Data Center Specialist in Rotterdam

Excited to grow your career?

Are you a skilled and experienced Ops Engineer with a positive can-do mind-set and a passion for networks, mechanics, technics and electronics? Are you a real team player? Do you have a set of competencies that allow you to plan and deliver? If you continuously strive to improve yourself and your colleagues, you could be ING’s next Ops Engineer and help us managing our Global Data Centres.

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What will you do?

As Data Centre Specialist you are responsible for designing, coordinating and maintaining the physical infrastructure of our global Data Centre. You manage your stakeholders like COLO contractors, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work is delivered in accordance with established practices, procedures & local legislation. You will be working with multiple applications for data centre management and are responsible for  maintenance, development and support of these applications. Furthermore, you are responsible for power, cooling and rackspace from a capacity management point of view.

The squad that you will join is a multidisciplinary and cross-functional squad with end-to-end responsibility for Global Data Centres Services and the delivery of these services to ING’s business. You will work closely together with other squads within ING.

You continuously strive to improve yourself and your colleagues in the DevOps way of working. You have a broad and diverse set of competencies that allow you to operate, between various squads and chapters, and that allows you to build a network. You help others to be successful and remain a step ahead.

To be considered for this position you must be knowledgeable about ITIL, Cloud, Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM).

Competencies – Skills–Behaviors

• Proven technical knowledge in Structured cabling system design, implementation and troubleshooting/problem solving;
• Proven technical knowledge of the electrical and mechanical systems involved in data centre operations (resiliency design);  
• Good knowledge of IT infrastructure, data centres and networks;
• Good knowledge of the whole chain of power, cooling, connectivity and IT hardware;
• Both team player as independent and autonomous;
• You are energetic, enthusiastic, & eager to learn;
• You take it on and make it happen;
• You have an end-to-end ownership mindset.

Your education and background

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, preferably electro technical or ICT;
• 5+ years of experience working in data centres environment with an emphasis on design, installation and maintenance;
• Certificates such as CDCS, CTDC or equivalent;
• Good understanding of and experience with data centre technologies;
• Excellent communication skills in Dutch and good communication skills in English both written and verbal.

Other information

• The location is Rotterdam and you are willing to travel to other ING locations when needed;
• You do not mind to participate in stand-by;
• Ability to work non-standard hours.

Your benefits

A job from 36 to 40 hours and a unique offer that fits in with the times of today. We take into account your home situation and your ambitions and help you to balance work and private life. Discover yourself our employment

To give you an idea, we will tell you about the benefits of working at ING:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
• Flexible working hours and the possibility to work at home
• A reimbursement for travel expenses
• 24 vacation days with a 36-hour working week. If you work 40 hours a week, you will receive 27 vacation days
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities to realize your ambitions
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues who strive for the very best
• Progressive way of working according to the Agile method, so that new ideas come to life