NBS IFA Technician

Contract Duration: 2 Months

• Associate or Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution or over three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• 4-5 years of combined experience in a Site Support Technician and/or Infrastructure Technician role (or similar experience)
• Data center experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in racking, stacking, connecting, and providing basic configuration support of networking and/or server hardware.
• Minimum 4+ years' experience in racking, stacking, connecting, and providing basic configuration support of networking or server devices.
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience with servers and/or networking data center hardware
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience with Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2019/2022 OS installation and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of computer diagnostics and installation, to include hardware/software troubleshooting and networking
• Demonstrated experience installing server systems and related components, such as networking and storage equipment.
• Familiarity with the operation and configuration of networking protocols, network card installation, switches, routers, and similar components.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and offer effective solutions under tight deadlines
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Capable of lifting 1U and 2U rack-mounted servers up to 35 pounds and familiar with the use of pallet jacks, lifts, and general data center safety procedures.
• Rack new servers and un-rack/remove old servers.
• Cable install & De-install / good wire management experience.
• May be required to walk/sit/stand/crawl/kneel for extended periods.
• Ability to climb ladders and work from heights.
• Effective communication skills with ability to follow written instructions for hardware and software configurations.
• Ability to work in hot enclosed environments for short time spans required (i.e. data center hot isles)
• Cleanroom experience (a recommended plus)

• Proven ability to install cable pathways, conveyances (i.e., ladder, trays, support systems)
• Knowledge of terminology pertaining to installation & service of cabling infrastructure for telecom, data, security, and wireless systems.
• Mechanical aptitude with the ability to read cable matrix blueprints, mechanical, and or electrical requirement documents.
• Complete physical cable installations and removal of cable components, TOR (top of rack) switches, pathway systems (cable tray), move equipment, network gear and related communications infrastructure hardware and materials.

• Structured Network Cabling
• Copper:
  Cat5, Cat5e, Cat6, Connector Types RJ45
• Fiber:
  Multimode, Single Mode, Connector Types - ST, SC, LC
• WIFI H/W
• Wireless LAN Controllers
• Wireless Access Points
• Networking
• IP Addressing, Layer 2 VLAN etc.
• Experienced in Ethernet Switching H/W
• Chassis, Supervisor, Line Cards, Power Supplies etc.
• Transceiver Types - SX, LX, SR, LR etc.
• Cable Troubleshooting Knowledge / Experience (use of similar tools such as)
• Fluke Testers:
  Copper - Wire Map, Link Test etc., Fiber - OTDR Testing
• Fluke A

• Intermediate experience with Windows 2016/2022 installation and configuration including:
  • features need to know
  • roles/features
  • disk management
  • user administration
  • OS troubleshooting to identify build issues
  • adding SAN drives/MPIO.
  • network management
• Intermediate experience with server hardware DL360/380 Gen8, Gen9, Gen
  10 and BL460 Gen8, Gen9, Gen
  10
  • experience troubleshooting memory, disk, array controller battery, HBA, FlexLOM issues
  • Raid configuration/ logical drives
  • iLO configuration
• Servers and C7000 enclosures
  • Onboard Administrator
• Vsphere 6.5/7.0 vcenter experience.
• Microsoft failover cluster knowledge and installation experience.
• Microsoft NLB cluster knowledge and installation experience.

• Participating in Hardware Rack & Stack installation of both Network and Server equipment, cable management, and installation of required Fiber and Copper Patch leads, providing console access to the Remote Team for configuration if required, and testing connectivity after installation and configuration.
• Will be part of onsite team maintaining the network environment in support of physical touch (Smart Hands), support of incidents and or Requests.
• He/she will be providing Incident & Service Request support by working with remote Level 2/3 teams to assist in resolving outages or providing new services for customers.
• Maintain a safe work environment with strict inventory control processes.

• Perform installation and service of low voltage category cabling, fiber optic cabling, communications cabling, communication equipment and other various low voltage related systems such as Category 5, Enhanced Category 5, Category 6 and 7, and Fiber Optic cabling.
• Assist with material control to ensure all required materials are…