Data Center Engineer

Data Center Engineer #R-2024-06-90

A leading music streaming company has a terrific opportunity in our Systems Engineering team for an intelligent and motivated Staff Datacenter Engineer who is enthusiastic about datacenter deployment and site reliability for large-scale consumer online services. As a member of our Data Center Engineering and Operations team, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of our co-location data centers and assume a critical role in maintaining the overall uptime, performance, and capacity of the company's service. You will be able to bring your solid experience to bear in supporting the various services we manage and take on interesting and mission-critical projects as part of a fast-paced, highly collaborative team. We hold ourselves to high standards and take pride in our work.

Data Center Engineer Pay and Benefits:

• Hourly pay: $75/hr
• Worksite: Leading streaming company (Ashburn, VA 20147)
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program, PSL
• 40 hours/week, 3-6 Month Assignment, possible extension

Data Center Engineer Responsibilities:

• 100% hands-on with datacenter infrastructure provisioning and server/network equipment deployments.
• Rack/Cable/Provision a large inventory of servers, switches, PDUs and consoles.
• Perform initial configuration of systems as defined by our standard operating procedures. (BIOS configuration, PXE OS installs, DNS updates etc.)
• Troubleshoot and remedy hardware issues, document findings and provide detailed RCA reports.
• Assist in decommissioning and retiring aging hardware and provision replacements.
• Manage RMA processes with various vendors.
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory list of all hardware equipment between all our datacenters.
• Implement best-practice methodology for maintaining a datacenter environment.
• Document and track all assigned datacenter related issues and tasks via our internal ticketing system in a timely fashion.
• Provide mentoring support to datacenter engineers.
• Participate in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation.
• Troubleshoot and remedy hardware issues, document findings and provide detailed RCA reports.
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory of hardware equipment between all our co-locations.
• Responsible for datacenter capacity and growth planning as well as power and cooling aspects.
• Work alongside a group of data-center operations engineers in accomplishing the various day-to-day datacenter related tasks and facilitating new build-outs.

Data Center Engineer Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience working in enterprise scale datacenters.
• BA/BS Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field. or equivalent experience.
• IT Certifications such as Server+, RHCSA/RHCE, CCNA or similar a plus.
• Hands-on experience with PXE boot, UEFI, AMI BIOS distributions, BMC/AMI/iDRAC implementation and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with PXE boot, UEFI, AMI BIOS distributions, BMC/iDRAC implementation.
• Experience creating and executing Ansible playbooks.
• Experience with docker containers.
• Experience with ISC DHCP and BIND DNS operations.
• Strong understanding of x86 server hardware architecture and subsystems as it relates to configuration, triage, and certification in a large-scale server environment.
• Familiarity with monitoring stacks such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana.
• Familiarity with executing Ansible playbooks.
• Practical professional knowledge of Linux and full network stack from NIC firmware to TCP/IP.
• Familiar with SAN and NAS connectivity utilizing FC HBAs.
• Familiar with version control systems such as Bitbucket aand Git.
• Familiarity with performance testing and reporting tools, such as Phoronix, FIO, Stream, and other benchmarking tool.
• Knowledgeable in datacenter best practices including cabling, power balancing, inventory tracking, and more.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multitask, and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in monitoring stacks such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana.
• Basic understanding of Hashicorp Nomad/Consul/Vault.
• Practical professional knowledge of Linux and full network stack from NIC firmware to TCP/IP.
• Expertise with SAN and NAS arrays such as Netapp, Isilon, Pure Storage, and Brocade.
• Familiarity with Bitbucket and Git.
• Familiarity with performance testing and reporting tools, such as Phoronix, FIO, Stream and others.
• Intermediate scripting skills in Python and familiarity with OOP concepts.
• Significant knowledge of Linux kernel drivers, kernel tuning, and debugging hardware compatibility issues.
• Basic understanding of subnetting, DHCP Relays, network load balancing, and ARP.
• Working knowledge of package management tools such as APT and RPM.
• Up to 15% travel.