Data Center Engineer

Location: Naperville, IL Employment Type: Full Time, Employee Expected Duration: 1+ to 2 Years Reference Code: 100995928 This position facilitates monitors and troubleshoots multiple technology platforms including mainframes and/or servers. Responsible for stable operations and utilization of information technology resources to achieve service level requirement using documented procedures. Working rotating shifts (2nd and 3rd shifts) and callout as needed are a requirement of this job. Acts as a single point of contact for after hours IS technical support issues and operations activities.Primary Responsibilities:  Proactively monitor and analyze system performance to ensure high availability and throughput; utilize tools and develop scripts and queries to provide system performance statistics.  Perform tier 2 and 3 technical support consisting of detection, diagnosis and correction of production issues to ensure that all batch process and jobs complete successfully according to schedules for production, development and testing  Provides technical expertise in complex support problems and recommends programming and development standards/procedures  Recommend and implement new tools and/or system changes to reduce required manual intervention in monitoring and managing system performance.  Perform advanced Data Repairs, SQLs and Unix scripted as required  Proactively and expeditiously identify, diagnose and resolve system problems in order to meet predefined nightly goals and objectives.  Document, communicate and escalate technical issues and articulate business impactRequired Degree(s), Skills and Experience:  1-3 years of Information Technology experience  Exposure to computer operations, mainframe and open system platforms  Willingness to work in a team environment and learn new skills and tools as required  Excellent communication skills/interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with a variety of teams and levels of management.  Must be available for after hour on-call activitiesPreferred Degree(s), Skills and Experience:  4 year college degree preferably in Information Technology  Solid understanding of a broad range of computer/network operations concepts and procedures.  Solid database SQL and Unix scripting skills  Exposure to overall computer operations with an emphasis on Unix systems, job scheduling tools, along with various windows related packages and monitoring tools.  Experience with networking, systems support or application development. Contact: PLEASE E-MAIL RESUMES TO: Apply by Email