We’re hiring 3-5 field Data Center technicians for a gig to support an office refresh project. Freelancers who have 4+ years experience with Device Rack & Stack, Fiber Optic Cabling, Porting Fiber patches, and following labeling standards are eligible for this gig.
Start Date: 3/1/2025
Scope:
– Works on complex assignments requiring a high degree of initiative
– Requires minimal oversight and reports to a team leader
Project Details:
– Approximately 1 month in duration.
– Likely three shifts/day 8 hours each.
– Includes evenings and weekends.
– Will require travel to various locations within the Austin Area
Please reply if you’re interested so we can get you onboarded onto our candidate verification platform.
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Your Roles and Responsibilities:
– Takes a journeyman role in installing, moving, decommissioning, and troubleshooting hardware, including cabinets, – shelves, power strips, rails, fiber/copper/other cables and cable management, servers, storage, network, firewall, and other devices within the Data Center and outside of it
– Confirm and label devices, racks, and cables
– Work in a standard ticketing system, providing clear, timely, and appropriate customer communications
– Work under the direction of a more senior Data Center Field Technician, the Site Operations Supervisor, and/or Operations Manager; and follows Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Program Policies, Safety Policies, and Security Policies, while meeting requirements for quality and quantity of work.
– Perform design redlining and produce detailed reports and documentation
– Maybe be required to fulfill on-call duties on a rotating basis
– Other duties as required. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities assigned to this position
Required Qualifications/Skills:
– Maybe be required to fulfill on-call duties on a rotating basis
– High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 4+ years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
– High attention to detail and ability to ensure and follow other technicians’ direction to ensure quality
– Performs multiple tasks and ensures deadlines
– Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise
– Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
– Ability to respond to any On-Call request within 1 hour, while on-call.
– Effectively utilize ticket, inventory, and dispatch management systems
– Experience cabling systems (power/copper/fiber/other) correctly based on Statements of Work, ticket requirements and/or SOP standards
– Experience working with CAT5e and CAT6 copper cable and multi-mode and single-mode fiber
– Proven ability to adapt to changing priorities, conditions, and circumstances
– Strong organization skills
– Basic knowledge of computer hardware
– Basic understanding of networking components and infrastructures
– Basic knowledge of copper and fiber test equipment
– Excellent troubleshooting skills
– Understanding of Data Center best practices (i.e. basic fault tolerance, cable routing, calculating power usage)
– Experience with cable management and knowledge of how to run fiber and copper in a data center
– Basic knowledge of electrical, HVAC, and data center infrastructures
– Able to operate material handling equipment – server lifts, pallet jacks, and forklifts (if certified)
– Proficiency working with standard desktop PC tools and applications, such as MS Office, MS Outlook, web browsers, etc.
– Ability to learn new software
– Working knowledge of networking components and infrastructures, including Wi-Fi
Preferred Qualifications:
– Certifications in Networking, Server/IT infrastructure and Data Center technologies are desired
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