Data Center Cabling Technician; domestic

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Flex Employee Services USA, LLC is here to support you along your journey. We are actively seeking talented individuals to fill the following opportunity. If this sounds like you (or someone you know), we’d love to connect!

• Term: Contract / Contract to Hire
• Location: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, but open to domestic travel up to 75%
• Earn a $500 referral bonus once your referral completes 90 billable days.

FLEX is seeking a highly skilled AI Data Center Cabling Technician to partner with us as an independent contractor on a project basis. This hands-on role requires deep expertise in cable dressing and cable management to support high-density GPU cluster deployments. You will work in a fast-paced AI data center environment, where fiber and copper density, airflow, and precision are critical.

The ideal candidate must consistently produce clean, organized, and scalable cabling across racks, cabinets, and side carts used for fiber trunk distribution, and can adapt quickly to changing standards without compromising quality or safety. This role involves extensive travel to various data center locations across the U.S., supporting high-performance computing systems and mission-critical environments.

As an independent contractor for FLEX, you may be engaged to perform some or all of the following deliverables, depending on project scope and location:

• Install, route, and dress high-volume copper and fiber cabling in AI data center environments
• Perform expert-level cable dressing and cable management in cabinets, side carts, overhead trays, and containment systems, using Velcro straps and industry-standard techniques to maintain airflow, serviceability, and scalability
• Build and maintain GPU cluster racks and associated side carts housing fiber trunk and breakout cabling.
• Install and manage fiber-heavy infrastructures, including SM/MM fiber, MPO/MTP trunks, and breakout assemblies.
• Perform accurate patching of all cable types across racks, side carts, and network equipment, including fiber (SM/MM, MPO/MTP) and copper (Cat6, AEC), ensuring proper polarity, routing, and documentation.
• Demonstrate the ability to read, understand, and verify cabling labels, port assignments, rack elevations, and fiber maps to prevent errors and support efficient troubleshooting and MAC activities.
• Demonstrates meticulous attention to detail and consistently produces clean, organized, and serviceable cable runs.
• Ability to maintain quality and precision while working in fast-paced, high-change deployment environments.
• Ensure strict compliance with bend radius, slack management, strain relief, and labeling standards.
• Execute MAC (Moves, Adds, Changes) work in live production environments with minimal risk and zero disruption.
• Proactively identify cabling, airflow, pathway, or physical layout issues that could impact performance, reliability, or scalability, and promptly raise concerns to the appropriate team or supervisor.
• Identify deviations from cabling standards, documentation gaps, or potential failure points and communicate them for remediation.
• Perform comprehensive QA/QC (Quality Assurance / Quality Control) on all completed cabling and rack work to ensure full compliance with project specifications and cabling standards.
• Manage inventory and material handling activities, including tracking, staging, and maintaining organized storage of cabling, hardware, and installation materials.
• Provide real-time status updates and reporting as directed by the client to support deployment visibility and schedule adherence.
• Assist with cable labeling activities and perform quality assurance checks to verify labeling accuracy, consistency, and compliance with…