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DataCentre Engineer

London, Greater London, South East, England

Apply by 18 Jul 2026

£480 - £520 per day

Job Ref.: BH-57539

Job Description

for our customer, we requrie a DC/ Infrastructure Engineer who can travel betweeen Birmingham & London

This role will require a full clean driving license 

Key Technologies & Experience Data Centre & Hardware
 
  • Physical data centre operations (racking, stacking, cabling, commissioning, decommissioning)
  • Enterprise server hardware deployment & lifecycle management
  • Structured cabling and DC infrastructure standards
  • Co-location environments (e.g. Equinix or similar)
Cloud & Virtualisation
 
  • VMware vSphere / VMware ecosystem
  • Apache CloudStack (or similar IaaS platforms)
  • Public cloud: AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
  • Hybrid cloud architecture (on-prem cloud integration)
Infrastructure & Platforms
 
  • Enterprise compute, storage, and networking architecture
  • Storage technologies: SAN, NAS, object storage
  • Infrastructure design for scalability, resilience, and high availability
Networking & Security
 
  • Managed switches, routing, and enterprise networking
  • Firewall technologies (Fortinet preferred; Cisco experience beneficial)
  • Network design and troubleshooting (L2/L3)
  • Security hardening and infrastructure compliance best practices
Operating Systems
 
  • Linux (Ubuntu preferred)
  • Windows Server environments
Monitoring, Backup & DR
 
  • Monitoring & observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Checkmk, ELK Stack
  • Backup solutions: Veeam, Commvault (or similar)
  • Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
Automation / DevOps (Desirable)
 
  • Container platforms (Kubernetes)
  • Collaboration with DevOps pipelines and modern infrastructure practices
Project & Delivery
 
  • Data centre migration and relocation programmes
  • Infrastructure upgrades, capacity planning, and transformation projects
  • Multi-site delivery across complex environments
Certifications (Nice to Have)
 
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • Microsoft Azure Administrator
  • VMware VCP
  • Cisco CCNP



We believe in equal opportunity for all and actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Source Group International Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy 
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