Country
Germany
Job Family
IT
We show the world what people want.
Join GfK and help us shape tomorrow. As an NIQ company, we are the world's leading consumer intelligence firm, delivering the Full View™ on consumer behavior. We work to enable manufacturers and retailers better understand what consumers really want. Our name has inspired trust for over 89 years because we take pride in discovering new pathways to sustainable growth for our clients, our people, and our planet.
We are always looking for open-minded people who will grow with us, push boundaries, and pioneer disruptive methods in market research, data science, technology, and AI. If you share this passion to drive things forward and the integrity to insist on doing things the right way, we'll equip you to take your future into your own hands and play a leading role in our story.
Job Description
Key Activities:
- Incident resolution, Incident management
- Implementing changes, change management
- Installation of new versions, patches
- Close customer contact during operative work
- Supplier management for incident related communication
- Documentation of all executed tasks in a ticket tool and CMDB
- Proactive capacity and performance management of systems and system components
- Support in planning and implementation of projects / new designs Key Interfaces
- External service provider Technical skills required
- Proven experience in data center day to day operations on a global scale with on premise and remote data center
- Proven experience in steering, streamline collaboration with collocation provider Experience with a data center infrastructure management tool, preferably FNT Command Skilled in system monitoring and incident management; including related vendor management
- Basic skills in cooling, air-conditioning, and building technology
- Experience with multiple hardware products and vendors, including Dell, EMC, Cisco
- Good in documenting/Confluence, ServiceNow CMDB and FNT
- Creating/maintaining key performance indicators (KPI) for the data center infrastructure
- Basic skills of server OS (MS, Unix), networking and storage and backup
- Willing to work in an international environment
Education and Work Experience:
- Qualified IT or IT-related education
- At least 10 years of working experience in IT, thereof 5 years in respective subject area
- Proficiency in English (at least level B2/C1 in Council of Europe scale)
We are an ethical and honest company that is wholly committed to its clients and employees. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace for all and are committed to equal employment opportunity, focusing on all of our employees reaching their full potential.
We respect and value every employee regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, personality, experience, culture, faith, socio-economic status, or physical or mental disabilities.
We endorse the core principles and rights set forth in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the Social Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, promoting the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality, and solidarity.
Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do on:
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At GfK we work collaboratively with our colleagues but offer a flexible working approach, including dividing our time between office & remote working as well as the opportunity to flex our working hours around team core hours.
Don't meet every single requirement? Some people are less likely to apply unless they meet all the requirements listed in a job specification. GfK is looking for self-starters to join our innovative team keen to take on a new challenge. So, if you're excited about this role but your skills and experience don't align perfectly with every requirement we've listed, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.