Temporary Field Operations Engineer - 6 Month Duration

Day Rate: £161 - £173 (£42k - £45k equiv)
Hours: 40 per week
Base: Croydon
Travel: Nationwide (regular andamp; reactive travel to client sites required)

We''re recruiting a highly capable Field Operations Engineer for a 6-month assignment supporting technical deployments and on-site IT operations across multiple UK locations. This is a hands-on, field-based role ideal for someone who thrives on variety, problem-solving and delivering robust infrastructure solutions in fast-moving environments.

The Role

You''ll be the technical backbone of field operations-deploying, maintaining, and optimising IT infrastructure across sites nationwide. Working closely with network engineers, contractors, and local teams, you''ll ensure equipment is installed correctly, systems stay stable, and users receive high-quality support.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, install, and maintain IT and network infrastructure across multiple locations, including switches, firewalls, servers, structured cabling and workstation environments.
• Rack, cable, configure and troubleshoot network and endpoint hardware, ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performing services.
• Support firewall implementations, switch deployments, network connectivity and workstation rollouts in collaboration with network engineers and project teams.
• Monitor, maintain and upgrade infrastructure including LAN/WAN networks, wireless solutions, PDUs, UPS systems, cooling equipment and communications cabinets.
• Provide hands-on technical support for desktops, laptops, printers, scanners, biometric devices, kiosks, mobile devices and other business-critical technology.
• Manage operating system installations, security patching, user accounts, permissions, endpoint management and surveillance systems.
• Travel to sites across the UK (and occasionally internationally) to support infrastructure deployments, upgrades, maintenance and technical projects.
• Manage the procurement, inventory, and lifecycle of IT infrastructure and end-user equipment, ensuring accurate asset records and timely delivery.
• Coordinate with vendors, contractors and service providers to ensure installations, maintenance activities and projects meet required specifications and standards.
• Participate in audits, identify risks, escalate incidents appropriately and contribute to continuous improvement of infrastructure and support services.

Required Skills andamp; Experience

• Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent technical training.
• 2+ years'' experience in IT infrastructure, field engineering, network support or similar technical roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with switch, firewall, server and workstation deployments.
• Proven experience installing, cabling and troubleshooting network infrastructure within enterprise or multi-site environments.
• Working knowledge of Layer 2/Layer 3 networking concepts, VLANs, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS and network security principles.
• Experience with network switches and firewalls (Cisco, Aruba, Fortinet, Sophos, Meraki or similar).
• VMware or other virtualisation platform experience (required).
• Microsoft Active Directory administration experience (required).
• Knowledge of Linux (RHEL/Debian), Windows Server, Windows 11, macO