Data Centre Planner

Summary: The Data Centre Planner role at HCLTech involves planning, coordinating, and forecasting data centre capacity across multiple facilities. The position requires collaboration with IT and facilities teams to manage hardware deployment and optimize infrastructure. The planner will also monitor resource utilization, manage the inventory lifecycle, and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Additionally, the role includes supporting project management for infrastructure expansions and evaluating new technologies for efficiency improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and forecast datacentre capacity (power, cooling, space, and network) across one or more facilities.
• Collaborate with IT and facilities teams to define and manage hardware deployment roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain datacentre layout designs, rack elevations, and physical hardware placements.
• Monitor utilization of datacentre resources to identify potential constraints and drive infrastructure optimization.
• Manage the datacentre inventory lifecycle, including tracking of assets from procurement to decommission.
• Ensure datacentre plans comply with safety, security, and regulatory standards.
• Create documentation and reports for management regarding datacentre capacity, asset tracking, and planning initiatives.
• Support project management for infrastructure expansions, migrations, and hardware refreshes.
• Utilize DCIM (Datacentre Infrastructure Management) tools to maintain accurate records and visualizations.
• Evaluate new technologies and practices to improve datacentre 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 datacentre capacity planning and management.
• Proficiency in DCIM tools.
• Knowledge of enterprise Wintel environments and RHEL infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of storage infrastructure management (SAN/NAS).
• Ability to create documentation and reports for management.
• Project management skills for infrastructure expansions and migrations.
• Familiarity with safety, security, and regulatory standards.
• Analytical skills for monitoring resource utilization and optimization.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Havant

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT