Datacenter Technician: Rack & Cable Specialist (Contract)

Motion Recruitment; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Health and Dependent Care Flexible Sp​

Voluntary Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k)

Legal and Identity Protection Plans

529 College Saver Plan

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners in Livermore, CA is seeking a Datacenter Technician on a 6 month contract to hire for enterprise-grade IT infrastructure work. The role requires hands-on rack fabrication, cabling, and asset management across server and network hardware.

You will read rack elevations, interpret cable matrices, install, test, and document configurations, while maintaining security policies and collaborating with field teams.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• A+ and/or CCNA Data Center Certificate preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience with rack fabrication.

Responsibilities

• Racking: read Rack Elevation; rack and stack servers, network hardware, and accessories.
• Cable Matrix: read and interpret cable matrix to correctly lace cables port to port.
• Labeling: operate cable labeling machine and apply label onto cables per customer standards.
• Asset Tracking: keep track of all assets assigned to DCT until completion of rack build.
• Hardware Upgrade: install components to server and networking devices such as memory, CPU, expansion cards, and modules.
• Benching: place specified items on a designated, numbered bench for configuration and testing; includes unboxing, labeling, powering-up, and recording serial numbers.
• Un-benching: re-package and retrieve the designated items from the bench and record changes in location and status in the inventory system.

Skills

Rack fabrication

Rack elevation reading

Cable matrix interpretation

Asset tracking

Technical documentation

Strong communication

Work independently

IT systems knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

A+ and/or CCNA Data Center Certificate preferred

Tools

Windows

Microsoft Office

OSX

Salesforce

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners in Livermore, CA is seeking a Datacenter Technician on a 6 month contract to hire for enterprise-grade IT infrastructure work. The role requires hands-on rack fabrication, cabling, and asset management across server and network hardware.

You will read rack elevations, interpret cable matrices, install, test, and document configurations, while maintaining security policies and collaborating with field teams.