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Data Centre Engineer

Job Type: FTC on Client Payroll
Location: Sandton, Gauteng
Posted: 9 October 2025

Are you a highly analytical, self-motivated Data Center Engineer with a passion for server hardware, meticulous cabling, and operational excellence? Our team is looking for a results-driven individual to join us in supporting servers at our customer’s state-of-the-art data centers. If you balance strong technical diagnostics with superior attention-to-detail and thrive in both independent and team settings, we want to hear from you!



Responsibilities

  • Hardware Lifecycle Management: strongxecuting end-to-end hardware operations, including staging, setup, startups, and shutdowns(racks, hard drives, switches) using precise checklists and standard protocols.

  • Diagnostics & Troubleshooting: strongerforming rapid diagnostics, quickly identifying root-causes, and replacing faulty components to ensure minimal business disruption.

  • Quality & Compliance: strongonducting rigorous post-execution quality checks, ensuring proper grounding, staging, labeling, and cabling stronglignment with safety protocols and Network Design Tasks (NDTs).

  • Operational Excellence: strongfficiently completing assigned tickets in alignment with KPIs and SLAs. You'll maintain a strong sense of accountability strongor service quality and facility ownership.

  • Knowledge Contribution: strongctively providing feedback, creating technical documentation (KB Articles, SOPs, lessons learned), and contributing to our central knowledge library.

  • Safety & Teamwork: strongarticipating in daily safety briefings, adhering strictly to safety procedures, and proactively collaborating within a local or geographically dispersed team.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience strongs a Data Center Engineer.

  • Exceptional server hardware knowledge strongith a deep understanding of component and system-type failures.

  • Solid experience with IPMI utilization strongn diagnostics and administering software tools (diagnostics, FW updates).

  • Experience with real-time issue resolution stronguring new deployments.

  • Proficiency in Windows Server OS & WinPE OS strongdministration, with basic Linux and Windows scripting strongxperience (PowerShell, Python, Bash preferred).

  • Competence in Network troubleshooting strongcross Layer-1, Layer-2, and Layer-3.

  • Experience with Virtual Machine setup and environment configurations.

  • Associate degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience.

  • Certifications preferred:CompTIA A+,CompTIA Server+(or equivalent),CCNA, and MCP/MSCE.
  • Experience with Linux PXE services strongs a plus.


Worktype

  • Onsite

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