DDN Storage is looking to solve the problem of managing and maintaining a highly effective and internal stakeholder focused Engineering Datacenter to support its AI and data storage innovation
Requirements
- 5+ years hands on technical experience relevant to datacenter activities
- Experience with computer networking, hyper-converged platforms (Compute & Storage), File & Block storage systems, Configuring NFSSMB, iSCSI, FC storage networks, VMware & Hyper-V hypervisor platform, Cloud platforms (AWSGCPAzure), DevOps tools & processes, GPU platforms, and AI/ML
- Experience driving the design & re-factoring of data center applications that are implemented in Python, Perl PHP & SQL
- Experience in scaling the data center infrastructure to accommodate a rapidly growing engineering organization
- Experience in leading, staffing and building a strong, effective and customer-focused global team
- Proven experience managing service expansion, datacenter moves, and extension to co-located operations
- Hands-on experience with networking topology design & routerswitch programming configurations
Responsibilities
- Hands on lead and manage datacenter operations, infrastructure and services team. Detect and proactively address issues to enable 24x7 operations with 100% uptime. Monitor and report Operational status and measure against service level objectives
- Define and document datacenter processes and best practices. Ensure they are communicated and followed; including operational dashboards, KPI’s and SLA performance metrics.
- Drive operational efficiency through automation and adoption of new technologies
- Accountable for developing, gaining stakeholder buy in, and executing within Development and Quality Engineering the vision for providing a world class Enterprise Datacenter
- Hands on manage and track workload and requests. Balance the resolution of urgent incidents with progress on longer term projects. Creating the appropriate technical tools and automation to support outputs.
- Own specification of Datacenter standards for selecting equipment and services. Negotiate with vendors and obtain optimal terms and maintain within budget
- Own resource allocation and project workflow for direct reports and contractor workforce. Drive design and engineering decisions to conclusion including managing internal and external resources, project teams, contractors, and vendors
Other
- A technical degree in a relevant field is preferred
- Strong leadership, planning, decision making skills. Excellent communication skills to effectively work with present information to executive management, operations, sales engineering and finance
- Participation in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support as needed
- Self-Starter - Takes independent action to identify and solve problems
- Success/Achievement Orientation - Delivers quality results consistently
