Junior Data Center Technician, Santa Clara

Verda•Santa Clara, CA

1d•$60,000 - $76,000•Onsite

About The Position

Our sites run high-density GPU infrastructure around the clock, and the physical layer has to be right every time. As a Junior Data Center Technician you'll build your hands-on skills on real production hardware, working alongside experienced technicians on the shift team. This is an all-rounder role rather than a specialist one. You'll cover hardware, cabling, and general site operations rather than going deep in a single area, and there's a real path to grow.

Requirements

Some hands-on technical or operations experience, in a data center, a comparable critical environment, or an adjacent technical trade.
Demonstrated aptitude for hardware work. You're comfortable with component-level tasks and rack and stack.
A basic understanding of how a network link works, including copper and fibre cabling.
A methodical approach to faults. You work a problem step by step rather than trying things until something changes.
Operational discipline. You understand criticality, and you stop and escalate rather than improvising when you're unsure.
Ability and willingness to work an on-site shift rotation.
Comfortable with ambiguity and a broad scope of work.

Nice To Haves

Any exposure to liquid cooling or GPU hardware
Interest in growing into fibre optics and link-level troubleshooting work.

Responsibilities

Install and maintain servers, storage systems, networking equipment, and structured cabling alongside more experienced technicians.
Replace failed hardware components including drives, fans, PSUs, motherboards, and CPUs
Rack and stack servers, switches, and supporting equipment
Install, route, and label copper and fibre cabling
Test cable and fibre links and help trace faults to the failing component
Handle general site operations work, from receiving and inventorying hardware through to physical site checks