Data Center Administrator

Job Description

• Data center activities including walk-through of the data center, monitor computer and facilities equipment, coordination of data center work by IT team, support system administrators, backup/recovery and maintain tape library.
• Monitor network stability and performance to ensure 24x7 operations and resolving service impacts as they occur.
• Responsible for monitoring/audit server operating systems and hardware.
• Work closely with engineering, field technicians, and infrastructure vendors to resolve service issues.
• Responsible for providing installation (racking) services for all network and server hardware at the data center per established standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents, in adherence to Data Center processes regarding incident tracking, response, and documentation.
• Manage the disaster recovery process including regularly schedule fail over tests
• Provide off-hours support coverage.

Job Requirements

• 2+ years of total experience in related field
• Relevant IT certifications (or equivalent training/experience)
• Has experience in not limited to the following:
• High availability
• Disaster recovery(failover and switchover)
• Replication/synchronization
• RAID
• Cloud
• Backup and restore
• User management
• Data management
• Data center operation
• System administration “both Windows and UNIX Environments”
• Solid understanding of network security
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals and commonly-used network protocols (such as MPLS, IPv4, BGP)
• Hardware (servers, switches, Rack elevation, storage, backup library,….)
• Knowledge and understanding of IT Support structures.
• Basic technical knowledge of Desktop and LAN environments with the ability to apply that knowledge to problem resolution.
• Possess excellent skills working as a member of a team.
• Ability to effectively interface with all levels of management.
• Customer service focused in a team environment.
• A high sense of urgency.