How we work

Understand your IT risks and what to fix first.

You receive a report showing where your IT stands, which risks matter most and what to do next. Recommendations include estimated effort and costs, with a short summary for management.

We speak with your IT staff and suppliers, review systems using read-only access or exports, and discuss the findings with you. Your team, existing suppliers or Engine Bay can handle the improvements separately.

Scope, timing and a fixed price agreed before we start.

What we review

  • Infrastructure: cloud services, servers, networks and databases.
  • Workplace systems: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, devices and accounts.
  • Security and recovery: data protection, backups, recovery plans and reliance on key people.
  • Your own software: how it is hosted and maintained.
  • Suppliers and costs: responsibilities, contracts, licences and spending.

Build, move or improve your IT systems.

We deliver a defined project, with clear responsibilities and progress reviewed with you at agreed stages.

You receive documentation and a handover so your team or another supplier can manage the systems afterwards.

Agreed scope and fixed price.

Projects we deliver

  • Infrastructure builds and migrations: new systems or moves between platforms, clouds and data centres.
  • Security improvements: better protection for accounts, devices and email.
  • Software delivery: hosting and automated release processes for your own software.
  • Policies and recovery plans: security policies and tested procedures for restoring systems after disruption.

Regular help managing and improving your IT.

We work alongside your team to plan improvements, oversee suppliers and carry out technical work.

You have clear priorities, agreed responsibilities and a written record of decisions and next steps.

An agreed number of days each month, for an agreed period.

Where we help

  • Planning and budgets: what needs doing, when and at what cost.
  • Supplier oversight: clear responsibilities, service expectations and reviews of their work.
  • Security: coordinating audits and penetration tests, tracking fixes and reporting risks to management.
  • Infrastructure: hands-on design and improvements.
  • Recruitment: defining IT roles and assessing candidates through technical interviews.