Data Center Technician II (Fixed-Term Contract)
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with hardware and operating systems (e.g., Linux), and networking protocols.
- Must have the ability to work non-standard hours, including working weekends, night shifts, holidays and on shift-based schedules as required.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in maintenance and monitoring of server systems.
- Experience in working within a data center or networking operation center environment.
- Experience in project leadership and management.
- Ability to collaborate and partner with teams to resolve issues.
About the job
Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.
Responsibilities
- Monitor, maintain, and deploy the physical infrastructure behind Google's powerful search technology, advanced data center servers, and network infrastructure.
- Contribute to efforts/projects in the deployment, maintenance, and support of current and new data center servers and network infrastructure.
- Install and maintain switches, routers, and other networking gear. Diagnose and repair broken equipment, including servers, networking, and storage devices.
- Support conditions for the servers to ensure optimal functionality and connectivity, and oversee maintenance of critical systems.
- Be available and capable of participating in primary/secondary on-call for the sites and to work on 24/7 shifts if needed.
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