Data Center Engineer - Chicago, IL

Data Center Engineer Job Description:
A large Downtown Financial client of TEKsystems' is hiring, on a Contract-to-Hire basis, a Data Center Engineer.


Responsibilities:
The Data Center Engineer will work as part of a team in a high availability and mission critical Data Center environment. They will be responsible for RAC stacks, installs, decommissioning, servers, switches, routers, handle all the connectivity for the groups, CAP 5V, CAP 5A, run local as well as MDS connections, understand how there connections are made, fiber, signal mode, and multi-mode.

There are 5 spots open.
Shifts are any where between 6:30am to 11pm.
The downtown location will be the home base, but travel includes going to the different Data Centers-Downtown to Aurora so candidates will have reliable transportation.


Qualifications:
The position requires a minimum of three years of experience working in a data center daily. This includes knowledge of how to maintain a data center, including but not limited to documentation management, server, switch, router equipment installation including required cabling for connectivity, break/fix, structured cabling systems, maintenance procedures, best practices, and troubleshoot cable plant issues with Category 5, 6,Fiber Optic, etc. using test equipment such as the Fluke DTX1800, NetTool, LinkRunner and fiber light meters. Some travel between Chicago and suburb data centers. Must be available for weekend and evening work when applicable due to project deadlines, problems, production hours of operation, etc. Must be able to lift equipment of 75 lbs or less into enclosures and have a reliable vehicle. Must possess a minimum of an A+ certification and Network+, Security+, RFID+, CCNA, MCP, MCSA, MCSE or any combination there of is desirable, but not required.


Required Skills for Data Center Engineer Job:
DATA CENTER
A+
CABLE ROUTING
EMERGENCY CHANGE CONTROL
SWITCHES

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