Data Center Quality Engineer

GCS Recruitment; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Data Center Quality Engineer for a large-scale New Albany data center project. The role focuses on inspecting work, catching defects early, documenting issues clearly, and ensuring infrastructure is ready for acceptance.

This is a full-time, onsite, long-term project. You'll review rack builds, fiber/copper cabling, labeling, pathways, and cable management, and work with technicians and vendors to resolve issues.

Qualifications

• Hands-on infrastructure with strong quality instincts.
• Experience with rack deployments, fiber/copper cabling, and structured cabling.
• Experience with hardware installation, inspections, testing, troubleshooting, and technician oversight.
• Ability to read drawings or rack elevations.
• Experience with punch lists and defect documentation.
• Verify repairs, rework, and retesting before closeout.

Responsibilities

• Inspect rack builds, cabling, equipment, and installation workmanship.
• Validate fiber and copper routing, labeling, patching, cable management, and physical connectivity.
• Compare completed work to drawings, layouts, rack elevations, and site standards.
• Review prefabricated infrastructure and incoming materials before deployment.
• Identify damaged, incomplete, misrouted, mislabeled, or non-compliant work.
• Photograph and document deficiencies.
• Support punch lists and corrective-action tracking.
• Verify repairs, rework, and retesting before closeout.
• Work directly with technicians, leads, vendors, and project stakeholders.
• Assist with troubleshooting of physical-layer connectivity issues.

Skills

Rack deployments

Fiber/Copper cabling

Structured cabling

Hardware installation

Inspections

Testing

Troubleshooting

Technician oversight

Job description

Data Center Quality Engineer - Fiber / Racks / Structured Cabling
Location: New Albany, OH
Schedule: Full-time onsite
Contract: Long-term project

We're supporting a large-scale data center build and looking for hands-on infrastructure professionals with strong quality instincts.

You do not necessarily need to come from a formal QA/QC title. We're interested in candidates who have worked directly with rack deployments, fiber/copper cabling, structured cabling, hardware installation, inspections, testing, troubleshooting, and technician oversight and understand what good installation quality looks like.

The focus of the role is simple: inspect the work, catch defects early, document them clearly, make sure they're corrected, and confirm the infrastructure is ready for acceptance.

What You'll Be Doing

• Inspect rack builds, cabling, equipment, and installation workmanship
• Validate fiber/copper routing, labeling, patching, cable management, and physical connectivity
• Compare completed work to drawings, layouts, rack elevations, and site standards
• Review prefabricated infrastructure and incoming materials before deployment
• Identify damaged, incomplete, misrouted, mislabeled, or non-compliant work
• Photograph and document deficiencies
• Support punch lists and corrective-action tracking
• Verify repairs, rework, and retesting before closeout
• Work directly with technicians, leads, vendors, and project stakeholders
• Support troubleshooting of physical-layer connectivity issues

Strong Profiles May Come From

• Data Center Technician / Lead
• Fiber Technician
• Structured Cabling Technician
• Network Infrastructure Technician
• Connectivity Engineer
• QA/QC Engineer
• Field Engineer
• Low Voltage / Telecom Infrastructure
• Data Center Construction or Deployment

Key Experience

• Fiber optics and copper cabling
• Rack-and-stack / rack deployment
• Patch panels, labeling, pathways, and cable management
• Testing and troubleshooting
• Reading drawings or rack elevations
• Inspection and workmanship validation
• Punch lists, defect documentation, corrective action, or turnover
• Technician or vendor oversight is a plus

This role is ideal for someone who knows how data center infrastructure is actually built and wants to move into a position with more responsibility for quality, inspection, and project readiness.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.