Lead Infrastructure LinuxUnix Specialist

Title: Lead Infrastructure Specialist (Data Center, Unix/Linux, and Automation)

Location: Orange, CT; Binghamton, NY; Rochester, NY; Augusta ME

SALARY RANGE: The salary range for this position is dependent on experience level and location, ranging from $101,000 to $139,000.

Worktype: Office

Qualifications: (minimum for assignment to this job)

Education: BS/BA Degree in Business, Computer Science or other technical discipline. Will consider additional years of relevant experience (10+ years) and/or related technical certifications in lieu of degree requirement (in accordance with the FLSA Computer Professionals Exemption)

Education and Experience Requirements: Meet at least one of the following:

• AS Technical Related Degree with 8 years of technical experience
• BS Technical Related Degree with 6 years of technical experience
• MS Technical Related Degree with 4 years of technical experience

Required Experience:

• Experience with Data Center management.
• Experience with Technical Project Coordination.
• Working knowledge of the regulatory environment for utility companies including NERC CIP. (preferred)

Other Experience:

Position requires a minimum of four (4) years of experience working with infrastructure solutions in an enterprise environment.

Position requires professional experience with more than one of the following areas:

Data Center Operations, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning & Execution, Technical Project Coordination, Data Center Information Management (DCIM) Tools, Data Center environmental monitoring, Data Center Consolidation Planning and Execution

Fundamental understanding of Networking, Active Directory, VMware.

Purpose:

Definition, maintenance, and support of Operational Smart Grids (OSG) infrastructure operational policies, standards, best practices, procedures, tools and projects in support of efficient, resilient, and secure operations of OSG supported applications and facilities.

Works with technical teams and external vendors to provide operational support for a diverse set of operational enterprise services. Monitor operational performance to identify opportunities for improvement. Align the operational requirements with relevant global/corporate operational requirement(s), security framework(s) and/or associated regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide timely responses to all incidents, tasks and requests assigned to meet Service Level Agreements.
• Work with internal clients, suppliers/contractors, project teams and other technical staff to identify, design and support technical solutions.
• Coordination, provisioning, and installation of equipment at all data center locations
• Provide input into design of environments for improvements or project needs
• Provide maintenance of infrastructure technologies following the change management process.
• Lead the technical implementation plans in support of infrastructure technologies.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and testing of hardware and software products.
• Maintain regulatory compliance under NERC-CIP guidelines.
• Oversee equipment maintenance, lifecycle replacement, and inventory
• Oversee initial racking, cabling, and configuration of physical devices within the data center.
• Responsible for day-to-day data center operations.
• Data Center Information Management (DCIM) and automation tools.
• Perform/coordinate special assignments from OSG Infrastructure Management.
• Provide 24x7 on call support.
• Provide professional and technical mentoring for team members.
• Travel as required within the US and to Europe

Key Technical Working Skills:

• In-depth knowledge of data center best practices and tiers.
• In-depth knowledge of professional standards and trends within areas of expertise.
• Ability to estimate power and HVAC load for projects and future planning.
• Researching and developing policies, standards, and procedures.

Note: The above Key Responsibilities/Duties are not intended to be all inclusive. Employees in this position may be required to perform other related aspects of the job not listed above or listed under Purpose/Major Objectives as assigned by the supervisor.

• Must possess ability to deal collaboratively, diplomatically, and successfully with customers, co‐workers and other professional colleagues, managers, and staff.
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment, as well as work independen