Abacus Solutions is looking for a Data Center Engineer

We are looking for a Data Center Administrator/Engineer with experience in technical support as well as datacenter operations, which covers the scope of capacity planning, racks delivery, installation, decommission and incident management. Your role is to be responsible for providing overall datacenter support for all Abacus Solutions hardware and equipment, as well as customers devices. You will also help guide the improvement of processes and procedures on a continuous basis.

Essential Job Functions

• Willingness to travel to Abacus Solutions Data Centers within Georgia and remote locations.
• Able and willing to lift 50 pounds.
• Able to rack and stack hardware infrastructure of all kinds, servers, network, PDU’s, etc.
• Work with internal Abacus, vendors, and customers to install infrastructure.
• Able to follow provided documentation handed off by Abacus engineering, vendors, and customers.
• Able to do basic configuration of devices like PDU, ATS’s etc.
• Acts as the go to data center administrator to produce solutions to potential problems.
• Willingness to collaborate with all technical teams.
• Ability to work independently and participate in after-hours escalations and 24x7 on call shifts as needed
• Willing to get on calls with Abacus team members, vendors, and potential customers.
• Work with Vendors\Partners for items like LOA’s, Circuit Installs, device management, etc.
• Asset management of all infrastructure within data centers.
• Help ensure enforcement of policies and procedures.
• Firsthand repair of equipment upgrading internal system components, including CPUs, memory, hard drives, and network cables.
• In-depth knowledge of data center environments, servers, and network equipment.
• Maintaining building and data center badge access.
• Security System management.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years Data Center Administration
• Good Communication Skills
• Customer Service Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Self-Motivated
• Proficient in facility Management (Collaborating with vendors for UPS\Generator\Electrical"
• Proficient in Power Management\Power Circuits
• Proficient in Cable Management\Cable Dressing
• Proficient in Documentation and Documentation Management
• Rack and Stack Hardware Infrastructure and supporting devices
• Understanding of IPv4 and TCP\IP configuration

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, or related experience.
• Data Center related certification - CDCP/S/E, CDCMP/TP
• 4-6 years of Data Center Administration
• Knowledge of Data Center Infrastructure
• Strong understanding of Power Management
• Knowledge of Infrastructure Capacity Planning

Located in Marietta, GA, Abacus Solutions is one of the fastest growing IT solutions and technology providers in the Southeast. Our growth is fueled by our focus on bringing together technology, services, and engineering expertise to simplify and improve the business operations of our clients. We specialize in cloud and professional services. We combine our technology reach with a combination of professional services, design, maintenance, and managed services, to deliver technology solutions for our diverse clients.