Data Center Technician

TEKsystems will be hiring multiple Data Center Technicians for one of our large clients. Ideal candidates have previous IT, data center or networking experience. Apply here for more information!

Description

For this position you will be tasked with maintaining the hardware infrastructure of the latest cloud computing server technologies. The ideal candidate will be able to quickly and accurately resolve issues with server and network hardware through root cause analysis with a solid understanding of computers, servers, network devices and command line diagnostics.

• You must possess: technical aptitude and the ability to communicate advanced technical information with a variety individuals of varying technical knowledge, good situational awareness, the capability to contribute to strong inter and intra-team development, strong analytical skills, demonstrated problem solving ability, and the ability to operate solo or as part of a team with varying degrees of supervision.
• This position requires the ability to successfully operate in high-pressure, time-sensitive situations while handling multiple critical priorities simultaneously. Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate effective examples of situations where personal initiative and judgment were used to benefit team objectives.
• Manage work and priorities through ticketing system and workflow.
• Troubleshoot networking, routing and interconnectivity issues, including troubleshooting of network device configuration and low-level application interaction.
• Participate in the migration, basic configuration and rollout of new or upgraded hardware.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent analytical skills in the following areas.
• Ethernet and IP networking knowledge and experience in the application of IP protocols.
• Experience in large-scale datacenter network implementations and support.
• Experience working in virtualized enterprise networking environments
• TCP/IP networking knowledge.
• Broad understanding of infrastructure technologies.
• Knowledge of network cabling and standard optic types.
• Familiarity with common networking terms.

Skills

Data center, Troubleshooting, A+, Network+, Linux