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From Data Centre Technician Manager to IT Operations Assurance Lead

A sideways move on the ladder.

Skills to build

What an IT Operations Assurance Lead needs beyond a Data Centre Technician Manager.

Commissioning

  • Accept capacity in phases Leads others

Provider assurance

  • Audit a provider’s maintenance programme and records Leads others
  • Direct and train a partner’s on-site team Leads others
  • Review a provider’s MOP, switching plan or change Leads others
  • Set and keep a responsibility matrix Leads others
  • Verify service with your own data Leads others

Leadership

  • Find root causes and learn from incidents Up to Leads others

Logistics and assets

  • Handle spares, returns and warranty claims Leads others

White space and IT hardware

  • Receive and install an integrated rack-scale system Leads others

Systems and virtualisation

  • Take a node out of service and return it Leads others

Network deployment and operations

  • Cable and validate a back-end fabric to its map Independent

Liquid cooling

  • Know who owns each part of the loop Leads others, desirable
  • Connect and disconnect a rack’s liquid loop Independent, desirable
About the IT Operations Assurance Lead role

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Sources and licences

  • Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)