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Job Title: IT/0T Consultant & Architect - Immediate start Location: Central London - 2/3 days a week Salary/Rate: 690 Start Date: Immediate start! Duration: 4 months A global technology and engineering organisation delivering digital, infrastructure, and industrial solutions across multiple sectors are looking for an experienced IT/OT Consultant & Architect with excellent UNS/data architecture experience is immediately required by global professional services for high profile manufacturing industry assignment. Candidates applying must be able to work on client site, 2/3 days per week in Central London. IT/OT Consultant & Architect - Key Responsibilities Conduct multi-site OT assessments, maturity evaluations, and discovery activities across manufacturing facilities to establish the OT baseline, identify gaps, and define standardization opportunities. Lead workshops, site surveys, Gemba walks, and stakeholder interviews to analyze OT systems, industrial networks, data flows, PLC/SCADA/Historian environments, and IT/OT integration landscapes. Define scalable OT Data Foundation and North-Star Reference Architectures encompassing edge, cloud, cybersecurity, integration, and enterprise manufacturing data platforms. Design and standardize OT information models, asset hierarchies, naming conventions, and governance frameworks to enable consistent, trusted, and interoperable manufacturing data across sites. Architect industrial connectivity and data integration solutions using OPC UA, MQTT, Historians, and Unified Namespace (UNS) principles to support real-time data access, enterprise visibility, and AI-ready manufacturing ecosystems. Develop transformation roadmaps, technology standards, deployment strategies, and business cases that align OT modernization initiatives with operational excellence, cybersecurity, and digital manufacturing objectives. If you have the skills and experience we're looking for and are ready for your next opportunity, please apply now!

QE Architect - Insurance Sector - York Working Location: York - 2-3 days per week Salary/Rate: £525-£545 a day Inside IR35 Start Date: October Job Type:12-month Contract Company Introduction We have an exciting opportunity available with a leading Insurance Sector client, who are undergoing a major technology transformation programme. They are looking for an experienced QE Architect to provide strategic and hands-on Quality Engineering leadership across a large portfolio spanning Digital CX, CRM, Data, AI, Cloud and Integration. Job Responsibilities/Objectives As QE Architect, you will be responsible for defining and driving the Quality Engineering strategy across a complex technology transformation portfolio, establishing modern engineering practices that improve automation, release confidence and overall software quality. Define and govern the enterprise QE strategy and architecture , establishing standards for automation, continuous testing, quality gates, risk-based assurance and release readiness across multiple transformation programmes. Architect and evolve automation frameworks covering UI, API, data, integration, performance, accessibility, security and AI testing, ensuring automation is Embedded throughout CI/CD pipelines. Drive AI-led Quality Engineering , including the adoption of AI-assisted test generation, intelligent defect analysis, self-healing automation, prompt testing, ML validation and Agentic AI testing approaches. Provide quality architecture across a diverse technology landscape , including Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, OutSystems, Azure APIM, GCP data platforms, APIs, event-driven integrations and AI/ML products. Champion shift-left and engineering-led quality practices , promoting TDD, BDD, continuous testing and risk-based testing within Agile, DevOps Required Technical Expertise Programming Languages Deep hands-on expertise in: TypeScript, JavaScript, C# Python, PyTest, SQL Strong understanding of: Object-oriented programming API development and testing Data engineering concepts Cloud-native architectures Microservices architectures If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format. Disclaimer Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies. Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.