IT Project Engineer – Oxford
We’re looking for an IT Project Engineer to join our IT Operations & Services team in Oxford. You’ll deliver and support IT projects focused on endpoint management, device configuration, and Microsoft Intune, ensuring a seamless technology experience across the business.
This role suits someone with hands-on project and support experience in Windows, macOS, and cloud environments, eager to expand skills in Microsoft 365, Azure AD, and modern device management. You’ll collaborate across teams, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive improvements that enable our science and innovation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver technical solutions across IT projects, focusing on device deployment and endpoint management.
- Support system upgrades, cloud migrations, and software rollouts.
- Resolve escalated technical issues and share best practices.
What You’ll Bring:
- Proven experience with Microsoft Intune, device management, and software deployment.
- Strong knowledge of Windows and macOS.
- Experience administering Office 365 in a cloud environment.
Desirable:
Microsoft 365, Microsoft Intune, or related Microsoft certification.
Knowledge of Apple device management using Jamf Pro.
Exposure to identity and access management platforms, such as Okta.
Experience supporting cloud-hosted SaaS applications.
Familiarity with ITIL practices (ITIL Foundation certification desirable).
Understanding of formal IT change management processes, including planning, risk assessment, and implementing changes through CAB governance.
PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner certification.
PowerShell or Bash scripting and automation skills.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- A collaborative, dynamic environment at the forefront of biotech innovation.
- Dedicated support for your professional growth and technical training.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Applications may close sooner than stated.
About UsOxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.
Skills Required
- Proven experience with Microsoft Intune, device management, and software deployment.
- Strong knowledge of Windows.
- Strong knowledge of macOS.
- Experience administering Office 365 in a cloud environment.
- Microsoft 365, Microsoft Intune, or related Microsoft certification.
- Knowledge of Apple device management using Jamf Pro.
- Exposure to identity and access management platforms such as Okta.
- Experience supporting cloud-hosted SaaS applications.
- Familiarity with ITIL practices (ITIL Foundation desirable).
- Understanding of formal IT change management processes and CAB governance.
- PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner certification.
- PowerShell or Bash scripting and automation skills.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Oxford Nanopore Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered good to above average across many roles, with employer-provided ranges visible for several U.S. commercial and applications positions and company materials emphasizing market‑competitive base pay. Commercial and some senior technical posts, particularly in the U.S., are positioned as competitive and often paired with strong variable components.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — All‑employee share plans in the UK and a U.S. employee stock purchase plan indicate broad access to equity as part of total reward. Company communications highlight attractive bonus and share plans that add meaningful upside beyond base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. roles indicate strong health insurance and core protections, while official materials and country overviews reference private medical coverage and wellbeing support. These elements position the health package as a notable strength alongside cash compensation.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Insights
What We Do
Our goal is to enable the analysis of anything, anywhere, by anyone. We have developed the world’s first and only nanopore DNA and RNA sequencing platform. It’s a new generation of sequencing technology — the only one to offer: scalability to portable or ultra-high throughput formats, real-time data delivery, and the ability to elucidate rich biological data. We are aiming to disrupt the way that biological analyses are currently performed, and open up new applications that have a profound, positive impact on society. Our devices offer real-time analysis, for rapid insights, in fully scalable formats — from pocket to population scale — and the technology is being used in more than 100 countries worldwide. Founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford, the company now employs more than 600 people from multiple disciplines including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.
