Data Center Technician 

China Lake, CA 

Secret Clearance Required 

Talent Orchard, LLC has been contracted by a top defense firm in their search for a Data Center Technician professional for opportunities in China Lake, California. 

Responsibilities:

Immediate need for a Data Center Technician - Secret Clearance in China Lake, CA.

Tasks performed in this position include but not limited to:
• Perform wall to wall asset management inventories and ensure up to date server farm asset data
• Provide on-site operation support and assistive troubleshooting and coordination with a regional monitoring team.
• Provide advanced technical support to on-site customer service representatives to diagnose and resolve or escalate systemic and complex service delivery problems in a Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 networked environment.
• Perform tape backup management and off-site storage rotation.
• Provide 24x7 system recovery and repair coordination.
• Operate and maintain Cipher locks.
• Assist in quick recovery for unforeseen emergencies such as local failures that cannot be managed remotely, disaster recovery, information control message requirements from the Government, etc.
• Install operating system base builds in accordance with approved configuration documentation as required.
• Conduct vendor technical personnel into server farm to complete services without jeopardizing security and operational protocols
• Coordinate all server farm power and environmental systems operation, maintenance, and testing activities.
• Analyze performance problems and recommend solutions to enhance server farm functionality, reliability, and/or usability.
• Participate in project implementations involving technology refresh and/or systems upgrade in server farm infrastructure to include design support and systems performance evaluation reviews.
• Implement operational support standards and procedures relating to change management, performance management, and security.
• Assist in developing and maintaining server farm site-specific and enterprise administration documentation.
• Assist in root-cause and trend analysis of outages.
• Maintain communication with services management as needed.
• Identify server farm issues, concerns, and problems to the site manager and services organizations.
• Assist technical teams with site access.
• Ensure all primary technical groups are aware of server farm activities and changes.
• Maintain with current and emerging operational support.

“ Must be able to operate a motor vehicle and pass a motor vehicle records check”

Qualifications

• • Requires High School level plus some advanced training. 4-5 years of experience.

  • DoD 8570 IAT L II certification required (ie Sec + CE)
  • Ability to follow detailed instructions
  • Experience Troubleshooting IT equipment
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Active DoD security clearance