TEKsystems Hiring for Data Center Administrator Job at Santa Clara, CA Full Time

Description:

Job Description:

Data Center Administrator will be responsible for physical upgrades, implementation, optimizations and troubleshooting onsite at two of the clients Santa Clara data centers. Troubleshooting and debugging HW and Linux (Red Hat & Ubuntu mainly) will be critical. This lab supports R&D products before production and all issues associated with the product in the lab becomes a P1 against all other day to day duties. Documentation of failures and solutions will be important. Being proactive when noticing an upcoming issue.

Lab techs will deploy circuit boards and need to be able to troubleshoot any related issues, run diagnostics, create documentation, etc. Resources will also assist in rack and stack, cabling and other common data center activities. The contractors will also be expected to have some shift flexibility. 80+% of the time they will work 1st shift (day shift) but occasionally they will be asked to work a night shift to help execute off-hour upgrades. They are maintaining a new product build and tickets related to it will take priority on any other workload.

Additional tasks will include:

• Handling Labs and Datacenters using DCIM Tools, spreadsheets and task tracking tools.
• Your responsibilities will also include defining standards in labs to keep them safe, clean and organized.
• Deploy test boards that run automated tests from Software Developers and triage and root cause board issues which are not due to hardware or software issues but, that potentially have test setup issues.
• Remove and redeploy boards that need software and/or hardware upgrades from board engineers on a regular cadence.
• Collect data for critical metrics for the lab and track progress.

Job Requirements:

• 4-8 years working in enterprise data centers.
• Some shift flexibility
• Strong experience installing and troubleshooting circuit boards (GPUs, NICs, etc)
• Knowledge and willingness to contribute in rack and stack related tasks
• Hardware vendor certifications for any of the specified technologies.
• Knowledgeable in Linux & networking.
• Extensive server, network and cabling installation experience.
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral at all levels; able to explain highly technical concepts to less technical people
• Proficient in MSOffice Suite, particularly Excel.
• Experience using JIRA, Netbox and ServiceNow.

Skills:

Data center, Infrastructure, Rack and stack, Linux, Troubleshooting, Hardware troubleshooting, Support, hardware installation, driver management, network connectivity, data center maintenance, cable installation

Top Skills Details:

Data center, Infrastructure, Rack and stack, Linux, Troubleshooting, Hardware troubleshooting, Support

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

The main driver for this opening is due to specific new product builds and the need for dedicated support. There is also an increase in break-fix tickets coming through. Need people who have “Can Do” mindset and takes initiative and prevents issues before they happen. Keep log of triggers and patterns. Strong documentation skills.

Work Environment

Onsite in Santa Clara

About TEKsystems:

We’re partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That’s the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.