Sword Group

Full-stack Engineer

• Lead, coach and develop Technical Service Architects
• Support the technical and career development of Principal Consultants and Architects
• Own and maintain technical standards, reference architectures, design governance and quality assurance
• Provide technical assurance across customer solutions, ensuring services are secure, compliant, resilient and supportable
• Oversee customer technical roadmaps, service improvement plans and technical debt reduction
• Identify common customer challenges and translate them into repeatable technical improvements, standards and approaches
• Develop strategic service offerings from concept through to solutions that can be sold, delivered and supported
• Define technical scope, standards, support models, documentation and delivery requirements for service offerings
• Act as a senior technical advisor to strategic customers
• Support customer governance forums, technical roadmap discussions and complex technical escalations
• Provide technical leadership across bids, proposals, service design and strategic customer opportunities
• Collaborate with Project and Service Delivery Managers to maintain technical quality
• Define technical role and capability requirements and support recruitment, selection and onboarding
• Maintain a forward view of skills, capacity and capability requirements across the Cloud & Cyber practice
• Work with technology vendors and strategic partners to strengthen technical capability and customer propositions
• Drive continuous improvement across technical delivery, governance, documentation and service quality
• Champion high technical standards, collaboration, accountability and professional development
• Keep current with cloud, cyber security, digital workplace and managed services developments

Technical Lead – Cloud, Cyber Service

Business Operations

• Support the smooth and effective running of business operations across procurement, financial administration, supplier governance and workforce management
• Ensure purchase requisitions, procurement reporting and associated tracking activities are accurate and timely
• Manage purchase requisition self-service reporting
• Raise requisitions and maintain trackers
• Maintain accurate financial records and supporting documentation
• Administer relevant reporting and support receipting processes
• Reconcile information between systems
• Manage document control for orders, invoices and supporting records
• Provide administrative support for contractor and employee timesheet processes
• Produce weekly missing-timesheet reports
• Support users with queries and issue resolution
• Analyse business processes and identify improvement opportunities
• Develop, document and maintain standards, procedures and process guides
• Monitor process compliance and recommend corrective actions

Business Operations Analyst – Contract

Project Planner

• Support a significant IT Transition Project on an initial 3-month contract
• Baseline the programme schedule
• Validate and test the critical path
• Assess schedule risks
• Ensure plans are aligned with available internal resources
• Create, manage, and update detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project
• Define tasks, durations, dependencies, milestones, and critical paths
• Ensure schedules reflect accurate progress, forecasts, and baselines
• Integrate multiple project schedules into programme-level or portfolio-level plans
• Ensure schedules adhere to PMO standards, frameworks, and reporting cycles
• Support project managers with planning best practices and schedule structure
• Contribute to PMO reviews, stage-gate processes, and quality assurance checks
• Generate schedule reports, dashboards, and timeline views for stakeholders
• Identify schedule variances, slippage, and potential delivery risks
• Support preparation of highlight reports, RAID logs, and PMO reporting packs
• Present scheduling insights to Project Managers, Programme Managers, and senior stakeholders
• Maintain resource plans within Microsoft Project and/or supporting tools

Business Analyst

• Act as the subject matter expert for enterprise mobile applications supporting field-based operations
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand operational requirements and translate them into effective application solutions
• Configure, test and support application enhancements, releases and upgrades
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complex application issues with internal support teams and external vendors
• Support continuous improvement through user feedback and operational insight
• Promote user adoption by providing guidance, training and ongoing support to end users
• Ensure applications comply with governance, security and change management processes
• Support application integrations and data flows between enterprise systems
• Collaborate with technical and operational teams to deliver reliable, scalable and user-focused mobile solutions
• Contribute to mobile application standards, documentation and best practices

Technical Business Analyst, Maximo

Architect

• Design and architect SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 solutions to support enterprise collaboration, content management, and workflow automation.
• Lead migration initiatives from legacy platforms into SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365, ensuring minimal disruption and strong user adoption.
• Develop and implement governance frameworks covering permissions, data classification, retention, compliance, and lifecycle management.
• Integrate Microsoft 365 services including SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Power Platform to streamline and modernise business processes.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into scalable architectural solutions.
• Lead transformation initiatives aligned to recognised change management best practice, planning milestones, communication, and adoption strategies.
• Deliver training and adoption sessions to drive engagement and digital literacy across teams.
• Configure and oversee SharePoint hubs, site architecture, templates, and modern web parts.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on M365 architecture, governance, security, and scalability.
• Monitor platform usage, adoption metrics, and performance analytics to continuously improve digital workplace effectiveness.
• Stay current with Microsoft roadmap developments and emerging technologies to guide innovation and future strategy.
• Ensure compliance with data protection regulations and internal security standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex SharePoint and Microsoft 365 issues.

SharePoint/M365 Architect

Data Scientist

• Support the development and implementation of a centralised data repository for renewable energy generation data
• Develop and maintain data governance standards and processes
• Support the definition of data ownership and stewardship responsibilities
• Work with business and technical stakeholders to understand and document data requirements
• Support the design, implementation and integration of data management solutions and associated systems
• Help improve data quality, consistency and standardisation across multiple data sources
• Support data migration, validation and ongoing data maintenance activities
• Contribute to the development of data models, metadata standards and reporting frameworks
• Support effective master and reference data management practices
• Work collaboratively with project, engineering, environmental and operational teams to improve the management and use of business-critical data
• Identify opportunities to improve data management processes and capabilities.

Data Manager

IT Support

• IT Service Delivery Management and Service Improvement.
• Service performance monitoring and reporting.
• Major incident and escalation management.
• Supplier governance and service review activities.
• Stakeholder management across business and IT functions.
• Service continuity, compliance and risk management activities.
• Supporting transitions of new or changed services into live operation.
• Identification and delivery of service improvements.

IT Service Manager

DevOps Engineer

• Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving real transformation change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.
• We're seeking an experienced Project Manager with a strong background delivering technology and transformation projects within the Utilities sector. This role will play a key part in leading Agile delivery teams, managing stakeholder expectations, and driving successful project outcomes across a complex portfolio of work.
• This is an excellent opportunity for someone who combines strong project governance and planning expertise with experience of utility systems and operations.
• Key Responsibilities:
• - Lead the delivery of multiple projects and workstreams within an Agile environment.
• - Manage sprint planning, backlog prioritisation, and facilitate Scrum ceremonies.
• - Oversee resource capacity planning, forecasting, and delivery reporting.
• - Produce and maintain RAID logs, governance packs, and executive-level reporting.
• - Work closely with technical teams, Product Owners, and business stakeholders to ensure delivery objectives are achieved.
• - Manage project risks, dependencies, budgets, timelines, and scope.
• - Provide clear communication and reporting to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• - Drive continuous improvement across project delivery processes and governance frameworks.