On-Site Data Center Operations Leader – Chicago Area

Prestige Staffing; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare included

401K match 6%

PTO 24 days

Job summary

Prestige Staffing is seeking a Data Center Manager for an on-site role in Chicago with travel to 6-7 data centers in the area. The position reports to the Senior Director of Infrastructure and involves overseeing a team of engineers, inventory control, and adherence to change control and incident management practices.

Candidates should demonstrate leadership and strong communication skills. Responsibilities include directing data center operations, implementing process improvements, managing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10+ years relevant experience required.
• 4+ years’ experience Managing Data Center environments, preferably with some type of management experience over Data Center Engineers
• Local, onsite presence.
• Effective written and verbal communication at all levels
• Experience of hardware manufacturer installation standards and knowledge of copper and fiber cabling installations and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Data Center engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Adheres to a continuous improvement methodology for systems and services under their span of control.
• Manage, lead and support a team that is responsible for the following
• Installation, relocation and removal of Network, Server and Storage hardware to manufacturer standards and industry best practice.
• Repair of hardware to major component level (e.g. hard disk, NIC card, memory, physical servers, network hardware, etc.) as requested, across a broad range of vendor equipment.
• Cross connects, investigating and removal of any connectivity withing the Data Center space.
• Execution of all work to Data Center work process & procedure.
• Build, review and update all Data Center standard operating procedures, SOP.
• Manage the goods in/out process for your dedicated storage facility and keep full records as directed for all incoming/outgoing assets and a full availability list of all items in storage.
• Receipt of damaged/failed hardware internally and replacement through Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) process
• Carry out monthly audits of items in store and produce a report of all anomalies
• Manage asset record updates, tracking and placing assets as to their location and status (deployed, ceased etc.).
• Ensure that all records are updated following any installations, moves or changes
• Carry out daily housekeeping checks of the data halls and record their findings
• Control Data Center stocks (copper/fiber patch leads, patch panels, connectors etc.) and report appropriately.

Skills

Data Center Operations

Team Leadership

Vendor Management

Incident Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Prestige Staffing is seeking a Data Center Manager for an on-site role in Chicago with travel to 6-7 data centers in the area. The position reports to the Senior Director of Infrastructure and involves overseeing a team of engineers, inventory control, and adherence to change control and incident management practices.

Candidates should demonstrate leadership and strong communication skills. Responsibilities include directing data center operations, implementing process improvements, managing