Senior Datacentre Engineer

Working as part of the Infrastructure Services team, you will be the Senior Engineer responsible for the operations of a small datacentre in our Manchester office, with a colocation DR site located in Farnborough.

You will be responsible for the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of datacentre systems, ensuring high availability and optimal performance of servers, networking equipment, and storage.

You will be based primarily at the Manchester office, with the ability to work from home depending on current workload. Occasional travel to other Costain locations including Farnborough will be a part of the role so a current Driving Licence is essential. Out of hours working (including participating in an on-call rota) may be also required along with eligibility for Security Clearance. (British Citizen or UK residency for 5 years), · 5-7+ years of experience in datacentre engineering or a similar IT infrastructure role

· Familiarity with DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible) and scripting (e.g. PowerShell, Python, Bash)

· Nutanix and VMware

· Storage technologies

· Good understanding & experience of server operating systems (Windows and Linux)

· In-depth knowledge in TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WAN Routing Protocols, Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS

· Champions Sustainability Safety, Health and Environment by putting personal safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and helping the environment and communities to thrive.

· Having integrity by always doing the right thing in the right way.

· Must be customer focussed by striving for excellence through understanding, anticipating, and meeting their needs., We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible., For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

At Costain, we help to improve people's lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.

We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK's infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.

This position has a competitive salary dependent on skills and experience, in addition to a fantastic benefits package including pension contribution matched up to 10% and a dedicated professional development budget.