Data Centre Facilities Engineer — Critical Infra & On-Call

Onnec; Camberley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

ONNEC Group in the UK is hiring a Data Centre Facilities Engineer to support a prestigious banking client across multiple data centre sites. This highly visible role focuses on maintaining data centre standards, managing infrastructure changes, capacity planning and ensuring critical facilities run safely and efficiently.

You will join an established team handling white space, asset control, infrastructure moves and governance, with regular travel and occasional out-of-hours work required.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Data Centre environment.
• Experience in banking or critical environments.
• Strong understanding of change management and service delivery.
• Experience deploying IT hardware and infrastructure moves.
• Knowledge of structured cabling standards and copper/fibre.
• Experience with asset management, ticketing and workflows.
• MS Office skills including Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Organised and detail-oriented with good prioritisation.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• CDCTP or CDCMP certifications and IT qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage data centre white space and coordinate equipment moves.
• Maintain rack, space, power and asset records using DCIM tools such as Nlyte.
• Support data hall planning including power, cooling and capacity planning.
• Coordinate hardware installations with internal teams and third-party vendors.
• Monitor incidents and risks, escalating as required.
• Conduct regular data centre audits and compliance reviews.
• Manage asset inventories and decommissioning activities.
• Review data centre access requests through ServiceNow.
• Perform regular inspections for health, safety and housekeeping.
• Provide emergency support and callout cover as needed.
• Drive continuous improvement with ONNEC and client stakeholders.

Skills

Data Centre experience

Independent work

Change management

IT hardware deployments

Infrastructure moves

Asset management

Ticketing systems

Workflow management

MS Office

Attention to detail

Education

CDCTP certification

CDCMP certification

IT qualifications

Tools

Nlyte

ServiceNow

DCIM tools

Job description

ONNEC Group in the UK is hiring a Data Centre Facilities Engineer to support a prestigious banking client across multiple data centre sites. This highly visible role focuses on maintaining data centre standards, managing infrastructure changes, capacity planning and ensuring critical facilities run safely and efficiently.

You will join an established team handling white space, asset control, infrastructure moves and governance, with regular travel and occasional out-of-hours work required.