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DC Ops Technician II

Virginia, United States (On-site)

DC Ops Technician II

1 Month ago • 2-2 Years • Administrative

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Job Description

This role requires a Data Center Operations Technician with at least 2 years of experience. Key responsibilities include monitoring and prioritizing tickets, troubleshooting storage, providing server hardware support, and installing network devices. Strong understanding of RAID configurations, flexible schedule, and ability to lift 50 lbs. are essential.

Must have:

Data Center
Hardware Support
RAID Configs
Network Devices

Good to have:

Storage Upgrades
Operating System
Customer Service
Layer 1 Network

Perks:

Flexible Schedule
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Job Summary: The Data Center Operations Technician owns the responsibility of all IT Infrastructure, including customer configurations, within the data center environment ensuring all customer server environments are secure, operational and maintain 99.999% uptime.

Location/Shift: Onsite at our state of the art DataCenter in Ashburn, VA. 1st shift hours.

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:

Must be a US Citizen and willing to undergo a Federal Background Investigtion.
Minimum 2-years experience working in a data center environment or equivalent technology background
Minimum 2-years experience or ability to show familiarity with building, repairing or upgrading hardware components required
Minimum 2-years experience in a customer service-oriented position preferred
High School Diploma or equivalent is required
Strong understanding of storage RAID configurations and requirements
Ability to work a flexible schedule, 24x7x365 coverage required including holidays and weekends.
Must be able to lift 50 lbs. overhead

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