Datacenter Technician

Mainz Brady Group; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mainz Brady Group in Santa Clara, CA is hiring a Data Center Technician II to support enterprise data center deployments and infrastructure operations. This hands-on role installs, cables, validates, and maintains server, storage, networking, and GPU hardware in a fast-paced data center environment.

You will perform rack-and-stack installs, cable management, verify fiber and power connections, and assist with hardware moves, changes, and decommissioning under established runbooks.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on data center experience.
• Experience with rack & stack, cabling, and PDUs.
• Ability to read rack elevation diagrams and deployment docs.
• Comfortable lifting up to 50 lbs and working in rack environments.
• Attention to detail and adherence to procedures.

Responsibilities

• Perform rack & stack installations for servers, storage, networking, and GPU systems.
• Install rails, mount equipment, label assets, and maintain cable management.
• Connect and verify fiber, copper, and power cabling to data center standards.
• Support hardware moves, adds, changes (MACs), and decommissioning.
• Follow deployment runbooks and engineering documentation.
• Perform hardware validation, physical troubleshooting, and asset tracking.
• Partner with engineering and networking teams during deployments and migrations.
• Adhere to ESD, safety, and security protocols.

Skills

Rack & stack

Structured cabling

Server hardware install

PDUs & power distribution

Read rack elevations

Physical lifting 50 lbs

Tools

Dell servers

HPE servers

Supermicro hardware

Job description

We're hiring a Data Center Technician II to support enterprise data center deployments and infrastructure operations. This is a hands‑on role responsible for installing, cabling, validating, and maintaining server, storage, networking, and GPU hardware in a fast‑paced data center environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform rack & stack installations for servers, storage, networking, and GPU systems.
• Install rails, mount equipment, label assets, and maintain proper cable management.
• Connect and verify fiber, copper, and power cabling to data center standards.
• Support hardware moves, adds, changes (MACs), and equipment decommissioning.
• Follow deployment runbooks and engineering documentation.
• Perform hardware validation, physical troubleshooting, and asset tracking.
• Partner with engineering and networking teams during deployments and migrations.
• Adhere to ESD, safety, and security protocols.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands‑on data center experience performing rack & stack.
• Strong understanding of server racks, structured cabling (fiber & copper), and PDUs.
• Experience installing enterprise hardware (Dell, HPE, Supermicro, or similar).
• Ability to read rack elevation diagrams and deployment documentation.
• Comfortable lifting up to 50 lbs and working in rack environments.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to following established procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in hyperscale or GPU‑dense data centers.
• High‑performance computing (HPC) experience.
• Knowledge of hot/cold aisle containment best practices.
• Experience supporting large‑scale hardware deployments or migrations.
• Basic Linux experience is a plus.

Submission Requirements

Candidates must be able to provide one of the following for the required background screening: