Datacenter engineer

Minimum 5 years of experience in a Data Center Operations with hands-on experience and knowledge in the operation and management of Data Center facilities.

• Reports to the Data Center Operations Lead.
• Good understanding of Mechanical & Electrical infrastructure including rack space, power and cooling systems.
• Strong knowledge and experience with structured cabling design and implementations.
• Responsible for Data Center remote operation support including liaising with onsite Technicians and/or colocation vendors for all operations tasks.
• Review server room physical access request and to approve/reject request.
• Review disk reports submitted by vendors against the actual disk break-fix event.
• Liaise with approved disposal vendor for disk destruction and/or waste collection.
• Review the current rack space, power, cooling, patch panel capacity and approve recommended rack space for equipment placement.
• Responsible for equipment movement in collaboration with equipment owner.
• Responsible for equipment decommissioning of unused equipment in collaboration with equipment owner.
• Manage purchases including obtaining and reviewing quotations, obtain approval for purchases and submission of purchase requests and following up to ensure timely delivery and installation.
• Update the asset inventory in System of Records after equipment placement, decommissioning or movement.
• Manage regular asset inventory sighting.
• Ensure the accuracy of System of Records for asset inventory.
• Participate in Change Management including reviewing, approving/rejecting Change Requests for Data Center Operations related work, and coordinating with assignees and closure of completed change requests.
• Participate in Incident Management including raising Incident Tickets for Data Center Operations related incidents, performs troubleshooting and analysis, recommending and implements remediation / preventive actions and closure of incident tickets.
• Ensure timely updates and closure to all change requests, incident tickets, work orders and service requests.
• Gather information for audits and formulate responses for DC Ops Leads review and approval.
• Oversee M&E upgrade, power maintenance, loss of utilities and/or loss of water tests within Data Center.
• Regular Reporting
• Reconciliation of actual events to approved requests (e.g. physical access to Data Center, Rack Keys Utilization, Visitor Logs)
• Capacity Utilization of Data Center including rack, power and patch panels.
• Review of Third-Party Colocation Vendor submitted reports for accuracy.
• Statistics for Data Center Activities
• Equipment Decommissioning Requests and Status
• Equipment Movement Requests and Status
• Equipment Placement Requests and Status