Graduate Training Program

Black Box • Plano, TX

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About The Position

Launch Your Career with Black Box

Are you a recent graduate ready to take the first step into the tech industry?
Black Box is proud to introduce our Graduate Talent Program — a structured,
hands-on learning experience designed to equip you with real-world skills across
some of the most in-demand fields in technology.

Whether your passion lies in cybersecurity, infrastructure deployment, or
network operations, this program offers the tools, mentorship, and industry
exposure to jump-start your career.

The Black Box Graduate Talent Program is a rotational or track-based development
initiative that provides comprehensive training and on-the-job experience in the
following roles:

Assist in the installation and decommissioning of structured cabling and
network infrastructure within a data center environment as part of supervised
technical training in IT infrastructure and systems operations.
 Support rack, stack, and cable management activities in accordance with
industry standards, engineering guidelines, and organizational best
practices.
 Participate in monitoring data center systems and environments, identifying
alarms or irregular conditions, and analyzing and escalating findings under
guidance.
 Learn and follow Safety, Quality, and Production standards, including
applicable codes and IT infrastructure industry best practices.
 Read, interpret, and apply project design drawings, technical plans,
specifications, and manufacturer installation guidelines as part of
professional technical skill development.
 Gain a practical understanding of Structured Cabling System installation,
testing, validation, and commissioning methodologies supporting enterprise
computing environments.
 Maintain compliance with customer safety, security, quality, and site access
requirements while performing assigned technical responsibilities.
 Participate in formal training sessions, shadowing opportunities, and
supervised technical activities to build IT infrastructure and systems
competencies.
 Document technical work performed, observations, and system-related findings
as part of the learning, evaluation, and continuous improvement process.

Joining Black Box means you’ll have the opportunity to work on exciting, highly
visible projects with our customers.  You’ll get to know large and small
organizations across the world and work to deliver best in class IT solutions. 
You’ll be rewarded with a variety of experiences, development opportunities and
exposure to some of the world's most admired companies.  In addition to these
rewarding experiences, you’ll have access to our comprehensive Total Rewards
Program. Our program continues to evolve to meet the needs of our dynamic
workforce by providing a variety of benefits which are applicable and
competitive for each country & region.

Black Box is the trusted global solutions integrator and digital technology
partner. With nearly 45 years of experience connecting people and devices, we
are an organization of top technical professionals dedicated to delivering
solutions and services that help organizations design, build, manage, and secure
their communications and IT infrastructure and networks. Technologies include
5G/OnGo, connected buildings, digital workplace, multisite deployments, data
centers, and IoT.

We also design and manufacture award-winning products for Pro AV, KVM, cabling,
and networking known for their advanced functionality, flawless performance,
outstanding reliability and fail-safe security. We deliver high-value technology
services and products through our values, such as innovation, ownership,
transparency, respect and open-mindedness combined with our global presence and
2,500+ team members in 24 countries and growing.  Black Box is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of AGC Networks.

Black Box is an equal opportunity employer. Black Box does not discriminate
against individuals on the basis of race, color, marital status, sex, sexual
orientation, sexual identity, religion, national origin, age, disability,
veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status, and endorses
those policies and practices which seek to recruit, hire, train and promote the
most qualified persons into available jobs.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the installation and decommissioning of structured cabling and network infrastructure within a data center environment as part of supervised technical training in IT infrastructure and systems operations.
• Support rack, stack, and cable management activities in accordance with industry standards, engineering guidelines, and organizational best practices.
• Participate in monitoring data center systems and environments, identifying alarms or irregular conditions, and analyzing and escalating findings under guidance.
• Learn and follow Safety, Quality, and Production standards, including applicable codes and IT infrastructure industry best practices.
• Read, interpret, and apply project design drawings, technical plans, specifications, and manufacturer installation guidelines as part of professional technical skill development.
• Gain a practical understanding of Structured Cabling System installation, testing, validation, and commissioning methodologies supporting enterprise computing environments.
• Maintain compliance with customer safety, security, quality, and site access requirements while performing assigned technical responsibilities.
• Participate in formal training sessions, shadowing opportunities, and supervised technical activities to build IT infrastructure and systems competencies.
• Document technical work performed, observations, and system-related findings as part of the learning, evaluation, and continuous improvement process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees