Description
Data Centre Engineer
NP Contact: Ed Arkin
Job Reference: 12327
Rate: €250 per day
Start Date: April 2020
Locations: Amsterdam
Key requirements include:
My client, requires a Data Centre Engineer to run and maintain systems, as well as get involved in laying down and patching cables. You will need to have previous commercial experience, within a Data Centre environment where you will have gained strong knowledge of cabling, patching, server racking and dealing with back-ups.
- Primarily focused on day to day Data Center, Server & Network hardware break-fix & large scale infrastructure build and deployment within tight deadlines.
- Responsible for troubleshooting connectivity issues with copper or fiber cabling.
- Provide technical communication pertaining to configurations in a concise, professional manner.
- Possess good knowledge of internal ticketing systems to provide proper customer service.
- Must identify and resolve complex server hardware failures to include the replacement of failed hardware components.
- Receive, track and deploy server and network hardware.
- On site spares stock control, tracking and monitoring
- Perform installation, racking, and cabling services for Servers and network infrastructure, both personally and through smart hands services
- Follow and implement processes and procedures that improve stability, performance and availability.
- Update and Maintain data center documentation including port maps, rack layouts, PDU management and asset management thorough our DCIM and Power management tooling.
- Possess sound knowledge of operating systems, networking and security
- Ensure established policies and procedures are followed and compliance requirements are met.
- Implement data center and infrastructure solutions that address growth, risks and scale in support of organisations business plans.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively across many organizations and various levels.
- Provide on-call support for off hours data center escalations
- Perform regular scheduled out of hours maintenance window support
- Oversee co-location Smart Hands services
- Perform maintenance on Servers & network infrastructure, including physical parts replacements.
- Possible travel to other Data Center locations to assist with projects as needed.
About you:
- Technical Degree or equivalent experience.
- 4+ Years working within a high availability & high security Data Center environment.
- Experience following and implementing large scale technical infrastructure rollouts within a Data Center environment.
- Data Center,Network/Server troubleshooting and hardware break-fix experience.
- Previous experience following and maintaining Data Center industry best practices.
- Hands on expertise and experience with data center physical layer, racking and hardware maintenance.
- Cable management to an extremely high standard with attention to detail.
- Industry standard knowledge for copper and fiber cabling within data center environment.
- Data Center documentation and asset tracking (Jira, Confluence, Visio, DCIM, etc)
- Juniper/Cisco/Dell or HP hardware experience advantageous.
- Ability to plan and complete tasks with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work at heights, lift server & network hardware regularly.
- Systems & Network deployment experience is a plus (Junos, IOS, Network and system build tools, etc).
- Proficiency in Linux, preferably CentOS desirable.
- This role may require travel throughout the US & EU on occasion.
About Us
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