Hardware Engineer

Location: Onsite Monday to Friday in Southampton, Hampshire, England

Salary: £35,000–£40,000 per annum

Company

hirify.global is recruiting for a major customer site requiring critical infrastructure hardware support.

What you will do

• Provide onsite L2/L3 hardware support across enterprise infrastructure and bespoke systems.
• Diagnose, repair, and maintain IBM mainframes, tape systems, storage arrays, server platforms, PCs, printers, and custom-built systems.
• Investigate complex hardware faults and perform preventative maintenance across workshops and machine rooms.
• Apply electro-mechanical repair and soldering techniques to specialist equipment.
• Support system reliability and availability in a critical operational environment.
• Maintain technical documentation, share knowledge, collaborate with engineering teams, and communicate with customer stakeholders.

Requirements

• Active SC Clearance is required.
• Demonstrable hardware repair and maintenance experience in 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.

Nice to have

• Experience with IBM pSeries, HP ProLiant, Dell, or Sun server platforms.
• PC hardware repair and custom system builds.
• Dot matrix and laser printer support.
• Electro-mechanical repair, soldering, or component-level repair.
• AIX, HP-UX, or related infrastructure knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• 12-month fixed-term contract.
• Onsite work Monday to Friday from the workshop and across multiple machine rooms.
• Hands-on work across legacy and modern technologies in a highly critical operational environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to process improvements, system reliability, and knowledge sharing.