Data Centre Technician - 12h Shifts, Travel

TEKsystems; Slough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Data Centre Technician for a 3-6 month contract in Slough/Stockley Park. The role supports installation, maintenance and operation of critical IT infrastructure within a large-scale data centre environment.

You will gain hands-on experience across servers, networking, storage and cabling, with on-the-job training and opportunities to develop knowledge of data centre operations, security, safety and data management procedures.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data centre operations experience through installation, diagnostics and troubleshooting of IT infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Follow established data centre policies and procedures with guidance from senior technicians.
• Escalate issues as needed and ensure KPI-aligned ticket handling.
• Support hardware installation, diagnostics, replacement and decommissioning of data centre IT equipment.
• Develop understanding of interaction between cabling, networking, servers and storage.
• Complete security and data management training and follow related policies.
• Escort third-party vendors on-site when required.
• Prepare and perform basic start-up/shutdown activities for hardware (racks, drives, switches).
• Carry out hardware decommissions and infrastructure changes across cabling, networking, storage and server equipment.
• Perform memory upgrades and OS rebuilds as per procedures.
• Report incidents and participate in on-site updates and follow-up actions.
• Verify housing, grounding, labeling and cabling after installation or maintenance.

Skills

Hardware install

Diagnostics

Troubleshooting

Cabling

Networking

Servers

Storage

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Data Centre Technician for a 3-6 month contract in Slough/Stockley Park. The role supports installation, maintenance and operation of critical IT infrastructure within a large-scale data centre environment.

You will gain hands-on experience across servers, networking, storage and cabling, with on-the-job training and opportunities to develop knowledge of data centre operations, security, safety and data management procedures.