IT Deployment Engineer (FTC)

01Problem

A one-year fixed-term contract through the 2023 season. Imaging, deploying, and decommissioning kit – the part of an F1 operation nobody photographs, and the part everyone notices when it slips. Short on the calendar, but the chapter that taught me how F1 IT actually moves.

02Process

• 01Coordinated deployment of computing systems for employees and departments, ensuring seamless integration of hardware and peripherals.
• 02Built and configured laptops and desktops using tailored task sequences to meet user-specific requirements.
• 03Conducted quality checks on deployed devices, validating hardware performance and software compliance.
• 04Delivered in-person and remote technical support for newly deployed systems.

03Skills built

• 01Imaging and deployment at pace, working to task sequences and validating against device-specific build requirements.
• 02Hardware lifecycle from build to decommission – provisioning, QA, in-life support, and end-of-life handling on a managed estate.
• 03Operating inside a season-prep cadence where deployment windows are fixed by the calendar, not by IT.
• 04Working knowledge of the operational rhythm of a Formula One team's IT function – the volume, the deadlines, and the standard expected.

04Outcome

1. Outcome 01Delivered the deployment workload across pre-season onboarding and large-scale departmental upgrades inside fixed calendar windows.
2. Outcome 02Spent a full season inside the working IT function of a championship-winning F1 team – exposure that shaped how I read F1 IT environments to this day.