Data Center Technician

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Maxar Intelligence is a provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness. 

Maxar is currently hiring a Data Center Technician to join our team in Westminster, CO or Longmont, CO. In this role, you will work with a small team that supports our physical data centers on a layer 1 and hardware level for numerous operating domains; primarily in the USA. Our services are foundational to mission success and help us realize the opportunities we seek to harness our capabilities for a better world.

 

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Work with project design teams and facilities on cabling infrastructure in offices in local and remote locations

• Travel to and from our east coast, west coast and mountain facilities in support or cabling projects

• Cable design inside data center and critical IT spaces both remote and local

• Run and maintain the data center to include structured cabling as well as power and cooling in racks

• Track and label all connections and assets in all IT spaces as well as data centers

• Monitor ticket queues and coordinate maintenance with internal team members and drive to resolution

• Work with remote hands in out-of-state locations to coordinate troubleshooting and resolution of incidents

• Install servers, storage and network gear into server racks

• Participate in an on-call rotation to support 24x7 operations

Minimum requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen and have a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance
• Bachelor's degree, four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
• Minimum of 2 years of related work experience
• Experience with server deployment and troubleshooting
• Ability to travel 20% between our east coast, west coast and mountain facilities
• Ability to be on call on a rotational basis

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with structured cable design and implementation
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• Previous experience with medium-to-large-scale infrastructure installations
• Previous experience working on a distributed team
• Experience with SharePoint
• Experience with Visio 
• Experience with Excel 
• Good time management and communication skills
• Self-driven and self-organizing

Life with Us:

There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to work, Top employer, candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution

to our collective mission. So, we recognize that with best-in-class benefits like:

• 401K matching and immediate vesting schedule

• Career growth opportunities

• Family friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options

• Programs to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development

• Student loan repayment

• Generous time off

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision at affordable monthly rates

$53,000.00 - $114,000.00 annually.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

This position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.