Data Centre Technician

Teraco; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Teraco in Johannesburg is seeking a Data Centre Technician to monitor and maintain critical infrastructure, perform planned and predictive maintenance, and detect faults to ensure uptime. You will be involved in switching and isolating MV/LV equipment, installing and commissioning new plants, wiring and testing control panels, and providing on-site technical support to keep operations running smoothly.

You will perform daily walk-arounds, monitor system processes, evaluate heating and cooling to

Qualifications

• Experience in data centre operations preferred.
• Strong fault detection and incident response skills.
• Ability to perform preventative and predictive maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and maintenance of all Data Centre critical infrastructure
• Performing planned / preventative / predictive maintenance of all infrastructure
• Fault detection of critical infrastructure
• Switching and isolation of MV and LV equipment
• Installing and commissioning of new plant
• Daily walk arounds and inspections of electrical and mechanical systems and equipment
• Wiring of electrical control panels
• Providing technical support at Data Centre by performing system/network installation, configuration, and troubleshooting
• Carrying out preventative maintenance of data center equipment and devices
• Monitoring system processes to ensure smooth operations
• Evaluating heating and cooling systems to ensure they are operational
• Complying with working methods ensuring that all client SLA and MSA’s are achieved
• Monitor customer network servers and storage systems to ensure uptime and efficient resolution of issues

Job description

• Monitoring and maintenance of all Data Centre critical infrastructure
• Performing planned / preventative / predictive maintenance of all infrastructure
• Fault detection of critical infrastructure
• Switching and isolation of MV and LV equipment
• Installing and commissioning of new plant
• Daily walk arounds and inspections of electrical and mechanical systems and equipment
• Wiring of electrical control panels
• Offering technical support at Data Centre by performing system/network installation, configuration, and troubleshooting in order to ensure optimum operations.
• Carrying out preventative maintenance of data center equipment and devices.
• Monitoring system processes to ensure smooth operations.
• Evaluating heating and cooling systems to ensure they are operational and can meet equipment temperature conditions.
• Comply to working methods ensuring that all client SLA and MSA’s are achieved
• Monitor customer network servers and storage systems to ensure uptime and efficient resolution of issues