IMAC Analyst - Data Center

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST.  Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

If you are an ambitious, energetic person who enjoys a fast-paced team environment filled with challenges and opportunities, you've come to the right place. Costco is seeking a dedicated and experienced Data Center Analyst to join our Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) team. The selected candidate will be responsible for working with Engineers and Solutions Architects throughout the IT organization to design, plan, and install equipment within Costco’s data centers located in Wenatchee, Quincy, and Issaquah Washington. The successful candidate will be knowledgeable in networking, storage, and server deployments and have experience provisioning and racking of hardware. 

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

●      Gathers information for the other groups within CDS regarding their physical environment and potential work intended within the Data Center.

●      Executes tasks and changes through other groups in CDS, on behalf of the business.

●      Provides technical, scheduling, and manpower requirements to Release Management for proper Change Management.

●      Performs twice daily Data Center floor walks to identify areas of concern (i.e. equipment, safety, power and cooling).

●      Evaluates outages and determine the appropriate corrective action for resolution.

●      Manages the full Return Machine Authorization (RMA) cycle within the Data Center (i.e. receive, catalog, properly store, and implement the equipment).

●      Manages project schedule for installation and configuration of equipment.

●      Manages the priority of the portfolio of work to ensure the highest priority work is completed first.

●      Evaluates technical specifications of proposed equipment to determine power and cooling needs in order to determine optimum placement of equipment in racks within PODS.

●      Manages task assignments within ServiceNow.

●      Reconciles placement of physical equipment within the Sunbird Asset Management system a