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Manager; Datacenter Facilities Team

Texas, United States (On-site)

Manager; Datacenter Facilities Team

11 Hours ago • All levels • Administrative

About the job

Summary

The Datacenter Facilities Manager is responsible for the strategic planning, design, operation, and maintenance of all electrical, mechanical, and HVAC equipment within Rackspace's state-of-the-art data center in Richardson, TX. This role ensures 99.999% uptime for mission-critical servers. Responsibilities include monitoring and prioritizing an internal ticketing system, providing customer support, troubleshooting and upgrading storage, hardware support for various server operating systems, network cabling and device installation (switches, firewalls, etc.), and managing maintenance contracts and vendors. The role also includes managing a team of professionals, providing technical guidance, and guaranteeing proper power distribution and equipment maintenance.

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Must have:

Manage datacenter facilities team
Ensure 99.999% uptime
HVAC/electrical/mechanical expertise
Vendor management & contract negotiation
Troubleshooting & hardware/OS support
Network cabling & device installation

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Job Summary: As the Manager of our datacenter facilities team you’ll contribute in the strategic planning of the design, operation, and maintenance of all electrical, mechanical, and HVAC equipment within our Data Center. You’ll support mission-critical servers and must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. You’ll also be responsible for vendor selection and various contract negotiations.

Location/Hours:

· Onsite in our state-of-the-art datacenter located in Richardson, TX.

· Due to the 24x7 operations of the facility, must be able to work a flexible work schedule, may include nights, weekends, and/or holidays,

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for monitoring and prioritizing an internal ticketing system to provide customer support
Provide basic operating system storage troubleshooting, along with storage upgrades, hardware troubleshooting and Raid configuration changes
Provide hardware support and upgrades for servers running Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Server, Ubuntu Linux or VMWare ESX Server
Simple operating systems administration can include, setting up OS network IP’s, fresh OS installs (using PXE), Firmware updates and basic OS troubleshooting
Installation or removal of fiber or copper cabling. Along with Layer 1 network skills, that will include testing, as well as connectivity issues with previously deployed copper or fiber cabling
Installation of network device hardware including switches, firewalls, load-balancers and security appliances
Installation of hardware on storage devices including DAS and NAS arrays
Complete customer maintenances requests that include hardware modification, operating system installation, mounting of the devices within cabinets and completion of all cabling needs to be required

Qualifications:

Manage professional employees and/or team leads.
Accountable for the performance and results of a team within own area of specialty.
Adapt functional area plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges.
Provide technical guidance to employees, colleagues and/or customers.
Guarantee proper distribution of power within the facility and to equipment racks.
Promptly repair of any failed or degraded equipment.
Ensure proper operation and maintenance of all equipment.
Manage contractors and vendors that perform work in the Data Centers.
Institute and maintain maintenance contracts for equipment.
Obtain all necessary permits.
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About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

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Though we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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