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Salary: £40,000 - 40,000 per year
Requirements: Demonstrable hardware repair and maintenance experience within an enterprise environment.Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and troubleshooting skills.Experience supporting critical, operationally sensitive or high-availability environments.Knowledge of at least one of the following: IBM Mainframes (9672, 2003, 2066 or 2096), IBM Tape Systems (3490, VTS or 3590), EMC DASD storage, or STK DASD storage.Strong communication and customer-facing skills.Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical issues.Desirable: IBM pSeries servers.Desirable: HP ProLiant servers.Desirable: Dell or Sun server platforms.Desirable: PC hardware repair and custom system builds.Desirable: Dot matrix and laser printer support.Desirable: Electro-mechanical repair.Desirable: Soldering or component-level repair.Desirable: AIX, HP-UX or related infrastructure knowledge. Responsibilities: Provide onsite L2/L3 hardware support across enterprise infrastructure and bespoke systems.Diagnose, repair and maintain IBM mainframes, tape systems, storage arrays and server platforms.Support legacy and modern equipment, including PCs, printers and custom-built systems.Apply electro-mechanical repair techniques and soldering skills to specialist equipment.Investigate and resolve complex hardware faults within a critical operational environment.Carry out preventative maintenance and contribute to improving system reliability.Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders and participate in technical meetings.Follow established processes while identifying opportunities for improvement.Maintain technical documentation and contribute to knowledge sharing.Work independently while collaborating with wider engineering and support teams. Technologies: HardwareIBMSupportMatrixUX UI Design More:
We are recruiting an experienced Hardware Engineer for a 12-month fixed term contract at a major customer site in Southampton. This is an onsite role, Monday to Friday, paying £35,000 to £40,000 per annum, based in our onsite workshop and across multiple machine rooms. You will support critical infrastructure systems in a highly critical operational environment, working with both legacy and modern technologies to help maintain the performance, reliability and availability of essential IT systems.
last updated 34 week of 2026