Senior Data Center Support Services Technician
Application completed on Oracle
About This Role
Supervises ongoing critical environment maintenance and repair for all service
lines with major impact on achieving pre-defined service level agreements
(SLAs). Oversees medium-level impact projects and coordinates with relevant
stakeholders. Manages incidents that impact Data Center infrastructure services
and drives proactive and timely resolution of such incidents. Ensures alignment
of own work with safe working practices. Oversees on-site data centers
operations in relation to the engineering infrastructure, identifying risks and
gaps and troubleshooting as required. Follows and adapts policies and
procedures. Participates in training programs for newer members of the team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Responsibilities
Datacenter Services Operations-Break/Fix and Hardware Maintenance:
-Identifies opportunities for other team members to work with of servers and
server components and main hardware to ensure efficient performance for its
entire lifecycle.
-Guides and coaches less experienced technicians on best practices for the power
distribution units and/or replacement hardware, removing and troubleshooting
hardware without disturbing critical infrastructure, as needed.
Datacenter Services Operations-Network Configuration, Installation, and
Augmentation:
-Guides and instructs less experienced technicians on best practices for
implementing -designed and defined network communications and solutions, signing
off on client configurations within environments.
-Validates cabling, checking network environment build and connectivity is
established, verifying that devices are connected and error free.
Technical Support and Trouble Shooting-Technical Support and Trouble Shooting:
-Monitors and assigns work in ticketing environment, mentoring less experienced
technicians or implementing technical solutions to enhance and/or troubleshoot
the system within Service Level Agreements (SLAs) against assigned ticket,
potentially identifying and escalating trends, and documenting steps or
resolutions involved in maintaining the environments.
Safety and Compliance-Safety, Security, Compliance, and Documentation:
-Oversees adherence to all established Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs)/Maintenance Operation Protocols (MOPs) when performing tasks, ensuring
all work stays in sync with site rules, colocation vendor rules, and signs-off
within a data center and/or customer site environments.
-Upholds and ensures established security procedures, considering applicable
local regulations, conducting functional testing of security.
-Ensures compliance with health and safety guidelines (including personal
protection equipment, site access, or specific data site compliance) during
on-site work at customer locations and at office, with limited supervision.
Continuous Improvement:
-Trains advance fix and repair techniques that align with corporate objectives
and adheres to SOPs and MOPs for operational Data Center Change Control
processes.
-Identifies repeating problems or trends, escalating issues to senior peers
and/or external experts, operations team, and engaging global team about local
issues.
-Analyzes issues for repeating problems or trends, escalating identified issues
to external experts and operations team, and engaging global team about local
issues.
Collaboration, Vendor Relations, and Leadership-Collaboration, Vendor Relations,
and Leadership
-Leads collaboration efforts with project teams/colocation partners to properly
test and validate the installation, operation, and performance of
electrical/mechanical systems and coordinate site utility requirements.
-Acts as a technical liaison for technical and non-technical teams, providing
subject matter expertise to identify and resolve resiliency, reliability, and
availability risks.
-Ensures contractors and vendors deliver quality services and that all SLAs are
being met.
-Contributes to quality assurance through process creation and training of less
experienced peers.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
-Completes complex and/or ambiguous tasks in accordance with project
requirements, with limited instructions. Provides guidance to team members on
shifting priorities and resources according to team needs.
Collaboration & Partnership:
-Collaborates across teams to lead the delivery of impactful work and provide
support for critical team objectives. Leverages advanced understanding of
business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build partnerships within and
outside of team.
Problem Solving:
-Develops and shares procedures to identify and resolve routine or non-routine
issues, serving as an escalation point for the team. Collects and reviews data
and/or information to troubleshoot complex errors.
Continuous Learning:
-Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and
learning new skills and/or tools and staying current with trends and best
practices in one's field. Seeks out and leverages feedback and advanced training
to improve skills.
Continuous Improvement:
-Recommends, implements, and shares improvements to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of complex processes, protocols, and workflows.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
5 years of experience in client-facing, direct customer support and service,
data center, or related field experience
OR
High School Diploma, General Educational Development, or equivalent AND 4 years
of experience in client-facing, direct customer support and service, data
center, or related field experience
OR
Associate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Center
Operations or related field AND 3 years of experience in client-facing, direct
customer support and service, data center, or related field experience.
Job Skills:
Same as prior level plus;
Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership and
mentoring on complex projects.
Incident Management and Response: Demonstrated ability to respond to and resolve
incidents quickly to maintain business continuity.
Cross-Functional/Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to collaborate across
teams and regions to achieve shared business goals.
IT Infrastructure/Server Trouble Shooting Experience:
3 years of experience in IT infrastructure, data center services, or server
administration.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
5 years of experience in client-facing, direct customer support and service,
data center, or related field experience
OR
High School Diploma, General Educational Development, or equivalent AND 4 years
of experience in client-facing, direct custome
OR
Associate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Center
Operations or related field AND 3 years of experience in client-facing, direct
customer support and service, data center, or related field experience.
Cloud Environment (Hyperscale) Experience :
3 years of experience in hyperscale cloud environments.
Certifications:
Data Center or Cloud Industry Certifications.
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