We are looking for a Data Center Network Technician to work at the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich – On Site.

Tasks:

  • Establishment and maintenance of physical and logical connectivity between infrastructure components, services, and devices within the Data Center and all areas of Office buildings as well as to/from external serving and depending services.
  • Installation/decommissioning of infrastructure hardware elements and/or providing support to said installation/decommissioning.
  • Physical and capacity planning including space, power (UPS), cooling, and physical cabling, ensuring compliance with DC design policies and conventions. Use of e.g. CAFM and DCPlanner.
  • Asset management and identifying, cataloging, labeling, and tracking of infrastructure elements and devices inclusive of all networking equipment, cabling, power sources, cooling, etc.
  • Escorting visitors in and around the DCs.
  • Regular or on-demand checking of DC health by means of tooling, test devices (e.g. Fluke testers), and visual checks.
  • Thorough knowledge of monitors, switches, routers, and other technical equipment
  • Troubleshooting skills to solve network issues promptly
  • Customer service skills
  • Problem-solving skills to provide solutions for any issues with operating systems
  • Analysis, critical thinking, and multitasking
  • Maintain the technical and security policy systems in the data center 
  • Detect and rectify the network faults to avoid the downtime
  • Carry out the installations and documentation for passive networks (copper and glass)
  • Analyse and provide problem resolution to ensure timely delivery of hosting requirement
  • Ensure data center policies and procedures follow customer and service provider standards
  • Utilize custom monitoring software and an internal ticketing system to provide customer support
  • Provide inventory tracking and updating to maintain a valid count of materials and supplies
  • Monitor and respond to environmental, security, and equipment monitoring systems along with hardware and network repair

Requirements

Must-Have:

  • 3+ Years experience in maintaining Technical and security systems in a Datacenter
  • 3+ Years experience in DC Health testing, preferably with (Fluke Testers)
  • 3+ Years experience with network management (Fault finding and repair)
  • 3+ Years experience in Monitors, Switches, routers, etc..
  • 3+ Years with Ticketing software and Internal Customer Support
  • 3+ Years with Physical and Capacity planning within a data center
  • EU National
  • English C1 Level
  • German B2 Level

Nice to have:

  • CCNA Data Center (Cisco) Certified

Benefits

  • Location: Munich – Onsite
  • Daily rate: 405 EUR Gross/ Day – all-inclusive with NET30 payment
  • Years of experience: 3+
  • Contract Duration: 1 year with Extensions up to 3 years
  • Type of Engagement: Freelancer or willing to start a freelance activity / B2B on a contract directly with us.
  • Application Deadline: 17 – March – 2023
  • Salary 405 / Day – Gross – All Inclusive
  • CV type: Europass

If interested, please share your CV at iuliana@euroasiarecruiting.com.