Senior IT Engineer - £40,000 - Education sector experience - #2093134

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3 days a week on site in L1 Liverpool & Merseyside & 2 days remote - Must drive/ own a car - EDUCATION sector experience essential - 12 month FTC with a view to go permanent after the year - up to £40,000 + commission.

Server, Infrastructure, Networking, Cyber Security, M365, Helpdesk, Apple Devices.

An IT firm are looking for a IT Engineer (Support) with current or very recent experience within the Educational sector (Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Academies, Universities or Colleges) to work in a hybrid model across Liverpool and Merseyside.

Contracted onsite support — minimum 3 days per week

• Deliver contracted onsite IT support across the school client base — minimum three days per week on client sites as part of contracted service commitments. Primary contracted base is Liverpool City Centre (L1) with regular travel across Liverpool and Merseyside
• Remaining two days per week spent on remote support, reactive client visits, and project delivery.

Skills & Tech:

• Minimum 4 years hands-on experience in a senior IT support or systems engineer role within education.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve server failures independently — OS, hardware, RAID, and virtualisation
• Strong Active Directory and Group Policy experience — real-world deployment and troubleshooting, not just basic administration
• Hands-on cyber security experience — incident response, endpoint protection, web filtering, and Cyber Essentials
• Confident with Microsoft 365 administration across the full suite
• Solid networking knowledge — VLANs, managed switches, wireless, firewalls, and routing
• Experience with MDM platforms — Mosyle, Jamf, Intune, or equivalent
• Able to work completely independently — you do not need supervision to resolve complex technical problems
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle — client sites are spread across Liverpool and Merseyside
• Strong communication skills — you can explain a complex technical issue to a headteacher clearly and calmly

Server, Infrastructure, Networking, Cyber Security, M365, Helpdesk, Apple Devices.