Data Center Hardware Engineer

Spectraforce Technologies; New Albany (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies is hiring a Data Center Hardware Engineer for an onsite role in New Albany, OH. The position focuses on maintaining data center systems, wiring and racks, and ensuring uptime.

The ideal candidate has 1–3+ years in data center environments, understanding of cabling standards, and strong collaboration skills to work with vendors and internal teams. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CIS/Network/Telecommunications or related field is required.
• 1-3+ years' experience deploying and maintaining complex data center environments.
• Knowledge of ANSI/TIA, IEEE, NEC, and ISO standards relating to data centers and structured cabling.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal team members and external vendors.
• Must be a team player and self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Identify and respond to onsite risks and high-priority issues, troubleshoot incidents, and manage incident queues.
• Collaborate with Product Owner, Service Owner and SMEs to validate requirements and execute data center user stories.
• Contribute to OSI Layer 1 infrastructure design, automation via CI/CD pipelines, and capacity planning.
• Assess data center components and how changes affect software/hardware functionality in on-prem infrastructure.
• Help document processes and improve team documentation.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, lead demos, and mentor new engineers.

Skills

Onsite Data Center

Networking

LAN/WAN/SAN

Firewalls

Wintel/Linux/UNIX Servers

Documentation skills

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CIS/Network/Telecommunications or related field or equivalent work experience

Job description

Job Title: Data Center Hardware Engineer
Duration: 12 Months (Chance to extend)
1st shift role, Mon-Fri, 7:30 AM - 4 PM
Location: Onsite only - New Albany, OH

Responsibilities

% of Time

• 40% - Independently accountable for identifying and responding to onsite risks and high-priority issues rapidly and effectively, troubleshooting incidents, shift turnover, incident queues, media processing, and escorting vendors.
• 20% - Working with the Product Owner, Service Owner and Subject Matter Experts, validates the context of requirements and executes individual user stories relating to onsite data center systems including critical system installs, data room moves, decommissions, reconfigurations, and onsite data center/data room power down events.
• 20% - Independently executes a variety of user stories with different contexts. Actively contributes opinions to design decisions and gains experience in understanding the design trade-offs? relating to OSI Model Layer 1 Infrastructure design/implementation/documentation, system automation via CI/CD pipelines and APIs, capacity planning, inventory planning, etc.
• 10% - Demonstrates the ability to identify the basic building blocks and components of data centers and OSI Model Layer 1 Infrastructure. Identifies how data center infrastructure moves/adds/changes to software/hardware functionality will impact on-prem data center infrastructure services or components. Applies knowledge of the various facilities and security components in the data center.
• 5% - Defines and evaluates team documentation for process improvement.
• 5% - Regularly contributes to team agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations, helps new engineers learn established team norms and participates in technology communities?.

Mandatory:

• 1-3+ years' experience deploying and maintaining complex data center environments (new facility, major facility renovations/expansions)
• Understanding of indoor/outdoor cable plants, including copper cabling, long range/short range fiber optic cabling
• Knowledge of information technology infrastructure components (LAN/WAN/SAN, firewalls, Wintel/Lintel/UNIX servers, storage, roll-on equipment, wireless, DAS)
• Knowledge of EIA/TIA, IEEE, NEC, and ISO standards relating to data centers and structured cabling
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal team members and external vendors
• Must be a team player and self-starter
• Strong documentation skills to capture architecture details, procedures, and other relevant data
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in CS/CIS/Network/Telecommunications or related field or equivalent work experience

Ideal Candidate:

• Data center and/or networking industry certifications preferred
• 3-5+ years' experience designing, deploying and maintaining complex data center environments (new facility, major facility renovations/expansions)
• Understanding of indoor/outdoor cable plants, including copper cabling, long range/short range fiber optic cabling
• Knowledge of information technology infrastructure components (LAN/WAN/SAN, firewalls, Wintel/Lintel/UNIX servers, storage, roll-on equipment, wireless, DAS)
• Knowledge of EIA/TIA, IEEE, NEC, and ISO standards relating to data centers and structured cabling
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal team members and external vendors
• Must be a team player and self-starter
• Strong documentation skills to capture architecture details, procedures, and other relevant data
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Layer 1 Technologies:

Layer 1 Technologies (Single Mode, Multimode, Cat 5e, 6, 6A, Direct Attach Cable Assemblies, Optical Transceivers and Transceiver Compatibility, Connectors, Performance Specifications, Deployment Topologies and Methods)

TIA-568 (Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard), TIA-942 (Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers)

Data Center Hardware:

• Hardware Platforms (Network, Compute, IoT, AV, End User)
• Common Network Topologies/Common Carrier Infrastructure and Deployment Methods
• Power and Cooling infrastructure layout from generation to rack level
• Rack standards, properties, and selection criteria -Testing & Verification

Data Center Software:

Installations & Upgrades -APIs and System Integration -OS Platforms

Preventative Network Security Hardening:

Administration & Configuration -Installation Instructions -Configuration Standards

Network Configuration and Troubleshooting:

• Knowledge of the different types of communication protocols used in a computer network
• Network Monitoring (SNMP, CDP, ICMP) -LAN/WAN/VLANs

System Automation:

• Programming Frameworks
• Automation-First Mindset

Data Center Operations:

• Operational Support / Process Management
• Data Center and Physical Site Infrastructure
• Power and Cooling Infrastructure/Fire Suppression/Physical Security/Facility Maintenance

Technical Writing:

• Writing Skills: Writes clearly, concisely, and precisely
• Editing Skills: Visual needs and Tools of the trade
• Engineering Base: network knowledge and technical jargons