Data Center Engineer

You will take technical ownership of a data centre estate that spans several sites and supports critical services for a major UK energy organisation. The role covers day-to-day operations, audits and data centre migrations.

Contract : 6 months

Location : Wokingham, Berkshire, UK (primary), with travel to Reading, Berkshire, UK; Warwick, Warwickshire, UK; Corsham, Wiltshire, UK; and Farnborough, Hampshire, UK

Security clearance : active SC clearance required

The Project

You will be the technical point of contact for everyone working within the client's data centre estate. The focus is on keeping housed services safe and reliable while you manage capacity, compliance and change across five sites.

You will work closely with facilities, telecoms and network suppliers and make sure all works follow established operational processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep the data centre estate operating safely and reliably

• Manage capacity, including airflow and power analysis

• Identify and implement efficiency improvements

• Keep Nlyte or equivalent DCIM data accurate against capacity limits

• Complete regular IT asset audits and prepare for all required audits

• Manage changes and risks through the Change Control Process

• Raise change and incident tickets and support incidents within SLAs

• Represent the estate at CABs, workshops and multidisciplinary events

• Validate technical designs for safe housing and supportability

• Manage physical security, access control, inductions and access records

• Review and improve operational processes

Out-of-hours work and an on-call incident rota may be required.

Technical Skills

Essential

• Minimum 12 months' experience in a data centre environment

• Installing and de-installing IT equipment in data centres

• ITIL framework knowledge and experience

• In-depth knowledge of generators, UPS and cooling systems

• Own vehicle and ability to travel to five locations at short notice

Desirable

• IT infrastructure knowledge across compute, storage and network

• Facilities management across power, cooling and building management

• Strong stakeholder leadership and relationship-building skills

Eligibility and Contact

UK right-to-work candidates only, including eligible dependant visa holders and those with ILR. Unfortunately, visa sponsorship or Skilled Worker visa support is not available.

To apply or find out more, contact [email protected]