Data Center Operations Engineer

Radiant Digital Solutions • Ashburn, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The company is looking for a local IT professional, preferably with Data Centre Operations and hardware experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining the company-owned data centre and its hardware on a daily basis, including all associated duties and dealing with an extensive range of technologies.

Requirements

• A broad IT infrastructure and networking understanding
• Proactive and positive approach
• Proven track record in managing Data Centre operations
• Strong organisational skills including SLA management
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills

Nice To Haves

• DataCentre Operations and hardware experience

Responsibilities

• Building suites including cabinet installs, back-to-back cabling and equipment racking
• Cabling current and new setups including copper patching, fibre patching
• Installing new hardware such as switches, servers, storages, firewalls and routers
• Diagnosing and repairing server hardware (in conjunction with the IT Service Desk team)
• Monitoring the data centre environment including power usage, rack capacity, network ports and climate
• Pro-actively checking for hardware alerts and single points of failure, thereby ensuring the data centre is running optimally
• Assisting with Security implementation and deployment
• Decommissioning old hardware: uncabling, removal from racks and organizing ecological disposal
• Escorting and assisting 3rd party installers and adhering to Company Security policies
• Managing spares for all data centres, ensuring a quick turnaround time on hardware repairs (SLA<2h)
• Installing and troubleshooting of prefabricated fibre infrastructure
• Updating rack documentation and adhering to other team admin tasks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed