Data Center Engineer

Job Description:

Data Center Engineer

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Data centers are cores of SUSE life. It contains hundreds of machines of all possible kinds – from straightforward Intel servers to mainframes and prototypes. Data center engineers are critical figures, which ensure that the infrastructure is running well, being developed, issues are addressed and fixed in time and the whole service is being provided to the company with highest possible quality.

As a data center engineer you will work in cooperation with all engineering and IT-related departments in the company to install, maintain and provision hardware and software support of data centers. You will:

• Oversee the environments of a data centers where they supervise systems and also identify, log, and report issues to their seniors. They write instructions for the data centers and are responsible for the maintenance of configurations of all systems within them.
• Perform different administration tasks, such as adding, modifying, and removing hardware, virtual machine administration, software maintenance etc.
• Troubleshoot network and system problems to provide solutions to hardware/software defect
• Perform precautionary system maintenance to ensure that the systems and network are functioning well.
• Coordinate with other teams and vendors to guarantee that uptime is maximized so that the data center can provide quality services. 
• Deploy data and system security measures
• Fix issues related to customer service support, and supervise the performance of local area networks (LANs) and data communications
• monitoring activity and access of the data centers and its operations section to ensure that there is compliance of security policies.

Data Center Engineer Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or similar.
• 2-3 years of experience as a data center engineer, or similar.
• In-depth knowledge of data center environments, servers, and network equipment.
• Extensive experience in installing, monitoring, and maintaining data center equipment.
• Linux knowledge
• Exceptional ability to work as part of a team, provide IT support, and resolve errors.
• Ability to keep up with advancements in data center infrastructure and technologies.
• Proficiency in documenting network processes.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• CompTIA ServerPlus, CompTIA Network, or CCNP certification would be advantageous.

Personal Characteristics:

• You care for your team and its success
• You are eager to learn
• You like to work with others on best possible solutions
•  You challenge status quo to drive outstanding quality
•  You are open for giving and receiving feedback

Job:

Engineering

SUSE, the world’s largest independent open source software company, powers digital transformation with true open source technologies for the enterprise that simplify, modernize and accelerate traditional, cloud and edge solutions. SUSE collaborates with partners, communities and customers to deliver and support solutions that enable mission-critical business outcomes. SUSE’s container and cloud platforms, software-defined infrastructure, and artificial intelligence and edge computing solutions allow customers to create, deploy and manage workloads anywhere – on premises, hybrid and multi-cloud. For more information, visit www.suse.com.