DC Engineer
Location: Slough, Berkshire
Full-time/Permanent
Continental Shift Pattern
Salary: £35,000 DOE plus 20% shift allowance
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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 xwzovoh
- 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