Production-First IT & Data Systems Engineer

Vibe Recruit; Banbury; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

IT & Data Systems Engineer role in a leading manufacturing business focuses on improving factory-floor systems and production data flows. You will bridge IT, OT and business reporting needs to ensure uptime and reliable data for decision-making.

You will support plant-floor PCs, industrial endpoints and OT connectivity, while collaborating with IT and operations teams to maintain secure, well-documented, and resilient data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Production-first mindset with calm, structured troubleshooting under pressure.
• Strong analytic and problem solving capabilities.
• Strong communication skills to work across Operations, Engineering, Finance and third-party vendors.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain plant-floor PCs, terminals, and industrial endpoints used in production operations.
• Own OT connectivity troubleshooting in collaboration with Engineering and Vendors.
• Support OT network structure and segmentation (VLANs, access paths).
• Primary owner for production systems/data flows reliability, monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Work with DBA & Systems Development Engineer to troubleshoot SQL/ETL job failures that impact production reporting or operational decision-making.
• Daily health checks on production data flow.
• Daily review of production-impacting alerts/incidents and ensure escalation path is followed when required.
• Maintain an up-to-date Operational Technology asset inventory.

Skills

Production-first mindset

Analytical problem solving

Strong communication

Job description

IT & Data Systems Engineer role in a leading manufacturing business focuses on improving factory-floor systems and production data flows. You will bridge IT, OT and business reporting needs to ensure uptime and reliable data for decision-making.

You will support plant-floor PCs, industrial endpoints and OT connectivity, while collaborating with IT and operations teams to maintain secure, well-documented, and resilient data pipelines.