Data Centre Technician (Western Cape)

2024/04/22
Reference Number
DCTWC0424
Description

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB

Data Centre Management

  • Comply to working methods ensuring all SLA and MSA’s are achieved
  • Management of data centre infrastructure to provide a concurrently maintainable, cost effective system supporting 99.999% electrical uptime and 99.99% mechanical uptime 

Compliance

  • Maintain compliance in accordance to all relative policies and procedures
  • Meet agreed inter-departmental OLA (Operational Level Agreement)
  • H&S monitoring and corrective action to meet statutory compliance, SLAs and good business practice

Critical System Management

  • Ensure applicable planned and corrective maintenance is managed in accordance to ensure customer MSA’s and SLA’s are achieved
  • Conduct working methods to maintain agreed PUE levels
  • Task finalisation and report accurately, as per agreed format, quality and within the agreed timelines

Data Centre Ethics

  • Ensure compliance is maintained incorporating industry best practices
  • Ensure data centre facilities standards are enforced and maintained
  • Ensure data centre cleaning standards are enforced and maintained
Requirements

SKILLS REQUIREMENT

  • Good technical abilities
  • Effective communication skills, active listener – ability to understand requirements
  • Proactive problem solver, perform rapid and accurate assessments
  • Ability to work independently, as well as being a positive team player
  • Self-motivated
  • Conducts self professionally, exhibits elevated levels of tolerance and patience
  • Responsible for continued learning and self-development
  • Quick response to potentially critical situations
  • Trouble shoot systems and components to identify root causes of failures
  • Implement corrective actions promptly to mitigate the negative effects of system changes
  • Good Microsoft Office skills 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Electrical qualification preferable
  • Minimum 5 years relevant data centre experience preferable
  • Good knowledge on Data Centre environments and critical infrastructure systems preferable
Work Level
Skilled
Job Type
Permanent
Salary
Market Related
EE Position
No
Location
Western Cape