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# Datacenter Sr. Administrator

- **Company:** Paycom
- **Location:** Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Ethernet, Performance Tuning, Bicsi
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9e001544c15967da

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree required

Experience:

 * 6-10 years of related experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Certification (one of the following)

 * CDDTP Certified Data Center Technician Professional
 * DCCA - Schneider Electric Data Center Certified Associate
 * BICSI

Advanced Knowledge of:

 * Datacenter HVAC, CRAC, cooling technologies
 * Datacenter power, UPS, generator operations, etc
 * Datacenter fire suppression systems (FM200, HFC125, etc)
 * General knowledge of datacenter design and construction
 * Structured Cabling
 * Ethernet and Fiber Cabling
 * Emerging Technology Trends
 * Datacenter Best Practice and Industry Standard Methodology
 * Tools for equipment installation

Skills and Abilities:

 * Evaluate critical systems, prioritize workflow and determine solutions
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
 * Interpret and apply laws, regulations and policies
 * Read and understand technical manuals
 * Work for extended time at keyboard/terminal
 * Maintain effective working relationships with supervisor and coworkers
 * Value open, honest communication
 * Eager to be transparent and truthful as a primary matter of course

## Description

* Acts as Subject Matter Expert for the operation and maintenance of the Data Center, including all day-to-day activities
 * Determines and leads opportunities for improvement and architecture changes
 * Performs installation of network and systems equipment (rack, stack and cabling). Removing equipment when decommissioned
 * Develops and implements strategies to ensure proper power, cooling and other capacity needs
 * Required to participate in a periodic rotating shift schedule to ensure coverage of the 24/7 operation of Data Centers.
 + Regular shifts consist of a rotation that includes weekends, evenings, overnight shifts, or holidays as required
 + In addition, on-call rotations outside of the regular shift are required
 * Establishes specifications by conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements.
 * Monitor facilities for power, cooling and other capacity needs. Should have working knowledge of operating generators and switchgear under minimal or no supervision
 * Maintains Data Center performance by performing monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting problems; escalating problems to vendors or other staff
 * Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
 * Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential
 * Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
 * Perform regular walkthroughs of all facilities.
 * Documents specific duties, activities, problems solved and issues resolved
 * Performs training of junior Data Center Administrators
 * Performs additional duties and assignments as requested
 * Attends meetings and serves on committees, as requested