Hardware Engineer
Summary
Onsite Hardware Engineer on a 12-month fixed-term contract at a customer site in Southampton, providing L2/L3 hardware support for IBM mainframes, tape systems, DASD storage and server platforms in a critical operational environment, including electro-mechanical and soldering-level repairs. Pays £35,000–£40,000 per annum, Monday to Friday.
Salary: £40,000 - 40,000 per year
Requirements:- Demonstrable hardware repair and maintenance experience within an enterprise environment.
- Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience supporting critical, operationally sensitive or high-availability environments.
- Knowledge of at least one of the following: IBM Mainframes (9672, 2003, 2066 or 2096), IBM Tape Systems (3490, VTS or 3590), EMC DASD storage, or STK DASD storage.
- Strong communication and customer-facing skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical issues.
- Desirable: IBM pSeries servers.
- Desirable: HP ProLiant servers.
- Desirable: Dell or Sun server platforms.
- Desirable: PC hardware repair and custom system builds.
- Desirable: Dot matrix and laser printer support.
- Desirable: Electro-mechanical repair.
- Desirable: Soldering or component-level repair.
- Desirable: AIX, HP-UX or related infrastructure knowledge.
- Provide onsite L2/L3 hardware support across enterprise infrastructure and bespoke systems.
- Diagnose, repair and maintain IBM mainframes, tape systems, storage arrays and server platforms.
- Support legacy and modern equipment, including PCs, printers and custom-built systems.
- Apply electro-mechanical repair techniques and soldering skills to specialist equipment.
- Investigate and resolve complex hardware faults within a critical operational environment.
- Carry out preventative maintenance and contribute to improving system reliability.
- Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders and participate in technical meetings.
- Follow established processes while identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Maintain technical documentation and contribute to knowledge sharing.
- Work independently while collaborating with wider engineering and support teams.
- Hardware
- IBM
- Support
- Matrix
- UX UI Design
More:
We are recruiting an experienced Hardware Engineer for a 12-month fixed term contract at a major customer site in Southampton. This is an onsite role, Monday to Friday, paying £35,000 to £40,000 per annum, based in our onsite workshop and across multiple machine rooms. You will support critical infrastructure systems in a highly critical operational environment, working with both legacy and modern technologies to help maintain the performance, reliability and availability of essential IT systems.
last updated 44 week of 2026