Datacenter Technician 2 - San Jose, United States - IBM

IBM

Verified Company

San Jose, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
We manage a large datacenter that provides hardware, network access, cooling and power for our private cloud offering. We are seeking a knowledgeable and capable datacenter technician to setup and maintain our infrastructure.

Your main responsibility as a datacenter technician will be physically installing, configuring, and maintaining servers, storage devices, networking equipment, and other hardware components.

This includes unboxing, racking and stacking equipment, running cabling and setting up wiring, operating system installation, keeping an accurate inventory for security and compliance, monitoring cooling control system, environment and power management, responding to internal hardware requests and having good communication skills with our internal teams.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Applicant must be able to lift 25lbs and be physically in the datacenter five days a week.
1+ years experience working in a lab/datacenter environment.
1 year experience shell scripting
Understanding of datacenter cooling, power consumption, operating system installation and hardware troubleshooting.
Experience with racking and stacking systems, power and network cabling and equipment maintenance.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

3+ years experience working in a lab/datacenter environment.
Deep understanding of datacenter cooling systems, power efficiency and consumption reduction, operating system installation and hardware troubleshooting.
Experience with racking and stacking systems, power and network cabling and equipment maintenance.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company.

They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers.

The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

Location StatementIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program.

Eligible employees may have access to:

Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long