FunctionProduct<h1>Our Company</h1>We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.   If 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.<h1>Job description</h1>Position Overview Hitachi 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. We are seeking a highly experienced Data Center Infrastructure Engineer to serve as the senior onsite technical lead for Engineering Technical Operations in Norman. This 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. Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Serve as the senior onsite technical lead for Engineering Technical Operations activities in Norman.</li><li>Perform hands-on installation, rack-and-stack, cabling, relocation, troubleshooting, repair, and decommissioning of enterprise infrastructure.</li><li>Lead onsite execution of data center migrations, deployments, lab expansions, hardware relocations, and consolidation activities.</li><li>Coordinate work across onsite engineers, vendors, facilities personnel, and remote technical teams.</li><li>Provide technical direction and mentoring to other onsite infrastructure personnel.</li><li>Troubleshoot server, storage, network, power, cabling, optics, firmware, and hardware connectivity issues.</li><li>Support console access, BMC, iLO, iDRAC, IPMI, firmware updates, hardware validation, and remote-hands requests.</li><li>Review implementation plans and validate rack space, power, connectivity, cabling, and deployment readiness.</li><li>Maintain accurate rack elevations, asset records, equipment locations, cabling information, and operational documentation.</li><li>Execute and support approved incidents, service requests, and change activities within established ITSM processes.</li><li>Partner with Network, Systems, Storage, Product Services, Engineering, Facilities, and global technical teams.</li><li>Develop and maintain operational procedures, implementation plans, runbooks, and infrastructure standards.</li><li>Support capacity planning, vendor activity, inventory, shipping, receiving, and hardware lifecycle processes.</li><li>Participate in planned maintenance and occasional after-hours activities as required.</li></ul> Required Qualifications<ul><li>10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise data centers, engineering labs, infrastructure operations, or similar environments.</li><li>Extensive hands-on experience with enterprise compute, storage, networking, and physical data center infrastructure.</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading data center migrations, deployments, consolidations, or major hardware installations.</li><li>Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, network connectivity, storage connectivity, cabling, optics, and firmware.</li><li>Strong understanding of rack layouts, structured cabling, fiber optics, A/B power, PDUs, capacity, and equipment installation standards.</li><li>Experience with enterprise Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and remote hardware-management technologies.</li><li>Ability to interpret implementation plans, rack elevations, network diagrams, and infrastructure documentation.</li><li>Experience working within incident, request, change, asset, and inventory management processes.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to assess operational risk, work independently, and provide technical guidance to others.</li><li>Strong communication, documentation, and coordination skills.</li><li>Ability to safely install and move data center equipment.</li><li>Ability to work onsite in Norman, Oklahoma.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and substantial relevant experience will be considered.</li></ul> Tools &amp; Platforms<ul><li>Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.</li><li>Microsoft Visio or similar diagramming tools.</li><li>ITSM and work-management platforms such as:<ul><li>Jira Software</li><li>Jira Service Management</li><li>Confluence</li><li>ServiceNow</li></ul></li><li>Experience managing incidents, service requests, change records, implementation tasks, and project activities through enterprise workflow systems.</li></ul> As 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 The 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.  #LI-JT1<h1>About us</h1>We’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.<h1>Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives</h1>Hitachi 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.We 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.<h1>How we look after you</h1>We 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.We’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. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world&rsquo;s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries.

Data Center Infrastructure Engineer

FunctionProduct<h1>Our Company</h1>We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.   If 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.<h1>Job description</h1>Position Overview Hitachi 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. We are seeking a highly experienced Data Center Infrastructure Engineer to serve as the senior onsite technical lead for Engineering Technical Operations in Norman. This 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. Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Serve as the senior onsite technical lead for Engineering Technical Operations activities in Norman.</li><li>Perform hands-on installation, rack-and-stack, cabling, relocation, troubleshooting, repair, and decommissioning of enterprise infrastructure.</li><li>Lead onsite execution of data center migrations, deployments, lab expansions, hardware relocations, and consolidation activities.</li><li>Coordinate work across onsite engineers, vendors, facilities personnel, and remote technical teams.</li><li>Provide technical direction and mentoring to other onsite infrastructure personnel.</li><li>Troubleshoot server, storage, network, power, cabling, optics, firmware, and hardware connectivity issues.</li><li>Support console access, BMC, iLO, iDRAC, IPMI, firmware updates, hardware validation, and remote-hands requests.</li><li>Review implementation plans and validate rack space, power, connectivity, cabling, and deployment readiness.</li><li>Maintain accurate rack elevations, asset records, equipment locations, cabling information, and operational documentation.</li><li>Execute and support approved incidents, service requests, and change activities within established ITSM processes.</li><li>Partner with Network, Systems, Storage, Product Services, Engineering, Facilities, and global technical teams.</li><li>Develop and maintain operational procedures, implementation plans, runbooks, and infrastructure standards.</li><li>Support capacity planning, vendor activity, inventory, shipping, receiving, and hardware lifecycle processes.</li><li>Participate in planned maintenance and occasional after-hours activities as required.</li></ul> Required Qualifications<ul><li>10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise data centers, engineering labs, infrastructure operations, or similar environments.</li><li>Extensive hands-on experience with enterprise compute, storage, networking, and physical data center infrastructure.</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading data center migrations, deployments, consolidations, or major hardware installations.</li><li>Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, network connectivity, storage connectivity, cabling, optics, and firmware.</li><li>Strong understanding of rack layouts, structured cabling, fiber optics, A/B power, PDUs, capacity, and equipment installation standards.</li><li>Experience with enterprise Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and remote hardware-management technologies.</li><li>Ability to interpret implementation plans, rack elevations, network diagrams, and infrastructure documentation.</li><li>Experience working within incident, request, change, asset, and inventory management processes.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to assess operational risk, work independently, and provide technical guidance to others.</li><li>Strong communication, documentation, and coordination skills.</li><li>Ability to safely install and move data center equipment.</li><li>Ability to work onsite in Norman, Oklahoma.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and substantial relevant experience will be considered.</li></ul> Tools &amp; Platforms<ul><li>Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.</li><li>Microsoft Visio or similar diagramming tools.</li><li>ITSM and work-management platforms such as:<ul><li>Jira Software</li><li>Jira Service Management</li><li>Confluence</li><li>ServiceNow</li></ul></li><li>Experience managing incidents, service requests, change records, implementation tasks, and project activities through enterprise workflow systems.</li></ul> As 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 The 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.  #LI-JT1<h1>About us</h1>We’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.<h1>Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives</h1>Hitachi 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.We 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.<h1>How we look after you</h1>We 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.We’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. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.

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