Senior Engineer – Team Lead – eDV Cleared

Company: Forward Role
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Location: Cheltenham
Job Description:

Senior Engineer – Team Lead – eDV ClearedPackage: £100,000 – £120,000 + excellent packageLocation: Cheltenham

Join a trusted leader in National Security technology solutions.Are you passionate about using cutting‑edge technology to protect the UK?

As part of our client’s growing National Security team, you’ll lead technical teams from the front, ensuring best practice and successful delivery of complex software projects. You’ll play a key role in shaping architecture and integration strategy across secure, cross-domain environments, while mentoring the next generation of Software Engineers.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Leading an established team of Software Engineers across multiple secure programmes
  • Driving architecture and integration strategy across cross-domain systems
  • Designing and guiding Java / Spring Boot microservices‑based solutions
  • Acting as a senior technical liaison with key stakeholders and customers
  • Building strong customer relationships through direct engagement
  • Contributing to and helping prepare technical proposals and bids
  • Assisting the customer account team in business development efforts
  • Collaborating with delivery management to identify risks, plan deliveries, and support resource allocation

Core Focus: Architecture & Integration

  • Cross-domain strategy and secure system integration
  • Java / Spring Boot microservices design and governance
  • Senior technical stakeholder liaison across customer and internal teams

What You Bring:

  • Proven experience leading teams in Agile, customer‑facing software projects

Experience with one or more of the following:

  • Full‑stack web development
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Mobile application development
  • API design and development
  • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Front-end development and user experience (UX)

Clearance required

Due to the nature of the clients’ work, you are required to hold an eDV level security clearance

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Posted: June 13th, 2026