Data Centre Decommission Engineer – On-Site

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd; Aston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd seeks a Datacentre Engineer for a six-month initial contract to decommission hardware in data centres at Grays and Stevenage. The role is on-site with travel between three data centre locations as needed.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience in live data centres, server/storage decommissioning, rack handling, and strong documentation practices in line with change-control and security requirements.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience in live data centre environments.
• Experience decommissioning servers, storage or infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise server/storage hardware.
• Experience installing/removing rack-mounted equipment and working safely in data centre racks.
• Experience tracing Ethernet, fibre-channel/SAN and power connections.
• Understanding of enterprise storage infrastructure and cabling.
• Experience handling HDDs/SSDs securely.
• Knowledge of data sanitisation and chain-of-custody requirements.

Skills

Live data centre environments

Server decommissioning

Storage decommissioning

Rack-mounted equipment handling

Change-control/process compliance

Documentation and inventory accuracy

Security and data sanitisation basics

Tools

CMDB

IT asset-management systems

Job description

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd seeks a Datacentre Engineer for a six-month initial contract to decommission hardware in data centres at Grays and Stevenage. The role is on-site with travel between three data centre locations as needed.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience in live data centres, server/storage decommissioning, rack handling, and strong documentation practices in line with change-control and security requirements.