Senior IT Hardware Engineer

• Lead and execute the physical build, installation, relocation and decommission of IT hardware across servers, switches and storage
• Design and implement rack layouts and cabling solutions, keeping installations clean, labelled and logically routed
• Manage patching schedules, cable trays and labelling schemes in line with site and customer standards
• Coordinate with design teams and facilities on power and space planning
• Produce and maintain Risk Assessments and Method Statements for engineering tasks, and keep asset and site documentation current
• Support audits and compliance checks across standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS
• Identify operational risk early, put mitigations in place and promote a safety first culture
• Represent data centre works through change management and CAB processes
• Supervise and mentor junior engineers and contractors, allocating tasks and giving technical guidance and feedback
• Act as the escalation point for technical and logistical issues in day to day operations
• Work with project managers, infrastructure architects and third party vendors to deliver migrations, expansions and refresh cycles on time and on budget

Technologies:

• Firmware
• Hardware
• Support
• Load Balancing
• Network

• Around five years or more in data centre operations or infrastructure engineering
• Strong grounding in commodity compute, storage and network hardware, including standard configurations, firmware and software
• Solid understanding of data centre best practice, with experience managing RAMS and risk in critical environments
• Structured cabling standards across Cat6 and 6a, OM3 and OM4, and fibre
• Familiarity with power and cooling, including PDU configurations and load balancing
• Awareness of logistics, manual handling and vehicle loading
• Demonstrated leadership or team management experience, ideally across mixed teams of employees and contractors
• Experience contributing to large scale projects and multi team delivery
• Organised and accurate under pressure, with strong written documentation habits
• Confident with customers, able to explain technical detail clearly to non technical stakeholders
• Eligible for UK NSV SC clearance and BS7858 vetting
• Clean manual driving licence, valid passport, and willing to travel to UK and overseas customer sites including overnight stays
• Available for out of hours work including nights and weekends where projects require it

We are a global IT services and infrastructure provider that has been building, running and modernising enterprise IT estates since the mid nineties. Our hardware and data centre practice covers build labs, our own data centres and customer environments, delivering everything from new installations and rack builds through to relocations, refresh programmes and decommissions. We are hiring three Senior Hardware Engineers as the practice grows, offering a lead role with ownership of standards, quality and safety on site, plus mentoring responsibility and exposure across build labs, data centres and customer environments. The role is based in Portsmouth, site based, with travel to customer sites in the UK and overseas, and includes an on call allowance, overnight stays and occasional out of hours work.