Travel Data Center Technician – Rack & Fiber Installations

Insight Global; Ellendale (ND); On-site; USD 41,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hotel accommodations provided

Airfare covered

Meal reimbursement

Paid travel home between rotations

Local transportation arranged

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking technicians for 100% travel data-center deployments across multiple sites in the United States. The role involves installing and validating rack and stack hardware, troubleshooting connectivity and cabling, and adhering to site procedures and safety standards.

Expect long 10–12 hour shifts and heavy overtime with extensive nationwide travel. IG covers housing, airfare, local transport, and meal reimbursements up to $120 per day, with paid travel home between rotations.

Qualifications

• 10+ months of hands-on data center experience
• Rack and stack experience with servers, switches, or related infrastructure
• Experience troubleshooting connectivity, down ports, cabling, or hardware issues
• Experience tracing, labeling, validating, and documenting connections
• Ability to work 10–12-hour shifts and extensive overtime
• Ability to travel nationwide for long-term assignments
• Ability to pass required pre-employment screening
• Ability to obtain OSHA 10 certification after hire if needed; training will be provided and paid for

Responsibilities

• Install and securely rack servers, switches, and supporting hardware
• Follow rack elevations, deployment standards, and site procedures
• Connect, trace, label, and validate fiber and copper cabling
• Troubleshoot down ports, signal issues, incorrect patching, and connectivity failures
• Clean and reseat fiber connections before retesting
• Support port remediation, burndown, and post-install validation
• Perform QA/QC checks and document completed work accurately
• Identify deployment defects and elevate unresolved blockers
• Receive, stage, organize, and track technical equipment
• Move and position cabinets or equipment within data halls
• Work within assigned crews under onsite technical and project leadership
• Maintain quality and productivity in active data center environments

Skills

Data center operations

Rack and stack servers

Troubleshooting hardware

Cable tracing & labeling

QA/QC documentation

Overtime readiness

Nationwide travel

Pre-employment screening

OSHA 10 training

Tools

Visual Fault Locator

Optical power meters

OTDR testing

Job description

Insight Global is seeking technicians for 100% travel data-center deployments across multiple sites in the United States. The role involves installing and validating rack and stack hardware, troubleshooting connectivity and cabling, and adhering to site procedures and safety standards.

Expect long 10–12 hour shifts and heavy overtime with extensive nationwide travel. IG covers housing, airfare, local transport, and meal reimbursements up to $120 per day, with paid travel home between rotations.