Data Center Support Technician

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Job Title : Data Centre Support Technician

Location: Canary Wharf , London,UK

Onsite mode - 5 days from client location

Role Summary - Cloud (Data Center) Site Service Engineer

Contractor will provide a Cloud (Data Center) Site Service Engineer, which will meet, but is not limited to the following:

• 3-5 years of experience on Data Center Services including managing servers, storage, backup and network devices

• Provide Smart Hands support at data center site including 24/7 emergency high touch requests

• Responsible for the on-site management of Colocation Data Centers COLO/DC contractors, sub-contractors and vendors,

ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures and local legislation

• Arranging periodic and ad hoc servicing/repair and Preventive Maintenance Schedules

• Physical intervention (electrical/mechanical) maintenance

• Reacting to alarms (BMS or Plant type alarms)

• Responding to reports that environmental conditions are out of bounds

• Adding/changing/removing device - ILO, remote managed power, and Asset Tracking

• Manage and Maintain the DC inventory and DCIM Tool

• Break Fix for IT Gear in Data Center

• Cable Mining and Inspection, device labeling, cable tracking and troubleshooting

• Capacity Management - Monitoring, Remediation, Planning and Maintenance

• DC Compliance controls - test, document, track execution, evidence repository, matrix, and SOX compliance process

• DC Visitor Access Process and record

• Decommission IT equipment

• Environmental Infrastructure Alert monitoring of the DC Facility

• Maintain the DC Floor Space (Housekeeping, including dust removal, vacuuming, subfloor cleaning, combustible walk through,

etc.)

• Infrastructure changes: interact with provider, schedule, CRQ, and execution

• Inside the IT Container - Audit and validation of environment to ensure it meets infrastructure requirements and data center

standards (e.g. Capacity / Temp / Humidity / Air Conditioning)

• Intelligent PDU maintenance - firmware upgrades

• Inventory - Defining requirements for patch cords, power cables, consumables (label tags, cable ties, label tape, hook-loop ties,

etc.)

• Monitoring and reporting – Alarms, Fire, Mechanical, Capacity (Power and Usage), and Environment – Humidity/ Temperature

• OE Assessment and Corrections

• Physical Server Installation Ops (Racking, Network Patching, Power, and Remote Management)

• SAN Fiber Management, SOP, JSA, BCP, Emergency Response documented procedures

• Generate change management requests and incident management tickets for Data Center facility

• Management of the Data Center in the provision of infrastructure and inventory asset management

• Review COLO/DC contract compliance and ensure all SLAs are achieved

• Business interface with COLO/DC Management for day to day operational requirements

• Manage COLO/DC to resolve of any infrastructure engineering issues