Fruition IT

About the Company

We’re an independent, service driven recruitment agency that sources high quality, talented individuals to fill permanent and contract roles across the Technology, Clean Technology & Cyber Security sectors.

Since we were established in March 2008 we’ve achieved outstanding success with clients and candidates throughout the UK, US and Europe. We’ve built up rewarding relationships with many of them that continue to this day.

Our success is based on four key attributes:

• our skills and expertise in the recruitment profession
• our unique insight into the specialist markets we operate within
• our commitment to driving high service standards, and
• our passion for delivering results.

These underpin every solution for each opportunity we’re given.

We’re passionate about what we do, and we’re totally dedicated to providing the highest levels of service possible to clients and candidates alike.

We're a team of individuals with a passion for connecting people with each other, candidates and companies - so they can inspire each other and make great things happen.

Our business has been built on referrals and recommendations from the people we’ve worked with. Those referrals come from candidates as well as the companies we recruit people for – because we recognise candidates’ importance in making the recruitment process successful.

So you won’t hear us making promises we can’t deliver, fobbing you off with excuses or being economical with the truth. We help to make the decisions that are right for you.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Fruition IT

Job Title

Solutions Architect - Azure

Job Description

**Job title:** Solutions Architect – Azure **Role Summary:** Design and drive enterprise‑scale architecture for digital transformation, cloud adoption, greenfield development, and application modernisation for a global financial services client. Serve as the technical bridge between business stakeholders and engineering teams, ensuring scalable, integrated, and future‑ready solutions. **Expectations:** - Lead architecture design across digital, cloud, and application domains. - Translate complex business requirements into robust, well‑documented enterprise architectures. - Champion technical vision across cross‑functional, global teams. - Deliver high‑quality solutions within schedule and budget, prioritising impactful outputs. **Key Responsibilities:** - Architect cloud‑native solutions using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services. - Define microservices, API, and BPM strategies; model workflows with UML/BPMN; knowledge of ArchiMate or BizzDesign is a plus. - Mentor development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural best practices. - Manage stakeholder expectations, providing clear guidance on system design and trade‑offs. - Lead end‑to‑end delivery of large‑scale IT projects, from concept through implementation and optimisation. - Continuously evaluate and recommend improvements to architecture, technology, and processes. **Required Skills:** - Proven Solution Architecture experience in enterprise applications, software engineering, microservices, APIs, and BPM. - Hands‑on Azure expertise (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). - Strong knowledge of design patterns, architectural modeling, and documentation standards. - Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills. - Creative problem‑solving, risk management, and delivery focus. - Ability to prioritise, meet deadlines, and deliver high‑quality outputs. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. - Azure certifications (e.g., AZ‑305, AZ‑104) or equivalent cloud architecture credentials are preferred.

Manchester, United kingdom

On site

04-11-2025

Company Name

Fruition IT

Job Title

Senior Information Security Engineer - 8 Month FTC

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Information Security Engineer – 8 Month FTC Role Summary: Lead security architecture and operations for a FTSE client’s cloud‑native portfolio, ensuring secure design, deployment, and ongoing protection of infrastructure and applications across the organization. Expectations: - Deliver end‑to‑end security solutions on an 8‑month fixed‑term contract. - Influence cross‑functional teams to embed security best practices from inception to production. - Provide expert guidance, threat assessments, and vulnerability mitigation across multiple business units. Key Responsibilities: - Collaborate with engineering, platform, and product teams to integrate security into design, deployment, and operations. - Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and security analysis of architectures. - Advise on and enforce secure coding, configuration, and deployment standards. - Deploy and manage cloud‑based security controls (primarily AWS). - Champion consistent security practices and tooling across the organization. - Identify and remediate vulnerabilities, coordinating with stakeholders to mitigate risks. Required Skills: - Extensive experience in security engineering and consulting across cross‑functional teams. - Proven ability to perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and security analyses. - Hands‑on expertise securing AWS deployments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). - Practical implementation experience with real‑world security solutions. - Strong collaboration and influence skills, able to embed best practices. - Deep passion for information security and awareness of emerging threats and technologies. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience). - Relevant security certifications preferred: CISSP, CISM, CEH, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent.

Leeds, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

11-11-2025

Company Name

Fruition IT

Job Title

Senior Platform Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Senior Platform Engineer Role Summary: Design, build, and maintain internal tools, services, and platforms that enable reliable, secure, and efficient software delivery. Lead CI/CD pipeline development, cloud infrastructure, and runtime environments to improve developer experience at scale. Expectations: Serve as a senior technical leader on platform initiatives; influence engineering practices and standards; mentor junior engineers. Deliver robust, well‑tested solutions with strong security, observability, and scalability. Key Responsibilities: - Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes for cloud‑native applications. - Build and maintain internal services and tooling using Go, Python, or Java. - Architect and operate AWS environments (including CloudFront, ALB, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS/EKS). - Apply infrastructure‑as‑code with Terraform; enforce version control, testing, and review best practices. - Configure observability (Prometheus, Grafana, structured logging) and implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response. - Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in distributed systems across multiple services and environments. - Collaborate with product, release, and delivery teams to refine developer experience and streamline pipelines. - Draft and maintain architecture documentation, run‑books, and security policies. - Evaluate new technologies (Kafka, gRPC, etc.) and recommend improvements. Required Skills: - 5+ years of professional software engineering with strong platform or backend focus. - Proficient in Go, Python, or Java for service development. - Deep expertise in AWS services (CloudFront, ALB, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS/EKS). - Proven experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.). - Hands‑on Terraform/Snippets; containerization with Docker/Kubernetes. - Solid grasp of security principles: threat modeling, secret management, IAM, encryption, network segmentation. - Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK, OpenTelemetry, structured logging. - Strong debugging, distributed tracing, and root‑cause analysis skills. - Collaborative, product‑oriented mindset; exceptional communication and documentation. Bonus: - Experience with Kafka, gRPC, or open‑source contributions. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. - AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional (preferred). ---

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

20-11-2025

Company Name

Fruition IT

Job Title

Senior Backend Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer Role Summary: Lead design, development, and deployment of large-scale, mission‑critical data‑heavy microservices using Python or Java on cloud platforms. Own end‑to‑end system lifecycle from architecture through delivery, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability. Work collaboratively with engineering management and cross‑functional teams to drive technical direction and code quality. Expectations: • Deliver high‑quality, production‑ready code within contracted timeline. • Exhibit ownership of critical components and proactive issue resolution. • Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing. • Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement. • Maintain high engineering standards in fast‑moving, tech‑focused environment. Key Responsibilities: - Design and build scalable backend services, focusing on data processing and performance. - Implement microservice architectures using Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, RDS, etc.). - Integrate message brokering (Kafka) and data stores (Cassandra, relational or NoSQL) as required. - Develop and maintain APIs using gRPC or REST. - Conduct unit, integration, and performance testing; optimize for latency and throughput. - Participate in on‑call rotations and incident response for backend services. - Collaborate with product and data teams to refine requirements and trade‑offs. - Provide architecture recommendations and maintain system documentation. Required Skills: - 5+ years of professional backend development experience. - Advanced proficiency in Python or Java (Java 8+). - Deep hands‑on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices patterns. - Proven ability to design and architect end‑to‑end distributed systems. - Solid understanding of data‑heavy applications, including large‑scale data pipelines. - Familiarity with Kafka, Cassandra, gRPC, and microservice design is highly desirable. - Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills. - Open‑source contributions or community involvement considered a plus. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent professional experience). - Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Developer or Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator) preferred but not mandatory.

England, United kingdom

Remote

Senior

20-11-2025