Data Centre Manager (Contract) | Southampton | On-site
Data Centre Manager (Contract) | Southampton | On-site
- Length: 3 months initially, likely to be extended
- Start: ASAP
- Location: Regular on-site presence at a data centre in the Southampton area. You need to live within easy reach.
The role
A banking client needs a hands-on data centre lead to work alongside their existing Data Centre Manager. The current DCM sets the direction. You'll be the regular on-site presence, covering shifts and running day-to-day work.
What you'll do
- Run physical DC work: server racking and stacking, decommissions, structured cabling (copper and fibre), patching
- Manage on-site engineers and third-party contractors for installs, moves and decoms
- Look after asset tracking and DCIM records, and raise and close changes through change control
- Cover shifts and act as on-site escalation when the DCM isn't there
- Keep the site audit-ready in a regulated environment
What you need
- A solid track record of on-site work in enterprise or colo data centres
- Hands-on racking, cabling standards and decommissioning, plus the ability to lead others doing it
- Experience working to change management/ITIL processes
- Flexibility for shift cover and regular on-site presence. This is not remote-first.
Nice to have
- Experience in financial services or another regulated environment
- Awareness of power and cooling (UPS, PDUs, capacity planning)