Data Center Technician

Tekgence Inc; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekgence Inc. is seeking a Data Center Technician to support daily operations, troubleshoot servers, storage and network gear, and manage cabling in the Reno data center.

The role requires hands-on hardware experience with major vendors, UNIX administration basics, and the ability to work independently within a team while maintaining high standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience installing and trouble-shooting enterprise servers, storage and networking gear.
• Solid UNIX administration skills (Ubuntu/RedHat) and basic commands.
• Ability to work independently and with others.
• Strong focus on high standards and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operational duties including error checking, inventory management, goods receiving, remote hands response and escorting of visitors.
• Investigate and resolve hardware issues by replacing end-user serviceable parts such as hard-drives, motherboard trays, RAM etc.
• Manage the resolution of complex hardware issues through vendor support agreements.
• Investigate, manage and resolve copper and fiber cabling issues.
• Perform datacenter change activity such as installing or moving servers, network switches and associated cabling.
• Copper and fiber cabling installation (loose, not structured), labeling and dressing for all datacenter hardware.
• BIOS, console and basic Linux OS investigation or configuration.
• Script deployment and asset audits.
• Updating and maintaining capacity and configuration management data.
• Responding to and performing work ow tool assigned tasks.

Skills

Technical background

Problem solving

Independent work

Team collaboration

MS Office proficiency

Tools

Supermicro

Dell

HPE

Infiniband Fabric

Mellanox

Arista

Job description

• Managing daily operational duties such as error checking, inventory management, goods receiving, remote hands response and escorting of visitors.
• Investigating and resolving hardware issues by replacement of end-user serviceable parts such as hard-drives, motherboard trays, RAM etc.
• Managing the resolution of complex hardware issues through vendor support agreements.
• Investigating, managing and resolving copper and fiber cabling issues.
• Performing datacenter change activity such as installing or moving servers, network switches and associated cabling.
• Copper and fiber cabling installation (loose, not structured), labeling and dressing for all datacenter hardware.
• BIOS, console and basic Linux OS investigation or configuration.
• Script deployment and asset audits.
• Updating and maintaining capacity and configuration management data.
• Responding to and performing work ow tool assigned tasks.
• Experience with: Supermicro, Dell, HPE Servers, In finiband Fabric and Mellanox, Arista Hardware
• Solid skills in UNIX (Ubuntu or RedHat) administration and knowledge of basic commands
• A technical background and a logical approach to problem solving.
• Extensive experience installing and trouble-shooting enterprise-level servers, storage and networking equipment.
• A good understanding of datacenter infrastructure such as structured cabling, power distribution, cooling techniques and system resiliency.
• Experience installing large volumes of data cabling to a high standard of presentation.
• An ability to work independently and with others.
• Basic Linux and networking knowledge.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite, particularly Excel.
• A strong desire to achieve and maintain high standards.