What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Center Technician (onsite in Ashburn, Va and Silver Spring, MD)) position at ALTA IT Services, LLC?
Senior Smart Hands Data Center Technician
Location : Onsite – Ashburn, VA and Silver Spring, MD
Clearance : Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance
US citizenship required per government contract
Summary :
Senior Data Center Smart Hands Technician will provide onsite support in the customer’s two Data Centers. They will perform hands on tasks such as server / network / rack installation, troubleshooting, cabling, decommissioning equipment, inventory and asset management, physical space planning in the data center, and maintain network / rack diagrams. The technician will split time between two data centers.
Required :
- 5 years with a BS / BA degree or 9 years of hands-on experience in a datacenter environment
- Understand power redundancy, power usage, different styles of power cords and amps needed per cabinet in a data center environment
- Installation of new data center racks and understanding of rack PDU’s, cabling and power requirements
- Rack and stack physical servers / network devices, fiber and copper patching and cable management
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot hardware and network connectivity issues
Preferred :