Developer
Southampton 1 day / 4 days remote
Salary: circa 40K

Benefits: Healthcare, car discounts, 26 days leave, pension plan, mental health support, excellent training and career progression opportunities

A well-established B2B company with a global client base is celebrating its most successful year yet, with 33% projected growth in 2025. Its client relationships are stronger than ever, and staff retention is at an all-time high.

We are seeking a talented Developer to join their growing team. You will be involved in developing web-based applications, backend services, and supporting cloud-based infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop web applications and REST services using NodeJS, JavaScript, and MySQL
• Support cloud infrastructure and resolve production issues
• Collaborate across departments to deliver solutions
• Follow development best practices and security policies

Key Skills:

• Experience in software development (server-side/front-end)
• Knowledge of NodeJS, Express, SQL
• Experience with AWS (desirable)
• Strong collaboration skills and a desire to learn

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team, with hybrid working options and excellent benefits. If you’re ready to develop your career in a dynamic environment, apply today!

Resilience Remediation BA - MUFG

Notes from Deerfoot Recruitment (25/04)

As a trusted recruitment partner to MUFG for close to 15 years, we have been informed of an upcoming contract opening for a ‘Resilience Remediation BA’. This role is currently in the approval process and is expected to be formally released within the next 1-2 weeks. While specific details such as the day rate and contract length are pending final signoff, MUFG typically offers market rates, and contracts usually last a minimum of 6 months with frequent renewals. Please note that contractors at MUFG are usually required to work onsite full-time, five days a week. Deerfoot is proactively collecting applications in anticipation of this imminent requirement. Once the role is formally open, we will promptly present applicants to MUFG.

Full Job Description

Overview of Department/Section

The role of MUFG Technology Resilience is to ensure that critical business services’ underlying processes, systems and applications are resilient and can, where possible, continue to be provided to service users even in the event of disruption.

Main Purpose of The Role

The Digital Operational Resilience Act 2022/2554 (“DORA”) provides a regulatory framework for participants within the financial sector to adequately prevent, respond and recover from cyber disruptions through a homogenous digital operational resilience strategy. The focus of DORA is specifically in relation to ICT-related risks and disruption and ensuring digital operational resilience.

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst with experience of Anomalous Activity Detection and Systems Monitoring with a strong focus on ensuring resilience in line with regulation including Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and Operational Resilience (SS1-21). This role is critical to strengthening our organisation’s operational resilience by ensuring that the correct level of monitoring is in place to highlight and mitigate potential system outages in a timely fashion to minimise potential disruptions.

The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that IT processes, controls, and practices align with regulatory requirements, helping safeguard our digital platform and maintain compliance across all IT operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing workshops to identify Anomalous Activity Detection and Systems Monitoring gaps
• Mapping of Critical and Important Functions/Important Business Services to existing Systems Monitoring configurations
• Developing plans to uplift monitoring to meet required regulatory standards
• Updating policies, procedures and standards to align with future state where required
• Collaborating with Tooling developers to ensure that Anomalous Activity and Systems Monitoring requirements are covered
• Review of Regulatory Technical Standards and Implementation Technical Standards and subsequent comparison/modification to current requirements
• Developing and/or uplifting reporting templates to meet DORA regulatory requirements

Skills / Experience

The role holder will ideally have 5+ years of experience supporting financial institution(s) to deliver regulatory initiatives in the capacity of a Business Analyst.

• Demonstratable evidence of working on similar operational resilience projects or regulatory compliance programmes within the financial sector
• Knowledge and general understanding of EU DORA Act
• Knowledge of ICT Related Systems Monitoring processes and controls, in particular Cyber Anomalous Activity detection
• Knowledge of EBA, PRA, ESMA regulation and Operational Resilience regulatory requirements would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of ITIL and ServiceNow
• Degree educated and / or equivalent experience.

Personal Requirements

• Evidence of effective communication skills both written and verbal including presentations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• An ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
• A structured and logical approach to work
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Experience using JIRA to track project activities

Deerfoot IT Recruitment & MUFG

• Deerfoot IT has been a leading partner on MUFG’s preferred supplier list for IT Recruitment (across perm, FTC and day rate contracts) for more than 12 years, making us the longest standing partner on their PSL.
• We received MUFG’s UK Supplier of the Year award for our delivery on day rate contract hires.
• We share a trusted relationship with MUFG’s internal talent acquisition team and hiring manager’s

Why Apply through Deerfoot?

• We provide an impartial and consultative service that centres on equipping you with comprehensive and trustworthy insights regarding opportunities, devoid of any manipulative or coercive techniques.
• Client-side stakeholders place their confidence in our market knowledge and unbiased approach, leading to impressive CV submission to interview/offer ratios. Candidates represented by Deerfoot stand out rather than getting lost in the crowd.
• Our efforts are dedicated to securing the optimal outcome on your behalf. Upon reaching the offer stage, we engage in diplomatic negotiations to ensure the most favourable salary or day rate is achieved.
• For over two decades, we have undergone annual audits by BSI (the global leader in business process standards), consistently achieving the BSI 9001 Quality Standard without fail.
• As a REC Corporate Member, which is the recognised trade body for our industry, we firmly adhere to and uphold their code of Professional Practice
• With every candidate's CV that we present to a recruiting client, we contribute £1 to the Born Free Foundation.
• Since 2020, we have operated as a climate action workforce through Ecologi, effectively offsetting the entire carbon footprint of all our employees.

You can learn more about Deerfoot IT on our website here. You can also review our privacy notice here.

Contract Data Modeler
Location: Remote
Day Rate: £450 - £550 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract Duration: Initial 6 months

Deerfoot Recruitment is assisting one of our established retail clients in sourcing an experienced Data Modeler to support a large-scale IT transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the rebuild of a major organisation’s data landscape using cutting-edge, cloud-based technologies.

The successful contractor will join a collaborative data team, playing a critical role in designing and developing robust data models to support analytics, reporting, and operational systems. Working across business units, this role will focus on data strategy, modelling standards, and the migration of data from legacy systems into a modern Azure-based environment.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling
• Excellent knowledge of metadata management and data governance principles
• Proficiency in SQL and Python
• Understanding of data warehousing, ETL processes, and modern data platforms (Azure preferred)
• Experience with tools such as Visio and data modelling software
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Preferred:
Experience with Azure Synapse, Power BI, and certification in data management (e.g., CDMP or Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer).

Technology Resilience – IT Service Continuity and Testing Manager

Location: London – EC2Y 9AN (Moorgate Tube) – Fully Onsite 5 Days per Week
Type: Contractor – Inside IR35 via Umbrella PAYE
Apply Here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Deerfoot1/MUFGITServiceContinuityTestingManager

About The Department/Section

Service Management is responsible for the design and delivery of 'route to Production' tooling and services, including CAB chair. Provide enterprise class system monitoring, plus 24/7/365 batch control, delivery of all TEC Resilience events and management of the ServiceNow platform.

The Technology Resilience function manage the technology resilience framework on behalf of MUFG EMEA in order to ensure systems have the ability to adapt, recover and withstand disruption, thereby ensuring continuous functionality and performance of the business. Technology Resilience manage, coordinate and monitor the service design, acceptance and on-going performance of the operational environment across the EMEA IT estate against key metrics, whilst delivering effective Incident Management, Problem Management and ITSCM Activities (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery).

IT Service Continuity & Operational Readiness governs transition of EMEA program/projects into LIVE to maximise ongoing support & maintenance by the BAU teams and therefore reducing risk to the production estate. It further governs, coordinates and oversees technology resiliency exercises for London across both MUFG Bank London & MUS London (EU). It additionally supports regional branch resiliency exercises, & coordinates corporate technology support for facilities or branch driven power up/down activities.

IT Service Continuity coordinates and oversees technology resiliency exercises for EMEA region across both MUFG Bank & MUFG Securities (London & EU). It additionally supports regional branch resiliency exercises, & coordinates corporate technology support for facilities or branch driven power up/down activities.

Main Purpose of the Role

We are seeking an experienced IT Service Continuity and Testing Manager with a strong focus on ensuring resilience in line with regulation including Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). This role is critical to strengthening our organisation’s operational resilience by ensuring Disaster Recovery and Scenario Testing Events are systematically managed and risks highlighted and mitigated with lessons learned. All Events consider will require considered reporting and implementation of preventative measures to minimise potential disruptions. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that IT processes, controls, and practices align with regulatory requirements, helping safeguard our digital platform and maintain compliance across all IT operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Manage (planning and execution) of Disaster Recovery exercises on behalf of the service continuity team
• Managing workshops/desktop exercises within Technology covering infrastructure and cyber domains
• Coordinating technology support for facilities driven activities e.g. power up/down events
• Update & Maintenance of internal system of record to track application DR statuses
• Collaborating with technology pillars to drive individual application DR tests
• Maintenance / Review of DR documentation
• Ensuring timely creation and submission of management status report related to technology resilience including service management, detailed technology pillar, DR exercises etc.
• Ensure timely creation and submission of management status reports at CHIP & Operational Resilience Practitioners forums
• Representation of service continuity status at formal forums e.g. CHIP, Operational Resilience Practitioners forums as required
• Driving service continuity functional framework & process enhancements in accordance with regulatory (PRA, DORA, etc.) mandates
• Developing and managing engagement / relationships / reporting with regional internal technology and non-technology stakeholders including Operational Resilience, Operational Risk, Audit and Corporate Services
• Developing and managing engagement / relationships / reporting with non-regional stakeholders including Head office and Securities International
• Mentoring junior members of the team to drive execution of all day to day activities undertaken by service continuity
• Providing initial contact point for all service continuity activities for junior members of the team
• Support the IT Service Continuity & Operational Readiness Manager in planning, execution and maintenance of the service continuity Book of Work and strategic roadmap
• Support IT Service Continuity & Operational Readiness Manager in identifying & developing remediation strategies for any gaps in process or functional coverage.
• Ensure service continuity functional alignment to published policies and processes
• Ensuring timely escalation of issues/risks to line management
• Supporting ad-hoc out of hours work related to service continuity activities e.g. DR tests. Power downs etc
• Support all Audit, Risk, Control and Outsource activities on behalf of the Service Management group
• Provide support across the wider Technology Resilience function

Requirements

Essential;

• Capability to develop and run Scenario Testing in line with regulatory expectations.
• Experience of working in a financial regulated environment
• Sufficient depth technical infrastructure knowledge and experience needed to be able to interpret and provide feedback of DR recovery plan
• Experience and understanding of the principles of what different types of technology do and how they work with each other, such as, but not limited to , networking, Virtual servers , data replication , databases and backup technology
• Ability to make quick and rational decisions (up to authorised level) during DR testing
• Ability to propose remedial/mitigation options for any issues/risk that enables management decisions

Functional / Technical Competencies;

• Deep understanding of Business Continuity and Technology Domains
• IT project management skills and experience (ideally PRINCE2)
• ITIL Foundation (or above) preferred.
• Experience of working with Legal, Compliance and Risk functions, and senior stakeholders
• Able to demonstrate a broad technical understanding of the infrastructure stack (for example: networking, voice, storage, virtualization, compute platforms [server and desktop], operating systems, data center management, capacity planning, event management etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal skills, and must be able to document and articulate to others any key issues.
• Able to lead and constructively participate in white board type design and review sessions
• Able to rapidly evaluate and understand new products within the department’s scope
• A team player, approachable and flexible but also able to work independently
• Drive the building of a service excellence culture, always putting the customer, our people and our business at the center of everything undertaken.
• Experience of ITSM Toolsets including ServiceNow

Education / Qualifications:

•   Degree educated (preferably Computer Science or similar and/or similar work experience

•   Business Continuity qualifications

Deerfoot IT Recruitment & MUFG

• Deerfoot IT has been a leading partner on MUFG’s preferred supplier list for IT Recruitment (across perm, FTC and day rate contracts) for more than 12 years, making us the longest standing partner on their PSL.
• We received MUFG’s UK Supplier of the Year award for our delivery on day rate contract hires.
• We share a trusted relationship with MUFG’s internal talent acquisition team and hiring manager’s

Why Apply through Deerfoot?

• We provide an impartial and consultative service that centres on equipping you with comprehensive and trustworthy insights regarding opportunities, devoid of any manipulative or coercive techniques.
• Client-side stakeholders place their confidence in our market knowledge and unbiased approach, leading to impressive CV submission to interview/offer ratios. Candidates represented by Deerfoot stand out rather than getting lost in the crowd.
• Our efforts are dedicated to securing the optimal outcome on your behalf. Upon reaching the offer stage, we engage in diplomatic negotiations to ensure the most favourable salary or day rate is achieved.
• For over two decades, we have undergone annual audits by BSI (the global leader in business process standards), consistently achieving the BSI 9001 Quality Standard without fail.
• As a REC Corporate Member, which is the recognised trade body for our industry, we firmly adhere to and uphold their code of Professional Practice
• With every candidate's CV that we present to a recruiting client, we contribute £1 to the Born Free Foundation.
• Since 2020, we have operated as a climate action workforce through Ecologi, effectively offsetting the entire carbon footprint of all our employees.

You can learn more about Deerfoot IT on our website here. You can also review our privacy notice here.

Build and Deployment Engineer

Location: London – EC2Y 9AN (Moorgate Tube) – Fully Onsite 5 Days per Week
Type: Contractor – Inside IR35 via Umbrella PAYE – Rate TBC
Apply Here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Deerfoot1/MUFGBuildDeploymentEngineer

Initial Notes from Deerfoot

The status of this role is pre-release and undergoing approvals. As a preferred recruitment partner to MUFG, we were asked to benchmark this role on Monday, 14th April. The role has yet to be formally approved. This means we cannot currently confirm the budgeted day rate or contract length (however, MUFG typically pay market rates, and contracts are usually an initial 6-12 months with a high likelihood of renewals). Roles are typically officially released 1 to 2 weeks after benchmarking requests are received, but in some cases, it can take longer – we will keep you updated. During this time, we invite candidates to pre-apply so that once applications open they are among the first to be considered. When applications do open, they only usually remain open for three days before shortlisting for interviews begins.

Once a role is approved, we are usually invited to a briefing call with the hiring manager, where we learn more about the role and ask questions. If you have any questions we are currently unable to answer, we can ask them on your behalf during this call (pop these into the last question on the application form).

We will provide regular updates on the role's status as it goes through approvals. Please note that we will not share any details of your application with MUFG until after the role has been approved, we have confirmed the day rate and contract length, and you remain happy to continue with a formal application.

Additionally, during this time, you may be contacted by other agencies from MUFG’s small list of preferred recruitment partners. To avoid duplicate applications, we would kindly ask you to inform them that you have already been informed about the role by Deerfoot and are already in the process of applying. Thank You.

About MUFG

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG has a global network with 1,100 offices in over 40 countries. The Group has over 140,000 employees, offering services including corporate banking, commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, personal and corporate trust, and transaction banking.

The Group’s operating companies include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Japan’s leading trust bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest securities firms.

MUFG conducts securities business internationally through its overseas subsidiaries MUFG Securities EMEA plc, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., MUFG Securities Asia Limited. and MUFG Securities Asia (Singapore) Limited. With each member of the group working in partnership with one another, MUFG provides best in class service and products to corporate and institutional clients.

Main Purpose of the Role

The Build and Deployment Engineer is responsible for the development, support, and maintenance of the systems and services that provide the Build and Deployment function.

The role services all application teams providing source code management, CI/CD, deployment orchestration and security scanning and analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the approval and delegation of Build and Deployment Requests/Incidents
• Responsible for the maintenance and stability of the Build and Deployment platform toolsets
• Responsible for supporting and implementing policies and procedures of the wider Service Transition team, pertaining to the Build and Deployment function
• Responsible for supporting architectural improvements of the Build and Deployment team
• Responsible for the roll out of new technologies and tools required by the Build and Deployment Team
• Responsible for ensuring that all responses and resolutions to Build and Deployment incidents and requests are in line with build and deployment strategy
• Responsible for engaging with internal stakeholders to gain their feedback and agreement on any new policies and initiatives, aligning to industry standard, business strategy and external influences.
• Responsible for maintaining and enhancing good working relationships between TEC stakeholders and the Build and Deployment team
• Responsible and accountable for leading on Build and Deployment projects, as assigned by management
• Responsible and accountable for providing technical assistance to the onboarding of new technologies to the Build and Deployment platform
• Authority and accountable to act as main Point of Contact in the absence of Head of Build and Deployment team
• Authority to represent the Build and Deployment team in CAB
• Authority to submit audit evidence
• Accountable for the support and improvement of Build and Deployment team resources, both on and off-shore

Risk Management

• Accountable and responsible for the identification of key risks within the team, assessing and mitigating those risks in accordance with the appropriate risk management framework.
• Accountable for the control of operational incidents across the team, identifying root causes and supporting the improvement of necessary controls and processes to prevent a recurrence.

Governance

• In conjunction with EMEA IT Risk, Security and Control, accountable that all regulatory requirements are fully complied with, including SOX and FFEIC assessments and appropriate defences and controls are in place to deal with all cyber risks.

Culture and Leadership

• Accountable for the promotion the MUFG values-led culture which is inclusive and diverse.
• Accountable to promote a dynamic, delivery driven culture that works alongside business units to provide responsive resolutions and value driven solutions.
• Collective leadership by example on staff cyber education and awareness to embed a proactive cyber culture.

Requirements / Experience Of

• Experienced in build and system integration tooling and methodologies, ideally using TeamCity, Jenkins, Artifactory, ServiceNow, Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Experienced in providing a secure and version controlled source code repository, ideally GitHub or Subversion.
• Experienced in release preparation and delivery management.
• Proven track record of delivering programs and projects to improve how IT environments are managed and service is delivered.
• Experienced in dealing with vendors and third party suppliers.

Apply Here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Deerfoot1/MUFGBuildDeploymentEngineer

Deerfoot IT Recruitment & MUFG

• Deerfoot IT has been a leading partner on MUFG’s preferred supplier list for IT Recruitment (across perm, FTC and day rate contracts) for more than 13 years, making us the longest standing partner on their PSL.
• We received MUFG’s UK Supplier of the Year award for our delivery on day rate contract hires.
• We share a trusted relationship with MUFG’s internal talent acquisition team and hiring manager’s

Why Apply through Deerfoot?

• We provide an impartial and consultative service that centres on equipping you with comprehensive and trustworthy insights regarding opportunities, devoid of any manipulative or coercive techniques.
• Client-side stakeholders place their confidence in our market knowledge and unbiased approach, leading to impressive CV submission to interview/offer ratios. Candidates represented by Deerfoot stand out rather than getting lost in the crowd.
• Our efforts are dedicated to securing the optimal outcome on your behalf. Upon reaching the offer stage, we engage in diplomatic negotiations to ensure the most favourable salary or day rate is achieved.
• For over two decades, we have undergone annual audits by BSI (the global leader in business process standards), consistently achieving the BSI 9001 Quality Standard without fail.
• As a REC Corporate Member, which is the recognised trade body for our industry, we firmly adhere to and uphold their code of Professional Practice
• With every candidate's CV that we present to a recruiting client, we contribute £1 to the Born Free Foundation.
• Since 2020, we have operated as a climate action workforce through Ecologi, effectively offsetting the entire carbon footprint of all our employees.

You can learn more about Deerfoot IT on our website here. You can also review our privacy notice here.

Azure Enterprise Architect
Location: Hybrid – with travel to client sites across the UK
Salary: Up to £100k

Deerfoot IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced Azure Enterprise Architect to join a prestigious and award-winning Microsoft partner. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and technically skilled architect to join a dynamic and collaborative team, delivering cloud-first solutions to a broad portfolio of clients across various industries.

This hybrid role requires flexibility for occasional travel to client sites within the UK.

Role Overview:
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure. Acting as a strategic bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, the Azure Enterprise Architect will lead the development of secure, scalable, and high-performance architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and deliver Azure-based solution designs tailored to client needs
• Advocate best practices and Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) principles
• Define and implement usage patterns for new Azure technologies
• Be hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Azure DevOps pipelines
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful cloud adoption and transformation

Skills & Experience Required:

• Strong expertise in Azure services including vWAN, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure SQL, AKS, and more
• Proficient in Terraform and Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of Microsoft CAF and WAF
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD best practices
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles

Desirable Skills:

• Familiarity with Microservices Architecture and containerisation
• Background in data management and governance
• Azure certifications (preferred)

Why Apply?
This role offers the chance to work with a leading Microsoft partner in a cloud-native environment, surrounded by collaborative, diverse teams. Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working along with access to cutting-edge technologies and a culture that champions continuous learning.