Data Center Engineer

Job Description

Come join our growing team! We are hiring a Data Center Engineer to assist in designing, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting the physical and virtual infrastructure of data centers. The Data Center Engineer will work with servers, storage, network, security, and cloud technologies to ensure optimal performance, availability and scalability of data center resources. The successful hire will also collaborate with other team members, vendors, and clients to provide technical support and guidance on data center projects and issues.

*This role is open to candidates living in the New England area as it may involve consistent on-site client visits*

Some responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Diagnose and Troubleshoot Virtualization, Storage arrays, and networking (L2)

Experience with storage connectivity via zoning and iSCSI

Configure servers (Win/Linux) and troubleshooting Windows and Linux servers

Install and configure Hyper Converged Products like VxRail, Cisco HX and Nutanix

Interface directly with clients to implement solutions

Create supporting documentation, help manuals and how-to guides

Building and maintaining ESXi hosts, maintaining Network Infrastructure

Providing technical support to our clients

Willingness to travel to client sites, data center locations, our office or other sites as needed

All other duties as assigned

Skills:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts in a simple and straightforward manner

Expertise with block level and file level storage protocols, SAN switching, and enterprise storage arrays and replication technologies

Expertise with VMware vSphere, PowerCLI, and/or vSphere SDKs

Expertise with VMware Horizon

Expertise in VDI Management

Hands on experience with AWS and Azure services and configurations

Experience with VMware ESX, Unix Servers and MS Hyper-V

Experience with Microsoft Windows Servers, Unix Servers & Desktops and all common server and workstation applications

Experience deploying VMware integration and extension services components.

Experience with storage solutions experience (Dell EMC, Pure, NetApp, VMware, Nutanix)

Experience with Hyper Converged Products like VxRail, Cisco HX and Nutanix

Ability to independently troubleshoot technical problems by analyzing the problem and applying a methodology to resolve the problem.

Knowledge and skills in datacenter technologies, such as servers, storage, network, security, and cloud

Proficient in datacenter installation, configuration, management, and troubleshooting

Familiar with datacenter standards, regulations, and best practices

Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Experience and Education:

Minimum of 4 years of experience in a datacenter and cloud environment

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field

Certificates in data center technologies such as Cisco, VMware, Microsoft, or AWS preferred

Experience working with diverse networking environments such as Dell and HP

Prior experience working in Professional Services for an IT Consulting company

Full-time