Data Center Facilities Engineer

Data Center Facilities Engineer

Posted 1 week ago by Ubique Systems

Negotiable
Undetermined
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United Kingdom

Summary: The Data Center Facilities Engineer is responsible for overseeing disaster recovery testing, ensuring compliance with data center standards, and managing key business metrics. This role involves risk assessment, acting as a liaison during audits, and driving automation and process improvements. The engineer will also train and mentor teams while managing complex projects and fostering relationships across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide oversight of disaster recovery testing and ensure compliance with data center standards.
  • Ensure high business impact project goals are successfully met and delivered.
  • Own and manage end-to-end key business metrics.
  • Perform risk assessment to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, rules & regulations, and data center standards.
  • Act as the liaison during the yearly audit with an external agency and ensure all deliverables are met.
  • Escalate issues when deliverables are not met on time.
  • Identify and drive automation & process improvement opportunities across catalog quality workflows and reporting.
  • Assess process improvement & transformation opportunities and partner with stakeholders to define objectives and structure projects.
  • Manage complex and quick-turn projects while demonstrating exceptional business judgement.
  • Train, coach, and mentor Network Operations teams on leveraging operations tools and systems.
  • Work cross-functionally with other team members and groups within the organization.
  • Develop strong, productive relationships across peer organizations to further business objectives.
  • Other projects and duties as assigned.

Key Skills:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Industrial/Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Computer Science, or a business-related field.
  • 5-10 years of experience in operations and engineering or management experience leading teams.
  • Detail-oriented and organized with the ability to consolidate data analysis and present to large groups.
  • Experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining large scale enterprise network infrastructure.
  • Ability to create strategic infrastructure roadmaps including on-premise, hybrid, and cloud technologies.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Some travel anticipated.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Primary Responsibilities

  • Provide oversight of disaster recovery testing and ensure this is being conducted based on data center standards
  • Ensure high business impact project goals are successfully met and delivered.
  • Own and manage end-to-end key business metrics.
  • Perform risk assessment to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, rules & regulations, and data center standards.
  • Act as the liaison during the yearly audit with an external agency and ensure all of the organization's deliverables are met by working with the internal stakeholders.
  • Escalate as necessary when deliverables are not being met on time.
  • Identify and drive automation & process improvement opportunities across catalog quality workflows and reporting.
  • Assess process improvement & transformation opportunities and partner with process owners & stakeholders to scope opportunities, define problem statements and objectives, and structure projects and teams.
  • Manage complex and quick-turn projects while demonstrating exceptional business judgement.
  • Train, coach, and mentor Network Operations teams to empower them with leveraging operations tools and systems to meet daily business needs.
  • Work cross functionally with other team members and groups within the organization.
  • Develop strong, productive relationships across peer organization that further the organization's business objectives.
  • Other projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree Industrial / Electrical Engineering, computer engineering, telecommunication engineering, computer science or business-related field from an accredited university OR 5-10 years Experience in operations and engineering.
  • OR 5-10 years Management experience leading teams or groups and developing others.
  • Demonstrated ability to be detail oriented, organized and ability to consolidate data analysis and present to large scale groups.
  • Experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining large scale enterprise network infrastructure
  • Create strategic infrastructure roadmap including on-premise, hybrid, and cloud technologies
  • Demonstrated knowledge and advanced proficiency working with Microsoft Office Suite software including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Outlook.
  • Some travel anticipated