Data Center Customer Operations Technician

Customer Operations Technician

As a Customer Operations Technician, you'll embark on a development journey where your technical skills will flourish, and your dedication to exceptional customer service will make you an invaluable member of our team. Join us in providing outstanding support to our customers, and together, let's create a world where technology meets exceptional service.

Customer

• Ensure customer satisfaction by promptly meeting order requirements
• Deliver exceptional customer experiences during interactions
• Support new deployments and existing alterations according to operating procedures
• Provide on-site support through access control and escorting services
• Develop into a trusted point of escalation for customers

Projects

• Lead and support projects following standard operating procedures
• Assist vendors on projects & support on physical customer audits

Queue Management / Reporting

• Reviews and responds to work order requests in the queue, following commitment times
• Escalates and expedites orders according to standard procedures, with supervision for non-standard procedures
• Maintains detailed written records of work activity
• Updates local asset databases and other systems

Installations

• Rack and stack customer equipment tickets that are semi-routine. Follow standard operating procedures for semi-routine customer installations, including fiber trays, ladder racks, customer equipment and cabinets. Perform semi-basic cage installations for mesh and overhead cable trays. Carry out tape changes and standard operating backup changes to support intra-cage infrastructure installations.

Cross-Connect

• Supports semi-routine data center standard operating cross-connect work order requests (installs, terminations, modifications, and testing)
• Ensures the standard operating procedures are followed on cable management of: coax, fiber, twisted pair copper, and semi-routine intra-building cross connects
• Learns to install 'across' connect circuits (switched, multiplexed, etc.), under supervision

Testing / Troubleshooting

• Supports semi-routine standard operating testing and standard operating installations of customer assets
• Supports standard operating procedures of layer 1 cross-connect certification testing
• May learn non-standard operating testing, such as: layer 2 and layer 3 testing, under supervision

Qualifications

Essential

• Experience in Customer Service, Operations, telecomms or Data centres
• Experience of Cat6a / Fibre Cabling techniques (Installation, Termination & Testing)
• You will need to be willing to work a shift rota that includes day and night shifts
• Motivation to work autonomously

Desirable

• Good computer knowledge and familiarity (Windows 7/10)
• Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/ IP
• Awareness of basic hardware configuration

Why should you apply?

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase more (pro rata for shift positions)
• Insurance and Health: Life Assurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness Insurance, Private Healthcare, Eye Care Coverage, and Gymflex Membership
• Investment: Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Company Pension Plan
• Travel: Cycle to Work Scheme and Annual Season Ticket Loan
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities