Business Development Manager – Defence / Aerospace (UK / Europe)

Salary: Up to £150k + 20% Yearly Bonus
Location: Fully Remote

Right to work in the UK and eligible for SC clearance

We’re working with a pioneering advanced manufacturing business redefining how lightweight composite structures are designed, manufactured, and scaled across aerospace and automotive industries.

With cutting-edge proprietary technology, global customers, and significant recent investment, the business is entering a major growth phase across the UK, Europe, and the US.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a commercially driven Business Development professional to play a key role in scaling adoption across the aerospace and defence ecosystem.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for building and converting a high-value pipeline across the UK and European aerospace market, working closely with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and key stakeholders across engineering and procurement.

Key responsibilities:

• Identify, qualify, and close new business opportunities across aerospace OEMs, Tier 1s, and MROs
• Build and manage a structured pipeline of complex, multi-stakeholder deals
• Develop relationships with engineering leads, programme managers, and procurement teams
• Lead commercial discussions from initial engagement through to contract close (NDAs, proposals, pricing)
• Represent the business at key industry events (e.g. Farnborough Airshow, Paris Air Show, JEC World)
• Collaborate with engineering teams to translate customer requirements into viable composite solutions
• Maintain strong CRM discipline, forecasting accuracy, and pipeline reporting
• Provide market intelligence across competitors, programmes, and emerging demand

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years’ experience in business development or technical sales within aerospace, composites, or advanced manufacturing
• Proven track record of closing complex, long-cycle deals with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers
• Strong technical understanding – able to engage confidently with engineers and technical stakeholders
• Experience navigating large organisations and multi-level decision-making environments
• A structured, process-driven approach to pipeline management
• Willingness to travel across the UK and Europe (approx. 30–40%)
• Strong communication skills – clear, concise, and commercially focused

Desirable:

• Experience with composite materials / CFRP manufacturing
• Understanding of aerospace standards (AS9100, NADCAP, etc.)
• Existing network within the European aerospace supply chain
• Familiarity with CRM tools (e.g. Pipedrive)

Benefits

• Annual bonus up to 20% (performance-based)
• Private healthcare
• Equity options – share in the company’s growth and success
• Pension scheme
• Car allowance (case-by-case)
• Career-defining opportunity at a key scaling stage
• Work at the forefront of next-generation composite manufacturing
• Collaborative, innovation-driven culture
• Opportunity to work with leading global aerospace and defence organisations

To apply or find out more information on the role please send your CV to rebecca@talentlocker.co.uk

Regulatory Compliance Engineer

Remote, (occasional travel, 1-2 days per month)

£50 – 60 p/hour

Initial 12 month fixed term contract

Talent Locker are pleased to be partnered with an innovative engineering consultancy, recruiting for a Regulatory Compliance Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with one of the UK’s key Defence customers, ensuring products meet strict regulatory, safety and legislative requirements across complex, electrical and electronic systems within the maritime environment.

This is a pure regulatory compliance role, focused on ensuring engineering products meet UK and international compliance standards. You will act as a key point of expertise for CE/UKCA marking and associated legislation, working across engineering teams, suppliers, and technical stakeholders to ensure full product conformity.

The role sits within a highly regulated Defence environment, supporting both new product development and in-service equipment.

Responsibilities

• Review supplier documentation including technical files, declarations of conformity, bills of materials, and compliance reports
• Ensure products meet CE / UKCA marking requirements and associated legislation
• Assess compliance against relevant directives including EMC, Low Voltage, RoHS, and REACH
• Liaise with engineers, programme managers, and suppliers to resolve compliance gaps
• Support peer review of technical requirements, compliance matrices, and contract documentation
• Provide expert guidance on regulatory compliance to engineering teams
• Contribute to continuous improvement of compliance processes and governance
• Attend occasional supplier or stakeholder meetings

Key experience required

• Strong experience in product regulatory compliance (CE / UKCA marking essential)
• Background in electrical, electronic, or electro-mechanical engineering
• Experience working with regulated products in industries such as Defence, Aerospace, Maritime, Rail, or similar
• Working knowledge of key regulations including EMC, Low Voltage Directive, RoHS, and REACH
• Experience reviewing technical documentation and supplier compliance evidence

Experience of working in a defence or maritime engineering environment would be advantageous but is not essential.

This position operates a flexible working model and is predominantly remote, with adhoc travel to client sites (likely 1-2 days per week).

Initial 12 month contract with strong potential for extension or permanent employment.

To find out more information or to apply, please send your CV to emma@talentlocker.co.uk

Workplace Specialist - Events, London (Tech Company)

Contract 6 months initially, £300-350 per day, inside IR35 (Umbrella)

A leading tech company is seeking an Events Specialist within their Workplace specialist team to support the London workplace office teams by managing events, meetings, and workplace operations that foster collaboration and company culture. This role involves planning and executing internal and external events for 20–300+ attendees, overseeing conference room scheduling, coordinating food and beverage setups, and partnering with HR, IT, Finance, and vendors to deliver a seamless experience for employees and visitors.

This global tech company are continuing to grow at a rapid pace!

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver world-class service for employees, customers, and visitors.
• Enhance connection, collaboration, and culture through proactive support.
• Manage calendars, bookings, and operational processes (SOPs).
• Support events for engineering, product, and go-to-market teams, including training, kick-offs, recruiting events, and celebrations.
• Maintain consistency with workplace standards and coverage.
• Keep great relationships with the rest of the internal teams
• Support the wider workplace EMEA and Real Estate operations teams on workplace programmes.

Requirements:

• 4+ years’ experience in corporate tech, startup, or hospitality environments.
• Experience in managing internal and external meetings and events.
• Strong background in hospitality/guest services and event management.
• Skilled in Google Workspace and workplace collaboration tools.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and multitasking skills.
• Customer-focused, adaptable, and comfortable with ambiguity.

Why Join?

• Be part of a fast-growing tech company with a dynamic and fun culture.
• Opportunities for career development and growth.
• Opportunities for contract extension or go permanent with the real estate and workplace team.

If you have a passion for hospitality and employee/ guest experience, we want to hear from you!

Backend Software Engineer - Python 

Location: London (in-office 4 days per week, non-negotiable) - Office is near Holborn EC1 - Please do not apply if you cannot get to the office 4 days (Mon-Thursday) per week

Type: Full-time

Reports to: Head of Engineering

Salary: £90,000-£105,000 + benefits

Are you a Senior Python Backend Engineer who thrives on designing and scaling complex systems? Do you enjoy working on data-intensive platforms involving real-time pipelines, streaming architectures, and graph-based services?

This is a hands-on role within a small, research-driven engineering team working on high-complexity systems. You will take ownership of key components from architecture through to production, while contributing to the overall technical direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own backend services and data pipelines in Python
• Develop and operate streaming systems using Kafka or similar technologies
• Work with graph-based data structures and algorithms to support analytics and decision-making
• Build reliable, scalable systems that process real-time data from distributed edge devices
• Lead technical decisions across architecture, tooling, and system design
• Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to deploy models into production
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering best practices
• Improve observability, monitoring, and incident response processes
• Write maintainable, well-tested code and contribute to code reviews

Requirements

• In depth experience of building and operating backend systems in production
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Experience with streaming systems (Kafka, Pulsar, or similar)
• Familiarity with graph data structures and algorithms
• Experience working with databases (MongoDB or similar)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts and trade-offs
• Proven experience owning systems end-to-end
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Ability to make independent technical decisions and clearly communicate trade-offs
• Comfortable working in a small, high-ownership team environment

Compensation & Benefits

• Private health and dental coverage
• 25 days holiday
• Enhanced parental leave
• High-quality hardware
• Additional perks (workspace benefits, team events, and more)

Network Engineer 

Permanent - Up to £80,000

Farnborough - fully on site

Security Clearance : It is an essential requirement for candidates to obtain UK Security Clearance (DV Level) prior to appointment.

We are seeking a highly skilled Network Engineer to support cutting-edge experimentation environments for a high-profile client. This role focuses on the design, implementation, and support of advanced network architectures, working across both WAN and data centre technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Wide Area Network (WAN) architectures
• Deploy and support Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) solutions
• Configure and troubleshoot routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)
• Implement VPNs and network security infrastructure (e.g. IKEv2, Next-Gen Firewalls)
• Produce and execute configurations from High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD)
• Deliver data centre network architectures (Spine-Leaf, EVPN, BGP, Geneve)
• Work with High Assurance IP Encryptors (HAIPE)
• Support and troubleshoot VMware NSX environments
• Deploy and manage whitebox networking solutions (e.g. Mellanox, Cumulus Linux, NVIDIA Networking)
• Implement infrastructure automation using Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools
• Support orchestration and scalable network deployments

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience across enterprise networking principles and protocols
• Hands-on expertise with multi-vendor switching environments
• Proven ability to work with firewalls and security technologies
• Experience in WAN technologies and architectures
• Ability to operate effectively in secure/protectively marked environments
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to work independently under pressure
• Cisco CCNP (or equivalent experience)

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Optimisation Consultant
£50,000 - £60,000 + excellent benefits | Remote / Home Based

This is a newly created role focused on helping existing customers get real value from their ERP Systems, not just fixing issues but actively improving how they use it.

Sitting in a new function between Support and Implementation, this role is all about optimisation. You’ll work closely with customers to review how they’re using D365 Business Central, identify gaps or inefficiencies, and deliver practical improvements through configuration, enhancements and small project work.

You’ll join a growing environment where support goes beyond ticket resolution. This position sits at the top end of the support capability, combining deep Business Central expertise with consultancy, small project delivery and continuous improvement across a varied customer base.

The role
You’ll act as the senior escalation point for complex Business Central issues, while also working directly with customers to enhance and optimise their systems. Alongside resolving high-impact incidents, you’ll contribute to small BAU projects, improvements and configuration changes that genuinely move things forward.

Working across support and implementation-style work, you’ll partner closely with developers, internal teams and third parties to ensure solutions are practical, robust and aligned to best practice.

What you’ll be doing…

• Owning and resolving complex Business Central issues escalated from support
• Leading diagnosis and resolution of major incidents, including root cause analysis
• Delivering small enhancements, configuration changes and BAU project work
• Working directly with customers to understand requirements and shape solutions
• Collaborating with developers to ensure quality and fit-for-purpose delivery

You will need to be experienced in…

• Strong experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (around 5+ years)
• Confident working across support, troubleshooting and functional consultancy
• Good understanding of AL, extensions, integrations and APIs
• Ability to translate business needs into practical system solutions
• Comfortable working with customers and stakeholders in a hands-on, consultative way

This is a great opportunity to step into a role where you’re not just fixing problems, but sitting in that space between support and delivery, helping clients continuously improve and get far more from their investment of Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC.

Cyber Security Consultant (MOD/Defence)
Farnborough (Hybrid 3 days per week on site)
£45 - £65k depending on level/experience
Security Clearances Required

A genuinely interesting opportunity for a Security Consultant who enjoys shaping secure systems rather than just reviewing them. This role sits at the heart of complex, high-assurance programmes, giving you real influence over how security is designed, implemented and evidenced across critical environments.

You’ll be working closely with engineering, DevSecOps and infrastructure teams, helping to guide projects from a security perspective while ensuring alignment with MOD standards and broader industry frameworks. It’s a role that blends hands-on risk work with strategic input, ideal for someone who wants variety and visibility.

What you’ll be doing
You’ll lead on cyber risk activities across defence-focused programmes, providing clear direction on how risks should be understood, managed and mitigated. Alongside this, you’ll produce the documentation needed to support secure system development, ensuring everything stands up to regulatory scrutiny. You’ll also act as a key point of contact across multiple teams, helping embed security thinking into day-to-day engineering decisions.

Key experience you will have

• Strong background in risk assessment using recognised frameworks such as NIST 800-30 or ISO 27005
• Ability to define and implement effective risk mitigation across technical, physical and procedural controls
• Experience producing clear, structured security documentation for complex systems
• Confidence working with a range of stakeholders across engineering and delivery teams

Experience with secure-by-design principles, MOD policies, or working in Agile and DevSecOps environments would be beneficial, but not essential.

This would suit someone with experience whether from industry or a relevant military background, who’s looking to build a long-term career in security within a stable, permanent environment.

If you’re looking for a role where your input genuinely shapes how secure systems are built and delivered, this is one worth exploring.

Security Platform Engineer (DevSecOps) – MOD/Defence
Farnborough
UK Security Clearance Required
£70-75k

Kubernetes, Splunk, Nessus. You’ll own the security tooling across a live platform, not just monitor it.

Working for a defence consultancy providing technical solutions to the MOD and Defence sectors, you will be working across a Kubernetes platform, responsible for deploying, running and improving the tools that provide visibility, detection and control. This is hands on and sits right between platform engineering and security, with a big focus on getting security embedded properly into how things are built and run.

You’ll spend your time securing Kubernetes environments, running and tuning Splunk for logging and threat detection, and managing Nessus to track and drive vulnerability remediation. A big part of the role is integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and automating as much as possible, whether that’s through scripting or infrastructure as code.

You’ll also be working closely with DevOps and engineering teams to make sure security is part of the process, not something that gets added later. Alongside that, you’ll keep configurations, artefacts and documentation in good shape and treated as code.

Experience Required:

Prior experience as a Security Engineer or Platform Engineer type role, with strong Kubernetes knowledge and experience in tools like Splunk and Nessus. You’ll understand container security, have some scripting or automation capability, and be comfortable working with security frameworks . Awareness of threat frameworks like ATT&CK is useful.

It would help if you’ve worked with other SIEM tools, Microsoft Defender or DevSecOps pipelines, and any exposure to threat modelling or security design.

If you want a role where you’re actually building and running the security layer across a Kubernetes platform, rather than just watching dashboards, this gives you that ownership from day one.

Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)

Location: Reading (On-site, 5 days per week)
Contract: 6 months initial
Inside IR35 - £450-650pd (Depending on experience)

Security Clearance : It is an essential requirement for candidates to obtain UK Security Clearance (DV Level) prior to appointment.

Overview

Are you an experienced Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) looking to support, manage, and optimise mission-critical Oracle database environments within a high-security public sector organisation?

This role requires strong technical capability and experience working in secure and regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and maintain Oracle Database environments
• Manage backup and recovery using RMAN, including disaster recovery processes
• Monitor database performance and deliver tuning and optimisation activities
• Administer users, roles, privileges, auditing, and database security controls
• Support high availability solutions including Oracle RAC and Data Guard
• Troubleshoot incidents and provide on-call support where required
• Ensure compliance with security standards and operational procedures

Essential Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as an Oracle DBA in secure, regulated, or enterprise environments
• Strong knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL
• Solid experience with Linux/Unix operating systems
• Hands-on experience with Oracle RAC and ASM
• Strong background in performance tuning and optimisation
• Experience with database security hardening and auditing
• Exposure to scripting/automation (e.g. Shell, Bash, Python)

Desirable Experience

• Supporting large-scale, high availability Oracle environments
• Working in 24/7 production support environments
• Familiarity with ITIL incident and problem management processes

Senior Azure Platform Engineer

Location: Farnborough (2-3 days per week, remote initially)
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 + bonus + benefits
Permanent, Full-Time
Security Clearance : It is an essential requirement for candidates to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC Level) prior to appointment. 

Overview

Are you a highly skilled Senior Azure Platform Engineer looking to take the next step in your career? Join a growing and experienced engineering team delivering secure, scalable cloud platforms within a highly regulated environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in designing and evolving modern cloud infrastructure, working across cutting-edge technologies in Azure, Kubernetes, and DevOps.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Azure infrastructure across Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Virtual Machines, Networking, Storage, Databases, and Application Gateways
• Architect and manage hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity, including Site-to-Site VPN, BGP routing, and Azure Virtual WAN
• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices using Azure Key Vault, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, RBAC, and network segmentation
• Collaborate with stakeholders and delivery teams to design and implement robust platform solutions
• Configure and manage Kubernetes environments to support secure, scalable application deployments
• Design and build CI/CD pipelines to improve delivery speed and engineering efficiency
• Support both on-premises and cloud platforms using Infrastructure as Code and automation
• Implement monitoring and observability solutions to ensure platform health and performance
• Manage repositories and version control processes to support collaborative development
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and improve reliability
• Provide technical guidance to development teams on platform best practices
• Contribute to platform improvements across security, scalability, and maintainability
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends

Skills & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years’ experience in: Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud / Platform Integration
• Strong Azure expertise, ideally with:
• AZ-104 (Azure Administrator)
• AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect)
• Deep knowledge of Azure networking: Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways & BGP routing, NSGs, Private Endpoints
• Strong Kubernetes and container orchestration experience
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and HashiCorp tooling (e.g. Packer, Vault)
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as: GitHub Actions & GitLab CI/CD
• Solid understanding of Git and version control best practices
• Experience driving automation and improving platform efficiency
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, complex environments

Desirable:

• Experience with JFrog (Artifactory, XRay, Runtime) or similar tooling
• Exposure to additional cloud platforms (AWS or GCP)

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension scheme
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee perks and discount platform
• Discretionary bonus scheme