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Data Center Operations Specialist - Hong Kong

This position is based in Hong Kong.

The area: Data Center

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We're diverse, upbeat, creative, team-oriented engineers and managers working on a daily basis to develop data centers that are changing the face of contemporary computing facilities.

The role: Data Center Operations Specialist

As a Data Center Operation Specialist, you'll join a fast growing team of highly motivated technicians working in a fast growing team of highly motivated technicians working in a challenging and interesting data center environment in developing, building and supporting the physical infrastructure behind our search technology.

You would suit an experienced IT professional with hands-on technical skills in Networks, Hardware and Linux (ideally in a Data Center environment). Additionally, experience in mentoring a technical team and supporting knowledge transfer is required.

Responsibilities:

• Work in / lead teams to deploy new data center infrastructure.
• Install new servers as our Linux cluster grows; design rack layout and power allocation.
• Help test and troubleshoot new server hardware components and designs.
• Install and maintain switches, routers, and other networking gears.
• Fix broken servers; troubleshoot Linux OS related issues on servers.

Requirements:

• BS or BA preferred in a technical related field; hands-on experience with fiber optical networks.
• Solid commercial experience working with Linux (Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu,Debian, Gentoo), or Unix (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX).
• Solid Python, SQL and/or shell scripting knowledge; Hands on experience with routers and managed switches (inc. Cisco).
• Significant experience working with PC and server hardware, rack and stack installations.
• Experience supervising, training, mentoring other technicians.
• Able to lift/move 20-30 lbs equipment on a daily basis.
• High level of written and oral fluency in Cantonese and English