Data Centre Engineer (L2) - NTT America Solutions, Inc. - Cape Town City Centre

Want to be a part of our team? NTT is a leading global IT solutions and services organisation that brings together people, data and things to create a better and more sustainable future. In today's 'iNTTerconnected' world, connections matter more now than ever. By bringing together talented people, world-class technology partners and emerging innovators, we help our clients solve some of the world's most significant technological, business and societal challenges. With people at the heart of our success, NTT is committed to attracting and growing the best talent and providing an environment where everyone feels they can belong and their contribution matters. The Data Centre Engineer (L2) is responsible for providing a managed service to clients to ensure that their IT infrastructure and systems remain operational. Through the proactive monitoring, identifying, investigating, and resolving of technical incidents and problems, the Data Centre Engineer (L2) is able to restore service to clients. Their primary objective is to proactively review client requests or tickets and apply technical/process knowledge to resolve them without breaching service level agreement (SLA). This role focuses on second-line support for incidents and requests with a medium level of complexity. This role focusses across two or more technology domains - Networking, HP servers, Riverbed appliances and VMware compute virtualization. This role may also contribute to / support on project work as and when required. Working at NTT Key Roles and Responsibilities: - Proactively monitors the work queues - Performs operational tasks to resolve all incidents/requests in a timely manner and within the agreed SLA - Updates tickets with resolution tasks performed - Identifies, investigates, analyses issues and errors prior to or when they occur, and logs all such incidents in a timely manner - Captures all required and relevant information for immediate resolution - Provides second level support to all incidents, requests and identifies the root cause of incidents and problems - Communicates with other teams and clients for extending support - Executes changes with clear identification of risks and mitigation plans to be captured into the change record - Follows the handover process highlighting any key tickets to be focussed on along with a handover of upcoming critical tasks to be carried out - Escalates all tickets to seek the right focus from CoE and other teams, if needed continue the escalations to management - Ability to work across various other resolver groups (internal and external) like Service Provider, TAC, etc - Identifies problems and errors before they impact a client's service - Manages all initial client escalation or operational issues - Contributes to the change management process by logging all change requests with complete details for standard and non-standard including patching and any other changes to Configuration Items - Ensures all changes are carried out with proper change approvals - Plans and executes approved maintenance activities - Audits and analyses incident and request tickets for quality and recommends improvements with updates to knowledge articles - Produces monthly and ad-hoc reports for datacentre environment - May also contribute to / support on project work as and when required - May work on implementing and delivering Disaster Recovery functions and tests Knowledge, Skills and Attributes: - Ability to communicate and work across different cultures and social groups - Ability to plan activities and projects well in advance, and takes into account possible changing circumstances - Ability to maintain a positive outlook at work - Ability to work well in a pressurized environment - Ability to work hard and put in longer hours when it is necessary - Ability to apply active listening techniques such as paraphrasing the message to confirm understanding, probing for further relevant information, and refraining from interrupting - Ability to adapt to changing circumstances - Ability to place clients at the forefront of all interactions, understanding their requirements, and creating a positive client experience throughout the total client journey - Ability to work Standby as and when required Academic Qualifications and Certifications: - Certifications relevant to the services provided (certifications carry additional weightage on a candidate's qualification for the role) - Relevant certifications include: - VMware Certified Professional: Data Centre Virtualization - A certifications - HP Proliant support certification (advantageous) - ITIL certification - Powershell and Javascript (advantageous) - Automation and orchestration (advantageous) Required Experience: - Moderate-level 2 years of relevant managed services experience handling cross-technology infrastructure - Moderate level knowledge in ticketing tools preferably Service Now - Moderate level working knowledge of ITIL processes - Moderate level experience working with vendors and/or 3rd parties Dimensiondatacareers Skills Summary API Integration, Cisco Routers and Switches, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Networking, Cloud Security, Cloud Services Management, Computing, Database Tuning, Data Networking, Firewalls, Infrastructure Deployment, IP Routing, Linux, Local Area Network (LAN), Networking Solutions, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Performance Optimizations, Routing Protocols, SAP Expertise, TCP/IP Networking, Troubleshooting, Wireless Networks What will make you a good fit for the role? Workplace type : On-site Working Equal Opportunity Employer NTT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, veteran status, or other protected category Is innovation part of your DNA? Do you want to enable a connected future for people, organizations, and society? Join our growing global NTT family and you'll be part of the world's largest ICT company (by revenue). We've combined the capabilities of 28 remarkable companies to become one, leading technology services provider. Together, we help our people, clients, and communities do great things with technology to create a more secure and connected future. We employ 40,000 people across 57 countries. By bringing together the world's best technology companies and emerging innovators, we work together to deliver sustainable outcomes to businesses and the world. Innovation is part of our DNA. We believe it's key to what makes us different. So, we strive to move forward, challenge the status quo, and drive excellence through the technologies we integrate and the services we deliver around the world. The result is connected cities, connected factories, connected healthcare, connected agriculture, connected conservation, connected mobility, and connected sport. Together we enable the connected future. You'll be joining a global employer that is committed to attracting, growing and keeping the best talent. A place where you will be at the heart of our success Apply Now

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