Datacenter Analyst - Active SC Clearance / SC Eligible

Data Centre Analyst – Active SC Eligible/Cleared

Location: Wokingham, UK

Work Model: Hybrid – 3 Days per Week in Office + Ad hoc travel to other location

Contract Duration: 6 Months

Rate: £340 – £355 Per Day (Inside IR35)

Are you an experienced Data Centre Analyst with an active SC clearance or eligibility and a strong understanding of IT infrastructure and Data Centre operations? We're looking for a skilled professional to support Data Centre activities across multiple UK locations, working closely with infrastructure, network, operational, and supplier teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the safe and reliable operation of the Data Centre estate
• Coordinate and support Data Centre consolidation, migration, and infrastructure activities
• Work with technical teams to understand compute, storage, network, applications, and service dependencies
• Review and validate Data Centre inventory, assets, infrastructure, and dependencies
• Coordinate activities across Data Centre, Infrastructure, Network, and supplier teams
• Support project planning, scheduling, milestones, and delivery tracking
• Maintain risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and actions
• Support technical change management and implementation activities
• Ensure changes impacting service availability, resilience, or redundancy are properly assessed and documented
• Produce progress updates, reports, dashboards, and governance information
• Work with stakeholders and suppliers to ensure activities are aligned and delivered within agreed timelines
• Support Data Centre resilience and service continuity improvements
• Escalate risks, issues, and delivery blockers proactively

Required Skills

• Proven experience in a Data Centre Analyst, Data Centre Project, Infrastructure, or IT Delivery role
• Strong understanding of Data Centre environments and IT infrastructure
• Good knowledge of compute, storage, networking, and infrastructure dependencies
• Experience supporting Data Centre consolidation, migration, relocation, or transformation
• Strong coordination skills across technical and supplier teams
• Experience with project governance, RAID management, reporting, and action tracking
• Understanding of IT change and service management processes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Active SC clearance or ability to obtain/maintain SC clearance
• Own vehicle and willingness to travel at short notice to Wokingham, Warwick, Corsham, Farnborough, and Reading

Nice to Have

• Experience with Data Centre facilities management, including power, cooling, and building management systems
• Experience within government, defence, telecommunications, or other highly regulated environments
• ITIL or similar service management experience
• Experience working with Data Centre suppliers and third-party service providers
• Knowledge of resilience, redundancy, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure transformation programmes

Apply now to learn more about this Data Centre Analyst contract opportunity supporting critical Data Centre and infrastructure operations across multiple UK locations.