IT Engineer

Sika AG; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Portishead is seeking an experienced IT engineer to enhance and secure their access management solution for the Nuage platform. The ideal candidate will have solid knowledge of programming languages such as Python or Java and experience with Azure and agile practices. You will automate cloud communications, manage user access, and ensure security compliance. This full-time role offers a competitive salary, remote work flexibility, and additional benefits including a pension scheme and enhanced parental leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holiday: 25 days rising to 28 days with service plus bank holidays

Company pension contribution up to 10%

Salary sacrifice scheme for private healthcare

Group Income Protection

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Qualifications

• Good knowledge in at least one of: Python, Java, or web development frameworks.
• Experience with REST or GraphQL APIs.
• 2 years of professional experience with production software.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent capacity to prioritise work.
• Strong understanding of data security principles.

Responsibilities

• Automate and streamline communication between cloud and on-prem systems.
• Manage test and debug user access groups.
• Identify and fix security vulnerabilities in the access setup.

Skills

Python

Java

HTML/JS

REST APIs

GraphQL APIs

Microsoft Azure

ITIL

agile practices

data security principles

RAG

Jira

Confluence

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Windows Server

VMware

Microsoft Exchange

SAN

Operating Systems

DNS

Job description

Overview

Our operational Nuage team is responsible for maintaining and improving the platform. Nuage supports our global R&D function by structuring manual data recording, automating machine data upload, provisioning advanced R&D data analysis tools, and democratising access to key supply chain data. The IT engineer role will implement, automate, secure, and improve our access management solution for Nuage.

Team

R&D Digitalisation is a young and growing team of Sika Technology. Beginning as a part of the UK R&D department it has rapidly developed into a group that works on a much larger and more diverse scale: ranging from using traditional data science techniques to optimise operational efficiency, along with state‑of‑the‑art AI solutions to identify novel construction materials, to pioneering and managing Sika’s global R&D data platform Nuage.

Responsibilities

• Automate and streamline communication between cloud and on‑prem systems.
• Manage test and debug user access groups.
• Identify and fix security vulnerabilities in the access setup.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge in at least one of: Python, Java, or web development frameworks (HTML/JS).
• Experience with REST or GraphQL APIs.
• 2 years of professional experience with production software.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, ITIL, agile work practices and web platform management.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent capacity to prioritise work.
• Strong understanding of data security principles.
• RAG and Jira/Confluence knowledge are highly beneficial.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Holiday: 25 days rising to 28 days with service plus bank holidays.
• A company pension contribution of up to 10%.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for private healthcare.
• Group Income Protection.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.

Additional Information

• Remote Work: Yes
• Employment Type: Full‑time
• Key Skills: Dhcp, Active Directory, VMware, Computer Networking, PowerShell, Microsoft Windows Server, Windows, Microsoft Exchange, SAN, Azure, Operating Systems, Dns
• Experience: years
• Vacancy: 1