VodafoneThree - SCIDA, Data Centre Management (Critical Infrastructure)

Location: Farnborough, United Kingdom; hybrid with office attendance 2–3 days per week and at least 8 days per month

Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Company

hirify.globalThree builds and operates UK connectivity and digital infrastructure, including secure services for critical national infrastructure and public-sector organisations.

What you will do

• Direct daily data-centre operations, including 24/7/365 availability and management of power, cooling, and fire systems.
• Provide technical advice to technical and programme managers during change-management activities.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, ISO standards, and defence standards including ISO 27001, ISO 14000, and JSP 453.
• Support capacity and project management for space, power, and cooling, including upgrades, migrations, and new facility builds.
• Support SCIDA site surveys and design activities, and manage engineering change requests for IT infrastructure.
• Manage and maintain DCIM data-centre inventory-management tools.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of CNI, defence, and government data-centre management, installation, and design standards and policies.
• Experience delivering secure telecoms or critical-infrastructure installations.
• Practical knowledge of rack and cabinet installation, fibre and copper cabling standards, AC/DC power systems, earthing, and bonding.
• Ability to hold, or obtain, UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.
• MOD SCIDA certification.
• Offers are subject to criminal (DBS) and financial background checks.

Nice to have

• ITIL Foundation, Six Sigma, or PMP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with flexibility to agree office expectations with the line manager.
• Competitive pay, bonuses, hirify.global benefits, up to 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, and paid charity time.
• Benefits include discounts, vouchers, a pension plan, parental leave, learning tools, and wellbeing services.
• Inclusive workplace policies support belonging, accessibility, work-life balance, and employee wellbeing.