Datacenter Manager

Summary: The Datacenter Planner role involves planning, coordinating, and forecasting datacenter capacity across multiple facilities in a hybrid work environment. The position requires collaboration with IT and facilities teams to manage hardware deployment and optimize datacenter resources. Key responsibilities include maintaining datacenter layouts, managing inventory, and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards. The role also involves supporting project management for infrastructure expansions and evaluating new technologies for efficiency improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and forecast datacenter capacity (power, cooling, space, network) across one or more facilities.
• 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 planning and capacity management.
• Strong collaboration skills with IT and facilities teams.
• Proficiency in DCIM tools and datacenter layout design.
• Knowledge of safety, security, and regulatory compliance standards.
• Experience with enterprise Wintel environments and RHEL infrastructure.
• Understanding of storage infrastructure management (SAN/NAS).
• Project management skills for infrastructure expansions and migrations.
• Ability to evaluate and implement new technologies for efficiency improvements.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Havant

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other