Data Center Critical Facilities Technician

Required qualifications would be:

• Experienced managing APC DCE/ITA or Vertiv Sitescan environments and servers
• Understanding of HVAC, UPS, ATS and Generators functions and alarming
• Background in incident ticketing and change management applications
• Good verbal and written communication skills utilizing Microsoft tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Continuously investigating new technologies to maintain industry leading edge
• Ability to inventory items in the data center and document them
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment supporting immediate and cross-functional teams
• Able to utilize data center guidelines and best practices and identify deficiencies

Some desired (but not required) skills:

• Overseeing vendor implementation of electrical, environmental and mechanical equipment improvements
• Ensure that maintenance activities are performed (by vendors) within manufacturer recommended schedules or within industry standard time intervals
• Researching, recommending, planning, and overseeing vendor implementation of electrical, environmental, and mechanical equipment improvements.
• Ensure Request for Change procedures for data center facilities service, repairs and improvements are in place before any work is performed. This oversight validates change activity is planned reviewed, scheduled and scripted (critical operating equipment only) before any work is performed.
• Enforcing physical access, safety and security policies for restricted data center areas
• Proven working knowledge of Servers, Storage and Networking in a data center environment (e.g. Nutanix, HP, VMWare, Cisco Switches) is a huge plus

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Required qualifications would be:

• Experienced managing APC DCE/ITA or Vertiv Sitescan environments and servers
• Understanding of HVAC, UPS, ATS and Generators functions and alarming
• Background in incident ticketing and change management applications
• Good verbal and written communication skills utilizing Microsoft tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Continuously investigating new technologies to maintain industry leading edge
• Ability to inventory items in the data center and document them
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment supporting immediate and cross-functional teams
• Able to utilize data center guidelines and best practices and identify deficiencies

Some desired (but not required) skills:

• Overseeing vendor implementation of electrical, environmental and mechanical equipment improvements
• Ensure that maintenance activities are performed (by vendors) within manufacturer recommended schedules or within industry standard time intervals
• Researching, recommending, planning, and overseeing vendor implementation of electrical, environmental, and mechanical equipment improvements.
• Ensure Request for Change procedures for data center facilities service, repairs and improvements are in place before any work is performed. This oversight validates change activity is planned reviewed, scheduled and scripted (critical operating equipment only) before any work is performed.
• Enforcing physical access, safety and security policies for restricted data center areas
• Proven working knowledge of Servers, Storage and Networking in a data center environment (e.g. Nutanix, HP, VMWare, Cisco Switches) is a huge plus

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.