Data Center Engineer Consultant

Data Center Engineer Consultant, Aurora, IL

We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Data Center Engineer to join our growing IT team. We are open to someone consulting on a part-time or full-time basis. In addition, we could foresee this role being a consult-to-hire role. The Data Center Engineer should be able to travel to local data centers on a regular basis. Individuals must live in or commute daily to Aurora, IL.

Hours for this position are as follows but may fluctuate from time to time:
- Monday - Thursday 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm CT
- Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm CT (occasionally)
- Friday 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm CT (occasionally)
- Saturday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm (occasionally)

Data Center Engineer Consultant Responsibilities:

- Be responsible for logistics coordination, installation, documentation and troubleshooting of physical equipment at colocation facilities.
- Coordinate with existing IT team to validate equipment installation and troubleshoot technical issues.
- Pre-plan data center design and execution by utilizing mock equipment.
- Leverage and extend existing data center best practices and documentation.
- Manage data center inventory, domestic and foreign equipment orders, returns and shipments.
- Project management of datacenter related projects.
- Proactively suggest enhancements to existing configurations, technologies or procedures.
- Able to travel to global data centers for occasional project work.
- Able to work flexible hours when required, including night and weekends.
- Organized, self-starter that is passionate about technology.
- Able to lift 65 pounds.

Data Center Engineer Consultant Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year university or comparable work experience.
- 1-3 years of experience of data center management.
- Familiar with Cisco IOS and knowledge of Ethernet networks (VLAN, spanning tree, MAC addressing, etc.).
- Experience with bug/ticket tracking systems like JIRA a plus.
- Comfortable working in a Linux-based environment.
- Comfortable with basic network connectivity concepts.
- Experience with physically installing fiber optic duplex and simplex cables.
- Experience utilizing tools to validate, clean and test fiber optic cables.
- Experience making and running patch cables.
- Previous financial industry experience a plus.

Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary: 80K+ DOE. Keywords: Aurora IL Jobs, Data Center Engineer Consultant, Cisco IOS, Ethernet Networks, VLAN, Spanning Tree, MAC Addressing, Jira, Linux, Network Connectivity, Fiber Optics, Simplex Cables, Illinois Recruiters, Information Technology Jobs, IT Jobs, Illinois Recruiting
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