NineTech
Data Center Engineer
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🚀 Data Centre Engineer
📍 Hybrid / Manchester
📅 6-Month Contract
💰 £380 per day
✅ Outside IR35
We are looking for an experienced Data Centre Engineer to support the testing and validation of infrastructure solutions within a controlled pre-production environment for a leading banking client.
🔧 Key Responsibilities
- Testing and validating infrastructure solutions in a controlled lab/pre-production environment prior to live deployment
- Deep VMware engineering including:
- ☁️ VM builds
- ☁️ ESXi & vCenter administration
- ☁️ vMotion
- ☁️ DRS
- ☁️ HA
- ☁️ Performance & resource management
- Managing and troubleshooting Storage & SAN environments including:
- 💾 Access control
- 💾 Multipathing
- 💾 Performance tuning
- 💾 Storage connectivity validation
- Supporting pre-production testing of server and infrastructure changes
- Documenting test outcomes, identifying issues, and recommending practical solutions
- Working closely with internal Data Centre Engineering teams to support successful delivery
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- Strong background in Infrastructure or Data Centre Engineering
- Deep hands-on VMware experience within enterprise environments including:
- 🔹 vSphere
- 🔹 ESXi
- 🔹 vCenter
- 🔹 vMotion
- 🔹 DRS
- 🔹 HA
- 🔹 Resource Management
- Strong Storage & SAN experience including:
- 💾 SMB / NFS
- 💾 Multipathing
- 💾 Performance troubleshooting
- 💾 Storage connectivity validation
- Experience with hardware management consoles such as:
- 🖥️ Dell iDRAC
- 🖥️ HP iLO
- 🖥️ Lenovo XClarity
- Good networking fundamentals with the ability to troubleshoot infrastructure connectivity issues
- Strong experience with:
- 🪟 Windows Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently
- Experience working within lab, test, or pre-production environments is highly desirable
- Comfortable working within Data Centre environments (non-physical build focus)
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