Data Center Engineer

Department: 61-867 - Technology Operations - Infrastructure

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - London

Reporting To: Nik Freeman

DAZN is transforming the way the world watches sport, delivering live and on-demand content to millions of fans across the globe. Behind every seamless streaming experience is a world-class technology infrastructure that powers our platform 24/7. As part of our Technology Operations team, you'll play a critical role in maintaining and evolving the infrastructure that underpins DAZN's global services. Working across private cloud environments, data centres, and multiple cloud providers, you'll help deliver reliable, scalable, and innovative solutions that support one of the world's leading sports streaming platforms. If you're passionate about infrastructure, problem-solving, and working with cutting-edge technology at global scale, DAZN offers an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact.

As a Data Center Engineer, you will join our centralised Data Center Team within Technology Operations, supporting the infrastructure that powers DAZN's global services. You will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving our physical and virtual infrastructure across UK data centres and global points of presence. Working closely with colleagues across technology teams, you'll contribute to infrastructure projects, capacity planning, disaster recovery initiatives, and operational improvements. This role combines hands on engineering with strategic infrastructure management and offers the opportunity to work across a broad range of technologies in a fast paced, mission critical environment.

• Installing, configuring, and maintaining server, storage, networking, and cabling infrastructure
• Performing preventative maintenance and hardware repairs across data centre environments
• Managing data centre assets, capacity, and utilisation through DCIM tools
• Diagnosing and resolving hardware, connectivity, storage, power, and cooling issues
• Supporting disaster recovery planning, testing, and business continuity initiatives
• Monitoring infrastructure capacity and forecasting future requirements
• Ensuring compliance with security standards, operational procedures, and data centre regulations
• Maintaining accurate documentation, configuration records, and incident reports

• Previous experience in a Data Center Engineer or similar infrastructure role
• Strong experience with physical server infrastructure, storage systems, networking technologies, and cabling
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across hardware, TCP/IP networking, power, cooling, Linux, and Windows environments
• Experience supporting data centre operations, processes, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to document and explain technical concepts clearly

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days' annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.