Randstad Digital
Data Center Site Engineer
Located in Wilmington, DE
Global Financial Leader with Exciting Data Center opportunity
- Physical / hands-on essential worker
- Opportunities for growth and advancement
- Unique workload each day (not the same thing every day)
- Creative schedule enables extra days off compared to normal 5 days a week
- Shift: 12 AM (midnight) to 12 PM (noon) or 12 PM to 12 AM- Rotating 3-2-2-3
Primary Duties within client:
We are responsible for the day to day management of data center operations throughout the United States for a multinational banking and financial services holding company. It is the largest of its kind in the United States with total worldwide assets in excess of US$2 trillion. Maintain operational stability and handle customer requests while working on shifts to support the 24 x 7 operations.
Basic responsibilities would include but not limited to:
· Rack and stack equipment (network, mainframes, storage and enterprise servers).
Rack and Stack Enterprise Class Technology Hardware
· Running copper and fiber cables
· Troubleshooting and diagnostics of hardware/connectivity
· Commission and Decommission of Hardware
· Familiarity with Patch Panels
· Must be able to perform component replaceable of DIMMs Hard drives, Power Supplies
· Vendor Management. Support 3rd Party Vendor Activities
In Addition, the Data Center Engineer will:
· Adhere to Change Control Processes
· Execute the cabling and cable organization per client standards.
· Rack & Stack server and IT hardware in corporate Data Center.
· Responsible for server implementation, support and decommissioning within a secure raised-floor environment
· Install support hardware for all devices to be installed into cabinets on raised floor
· Place devices in cabinets according to instructions from internal hardware power & placement team
Required Skills:
· Previous experience working in a complex high availability data center environment
· A strong working knowledge of data center processes and design (power, cooling, redundancy).
· Hands on expertise of midrange systems in large scale (100+ servers) environments- IBM, HP, Oracle, & Dell server hardware
· Ability to document complex problem resolution summaries and repetitive tasks interfaces through online ticketing system
· Ability to demonstrate effective team and interpersonal skills
· Exceptional troubleshooting and problem resolution skills
· Expertise with day-to-day data center operation tasks, including rack/stack, understanding of switch/port configurations, server decommissioning
· Also experience with Data Center incident resolution, asset management, and logistics
· Critical thinking and decision making related to outage risk assessment
· Strong cable management skills and experience managing fiber & copper in a data center environment.
Desired Skills:
· Certifications: A+, Server+, or Network+
· Technical writing and documentation skills are preferred
· Proficient in Microsoft Office
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Benefit Conditions:
Duration
- Long term - this is a long term opportunity with growth and professional development! We promote from within!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $25.00 - $28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Data center: 2 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
