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Operations Engineer (Unisys/OpCon) Contract

Posted 1 day ago by Hays Specialist Recruitment

Your new role

We're seeking an experienced Operations Engineer to support and enhance critical enterprise platforms within a complex production environment.

This is a hands-on role where you'll lead major incident resolution, drive automation, improve operational resilience and act as a senior escalation point for business-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead technical recovery during major incidents and service outages
  • Provide 3rd line support across core operational platforms
  • Manage and optimise job scheduling, monitoring and operational tooling
  • Support SQL Server environments, troubleshooting performance and availability issues
  • Drive automation through PowerShell and process improvement initiatives
  • Support change, release, DR and business continuity activities
  • Work closely with infrastructure, development and security teams to ensure stable and reliable services

What you'll need to succeed

  • Strong background in IT Operations, Production Support or Infrastructure environments
  • Hands-on Unisys experience
  • Experience with enterprise scheduling tools, ideally OpCon
  • SQL Server administration and troubleshooting
  • Windows Server, PowerShell and SFTP
  • Major Incident Management and problem resolution
  • ITIL/ITSM experience

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

Rate:
£600/day
Location:
Cardiff
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior

Take-Home Pay

£8,400 per month

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