Data Center Technician
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). The posting includes Overview, Responsibilities, Datacenter Operations, Datacenter Work Environment, Managing Service, Service Delivery, Qualifications, Required Qualifications, Ability to meet..., Preferred Qualifications, Pay info.
We need to decide which sections to include based on content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Use for each section heading we include. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate (EEO, equal opportunity, scam warning, cookie/navigation/legal, duplicated lines, application instructions). Also remove "Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role's job duties" maybe keep? It's part of qualifications? It's a requirement: "Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship."
We need to keep that.
Also need to include Pay section if posting actually states them. Yes: "Data Center Technicians ATR-C - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $27.45 - $48.03 per hour. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $38.27 - $53.70 per hour. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay"
We should include Pay section with that info. Benefits? Not explicit benefits listed besides "Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation." That's vague; we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It says "Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation." Not specific. So we should not create Benefits section.
Schedule: posting mentions "In this environment, you may be asked to go on business travel to support other metros periodically, 0-25% of the time and have the ability to work 12-hour shifts, including shift assignments during non-standard business hours that may include evening, nighttime, weekends and/or holidays." Also later: "May work 12-hour shifts, including shift assignments during non-standard business hours such as evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays." So we have schedule info: 12-hour shifts, possibly non-standard hours, travel 0-25%. So we can create Schedule section.
Also maybe "Skills" section? Not explicit list of skills; we have qualifications and responsibilities. Could create Skills but not required. Better to include only sections with real specific content: Overview (maybe as
About the role? but we have Overview heading; we could use Overview
though not in list but acceptable? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive. We can use Overview as heading.
We need to avoid duplicate lines. We'll need to parse responsibilities into bullet lists.
Let's extract responsibilities sections:
- Datacenter Operations: bullet points:
* Demonstrates an applied understanding of standard processes and procedures for preparing, installing, performing diagnostics, troubleshooting, replacing, and/or decommissioning IT datacenter technology(ies) and equipment.
* Demonstrates a fundamental understanding of the functions of, and interactions between cabling infrastructure, network, server, and storage equipment.
* Reviews Process Change Notifications (PCNs) and develops an understanding of the impact to work execution and awareness to changes within their area of work and/or the work of others.
* Asks questions when they do not have required information and may provide feedback on changes to processes to experienced technicians and/or direct-line management.
* Complies with Data Center business unit policies, procedures, and deadlines with guidance from experienced technicians and/or direct-line management.
* Escalates issues related to compliance or operational assurance activities to direct-line management.
* Completes assigned tickets efficiently and in alignment with relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) per task type independently.
* Provides guidance and/or assists less experienced technicians with complex tickets or tasks, and appropriately escalates challenging or complex tickets to more experienced technicians as needed.
- Datacenter Work Environment: bullet points:
* Completes required security and data management training while complying with security and data management procedures/policies with guidance from other technicians.
* May escort third party vendors or IT support on-premises at data centers or network sites.
* Appropriately takes action and reports physical security access concerns and/or incidents to direct-line management or established reporting methods.
* Working for extended periods under elevated levels of ambient noise, heat, and light due to necessary equipment and ventilation systems.
* Traveling up to 25% typically domestically to and from multiple locations during the workday, and occasionally domestically to other sites for overnight stays.
* May work 12-hour shifts, including shift assignments during non-standard business hours such as evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
* Occasional climbing of ladders.
* Frequent climbing of stairs and/or ramps.
* Prolonged standing.
* Occasional lifting up to 25lbs / 11kg without assistance.
* Occasional lifting 25-50lbs / 11-22.5kg with lift assistance.
* Occasional push or pull 50-75 lbs / 22.5-34kg with assistive device.
* Normal visual acuity (near, far and peripheral with correction), defined via standard medical terms and applicable criteria.
* Normal color vision for electrical work, defined via standard medical terms and applicable criteria.
* Contributes to a positive and effective team environment by sharing information with other shifts or technician teams, contributing in regular team meetings, asking questions, and partnering with other shifts of technician teams to complete smooth transition and effective handover of ticketed work.
* Provides, responds to, and encourages providing feedback regarding on ways to work more effectively or enhance efficiency within their team and adopts best practices shared within-and-across shifts or technician teams.
* Participates in daily safety briefings.
* Completes required Environmental & Health Safety (EHS) training, complies with safety procedures (e.g., equipment use, lifting, electrical hazards, ladder/rolling stair use), completes required Task Hazard Analysis (THAs), and uses appropriate equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for assigned tasks.
* Adheres to and promotes a culture of safety, taking proactive action to alert others of safety concerns, near-misses, and/or incidents.
* Participates in regular cadence proactive safety observation reporting processes and systems.
- Managing Service: bullet points:
* Develops an understanding of cross-functional Data Center processes to support partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Completes required training aligned to job focus areas and workloads (i.e., Break fix, Deployment, Simple Change, Decommission, IT Critical Environment) in a timely manner per direct-line management assignment(s).
* Observes more experienced technicians to gain hands-on experience and relevant on-the-job training (OJT).
* May complete additional or supplemental training to obtain or maintain relevant industry or technical certifications.
* Escalates and/or seeks guidance from experienced technicians or direct-line management regarding client interactions.
* Maintains an awareness of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) through reporting dashboards, systems, for personal monthly performance discussions as needed.
- Service Delivery: bullet points:
* Follows procedures to immediately communicate, report, and escalate data center technical or safety related incidents to direct-line management.
* May participate in bridge calls to provide details on incident status and executes on-site follow-up actions as directed if necessary.
* Develops and employs an effective execution order strategy for assigned tasks.
* Prepares, stages, sets up, and performs basic startups and shutdowns for hardware (e.g., racks, hard drives, switches) according to specific written instructions provided via checklists, guides, standard processes, emails, guidance from other technicians, and/or direction from management.
* May perform tasks in tandem with other technicians to comply with procedures and safety requirements.
* Performs diagnostics and troubleshooting and/or leverages standard procedures to quickly and efficiently identify the cause(s) of technical issues and replace faulty components in network, storage, or server equipment with zero-to-minimal customer and/or business disruption.
* Recognizes conditions, circumstances, and scenarios which may reflect significant customer or business impact within the Data Center environment.
* Directly performs decommissions, simple changes (e.g., memory upgrades, OS rebuilds) and refreshes of infrastructure cabling, network, storage, and server equipment, following standard procedures with minimal guidance.
* Processes data-bearing devices (DBDs) for destruction or confirms any-and-all such devices (e.g. hard-drives, solid-state drives, flash cards, etc.) contained within network, storage, or server equipment has been identified for eradication or destruction.
* May perform post-execution verification of grounding, staging, labeling, and cabling to align with all safety protocols, deployment standards, and planned Network Design Templates (NDTs) with guidance.
* May identify errors in deployment standards or Network Design Templates (NDTs) and escalates to relevant technicians or specialists to coordinate corrections as needed with guidance.
Qualifications:
- Required Qualifications: High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent and basic knowledge of computer hardware and components AND 1+ year(s) experience supporting IT equipment or related technology
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.
- Preferred Qualifications: 2+ years experience supporting IT equipment or related technology
Also there is hashtags #COICareers #datacentercareers (maybe ignore as boilerplate? It's not substantive but could be considered metadata; we can drop.
Pay section: as above.
Schedule section: we have travel 0-25%, 12-hour shifts, non-standard hours.
We also have overview paragraph(s). We'll put overview as
maybe preceded by
Overview
.
We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Not needed.
We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
Let's craft.
Structure:
Overview
... (overview text)
Responsibilities
- ... (maybe combine all responsibility bullet points into one list? Could split into subheadings but instruction says use
for section headings; we could have subheadings like Datacenter Operations etc but those are not in the list of examples; but we could still use for sub-sections? Might be okay but risk of creating many thin sections. Better to keep one Responsibilities section with all bullets.
We need to preserve all substantive information; we can combine.
Similarly for Qualifications: we can have Qualifications
with for required and preferred.
Pay:
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate (EEO, equal opportunity, scam warning, cookie/navigation/legal, duplicated lines, application instructions). Also remove "Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role's job duties" maybe keep? It's part of qualifications? It's a requirement: "Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship." We need to keep that. Also need to include Pay section if posting actually states them. Yes: "Data Center Technicians ATR-C - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $27.45 - $48.03 per hour. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $38.27 - $53.70 per hour. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay" We should include Pay section with that info. Benefits? Not explicit benefits listed besides "Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation." That's vague; we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It says "Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation." Not specific. So we should not create Benefits section. Schedule: posting mentions "In this environment, you may be asked to go on business travel to support other metros periodically, 0-25% of the time and have the ability to work 12-hour shifts, including shift assignments during non-standard business hours that may include evening, nighttime, weekends and/or holidays." Also later: "May work 12-hour shifts, including shift assignments during non-standard business hours such as evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays." So we have schedule info: 12-hour shifts, possibly non-standard hours, travel 0-25%. So we can create Schedule section. Also maybe "Skills" section? Not explicit list of skills; we have qualifications and responsibilities. Could create Skills but not required. Better to include only sections with real specific content: Overview (maybe as
About the role? but we have Overview heading; we could use
Overview
though not in list but acceptable? The instruction says usefor section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive. We can use Overview as heading. We need to avoid duplicate lines. We'll need to parse responsibilities into bullet lists. Let's extract responsibilities sections: - Datacenter Operations: bullet points: * Demonstrates an applied understanding of standard processes and procedures for preparing, installing, performing diagnostics, troubleshooting, replacing, and/or decommissioning IT datacenter technology(ies) and equipment. * Demonstrates a fundamental understanding of the functions of, and interactions between cabling infrastructure, network, server, and storage equipment. * Reviews Process Change Notifications (PCNs) and develops an understanding of the impact to work execution and awareness to changes within their area of work and/or the work of others. * Asks questions when they do not have required information and may provide feedback on changes to processes to experienced technicians and/or direct-line management. * Complies with Data Center business unit policies, procedures, and deadlines with guidance from experienced technicians and/or direct-line management. * Escalates issues related to compliance or operational assurance activities to direct-line management. * Completes assigned tickets efficiently and in alignment with relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) per task type independently. * Provides guidance and/or assists less experienced technicians with complex tickets or tasks, and appropriately escalates challenging or complex tickets to more experienced technicians as needed. - Datacenter Work Environment: bullet points: * Completes required security and data management training while complying with security and data management procedures/policies with guidance from other technicians. * May escort third party vendors or IT support on-premises at data centers or network sites. * Appropriately takes action and reports physical security access concerns and/or incidents to direct-line management or established reporting methods. * Working for extended periods under elevated levels of ambient noise, heat, and light due to necessary equipment and ventilation systems. * Traveling up to 25% typically domestically to and from multiple locations during the workday, and occasionally domestically to other sites for overnight stays. * May work 12-hour shifts, including shift assignments during non-standard business hours such as evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. * Occasional climbing of ladders. * Frequent climbing of stairs and/or ramps. * Prolonged standing. * Occasional lifting up to 25lbs / 11kg without assistance. * Occasional lifting 25-50lbs / 11-22.5kg with lift assistance. * Occasional push or pull 50-75 lbs / 22.5-34kg with assistive device. * Normal visual acuity (near, far and peripheral with correction), defined via standard medical terms and applicable criteria. * Normal color vision for electrical work, defined via standard medical terms and applicable criteria. * Contributes to a positive and effective team environment by sharing information with other shifts or technician teams, contributing in regular team meetings, asking questions, and partnering with other shifts of technician teams to complete smooth transition and effective handover of ticketed work. * Provides, responds to, and encourages providing feedback regarding on ways to work more effectively or enhance efficiency within their team and adopts best practices shared within-and-across shifts or technician teams. * Participates in daily safety briefings. * Completes required Environmental & Health Safety (EHS) training, complies with safety procedures (e.g., equipment use, lifting, electrical hazards, ladder/rolling stair use), completes required Task Hazard Analysis (THAs), and uses appropriate equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for assigned tasks. * Adheres to and promotes a culture of safety, taking proactive action to alert others of safety concerns, near-misses, and/or incidents. * Participates in regular cadence proactive safety observation reporting processes and systems. - Managing Service: bullet points: * Develops an understanding of cross-functional Data Center processes to support partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. * Completes required training aligned to job focus areas and workloads (i.e., Break fix, Deployment, Simple Change, Decommission, IT Critical Environment) in a timely manner per direct-line management assignment(s). * Observes more experienced technicians to gain hands-on experience and relevant on-the-job training (OJT). * May complete additional or supplemental training to obtain or maintain relevant industry or technical certifications. * Escalates and/or seeks guidance from experienced technicians or direct-line management regarding client interactions. * Maintains an awareness of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) through reporting dashboards, systems, for personal monthly performance discussions as needed. - Service Delivery: bullet points: * Follows procedures to immediately communicate, report, and escalate data center technical or safety related incidents to direct-line management. * May participate in bridge calls to provide details on incident status and executes on-site follow-up actions as directed if necessary. * Develops and employs an effective execution order strategy for assigned tasks. * Prepares, stages, sets up, and performs basic startups and shutdowns for hardware (e.g., racks, hard drives, switches) according to specific written instructions provided via checklists, guides, standard processes, emails, guidance from other technicians, and/or direction from management. * May perform tasks in tandem with other technicians to comply with procedures and safety requirements. * Performs diagnostics and troubleshooting and/or leverages standard procedures to quickly and efficiently identify the cause(s) of technical issues and replace faulty components in network, storage, or server equipment with zero-to-minimal customer and/or business disruption. * Recognizes conditions, circumstances, and scenarios which may reflect significant customer or business impact within the Data Center environment. * Directly performs decommissions, simple changes (e.g., memory upgrades, OS rebuilds) and refreshes of infrastructure cabling, network, storage, and server equipment, following standard procedures with minimal guidance. * Processes data-bearing devices (DBDs) for destruction or confirms any-and-all such devices (e.g. hard-drives, solid-state drives, flash cards, etc.) contained within network, storage, or server equipment has been identified for eradication or destruction. * May perform post-execution verification of grounding, staging, labeling, and cabling to align with all safety protocols, deployment standards, and planned Network Design Templates (NDTs) with guidance. * May identify errors in deployment standards or Network Design Templates (NDTs) and escalates to relevant technicians or specialists to coordinate corrections as needed with guidance. Qualifications: - Required Qualifications: High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent and basic knowledge of computer hardware and components AND 1+ year(s) experience supporting IT equipment or related technology - Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship. - Preferred Qualifications: 2+ years experience supporting IT equipment or related technology Also there is hashtags #COICareers #datacentercareers (maybe ignore as boilerplate? It's not substantive but could be considered metadata; we can drop. Pay section: as above. Schedule section: we have travel 0-25%, 12-hour shifts, non-standard hours. We also have overview paragraph(s). We'll put overview as
maybe preceded by
Overview
. We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Not needed. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Let's craft. Structure:Overview
... (overview text)
Responsibilities
- ... (maybe combine all responsibility bullet points into one list? Could split into subheadings but instruction says use
for section headings; we could have subheadings like Datacenter Operations etc but those are not in the list of examples; but we could still use
for sub-sections? Might be okay but risk of creating many thin sections. Better to keep one Responsibilities section with all bullets. We need to preserve all substantive information; we can combine. Similarly for Qualifications: we can have
Qualifications
with- for required and preferred.
Pay:
- ... (maybe combine all responsibility bullet points into one list? Could split into subheadings but instruction says use