Data Centre Administrator at BGC Partners in Weehawken, New Jersey

Job Description:

The Role of the DCM (Data Centre Management) Engineer is to provide IT Design & Support for all businesses internally for Data Centres & Offices globally. This involves reacting to MACS (Moves, Adds,& Changes) New Infrastructure Builds, Voice, WINTEL, UNIX, SAN & Market Data Equipment to be installed within the SER or CER Rooms, In addition the DCM engineer is required to monitor Rack NET & Castle Rock from 07.00am - 19.00pm. Most importantly maintain & updating of ITRACS Data Centre Management Software, this system tracks all Data Centre assets, furthermore is our global designing platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cabling support for all new patching and connectivity requests


• Understand 10Gb,25Gb,100Gb Network backbone


• Installation of new hardware in cabinets within the Data Centre


• Allocation of correct cabinet space within the Data Centre based on Network PODS


• Calculate power loadings to ensure the correct rack space has been allocated


• Configure consoles on terminal servers and test application


• Understanding HFT (High Frequency Trading) over optical fibre


• Understanding of Network / Optical fibre TAPS


• Cabling infrastructure faults / actioned via our vFire ticket requests


• Cabling support for all Office moves, add change


• Installation of customer x-connects


• Providing Technical Support for Trading / Non-Trading environment


• Planning and implementation of Data Centre server moves


• Understanding of Data Centre Standards for cooling practices.


• Installation of cabling from the Telco cabinets to the relevant hardware cabinets


• High level due diligence on potential new office / BCM sites


• Attendance of Project team meetings / preparation of detailed minutes


• Attendance of management meetings , providing technical support and documentation


• Overseeing of all new cabling infrastructure installations within the Data Centre and new offices


• Organisation for the delivery of materials to site / documentation


• Arranging security clearance / access for site visits, for visitors and third party vendors


• Liaising with Data Centre / Cabling infrastructure third party Vendors


• Monitoring of SNMP Management Console of all Data Centres Globally


• Administration of the iTRACS Data Base, which enables us to accurately monitor all hardware and connectivity within the Data Centres and offices


• Build room management / storage allocation


• Data Centre Management - & SOX controls
  
  


• Controls must exist and be documented for the following key areas;


• 1, Physical security principals & policy


• 2, Access Management controls,


• a. Requesting and granting access


• b. Revoking access


• c. Reviewing access


• 1 st line response for incidents pertaining to all Data Centre alerts, i.e. chiller / local power issues. We would monitor and advise Infrastructure teams as to the extent of the problem, DC Mgmt. engineers should all be contactable 24x7

Skills & Experience Required:

• Terminating of both copper & fibre patch panels


• Planning & Organisation Skills


• Understanding of basic Microsoft Suite applications


• Problem Solving Skilla


• Communication Skills (Face to face, email & telephone)


• Good Time Management & Prioritising Skills

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