Data Center Operations - Help Desk

Nanosoft Consulting Talent Page; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Tier I Data Center Operations Help Desk operator in Lansing, Michigan. The role involves incident management, system monitoring, and documentation of operational issues for optimal service levels. Candidates should have 1 to 4 years experience in a related field. This position is onsite from day one and operates on a four-day, ten-hour shift schedule. Ideal for local candidates seeking to join a dynamic technical environment.

Qualifications

• 1 to 4 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary resource for monitoring and incident management.
• Manage Medium, High, and Critical Incidents.
• Monitor environmental and security equipment operations.

Skills

Incident management

System monitoring

Documentation

Job description

About the job Data Center Operations - Help Desk

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• This position is a tier I operator that serves as a primary resource for enterprise monitoring, incident management and computer operations responsible for systems that run critical applications, systems, networks, and infrastructure at multiple sites.
• Manages Medium, High, and Critical Incidents, including triage and assessment of impacted systems.
• Escalates Incidents to tier II for Major Incident investigation.
• Notifies and escalates to support teams using Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• Sends Communications Matrix Notifications using SOP12-2 for High and Critical Incidents.
• Monitors server and network system monitoring tools and responds appropriately to alarms.
• Monitor the environmental equipment (Generators, UPS, PDU, Air Conditioning and buildings water supply) to ensure their proper operation.
• Complete documentation of how the problem/issue was uncovered, who it affected, and the steps taken up to and including the final solution.
• Monitor the security equipment and situations to ensure their proper operations and report all issues/irregularities to the proper organizations/persons.
• Track and monitor security concerns.
• Complete documentation of how the issue/irregularity was uncovered, who it affected, and the steps taken up to and including the final solution.
• Monitors system resources (e.g., processor, memory, and input/output) to ensure that Service Level Agreement performance criteria are met and that system resources are not being overutilized by one customer.
• Opens trouble tickets and assign to the appropriate support group.
• Grants physical access to hosting centers both locally and remotely.
• Administers established security policy for physical access to the (2) Hosting Centers.
• Executes programs and jobs on the mainframe computers utilizing an operator display terminal. Controls production utilizing Automated Scheduling Systems to ensure that jobs are completed in the time required by the customers.
• Responsible for tape library functions including pulling and hanging tapes for production, test batch processing, managing off-site storage and logging user input tapes as needed.
• Prepares and submits status reports detailing system operations.
• Reads, comprehends, and complies with email messages in timely basis.
• Uses communications tools appropriately to receive and disburse information.
• Answers and makes phone calls, as necessary.
• Communicates statuses using tools such as trouble tickets, status boards, broadcast messages and status reports.
• Reviews the Change Management Forward Schedule of Change and updates Requests for Changes (RFCs) as needed, when requested by the change builders.

Experience, Skills, Knowledge: Top Skills

• 1 to 4 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

Location: Local candidates only. Shift is (4) 10 hour days. 1st Shift from 6AM-4:30PM. Position will be ONSITE from day 1.