Data Center Technician I

NuAxis Innovations; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis Innovations in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Data Center Technician I to provide onsite, entry-level operations support for the Albuquerque Data Center. You will monitor, install, and maintain data center infrastructure and assist with racks, cabling, and documentation.

The role requires rotating shifts, weekend and federal holiday coverage, and strong teamwork and customer-service skills. This is a full-time position in a secure, on-site environment with opportunities to grow in DCIM and

Qualifications

• Entry-level IT knowledge and data center basics.
• Familiarity with servers, cabling, power connections.
• Ability to perform hands-on installation and hardware troubleshooting.
• Willingness to work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Strong attention to detail for inventories and documentation.
• Ability to work onsite in a secure data center environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor data center infrastructure, power, HVAC, UPS, and environmental alarms.
• Perform physical inspections and maintain documentation.
• Open and update tickets for incidents and coordinate with support teams.
• Assist with rack-and-stack, cabling, and equipment placement.
• Support shipping/receiving and inventory management.
• Assist with DCIM database maintenance.

Skills

Data center basics

Onsite operations

Cable & rack

Escalation awareness

Customer service

Tools

Nlyte

Job description

Data Center Technician I

Location Albuquerque, NM

# of openings 1

Salary Range (Min-Max) 00

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution.

Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers, engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind. We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Data Center Technician I for a Full-Time position.

Job Summary:

The Data Center Technician I provides onsite, entry-level operational and infrastructure support for the Albuquerque Data Center (ADC) and Data Center Operations Center. The role performs physical monitoring, equipment support, cabling, inventory, environmental monitoring, ticketing, shipping/receiving, documentation, and other hands-on activities needed to maintain reliable 24x7x365 data center operations. The ADC requires physical onsite coverage and cannot be effectively monitored remotely.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform physical monitoring of data center infrastructure, including power, HVAC, temperature/humidity, UPS systems, fire systems, security cameras, and environmental alarms.
• Perform scheduled physical inspections and monitor infrastructure through government-provided tools such as Nlyte.
• Monitor network resources, enterprise applications, servers, and infrastructure systems for outages or abnormal operating conditions.
• Open and update Service Desk tickets for system, network, environmental, and infrastructure incidents and route tickets to the appropriate support teams.
• Support installation, removal, and basic troubleshooting of servers, network devices, storage equipment, and other data center infrastructure.
• Assist with rack-and-stack activities, power connections, network connections, cabling, and equipment placement.
• Support copper and fiber-optic cabling documentation and troubleshooting.
• Assist with break/fix hardware replacement activities under direction of senior technical staff.
• Maintain accurate inventories of servers, infrastructure components, supplies, spare equipment, and associated documentation.
• Assist with Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) database maintenance.
• Support equipment shipping, receiving, movement, storage, decommissioning, surplus, and media-destruction processes.
• Assist with backup and restore operations, including media changes and approved media transfer between sites.
• Respond to environmental alarms and promptly **escalate** power, cooling, fire, security system, or network issues.
• Maintain clean, orderly, secure, and professionally managed data center spaces.
• Escort third-party vendors and authorized visitors in secure OIT areas and ensure adherence to visitor procedures.
• Assist with data center access and badging processes.
• Support after-hours Service Desk activities as required to provide limited 24x7x365 coverage.
• Maintain daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc operational reports.
• Create and update SOPs, procedures, equipment records, and other operational documentation.
• Coordinate with systems, network, storage, security, and facilities personnel to support equipment installations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and incident resolution.
• Participate in 24x7x365 shift coverage, including weekends and Federal holidays, as scheduled.

Required Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of data center, IT infrastructure, or computer hardware operations.
• Familiarity with servers, network equipment, cabling, power connections, and computer hardware.
• Ability to perform hands-on installation, cabling, equipment movement, inventory, and basic hardware troubleshooting.
• Ability to recognize and appropriately **escalate** infrastructure, environmental, hardware, network, and system alarms.
• Basic understanding of ticketing systems and incident escalation procedures.
• Strong attention to detail when maintaining equipment inventories, access records, and technical documentation.
• Ability to work onsite in a secure operational data center environment.
• Ability to work rotating shifts, nights, weekends, and Federal holidays in support of 24x7x365 operations when scheduled.
• Strong customer-service, teamwork, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in a data center, Network Operations Center, IT infrastructure, hardware support, or similar technical environment.
• Familiarity with DCIM or environmental monitoring tools such as Nlyte.
• Experience with copper and fiber-optic cabling.
• Familiarity with rack-and-stack procedures, UPS systems, cooling systems, and enterprise hardware.
• CompTIA A+, Network+, Server+, or comparable entry-level IT certification.
• Previous federal government or DOI/BIA IT support experience.

Our Profile:

We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them. Learn More. (https://nuaxis.com/about/)

NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Learn More (https://nuaxis.com/contact/) about our Benefits and Culture!