Data Center Technician

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Job Details

Alliance Healthcare is a leading international provider of pharmaceutical wholesaling, logistics, support with clinical trials, and other innovative healthcare services and solutions to independent pharmacists and pharmaceutical manufacturers across Europe and beyond.

About the Role:

As a Data Center Technician, you will work within the IT Infrastructure domain and contribute to planning, creating and implementing an IT vision and strategy aligned with the company’s business plan. You will be responsible for the execution and tracking of all activities within the current and future processing environment as well as project and migration planning, critical systems engineering, and facilities management. You will manage the relationships with facilities management and third-party support vendors while managing operating costs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work in Data Center to bring servers and switches online
• Maintain hardware onsite including, servers, storage, switches and routers
• Understanding on technical principles behind large UPS and HVAC units, and generators
• Perform special customer requests in accordance with their respective SLA's
• Demonstrate troubleshooting skills through resolution
• Reads and analyzes technical references and sources to obtain knowledge of assigned Engineering Operations topics
• Operational and technical problems with standard solutions
• Maintain inventory of all hardware change management documentation
• Rack preparation
• Server preparation
• Server installs
• Help with data center capacity and growth planning rack and server layout
• Provide on-site support in the Data Center during incidents, RMA, project and maintenance activities
• Provide tier II support for data and network systems infrastructure

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 3 or more years working within operations and/or a data center
• Ability to pass required government security clearance
• Ability to accurately maintain documentation, spreadsheets, technical schematics and diagrams
• Experience in computer cabling, both fiber and copper
• Experience in repair/replacement of computer components and hardware
• Must exhibit good written and verbal communication skills in English
• A strong and enthusiastic individual is necessary for this role
• A logical thinker, who can provide a high level of operational excellence and efficiency to any organization
• Flexible, enthusiastic and pragmatic
• Reliable and approachable
• Intelligent and analytical but customer focused

• Basic knowledge with Windows, LINUX or UNIX Operating system
• Ability to work in a physically demanding setting
• Ability to perform repetitive technical work
• Willingness to travel upon demand

What Cencora offers

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

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