Vulnerability Management SME 6-month contract Market rate - inside IR35 Hybrid 2/3 days a week in Sheffield  We are seeking an experienced contractor to provide specialist expertise in identifying, analysing, and prioritising technology resilience vulnerabilities across critical services. The role will support resilience risk assessments, vulnerability remediation activities, and regulatory assurance requirements across the technology environment. Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Support the identification and assessment of technology resilience vulnerabilities</li><li>Analyse vulnerability impacts against resilience tolerances and critical service requirements</li><li>Support remediation planning and challenge the effectiveness of control improvements</li><li>Produce vulnerability insight, prioritisation, and assurance outputs</li><li>Track remediation actions and provide governance reporting support</li><li>Interface with Technology Risk, Operational Risk, Audit, and governance stakeholders</li><li>Provide SME input into regulatory reporting, audits, and assurance activities</li></ul>Required Experience<ul><li>Strong experience in technology resilience, operational resilience, technology risk, or control assurance</li><li>Experience assessing technology vulnerabilities and recovery risks across platforms and services</li><li>Understanding of resilience tolerances, control effectiveness, and remediation practices</li><li>Experience supporting regulatory, audit, or assurance activities within regulated environments</li><li>Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and reporting skills</li><li>Financial services or other regulated industry experience preferred</li></ul>

Vulnerability Management SME

Scenario Testing Consultant 6-month Contract Market rate - Inside IR35 Hybrid - 2/3 days a week, onsite in Sheffield  We are seeking an experienced consultant to provide independent challenge and specialist input into technology resilience scenario testing and recovery readiness activities. The role will support resilience assessments across platforms and services, helping to validate recovery capabilities, identify weaknesses, and track remediation actions. Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Support the design and execution of technology-focused resilience scenario tests</li><li>Challenge resilience assumptions, recovery capabilities, and tolerances</li><li>Assess recovery readiness across critical platforms and services</li><li>Identify and track remediation actions arising from testing and assessments</li><li>Produce concise resilience assessment and scenario testing outputs</li><li>Engage with Technology Risk, Audit, and resilience governance forums</li></ul>Required Experience<ul><li>Strong experience in technology resilience, disaster recovery, operational resilience, or technology risk</li><li>Experience supporting or leading resilience scenario testing and recovery exercises</li><li>Ability to independently challenge technical recovery assumptions and controls</li><li>Strong stakeholder management and reporting skills</li><li>Experience working with risk, audit, or governance functions</li><li>Financial services or regulated industry experience preferred</li></ul>

Scenario Testing Consultant

Senior Data Analyst – Marketing & Commercial Performance I'm looking for a Data Analyst to build and own a marketing and sales performance dashboard using Google BigQuery and Looker Studio. This dashboard will support marketing, retail, and commercial teams with insights around campaign uplift, retailer investment impact, market share movement, and product halo effects across multiple markets. Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Build and deliver a Looker Studio dashboard underpinned by Google BigQuery</li><li>Combine sales, campaign activity, and market share data into a scalable reporting model</li><li>Define KPIs including uplift, baseline, market share, activity intensity, and halo effects</li><li>Measure campaign effectiveness and retailer investment impact</li><li>Analyse performance trends across products, retailers, and markets</li><li>Work closely with stakeholders to translate business questions into reporting logic</li><li>Present findings clearly and document models for handover</li></ul>Requirements Essential<ul><li>Strong experience as a Data or Insight Analyst in retail, e-commerce, marketing, or agency environments</li><li>Advanced SQL and strong Google BigQuery experience</li><li>Hands-on experience building dashboards in Looker Studio</li><li>Strong understanding of data modelling and reporting layer design</li><li>Experience analysing sales, campaign, and market share data</li><li>Ability to communicate insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders</li></ul>Nice to Have<ul><li>Python (pandas)</li><li>Wider GCP experience</li><li>Experience with GfK or similar syndicated market data</li><li>Background in retail, consumer, or e-commerce environments</li></ul>

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OpsRes Data Analyst We’re supporting a global enterprise undergoing a major transformation across technology operations and resilience We are looking for a senior Data Analyst to drive resilience reporting, systemic risk analysis, and executive-level insight across critical technology platforms and services. This role focuses on building resilience KPIs, KRIs, dashboards, and reporting by bringing together data from incidents, observability platforms, change failures, and service management tools to provide clear visibility of risk and resilience maturity. Key Responsibilities • Design and maintain resilience KPIs and KRIs aligned to key operational resilience outcomes • Integrate data from incidents, observability platforms, change failures, and service management tools • Analyse trends to identify systemic weaknesses, control gaps, and improvement opportunities • Produce clear, executive-ready dashboards and reporting for senior leadership • Support prioritisation of remediation activity through evidence-based insight • Deliver resilience scorecards, systemic risk reporting, and governance-ready analysis Ideal Background • Strong experience in data analytics within operational resilience, technology resilience, or enterprise risk environments • Experience building dashboards and reporting across complex technology estates • Strong understanding of incidents, service management, change management, and observability data • Ability to translate technical and operational data into clear leadership insight • Strong stakeholder engagement across technology, resilience, and governance teams • Experience in financial services or highly regulated environments is highly desirable Strong fits may come from operational resilience analytics, technology risk reporting, enterprise data analytics, service management analytics, or resilience assurance backgrounds

OpsRes Data Analyst

​Shakir joined Xcede in 2020, he is a skilled Senior Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the staffing and recruiting industry across the IT space. As his role is delivery focused, Shakir supports the Xcede team on a variety of urgent roles. His primary focus is on contract technology positions across the UK. 

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