VB6 Engineer Clearance Required: BPSS Duration: 6 months Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office IR35 Status: Mandated PAYE only We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require a VB6 Engineer to join them on a major government project that''s based in Telford. Job Description: As a VB6 Engineer, you will remediate, stabilise, and modernise VB6 applications participating in the Ingres only Pathway-decoupling data from Ingres to target relational platforms (eg, Oracle/SQL Server) and implementing secure, supportable fixes that reduce risk ahead of March 2027. You''ll collaborate with architects, DB specialists, testers, and delivery leads to plan and execute safe change in line with HMRC standards.Key Outcomes Risk reduction and compliance: Identify and remediate vulnerabilities, unsupported dependencies, and non compliant VB6 patterns to meet HMRC security and data protection expectations. Decoupling from Ingres: Refactor data access; support migration from Ingres to the agreed target RDBMS while retaining VB6 UI where required. Quality and Release readiness: Deliver thoroughly tested fixes and enhancements that are verifiable in SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT/NFR phases, supporting traceability and sign off. Knowledge transfer: Produce clear documentation and handover notes to HMRC live support teams. Responsibilities Analyse VB6 applications (forms, modules, class libraries, COM components) to map dependencies (ADO, ODBC, custom DLLs/OCXs