Operational Technology Infrastructure Engineer/Consultant

At Sword, we help power, secure and transform the organisations that keep the UK running. Supporting customers across Critical National Infrastructure, energy, public sector and enterprise markets, we combine deep industry expertise with leading technology services spanning managed services, cyber security, cloud, data, AI and digital transformation.

Join Sword and you'll be part of a team solving complex challenges, delivering real-world impact and working alongside talented colleagues who care deeply about quality, collaboration and customer success.

Combining a high level of technical expertise with hands-on delivery and regular client interaction, this role offers the opportunity to work on complex OT Infrastructure Integration projects.

This role could also offer the opportunity for global travel, with the chance to work on projects in international locations, providing valuable exposure to diverse client environments and large-scale delivery programmes.

About the Role:

• Design, build and configure VMware environments.
• Build and configure physical and virtual server environments.
• Support Windows and Linux-based infrastructure platforms.
• Support the hosting and deployment of OT and industrial applications.
• Support application installation, configuration, integration and infrastructure readiness.
• Undertake system, application and infrastructure testing and validation prior to deployment.
• Support FAT, SAT, commissioning and production go-live activities.
• Support infrastructure migrations, upgrades and refresh programmes.
• Configure Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and supporting infrastructure services.
• Implement resilient, highly available infrastructure for critical OT systems.
• Support storage, backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions.
• Undertake infrastructure health checks, troubleshooting and performance analysis.
• Support server hardening, patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Produce HLDs, LLDs, build guides, test plans, validation evidence and as-built documentation.
• Work alongside OT, cyber security, network, application and engineering teams.
• Provide technical consultancy and guidance to customers.

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware.
• Strong experience with Windows Server build, configuration and administration.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or equivalent Linux platforms.
• Experience with physical and virtual server deployment.
• Experience supporting application hosting and application infrastructure.
• Experience with system testing, validation and acceptance activities.
• Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP.
• High availability, clustering and infrastructure resilience.
• Enterprise server hardware including Dell, HPE or equivalent.
• SAN, NAS and enterprise storage technologies.
• Backup and disaster recovery technologies
• Good understanding of networking, VLANs, firewalls and segmentation.
• Server hardening, patching and lifecycle management.
• Experience producing technical infrastructure and test documentation.
• Experience within OT, industrial, energy, utilities or CNI environments would be highly desirable.
• Knowledge of IEC 62443, NCSC CAF or OT cyber security principles would be advantageous.

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success. We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.