About the role
Requisition ID
req37730
Working Title
Student Entry Level
Pay
15.00 Hourly
Campus
Main - Albuquerque, NM
Department
IT Computing Platforms (322A)
Employment Type
Student Employment
Student Type
Status
Non-Exempt
Background Check Required
For Best Consideration Date
Position Summary
Student Data Center Specialists are responsible for data center support including cable management, server support, inventory support, and general organization and cleanliness of the IT data centers. Specialists also provide support by maintaining diagrams, documents, and spreadsheets for the data center and other virtualization and storage services.
Duties and responsibilities includes:
Cable management operations:
Running new cables and removing old cables.
Labeling cables and documenting cable connectivity.
Testing cables for reuse/disposal.
Server support operations
Mounting/removing servers in racks.
Connecting/disconnecting power and network cables.
Configuring remote management connections.
Documenting additions, changes, and removals of servers in the VIS documentation repository/wiki and CMDB system (Cherwell).
Inventory support:
Surplus Preparation (Storage removal and disk wiping).
Document inventory status changes in VIS documentation repository and UNM inventory system (AppTree).
Audit data center systems bi-annually and investigating differences between visual inventory, UNM inventory system, and VIS Documentation.
VIS documentation repository operations
Develop new and modify existing documents in repository using MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
Create and modify diagrams using Visio/LucidChart.
Migrate and organize document repository.
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Strong writing and organizational communications skills.
Experience with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Working Environment:
Work split between office environment and data center environment.
Appropriate office attire required with recommend light jacket/sweater for long periods working in data center.
Limited physical effort required (lifting up to 50 lbs)
Periods of work on 8-foot ladder to work in cable runs.
May require accessing and look under underneath raised floors.
Preferred Qualifications:
Available 14 – 28 hours per week, ideally between 8am and 6pm Monday through Friday.
Note: During Summer Sessions, Student works can work up to 40 Hours per week
Strong analytical skills to help staff resolve technical problems with server deployment in data center.
Strong attention to detail skills to ensure correct connectivity and labeling of cables to potential Production services.
Application Instructions
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