Data Center Technician/Engineer

Tech Talent Link, Inc; Wilsonville (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

PTO

Job summary

Tech Talent Link, Inc. is seeking a proactive Data Center Systems Administrator to join our Regional Datacenter operations. You will manage server hardware, deploy Linux systems, and support virtualization.

You’ll coordinate with facilities, vendors, and global teams to maintain uptime and efficiency. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus hands-on Linux and virtualization work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent relative work experience.
• 2 years’ experience in an IT maintenance & support operational role, including operating system installation and troubleshooting.
• 1 year of experience working with virtual environments and deployments.
• 1 year of experience with Linux (Redhat, CentOS, SLES, etc.) installation, troubleshooting, and support.
• Ideal candidate will have scripting (BASH, Perl, PowerShell) and process automation experience.
• Ability to follow technical written and verbal directions.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement server installations including planning, preparation, installation, cabling, LAN configuration, OS installation, and post configuration.
• Provide hardware swap-outs for repairs, and interact with vendors for parts and service support, including over-seeing their onsite activities.
• Deploy operating systems with homegrown automated deployment process.
• Monitor and report incidents across all data center facilities equipment via daily walkdown of the environment.
• Monitor and respond to hardware incidents across all data center IT equipment e.g. servers, filers, switches, and data backup libraries.
• Participate in daily facility walk down and off-hours maintenance of IT systems as required for business.
• Manage inbound tasks via ticket tracking tool (ServiceNow), following standard ITIL Change and Incident Management processes.
• Virtual machine deployment and management Scripting, process improvements, automation.
• Deploy and configure new Linux systems.

Skills

Linux

Scripting

PowerShell

BASH

ITIL

Vendor coordination

Windows Server

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent relative work experience

Tools

ServiceNow

VMware vSphere

DCIM tools

Linux virtualization

Job description

***We are unable to work with 3rd-party or corp-to-corp candidates for this position***

Position Overview:

Our client is seeking a highly professional, self-motivated datacenter systems administrator for our Regional Datacenter (RDC). The ideal candidate will have experience working in a software development environment with primary responsibilities listed below.

Responsibilities:

• Server hardware management: Plan and implement server installations including planning, preparation, installation, cabling, LAN configuration, OS installation, and post configuration.
• Provide hardware swap-outs for repairs, and interact with vendors for parts and service support, including over-seeing their onsite activities.
• Deploy operating systems with homegrown automated deployment process.
• Working closely with the facilities technical team, monitor and report incidents across all data center facilities equipment via daily walkdown of the environment.
• Monitor and respond to hardware incidents across all data center IT equipment e.g. servers, filers, switches, and data backup libraries.
• Participate in daily facility walk down and off-hours maintenance of IT systems as required for business.
• Participate in on-call rotation one week a month. Datacenter audits and reporting, adhering to all data center operational processes and procedures.
• Manage inbound tasks via ticket tracking tool (ServiceNow), following standard ITIL Change and Incident Management processes.
• Virtual machine deployment and management Scripting, process improvements, automation.
• Deploy and configure new Linux systems.

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent relative work experience.
• 2 years’ experience in an IT maintenance & support operational role, including operating system installation and troubleshooting.
• 1 year of experience working with virtual environments and deployments.
• 1 year of experience with Linux (Redhat, CentOS, SLES, etc.) installation, troubleshooting, and support.
• Ideal candidate will have scripting (BASH, Perl, PowerShell) and process automation experience.
• Ability to follow technical written and verbal directions.
• Ability to work well with various teams both local and remote including international.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office including Outlook.
• Good communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Advanced hardware component troubleshooting skills (CPU, memory, motherboard, controllers, and disks) and replacement of components thereof.
• Able to lift 50 pounds.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education and Experience:

• Network configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience managing and maintaining a highly available datacenter environment utilizing configuration management (DCIM) tools.
• Familiar with ITIL operations
• Familiar with network storage systems (some or all: Network Appliance, Tintri Storage, Nimble Storage) and server automation and configuration management orchestration.
• Familiar with Datacenter level backup processes and software
• Familiar with some or all: Building Management Systems, facilities monitoring tools, fire detection, and suppression systems.
• Knowledge of alternate power supplies/generators and following emergency procedures and processes.

Our Benefits:

Medical, Dental, and vision insurance; disability and life insurance; 401(k) with company match and PTO.