Data Center IT Engineer (Remote in WA Only)

Gesa Credit Union is hiring a Data Center IT Engineer to support secure, stable, and optimized operations of its data center infrastructure. The role includes troubleshooting and maintaining systems, implementing upgrades, coordinating disaster recovery testing, collaborating with vendors and internal teams, and training junior team members.

Responsibilities:

• With guidance from the Infrastructure Manager, contribute to efforts around managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and securing data centers
• Assist in troubleshooting complex data center issues and participates in multi-platform troubleshooting, representing data center
• Ensure upgrades, updates, and patches are planned, tested, and are completed, maintaining compliance with vendor requirements in accordance with our standards, and control procedures
• Review and implement end user accounts, permissions, and access rights to data center
• Perform system backups and recovery of data center devices
• Monitor and test data center resource performance and provide statistics and reports to leadership in automated/on demand fashion
• Maintain inventory of all data center assets
• Maintain documentation as it relates to the system configurations, mapping, processes, services, and infrastructure in our data centers
• Responsible for testing of a comprehensive Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plan (DR/BCP) associated with the credit union’s data centers. Coordinate the testing of the DR/BCP plan at a minimum annually
• Represent infrastructure team in projects regarding the data centers
• Follow change management procedures and communicate to the appropriate parties when implementing changes
• Contribute to efforts to design and deploy new solutions and enhancements to the data center infrastructure and software and plan and document standards for approval
• Interact and collaborate with vendors, partners, and contractors to enhance and secure data center products and services
• Ensure all data center implementations are consistent with IT Security best practices
• Maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for data center resource administration
• Train junior members of the infrastructure team in technical skills
• Maintain knowledge of current and evolving technology

Requirements:

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal, and basic leadership, and mentoring skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
• Ability to discuss technical issues effectively with other IT professionals as well as non-technical users
• Ability to build/set schedules and adhere to project deadlines
• or experience in a related field or equivalent of specialized courses, training, and/or directly related experience may be substituted
• Minimum of five (5) years of similar or related functional and technical experience
• In-depth knowledge of Datacenter technologies and best practices
• Experience with Unix/Linux OS
• Experience with Datacenter Technology security features and best practices
• Advanced degree
• AZ-800/801 or AZ104
• A+, Network +, Server_, Linux+ certifications
• VCTA / VCP‑DCV Data Center Virtualization