Data Centre Technical Operations Engineer

Apex Systems; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Data Centre Technical Operations Engineer to join their Web Services Team in London. The role involves operating and maintaining critical data centre equipment, ensuring safety procedures, and driving innovation while reducing operational costs. Ideal candidates will have a collaborative spirit and at least 3 years of experience in data centre operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in data centre operations.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures.
• Take daily operational readings of mechanical and electrical equipment.

Skills

Collaboration

Troubleshooting

Safety Procedures

Root Cause Analysis

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Data Centre Technical Operations Engineer

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Role Title: Data Centre Technical Operations Engineer

Location: London, Onsite

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across the client’s business to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Our client is seeking a collaborative electrical maintenance professional for their Web Services Team.

This engineering operations technician position serves as the on-site maintenance technician and operator for a data centre.

The Data Centre Engineering Operations Technician (EOT) is responsible for operating and maintaining all electrical, mechanical, emergency generator, and fire/life safety equipment within the data centre. The EOT serves as a technical resource to support the client within its data centres. Data centre equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. EOTs are also tasked with driving innovation while reducing operational costs in the facilities.

Key job responsibilities

• Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment
• Troubleshoot facility and rack-level events within internal SLAs
• Perform limited maintenance tasks such as filter changes, HVAC preventive maintenance, rack power installs, rack PDU, and rack ATS replacements
• Support Data Centre Operations technicians
• Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures
• Ensure safety procedures are followed during work
• Take daily operational readings of mechanical and electrical equipment (temperatures, voltages, currents, etc.)
• Utilize internal CMMS for managing workflows and spare parts inventory
• Supervise contractors performing servicing or preventive maintenance
• Respond to emergency calls during on-call rotations for regional sites
• Comply with all physical security procedures and policies

Minimum 3+ years of experience in data centre operations is required.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting