Datacom Looking for Data Centre Technician 24/7 shift worker. at Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Full Time

Our purpose

Here at Datacom Data Centres’ we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.

We are looking for people with practical skills that want to be part of an exciting business with new challenges and new people.

We provide comprehensive training to develop your technical and professional skills, and a career pathway to explore the skills needed for other roles.

E whakarato ana mātou ki te whakangungu i o pūkenga hangarau, pūkenga ngaio, me te whakarite huarahi kia torohia ngā pūkenga e hiahia ana mō tūranga kē atu.

Our policy is to promote from within, enabling opportunities for advancing your career.

Ko tā mātou kaupapa here he tautīnei mai i roto, kia whakawhānui i ngā āheinga kia kōkiri ai tō umanga.

About the Role
The role is based at our Abel Data Centre in Wellington and involves a rotating shift pattern with night and day shift work.

The 24×7 Data Centre Technician performs a large number of remote hands and first level support tasks including installation of customer equipment, cables and cabling infrastructure.

We will train you to undertake scheduled and ad hoc tasks set out by the 24×7 Operations Manager and work alongside a team of site leads and operators to provide the highest standards in operational deliverables.

About you

• Flexibility to work a rotating shift pattern (day and night shift).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidence to work alone and in a small team.
• Able to trouble shoot customer and technical issues
• Able to remain calm under pressure
• Comfortable to work at heights (up to 4m)
• Able to complete repeatable processes in a timely and accurate manner
• Working knowledge of Microsoft application suite
• Previous IT experience is preferred but not required for this role.

Role Responsibilities

• Complete and contribute to the Data Centre training programme
• Support the Data Centre Team with Batch Services: Operating batch processes, monitoring alerts and escalating issues.
• Provide first level support and hands and eyes services to our Data Centre customers
• Ensure health and safety requirements are adhered to.
• Provide consistent and excellent management of data centre assets.
• Delivery of customer facing activities and fostering customer relationships
• Installation and/or management of Data Centre infrastructure including power systems, IT and telecommunications equipment, cabling and server racks.
• Ensure adherence to (and documentation of) existing and new standards relating to customer change
• Completion of all operational tasks assigned to you in a timely manner and communication of status.
• Data Centre incident management
• Ensuring all Datacom security objectives are strictly adhered to.
• Being part of a culture of continuous improvement, seeking out efficiencies, service improvements, and new ways of working

Please note to meet our security requirements applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

Why you want to join us

Datacom is one of the largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services in New Zealand and Australia. As an ANZ company, we have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It’s our people that give us our unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

At Datacom, you’ll be recognized and valued for your contributions. We’re growing year on year and can provide career opportunity in a collegial and agile environment that empowers people and promotes innovation. We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as health insurance, employee discounts, social events, remote working, flexi-hours, and professional development courses to name a few. We operate at the leading edge of technology to help our largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their biggest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.