Data Center Engineer

Facilitating installation of cabling, servers and network equipment in Data Centre locations, a mixture of on-site work and remote coordination of smart-hands / service partner personnel

Managing power and space including monitoring and capacity planning

Maintaining a consistent and clean cable management philosophy

Managing spare parts and cabling inventory

Break-fix repairs to equipment in the data center environment, including replacing hard drives/memory/transceivers and other hardware related tasks as required by our server and network teams

Assisting with planning equipment moves or new data center build-outs

Getting equipment to and from remote co-locations including packing/shipping

Maintaining data center documentation

Working hours will involve a mixture of core business-hours for planning & monitoring, weekends and outside of hours for execution of physical infrastructure changes (with time off during the week)

Most work will be within Shanghai, however occasional visits to other locations within Asia Pacific may be required

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Attention to detail within a data center

Ability to identify basic parts of network equipment – SFPs, line cards, chassis

Ability to identify basic parts of servers – memory, network card, hard drives, etc..

Experience with identifying port locations for specific device manufacturers (Cisco, Arista, Juniper)

Knowledge of structured cabling systems using cat 5, cat 6, multi-mode and single-mode fibre

Familiarity with both power and communications cabling standards

Experience configuring and using cable testers for both fibre and copper to troubleshoot cabling issues

Ability to perform basic installation, configuration and troubleshooting on server operating systems

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English.

An understanding of change control processes

Strong documentation mentality

Strong communication skills (especially with remote engineers whose native language may not be English)

Ability to lift 18kg

Ability to regularly work on weekends