Data Centre Engineer

Digital Marketing Business Unit is seeking a Junior Data Centre Engineer to serve as part of a 3-person team based in the United Kingdom. All members of this team share responsibility for the continuous operation of the ~18,000 devices which are hosted in collocation facilities throughout the EMEA and APAC markets.

• Responsibilities Include:

• Receive, Rack, Repair, Retire, and Recycle all systems within the environments.
• Install and configure data centre infrastructure components.
• Run and terminate structured cabling of various types (copper, fibre, etc.)
• Maintain data centre documentation in various on-line databases.
• Document ongoing activities in ticketing system.
• Provide analysis and reporting on data centre activities, trends, etc.
• Develop best practices in various areas, and document and train others as needed.
• Help maintain inventories of spare parts, supplies, tools, etc.
• Provide 24x7 on-call coverage on a rotating basis. Plan to be on-call ~1/2 of the time.
• Be available by phone 24x7x365 unless previously arranged with manager.
• Travel out of the country periodically to help with data centre projects. Total travel will be ~8 weeks per year.

• 3-5 years of Data Centre Operations experience is required.
• Experience should be in an enterprise environment with more than 1,000 systems.
• Experience installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting/repairing enterprise-class computing systems.
• Experience with SAN/WAN/LAN technologies.
• Experience terminating, testing, & certifying copper and fibre infrastructure

• Other Job Skills:

• Be able to work independently from a ticket queue with little or no supervision.
• Be able to work as part of a team on large ongoing projects.