Job Title: Compute Engineer (Contract - Inside IR35) Location: Hybrid, London 3 days per week Rate: £460 per day (Inside IR35) Start Date: March 2026 Duration: Initial 6 months (with strong likelihood to extend through the remainder of the year and into next year) Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Compute Engineer with strong financial services experience to support a major infrastructure migration programme. This role will focus on migrating workloads from an existing compute environment that is being decommissioned (target date: 2028) into a new platform, ensuring production stability, change control, and automation best practices throughout. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years'' experience working in enterprise compute environments, be comfortable operating in regulated financial institutions, and have a proven background in production change management, automation, and large-scale migrations. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and optimise enterprise compute environments to support mission-critical financial applications Lead and execute the migration of workloads from an existing platform into a new compute environment, ensuring minimal disruption to production services Operate within strict change management and production control frameworks typical of financial institutions Automate repeatable tasks and processes using Scripting and tooling to improve reliability and efficiency Perform performance tuning, capacity planning, and resource opti