Datacenter & Virtualisation Engineer

Infrastructure Management

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure across physical datacenters and cloud environments.
• Optimise resource utilisation, performance, and cost efficiency across virtual and physical systems.
• Lead VMware infrastructure operations including provisioning, performance tuning, snapshot management, and lifecycle maintenance across ESXi hosts and vCenter environments.
• Ensure effective VMware resource allocation and cluster health, supporting high availability and fault tolerance.
• Drive data center organisation and restructuring initiatives, including rack layout optimisation, cable management, hardware lifecycle planning, and environmental monitoring.
• Participate in capacity planning and performance tuning to support business growth and infrastructure scalability.

Reliability & Monitoring

• Ensure high availability, security, and observability of systems through best practices in reliability and recoverability.
• Develop and maintain monitoring systems to ensure compliance with service level objectives.
• Lead and contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution of infrastructure issues.

Project Delivery & Innovation

• Collaborate on infrastructure projects to support new services and platform enhancements.
• Build and support production systems for SaaS and data delivery platforms.
• Document infrastructure configurations, procedures, and standards to support operational excellence.

Technical Expertise

• Proven experience managing physical datacenter infrastructure, including hardware, operating systems, and networking.
• Strong proficiency in VMware virtualisation technologies.
• Solid understanding of Windows Server 2019/2022 and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Hands on experience with enterprise networking equipment (Cisco, HP).
• Experience building and supporting production systems for SaaS and data delivery platforms.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field - or equivalent practical experience.
• Relevant certifications such as VMware VCP, Microsoft MCP/MCSE, or Cisco CCNA/CCNP are highly desirable.

Professional Skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non technical teams.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Rimes provides enterprise data management solutions to the global investment community. Driven by our passion for solving the most complex data problems, we provide our clients with investment intelligence that powers more than US$75 trillion in assets under management annually. The world's leading institutional investors, asset managers and service providers rely on Rimes to help them make better investment decisions using accurate information and industry-leading technology. The Opportunity We are looking for a skilled and proactive Datacenter & Virtualisation Engineer to join our global infrastructure team. This is a critical role at the heart of Rimes' engineering operations, where you will help shape and support the systems that power our data-driven solutions. You'll work across physical and virtual environments, contributing to the reliability, scalability, and performance of our infrastructure, both on-premises and in the cloud. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative and forward thinking team, where innovation and operational excellence are key., Rimes is committed to promote the values of diversity and inclusion throughout the business. Whether it's through recruitment, retention, career progression or training and development, we are committed to improving opportunities for people regardless of their background or circumstances.