Data Center Engineer

Essential Responsibilities

• Counsels or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
• Promotes self-leadership and learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Fulfills standard operating procedures.
• Analyzes and prioritizes incoming requests and alerts.
• Provides first, second, and third level support to resolve difficult, complex, and sensitive problems with products and applications by meeting customer service standards (e.g., displaying a positive attitude, actively listening, taking ownership, leveraging knowledge, communicating clearly).
• Serves as an escalation point and mentor for junior staff.
• Provides guidance on how to track and develop documentation.
• Applies deep technical expertise to resolve complex problems.
• Contributes to and maintains the knowledge repository for highly complex technical support.
• Facilitates troubleshooting efforts in conjunction with lower level support to identify problems.
• Provides guidance to meet key performance indicators (e.g., performance, availability, capacity).
• Compiles information (e.g., procedures, installation, configuration) related to new technology.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years experience supporting a large scale computing environment.
• Minimum two (2) years in a leadership role working with IT or operational teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Social Science, Education, Business, Health Care or related field and Minimum eight (8) years IT experience in a support or operations environment. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Three (3) years experience assisting with data center continuity planning.
• Four (4) years media handling experience.