Data Center Technician: Rack & Stack Pro

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company; Athens (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company in Ohio seeks a Data Center Technician to support rack-and-stack activities, cabling, equipment installation, testing, provisioning, and operational support within data center environments. This role offers hands-on work with servers, networking equipment, storage systems, and cabling infrastructure.

We seek a detail-oriented technician who can work independently while upholding safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; technical certification preferred.
• 1 year in data center operations or IT infrastructure support.
• Knowledge of racks, servers, networking gear, PDUs, and cabling.
• Understanding copper/fiber cabling, basic optical networking, and standards.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, installation docs and MOPs.

Responsibilities

• Install and deploy servers, network devices, storage equipment per designs.
• Route, terminate, label, and dress copper and fiber cabling.
• Install racks, PDUs, connect to power sources, and verify connectivity.
• Provision equipment and configure OOB management connections.
• Conduct testing and standard equipment turn-up procedures.
• Maintain records, test results, inventory, and as-built docs.

Skills

Rack-and-stack operations

Structured cabling

Server and network gear installation

Ability to travel up to 100%

Reading engineering docs and MOPs

Safety and quality awareness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Technical certification / vocational training

Tools

Testing equipment experience

Job description

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company in Ohio seeks a Data Center Technician to support rack-and-stack activities, cabling, equipment installation, testing, provisioning, and operational support within data center environments. This role offers hands-on work with servers, networking equipment, storage systems, and cabling infrastructure.

We seek a detail-oriented technician who can work independently while upholding safety and quality standards.