Datacenter Engineer

Ampcus Inc.•Coral Gables, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Seeking a Datacenter Engineer responsible for installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and supporting data center hardware, physical infrastructure, structured cabling, and related low-voltage systems. The engineer will support day-to-day operations as well as data center projects, hardware deployments, infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and expansions. The role requires hands-on experience with data center infrastructure, structured copper and fiber cabling, rack and cable management, hardware lifecycle activities, and physical infrastructure documentation.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years of experience in: Data Center Engineering and Operations
IT infrastructure management
Structured copper and fiber optic cabling
Network cabling and physical connectivity
Fiber optic installation, testing, and vendor coordination
Low-voltage infrastructure and physical data center systems
Rack and cable management
Server, storage, and network hardware installation and maintenance
Hardware lifecycle management
Physical infrastructure documentation
Asset management
Basic network protocols
Network and cabling standards
Candidate must hold a valid U.S. Passport.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on fiber termination is not required.
Bachelor’s degree in one of the following or equivalent practical experience: Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering

Responsibilities

Install, maintain, troubleshoot, test, label, and document data center hardware and infrastructure.
Install and maintain structured cabling, including Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6A, and fiber optic cabling.
Perform network cabling, patching, cross-connects, cable routing, rack elevations, cable management, and connectivity validation.
Support network, compute, and storage connectivity within data center environments.
Coordinate fiber optic installation, splicing, testing, and termination activities with internal teams and external vendors.
Understand fiber optic standards, installation practices, testing methodologies, documentation, and deployment processes.
Support low-voltage infrastructure, including: Network connectivity, Environmental monitoring, Access control, Surveillance systems, Other supporting physical data center technologies.
Monitor environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, power utilization, and cooling performance.
Support compliance with operational standards and service-level objectives.
Assist with data center projects involving: Equipment deployments, Hardware refreshes, Cabling installations, Migrations, Infrastructure upgrades, Facility expansions.
Perform hardware installation, decommissioning, moves, adds, and changes (MACs) for servers, storage, network equipment, and supporting infrastructure.
Maintain accurate rack layouts, cable maps, fiber pathways, patch panel records, network connectivity documentation, asset inventories, and infrastructure change records.
Troubleshoot hardware, physical connectivity, structured cabling, and basic operating system/software issues.
Apply industry best practices for rack organization, cable management, airflow optimization, and physical infrastructure reliability.
Collaborate with Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Security, Facilities, vendors, and other cross-functional teams.
Perform physical work in data center environments, including lifting equipment, installing overhead or underfloor cabling, and working in hot- and cold-aisle environments.
Travel to domestic and international locations, including shipyards, offices, ports, and ships, for maintenance and project activities as required.