Data Center Technician

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$32.00/hr - $36.00/hr

*** We are unable to work with 3rd-party or corp-to-corp candidates for this position***

*** Must be authorized to work in the US***

Our client is seeking a highly professional, self-motivated datacenter systems administrator for our Regional Datacenter (RDC). The ideal candidate will have experience working in a software development environment with primary responsibilities listed below.

• Server hardware management:
  Plan and implement server installations including planning, preparation, installation, cabling, LAN configuration, OS installation, and post configuration.
• Provide hardware swap-outs for repairs, and interact with vendors for parts and service support, including overseeing their onsite activities.
• Deploy operating systems with homegrown automated deployment process.
• Work closely with the facilities technical team, monitor and report incidents across all data center facilities equipment via daily walkdown of the environment.
• Monitor and respond to hardware incidents across all data center IT equipment e.g. servers, filers, switches, and data backup libraries.
• Participate in daily facility walk down and off-hours maintenance of IT systems as required for business.
• Participate in on-call rotation one week a month. Conduct datacenter audits and reporting, adhering to all data center operational processes and procedures.
• Manage inbound tasks via ticket tracking tool (Service Now), following standard ITIL Change and Incident Management processes.
• Virtual machine deployment and management, scripting, process improvements, and automation.
• Deploy and configure new Linux systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent relative work experience.
• 2 years’ experience in an IT maintenance & support operational role, including operating system installation and troubleshooting.
• 1+ year of experience working with virtual environments and deployments.
• 1+ year of experience with Linux (Redhat, CentOS, SLES, etc.) installation, troubleshooting, and support.
• Ideal candidate will have scripting (BASH, Perl, Power Shell) and process automation experience.
• Ability to follow technical written and verbal directions.
• Ability to work well with various teams both local and remote including international.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office including Outlook.
• Good communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Advanced hardware component troubleshooting skills (CPU, memory, motherboard, controllers, and disks) and replacement of components thereof.
• Able to lift 50+ pounds.

• Network configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience managing and maintaining a highly available datacenter environment utilizing configuration management (DCIM) tools.
• Familiar with ITIL operations
• Familiar with network storage systems (some or all: Network Appliance, Tintri Storage, Nimble Storage) and server automation and configuration management orchestration.
• Familiar with Datacenter level backup processes and software
• Familiar with some or all:
  Building Management Systems, facilities monitoring tools, fire detection, and suppression systems.
• Knowledge of alternate power supplies/generators and following emergency procedures and processes.

• Associate

• Contract

• Information Technology

• Software Development

We removed extraneous postings to focus on the Datacenter Technician role.