Weekend Nights Engineer

The Company is noted as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies, Nephos Technologies specialises in solving complex data problems for large customers. Our purpose is to support organisations to unlock the hidden value of data so they can innovate, transform and drive change in a modern digital world.

Our vision is to become the data system integrator that organisations turn to when they want to break from the norm, tackle the impossible and materialise visions. At Nephos Technologies, our values guide the behaviours of how we strive to develop our company, engage with our clients, and support the development of our staff: Innovation, Integrity, and Independence.

As part of a collaborative and innovative team, you will join a team of Network, Storage, Linux and Automation Engineers. The Datacentre Engineer is responsible for day-to-day Business as Usual moves, adds and changes, as well as physical incident response (often as "remote hands") and project work for lifecycle equipment replacement and new infrastructure installs.

As a Datacentre Engineer you will be responsible for:

• Installation, labelling, tracing and fault-finding of both copper and optical cabling and related equipment.
• Cable and Airflow management.
• Connection of all cabling (data, power).
• Ensuring datacentre works are carried out to a very high standard of quality.
• Following colleague instructions as "remote hands", or working independently, to identify, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Identify and point out areas needing improvement, maintenance or otherwise "at risk".

Requirements:

• 5 years of datacentre engineer/technician work.
• Expertise with optical and copper cabling, patch panels, horizontal (structured) cabling, patching and pluggable transceivers.
• Expertise in handling datacentre cabling.
• Familiarity with datacentre equipment handling tooling such as pallet jacks and server lifts.
• Demonstrable experience of cable management practices in a live datacentre environment.
• Experience working in a Change Managed environment, and with ITIL processes.
• Ability to work in a 24x7 live Production environment which cannot be allowed to have an unscheduled outage.
• Working at height using an appropriate stepladder, including working on up to 47U high cabinets and in cable trays above this height.
• Familiarity with datacentre networking is an advantage.
• Experience in replacement of disks in Storage arrays / Storage Servers.
• Must be confident with manual handling of server and similar equipment.
• Driving license; the applicant must live in, or be planning to relocate to, somewhere along the M4 corridor between Bath and West London. Occasional central London office days will also be required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

This role offers an exciting opportunity in a growing field with a competitive salary of up to £40,000 per annum depending on experience.

Benefits include:

• Health insurance which includes annual dental and vision allowance.
• Health assured (employee assistance programme) which includes access to counselling services.
• 3% yearly performance-related bonus.
• Remote working from day 1.
• Laptop and full remote IT package setup to work remotely.
• Opportunity to work in the fastest growth area in the IT sales landscape – Data.
• Two Social Impact days per year for volunteering.
• Fun company and team social events once a quarter.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave.
• The opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday.
• Personalised career road map and continuous development.
• Recognition awards including employee of the month prize and annual awards awarding £4000 to spend on a holiday.
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank and public holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell 5 days.

Inclusion and diversity are paramount to us here at Nephos. If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments during your application process with us, then please do not hesitate to contact us - we will always be happy to help.