What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Administrator position at Cogent Infotech Corp?
Job Details
Job Title: System Administrator
Location: Edison, NJ
Contract Role: 6 Months
Onsite Role
Role Description: L1.5 Infrastructure Operations for Data Center? Excellent verbal / written communication skills? Willingness to learn? Ability to work 24x7 shirt schedule including working weekends, holidays, and shift-based schedules; On-call support if required.
Experience (Years): 6-8 Competencies: Dell Backup, Data Center Discovery and Migration
Essential Skills:
- Experience in working on data center server and networking hardware, with an understanding of the infrastructure at a high level?
- Experience and understanding of hardware architecture, maintenance and repair?
- Experience with hardware platforms like HP, Dell, EMC, NetApp, CISCO etc; including installation, systems administration and troubleshooting with knowledge of networking, including topology and protocol understanding. Experience in monitoring HVAC, DG sets etc?
- Effective people management and communication skills.
- Ability to speak and write in English fluently and idiomatically.
- Ability to join P1 and P2 calls; and communicate effectively for Data Center operations status quo with Technical L3 team? Ability to support for any changes in Data Center operations including power up, shut down, cabling, racking, starting DG set during power failure etc.? Ability to travel across adjacent buildings and locations up to 50% of the time?
- Responsible for monitoring the state-of-the-art physical infrastructure in Data Center? Install, configure, test, troubleshoot and maintain hardware (like servers and its components) and server software (like OS etc)?
- Supporting installation of components such as networks, routers, hubs, bridges, switches and networking protocols?
- Participate in or lead small project teams on larger installations and develop project contingency plans?
- Ability to lift/move equipment as required? Experience in TRELLIS- Data center inventory management tool preferred? Understanding of Operational Acceptance, Disaster Recovery, and High Availability (HA) in a Production environment?
- Understanding of Change Management, Incident Management and Release and Configuration management processes? Infrastructure services delivery using offshore/onshore capabilities; an understanding of the complexities of working with teams.
Why Choose Cogent? Cogent InfoTech stands at the forefront of technology consulting and is recognized globally for its award-winning services. With our headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, we specialize in guiding enterprises through digital transformation, leveraging the power of emerging technologies such as Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, and AI. Our mission is to provide innovative workforce solutions that address the complex challenges faced by today s businesses.
As an ISO-certified firm and appraised at CMMI level 3, our reputation for excellence is well-established. We are proud to collaborate with over 70 Fortune 500 companies and more than 150 Federal C State agencies, delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that drive success.
Cogent is an equal opportunity employer. Cogent will not discriminate against applicants or employees based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical condition), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender
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