Senior Data Center Operator

Miami, FL, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 day ago
Full Time
No Travel Required
On-site
$45,000 - $50,000/yr
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Job Details

Skills

  • Operating Systems
  • Communication
  • Servers
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Reporting

Summary

About FIU

is a Top 50, preeminent public research university with 55,000 students from all 50 states and more than 140 countries, as well as an alumni network of more than 340,000. Located in the global city of Miami, the university offers more than 200 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, including medicine and law. FIU faculty are leaders in their fields and include National Academy members, Fulbright Scholars and MacArthur Genius Fellows. A Carnegie R1 institution, FIU drives impactful research in environmental resilience, health and technology and innovation. Home to the Wall of Wind and Institute of Environment, FIU stands at the forefront of discovery and innovation. With a focus on student success, economic mobility and community engagement, FIU is redefining what it means to be a public research university.

Job Summary

A Senior Data Center Operator is an experienced operator that monitors critical production systems, applications, and infrastructure components. They help ensure continued operations by 1st level troubleshooting, sending alert notifications to on-call systems administrators and providing remote hands to help restore operations. Monitoring and management of scheduled jobs (including backups) are done per documented procedures. Physical security of servers and devices are maintained by ensuring only authorized individuals are granted access to the data center, appropriate racks and servers.

        Responsible for monitoring production servers, applications and infrastructure components by use of performance monitoring and availability tools.

        Responsible for monitoring and management of scheduled jobs based on pre-defined job runbooks (documentation) as needed. This jobs include, but are not limited to, data backups, PeopleSoft jobs, NWRDC mainframe jobs and print server jobs.

        Responsible for monitoring data center environmental (heat, humidity, water), power (generator & UPS systems) & fire suppression systems (FM 200 & smoke detectors) to make sure the data center environment stays within defined parameters.

        Provide remote hands support for systems administrators.

        Assist Lead Data Center Operator with management of monitoring tools, which may include configuration of new systems to monitor, or changes to the way systems are monitored.

        Assist with 1st level troubleshooting, by gathering required technical information and testing the appropriate system or application.

        Assist with rack mounting of servers and devices as needed.

        Responsible for security of data center, by providing escorted access only to authorized individuals, which will be checked against an allowed entry list. Valid government ID is required to gain access.

        May need to provide support for end user service requests.

        Contact on-call support staff whenever a problem with a production service is detected. Ensures appropriate alert notifications are sent to internal lists and to public lists when required by procedures.

        Help train more junior staff.

        Create and maintain documentation for aspects of the job as needed.

 

Minimum Qualifications

·         High school diploma and three (3) years of relevant experience.

 

Desired Qualifications

        Basic knowledge of networking concepts & operating systems.

        Experience using Microsoft Office Suite.

        Strong documentation & communication skills.

 

Job Category

·         Staff

 

Advertised Salary

·         $45,000 - $50,000

 

Work Schedule

·         Begin time: 10:30 PM

·         End time: 7:00 AM

 

Pre-Employment Requirements

·         Expanded Background Check

 

How to Claim Vet Preference

Since 1945, the Florida Legislature has made a provision to give preference in the hiring process to United States war veterans in recognition of their military, naval, or air service who meet specific conditions. The conditions are as follows:

        Veterans with a VA service-connected disability

        Spouses of veterans with permanent and total service-connected disability

        Honorably discharged veterans with wartime service.

        Unmarried widow or widower of a veteran who died as a result of a service-connected disability

        A veteran who has served in a qualifying campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, to include the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.

Florida International University honors this policy and will comply with Veterans'' Preference guidelines when filling staff positions. Any applicant claiming Veterans'' Preference will be required to attach a DD214 with each application submitted for verification.

If there are any questions concerning Veterans'' Preference, please contact Talent Acquisition & Management by calling .
For additional information on Veterans'' Preference, visit .

 

 

Clery Notice

In compliance with the , the University Police department at Florida International University provides information on crimes statistics, crime prevention, law enforcement, crime reporting, and other related issues for the past three (3) calendar years. The FIU Annual Security report is available online at: .

To obtain a paper copy of the report, please visit the FIU Police Department located at 885 SW 109th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33199 (PG5 Market Station).

Pay Transparency

Florida International University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.  However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of  their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor''s legal duty to furnish information.

Notice of Non-Discrimination

FIU is a State University System of Florida member, Equal Opportunity, Equal Access, and Affirmative Action Employer for individuals with disabilities and veterans. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment decisions, programs, and events without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For inquiries regarding non-discrimination, contact FIU''s Office of Civil Rights at or email

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a University event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU''s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at or  All requests for ADA accommodation or accessible materials for this event must be submitted to OCR at least seven (7) business days prior to the event or at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

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  • Position Id: 537153
  • Posted 1 day ago
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