Data Center Engineer — Global Ops & Reliability

Ares Management; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ares Management is seeking a Data Centre Engineer to support enterprise data centre operations across global sites, ensuring highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure. You will perform rack and stack activities, install and maintain server hardware, manage power and cooling, and coordinate with facilities, vendors, and internal teams.

Strong documentation and communication are essential. Candidates should have hands-on experience with HPE, Dell, Cisco UCS, Lenovo hardware and ITSM

Qualifications

• 6+ years in enterprise data center operations or physical IT infra.
• Experience with rack and stack, cabling, and server hardware installation.
• Familiarity with HPE, Dell, Cisco UCS, Lenovo hardware.
• Experience with ITSM and asset management.
• Strong documentation and operational process skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational support for data centers and remote offices.
• Perform rack-and-stack activities for servers, storage, network, and infrastructure devices.
• Install, configure, relocate, and maintain physical hardware.
• Support power, cooling, site cabling, and environmental monitoring.
• Coordinate with facilities, vendors, and internal teams for data center activities.
• Maintain rack elevations, cabling docs, and asset inventory.
• Lifecycle management including procurement coordination and obsolescence.
• Troubleshoot hardware and connectivity issues.
• Support data center capacity planning and future growth.
• Contribute to security remediation and incident response during incidents.

Skills

Rack and stack

Server hardware

Power distribution

Cabling standards

Vendor coordination

Operational documentation

Windows Server

Linux

VMware

ITSM (ServiceNow)

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

iLO / iDRAC / IPMI

ServiceNow

Monitoring tools

Remote management tools

Job description

Ares Management is seeking a Data Centre Engineer to support enterprise data centre operations across global sites, ensuring highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure. You will perform rack and stack activities, install and maintain server hardware, manage power and cooling, and coordinate with facilities, vendors, and internal teams.

Strong documentation and communication are essential. Candidates should have hands-on experience with HPE, Dell, Cisco UCS, Lenovo hardware and ITSM