Fortice

About the Company

We are an independent, purpose-driven recruitment consultancy who exist to help build great businesses.

We partner with organisations across consulting and technology , connecting good people to create and scale the businesses shaping tomorrow.

Our team are trusted to deliver critically important projects in both the Public and Private sectors focusing on developing technology to make the UK a safer place.

Brought together through shared values, the team are our greatest asset. As a collective, we subscribe to empathetic and empowering leadership methodologies.

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Company Name

Fortice

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer - DV Cleared

Job Description

**Job Title** Senior Software Engineer – DV Cleared **Role Summary** Design, develop, test, and maintain secure, mission‑critical software solutions for the national security domain. Lead technical direction on Java microservices, front‑end technologies, Python, container platforms, and cloud services while applying Agile best practices. **Expectations** - Hold a current enhanced DV clearance. - Deliver high‑quality, maintainable code within fast‑paced, security‑centric projects. - Collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams; challenge and steer projects toward optimal solutions. - Uphold security, compliance, and performance standards throughout the development lifecycle. **Key Responsibilities** - Architect and build scalable Java microservices using Spring Boot. - Develop front‑end components with JavaScript/React/Node/TypeScript. - Implement data‑processing or utility modules in Python. - Design, deploy, and manage containers using Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift. - Build and support infrastructure in AWS, ensuring secure and resilient operations. - Participate in Agile ceremonies, defining stories, estimating effort, and driving continuous improvement. - Conduct code reviews, unit/integration testing, and performance tuning. - Document design decisions, API contracts, and operational procedures. **Required Skills** - Proficient in Java (Spring Boot) and related ecosystem. - Strong experience with JavaScript/React/Node/TypeScript. - Solid Python programming background. - Expertise in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift). - AWS architecture and operations knowledge. - Agile methodology experience (Scrum or Kanban). - Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills. **Required Education & Certifications** - Current Enhanced DV Clearance. - Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (preferred).

Cheltenham, United kingdom

On site

Senior

24-11-2025

Company Name

Fortice

Job Title

Software Engineer

Job Description

**Job title** Software Engineer – Mid‑Lead Level – Security & Defence **Role Summary** Design, develop and maintain secure, mission‑critical software for national security projects. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to build scalable, high‑integrity solutions within a low‑trust, high‑sensitivity environment. **Expectations** * Hold an active eDV clearance. * Demonstrate experience in a mid‑lead technical role with proven delivery record. * Exhibit strong communication and collaboration skills across DevOps, Data, Cyber, and Architecture disciplines. **Key Responsibilities** * Architect, code, test, integrate and deploy secure software solutions. * Apply secure coding practices and systems engineering principles to meet mission‑critical requirements. * Work in agile, iterative environments to deliver incremental value. * Partner with clients and security stakeholders to ensure compliance, reliability and performance. * Participate in evolution of architecture, tooling and best practices across the team. **Required Skills** * Proficient in modern programming languages: Python, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript. * Experience designing and implementing secure, scalable systems. * Understanding of secure coding standards and threat modelling. * Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and DevOps tools (CI/CD, containerisation). * Comfortable with agile methodologies and iterative delivery. * Strong problem‑solving, debugging and documentation skills. **Required Education & Certifications** * Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or related field. * Active eDV or equivalent security clearance. * Relevant security or software development certifications (e.g., CISSP, GCFL, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are a plus.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

02-12-2025

Company Name

Fortice

Job Title

SC cleared Data Scientist/ML Engineer - Generative AI, Python, LLM

Job Description

**Job title** SC Cleared Data Scientist/ML Engineer – Generative AI, Python, LLM **Role Summary** Contract Data Scientist/ML Engineer with Security Clearance to design, develop, and deploy generative AI solutions (LLM & RAG) for a secure public‑sector project. Work remotely with occasional UK travel and deliver production‑ready Python code and embedding pipelines that transform unstructured data into high‑quality, machine‑readable datasets for large language models. **Expections** - Hold current UK Security Clearance (SC) - Fully remote with periodic travel to the UK - Deliver solutions on schedule with minimal supervision - Communicate findings clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders **Key Responsibilities** - Analyse, clean, and structure complex datasets for LLM consumption - Design and optimise Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) datasets, embedding pipelines, and retrieval strategies - Implement and evaluate embeddings‑based search using vector databases (FAISS, Weaviate, Chroma) - Conduct exploratory data analysis, data‑quality assessment, anomaly detection, and data validation - Translate manual human processes into machine‑interpretable logic for GenAI integration - Produce modular, production‑ready Python code with thorough documentation - Evaluate LLM and RAG system performance using modern metrics, retrieval scoring, re‑ranking, and hallucination checks - Present technical results to diverse audiences **Required Skills** - Proven Python engineering (exploratory & production) - Expertise in EDA and data analysis - Strong knowledge of LLM data preparation: prompt engineering, embeddings, chunking, hybrid search, re‑ranking, vector DBs - Experience designing RAG datasets and optimizing retrieval pipelines - Ability to transform ambiguous, unstructured data into validated, structured datasets - Data quality assurance, validation and documentation skills - Excellent communication of technical findings - Familiarity with AWS services is a plus **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or related field - Relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning, TensorFlow Certified Developer) are advantageous but not mandatory ---

United kingdom

Remote

09-12-2025

Company Name

Fortice

Job Title

DevOps Consultant - Cloud & Platform Advisory

Job Description

**Job Title** DevOps Consultant – Cloud and Platform Advisory **Role Summary** Provide strategic and technical guidance to large organisations and government clients, transforming their cloud and platform engineering capabilities through DevOps, platform‑as‑a‑product, and emerging technology solutions. Deliver end‑to‑end consulting from strategy to implementation while driving measurable business outcomes. **Expactations** - Deliver client‑centric advisory work that improves engineering performance and efficiency. - Lead and participate in capability assessments, road‑mapping, and operational model design. - Influence senior stakeholders, mentor teams, and maintain expertise in cloud, DevOps, SRE, CI/CD, observability, and AI/ML. - Pursue and maintain relevant industry certifications and contribute to thought leadership. **Key Responsibilities** - Assess and design end‑to‑end DevOps and platform engineering capabilities for enterprise and government customers. - Develop and present maturity roadmaps, operating models, and product strategies, emphasizing platform‑as‑a‑product and user‑centric design. - Define and drive OKRs, KPIs and processes to improve engineering delivery performance. - Maximise utilisation of existing toolsets (ITSM, automation, observability) and recommend new solutions (internal developer portals, orchestration, generative AI). - Lead cross‑functional workstreams (product, engineering, operations, security) and mentor junior consultants. - Deliver presentations, workshops and training to clients and internal teams. **Required Skills** - Deep knowledge of DevOps, SRE, CI/CD, DevSecOps and cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP, hybrid). - Experience in agile transformation, consulting and client‑facing delivery. - Strong analytical, problem‑solving and communication skills. - Ability to model and optimise operating models, processes, and automation. - Familiarity with observability, monitoring, ITSM and emerging AI/ML concepts. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (Master’s preferred). - Professional certifications in cloud (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, GCP Professional Cloud Architect) and recognised DevOps or SRE (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, CA SRE). - Ability to obtain UK Security Check (SC) clearance; eligibility for Developed Vetting (DV) where required.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

09-12-2025