Data Centre Engineer

Salary/Rate:£45,000 – £55,000 + Shift Allowance + Overtime

Job type:Perm

Town/City:Leeds

Country:United Kingdom

Salary Range:50,000 to 75,000

Specialism:IT Support Engineers

Job ref:018423

Post Date:19.02.26

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Meet Our Recruiter

Jesse Dhillon

Director & IT Talent Acquisition Partner

0207 100 4936

j.dhillon@zentechtalent.com

About the Role

Data Centre Engineer

📍 Leeds
💰 £45,000 – £55,000 + Shift Allowance + Overtime
🕒 24/7 Shift Pattern (Days & Nights)
🏢 Enterprise / Colocation Environment

The Opportunity

We are working with a growing infrastructure provider in Leeds looking to appoint a hands-on Data Centre Engineer to support mission-critical environments.

This is not a desktop support role. This is physical infrastructure, uptime, resilience, and live environments where precision matters.

If you understand rack builds, structured cabling, hardware swaps under SLA, and what "five nines" actually means, this will feel like home.

The Environment

You will be working inside a live, enterprise-grade data centre supporting:

• High-density server environments
• Network core & edge hardware
• Colocation client estates
• Critical power & cooling systems (exposure beneficial)
• Remote hands support

Key Responsibilities

• Rack & stack of servers, storage and networking equipment
• Structured cabling (copper & fibre)
• Hardware installs, swaps and break/fix
• Patching, cross-connects and audits
• Remote hands support for enterprise customers
• Monitoring and first-line response to alerts
• Documentation and change control adherence
• Supporting maintenance windows and live change activity

Experience Required

• Experience in a data centre, colocation or critical environment
• Strong hardware knowledge (Dell, HPE, Cisco etc.)
• Understanding of structured cabling standards
• Familiarity with ticketing systems & SLAs
• Comfortable working shift patterns
• Calm under pressure in live environments

Desirable:

• Exposure to UPS / generators / power systems
• DCIM tools
• ITIL awareness
• Network fundamentals (VLANs, patching, basic config awareness)

What Makes This Role Different

This is a genuine engineering position with exposure to:

• Enterprise-scale infrastructure
• Large client estates
• Structured career progression
• Technical training & certification support

You will not be stuck in repetitive low-value tasks. There is scope to develop toward:

• Senior Data Centre Engineer
• Network Infrastructure Engineer
• Site Operations Lead

Package

• £45,000 – £55,000 basic
• Shift allowance
• Overtime available
• Pension
• Training & development
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

If you're currently in an MSP, colocation facility, or critical infrastructure environment and want to work somewhere that values technical precision and uptime discipline, this is worth a conversation.

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