Senior Data Center Technician: Hardware, Networks & Linux

Google; Eemshaven; On-site; EUR 82,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target 15%

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google's Hardware Operations team maintains the cutting-edge physical infrastructure behind Google's technology. As an Operations Technician, you install, configure, test, troubleshoot and maintain hardware and server software, including networks and routing components.

You may lead small projects and handle rack installations as part of a dynamic data center environment. The Data Center Technician role in Data Center Technical Operations emphasizes deploying infrastructure across projects,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in maintenance and monitoring of server systems.
• Experience with performing component-level repairs and troubleshooting on IT equipment or in a similar role (e.g., Systems Administration, Network Deployment Engineer, Help Desk Technician).
• Experience working within a data center or network operation center environment.
• Experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience in project management and leadership, and collaborating and partnering with teams.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and operate new data center infrastructure across teams.
• Report issues and follow data center procedures to troubleshoot and diagnose somewhat complex issues with equipment or infrastructure as they arise, and applying the resources needed to resolve identified issues.
• Maintain the security and integrity of data, track various forms of media to check for non-standard data security issues (e.g., data was not properly erased) handled in accordance with Google security standards.
• Disassemble specific equipment that has reached its end-of-life via part replacement or maintenance, within one or more teams.
• Repair, fix, and perform preventative maintenance on equipment, servers, machines, or infrastructure based on identified issues with multiple solutions, separately.

Skills

Systems assembly

OS troubleshooting

Networking protocols

Physical ability

Shift work availability

Education

Bachelor's degree

4 years server maintenance experience

Tools

Linux operating systems

Job description

Google's Hardware Operations team maintains the cutting-edge physical infrastructure behind Google's technology. As an Operations Technician, you install, configure, test, troubleshoot and maintain hardware and server software, including networks and routing components.

You may lead small projects and handle rack installations as part of a dynamic data center environment. The Data Center Technician role in Data Center Technical Operations emphasizes deploying infrastructure across projects,