Technician - Data Center
About The Position
The Data Center Technician supports the assembly, integration, testing, and deployment preparation of data center infrastructure and customer deployment projects. The role involves hands-on rack builds, hardware installation, quality inspections, testing, and documentation updates, following established operational, quality, and safety procedures. Under the direction of Lead Technicians and Operations personnel, the technician helps construct and validate server, network, and structured cabling infrastructure in enterprise and hyperscale data center environments. The technician also supports deployment, maintenance, migration, and moves, adds, and changes at customer and company sites. Duties include receiving and staging materials, maintaining inventory and material traceability, preparing completed rack solutions for shipment, and keeping work areas safe and organized. The role may require domestic travel of up to 50%.
Requirements
- High school degree or equivalent.
- At least 2 years of experience in data center operations, rack integration, manufacturing, hardware deployment, electrical assembly, mechanical assembly, or a related technical environment.
- Experience performing rack-and-stack activities in data center environments.
- Experience terminating and troubleshooting fiber optic and copper cabling.
- Experience reading rack elevations and cable mapping documentation.
- Experience installing servers, storage systems, networking equipment, and rack infrastructure.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, rack elevations, schematics, and work instructions.
- Experience using hand tools, power tools, and testing equipment.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with structured cabling, cable routing, labeling, and documentation practices.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Valid driver's license.
- Ability to travel domestically up to 50% to customer and company data center locations.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform regular bending, stooping, climbing, and extended periods of walking and standing.
Nice To Haves
- Experience as a Data Center Technician, Structured Cabling Technician, Smart Hands technician, Field Service technician, or Telecommunications Technician.
- Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, or enterprise data center environments.
Responsibilities
- Assemble data center racks using engineering drawings, rack elevations, build documentation, and customer requirements.
- Perform rack-and-stack work, including installing, relocating, and removing servers, storage, and networking equipment.
- Install, terminate, label, troubleshoot, and document fiber optic and copper cabling.
- Read and interpret rack elevations, cable maps, deployment drawings, and installation documentation.
- Support customer deployments in enterprise, colocation, and hyperscale data center environments.
- Travel to customer and company sites for installation, maintenance, deployment, and migration activities.
- Support moves, adds, and changes in active data center environments.
- Install servers, storage systems, network equipment, rPDUs, cable management systems, and related rack infrastructure.
- Mount and secure equipment according to quality standards and work instructions.
- Perform rack-level testing and validation to verify mechanical, electrical, and operational readiness.
- Conduct quality inspections and document findings, test results, and corrective actions.
- Troubleshoot assembly, cabling, and hardware installation issues, escalating concerns when necessary.
- Verify proper routing, labeling, and installation of cabling and rack hardware.
- Apply asset tags and track serial numbers and configuration documentation for completed assemblies.
- Receive, inspect, stage, and organize incoming materials, rack components, and deployment equipment.
- Maintain inventory accuracy and material traceability through cycle counts and documentation updates.
- Assist with packaging, shipment preparation, and deployment staging of completed rack solutions.
- Conduct regular physical and visual inspections of equipment and data center facilities.
- Follow safety procedures, including PPE, ESD, LOTO, and environmental requirements.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
