Data Centre Expert / SME

Data Centre Expert/SME

Rate - £550 (A Day)

Duration - 3 Months (Initially)

Location - Uxbridge (Hybrid)

Ir35 - Outside

The ideal candidate will augment the existing Infrastructure Services team and provide technical support and expertise across data centre operations, infrastructure, cloud transformation, backup services, and infrastructure modernisation initiatives.

They will support ongoing programmes including data centre transformation, HCI platform refresh, backup infrastructure management, cloud migration activities, infrastructure audits, and operational support.

Key Responsibilities

The Interim Data Centre Expert will:

Assist with Infrastructure Migration and Transformation Projects.
Provide operational and technical support for Server, Storage, Data Centre, Virtual and Backup infrastructure platforms.
Provide vendor engagement and technical troubleshooting.
Monitor infrastructure health and availability.
Manage incident response and problem resolution.
Support hardware lifecycle management.Key Skills & Experience

Essential:

VMware vSphere Administration
Proxmox Administration
SAN Storage Administration and Infrastructure Technologies
Backup & ReplicationDesirable:

Microsoft Azure
Enterprise Networking
Dell HCI VxRail Technologies
Infrastructure Monitoring Tools
Colocation Data Centres
Infrastructure Migration ProjectsDeliverables / Acceptance Criteria

Infrastructure support pre/post migration/transformationo Virtual Platforms - VMware & Proxmox

o Dell Storage

o Veeam Backup Operations

o Server and Hardware

o Data Centre activities and Networking

Migration Support
Technical documentation