HYBRID OPPORTUNITY - Data Center Engineer - 6+ Months, Contract-to-Hire

Overview

Remote
Hybrid
$55 - $65
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Arista
Auditing
Border Gateway Protocol
Change Control
Ciena
Cisco
Computer Hardware
Computer Networking
Dell
HP
IP
ITIL
Incident Management
Intellectual Property
Juniper
Network
Nokia
OSPF
Optical Fiber
Problem Management
Recovery
Reporting
Storage
data center
data center management
IP Networks
Network Engineering
engineer
Network Engineer
networking equipment

Job Details

Consultant will be expected to work onsite in Kansas City, MO 2 days per week.

We are seeking a Data Center Engineer for our hybrid 6+ month contract-to-hire opportunity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Installation, relocation and recovery of network, server and storage hardware to manufacturer standards and industry best practices
  • Build data center fabric design for VXLANs, BGP and OSPF environment
  • Execution of all work to data center process & procedure
  • Carry out monthly audits of items in store and produce a report of all anomalies
  • Manage asset record updates, tracking and placing assets as to their location and status
  • Ensure that all records are updated following any installations, moves or change
  • Carry out daily housekeeping checks of the data halls and record their findings
  • Responsible for data center solutions (copper/fiber patch leads, patch panels, connectors, etc.) and report appropriately.

REQUIRED

  • 5+ years of experience working in data center environments
  • 5+ years of hands-on professional work as an engineer
  • Experience with a broad range of hardware; HP, Dell, Nokia, Ciena, Cisco, Juniper and Arista.
  • Configuration experience of Cisco and Arista networking equipment
  • Deep understanding of IP networks
  • Experience working in an ITIL controlled environment with knowledge of Change Control, Incident Management & Problem Management processes.
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