Data Centre - Infrastructure / Hardware Engineer

Major Financial Services company is looking for a Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer for a long term contract. Outside IR35.

Purpose:

• To carry out installation, termination, testing, recovery and relocation activities.
• New Infrastructure Installation
• Projects and all hardware installations.
• Equipment Move - Move of installed hardware from one DC to another.
• Decommission - To remove an asset from the DC and dispose or assign to stores for re-use.
• Remote Hands - Any activity not captured clearly in other catalogue items such as audits or status checks.
• HW Fault Support - Device investigation including urgent service impacting requests.
• Configuration - Configuration of servers / switches / appliances.Management and update of firmware.
• HW Diagnosis - A request to diagnose an unknown problem.
• OS Installation - Installation of Operating System as defined in request.
• Housekeeping of assets, consumables and spares in workshopsEnsure all materials moved to or from stores are recorded in the myStores system
• Routine health checks of DC hardwareMaintaining labs for mass rollout and offline fixes
• Attend training and to develop relevant knowledge, techniques and skills
• Compliance requirements for Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality and Data Protection aspects of their job, function and location
• Ensuring compliance with company policies and statutory obligations

Qualifications, Knowledge Skills & Experience Required

• Good communication skills with employees, contractors, suppliers and customers
• Self and time management skills
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• Experience is preferred in a similar role including as appropriate server and ethernet switch configurations, connectivity, hardware and the associated standards
• Criminal & Financial vetted and approved
• Completion of training and governance requirements
• Familiar with HP, IBM, Quanta, Cisco, Dell and Huawei equipment