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# Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Data Centre

- **Company:** Home Office
- **Location:** Farnborough, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £11,338.0 - £46,062.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Continuous Integration, Data Centers, Data Center Infrastructure Management (CIM), Location-Based Services, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840617538-senior-infrastructure-engineer-data-centre

## About the Role

* Data Centre operations, managing the design and physical installation of infrastructure, e.g. cabling, hardware, and core services.
 * Working as a part of multi-disciplined teams, building strong partnerships internally & externally to ensure adherence to engineering principles, standards and policies Developing tooling systems, DCIM, SNOW to integrate and automate processes.
 * Managing third parties delivering services to ensure policies and standards are met.
 * Different methodologies including Agile, Waterfall and continuous integration principles for the delivery of IT Infrastructure and other projects.
 * Defining best practice for operational improvements and security, including the testing of services to provide feedback/evidence to support continuous service improvement.
 * Working in a product orientated environment, developing products/offering based on customer feedback and demand.
 * A civil service pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.

## Description

The Home Office has several Data Centres that form an on-premise hosting for a variety of services. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer working as a Data Centre Manager you will be part of the Co-Location Services team, working alongside other Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that these facilities operate in accordance with Departmental Policies, Standards and industry best practices.

The role encompasses the maintenance of the Data Centre infrastructure throughout service and asset lifecycles as well as working with projects to deliver solutions using the latest technologies. An important element of which is the management of, and collaboration with, suppliers, Technical/Solution Architects and other specialists to deliver sustainable solutions.

In addition, you will support the management of the Co-Location Service offerings and work with teams across the Home Office to develop these services to meet future demand.


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