Microsoft Looking For Critical Environment Support Assistant at Quincy, WA Full Time

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day and we need you as a Data Center Critical Environment Support Assistant.

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Critical Environment Support Assistant, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development of all employees and offers trainings and opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!

Responsibilities

As a successful Critical Environment Support Assistant, your success is measured by:

Equipment and Systems Operations

Supports senior colleagues as an assistant.

Adds required data, documents changes and upkeep of procedures and building management systems.

Participates in the creation of incident timelines/data, root-cause analyses, and/or action items following an abnormal condition as required.

Equipment and Systems Maintenance

Provides maintenance assistance by prepping materials and performing administrative tasks as instructed.

Prepares paperwork in support of maintenance planning scope.

Team Management Support (Onboarding/ Offboarding)

Helps to provide onboarding support for new employees, vendors, and interns under the direction of senior team members (e.g., ordering new hire equipment, setting up workstations, distribution lists, security groups).

Creating and submitting requests for datacenter access using the Data Center Access Tool.

Critical Environment Culture

Support the development of Methods of Operating Procedure (MOPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) by monitoring documents through approval workflows, reviewing and editing documents, and formatting into standard SOP/MOP templates.

Assists in managing CE SharePoint site by helping create and move scope through workflows.

Provides onsite team support and carries out tasks under direction of others.

Learns to take accountability for their components of assigned project outcomes.

Seeks to ask questions and share ideas related to projects.

Project Ownership

Provides onsite team support and carries out tasks under direction of others.

Learns to take accountability for their components of assigned project outcomes.

Seeks to ask questions and share ideas related to projects.

Other

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.

1+ year(s) work/applied learning experience in administrative/business support in technical services industry (e.g., high-availability assembly/manufacturing/critical infrastructure environments such as data centers, oil and gas refineries, hospitals, pharmaceutical)

OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
2+ years technical services experience (e.g., high-availability assembly/manufacturing/critical infrastructure environments such as data centers, oil and gas refineries, hospitals, pharmaceutical)

OR Associate’s Degree or technical trade certification (e.g., military, trade school), or higher-equivalent education AND 1+ year(s) technical services experience (e.g., high-availability assembly/manufacturing/critical infrastructure environments such as data centers, oil and gas refineries, hospitals, pharmaceutical)

By applying to this position, you are being considered for multiple like positions at this site.

This role is required to be onsite at the Data Center during scheduled work hours.

Background Check Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Audiometric Screening: To promote health and safety in the workplace, employees are subject to required health related screenings, such as hearing testing, which includes both baseline testing and annual retests.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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