Data Centre Service Delivery Field Support Engineer (L2)

NTT•NorCal, CA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Continue to make an impact with a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. At NTT DATA, we are renowned for our technical excellence, leading innovations, and making a difference for our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion – it’s a place where you can continue to grow, belong, and thrive. Your career here is about believing in yourself and seizing new opportunities and challenges. It’s about expanding your skills and expertise in your current role and preparing yourself for future advancements. That’s why we encourage you to take every opportunity to further your career within our great global team. Your day at NTT DATA The Data Center Service Delivery Field Support Engineer (L2) is a developing engineering role, responsible for providing a professional second-line onsite technical support and field engineering service to clients by proactively identifying and resolving technical incidents and problems. Through pre-emptive service incident and resolution activities, this role restores service to clients by managing incidents and seeing them through to an effective resolution. The primary objective of this role is to ensure all requests, process events and resolution incidents result in zero missed Service Level Agreement (SLA) conditions. The Data Center Service Delivery Field Support Engineer (L2) is responsible for managing standard and low complexity incidents, conducting routine, repetitive tasks whilst using readily available information and following standard practices and procedures.

Requirements

Good communicate skills, both verbal and written.
Ability to plan activities and projects well in advance and take into account possible changing circumstances.
Ability to maintain a positive outlook at work.
Ability to work well in a pressurized environment.
Ability to work hard and put in longer hours when it is necessary.
Ability to apply active listening techniques such as paraphrasing the message to confirm understanding, probing for further relevant information and refraining from interrupting.
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
Ability to place client at the forefront of all interactions, understanding their requirements and creating a positive client experience throughout the total client journey.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Technology or Computing or related field.
Professional level certification in different Data Centre technologies such as Cisco, NetApp, EMC- Ex: CCNP (DC), ONTApp etc.
Moderate level of experience in building, deploying and supporting data center networking infrastructure.
Intermediate knowledge of data center network equipment like Nexus and MDS series switching and integration into server and storage technologies.

Responsibilities

Ensures that the assigned infrastructure at the client site is configured, installed, tested and operational.
Ensures that any software that is part of the solution is installed and configured according to client requirements.
Proactively identifies problems and errors as they occur and logs such incidents in a timely manner with the required level of detail.
Liaises with all stakeholders including client IT environments, carriers and colleagues to expediate diagnosis of errors and problems and to identify a resolution.
Investigates second line support calls assigned and identifies the root cause of incidents and problems following knowledge articles.
Responds to and diagnoses all alerts, escalate to L3 Field Engineer when unable to resolve within the stipulated time.
Ensures incidents are updated with progress and resolution details in a timely manner using the required platform.
Ensures the efficient and comprehensive resolution of incidents and requests.
Applies tools, techniques and processes to track, log, report on and correct configuration items, components and changes.
Investigates problems in systems, processes and services and assists with the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures.
Provides second line remote and onsite technical support to clients.
Provides second line field engineering services to clients.
Reports and escalates issues to 3rd party vendors if necessary.
Follows the required handover procedures for shift changes to ensure service continuity.