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Data Centre Engineer

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Posted a day ago, valid for 23 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£170 per day

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job is located in the London Area with travel to various sites including Welwyn Garden City, Romford, East Grinstead, and Slough.
  • The position offers a pay rate of £170 per day and requires candidates to have experience in server technology and desktop support.
  • Candidates should possess intermediate to advanced skills in desktop installation, configuration, and troubleshooting, as well as basic Wintel server administration.
  • A strong understanding of various hardware and software environments, including Windows 10/11 and Mac OS, is essential, along with excellent customer service skills.
  • The role requires the ability to obtain security clearances for government clients, and the employment period runs from January 19 to July 31.

Location: London Area (with travel to Welwyn Garden City, Romford, East Grinstead, and Slough)

Hours: 7.5-hour working day between 07:00 - 19:00

Pay: £170 per day

Start Date: 19/01-31/07Providing essential support across various customer accounts, including government and banking sectors. Our team is dedicated to covering sickness, holiday cover, resource on demand requests, and project requests.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide intermediate to advanced level desktop installation, configuration, support, and troubleshooting services.
  • Basic Wintel server installation, configuration, administration, and break-fix repairs.
  • Travel to datacentre/server sites as required.

Essential Skills and Experience:

  • Data Centre Support:Experience and knowledge in server technology, including datacentre - HP Proliant G8 - G10, Dell server, Lenovo blades, back-ups, tape library, storage, configuration, and hardware.
  • Ability to quickly learn and support basic desktop & laptop hardware and software in a W10/Win11 environment (HP, Dell, Lenovo).
  • Mac OS experience and knowledge (desktop and MacBook).
  • Proficiency in MS Office products (Office 365 and Teams).
  • Experience with Apple, Android, and other mobile devices.
  • Understanding of wireless connectivity and fault diagnostics.
  • Ability to floor walk and handle technical queries in walk-up Tech Bar environments.
  • Navigation around OS to find and recreate desktop shortcuts.
  • Adding printers and mapping network connections.
  • Following scripts to build and configure laptops and desktops.
  • Performing moves and changes and setting up workstations.
  • Cisco knowledge.
  • Excellent customer skills are essential.

Clearance Requirements:

  • Ability to gain clearances for various customers, including Government SC and DV.

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