Data Center Engineer Consultant

Data Center Engineer Consultant, Aurora, IL

We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Data Center Engineer to join our growing IT team. We are open to someone consulting on a part-time or full-time basis. In addition, we could foresee this role being a consult-to-hire role. The Data Center Engineer should be able to travel to local data centers on a regular basis. Individuals must live in or commute daily to Aurora, IL.

Hours for this position are as follows but may fluctuate from time to time:

• Monday – Thursday 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm CT
• Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm CT (occasionally)
• Friday 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm CT (occasionally)
• Saturday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (occasionally)

• Be responsible for logistics coordination, installation, documentation and troubleshooting of physical equipment at colocation facilities.
• Coordinate with existing IT team to validate equipment installation and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Pre-plan data center design and execution by utilizing mock equipment.
• Leverage and extend existing data center best practices and documentation.
• Manage data center inventory, domestic and foreign equipment orders, returns and shipments.
• Project management of datacenter related projects.
• Proactively suggest enhancements to existing configurations, technologies or procedures.
• Able to travel to global data centers for occasional project work.
• Able to work flexible hours when required, including night and weekends.
• Organized, self-starter that is passionate about technology.
• Able to lift 65 pounds.

• Bachelor’s Degree from a 4-year university or comparable work experience.
• 1-3 years of experience of data center management.
• Familiar with Cisco IOS and knowledge of Ethernet networks (VLAN, spanning tree, MAC addressing, etc.).
• Experience with bug / ticket tracking systems like JIRA a plus.
• Comfortable working in a Linux-based environment.
• Comfortable with basic network connectivity concepts.
• Experience with physically installing fiber optic duplex and simplex cables.
• Experience utilizing tools to validate, clean and test fiber optic cables.
• Experience making and running patch cables.
• Previous financial industry experience a plus.

Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary : 80K+ DOE.

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