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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Center IT Engineer - **Company:** Gesa Credit Union - **Location:** Yakima, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $83,451.0 - $139,085.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Cyber Security, System Configuration, Data Centers, Data Security, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Test Data, Virtualization Technology, Backup and Restore, Information Technology, Multiplatform, Server Operating Systems & Platforms, User Accounts - **Published:** July 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7d1d3161c13e2f25 ## About the Role Here you can join a team who is passionate about serving others, has a desire to do good, and shares a deep love of people. You can engage in meaningful work that impacts your community. You can challenge yourself and grow in your career. And, you can rest assured that your wellbeing and prosperity are our priority., * Strong written and oral communication skills * Strong interpersonal, and basic leadership, and mentoring skills * Analytical and problem-solving skills * Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment * Keen attention to detail * Ability to work in a team-oriented and collaborative environment * Ability to discuss technical issues effectively with other IT professionals as well as non-technical users * Ability to build/set schedules and adhere to project deadlines, * Bachelor's degree in Information Technology discipline or experience in a related field or equivalent of specialized courses, training, and/or directly related experience may be substituted. Advanced degree preferred * Minimum of five (5) years of similar or related functional and technical experience * AZ-800/801 or AZ104 preferred * A+, Network +, Server_, Linux+ certifications preferred * VCTA / VCP-DCV Data Center Virtualization preferred * In-depth knowledge of Datacenter technologies and best practices * Experience with Unix/Linux OS * Experience with Datacenter Technology security features and best practices * Requires participation in an after-hours on-call rotation * Requires ability to respond to alerts, troubleshoot issues, and provide support and vendor escalations within established SLAs ## Description The Data Center IT Engineer is mainly an operational role with some strategic responsibilities. This position will be responsible for the secure, stable, and optimized operations of the Credit Union's Data Center infrastructure, storage, compute, virtualization, server operating systems and supporting technologies They will ensure that Gesa's data center is functioning properly and will monitor system health, resolve complex issues, implement upgrades and collaborate with vendors and internal teams to enhance services. This position also provides technical training to junior team members and contributes to the development of data center standards and governance, documentation, and disaster recovery planning., * With guidance from the Infrastructure Manager, contribute to efforts around managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and securing data centers * Assist in troubleshooting complex data center issues and participates in multi-platform troubleshooting, representing data center * Ensure upgrades, updates, and patches are planned, tested, and are completed, maintaining compliance with vendor requirements in accordance with our standards, and control procedures * Review and implement end user accounts, permissions, and access rights to data center * Perform system backups and recovery of data center devices * Monitor and test data center resource performance and provide statistics and reports to leadership in autoimated/on demand fashion * Maintain inventory of all data center assets * Maintain documentation as it relates to the system configurations, mapping, processes, services, and infrastructure in our data centers * Responsible for testing of a comprehensive Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plan (DR/BCP) associated with the credit union's data centers. Coordinate the testing of the DR/BCP plan at a minimum annually * Represent infrastructure team in projects regarding the data centers. * Follow change management procedures and communicate to the appropriate parties when implementing changes * Contribute to efforts to design and deploy new solutions and enhancements to the data center infrastructure and software and plan and document standards for approval * Interact and collaborate with vendors, partners, and contractors to enhance and secure data center products and services * Ensure all data center implementations are consistent with IT Security best practices * Maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for data center resource administration * Train junior members of the infrastructure team in technical skills * Maintain knowledge of current and evolving technology ## Related Videos - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [The Sustainability Race: AI's Promises, Pitfalls and Potential](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100155-the-sustainability-race-ai-s-promises-pitfalls-and-potential) - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: Evaluating RAG Systems with Synthetic Test Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1982-stop-guessing-start-measuring-evaluating-rag-systems-with-synthetic-test-data) ## Related Articles - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [A Guide to Green Tech and Green IT Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/374-a-guide-to-green-tech-and-green-it-careers) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [IT Salaries in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/287-it-salaries-in-germany)