Data Center Engineer

Company Description

The candidate will be responsible for running the day-to-day operations of the data center. Will assist team members with new builds in remote sites. Work with different departments within the company to deploy new environments. This person will be onsite in the data center, will be responsible for receiving new equipment, planning rack layouts and infrastructure cabling. Maintaining a clean and organized data center is a must.

• Position Title:
  
  Data Center Engineer
• Employment
  
  Location:
  
  On-site, 5 days a week
• Ashburn, VA
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-Time Employee (Salaried)
• Annual Salary: $63,600 – $118,000

• Hardware installation & decommission of enterprise servers and cabling infrastructure.
• Solve issues and repair data center hardware and networking infrastructure.
• Rack and stack of data center equipment, including but not limited to servers, networking devices, monitoring systems and other equipment.
• Rack installation including putting racks in place, cabling, power up and handoff of servers to internal provisioning teams.
• Monitoring of DC environments using monitoring tools
• Monitoring and respond in a ticketing environment that is used and monitored by multiple internal owners and teams.
• Documentation of activities and create/modify SOPs.
• Decommission life cycle of data center hardware.
• Inventory process, order replacement parts and return failed parts as required.
• Structured cabling, labelling, and resolving faults in fiber/copper/telecom cables.
• System power supplies & cabling installation, identify and fix problems and repair.
• Be able to complete small projects on your own and work with your manager in planning and delivering larger local projects.

• Show professionalism on your daily data center routine activities.
• Receive/ship data center equipment as needed.
• Install, remove, and fix hardware in data centers racks without disturbing other hardware and critical infrastructure on site.
• Maintain asset inventory and update internal applications as needed.
• Be accessible via cell phone and willing to work onsite as needed.
• Participate and complete training that aligns with corporate objectives to bridge skill gaps and learn new relevant technologies.
• Act within Service Level Agreements (SLA) on the tickets assigned to you in your space.

• 5 Years data center experience
• Knowledge of Dell Power Edge Servers
• Knowledge of Dell iDRAC
• Knowledge of data center power types and standards
• Ability to lift 75 pounds.

• Linux OS experience
• RACADM CLI
• Dell Open manage Enterprise experience

• Knowledge of server/storage/network hardware.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Be a good teammate.
• Strong interest in learning new DC concepts.
• Dependable and trustworthy.
• Process oriented.
• Must be able to lift 75 lbs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• 5+ years working in an IT environment.
• Troubleshooting Experience on servers, networking devices and IT equipment.
• Inventory management experience. Ordering, receiving, and shipping server parts.
• Ability to prioritize work based on business needs and urgency.
• Ability to communicate and write effectively in both verbal and written communication mediums.
• Experience taking on-call shifts and ability to respond to critical events as needed.
• Experience raising issues to Sr. onsite staff and management as needed.

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