Data Center Engineer
- Las Vegas, NV
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Influence, and provide guidance for Data Center co-locations
- Research and identify solutions that enhance, consolidate, organize and create efficient utilization of rack space, cabling, power, cooling in Data Centers
- Contribute to budget input with Manager
- Minimize resolution time for support incidents and problems
- Assist with preparing analysis and after-action review for incidents
- Design preventative maintenance strategies for infrastructure in Data Centers as assigned. Include analysis for High Availability solutions working with server owners
- Implement security technologies to meet regulatory requirements and document audit information for MICS, SOX, PCI and misc controls
- Implement policy for Caesars system security, standardization, and controls for Data Centers as directed by Cyber teams
- Responsible for day-to-day operations and maintenance (O&M) support of Data Center racks, power, cooling, high availability, cabling, servers serviced by vendors and architects. Audit and check work of others after installs
- (O&M) support of Data Centers, create tickets to co-location owners, managed Data Center entry process and procedures, crisis management, change management, and hands-on technical support, assist with hardware / software server support for vendors
- Experience with Data Center architecture/configuration/management
- Experience with Dell, IBM, Juniper, Microsoft server cabling and rack management
- Experience with administration of co-location Data Center including advanced documentation skills
- Advanced skillset understanding of servers housed in data center racks
- Installation, configuration, and O&M support of monitoring solutions for Data Center
- Daily backup support to manage tape. Send tapes offsite daily, manage offsite inventory, audit, scratch tape inventory
- 7+ years of experience in an IT environment
- Participate in on call schedule and installation assistance as required
- Mentor server owners and vendors
- A college degree or equivalent work experience
- Extensive experience and knowledge in solving problems that are complex in scope, requiring in-depth evaluation as well as the ability to identify problems in advance and to propose solutions
- Require limited supervision and direction; drive results, and set priorities appropriately & independently
- Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices of engineering to successfully manage the technical implementation of complex engineering projects
- Excellent communication, presentation, writing and editorial abilities
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Demonstrated leadership experience
- Ability to work on a 24x7 on-call, weekday and weekend schedule
- Advanced experience project management
- Technical understanding of IP networks and integrations with systems
- Able to travel up to 6 weeks out of the year as needed
- Must be able to perform physical tasks associated with install / de-install of server equipment
- Must be able to type for extended periods of time
- Must be able to talk on the phone or web conference for extended periods of time
- Must be able to create advanced documentation for Data Centers and audits