Data Center Cabling Technician – Remote-Friendly

Switch; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 27,552 - 38,572; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote opportunities

Generous benefits

Career growth

Culture of Karma

Job summary

Switch is seeking a data center operations technician to support installation, testing, and troubleshooting of structured cabling and hardware within our secure data centers. You will ensure stable, well-documented network environments and follow defined safety standards.

Responsibilities include кабling termination, labeling, patch panels, and maintaining design layouts. Prior experience in telecom or IT support with basic troubleshooting and ticketing is required.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in telecom, data center operations, or IT support.
• Working knowledge of cabling standards (ANSI/TIA).
• Ability to troubleshoot layer 1 connectivity and basic hardware issues.
• Experience using ticketing systems to track and document work.

Responsibilities

• Install, terminate, label, and maintain copper, fiber, and coax cabling, including patch panels and cable management.
• Build and modify cable support systems (ladder rack, tray, J-hooks).
• Install and replace field-replaceable units (drives, memory, optics, power components).
• Perform basic hardware setup and access using terminal tools.
• Test cabling and document results.
• Create and maintain design layout records for completed work.
• Respond to alerts, escalate as needed, document actions in tickets.
• Escort vendors and on-site customer activities.

Skills

Telecom experience

Data center operations

IT support

Education

Certifications: CompTIA A+ / Network+ / Security+

Tools

PuTTY

SSH

Job description

Switch is seeking a data center operations technician to support installation, testing, and troubleshooting of structured cabling and hardware within our secure data centers. You will ensure stable, well-documented network environments and follow defined safety standards.

Responsibilities include кабling termination, labeling, patch panels, and maintaining design layouts. Prior experience in telecom or IT support with basic troubleshooting and ticketing is required.