Data Centre & Performance Lead

Crown Holdings, Inc.

Wantage

On-site

GBP 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Crown Holdings, Inc. is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure professional to design, implement and operate a secure, reliable server and storage infrastructure supporting the EMEA IT systems and data centres.

The role covers DR, backups, monitoring, and performance optimization to ensure continuous business operations. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in Microsoft-based infrastructure, VMware knowledge, and experience with automation tools.

Qualifications

IS background with 5+ years on Microsoft-based infrastructure.
Strong knowledge of Hypervisor technologies (e.g., VMware).
Experience with server technologies, storage, and DR/backup.
Proficient in performance monitoring and capacity planning.
Familiar with automation/orchestration (Ansible, Terraform).
Experience coordinating across multiple geographies; outsourcing beneficial.

Responsibilities

Lead delivery and continuous improvement of a secure, reliable server and data centre infrastructure.
Ensure rapid incident response, root cause analysis, and service improvements.
Develop and maintain DR, backups, and resilience to meet RTO/RPO.
Align infra strategy and capacity planning with business needs while controlling costs.
Identify and implement new technologies to boost performance and efficiency.
Oversee support of internal and third-party server infrastructure.
Collaborate across divisions to align infrastructure standards and practices.
Ensure governance, audit, regulatory and cybersecurity compliance.
Define and audit server, data centre and performance monitoring standards.
Lead Data Centre and Performance team to maximise capability and engagement.