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Posted 11 August, 2026

Technical Lead

Harvey Nash
Broughton, SCT, GB Full Time

Job Description

Technical Lead - 6 Months - Outside IR35 - Edinburgh (Hybrid)

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Day Rate - Circa £540

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Harvey Nash's public sector client are currently looking to recruit a Technical Lead to join their team based remotely for an initial 6 month period. software engineer with solid commercial experience of building containerised Spring Boot Java applications running on OpenShift is required to provide hands-on technical leadership to an agile development team. Ensuring alignment with strategic architectural direction and acting as a conduit between the development team and the Architecture Steering Group, helping to define and refine best practices, standards and architectural principles.

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Main Duties:

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  • Support the continued rollout of the Property Factors
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  • Meet accessibility standards and remain compliant as they evolve
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  • Improve operational efficiency for administrative users
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  • Enhance citizen interactions
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  • Comply with data protection legislation
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  • Provide effective support and maintenance of the underlying system components
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  • Strengthen DevSecOps practices within shifting vulnerability
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  • management left and embedding controls in pipelines to prevent the introduction of new vulnerabilities
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Essential Skills:

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Significant commercial experience with the following technologies:

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  • Java 11+
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  • Spring Boot
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  • Spring MVC
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  • Spring Web Flow
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  • Thymeleaf templates
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  • REST APIs
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  • JavaScript UI frameworks, including Node and Vue,
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  • React, Next.js and Typescript
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  • Strong HTML / CSS skills and an awareness of accessibility considerations.
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  • OpenShift
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  • Modern DevOps and CI/CD practices including deployment pipelines, Jenkins, and Docker
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Significant and demonstrable commercial experience in the following areas:

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  • Strong data modelling and SQL development.
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  • AWS environments including Aurora/Postgres.
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  • Human-centred, research-driven, inclusive design practices.
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This role has been deemed Outside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.

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