Data Center Security Systems Technician

LinuxCareers; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a Security Systems Technician to maintain and operate physical and logical security systems at data center scale. You will manage cameras, access readers, door controllers, intercoms, and related network infrastructure in a mission-critical environment.

The role requires hands-on data center experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to document cabling and configurations accurately.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining security devices at data center scale (cameras, readers, controllers, intercoms)
• Ability to terminate, test, and certify copper and fiber cabling with accurate documentation and inventory
• Hands‑on experience working in live data centers or critical facilities with ability to troubleshoot and fix issues independently
• Proficiency reading drawings and punch lists to assess completed work quality and hold contractors to specification
• Troubleshooting capability from device level through switch including PoE, link status, port and VLAN configuration, and DHCP
• Administration of Linux and Windows hosts including imaging, patching, drive replacement, and host recovery after failed reboot

Responsibilities

• Maintain security infrastructure including cameras, readers, door controllers, intercoms, head-end servers, storage and network switches at data center scale
• Troubleshoot and repair on-site infrastructure including cable runs, failed drives, power supplies, memory modules, network interface cards, optics, RAID sets, and hosts that fail to boot
• Accept and commission new data centers and expansions from delivery teams by verifying work against acceptance criteria
• Work the remediation queue to meet support agreement response targets including device swaps, firmware updates, resets, and service requests
• Maintain hardware used by security operations including badge printers, visitor kiosks, turnstiles, and vehicle gates

Skills

Security devices

Data center operations

Troubleshooting

Linux administration

Windows administration

Tools

Linux

Windows

Networking

Cabling

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking a Security Systems Technician to maintain and operate physical and logical security systems at data center scale. You will manage cameras, access readers, door controllers, intercoms, and related network infrastructure in a mission-critical environment.

The role requires hands-on data center experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to document cabling and configurations accurately.