Network Technician

Our client, a well known cloud and security company is urgently looking to hire a Network Technician to join their team on site in the Sterling, VA area!

** This is a 12 month contract to hire on a W2 offering a full benefits package **

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelors degree or higher
• Experience in a datacenter environment
• Experience with Physical racking of equipment (rack prep, rack and stack, switches/routers, cameras)
• Experience running fiber, power and Ethernet cabling
• Experience Replace disk drives and memory
• Experience diagnosing simple hardware issues

Job Responsibilities

• The network field technician will perform server deployment and maintenance in our data centers. Deployment and maintenance consists of installing servers and switches in racks; un-racking servers and racking replacements; Ethernet, fiber and power cable wiring; replacing disk drives and memory; and diagnosing simple hardware issues
• You will work closely with field technicians, ISPs, equipment vendors, and internal operations and engineering staff. You will start by helping to remotely diagnose hardware problems, facilitate server repairs, and manage Akamai’s hardware assets
• You will work closely with other internal teams in our Network Infrastructure group, translating requirements from network architects, network engineers and design engineers into specific deployment project plans, network designs and network packages
• You will work with implementation managers, infrastructure delivery managers and network infrastructure engineers to ensure that these design plans and packages are implemented accurately and efficiently.