Data Center Administrator

Company Description

VAM Systems is a Business Consulting, IT Solutions and Services company with operations in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, USA, Australia, Singapore & India.

VAM Systems is currently looking for Data Center Administrator for our Qatar operations with the following skill set and terms and conditions.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of related experience in a large IT Datacenter Facility.
• Demonstrated experience with backup procedures and tools such as EMC backup tools.
• Demonstrated experience in servers and hardware mounting, firmware upgrade, patching and fixes.
• Experience in administering monitoring tools in an enterprise environment with multiple sites.
• Demonstrated experience in datacenter power load, consumption, AC conditioning, and cooling systems.
• Excellent and advanced knowledge of data centers, various hardware and IT services.
• Excellent knowledge of cable management industry standards and guidelines.
• Proficient technical skills in data center electricity and cooling.
• Strong knowledge of cabling topology and cabling matrix.
• Proficiency in infrastructure monitoring tools of VMs, physical servers, and network equipment.
• Excellent knowledge of monitoring setup and configuration in different technology platforms such as VMware environment and storage.
• Demonstrated knowledge of physical and logical security of Data Center standards and procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Asset Management (reconciliation or inventory/stock management).
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work in a fast paced, high pressure environment including the resolution of escalated issues and events.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; preferably Arabic speaking.

• Tracks and manages assets throughout hardware assets life cycle, including maintaining an accurate hardware inventory, RMA of outgoing equipment, surplus and retired items.
• Maintains the stock and inventory for all IT related equipment and documents all physical computing devices.
• Solves critical hardware performance issues such as overheating, cable maintenance and placement and power issues in a timely and safe manner.
• Performs day to day service operations with datacenter best practices and standards linked to ITIL disciplines.
• Prepares and updates purchase requests if needed.
• Contributes to negotiations with providers and contractors to ensure optimum supply and delivery of contracts.
• Analyses and implements mission critical Data Center best practices for power and cooling.
• Reviews Data Center requisitions for completeness, correctness and clarity.
• Manages process for Data Center allocation of space and power charges.
• Performs work under Project Tasks, evaluates change controls and implementation plans to perform work.
• Performs scheduled inspections to ensure compliance with Client managed Data Center standards.
• Monitors contracts with external vendors including SLAs and continual follow-up meetings to ensure optimal service levels achieved.
• Monitors all software and hardware products and ensures compliance with Data Center standards and best practices.
• Contributes and implements short and long term plans to ensure Data Center capacity meets Client existing and future requirements.
• Ensures adherence to all established policies, procedures, guidelines and best practices for Client’s Data Center.
• Manage Client in-house infrastructure monitoring tools; HP Site Scope and NNMi, configure new servers and devices to ensure full monitoring functionality is achieved.
• Coordinate closely with other technical teams to set up and configure servers’ monitors as required, especially with network and systems teams.
• Identify, escalate, and communicate monitoring issues to internal teams or vendor in a timely manner while quickly troubleshooting monitoring issues and applying corrective actions.
• Set up, administer, support and maintain monitoring tools performance including upgrades and patching to ensure high performance and availability.
• Adheres to Client’s standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies.
• In view of the evolving needs and opportunities within Client during this pre-operational phase, this position may be required to perform other duties as assigned and reporting relationships may vary.

Joining time frame: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month).

The selected candidates shall join VAM SYSTEMS – Qatar and shall be deputed to one of the leading organizations in Qatar.

Please send your latest resume in MS Word format at the earliest to s or call us at .