IT Infrastructure Engineer

Orion Electrotech; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major renewable energy provider is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer for a contract spanning 6-12 months. This field-based role involves auditing and assessing IT infrastructure across sites in the UK, designing and implementing resilience solutions, and ensuring maximum cybersecurity. The ideal candidate has a strong background in industrial IT systems and experience in disaster recovery planning.

Benefits

Outside IR35

Travel expenses fully covered

Flexible work environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT infrastructure design and resilience projects.
• Understanding of SCADA/OT systems and industrial networking.
• Strong knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

Responsibilities

• Visit sites across the UK to audit and assess IT infrastructure.
• Perform gap analysis on current hardware, networking, and security setups.
• Design and implement redundancy and cybersecurity solutions.

Skills

IT infrastructure design

Cybersecurity solutions

Gap analysis

Industrial networking

Disaster recovery planning

Job description

IT Infrastructure Engineer Contract 6-12 months

Orion is partnered with a major renewable energy provider operating six biomass energy centres across the UK. We are recruiting an experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer to secure and strengthen site IT systems, ensuring maximum uptime and cyber resilience.

This role is perfect for an engineer with strong IT systems experience in industrial environments who enjoys auditing, designing, and implementing robust infrastructure solutions.

Benefits

• Outside IR35 - the worker will be self-employed for tax purposes
• 6-12 months duration
• Travel expenses fully covered (45p/mile & hotels)
• Flexible field-based role

Duties

• Visit sites across the UK to audit and assess IT infrastructure
• Perform gap analysis on current hardware, networking, and security setups
• Design and implement redundancy, failover, and cybersecurity solutions
• Test systems and create documentation to support resilience efforts

Required Experience

• Proven experience in IT infrastructure design and resilience projects
• Understanding of SCADA/OT systems and industrial networking
• Strong knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity planning
• Comfortable working independently and delivering end-to-end solutions
• Familiarity with RAMS, H&S, and manufacturing/industrial environments

If you like the look of this Industrial IT Infrastructure Engineer role, then click and apply or for further information, please contact Jamie Garcia-Courtice (url removed)

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