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)