Data Centre Engineer Smart Hands

Methodfi; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking multiple Level 2 and 3 Data Centre Engineers in Hayes, United Kingdom. This hands-on position involves ensuring the smooth operation of data centre infrastructure, including installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. The ideal candidate should have experience with servers, networking, and storage systems, along with strong troubleshooting skills. The role offers a salary range of £40,000-£45,000 and requires collaboration with various technical teams, making it critical to the operational success of our services.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting data centre infrastructure, including servers and storage systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues.
• Working knowledge of Linux system administration.
• Familiarity with networking protocols and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced smart hands support across the client's data centre environments.
• Independently execute technical migrations and installations.
• Collaborate closely with consultancy and customer technical teams.
• Support documentation creation including runbooks and test plans.
• Act as an escalation point for L1 engineers.
• Participate in on-call rotations for critical incidents.

Skills

Troubleshooting skills

Linux system administration

Networking protocols knowledge

Experience with datacentre infrastructure

Communication skills

Job description

Who are we?

At Technimove, we’re passionate about transforming the way the world’s leading IT service providers manage their data centres. As the market leader in Data Centre Transformations, we deliver high-quality Professional Services and Data Centre Migrations for global clients, from ambitious start-ups to some of the most recognisable names in tech.

Our secret weapon? Our people. Known as our TechniPeople, we’ve built a diverse, supportive, and ambitious team that thrives on collaboration, innovation, and passion. Some of our colleagues have been with us for over a decade, while many others are just starting their journey — but all share the same energy, drive, and love for what we do.

Location: Hayes

Rota-based shift schedule covering Monday to Sunday, including morning, day, and night rotations.

Salary range: £40,000-£45,000

The Role

We are seeking multiple Level 2 and 3 Data Centre Engineers to support ongoing operations at our customers data centre in Hayes. This role is hands-on and business-critical, ensuring the smooth installation, maintenance, and decommissioning of data centre infrastructure.

You will be responsible for providing advanced technical support, troubleshooting, break-fix and maintenance of high-performance datacentre systems that include GPUs, networking, cooling, and storage technologies.

This role is critical to guaranteeing uptime, performance, and reliability of infrastructure and requires strong collaboration with engineering, operations, and vendor partners in order to meet our SLAs.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver advanced smart hands support across the clients data centre environments, including complex racking, stacking, structured cabling, hardware lifecycle tasks, and on-site diagnostics.
• Independently execute and oversee technical migration, installation, and engineering engagements to a high standard.
• Collaborate closely with Consultancy, Project/Programme Management, and customer technical teams to lead onsite execution under defined project structures.
• Perform installation, upgrade, remediation, and verification of enterprise compute, network, storage and AI/high-density hardware (NVIDIA, Dell XE/XE9680, Lenovo ThinkSystem, Supermicro GPU servers, Nokia AirFrame/Cloud).
• Support documentation creation including LLDs, runbooks, test plans, rack plans, and post-engagement reports.
• Act as an escalation point for L1 engineers for complex cabling, hardware, power or environmental issues.
• Execute site surveys, assess infrastructure readiness, and provide technical input into Statements of Work.
• Champion safety standards, including correct lifting practices, ESD handling, power safety, and risk identification.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 coverage for critical infrastructure incidents.

Technical skills

• Experience supporting datacentre infrastructure, including servers, network hardware, and storage systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex hardware and infrastructure issues.
• Working knowledge of Linux system administration
• Familiarity with networking protocols, topologies, and troubleshooting (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, VLANs).
• Understanding of datacentre cooling, power distribution, and resiliency best practices.
• Experience working in large-scale cloud or datacentre environments.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across global teams

If interested, please apply!