DC Tech Team lead

Job Description:

• Represent the site as a technical point of contact for incidents escalations retrofits etc.
• Assist leading a team of data center shift technicians focused on returning healthy systems back into production for the client.
• Ability to see the big picture from leadership and implement the vision through global standards and workflows at the local data center site.
• Provide mentoring and to help develop technicians such that they can deliver daily operations with minimal supervision.
• Manage server upgrades integration automated OS provisioning process rebuilds and other projects as required. Understand and debug network hardware and Linux OS related issues.
• Identify and support the creation of documentation for the global DC knowledge base. Implement process improvements and inform of any best practices in data center operations.
• Drive specifications for tooling and automation that facilitate deployment monitoring quality hardware diagnostics automated remediation and decommissioning of server hardware at scale.
• Performs diagnostics and troubleshooting following standard procedures quickly identifies the cause(s) of issues and replaces faulty components with minimal customer and business disruption.
• Performs postexecution quality checks and verifies that grounding staging labeling and cabling are set up properly according to safety protocols deployment standards and planned Network Design Tasks (NDTs)
• Decommissions hardware for simple changes and refreshes (e.g. memory upgrades OS rebuilds) following standard procedures with minimal guidance.

What you bring:

• Exceptional server hardware knowledge with deep understanding of all component & system type failures.
• 8 years of experience as a data center technician.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a local or geographically dispersed team environment.
• Ability to lead and mentor a team of technicians.
• Ability to conducting failure analysis on field issues.
• Ability to track server fleet health to investigate trends identify new unknown issues and validate that Client is maintaining customer SLA.
• Expert experience with IPMI utilization in diagnostics.
• Administer software tools (e.g.: diagnostics tests FW updates).
• Experience in realtime issue resolution during deployment execution .
• Experienced with Windows Server OS & WinPE OS administration.
• Experience with Linux PXE services a plus.
• Network troubleshooting of Layer1. Layer2 Layer3 a plus.
• Windows and Linux scripting experience.
• Virtual Machine set up and environmental configurations.
• CompTIA A or equivalent experience.
• CompTIA Server or equivalent experience.
• CCENT or equivalent experience.
• Associate degree in computer science computer engineering Information technology or equivalent experience preferred.
• CCNA certification preferred.
• MCP/MSCE certification preferred.
• Scripting experience preferred:

• Powershell

• Python

• Bash

• The ability to lift up to 50 pounds when necessary.
• The ability to safely climb ladders when necessary.
• The ability to wear personal protective gear correctly when necessary.
• The ability to stand and walk throughout a Data Center facility for extended periods without loss or reduction of productivity.
• The ability to (i) use their hands to handle control or feel objects tools or controls (ii) make quick precise adjustments to machine controls (iii) bend or twist their body and (iv) repeat movements for extended periods without loss or reduction of productivity.