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Data Centre Lab Manager | Yorkshire | 3 days on site per week | 6 month contract | Inside IR35 | £560-£585 p/d
We are seeking an experienced Data Centre Lab Manager to take ownership of a busy on-premise lab environment supporting a major UK financial services organisation.
This is a hands-on, hardware-focused leadership position combining technical data centre responsibilities with day-to-day management of a team of around six engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the day-to-day operation of the data centre lab, ensuring hardware processes, records, audits, and documentation are maintained to a high standard.
- Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of physical infrastructure, including provisioning, installation, racking, cabling, configuration, and decommissioning.
- Oversee certification and validation testing of new server and component hardware against core platforms.
- Support the integration of physical hardware with VMware environments, ensuring effective connectivity between the hardware and virtualisation layers.
- Provide senior-level technical support and escalation for the lab team, including rebuilding environments to support major incident investigations and P1 recreation.
- Coordinate with software, network, floor management, and customer teams to plan and deliver technical activities.
- Manage team capacity and workload through Jira, including sprint planning, task allocation, and prioritisation across BAU and project activity.
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Essential Experience
- Strong hands-on experience working with data centre hardware, including server racking, cabling, physical builds, and hardware troubleshooting.
- Practical experience with server management consoles such as Dell iDRAC, HPE iLO, or Lenovo XClarity.
- Working knowledge of VMware and an understanding of how physical infrastructure connects into virtualised environments.
- Solid understanding of SAN and storage infrastructure, particularly from a physical hardware and connectivity perspective.
- Experience using Jira to manage workloads, sprints, and task allocation.
- Previous experience leading or managing a technical team, ideally around six people.
- Experience working within financial services or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous.
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