Data Center Operations Engineer

Job Description:

Position: Data Center Operations Engineer

Location: Tukwila, Washington

Status: Contract – only W2

Estimated Duration: 3+ Months (With possible extension)

Client: Software Development

What you get to do in this role:

• As a Data Center Operations Engineer, you will be a member of the Service Engineering team that is responsible for global infrastructure design, standards, operations and architecture.
• Use your experience in data center operations to implement, communicate, execute and assist with procedures including day to day operations, asset management, deployments and hardware break-fix.
• Take part in documentation and evangelize a catalog of standards and best practices for data center operations.
• Function as the primary point of contact and be accountable for all vendors who operate inside of our data centers.

To be successful in this role you have:

• 2+ years of experience in data centers operations with a record of increasing role responsibility or 2+ years of servicenow experience.
• Installation of pre-integrated racks, individual servers and network appliances including stacking, wiring, cable managing and equipment labeling.
• Perform basic hands-on hardware break-fix with servers and network appliances.
• General knowledge of data center facilities and infrastructure including power, HVAC, structured cabling, rack management and security.
• Working knowledge of networking/server architecture and hardware.
• Experience managing vendors in a data center environment.
• Process oriented and experienced in process development.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to multi-task several unrelated issues.
• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally.
• General documentation skills with particular emphasis on technical processes and standards.
• Knowledge and experience in ITIL process methodologies a plus.
• Proven ability to function independently in ambiguous situations with a record of success.
• Excellent communication, customer focus, problem solving, conflict management, time management and interpersonal skills required.