Data Centre Engineer

3 days ago


Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full time

The University of Southampton is a research-driven institution seeking a highly skilled Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer to support and operate business critical university data centre environments. As part of the Data Centre Infrastructure Management team, you will be responsible for designing and implementing flexible and innovative technical environments and platforms throughout their entire lifecycle in support of the University's core mission.

This role involves collaborating with external suppliers, staff from across the department and directly with the University community to capture requirements and agree implementation details. You will also ensure reliability and quality of services delivered by creating and maintaining processes, policies, standards, and documentation that underpin the rest of the University IT Estate.

Key responsibilities include responding to manual and automated alarms and alerts originating from the Data Centres, MERs, DERs and SERs across the campus and various University premises, triaging, resolving and/or escalating, as necessary. Support Data Centre Infrastructure Technicians in more complex situations.

You will engage with roadmaps and strategic change to understand how the data centre infrastructure service should evolve. Key contacts include technical specialists and service delivery teams within iSolutions, Academic staff at all levels across the organisation, Professional Services and Faculty colleagues across the University, Datacentre facilities, hardware and software suppliers and service providers, and other academic institutions and related organisations.

In order to succeed in this role, you will need experience of working within a large, highly available data centre environment, managing and troubleshooting enterprise level network, server and storage hardware and software. A relevant technical, engineering or science degree and/or equivalent technical experience OR Higher Qualification in Computing or qualifications from Microsoft, Red Hat or VMware OR Skill level equivalent to achievement of HND, Degree, NVQ4 or basic professional qualification are required.

Salary: £35,880 - £43,878 per annum.



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