Thursday, 26 December 2013

 

Brief Description of the Organization

 Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com.  
Data Center Physical Provisioning - Manager -13071659

Description

 DCPP is responsible for 24x7 management and tracking of all activity within the current and future-processing environments of all strategic data centers. This functional group monitors all Business as Usual (BAU) activity and projects including hardware installs and upgrades. It also assures the proper and timely coordination of escalated processing problems. Responsibility for the management and control of all data center floor space relating to the actual acceptance, placement, and installation of hardware on the processing floor. This group also acts as the managing interface coordinating all Corporate Reality Service (CRS) activities within the facility. Acts as an interface for the facility with Corporate Security as well as assisting in making management decisions related to processing floor access on an exception basis. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The DCPP Manager’s roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Manages the team that maintains current updates to the Aperture and inventory databases. • Update documentation such as procedures, CITMP and audit documents. • Update the weekly report and distribute to Administration. • Create the weekly rack and stack change control list. • Create the weekly midrange power installation change control. • Authorize changes throughout the day using Virtual Change for records assigned to DCPP. • Distribute the weekend changes for the site from Virtual Change. • Resolve trouble tickets assigned to DCPP. • Perform hardware elevations using Aperture for various new hardware installations. • Oversee building activities such as electrical installs, UPS functions, new equipment installation and/or the de-installation of old equipment. • Monitor and respond to all facility type emergencies (i.e. transferring to UPS power, loss of water to the building etc.) • Update the monthly corporate fixed asset list. • Organize and insure that the SAN fiber connections are complete, documented correctly and installed on time. • Coordinate hardware installs with the DCSD. • Maintain the cabinet survey and plan for future installations of cabinets. • Support the annual contingency test for the site. • Manage the warehouse personnel as well as the activities of other technical staff members. • Coordinate strategic transformation/optimization activities in his/her respective site. • All other activities as needed.

Qualifications

 Some schooling in business administration and/or at least 5 years of prior data center operations experience in the implementation, maintenance, and analysis of data center facilities, hardware, and communications infrastructure, strategies, tools and effective troubleshooting techniques. A hands-on individual with multiple hardware platform knowledge (Sun, HP, Compaq, EMC, IBM) is required. Strong background on enterprise data center facilities and infrastructure environments such as PDUs, RPPs, network and SAN infrastructures. Strong background on complex, corporate-wide, inter-networked environments. Excellent organizational skills and a people oriented management style preferred. Excellent organizational skills and a people oriented management style preferred. A hands-on individual with multiple hardware platform knowledge (Sun, HP, Compaq, EMC, IBM) is required. Good interpersonal skills and ability to multi task to manage several priorities in a rapidly changing environment. Excellent Communication and Writing skills. Knowledge of the Resolve IT, Virtual Request, and Virtual Change Ticketing Systems, Project management processes and associated tools. Logical problem solving techniques and associated experience in system, data center facilities, and telecommunications. Proven leadership and detailed enterprise project management skills are a must. Experience in the Financial Services industry is a plus.   

Primary Location

: NAM-USA-TX-Roanoke

Schedule

: Full-time

Education Level

: Other

Shift

: Day Job

Employee Status

: Regular

Travel

: Yes, 10 % of the Time

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