DCOPS Tech III

Job Summary: The Data Center Operations Technician owns the responsibility of all IT Infrastructure, including customer configurations, within the data center environment ensuring all customer server environments are secure, operational and maintain 99.999% uptime.

Work Location/Days/Hours

• Elk Grove Village, IL
• 3rd Shift

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monitoring and prioritizing an internal ticketing system to provide customer support.
• Provide basic operating system storage troubleshooting, along with storage upgrades, hardware troubleshooting and Raid configuration changes.
• Provide hardware support and upgrades for servers running Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Server, Ubuntu Linux or VMWare ESX Server.
• Simple operating systems administration can include, setting up OS network IP’s, fresh OS installs (using PXE), Firmware updates and basic OS troubleshooting.
• Installation or removal of fiber or copper cabling.  Along with Layer 1 network skills, that will include testing, as well as connectivity issues with previously deployed copper or fiber cabling.
• Installation of network device hardware including switches, firewalls, load-balancers and security appliances.
• Installation of hardware on storage devices including DAS and NAS arrays
• Complete customer maintenances requests that include hardware modification, operating system installation, mounting of the devices within cabinets and completion of all cabling needs to be required.

Qualifications:

• Must be a US Citizen.
• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• 2-years’ experience working in a data center environment.
• Able to build, repair or upgrade hardware components.
• Strong understanding of storage RAID configurations and requirements.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. overhead

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets. The compensation range for this position ranges from $52,015.00/year in our lowest geographic market up to 76,250.90 USD/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Learn more about benefits at Rackspace.

About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

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