Principal Engineer

Overview
Senior hands-on role responsible for the physical delivery and lifecycle management of infrastructure across data centres, build labs, and office environments. This role combines deep technical expertise with on-site leadership, risk ownership, and responsibility for engineering standards in critical environments.

Infrastructure Delivery

• Lead and execute physical build, installation, relocation, and decommissioning of servers, storage, and network hardware

• Own rack layouts, structured cabling, patching, labelling, and cable management standards

• Coordinate power, cooling, and space planning with facilities and design teams

• Oversee logistics, manual handling, and on-site hardware movements

Risk, Safety & Change

• Produce and maintain RAMS for engineering activities

• Identify operational risks and implement mitigations

• Operate within formal Change Management processes, including CAB participation for data centre works

• Enforce health and safety standards on site

Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain accurate asset records and site documentation

• Support audits and compliance requirements including ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS

Project Support

• Work with project managers, architects, and third parties to deliver infrastructure projects

• Provide technical input for data centre migrations, expansions, and refresh cycles

Experience

• 5+ years in data centre operations or infrastructure engineering

• Strong knowledge of commodity compute, storage, and networking hardware

• Advanced understanding of data centre best practice

• Experience producing and working to RAMS in critical environments

• Structured cabling expertise (Cat6/6a, OM3/OM4, fibre)

• Working knowledge of power distribution, PDUs, and load balancing

Skills

• Methodical, accurate, and calm under pressure

• Clear communicator with engineers, customers, and stakeholders

• Takes ownership of on-site decisions and outcomes

• Able to prioritise workload across multiple activities

• Clean manual driving licence

• Valid passport

• Ability to pass BS7858 vetting

• Eligibility for UK SC clearance (5 years UK residency)

• Willingness to travel to UK and overseas sites

• Flexibility to work nights and weekends when required