Datacentre Engineer

Job Summary

This position is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Datacenter engineer to take their career to the next level. If you are passionate about Datacenter technologies, and have a track record of delivering results, we would love to hear from you!

Datacenter Administrator will monitor and administer datacenter server operations. This individual ensures that system hardware, firmware, operating systems, and software adhere to organizational standards, with a primary focus on ensuring consistency and security using all appropriate tools and technologies. The successful candidate will be expected to perform system implementations and patching/upgrades that may occur after normal business hours as required and will participate in a rotating 5-day work-week schedule that will include some Saturdays to minimize the business impact of maintaining a critical infrastructure.

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Technical Skills:

• Manage and maintain VMware infrastructure, encompassing multiple ESX hosts and virtual servers.
• Deploy, configure, and optimize VxRail and Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure solutions.
• Provision, configure, and manage file servers, SQL servers, and database servers to support business operations.
• Provide support for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions such as AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) and Citrix.
• Systems Monitoring - Datadog and ServiceNow Event Manager monitoring and ing systems for issues. This will also include monitoring the cloud-based infrastructure and any upcoming tools. Taking appropriate action on the issues. Run and review daily reports to identify and rectify problems as required.
• Backup/DR ownership and support - Monitor backup consoles Druva/Rubrik for failed jobs and execute remediation plans. Monitor DR compliance. Test Backup and Recovery of global systems through Zerto/ASR.
• Handle software licensing agreements for tools and applications, including negotiation with vendors to optimize costs and ensure compliance.
• Prioritize and triage support tickets related to infrastructure, tools, applications, and licensing, ensuring timely resolution within defined SLAs.
• Patching - Monthly patching of servers and vulnerability remediation of Windows, Linux, Sandbox, Bastion hosts, AWS/Azure hosted servers via Tanium template patching
• Certificate Management: Public/Private IIS internal CA, DigiCert
• Participate in changes focused on datacenters and local offices infrastructure, reviewing proposed changes, planning implementation, and ensuring smooth execution.
• Perform Upgrades: VMware, Nutanix, and DataDog. Firmware, Tableau, Alteryx, Citrix Netscaler, and VxRail.
• Assist in decommissioning and removal of infrastructure components, ensuring proper disposal and documentation.
• Maintain elevation sheets and documentation for infrastructure layouts and configurations to support planning and troubleshooting activities.
• Troubleshoot and Solve IT infrastructure issues working with Business, IT partners and various IT teams.
• Maintain deep hands-on technical expertise to assist technical teams in resolving issues in production environments in high pressure situations. This includes all aspects of implementation including configuration, integration, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Experience in IT- Infrastructure Projects. Infrastructure domain knowledge is essential
• Ability to effectively manage relationships with other infrastructure teams, application teams, stakeholders, business and customer representatives.
• Organizational skills with attention to task details, documentation and target dates.
• Effective interpersonal, team building and communication skills
• Must know when to ask for assistance. Must be approachable, teachable, a team player with a strong desire to continue learning and expanding their experience in a highly evolving technical environment.
• Must have good time management skills and be able to meet rigid and urgent assignment schedules.
• Solid knowledge of administering Windows and Linux Servers.
• Sound understanding of Active Directory/DNS
• Demonstrated practical knowledge of VxRail, VMware, Nutanix, DataDog, Tanium, Druva/Rubrik, AVD
• Demonstrated knowledge if iSCSI SAN and other storage technologies
• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge and experience in Windows administration.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Azure and AWS.
• Good knowledge of API integration & API orchestration.
• Excellent communication, collaboration & documentation skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.

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