Data Center Lab Manager - Yorkshire And The Humber

Salary: £140,800 - 149,760 per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience with data centre hardware, including server racking, cabling, physical builds and hardware troubleshooting
• Practical experience with server management consoles such as Dell iDRAC, HPE iLO or Lenovo XClarity
• Working knowledge of VMware and understanding of how physical infrastructure connects to virtualised environments
• Solid understanding of SAN and storage infrastructure, particularly physical hardware and connectivity
• Experience using Jira to manage workloads, sprints and task allocation
• Previous experience leading or managing a technical team, ideally of around six people
• Experience in financial services or another highly regulated environment is advantageous

Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the data centre lab, maintaining hardware processes, records, audits and documentation to a high standard
• Manage the lifecycle of physical infrastructure, including provisioning, installation, racking, cabling, configuration and decommissioning
• Oversee certification and validation testing of new server and component hardware against core platforms
• Support integration of physical hardware with VMware environments and connectivity between hardware and virtualisation layers
• Provide senior-level technical support and escalation for the lab team, including rebuilding environments for major incident investigations and P1 recreation
• Coordinate technical activities with software, network, floor management and customer teams
• Manage team capacity and workload through Jira, including sprint planning, task allocation and prioritisation across BAU and project work

Technologies:

• Hardware
• Support
• JIRA
• Network
• VMware

More:

We are seeking an experienced Data Centre Lab Manager to take ownership of a busy on-premise lab supporting a major UK financial services organisation. This hands-on, hardware-focused leadership role combines data centre responsibilities with day-to-day management of a team of around six engineers and close collaboration across software, networking, floor management and customer teams. The role is based in Yorkshire, with three days on site per week, on a six-month contract, inside IR35, at £560–£585 per day. We are Oscar Associates (UK) Limited, acting as the Employment Business for this vacancy.

last updated 39 week of 2026