Solutions Engineer (IT)

Focus Group; Shoreham-by-Sea; Remote; GBP 53,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Company van

Overtime opportunity

Career growth

Job summary

Focus Group is seeking an experienced Solutions Engineer to lead hands-on installations and customer deployments across your area. You’ll be the subject matter expert in networking, servers and storage, or cloud, and you’ll drive projects from kickoff to completion.

This remote, field-based role requires 3–4 days on the road weekly, with visits to diverse sites from small businesses to enterprise, plus mentoring peers and supporting ongoing service delivery. A UK driving licence is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT support and field delivery, ideally in an MSP.
• Strong networking knowledge: VLANs, routing, wireless, security.
• Experience with servers/storage: Windows Server, Hyper-V, VMware, M365 & Azure.
• Cloud tech experience across M365, Azure, Intune, SharePoint.
• Able to lead projects and mentor peers.
• Full valid UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on installations and deployments for customers.
• Deliver complex fault resolution and project leadership.
• Mentor engineers and share best practices.
• Travel to customer sites 3–4 days per week.

Skills

Networking & WAN

Server & storage management

Cloud technologies

Project leadership

UK driving licence

Job description

Solutions Engineer (IT)

Department: Technical Operations

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Remote

Reporting To: Liam Golder

Compensation: £53,000 - £55,000 / year

Description

London- Zone 4- Solutions Engineer (field)

£50-55k + Car Allowance or Van + Overtime

(Internal job level reference: (Specialist / Team Leader))

Focus Group is one of the UK's leading providers of essential business technology, supporting around 30,000 customers with everything from connectivity and telecoms to IT solutions, cyber security and energy – all from one place. Backed by Hg Capital and valued at over $1 billion, we're scaling fast, investing heavily in AI, and growing our reach through strategic acquisitions. As we continue to expand, we're setting new standards in managed service excellence and building a business that's genuinely going places.

Are you an experienced IT engineer who's ready to lead, not just support?

At Focus Group, we're looking for a Solutions Engineer to deliver hands-on installations and support for customers across your designated area. You'll be the subject matter expert in your specialism – whether that's networking, servers and storage, or cloud – leading projects, solving complex faults, and mentoring the engineers around you.

This is a home & customer site based role with real variety: you'll be out visiting customers 3-4 days a week, from small businesses through to enterprise sites, so you'll need to enjoy being on the road and with customers as much as behind a screen.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Proven experience in an IT support and delivery role - ideally within an MSP setting

• Specialist knowledge in:
• Networking: (VLAN’s, Routing, Wireless, Ekahau, Meraki, SonicWall, Cisco, Aruba)
• Server & storage: (Windows Server, Storage, Hyper V, VMware, M365 & Azure)
• Cloud technologies: (M365, Azure, Intune, SharePoint)
• The confidence to lead projects and mentor colleagues
• A full, valid UK driving licence

Benefits

• £50-55k salary
• Car allowance or company van
• Overtime available
• The chance to work on varied, high-profile projects with a growing, ambitious technology company