Senior Data Center Technician

at Oracle in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Description

The Site Lead is a key role responsible for overseeing and optimizing Data Center operations within a specified region. This role involves managing various responsibilities related to site management, technical operations, team coordination, project management, and collaboration with various stakeholders. Site Lead supports the Data Center Manager, covering their activities during absence, and maintaining operational excellence in Data Center operations.

Career Level – IC4

Responsibilities

Daily Job Duties:

+ Oversight of critical spaces – capacity management, monitoring power and cooling requirements, and response to critical events and/or incidents.

+ Work with external groups as needed to support and resolve issues impacting DC operations. Partnering with Colo suppliers and vendors to deliver 100% uptime and availability.

+ Complete small projects independently and work with your manager on planning and completing larger local projects.

+ Manage security and access controls for your site.

+ Procurement and Inventory: Receive, track, and ship data center equipment as needed.

+ Work collaboratively with partners and cross-functional teams within your data center.

+ Provide technical guidance to vendors and foster vendor relationships.

+ Oversight of hardware installation (provisioning) and decommission of workflows.

+ Rack and stack of data center equipment, including but not limited to servers, networking devices, monitoring systems, and other equipment.

+ Handle daily work through internal tooling systems such as JIRA ticketing and Confluence.

+ Documentation of activities and strict alignment to SOPs regarding compliance and standardization.

+ Participate and complete training that aligns with corporate objectives to bridge skill gaps and learn new relevant technologies.

+ Works independently, evaluating incoming work and taking appropriate actions to resolve any open issues while understanding when to advance appropriately.

Requirements:

+ 3-5 years working in an IT environment.

+ Knowledge of server/storage/network hardware systems and components.

+ Knowledge of critical data center infrastructure power and cooling.

+ Excellent time management skills.

+ Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.

+ Be a good team player.

+ Strong interest in learning new DC concepts and technology.

+ Dependable and trustworthy.

+ Strong verbal and written communication skills.

+ Experience assisting on-call technicians and ability to respond to critical events as needed.

+ IT Hardware Concepts knowledge (RAID, Linux/Unix, CLI, etc.)

+ Network connectivity concept knowledge (Layer1 connectivity within the DC)

Preferred Qualifications

+ 2-year or 4-year degree or relevant work experience

+ 4+ years of enterprise data center experience

+ Linux administration knowledge or other command line interface knowledge/experience

+ 2 year+ experience in Structured Cabling Copper/Fiber and testing of cables.

+ 2 year+ experience in Cooling and Electrical systems concepts inside the data center.

+ Experience in repairing and working on enterprise server hardware.

Does this sound like you? If so, we hope to meet you!

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Oracle offers a highly competitive suite of Employee Benefits designed on the principles of parity, consistency, and affordability. The overall package includes certain core elements such as Medical, Life Insurance, access to Retirement Planning, and much more. We also encourage our employees to engage in the culture of giving back to the communities where we live and do business.

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That’s why we’re committed to creating a workforce where all individuals can do their best work. It’s when everyone’s voice is heard and valued that we’re inspired to go beyond what’s been done before.

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Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $85,800 to $178,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

2. Short term disability and long term disability

3. Life insurance and AD&D

4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

9. 11 paid holidays

10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

11. Paid parental leave

12. Adoption assistance

13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

14. Financial planning and group legal

15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

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