Operations Engineer - Hosting

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Biel; Vor Ort; CHF 87.000 - 126.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited in Biel, Switzerland, seeks a hands-on operations specialist to run and optimize critical data center infrastructure. You will monitor power, cooling, network and security while coordinating maintenance and on-site activities with a small team.

The role emphasizes reliability, safety, and collaboration, with opportunities to shape processes, document procedures, and work with regional IT partners to support customers and audits.

Qualifikationen

• Completed technical training, preferably in electrical engineering.
• Experience with critical technical infrastructure, ideally in a data center, telecoms or building services environment.
• Solid knowledge in electrical engineering, HVAC or network technology.
• Hands-on approach with strong teamwork and customer focus.

Aufgaben

• Operate and monitor data centre infrastructure, power, cooling, network, security systems and access control.
• Coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance and fault resolution.
• Analyse and resolve issues with the NOC and partners.
• Deliver customer installations, environment expansions and remote hands services.
• Support infrastructure components such as racks, cabling, cold aisle containment and facility systems.
• Manage external service providers and ensure professional standards.
• Maintain technical documentation and asset records for audits and compliance.
• Identify and implement improvements to operations, processes and infrastructure.
• Participate in the on-site on-call rota.

Kenntnisse

Critical infra experience

Electrical engineering knowledge

HVAC knowledge

Network technology

Ausbildung

Completed technical training (Electrical)

Jobbeschreibung

Looking for a role with plenty of growth opportunities?

Join a leading regional data center operator with 16 data centers across the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany, supporting large organisations, government institutions, cloud and IT providers, and small businesses. The organisation focuses on sustainable data centres, high-end services, and tailored connectivity and hybrid cloud solutions, working closely with regional IT partners to support customers’ digital transformation.

The role offers the opportunity to join a small, close-knit operations team in the Biel region, taking ownership of the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of critical infrastructure. You’ll work across power, cooling, networking, security, and customer environments, with the opportunity to shape processes and solutions within a flat and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor the full data center infrastructure, power, cooling, building services, network, security systems and access control
• Carry out and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance, and support fault/technical issue resolution
• Analyse and resolve technical issues in collaboration with the NOC and internal/external partners
• Deliver customer installations, environment expansions and remote hands services
• Support technical work on infrastructure components such as racks, cabling, cold aisle containment and facility systems
• Manage and supervise external service providers, ensuring professional standards
• Maintain technical documentation and asset records, supporting audits and compliance
• Identify and implement improvements to operations, processes and infrastructure
• Participate in the on-site on-call rota

Skills/Must Have

• Completed technical training, preferably in electrical engineering
• Experience with critical technical infrastructure, ideally in a data center, telecoms or building services environment
• Solid knowledge in at least one relevant area, electrical engineering, HVAC or network technology
• Hands-on approach and genuine interest in complex infrastructure
• Independent, solution-oriented working style with strong teamwork skills
• Customer-focused mindset and strong sense of responsibility
• Good command of German and English; French an advantage
• Willingness to undertake further training (e.g. power switching authorisation)
• Category B driving licence

Salary

• CHF 87k - CHF 126k (Depending on experience)