Assoc-Data Center Ops

American Express•Phoenix, AZ

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate, Data Center Ops DCIT Technician will perform advanced-level operations, maintenance, solving and performance testing, including “base building” and data processing specific components and systems, in associated data center infrastructure field. Collaborates with leadership, Project Managers, customers and strategic partners to address business priorities, new products or services, and performs advanced problem solving, which requires good judgment and quick action. Reports to DCI Manager and or take direction from Senior DCI Technician.

Requirements

High School or equivalent experience
Experience in a data center environment
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Nice To Haves

Certification - Equipment Manufacturers Factory or site-specific training
Experience in the associated infrastructure field, e.g. electrical, electronics, mechanical, data processing hardware, telecommunications networks, BICSI Installer 1 certification, Cisco CCNA equivalent
Sophisticated knowledge of EIA/TIA cabling standards and quality practices and able to accurately perform cable testing/ certification.
Advanced knowledge of infrastructure or data processing-based systems and equipment, with proven analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
General solid understanding of Microsoft Office Suite desktop applications.
System/Platform Domain Knowledge

Responsibilities

Monitors Data Hall equipment and systems.
Perform adjustments to operating parameters to ensure efficiency and reliability.
Respond to equipment failures and system alarms.
Stabilize and perform corrective actions to maintain 100% availability.
Complete frequency-based infrastructure maintenance tasks, including hardware replacement and troubleshooting.
Knowledge of ITSM and Enterprise tools, with specific value supporting change management, controls, risk mitigation.
Base knowledge supporting network architecture, infrastructure engineering and technology operations support.
Base knowledge supporting systems, storage, voice/carrier platforms.
Build detailed maintenance and fixing procedures.
Apply expertise and experience to analyze various data center hardware components and system configurations to optimize performance.
Examine failures for trends and contributing factors, supporting and/or performing corrective actions independently.
Apply sophisticated data capture, monitoring and recording equipment to analyze data; make timely and effective decisions; provide recommendations to leadership; and implement solutions.
Respond to Service Requests (SR) and Incident Management Reports (IMR)
Install equipment and terminate cables while working in proximity to hazardous electrical voltages.
Install, terminate and attach network cables without interrupting adjacent business-critical connections.
Raise data center availability risks to DCI leadership.
Supports leaders in designing and implementing policy, standards and procedures.
Crosstrain and/or mentor technicians /peers in relevant skills to support knowledge transfer and succession planning.
Lead in-house and vendor resources and supervise and lead workflow queues.
Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation supporting critical incident response
Role schedule will be day shift and/or night shift, including weekends, and may be temporarily adjusted to support operations
Work schedules are subject to change to support shift requirements and/or business demands/needs
2nd shift 2pm-12:30am / 3rd shift 8pm-6:30am