Jake Hale
Puyallup,Washington
Summary
19 years Data Center experience including administrative plan and design skills as well as technical abilities working with many types of tools and hardware,
Equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Data Center Tech
Rackspace
01.2025 - Current
- Seattle children's partnered with Rackspace and I am now considered a rackspace employee but still working on children's projects with additional medical facilities under the rackspace umbrella.
- Have had to take on partial managerial duties due to Manager leaving the company with no backfill.
Sr. Data Center Tech III
Seattle Childrens Hopsital
12.2019 - 01.2025
- Data Center administrative duties including DCER review meetings with customers to help design and implement various projects including - Isilon Storage, Gigamon, Core Spine and Leaf network switches, Nutanix, Palo Alto Firewalls, NVR (network video recorders), SAN storage, Rubrik, Pure storage.
- Creation of CABs (cable as built) cut sheets
- Lead principal for all major circuit implementations at hospital and data centers
- Lead principal on KVM / UMG administration
- NLYTE DCIM extensive knowledge
- Structured cabling expertise - installation of fiber trunks and fiber panels thru out hospital and data centers
Data Center Tech II
DaVita
06.2006 - 12.2019
- Structurware environmental monitoring and updating
- HP openview monitoring
- CommVault tape backups and library duties
- Company wide incident management
- Installation of VMware devices in coordination with VMware team
- decommission and refresh of hardware
- Egate monitoring
- Informatica monitoring
- Implementing end of month billing (MedMan) with linux scripts
Education
No Degree - CISS (Computer Information System Security)
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA09-2005
No Degree - General Studies
Pierce College
Puyallup, WA06-2001
Skills
- Expert level troubleshooting and testing of structured cabling using fluke meters and various fiber and copper tools
- Teamwork and collaboration amongst other teams - setting up meetings to go over plan and design in the Data Center
- Very proficient at all aspects of hardware install and decommissioning
- communication and ability to work with all types of personalities
Certification
A+ certification
Timeline
Sr. Data Center Tech
Rackspace
01.2025 - Current
Sr. Data Center Tech III
Seattle Childrens Hopsital
12.2019 - 01.2025
Data Center Tech II
DaVita
06.2006 - 12.2019
No Degree - CISS (Computer Information System Security)
Clover Park Technical College
No Degree - General Studies
Pierce College
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