Data Centre Technician

Avature; Hursley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

You'll join a small team who are responsible for the safe & orderly running of our data centre environment used for developing and testing IBM products.

You'll also be key to supporting our worldwide development, support and test teams who depend on our data centre environment.

Your role and responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to support colleagues spread across the world who make use of our data centre in Hursley.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Ensure the data centres are safe and tidy, reporting any issues observed
2. Assist in the hardware build of new products
3. Support our worldwide teams' requests for configuration changes within test configurations within the data centres
4. Manage hardware and component inventory within the data centres
5. Support incoming and outgoing shipments to/from our partners and worldwide teams

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

1. Experience working with Excel
2. Accurate and timely record keeping
3. Able and willing to safely move large and heavy hardware
4. Experience working within a data centre environment

Preferred technical and professional experience

1. Experience working with servers, storage, and networking technologies
2. Able to install data and power cables in a safe and tidy manner
3. Experience installing and removing hardware within 42U rack cabinets
4. Experience administering and supporting Linux & VMware

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that dedication to our clients' success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships live in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment every day, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth-minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide ongoing feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team-focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions every day is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome-focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason, and science, we can improve business, society, and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Job Title: Data Centre Support

Job ID: 27728

City / Township / Village: Hursley

State / Province: Hampshire

Country: United Kingdom

Work arrangement: Onsite

Area of work: Software Engineering

Employment type: Regular

Position type: Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand.

Company: (8660) IBM United Kingdom Limited

Shift: General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position? No