On-Site Smart Hands/Data Centre Systems Support Engineer - 3 months Rolling - Chesterfield (Hybrid

Hamilton BarnesChesterfield, Derbyshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 19 Oct 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of a major AI infrastructure build, providing hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology in a hybrid environment. You'll thrive here if you are a proactive, physically confident engineer with a knack for hardware diagnostics and a desire to take ownership of critical data centre operations. Apply now to contribute to a vital, long-term project and develop your expertise in a dynamic setting.

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Employment type

Temporary/Casual

Work mode

Remote

Location

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

On-Site Smart Hands/Data Centre Systems Support Engineer - 3 months Rolling - Chesterfield (Hybrid) - INSIDE IR35

We are looking for one to two proactive, physically confident data centre engineers to take local ownership of hardware health and rapid incident response at a large-scale AI cluster site in Chesterfield. You will diagnose server, optics and fibre faults, direct the third-party facility team and support new cluster rollouts as they come online. This is a hands-on role at the heart of a major AI infrastructure build, working with cutting-edge GPU, InfiniBand and liquid-cooled hardware, and it is part of a 3-year project. You will be on-site 4 days per week, and you must live within 1-2 hours of the site for call-outs.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage hardware health across high-density GPU server racks
Troubleshoot optics, Switches, fibre and server failures, and verify physical link status
Carry out physical inspections, break-fix work and component swaps
Direct and coordinate the facility team and other third-party smart hands
Track hardware issues and RMAs through to resolution with vendors
Manage firmware, patching and infrastructure life cycle activities
Work remotely via console, IPMI/BMC and BIOS-level staging when off site
Support hardware rollout and cluster expansions, including installation, integration and acceptance testing
Support the transition of new capacity into live service
Join the on-call rota and respond to physical call-outs

What You Will Ideally Bring:

Proven hands-on experience in high-density data centre hardware and rack operations, diagnosing and swapping components (desktop or office IT support alone is not enough)
Hands-on optics, transceivers and fibre diagnostics, including Fluke testing and physical link verification
Linux CLI and out-of-band management (IPMI, BMC, BIOS)
Directing third-party smart hands, tracking RMAs to closure and managing firmware and patching
Experience with rack and stack rollouts, installation and acceptance testing of new infrastructure
GPU server platforms (NVIDIA, HPE) (desirable)

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