Data Center Engineer
2 days ago
Welwyn Garden City
DC Engineer Location: Welwyn Garden City Full-time/Permanent Continental Shift Pattern Salary: £38,000 DOE plus shift allowance We’re looking for a multi-skilled Data Centre Engineer to join a leading organisation in Hertfordshire, working within a small team supporting a prestigious international financial client. This company is an experienced technology integrator providing end-to-end connectivity and managed services across data centres, offices, and critical environments. Its solutions include structured cabling, smart systems, and IT services, all delivered with a focus on quality, innovation, and sustainability to help organisations enhance infrastructure and digital transformation Responsibilities include: • Managing change control, incidents, and asset tracking, • Supervising and escorting third-party vendors, • Planning and carrying out IT hardware installations to strict Data Centre standards, • Decommissioning network hardware and cabling, • Maintaining accurate documentation and inventories, • Completing service requests within agreed SLAs, • Ensuring compliance with company, client, and manufacturer standards, health & safety, and security protocols Task description: • Maintaining data centre management toolsets, • Providing governance and day-to-day management of the data centre, • Coordinating with facilities teams to improve energy efficiency, • Supporting daily operations: installs, changes, decommissions, maintenance, • Contributing to service improvement and major infrastructure projects, • Basic server configuration (IDRAC, ILO), • Fault finding, escalation, racking, stacking, patching, moves, and changes, • Managing complex cabling infrastructure for stable IT and desktop connectivity What we’re looking for: • Experience in high-risk environments and data centres, • Knowledge of DCIM tools and standards (desirable), • Experience with ServiceNow, Remedy, or similar (desirable), • Strong attention to detail, proactive approach, and ability to work under pressure, • Solid understanding of infrastructure technologies and networking, • Competence in MS Office and helpdesk/service delivery tools, • Reliable team player able to work independently and flexibly