24/7 Data Center Engineer — Hands-On Ops & DR Lead

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartRecruiters, Inc. seeks an experienced Datacenter Operations Lead to manage 24x7 production infrastructure in a demanding environment. You will oversee servers, racks, cabling, storage and VOIP, ensuring reliability and high availability while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in large-scale datacenter operations, strong VMware skills, and a proven ability to work in a fast-paced, global setting. On-call duties and incident response are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of datacenter operations management for a large, complex customer.
• Hands-on datacenter management including servers, racks, cabling and storage.
• Strong virtualization and networking knowledge, VMware experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own 24x7 support for Infra/Datacenter operations.
• Maintain high reliability and availability of production infrastructure.
• Serve as SPOC for Priority 1 incidents with on-call and shift rostering.
• Engage in capacity planning for rack space, power and tools.
• Coordinate deployment, monitoring, and performance measurement activities.

Skills

Datacenter ops

VMware

On-call support

Capacity planning

Network & VOIP

Troubleshooting

Tools

VMware

Job description

SmartRecruiters, Inc. seeks an experienced Datacenter Operations Lead to manage 24x7 production infrastructure in a demanding environment. You will oversee servers, racks, cabling, storage and VOIP, ensuring reliability and high availability while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in large-scale datacenter operations, strong VMware skills, and a proven ability to work in a fast-paced, global setting. On-call duties and incident response are required.