Data Centre Field Engineer

Vorboss; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Share Plan

Company pension scheme

Bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Private Healthcare

Life assurance

Income Protection

Cycle to work scheme

Travel loan

Spill mental health support

Job summary

Vorboss is seeking an Infrastructure Field Technician to maintain the physical network layer across London data centres and customer sites. The role is hands-on and on-site, with time split between PoPs and client premises, including occasional on-call duties.

Ideal candidates will have 2+ years in field/infrastructure roles, experience in data centres, copper termination skills, and familiarity with wireless installations. A UK driving licence is essential for travel across sites.

Qualifications

• Two or more years in a hands-on field, infrastructure or datacentre role.
• Experience in data centres (e.g., Telehouse, Equinix).
• Proven copper termination and testing, including patch panels and keystones.

Responsibilities

• Install, commission and decommission racks and containment at PoPs and customer sites.
• Run and test copper/fibre cabling; compile test results for handover.
• Install wireless APs per design and perform validation surveys.
• Fault-find at the physical layer using OTDRs and test tools.
• Provide remote hands during troubleshooting and support planned works.
• Maintain accurate documentation and manage stock and site access.
• Participate in on-call rota for outages.

Skills

Field technician experience

Data centre experience

Copper termination

Fibre splicing interest

Structured cabling knowledge

Wireless AP installation

Customer-facing

Driving license

Test equipment handling

Tools

OTDRs

Power meters

Cable certifiers

Job description

Who Are Vorboss

Vorboss is building London’s next‑generation business fibre network. This is a responsibility that we take seriously; we understand that for most businesses, reliable fibre internet is as important as heat, electricity, and water. We want to completely change the fibre network in London (and beyond), and we’re on the hunt for smart, talented people to join us.

Who Are Vorboss

Vorboss is building London’s next‑generation business fibre network. This is a responsibility that we take seriously; we understand that for most businesses, reliable fibre internet is as important as heat, electricity, and water. We want to completely change the fibre network in London (and beyond), and we’re on the hunt for smart, talented people to join us.

At Vorboss, we do the right thing—no matter what. Our unwavering focus on engineering excellence and unrivalled commitment to customer service is trusted by the most important organisations across the UK and Europe in the technology, pharmaceutical, financial, and e-commerce industries.

We’re proud to have earned one of the best reputations in the industry, and it is essential to us that we maintain that reputation as we grow. Our team is tight knit and highly talented. We trust each other to do the right thing, take responsibility, and be a champion for our collective success.

We’re looking for talented, smart people to join us as we embark on this exciting period of growth. Our vision for Vorboss is to be ‘the best job that someone ever had’, regardless of how long they stay with us, and promise to provide a supportive workplace based on respect and trust.

We started by building London’s largest fibre network and are now expanding to provide the full range of IT and cybersecurity services that modern businesses rely on. Our goal is simple: give London businesses a single, trusted partner for everything from connectivity to managed IT and cyber protection.

We’re proud to have earned one of the best reputations in the industry and it is essential to us that we maintain that reputation as we grow. Our team is tight knit and highly talented. We trust each other to do the right thing, take responsibility, and be a champion for our collective success.

We’re looking for talented, smart people to join us as we embarkon this exciting period of growth. Our vision for Vorboss is to be ‘the bestjob that someone ever had’, regardless of how long they stay with us andpromise to provide a supportive workplace based on respect and trust.

Role Overview

We’re looking for an Infrastructure Field Technician to look after the physical layer of our own network and the networks we manage for our customers. The role covers our datacentre points of presence, structured cabling and containment in customer buildings, and the wireless installations we deliver across the sites we support. This is a hands on, on site role. You will spend most of your week at our points of presence and on customer premises across London, with the rest of your time in our office. The work varies from one day to the next: racking and cabling equipment in a data hall, installing access points and running copper on a customer fit out, then out to fault find a link that has gone down. You will often be the only Vorboss person on site, so you need to be comfortable working on your own and representing us well in front of customers.

Key Responsibilities

(Please note that this list is not exhaustive)

• Install, commission and decommission racks, cabinets, containment and equipment in our points of presence and on customer sites
• Run, terminate, test and label copper and fibre structuredcabling, and produce test results for handover
• Install, mount and cable wireless access points to a wireless design, and carry out validation surveys once they are live
• Fault find at the physical layer across fibre, copper, optics and patching, using OTDRs, power meters, cable certifiers and survey tools
• Work in live points of presence and customer racks without disrupting services that are already in place
• Act as remote hands for our engineering teams during troubleshooting, following instructions accurately and feeding back clearly
• Support planned works, migrations and maintenance, including out of hours where the work needs it
• Keep our documentation and internal systems accurate and up todate as work is completed
• Manage stock, spares, tools and site access across our points of presence and customer estates
• Take part in an on call rota for responding to outages and other critical events

Essential

• Two or more years in a hands on field, infrastructure or datacentre role
• Experience working in data centres, for example Telehouse, Equinix, Digital Realty sites
• Confident terminating and testing copper, including patch panels and keystones
• Willing to learn fibre splicing and testing for the occasions where it is needed
• Practical knowledge of structured cabling standards and good installation practice in comms rooms and data halls
• Experience installing wireless access points and working from a wireless design or heat map
• Able to prove a connection works using the relevant test equipment
• Keen attention to detail: tidy cable management, spotting mistakes as you go, and working in live customer racks without knocking out services that are already running
• Comfortable working alone on customer sites, and confident dealing with customers, landlords and data centre staff face to face
• Happy to work at height, in risers and plant rooms, and to lift and manoeuvre equipment
• Full UK driving licence, and comfortable driving a company van around London
• Well organised, with the discipline to document work properly as you go

Desirable

• Fibre splicing and OTDR testing experience
• Wireless survey experience using Ekahau, Hamina or similar
• Familiarity with enterprise wireless platforms such as Ruckus or Juniper Mist
• Willing to build up more advanced wireless and IP networking theory so you can troubleshoot in more detail while on site
• Manufacturer certification in structured cabling, for example Excel, Panduit or CommScope
• CSCS card, IPAF or PASMA, working at height or first aid training
• Experience with documentation or DCIM tooling such as NetBox

Benefits

• Employee Share Plan
• Company pension scheme.
• Bonus scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave allowance that increases with years served (excluding bank holidays).
• Private Healthcare.
• Life assurance.
• Income Protection.
• Access to Spill, our mental health support partner.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Half price gym memberships through the healthcare provider.
• Free eye test.
• Travel loan.
• Hastee app, to help manage your salary and finances.

Diversity, Inclusion, And Equal Opportunities

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

We aim to create a working environment free of bullying, harassment, victimisation, and unlawful discrimination, promoting dignity and respect for all, and where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued.

This commitment includes training managers and all other employees about their rights and responsibilities under the equality, diversity, and inclusion policy. Responsibilities include staff conducting themselves to help the organisation provide equal opportunities in employment, and prevent bullying, harassment, victimisation, and unlawful discrimination.

Vorboss promotes step free access at our main headquarters, whilst taking into consideration physical barriers employees might face across all other sites.