Data Center Engineer in Austin TX (Only locals)

Datacenter Engineer

Position Description

The Role

We are currently looking for an experienced, customer focused, energetic & detail-oriented individual to join our evolving Datacenter (DC) Operations Team. The DC Network Engineer is a crucial role in our day to day DC operations contributing towards stability & uptime of the DC environment. This is a front line network heavy role for any hands-on requirement in the data center supporting assets hosted by various teams within the company.

Responsibilities:

• Perform hardware rack & stack and OS installs
• Provision layer 1 network connection and perform basic level testing to confirm first hop connectivity
• Ensure all datacenter resources are properly monitored, accessible, and provide automated alerting when things go wrong
• Responsible for managing hot spares for all production hosts & services
• Able to perform intermediate level remote hands role in troubleshooting of hardware, OS & network issues
• Keep track of rack level space & power utilization and capture data in a centralized location
• Perform daily visible inspection and proactively inform issues to the relevant asset owners
• Responsible for creating and maintaining detailed and comprehensive documentation and diagrams.
• Coordinate vendor visits for project & part replacements
• Track & maintain logs for hardware arrival & dispatch in/out of the data center
• Label & document data center assets in a centralized location and keep it up to date
• Keep track of rack level space & power utilization and capture data in a centralized location
• Responsible for managing hot spares for all production hosts & services.
• Responsible for managing stock of basic day to day use assets like cables, connectors, labels, cables ties etc..
• Help maintain hardware warranty and support level agreements for production hardware.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience working in a complex mission critical data center environment.
• Working knowledge of datacenter, network, and compute deployments at scale
• Working knowledge of SNMP, rPDUs, UPS systems, BMS systems, etc.
• Demonstrable programming and/or scripting skills with python, bash
• Excellent time management and communication skills are absolute musts.
• Should have intermediate level knowledge of networking concepts, topology & protocols.
• Should have intermediate level system admin skills in managing Windows & Linux systems.
• Should have experience in creating & maintaining setup diagrams, system hand-over, inventory & spares management documentation.
• Experience managing hardware install, troubleshooting & parts replacement tasks.
• Ability to step up and take ownership to bring complex tasks to completion.
• Available for business travel for Datacenter related projects.
• Available for off-hour & weekend maintenance activities.
• Should have intermediate level system admin skills in managing Windows & Linux systems.
• Regularly lift and or move items up to 40 pounds and participate in group lifts for heavier items.
• Push or pull heavy objects into position.
• Work in a noisy environment
• Available for off-hour & weekend maintenance activities.