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Meraki Site Reliability Engineering is going through a transformation towards software-defined everything. The focus is to manage our datacenter infrastructure as a code and have programmability through well-defined APIs. To support this transformation, we are looking for an expert and hardworking individual who will be part of our Global Datacenter Operations team running Meraki datacenters around the world. You will be responsible to run and operate network equipment and automate underlying processes using infrastructure as code principles.
Responsibilities
- Manage a Global Data Center Operations Team responsible for the installation, operation, and maintenance of network, server, and storage hardware in data center locations across North America, Europe & Asia Pacific.
- Own and improve the tools and process that makes your team efficient at managing the lifecycle of our hardware.
- Partner with infrastructure, platform and product teams to plan and execute against a wide variety of business and product needs.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of effective and efficient processes.
- Work closely with our amazing recruiters to grow the team.
- Develop the technical and leadership skills qualities of individual contributors. Assess employee performance frequently, address under-performance, and recognize and promote accordingly.
- Set a high standard for documentation and knowledge sharing on the team.
- Track issues and analyze data looking for trends and systemic issues, reporting on and managing key metrics.
- Approximately 20% travel required.
You are an ideal candidate if you
- Have 5+ years of experience in managing technology operations, including data center operations.
- Have 3+ years of experience in building scalable infrastructure.
- Have experience in personnel management, staffing and scheduling for a 24/7 environment.
- Have strong working knowledge of data center power and cooling infrastructure, structured cabling, and enterprise network, server, and storage hardware.
- Have experience with project management and vendor management.
Bonus points for
- Linux and hardware systems support experience, ideally in an Internet operations environment.
- Familiarity with Ruby, SQL and/or shell scripting knowledge.
- Understanding of out-of-band/lights-out server communication methods, such as IPMI and serial console.
- Experience working in a fast paced, hands-on, startup-like environment.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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