summary:** Contract role providing enterprise architecture expertise across finance, HR, supply chain, and real estate IT initiatives for a regulated, large‑scale environment. Responsible for defining, shaping, and maintaining technology architecture, ensuring alignment with business strategy and compliance. **Exctactations:** - 6‑month rolling contract, remote work, outside IR35. **Key Responsibilities:** - Develop and communicate technology visions, strategies, and roadmaps that align with business objectives. - Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify needs and translate them into architectural solutions. - Produce solution option papers with strategic recommendations, trade‑offs, conflicts, and MVP proposals. - Support business case development to advance initiatives to delivery. - Create reusable architecture patterns to accelerate solution delivery. - Provide architecture design assurance for internal platforms and integrations. - Maintain clean, prioritized backlogs of platform features and enablers with product managers and stakeholders. **Required Skills:** - Expertise in one or more domains: business & application architecture, technology & infrastructure architecture (including integration), data architecture (EIM, data & analytics). - Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with ability to evaluate trade‑offs and recommend solutions. - Proven ability to produce clear, persuasive solution option papers and business cases. - Experience designing reusable architecture patterns and maintaining architecture backlogs. - Excellent communication skills for stakeholder collaboration. - Familiarity with regulated environments and compliance requirements. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. - Industry‑recognized architecture certification preferred (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, FEAP, ArchiMate, ITIL).

United kingdom

Remote

10-11-2025

Company Name

Vallum Associates

Job Title

Data Engineer (Azure)

Job Description

**Job Title:** Data Engineer (Azure) **Role Summary:** Build and maintain scalable data pipelines, ensure data quality and security, develop machine learning models, and deliver business insights using marketing datasets in a financial services context. **Expectations:** Minimum 3 years in banking or financial services; proven experience creating stable, high-performance data pipelines in Scrum teams. **Key Responsibilities:** - Design and manage end-to-end data pipelines for real-time analytics and machine learning. - Monitor data quality, system health, and security compliance. - Collaborate with stakeholders to define business requirements and translate datasets into actionable insights. - Optimize computational grids and graph processing workflows. - Develop ML models to drive financial services use cases. **Required Skills:** - Proficiency in Python, Scala, event streaming, real-time analytics, graph processing, and distributed computing. - Experience with MLFlow and machine learning frameworks. - Strong technical writing and communication skills. - Familiarity with Azure and cloud-based data engineering practices. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Marketing. - Databricks certification preferred.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

11-11-2025

Company Name

Vallum Associates

Job Title

Azure Cloud Developer

Job Description

**Job Title:** Azure Cloud Developer **Role Summary:** Design, develop, and maintain container‑based services on Microsoft Azure. Leverage AKS, ACI, and ACA to build secure, scalable, and automated solutions, ensuring effective integration with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools. **Expectations:** - 4+ years of hands‑on Azure container experience. - Proficiency with Azure Kubernetes Services, container instances, and container apps. - Strong automation skills using GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and monitoring tools (e.g., Kubecost). - Ability to craft secure, scalable architectures and perform continuous improvement. **Key Responsibilities:** - Develop and deploy container workloads on AKS, ACI, and ACA. - Create and manage Helm charts and Helm release pipelines. - Automate build, test, and deployment workflows with GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and scripting (PowerShell, Bash). - Implement monitoring and cost‑tracking solutions using tools like Kubecost and native Azure observability services. - Design secure access controls using Microsoft Entra ID and Azure CLI. - Manage data persistence with Azure Cosmos DB (various APIs) and PostgreSQL, ensuring performance and reliability. - Provide technical guidance and code reviews for container‑focused initiatives. **Required Skills:** - Azure Container Services (AKS, ACI, ACA) - Helm chart development and release management - CI/CD pipeline construction (GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) - Scripting: PowerShell, Bash - Monitoring & cost analysis tools (Kubecost, Azure Monitor) - Azure identity & access management (Entra ID, Azure AD) - Database knowledge: Azure Cosmos DB APIs, PostgreSQL - Container orchestration concepts, networking, and security **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience). - Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (or equivalent Azure certification). ---

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

Junior

11-11-2025

Company Name

Vallum Associates

Job Title

Mechanical Engineer (Hardware System)

Job Description

**Job title:** Mechanical Engineer (Hardware System) **Role Summary:** Design, size, and integrate automotive powertrains for hybrid and electric propulsion systems. Analyze market benchmarks, collaborate cross-functionally, and support next‑generation electrified propulsion development. **Expactations:** - Strong mechanical design and powertrain sizing expertise for automotive. - Proven project management, leadership, and team collaboration. - Ability to interpret benchmarking data and define system requirements. **Key Responsibilities:** - Size and design powertrains to meet vehicle performance and market attributes. - Analyze market benchmarks and technologies for PHEV/MHEV and electric propulsion. - Integrate powertrain hardware with vehicle systems, ensuring mechanical and power interfaces. - Collaborate with software, electrical, and vehicle integration teams to define system requirements. - Support development of next‑generation electrified propulsion systems. **Required Skills:** - Mechanical design and powertrain sizing knowledge. - Practical experience with automotive powertrain systems and operation. - Project management, leadership, teamwork, and communication skills. - Ability to analyze and interpret powertrain benchmarking data. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. - (Preferred) Bachelor’s degree in Automotive Engineering. - (Optional) 5+ years experience in powertrain mechanical sizing for BEV or hybrid vehicles.

Gaydon, United kingdom

On site

Mid level

13-11-2025