The Senior Data Center Technician supports daily data center IT operations by coordinating shift activities, resolving routine to moderately complex server and hardware issues, performing hands-on server assembly and repair, executing basic Linux troubleshooting, maintaining ITSM ticket quality, monitoring shift-level SLA performance, and coaching junior technicians to ensure safe and timely service delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate daily shift activities, allocate tasks, track completion, and escalate blockers with clear evidence and timelines.
- Troubleshoot standard and moderately complex server and hardware faults; escalate complex or non-standard incidents with structured findings.
- Support rack readiness, server installation, hardware acceptance, cabling validation, burn-in, commissioning, and new capacity delivery.
- Perform server hardware assembly, disassembly, component replacement, and repair involving compute, storage, NICs, power modules, fans, memory, and GPU servers as applicable.
- Carry out basic Linux troubleshooting, including log collection, service-status checks, network configuration checks, disk checks, and startup or reboot validation.
- Maintain accurate ITSM tickets, including categorisation, prioritisation, evidence, SLA awareness, handover notes, and closure documentation.
- Monitor shift-level SLA performance, ticket progress, ticket aging, repeat issues, and daily shift reports.
- Coach junior technicians on SOPs, safety, hardware handling, ticket evidence, and handover quality; support onboarding and training records.
- Support shift manpower coordination, attendance awareness, task balancing, overtime discipline, and leave handovers.
- Identify operational risks, take immediate containment actions where appropriate, and maintain complete shift records and audit evidence.