Senior Datacentre Engineer - Manchester Due to a forthcoming retirement, a succession plan is in place and the position of Senior Datacentre Engineer has become available to join our Infrastructure Services team. The Infrastructure Services team provides a wide portfolio of this technology, including end-user compute equipment, on-premise server estate, messaging & collaboration tools (mainly O365) backups, patching services amongst other things. 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 also be required along with eligibility for Security Clearance. (British Citizen or UK residency for 5 years) 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. Role Requirements • 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. For a full job description, please contact careerscostain.com quoting the vacancy number. About Costain 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. Your application Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: careerscostain.com We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities. We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. 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