Data Centre Planner Consultant

Summary: The Data Center Planner Consultant role involves planning, coordinating, and forecasting datacenter capacity across multiple facilities in Havant, UK. The position requires collaboration with IT and facilities teams to manage hardware deployment and optimize datacenter resources while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards. The consultant will also support project management for infrastructure expansions and maintain enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and forecast datacenter capacity (power, cooling, space, network).
• Collaborate with IT and facilities teams to define and manage hardware deployment roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain datacenter layout designs, rack elevations, and physical hardware placements.
• Monitor utilization of datacenter resources to identify potential constraints and drive infrastructure optimization.
• Manage the datacenter inventory lifecycle, including tracking of assets from procurement to decommission.
• Ensure datacenter plans comply with safety, security, and regulatory standards.
• Create documentation and reports for management regarding datacenter capacity, asset tracking, and planning initiatives.
• Support project management for infrastructure expansions, migrations, and hardware refreshes.
• Utilize DCIM (Datacenter Infrastructure Management) tools to maintain accurate records and visualizations.
• Evaluate new technologies and practices to improve datacenter efficiency.
• Maintain and support enterprise Wintel environments (Windows Server 2016/2019/2022) and RHEL infrastructure.
• Monitor and manage storage infrastructure (SAN/NAS), including provisioning, tiering, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Support backup, recovery, and high-availability strategies across platforms.

Key Skills:

• Experience in datacenter capacity planning and management.
• Knowledge of DCIM tools and infrastructure optimization techniques.
• Familiarity with enterprise Wintel environments and RHEL infrastructure.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to create documentation and reports for management.
• Understanding of safety, security, and regulatory standards in datacenter operations.
• Experience with storage infrastructure management (SAN/NAS).
• Skills in backup, recovery, and high-availability strategies.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Havant

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other