Senior Data Center Technician – Copper; Remote

Who You Are

You are a a dependable Data Center Infrastructure Technician with at least two years of experience in data center operations, telecommunications, low-voltage installation, structured cabling, network deployment, or a related field. They have hands‑on experience installing copper and fiber‑optic cabling, performing rack-and-stack activities, mounting equipment in data cabinets, and following cable schedules, rack elevations, port maps, drawings, and runbooks.

About The Role

We are seeking dependable Data Center Infrastructure Technicians to support installation, deployment, remediation, and maintenance of data center equipment and physical infrastructure. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in fast-paced customer environments, follows detailed instructions, takes pride in workmanship, and adapts to different client standards.

This role is the core production technician position for rack-and-stack, structured cabling, labeling, smart‑hands support, cabinet cleanup, documentation, and physical‑layer remediation.

The position is travel-heavy and field‑based, supporting enterprise, colocation, hyperscale, AI/HPC, construction, and operational data center environments.

Must be based in the United States. This is a Remote role with 100% travel.

Other responsibilities include:

Field Installation and Production

• Responsible for installing, testing, troubleshooting, and maintaining copper cabling
• Install servers, switches, storage equipment, patch panels, cable managers, support hardware, and related infrastructure.
• Perform rack‑and‑stack activities in standard, high‑density, and AI‑compute cabinets.
• Install, route, dress, label, and connect copper and fiber‑optic cabling.
• Install management cables, console cables, power cords, interconnects, optics, and support components.
• Verify cable source, destination, port assignment, label, connector type, routing, slack, and bend radius.
• Work from cable schedules, rack elevations, port maps, and runbooks without needing every step explained once trained on the project standard.
• Perform cabling remediation, cleanup, defect correction, and rework.
• Complete ongoing security awareness training and comply with company policies to the requirements section
• Identify and elevate security risks to the appropriate Executive Leadership Team member and actively contribute to remediation efforts
• Other duties as assigned

Smart Hands, Quality, and Documentation

• Assist remote engineers and support teams with smart‑hands activities.
• Replace damaged cables, labels, optics, transceivers, hardware, and field‑replaceable components as directed.
• Capture serial numbers, asset tags, MAC addresses, photographs, and installation records.
• Update project trackers, completion checklists, issue logs, redline notes, and time‑keeping systems.
• Inspect work for visible defects before requesting quality review.
• Report blockers, damaged equipment, missing materials, drawing conflicts, site issues, and safety concerns.

Housekeeping and Customer‑Site Conduct

• Maintain clean cabinets, pathways, workstations, staging areas, and project zones.
• Protect customer floors, cabinets, ports, optics, hardware, and pathways from damage.
• Communicate professionally with leads, superintendents, customers, subcontractors, and project stakeholders.

Desired skills and experience:

• 2 or more years of experience in data center, telecommunications, low‑voltage, structured cabling, network deployment, or related field work.
• Experience installing copper cabling.
• Experience mounting and installing equipment in data cabinets.
• Ability to follow detailed technical instructions, cable schedules, drawings, and runbooks.
• Ability to read cable labels, rack elevations, port maps, and basic drawings.
• Strong attention to detail, workmanship,…