Data Center Technician III

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · Seattle, WA +1

This role involves the installation, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of data center hardware and infrastructure, including servers, networking devices, and cabling. Responsibilities include rack and stack, monitoring, documentation, inventory management, and responding to incidents in a 24/7 environment. The role requires strong IT hardware knowledge, organizational skills, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

What you'd actually do

  1. Hardware installation & decommission of enterprise servers and cabling infrastructure.
  2. Troubleshooting and repair of data center hardware and networking infrastructure.
  3. Rack and stack of data center equipment, including but not limited to servers, networking devices, monitoring systems and other equipment.
  4. Rack installation including putting racks in place, cabling, power up and handoff of servers to internal provisioning teams.
  5. Monitoring of DC environments using monitoring tools

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years working in an IT environment.
  • Troubleshooting Experience on servers, networking devices and IT equipment.
  • Inventory management experience. Ordering, receiving and shipping server parts.
  • Ability to prioritize work based on business needs and urgency.
  • Ability to communicate and write effectively in both verbal and written communication mediums.
  • Experience taking on-call shifts and ability to respond to critical events as needed.
  • Experience advancing issues to Sr. onsite staff and management as needed.
  • Knowledge of server/storage/network hardware.
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Diligent with excellent organizational skills.
  • Be a great teammate.
  • Strong curiosity about learning new DC concepts.
  • Conscientious and trustworthy.
  • Process oriented.
  • Must be able to lift 75 lbs.
  • Strong presentation and written communication skills
  • RAID
  • SAN
  • X86 Architecture
  • Linux/Unix
  • Boot Process
  • GRUB/LILO
  • File Systems
  • Network Device configuration
  • Directory Structure

Nice to have

  • 2-year or 4-year degree or relevant work experience
  • 2+ Years of Data Center Experience
  • Linux administration knowledge/Ability to run Linux commands
  • Data center networking knowledge.
  • Experience in Data Center Infrastructure projects.
  • 1 year+ experience in Structured Cabling Copper/Fiber and testing of cables.
  • 1 year+ experience in Cooling and Electrical systems concepts inside the data center.
  • Experience in repairing and working on Sun servers is nice to have but not required.