Updated: Feb 16, 2025 - The Data Center Technician operates with minimal supervision, tackling both individual and collaborative projects. Manages multiple tasks, ranging from routine maintenance to emergency responses, ensuring a secure and efficiently run facility. Coordinates extensively with external contractors and vendors, oversees inventory, and drives continuous improvements in operational standards.


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1. Regional Data Center Technician, GreenWave Solutions, Sacramento, CA
Job Summary:
- Act as SME for Technology during planning and execution of Power downs and critical facility works.
- Develop and manage key relationships between internal domain partners, third party vendors/suppliers, Corporate Properties Group stakeholders and Corporate Security Group.
- Ensure all critical environmental systems are proactively monitored.
- Ensure procedures are in place to act timely on events to prevent service disruption and that these are followed at all times.
- Manage Data Centre Governance / Audit Readiness- assist in the completion of Monthly Audit Readiness and Governance procedures and reporting.
- Media Management, Inventory Management, Reverse Logistics, Change Control Management.
- Provide training to team members needing authorized access to the data center covering Health Safety, Information Security, House Rules for maintaining system uptime.
- Manage BCP/Disaster recovery events and related simulation exercises.
- Maintain visibility on day-to-day activities and ensuring sufficient face-time with key stakeholders and management.
- Provide status reporting to internal (technology) stakeholders on a regular basis.
- Mitigate risks and address project/operational obstacles
Skills on Resume:
- SME Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Systems Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Procedure Management (Hard Skills)
- Audit Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory and Logistics Management (Hard Skills)
- Training Development (Hard Skills)
- Risk Mitigation (Soft Skills)
2. Regional Data Center Technician, TechFlow Operations, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Operational oversight of Data Centers and Information Processing Critical Facilities within APAC geography
- Provide support for problem root cause analysis, correction and prevention.
- Direct event recovery teams through expedited informed decisions to minimize production impact.
- Ensure all activities taking place within the Data Center meet or exceed established Enterprise Standards.
- Ensure all Availability Management Processes are followed.
- Critical Site Enhancements / Projects- Actively participate in all projects effecting Critical Spaces providing subject matter expertise and design of Computer rooms, cabling and racking.
- Support all types of infrastructure projects including hardware, networks, virtual server and information security components.
- Manage relationship and delivery for Third Party Vendors within Data Centers
- Input into the development and help maintain site-specific IPF access policies and procedures.
- Provide event management for outages and planned maintenance to 3rd party suppliers, including evenings, weekends and bank holiday coverage within the critical technology facilities.
- Primary and Backup Environmental Systems Assurance
- Ensure all site environmental systems conform to standards.
Skills on Resume:
- Operational Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Root Cause Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Event Recovery Management (Soft Skills)
- Standards Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Process Management (Hard Skills)
- Project Participation (Soft Skills)
- Vendor Management (Soft Skills)
- Event Management (Hard Skills)
3. Data Center Technician, Network Nexus, Charlotte, NC
Job Summary:
- Being the primary interface to multiple business units that the DC Operations team supports.
- Attending and representing the Operations team during meetings.
- Providing 24 x 7 first response technical support for the data center.
- Participating in on-call and shift rotations for customer problem resolution.
- Pre and post-installation preparations and documentation, quality assurance, asset inventory auditing through the DCIM tool.
- Managing hardware inventory for the other business groups, including shipping and receiving.
- Installation of IT hardware, including racking, patching, and installation of parts.
- Producing specific deliverables relating to operations management.
- Occasionally leading staff members and peers on projects.
- Work as a team member with senior technical staff on large complex technical projects.
- Complete assigned technical projects on time (i.e., analysis, development, implementation, testing, monitoring, maintenance, production support, documentation).
Skills on Resume:
- Stakeholder Communication (Soft Skills)
- Meeting Representation (Soft Skills)
- Technical Support (Hard Skills)
- Shift Management (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Auditing (Hard Skills)
- Hardware Management (Hard Skills)
- IT Installation (Hard Skills)
- Project Leadership (Soft Skills)
4. Data Center Technician, SecureData Inc., Columbus, OH
Job Summary:
- Work under limited supervision, both independently and within a team environment
- Manage multiple one-time and/or ongoing projects
- Engaging with customers and providing them with world class customer service
- Respond to safety and emergency situations and maintain a safe and secure work environment
- Use discretion and judgment in organizing workflow and adapting as priorities are modified due to a changing environment
- Frequent contact with external 3rd party contractors and vendors
- Apply the environmental and security monitoring procedures
- Inventory management and overview of each facility item number, active systems, history of hardware issues, etc.
- Responsible for assigned maintenance and repair works
- Coordination and supervision of subcontractors and external suppliers
- Reporting, documentation, and initiating improvement measures for operational standard deviations
Skills on Resume:
- Project Management (Hard Skills)
- Customer Service (Soft Skills)
- Safety Response (Hard Skills)
- Decision-Making (Soft Skills)
- Contractor Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Security Procedures (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Subcontractor Coordination (Soft Skills)
5. Data Center Technician, Quantum Connect, Omaha, NE
Job Summary:
- Create or update Service Requests/Work Orders and all other tickets in ticketing systems
- Mirror and learn work performed by Level II technician during the complex situations.
- Provide extended hands and feet support to level II and Level III support during the Triage
- Conduct basic trouble shooting and all possible options to resolve the technical issues.
- Perform all basic Smart-Hand Remote Hand and IMAC functions
- Support Warehouse managers and team with logging new hardware, and updating asset management systems.
- Support Warehouse Asset Coordinator with storing, tracking, finding new or existing assets and properly tagging, shelving, and storing the inventories in warehouse.
- Quickly determine if issues require communication up to Level II technician for SME support.
- Day to day infrastructure surveillance
- Responsible for the DC operating energy efficiency and the implementation of assigned optimization measures
- Providing solutions for site management and adhering to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) agreed in customer contract
Skills on Resume:
- Ticket Management (Hard Skills)
- Technical Shadowing (Soft Skills)
- Hands-on Support (Soft Skills)
- Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
- Asset Management (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Issue Escalation (Soft Skills)
- Energy Management (Hard Skills)
6. Data Center Technician, HyperTech Support, Memphis, TN
Job Summary:
- Assisting level II Technician during the Incident Resolution, Change Requests and IMAC activities.
- Assist in Installation of racks and associated power cabling in designated location in Data Center.
- Install Hardware devices (network switches and server equipment etc ) into racks
- Secure and properly install PDU into racks.
- Run CAT X cables and or Fiber cables from originating locations to terminating locations including patch panels, testing, removal and well-dressed structured cabling.
- Prepare or update cabling diagrams
- Prepare or update hardware architecture/infrastructure diagrams
- Dress and tag cables per cable management compliance.
- Assist Level II Technician in trouble shooting by previously completed basic trouble shooting.
- Prepare detail technical problem description, possible causes report for level II Technician.
Skills on Resume:
- Incident Support (Soft Skills)
- Rack Installation (Hard Skills)
- Hardware Installation (Hard Skills)
- Cabling (Hard Skills)
- Diagram Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Cable Management (Hard Skills)
- Troubleshooting Assistance (Soft Skills)
- Technical Reporting (Hard Skills)
7. Data Center Technician, Infinity Systems, Milwaukee, WI
Job Summary:
- Provide Co-location customer support, smart hands and escorts.
- Coordinate with Gtech infrastructure teams on hardware maintenance and break fix activities
- Participate in and planning, coordination and supervision of facilities projects in the data center (power, cooling, plumbing, tiles, grills, locks & latches, lights)
- Attend data center facilities planning meetings
- Attend daily stand-up meetings
- Create and oversee change management documentation for data center team tasks
- Assist with maturing data center processes
- Create and curate data center standards documentation
- Identify areas of improvement in data center infrastructure and architecture standards
- Assist with other low voltage cabling/troubleshooting needs on OCLC campus
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Support (Soft Skills)
- Hardware Maintenance Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Project Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Facilities Planning (Hard Skills)
- Change Management (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Standards Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
8. Data Center Technician, GridLock IT Services, Albuquerque, NM
Job Summary:
- Work at the direction of the Data Center Operations Manager and alongside the Data Center Engineer to complete hands-on work in the data center.
- Perform data center rack and stack, adds / changes / removals.
- Perform data center cabling planning and installs with an emphasis on attention to detail, availability and best practices
- Receive, unbox, check in, burn in, inventory, asset tag new equipment, decomm and dispose of retired equipment, cabling
- Facilitate shipments between data centers (local and international)
- Install/modify / maintain overhead and underfloor cable raceway and fiber ducting
- Oversee data center equipment and cable lifecycle management and maintain inventory of data center hardware, build room, cable stock, and regular audit
- Coordinate and supervise data center vendor / contractor activity
- Identify single points of failure, vulnerabilities, risks, and inconsistencies.
- Raise to DC manager and work to develop appropriate corrective action plans
Skills on Resume:
- Rack and Stack Operations (Hard Skills)
- Data Center Cabling (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Management (Hard Skills)
- Shipping Facilitation (Hard Skills)
- Infrastructure Installation (Hard Skills)
- Lifecycle Management (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Risk Identification (Hard Skills)
9. Data Center Technician, SignalPath Technologies, Reno, NV
Job Summary:
- Configure and install equipment in data centers and server rooms
- Assemble servers from server parts, prepare hardware for shipping
- Keep inventory in good shape and improve processes around it
- Keep up good practices for equipment racking and cabling
- Work with all the necessary parties to improve processes around the hardware lifecycle
- Handle incident resolution, escalations to third party suppliers
- Follow up and optimize processes around warranty replacements
- Minimize the downtime caused by potential Data Center facility problems and provide full connectivity to the company customers
- Oversee the Data Center facility and make sure there are no technical issues related to the power, cooling, and security systems.
- Understand the key specifications and gather the information to properly plan the power density, redundancies, configurations, cooling output, etc.
Skills on Resume:
- Equipment Configuration (Hard Skills)
- Server Assembly (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Racking and Cabling Practices (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Incident Handling (Soft Skills)
- Warranty Management (Hard Skills)
- Facility Oversight (Hard Skills)
10. Data Center Technician, EchoData Facilities, Orlando, FL
Job Summary:
- Installs, maintains, and repairs server hardware, or other equipment by racking, cabling, labeling equipment entering device data into the Data Center Management application
- Follow established data center guidelines and instructions to perform daily job functions
- Monitors physical environments and systems within the client Data Centers
- Respond to, resolve, and document issues impacting the physical infrastructure of the data center
- Maintain hardware inventory and maintenance logs Required to work after hours on an as needed basis
- Act as technical liaison for off-site teams.
- Champion standardization, innovate to simplify, increase efficiency while driving down cost.
- Ensure that contractors and vendors are delivering quality services and that all SLAs are being met.
- Responsible for executing small projects on own and working with manager in planning and executing larger local projects.
- Understand all aspects of the equipment support.
Skills on Resume:
- Hardware Installation (Hard Skills)
- Data Center Management (Hard Skills)
- System Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Technical Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Vendor Management (Hard Skills)
- Project Execution (Hard Skills)
11. Datacenter Technician, Green Data Services, Albany, NY
Job Summary:
- Creating a detailed rack elevation (inventory) for devices within racks and outside of racks
- Documenting and tracing telco circuit cables and other data center cabling connections.
- Help sort through various unracked items and prep for shipping.
- Install Servers, Switches and Appliances
- Add hardware components to server
- Mount and unmounts server in rack
- Plug in cables (power, network and storage)
- Power up server and configure ILO
- Disconnect power, network and storage cables
- Connect and disconnect cables at the network and storage switches
- Package servers and ship to remote office
Skills on Resume:
- Rack Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Cable Management (Hard Skills)
- Server Installation (Hard Skills)
- Hardware Upgrades (Hard Skills)
- Rack Mounting (Hard Skills)
- Cable Connectivity (Hard Skills)
- Server Configuration (Hard Skills)
- Shipping Coordination (Hard Skills)
12. Datacenter Technician, Peak Hosting Solutions, Mesa, AZ
Job Summary:
- Check workflow spreadsheet for decommissions
- Update PDP in stages as work is completed
- Add SAN fiber serial numbers to the PDP
- Check port availability on both network switches, storage switches and patch panels
- Measure distance between devices for proper cable lengths both copper and fiber
- Create spreadsheet to make wire wrap labels
- Make labels and attach them to the cables prior to installing them
- Install cables in computer room, computer room annex and communications room
- Plug cables into patch panels, bit network and storage
- Plug cables in on both network and storage switches
- Input cable information into PDP, fiber serial numbers, patch panel port
Skills on Resume:
- Workflow Verification (Hard Skills)
- PDP Updating (Hard Skills)
- Serial Number Entry (Hard Skills)
- Port Checking (Hard Skills)
- Cable Measuring (Hard Skills)
- Label Creation (Hard Skills)
- Cable Installation (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
13. Datacenter Technician, Bluewater Data Systems, Richmond, VA
Job Summary:
- Configure and install equipment in data centers and server rooms
- Assemble servers from server parts, prepare hardware for shipping
- Keep inventory in good shape and improve processes around it
- Keep up good practices for equipment racking and cabling
- Work with all the necessary parties to improve processes around hardware lifecycle
- Manage requests to remote hands in non-Latvian locations
- Handle incident resolution, escalations to third party suppliers
- Follow up and optimize processes around warranty replacements
- Working as a point-of-contact or a sell-in function
- Constantly improves the customer support experience.
- Setting expectations in the field for executive briefings, datacenter tours, custom engagements
Skills on Resume:
- Equipment Configuration (Hard Skills)
- Server Assembly (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Racking Practices (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Remote Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Incident Handling (Soft Skills)
- Customer Engagement (Soft Skills)
14. Datacenter Technician, Quantum Data Inc., Fargo, ND
Job Summary:
- Perform day-to-day data center functions
- Cabling, installations, asset tracking, procurement, audit adherence, customer support.
- Ensures all hardware, software assets and configuration items (CMDB) are accurately documented throughout the implementation process following NTT standard
- Respond to and maintain tickets in accordance with department procedures
- Maintain all customer equipment
- Racking and cabling of customer telecommunication equipment including cross connecting circuits
- Reacts to incidents in a timely fashion that meets or exceeds the customer service level agreement and restores service as soon as possible
- Being part of a weekly on-call schedule
- Attend meetings and conference calls
- Perform audits in support of Compliance Team
- Manage Data center requests within Service Now ticketing queue
Skills on Resume:
- Data Center Operations (Hard Skills)
- Asset Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Ticket Management (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Racking and Cabling (Hard Skills)
- Incident Response (Hard Skills)
- On-Call Support (Soft Skills)
- Audit Compliance (Hard Skills)
15. Data Center Technician, Iron Mountain Data Management, Springfield, IL
Job Summary:
- Collaborate with the Data Center Operations and Cloud Operations teams to provide on-site physical support for all implementation projects
- Monitor and track on hand inventory (optics, cabling, etc.) at data center locations
- Assist and maintain physical asset inventory of all local data center infrastructure equipment, components, peripherals and spare components
- Assist with all efforts requiring local presence within the data center including equipment shipping & receiving, packaging, installations and servicing
- Acting as local point of contact for all vendor service activities on existing infrastructure assets
- Participate and collaborate in capacity management efforts for both infrastructure and facilities planning
- Ability and initiative to learn and participate within processes and technology in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to follow infrastructure project planning and implementation processes and suggest improvements
- Assist the Director of Datacenter Operations and Infrastructure Deployment Engineers as an additional point of contact for other departments for datacenter issues and projects
- Help remotely diagnose hardware problems, facilitate server repairs, and manage hardware assets
- Translate requirements from network architects and engineers into specific deployment plans, network designs and network pages
- Ensure design plans and packages are implemented accurately and efficiently
Skills on Resume:
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Asset Management (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Handling (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Capacity Planning (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Technical Support (Hard Skills)
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