OT Data Systems Engineer: Production‑Focused & Analytics

Vibe Recruit; Banbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Vibe Recruit is assisting a leading UK manufacturing business to recruit an IT & Data Systems Engineer. You will own the reliability of factory-floor systems and production data flows, bridging IT, Operational Technology and business reporting needs.

You will support OT endpoints, plant-floor PCs, and SQL/reporting pipelines, working with IT, DBA and Security teams to ensure secure, well-documented data flows and timely production decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing/industrial environments with high uptime requirements.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (IP, VLANs, routing) and how connectivity affects shop-floor systems.
• Experience supporting production data systems and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Own reliability of production data flows and OT connectivity.
• Troubleshoot SQL/ETL job failures impacting production reporting.
• Monitor daily health checks and incidents; maintain OT asset inventory.

Skills

Production-first mindset

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Troubleshooting under pressure

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Windows endpoints

Job description

Vibe Recruit is assisting a leading UK manufacturing business to recruit an IT & Data Systems Engineer. You will own the reliability of factory-floor systems and production data flows, bridging IT, Operational Technology and business reporting needs.

You will support OT endpoints, plant-floor PCs, and SQL/reporting pipelines, working with IT, DBA and Security teams to ensure secure, well-documented data flows and timely production decisions.