Sr. Systems Engineer - IRIS Consulting Corporation

• IT Governance of all site implementations, inventories, infrastructure planning, escorting, preventative maintenances and break/fix services for data center critical infrastructure, IT certification labs, and remote communication room critical environment equipment
• IT support of IT Labs to align our client application and engineering teams with workstations, hardware and access to test their application
• Remote coordination in partnership with professional services responsible for critical infrastructure maintenance and break-fix activities at remote communication rooms
• Management, operation, maintenance, and monitoring of all critical facilities infrastructure for data center and remote communication room equipment
• Development of data center and remote communication room standards for space, power, cooling, and physical layer IT infrastructure
• Support IT Facilities Campus Fiber Ring to maintain the integrity and service continuity of the Atlanta Airport and Campus Facilities underground fiber ring.
• Recommending and implementing departmental policy, guidelines, standards, and procedures.
• Assures compliance with all governing corporate standards and guidelines.
• Project management of data center and remote communication room standards capital improvements, upgrades, and enhancements
• Selection of IT and Critical Facilities services, ensuring accurate documentation, securing best prices for products and services, and ensuring that vendors fulfill their contractual obligations.

Quals--
• Embraces diverse people, thinking and styles
• Consistently makes safety and security, of self and others, the priority
• High School diploma, GED or High School Equivalency
• Builds and maintains effective communication and relationships with management team, vendors, and peers.
• Knowledge of data center technology and critical facilities infrastructure
• Work with IT platform teams to understand scope of projects requiring the installation and/or decommissioning of physical assets in the data centers.
• Designs floor layout relocation or removal or raised floor hardware, capital project consulting services
• Governs the design, implementation, and vendor support of the appropriate electrical power, A/C, Fire suppression, security, floor maintenance and cabling programs for communication rooms and data halls
• Provide proactive and break fix support for alarm/ticket remediation related to facilities, remote communication rooms, lab, and data center equipment.
• Maintain strict adherence to change control activities.
• Operational Sustainability of FTO Critical Environment Infrastructure.
• Develop Design Standards for RCR Space, UPS, HVAC, Generators, and Fire Life and Safety Systems (FLS).
• Remote Coordination of FTO Critical Infrastructure Maintenance and Break-Fix activities.
• Review/Store Maintenance Records. Ensure discrepancies are remediated.
• Provide Remote Incident Management Resolution for FTO Critical Equipment.
• Provide remote installation, configuration and operational support.
• Submit equipment orders for inventory, campus & FTO projects.
• Capital Forecast and Project Management for FTO Critical Equipment Life Cycle Replacement.
• Support CRE projects that relate to RCR Design/Build as IT Facilities Representatives.
• RCR On-Site Assessment Reports.
• Space, UPS Power, and Critical Cooling Capacity Management.
• Balances multiple priorities within established time constraints
• Flexibility to support an operation with varying shifts, extended hours, and on-call requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
• Bachelor’s Degree or 2 plus years of relevant experience
• Trade School Graduate
• IT Project Management Experience (At least 2 years) within a high availability communication room and/or data center operating environment, day-to-day operational requirements, and the operation of production systems and equipment

Equal opportunity employer including disability/veterans.