Leeds Data Centre Engineer - 6 Month Contract

NineTech; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

NineTech is seeking an experienced Data Centre Engineer for a 6-month contract in Leeds. The role offers part-time hours across three days per week and focuses on day-to-day operation, maintenance, and resilience of data centre infrastructure within a regulated financial services environment.

The candidate will work with infrastructure, network, security and technology teams to ensure a highly available, secure environment and will handle migrations, upgrades, and documentation in a structured

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on data centre experience in regulated environments.
• Experience with server hardware, racks, cabling and infrastructure.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001 and PCI DSS or other security controls.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain data centre infrastructure, ensuring high availability.
• Carry out installation, configuration, maintenance and decommissioning of servers.
• Perform rack and stack activities and structured cabling.
• Monitor infrastructure and respond to incidents and service requests.
• Coordinate with vendors for hardware break/fix activities.
• Maintain accurate asset, configuration, and infrastructure documentation.
• Support data centre moves, migrations, upgrades and projects.
• Follow change management, security and operational procedures.

Skills

Data centre engineering

Infrastructure engineering

Documentation

Education

ITIL certification

Tools

Dell

HPE

Lenovo

SAN/storage knowledge

Job description

NineTech is seeking an experienced Data Centre Engineer for a 6-month contract in Leeds. The role offers part-time hours across three days per week and focuses on day-to-day operation, maintenance, and resilience of data centre infrastructure within a regulated financial services environment.

The candidate will work with infrastructure, network, security and technology teams to ensure a highly available, secure environment and will handle migrations, upgrades, and documentation in a structured