Data Center Cable Technician

Insight Global; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Datacenter Technician to support decommissioning activities at a Des Moines, IA data center. The role involves removing cables, labeling and staging power and networking lines, and performing equipment startups and shutdowns per written guides.

You will follow established procedures, validate grounding and cabling according to safety standards, and work under Datacenter Technician Leads to diagnose issues and escalate incidents as needed.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of cabling experience.
• Ability to follow procedures and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Remove network cables as part of a datacenter decommissioning process.
• Run, label, and stage power and networking cables.
• Follow procedures for preparing, installing, performing diagnostics, troubleshooting, replacing, and decommissioning equipment with guidance from Datacenter Technician Leads.
• Prepare, stage, set up, and perform basic startups and shutdowns for hardware following written instructions, checklists, guides, and standard procedures.
• Perform post-execution quality checks and verify that grounding, staging, labeling, and cabling are set up properly according to safety protocols, deployment standards, and planned Network Design Tasks (NDTs).
• Apply advanced diagnostic and troubleshooting expertise to quickly identify the cause(s) of issues.
• Follow procedures to communicate, report, and escalation incidents to appropriate data center operations management units and Technician Leads.

Skills

Cabling experience

Job description

• A Side: Sunday-Tuesday, every other Wednesday 6AM-6PM
• B Side: Thursday-Saturday, every other Wednesday 6AM-6PM

Required Skills & Experience

• 1+ years’ of cabling experience

Job Description

• Remove network cables as part of a datacenter decommissioning process.
• Run, label, and stage power and networking cables.
• Follow procedures for preparing, installing, performing diagnostics, troubleshooting, replacing, and decommissioning equipment with guidance from Datacenter Technician Leads.
• Prepare, stage, set up, and perform basic startups and shutdowns for hardware following written instructions, checklists, guides, and standard procedures.
• Perform post-execution quality checks and verify that grounding, staging, labeling, and cabling are set up properly according to safety protocols, deployment standards, and planned Network Design Tasks (NDTs).
• Apply advanced diagnostic and troubleshooting expertise to quickly identify the cause(s) of issues.
• Follow procedures to communicate, report, and escalation incidents to appropriate data center operations management units and Technician Leads.