We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer to support an M&A infrastructure integration programme for our Roche / LumiraDx client in Scotland.
Primary Location: 9, Maxim Office Park, Parklands Ave, Eurocentral Jct, Motherwell, ML1 4WQ, UK
Position: Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer
Client: Roche / LumiraDx
Start Date: 28 September 2026
Duration: 6 Months
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Work Arrangement: 5 Days Per Week – Onsite
Contract: Inside IR35
Salary: Per Day 400 GBP
Requirement: Valid UK Driving Licence Required
Travel Flexibility
The engineer must be flexible to travel occasionally and provide support at other sites, including:
- Athena
- Bathgate
- Dumyat
- Manor Loan
- Scion House
Role Purpose
The Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer will support an M&A programme by delivering hands-on engineering across servers, networking, storage, backup, and data migration activities.
The role will focus on stabilising and migrating legacy infrastructure into the target-state environment while ensuring secure, controlled, and well-documented changes throughout the transition.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure Engineering & Architecture
- Design and implement infrastructure solutions required for integration of existing systems.
- Assess legacy environments and define remediation or migration approaches.
- Integrate and relocate legacy IT infrastructure into the target environment.
- Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams and migration plans.
Server & Storage
- Support and maintain Dell servers, Windows Server and virtualisation platforms.
- Manage and optimise QNAP NAS storage, including configuration, expansion and data protection.
- Perform server migrations, consolidation and decommissioning activities.
Networking & Security
- Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Meraki MX, MS and MR equipment.
- Implement and support VLANs, ACLs, firewall rules and network segmentation.
- Support network changes related to domain migrations, tenant alignment and SaaS repointing.
- Perform racking/unracking, structured cabling, labelling and cable management.
- Manage and support Cisco Meraki infrastructure.
- Assist with legacy infrastructure decommissioning.
Backup & Recovery
- Maintain and optimise Veeam Backup & Replication.
- Support backups for servers, VMs and NAS workloads.
- Perform backup integrity checks and restore testing.
- Adjust backup strategies to support data migration activities.
Data Transfer & Migration
- Plan and execute structured data transfers across servers, NAS devices and cloud platforms.
- Validate data integrity, security and completeness during migrations.
- Work closely with project teams to ensure controlled and low-risk changes.
Mentoring & Knowledge Transfer
- Provide hands-on guidance and support to junior IT staff.
- Share troubleshooting methodologies and infrastructure best practices.
- Provide knowledge transfer for systems and solutions implemented during the engagement.
Operational Support
- Act as a senior escalation point for complex infrastructure issues.
- Work closely with project managers, security teams and vendors.
- Maintain stable infrastructure operations throughout the integration programme.
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as an Infrastructure Engineer within multisite or complex IT environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- Dell Servers
- Windows Server
- VMware / Hyper-V
- Cisco Meraki
- Veeam Backup & Replication
- QNAP NAS
- Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals:
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- DHCP
- Routing
- VLANs
- ACLs
- Firewall & network segmentation
- Demonstrable experience in data transfer, migration or infrastructure consolidation.
- Ability to produce clear technical and architecture-level documentation.
- Experience providing mentoring and knowledge transfer to junior engineers.
- Previous experience with M&A, IT integration or large-scale infrastructure change programmes is highly desirable.
- Experience working with legacy environments transitioning into a new parent organisation is a strong advantage.
Desirable Skills
- Cloud infrastructure experience.
- Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID knowledge.
- Experience with SaaS repointing and tenant alignment.
- Linux administration exposure.
Personal Attributes
- Structured, methodical and calm under pressure.
- Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Delivery-focused with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
- Able to work independently and take ownership of technical outcomes.
- Collaborative and willing to mentor and share knowledge.
M&A Programme Context
This contract has been created to accelerate the integration of legacy infrastructure into the target-state environment.
The successful engineer will help stabilise existing systems, execute infrastructure migrations, align networks and provide knowledge transfer to ensure a smooth transition of the IT function.
Pay: £400.00 per day
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Glasgow, Glasgow: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- What is your Visa status and Nationality ?
- Are you comfortable with Job location and Per day salary 400 GBP ?
- What is your notice period if selected ?
Experience:
- Network infrastructure: 5 years (required)
- IT Infrastructure : 5 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Willingness to travel:
- 25% (required)
Work Location: In person