Data Centre Engineer - Consultancy

Hamilton Barnes; Greater London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift allowance

Test labs access

CCNA study support

Internal promotion

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes is seeking a Data Centre Engineer in London to join a 24/7 critical infrastructure team. The role focuses on hardware break-fix across data centres, with cabling as a secondary skill, working shifts including nights across Lewisham (primary) and Canary Wharf.

You will be hands-on, reliable, and able to maintain standards in busy environments, supported by training from HPE and access to test labs, with a clear internal progression path.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data centre hardware experience with break-fix focus.

Responsibilities

• Hardware break-fix across data centre environments, diagnosis, repair, and replacement of failed components
• Structured cabling, installation, patching, and cable management
• Maintaining data centre standards, clean, organised, and operationally robust environments
• Shift-based coverage across Lewisham (primary) and Canary Wharf sites
• Contributing to a 24/7 operation on a rotating 3-week day/night shift pattern

Skills

Data centre hardware

Break-fix

Hard drives

Memory

System boards

Processors

HP L-kit

Structured cabling

Night shifts

Punctual reliability

Job description

Keen to join a company that champions growth and development?

Join a dynamic organisation that has been part of the HPE Group for more than 20 years, adding value across HPE's full edge-to-cloud portfolio spanning compute, networking, storage, supercomputing, software, and hybrid cloud services.

The organization is currently on the lookout for a Data Centre Engineer to join a critical data centre infrastructure team in London on a 24/7 shift rotation. The ideal candidate will be hands-on and reliable, with hardware break-fix as the core focus of the role and cabling as a secondary skill, working shifts including nights with genuine development opportunities on offer.

Responsibilities:

• Hardware break-fix across data centre environments, diagnosis, repair, and replacement of failed components
• Working across hard drives, memory, system boards, processors, and HP rack-level kit
• Structured cabling, installation, patching, and cable management to a professional standard
• Maintaining data centre standards, clean, organised, and operationally robust environments
• Shift-based coverage across Lewisham (primary) and Canary Wharf sites
• Contributing to a 24/7 operation on a rotating 3-week day/night shift pattern

Skills/Must Have:

• Hands-on data centre hardware experience, break-fix is the core requirement
• Comfortable working with hard drives, memory, system boards, processors, and HP L-kit
• Structured cabling experience, neat, accurate, and professional
• Reliable and punctual, 24/7 shift operations depend on it
• Comfortable with night shifts, the rotation is moving toward a 2pm–2am window
• London-based and able to commute to Lewisham

Working Pattern:

• 24/7 rotating shift pattern, day and night shifts over a 3-week rotation
• Shift pattern currently moving toward 2pm–2am coverage

Benefits:

• HPE and Skillsoft training, structured technical development funded by the client
• Access to test labs, hands-on learning environment
• CCNA study support
• Internal promotion pathway, they develop and promote from within
• Nearly £50k total package for a hands-on DC engineer role in London
• Shift allowance well above average, nights are compensated properly
• HPE training, CCNA support, and test lab access, rare to find in a DC break-fix role
• Clear internal progression, not a dead-end seat
• Two London DC locations, Lewisham primary with Canary Wharf as secondary

Salary:

• Total package £49,618
• £42,500 + £1,960 London Allowance + £5,158 Shift Allowance