Senior Data Centre Hardware Lead

Cloud People; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud People is hiring Senior Hardware Engineers to lead on-site data centre and infrastructure projects across servers, switches and storage. You will set on-site standards for installs, cabling, labeling and asset accuracy, while owning risk documentation and change processes.

You will mentor junior engineers, allocate tasks, and act as escalation point on-site. Travel to UK and overseas customer sites will be required, including occasional out-of-hours work.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in data centre operations or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong grounding in commodity compute, storage and network hardware.
• Experience managing RAMS and risk in critical environments.
• Structured cabling standards across Cat6/6a and fibre.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute physical build, install, relocate and decommission of IT hardware.
• Design rack layouts and cabling to ensure clean, labelled, and logical routing.
• Manage patching schedules, cable trays and labelling schemes per standards.
• Coordinate with design teams and facilities on power and space planning.
• Produce and maintain Risk Assessments and Method Statements for tasks.

Skills

Leadership

On-site management

Documentation

RAMS & risk

Tools

RAMS

Audit & Change control

Job description

Cloud People is hiring Senior Hardware Engineers to lead on-site data centre and infrastructure projects across servers, switches and storage. You will set on-site standards for installs, cabling, labeling and asset accuracy, while owning risk documentation and change processes.

You will mentor junior engineers, allocate tasks, and act as escalation point on-site. Travel to UK and overseas customer sites will be required, including occasional out-of-hours work.