Data Center Technician

Responsibilities

• Installing and performing ongoing maintenance on servers and network equipment; including rack & stack of servers and switches, cabling, and physical configuration of devices.
• Responding to reported server, network, and infrastructure issues.
• Working with facility staff to ensure that power, cooling, and other facility-provided services are working properly; coordinating maintenance and addressing outages.
• Handling assigned tickets and work requests, performing diagnosis and repairs to hardware; replacing server components such as CPU, memory, drives, motherboards, and network cables.
• Coordinating with vendor warranty technicians to resolve warranty issues promptly.
• Proactively identifying issues and opportunities to improve efficiency and developing plans to resolve them.
• Setting up, maintaining, and documenting spare parts inventory.
• Collaborating with cross‑functional teams to improve deployment efficiency, automation, and monitoring.
• Escalating issues as needed to ensure prompt resolution by assisting system administrators in debugging network, hardware, and Linux OS‑related issues.

• Experience working in a datacenter as a technician or similar role installing, configuring, and troubleshooting server and network equipment.
• Experience with large‑scale network and server deployments.
• Firm understanding of GPU hardware and liquid‑cooled rack solutions.
• Ability to work independently to manage projects within the facility.
• Firm understanding of servers, network equipment, and datacenter facility services such as power, cooling, and cross‑connections to service providers.
• Experience troubleshooting, building, repairing, and upgrading servers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, collaborative nature, and a friendly can‑do attitude.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, high‑availability environment and respond to incidents proactively.
• A strong desire and aptitude for solving problems.
• Ability to logically analyze and solve problems.
• Physical ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 50 lbs.

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.