Datacenter Technician
- Cambridge, ON, Canada
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Role: Data Center Technician
Location: Cambridge, ON - 5 days (Onsite)
Hiring Mode: Contract
Experience Required: 5+ yrs
Duration - 12 months
Skills: Data Center Discovery and Migration
Responsibilities
- Maintain data center operations to ensure service availability and reliability.
- Conduct hardware and network diagnostics and repairs.
- Perform root cause analysis of hardware and software failures.
- Train internal teams.
- Develop and maintain documentation.
- Provide technical support to data center teams.
- Develop scripts to update server and networking hardware.
- Maintain inventory.
- Assemble and install equipment.
- Perform maintenance on test and tool equipment.
- Travel up to 10% of the time to other data center locations as required by business needs.
- Respond to on-site equipment failures or emergencies within 60 minutes while on scheduled on-call duty.
Who You Are
- Have experience with computer hardware, including troubleshooting and assembly.
- Have experience with Linux operating systems.
- Ability to regularly lift, transport, and position equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to remain stationary, sitting or standing, for extended periods while performing diagnostic and repair tasks.
- Ability to maneuver in cramped or elevated spaces, such as under-floor areas or on ladders, to access server racks.
- Ability to perform tasks requiring fine motor skills, such as handling small hardware components and cables.
- Be available to work a flexible schedule in a 24/7 environment, including rotating on-call shifts.
- Possess excellent time management, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and respond quickly to issues.
- Ability to perform essential job duties in a climate-controlled data center with fluctuating temperatures and variable airflow.
- Ability to work in designated hot and cold aisles with temperatures ranging from 60°F to 90°F.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on or education-based experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Computer hardware troubleshooting and repair.
- Data center operations.
- Computer networking.
- Python, Bash, or other scripting languages.
- Cisco IOS and/or Juniper JunOS.
- An associate degree or equivalent experience in an IT-related field.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Maintain data center availability and reliability by diagnosing, repairing, installing, and maintaining hardware and network equipment, and by investigating failures. Support data center teams through technical assistance, training, documentation, inventory management, and scripts for server and network hardware updates; travel and respond to on-call emergencies as required.
Requirements
Requires at least five years of experience, computer hardware troubleshooting and assembly experience, and familiarity with Linux. Candidates must be able to handle physical data center work, work flexible schedules including rotating on-call shifts, and communicate and prioritize effectively; experience in data center operations, networking, scripting, Cisco IOS, or Juniper JunOS and an associate degree or equivalent IT experience are preferred.
Skills
- Data Center Operations
- Data Center Discovery and Migration
- Computer Hardware Troubleshooting
- Hardware Repair and Assembly
- Network Diagnostics
- Linux
- Root Cause Analysis
- Python
- Bash
- Cisco IOS
- Juniper JunOS
- Scripting
- Technical Documentation
- Inventory Management
- Equipment Installation
- Technical Support
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Keywords
- Data Center
- Data Center Discovery
- Data Center Migration
- Data Center Operations
- Computer Hardware
- Hardware Troubleshooting
- Hardware Repair
- Hardware Assembly
- Network Diagnostics
- Linux
- Root Cause Analysis
- Python
- Bash
- Scripting Languages
- Cisco IOS
- Juniper JunOS
- Server Hardware
- Networking Hardware
- Equipment Installation
- Inventory Management
- Technical Documentation
- On-Call Support
- 24/7 Operations
- Equipment Maintenance
- IT Support