Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Government Recruitment Service; Corsham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to manage Data Centre operations. You will oversee day-to-day activities, troubleshoot connectivity issues, and collaborate with technical architects. The role offers a dynamic work environment, requiring at least 60% of working time in the office. Ideal candidates will have experience in managing data center services and adherence to health and safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing data center operations and infrastructure services.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations in workplace environments.
• Ability to develop and implement continuous improvements in services.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage day-to-day activities within Data Centres.
• Provide advice on physical infrastructure solutions and services.
• Troubleshoot connectivity problems across different technology capabilities.

Skills

Infrastructure management

Collaboration with third parties

Technical troubleshooting

Capacity management

Job description

Overview

A Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Data Centre Manager builds, administers, transitions, supports and maintains infrastructure services throughout the service lifecycle, according to the departmental policy and Home Office strategy.

You will work as part of the Co-Location Services Team alongside other Infrastructure Engineers ensuring services are integrated, delivered and operated as required.

You will work with and support third parties in providing infrastructure services and with technical architects to translate architectural designs into operations.

You will provide input into overall management activities such as workforce planning, budgeting, technology roadmaps, projects and tasks.

As part of the Co-Location Services Team, you will be working collaboratively with Programs and Projects, Technical Architects and other Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that the architectural designs and/or Project requirements translate into physical solutions that comply with Data Centre standards and industry best practice.

This involves actively managing capacity (power, space) ensuring current and forecast demand is met.

This post is not suitable for part-time working due to the nature of the role. The successful candidate ideally will be based at the Corsham site, travel to other locations will be required as part of the role.

What you will do

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

• The planning, control and management of the day-to-day activities within the Data Centres which, collectively, make up the IT estate. This involves provision and management of the physical environment, including space and power allocation, and environmental monitoring that provide statistics on energy usage.
• Managing physical access control, and adherence to all mandatory policies and regulations concerning health and safety at work.
• Providing advice to teams relating to the implementation, administration and support of the Physical infrastructure solutions and services including the selection of appropriate technology that supports “Secure by Design” principles
• The development, integration and ongoing continuous improvement of tooling.
• Managing planning of acceptance tests, coordinating both functional and non-functional specifications and provide authoritative advice and guidance on test planning
• Troubleshooting and identifying physical connectivity problems across different technology capabilities including compute, storage, networking and physical infrastructure ensuring activities are monitored and progress updates are provided
• Establishing and maintaining standards and procedures across a service lifecycle
• The development and implementation of improvements to the Co-Location Service Product be it new offering or improvements to existing offerings including the automation of processes and integration of systems

Due to business requirements this post is available on a full time/flexible working basis. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office.