Server Operations Engineer

About Centific

At Centific, people are at the center of our culture.We constantly seek out opportunities for people to enhance their skills,

and emphasize work-life balance for all our employees.We believe that competition can bring out the very best in people

– from our annual creative film and speech contests to our weekly office game tournaments,we mix work and play to engage our people and help our clients succeed.

About Job

Service Description

• Install the operating systems for new mounted servers
• Responsible for reinstalling the server operation systems, solving the abnormalities.
• Responsible for the daily server maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and follow-up break-fix of the server and other hardware.
• Maintain data on internal systems including asset management, ticketing, rack related data
• Work with remote vendors/manufacturers or other teams to solve server batch failures and problems
• Oncall on duty, responsible for dealing with the problems raised by the business owner side
• Collect and check online assets status or issues
• Erase drives or other configurations for retiring or relocating servers.
• Retrofit some tools by updating or writing scripts
• Submit and track the part RMA or media destruction process if needed
• Server network troubleshooting
• Server lifecycle management including managing the performance of OxMs
• Other server operation related work

Service Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer science, Electrical engineering or any other relevant fields
• Strong ability to work under pressure; Strong learning ability, broad technical interest; Strong sense of responsibility, full of enthusiasm for work
• Good communication skills in English, Mandarin is preferred, good team work spirit; Ability to work independently
• Knowledge of the interdependencies of Data Center functions and technologies, including Facilities
• Familiarity with basic Data Analytic Skills
• Experience with massive remote OS installation such as PXE boot
• Can understand and run Bash Shell or Python scripts
• Familiar with simple automation tools, such as Ansible
• Familiar with Linux systems, able to locate server hardware/baremetal faults; Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Basic TCP/IP knowledge concepts - Subnetting, VLANs, DNS, IPv6; Ability to perform general troubleshooting
• Knowledge of out-of-band/lights-out server communication methods, such as IPMI and NCSI
• Strong documentation skills and habits

Centific is an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create an inclusive workplace and leverage the power of diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate or allow harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status or any other legally protected status. Workplace discrimination related to being pregnant and pregnancy-related harassment, including discrimination in the hiring process, is strictly prohibited in Centific Global Solutions.