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Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers - from banks to theme parks ­- can focus on achieving the incredible with data.\nIf you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate - and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team - and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.\nJob description\nPosition Overview\nHitachi Vantara is expanding its Engineering Data Center Lab infrastructure in Norman, Oklahoma as part of a multi-year consolidation of its U.S. engineering lab footprint.\nWe are seeking a highly experienced Data Center Infrastructure Engineer to serve as the senior onsite technical lead for Engineering Technical Operations in Norman.\nThis is a hands-on execution role. The successful candidate will perform infrastructure work directly while coordinating onsite activities, mentoring other personnel, supporting migrations and deployments, and serving as the primary onsite escalation point for complex technical issues.\nKey Responsibilities\nServe as the senior onsite technical lead for Engineering Technical Operations activities in Norman.\nPerform hands-on installation, rack-and-stack, cabling, relocation, troubleshooting, repair, and decommissioning of enterprise infrastructure.\nLead onsite execution of data center migrations, deployments, lab expansions, hardware relocations, and consolidation activities.\nCoordinate work across onsite engineers, vendors, facilities personnel, and remote technical teams.\nProvide technical direction and mentoring to other onsite infrastructure personnel.\nTroubleshoot server, storage, network, power, cabling, optics, firmware, and hardware connectivity issues.\nSupport console access, BMC, iLO, iDRAC, IPMI, firmware updates, hardware validation, and remote-hands requests.\nReview implementation plans and validate rack space, power, connectivity, cabling, and deployment readiness.\nMaintain accurate rack elevations, asset records, equipment locations, cabling information, and operational documentation.\nExecute and support approved incidents, service requests, and change activities within established ITSM processes.\nPartner with Network, Systems, Storage, Product Services, Engineering, Facilities, and global technical teams.\nDevelop and maintain operational procedures, implementation plans, runbooks, and infrastructure standards.\nSupport capacity planning, vendor activity, inventory, shipping, receiving, and hardware lifecycle processes.\nParticipate in planned maintenance and occasional after-hours activities as required.\nRequired Qualifications\n10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise data centers, engineering labs, infrastructure operations, or similar environments.\nExtensive hands-on experience with enterprise compute, storage, networking, and physical data center infrastructure.\nDemonstrated experience leading data center migrations, deployments, consolidations, or major hardware installations.\nStrong troubleshooting skills across hardware, network connectivity, storage connectivity, cabling, optics, and firmware.\nStrong understanding of rack layouts, structured cabling, fiber optics, A/B power, PDUs, capacity, and equipment installation standards.\nExperience with enterprise Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and remote hardware-management technologies.\nAbility to interpret implementation plans, rack elevations, network diagrams, and infrastructure documentation.\nExperience working within incident, request, change, asset, and inventory management processes.\nDemonstrated ability to assess operational risk, work independently, and provide technical guidance to others.\nStrong communication, documentation, and coordination skills.\nAbility to safely install and move data center equipment.\nAbility to work onsite in Norman, Oklahoma.\nBachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and substantial relevant experience will be considered.\nTools & Platforms\nMicrosoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.\nMicrosoft Visio or similar diagramming tools.\nITSM and work-management platforms such as:Jira Software\nJira Service Management\nConfluence\nServiceNow\n\nExperience managing incidents, service requests, change records, implementation tasks, and project activities through enterprise workflow systems.\nAs required by the equal pay and transparency acts, the expected base salary for this position is: $93K to $100K. The expected on-target earnings for this position is: $105K to $113K\nThe expected pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi Vantara’s bonus/variable/commission pay programs, where applicable, and are subject to the program’s conditions and restrictions.\n#LI-JT1\nAbout us\nWe’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.\nFostering innovation through diverse perspectives\nHitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.\nWe are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.\nHow we look after you\nWe help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.\nWe’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. 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