Data Center Technician – Onsite Ops & Infra

Apex Systems; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 41,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K with company match

ESPP

HSA

EAP

Job summary

Everforth Apex in O'Fallon, Missouri, is seeking a Production Control Engineer II / Data Center Technician to support enterprise data center operations. The role involves installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and decommissioning of servers and infrastructure to ensure reliability, with a hands-on, independent work style.

Position is a long-term contract, onsite only (Three 13-hour shifts per week). Competitive hourly pay from $30.00 to $50.00, based on experience and level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in IT or related field.
• 2–4+ years IT operations, infrastructure or data center experience.
• Hands-on with servers, rack & stack, cabling, network troubleshooting, and data center concepts.

Responsibilities

• Perform hardware installation, upgrades, maintenance, and decommissioning of enterprise servers and infrastructure.
• Rack, stack, cable, and power data center equipment including servers, network devices, monitoring systems, and other hardware.
• Troubleshoot and repair hardware and network infrastructure issues.
• Support production control activities across systems software, hardware, applications, and data environments.
• Work with technical teams to improve system availability, scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Assist with capacity planning, performance monitoring, and event-driven alerting.
• Provide second‑level production support and maintain system management tools.
• Participate in disaster recovery testing and business continuity initiatives.
• Ensure production changes are thoroughly tested, documented, and implemented according to change management standards.
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures and technical documentation.
• Recommend opportunities for automation and operational improvements.
• Perform other duties as assigned while adhering to organizational policies and standards.

Skills

Server hardware installation

Rack & stack

Structured cabling

Network troubleshooting

Data center concepts

Independent problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Monitoring tools

Change management software

Job description

Everforth Apex in O'Fallon, Missouri, is seeking a Production Control Engineer II / Data Center Technician to support enterprise data center operations. The role involves installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and decommissioning of servers and infrastructure to ensure reliability, with a hands-on, independent work style.

Position is a long-term contract, onsite only (Three 13-hour shifts per week). Competitive hourly pay from $30.00 to $50.00, based on experience and level.