Job Title: EPOS & SCO Platform Engineer

Contract Length: 6 months

Hybrid: 2 Days On Site

IR35: Outside IR35

Project

Support, maintain, and enhance EPOS and self-checkout platforms across a large retail estate. The role focuses on delivering secure, resilient, and scalable checkout infrastructure while improving automation, monitoring, and operational stability across tills, kiosks, peripherals, and Back End systems.

Tech Stack

• EPOS & SCO Platforms
• Windows 10
• Windows 11
• Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)
• VBScript
• PowerShell
• Till Hardware & Peripherals
• Monitoring & DR Tools

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain EPOS and SCO infrastructure (tills, self-checkouts, peripherals, and controllers) across Windows 10, Windows 11, and Linux environments
• Own the full life cycle from initial design and requirement capture through to deployment, configuration, and ongoing 3rd line support
• Create and manage non-production environments to validate changes, patches, and new features before estate-wide rollout
• Standardise and automate till provisioning, configuration management, and software deployments across the estate using VBScript and PowerShell
• Patch and maintain OS and application layers, ensuring systems are hardened and aligned with security and architectural principles
• Drive proactive monitoring and observability, using data to identify and resolve issues before they impact the customer checkout experience
• Lead Disaster Recovery (DR) validation, maintaining and regularly testing recovery procedures to ensure business continuity across all stores

Skills Essentials

• Strong troubleshooting and retail support experience
• Proven experience designing and supporting scalable, resilient EPOS and SCO platforms
• Strong administration skills across Windows 10, Windows 11, and Linux environments (Ubuntu/Debian or similar)
• Proficiency in Scripting and automation using VBScript and PowerShell
• Ability to capture requirements and translate them into formal design and test documentation
• Experience managing the full deployment life cycle, including patching and configuration management