Cloud Engineer I - FIRST SHIFT

About the role

Join QTS Data Centers, a global leader in digital infrastructure, as a Cloud Engineer I - OSC. Our 24x7x365 Operations Service Center is seeking a skilled individual to support internal and customer physical and virtual computing systems.

Responsibilities

• Be a part of a 24x7x365 Operations Service Center and be flexible in availability as needed
• Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of the assigned task(s), functional area(s) or project(s)
• Manage your assigned tickets to ensure SLA compliance and customer satisfaction
• Provide operational support in response to monitoring alerts and resolve incidents
• Respond quickly and effectively to production issues and take responsibility for seeing those issues through resolution
• Triage and escalate tickets according to QTS policy
• Deliver customer-focused support through phone calls and ticket-based communications
• Perform scheduled system maintenance activities including, hardware and software upgrades; software and application patching
• Support VMware ESXi and similar technologies on various hardware platforms

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience
• Three or more years of progressive IT engineering experience
• Experience with Linux and/or Windows OS, virtualization and hyperconverged technologies (such as VMware), and Active Directory/Exchange administration on an enterprise-level
• Experience with IT monitoring systems and proficient with monitoring, patching and coordinating data protection of assigned physical and virtual systems
• Proficient in basic network virtualization (NSX) firewall rule changes
• C competent understanding of High Availability technologies and clustering
• C competent understanding of various protocols/services such as SMTP, SNMP, SSL , SSH and DNS
• C competent understanding of basic networking technologies, concepts and the OSI model

Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required for this position due to federal customer contracts

Preferred Qualifications

• Two or more years of Systems Administration/Engineering experience, with a focus on virtualization
• Prior experience working in a Data Center environment
• Strong knowledge of Python, Ansible, PowerShell, and/or JavaScript/JSON/REST API
• One of more systems-focused certifications (VCP-DCV, MCSA/MCSE, RHSE/RHSA, etc.)

Skills and Abilities

• Strong technical troubleshooting skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, vendors, and colleagues
• Orderly documentation, time management, and planning skills
• Excellent written and oral communication, problem solving, and process management skills
• Ability to work well within a team environment in a matrixed organization
• Strong customer relations skills
• Ability to learn and apply new technology and methodologies in a distributed environment

Benefits

• Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Generous PTO, Paid Volunteer Days Plus Floating Holidays
• Stock Purchase Plan (SPP)
• 11 paid Holidays Annually/Holiday compensation when worked
• Pet and Legal Insurance
• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program
• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program
• Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Military Benefits Package
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program
• QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents
• QTS Crisis Fund
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

Pay, Schedule, and Benefits

Commensurate with experience

Not specified

N/A

Varies

TBD