Data Center Infrastructure Engineer/Technical Lead

Description

• Ability to understand business requirements and transform it into a robust and efficient solution at optimized efforts and within budgeted costs.
• Evaluate and recommend infrastructure solutions to best meet the business needs. 
• Lead the Engineering team during the Implementation and Managed Services. 
• Help develop implementation plan for infrastructure architecture based on IT strategies and business requirements.
• Develop Rack layout diagrams, port mapping, topology diagrams and other technical documentation.
• Review the Data Center infrastructure design documents which includes compute, storage and backup, networks, and security and provide feedback. 
• Review and document existing Equipment infrastructure, including quantity/ types of devices, device Host Names, IP Addresses, cable types and more. 
• Assure that the most appropriate IT practices measures are in place. 
• Partner with other Engineers during the project and provide work direction and oversight for the cross-functional. 
• Act as an escalation point for any technical issues that may appear during the project. 
• Perform Site Surveys in the Data Center for installation readiness.
• Supervise the on-site installation, connectivity, integration and test of the equipment in Data Center– network, servers, storage, security, telecom, etc. 
• Ensure quality of work among the team. 
• Troubleshoot network issues related to configurations, switching and routing – Nexus switches, VPC peer technology. 
• Develop processes and templates for handover to Managed Services 
• Participate in internal and customer facing meetings, provide updates and clearly explain  

• Excellent knowledge of Data Center design, installation, integration, handover to managed services.
• Hands-on experience in Data Center requirements and readiness including but not only: space, power, security, fire prevention, racks, cable managers, cabling, PDUs.
• Good understanding of Data Center cabling standards including structured cabling.
• Good understanding of cloud technologies and integration between Network elements and on prem cloud platforms.
• Hands on experience in Data Centers, Private Cloud Build implementation and managed services projects.
• Excellent Communication skills, previous experience in a customer facing role. 
• Self-starter, driven lead with ability to navigate ambiguous situations. 
• Familiar with formal change control procedures and protocol
• Excellent technical knowledge and experience with networking technologies
• Cisco (Nexus 9K, Catalyst Switches, Routers, ISE, FirePower, etc.)
• F5, F5 load balancers
• Smart PDUs (ex: APC)
• DNS/NTP/SMTP
• SNMP
• Failover
• Integration experience between Network and Server/Storage/Backup Technologies
• Dell Technologies (Dell VxRail, etc), HPE, NetApp 
• Technical knowledge with Virtualization/Private Cloud (VMWare, RHEL)
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or Telecommunications
• Experience: +7y in a similar role
• CCNA, and CCNP certifications with at least progress toward a CCIE certification required.
• Ability to travel to the data centers and customer sites when required.