About Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects, and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across 19 markets in North America, EMEA and APAC, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Vantage’s business is growing exponentially, through a combination of greenfield market expansion and acquisitions.
Vantage IT
The Technology & Systems department drives technological innovation for the company and advances the technology strategy to support global growth. This includes IT, Software Development, OT / Automation Systems, and business process improvement. At Vantage, we are very hands on. In most cases, we specify, purchase, configure and maintain all networking and server hardware. We also work closely with partner VARs to learn about the latest technology changes so we can make informed purchase decisions. The Technology & Systems department participates in designing each of our new data center building’s networking infrastructure, including but not limited to diverse pathways connecting to carriers, meet-me room (MMR) hosting (rack, cabs, ladders, cross connect panels…), wireless AP coverage, etc.
We rely on extreme collaboration with Sales, Construction, Operations and Corporate Functions to drive simplification, establish global standards with continuous improvement and speed to value. We are working to build a reliable, scalable, sustainable, and secure technology roadmap/landscape that enables us to better serve our customers and employees and be the partner of choice. Our focus on speed to value with extreme collaboration and financial/execution discipline. We strive to double the good, halve the bad, in half the time.
Currently going through a migration and consolidation process the APAC team is looking for a candidate who is self-motivated, a good communicator and works well with others. The team is responsible for implementing, monitoring, patching and improving Windows and Linux infrastructure inside the estate that monitors our Datacenters with our Operations teams globally.
Essential Job functions
- Manage, maintain and support the Global Vantage Data Centers IT environments
- Handle requests and incidents in a timely manner particularly where SLAs are set
- Contribute to the evolution of our systems to ensure the best level of security and performance
Duties
- Maintain the Vantage ‘stack’ from bare metal to application management
- Setup, configure, and manage Windows and Linux Servers
- Support our distributed, global virtualization environment
- Implement and maintain automated processes
- Document the infrastructure and create Standard Operating Procedures, updating those documents as needed
- Challenge the existing platform and processes, looking for ways to improve speed, reliability, and security of our environment
- Work with other departments and stakeholders such as Networks, to make recommendations on configuration and understand complex network designs
- Take part in the team’s on-call rotation
- Interface with internal Data Center Design team, Construction team, supporting Data Center infrastructure requirements as needed
Job Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology or equivalent experience required
- 5 years of professional experience, working on critical production systems, required
- Deep understanding of Linux and Microsoft Windows Server is required
- Experience managing bare metal (Physical servers, storage arrays, etc) infrastructure is required
- Capacity to write in at least one scripting language (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet or custom scripts etc.) is required
- Extensive experience managing Microsoft Entra, Office365 and its components
- Extensive experience running and maintaining VMWare environments
- Strong understanding of network principles (Switches, Firewalls, VLANs, ACLs, route tables, etc.)
- Solid understanding of Domain Name Systems (DNS) is an asset
- Excellent prioritization and time management skills
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects
- Work under limited supervision, both independently and within a team environment.
- Communication skills are essential, with a strong capacity to explain technical concepts to non-technical and technical stakeholders
- English is required (Spoken and Written) for this position due to the nature of the role requiring interactions with departments and stakeholders in North America, Europe and APAC
- Data Center experience is an asset however not a requirement
- Local travel required is expected to be less than 15%, but may be higher during the first 6 months of position
