Job Description
Data Centre Hardware Planner – London (Hybrid)
Are you ready to write your next chapter?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process one of the largest volumes of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you become part of a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day.
What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, empowered to make the right decisions for our customers. And we’re determined, always staying open – winning and failing as one.
Location: London Office + Data centre sites– Crawley, Docklands, Woking)
Our Product and Technology teams are the Worldpayers behind the systems and infrastructure that power global transactions. Striving for better, they deliver impactful innovations while ensuring resilience, scalability and operational excellence across our platforms.
What You’ll Own
- Oversee installation, de-installation and maintenance of data processing equipment (e.g., mainframes, servers, storage platforms, printers and network components).
- Plan and implement vendor-led changes to infrastructure and computing environments.
- Execute and oversee installation and preventative maintenance in line with documented plans.
- Configure moderately complex hardware environments.
- Analyse infrastructure capacity and make recommendations for optimisation and performance improvements.
- Manage data centre facility operations including space allocation, security and outage prevention.
- Monitor environmental and safety conditions, responding effectively to incidents or emergencies.
- Lead disaster readiness activities including controlled shutdowns, damage assessment, and restoration of services.
- Develop and maintain operational documentation and reporting.
- Support large-scale data centre consolidation or migration programmes (working alongside Project/Programme Managers).
- Provide on-call support for critical infrastructure as required.
How you’ll own it
- Apply strong technical knowledge across hardware technologies and data centre systems.
- Maintain high operational standards to ensure reliability and availability of critical infrastructure.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, vendors and stakeholders to deliver projects successfully.
- Demonstrate sound judgement and decision-making, particularly in high-pressure or incident scenarios.
- Proactively identify risks, inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
Added bonus if you have:
- Experience with copper and fibre structured cabling, patching and power systems
- Strong knowledge of data centre infrastructure, AutoCAD, networking and telecommunications protocols
- Solid understanding of disaster recovery planning and execution
- Excellent communication skills, able to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills
- Ability to estimate work effort and manage sub-project delivery
- Experience working in fast-paced, mission-critical environments
- Physical capability to work in data centre environments (lifting up to 50lbs, standing, bending, kneeling)
What you’ll bring
- Curious – You ask the right questions and continuously seek to improve
- Accountable – You take ownership and deliver high-quality outcomes
- Dynamic – You adapt quickly and stay agile in a fast-moving environment
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