Data Center Technician (Staff Augmentation)

Data Center Technician (Staff Augmentation)

📍 Orange County, CA | 🏢 100% Onsite | ⏱ Full-Time

Key Highlights

🖥️ Provide hands-on data center support for mission-critical infrastructure

🔧 Support server, network, and storage operations in a secure, regulated environment

🤝 Work onsite alongside infrastructure, network, and security teams supporting public safety systems

Position Overview

We are seeking a Data Center Technician to provide on-site, hands-on support within an enterprise data center environment for a public-sector organization. This role supports daily data center operations, hardware lifecycle activities, and infrastructure reliability in a highly available, security-focused setting.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, technically capable, and comfortable working in a 24x7, mission-critical environment supporting infrastructure that directly enables public safety operations.

This is a full-time, 100% onsite role in Orange County, California.

Key Responsibilities

Data Center Operations & Support

• Perform hands-on rack and stack, cabling, and physical installation of servers, network devices, and storage systems
• Support data center moves, adds, and changes (MAC activities)
• Assist with hardware lifecycle management including deployments, upgrades, and decommissioning
• Monitor and support power, cooling, and environmental systems within the data center
• Maintain clean, organized racks and cable management in accordance with data center standards

Infrastructure & Network Support

• Provide physical-layer support for network and server infrastructure
• Assist with connectivity troubleshooting, port activation, and device validation
• Support storage, compute, and virtualization teams with on-site implementation tasks
• Coordinate with network, security, and systems teams during maintenance windows and outages

Incident Response & After-Hours Support

• Respond to infrastructure incidents and service requests as needed
• Support after-hours work, overtime, and on-call activities during:
• Critical outages
• Maintenance windows
• Emergency response scenarios
• Follow established escalation and change-management procedures

Documentation & Compliance

• Update asset inventories, rack elevations, and data center documentation
• Follow security, access, and compliance procedures required in regulated environments
• Support audit readiness by maintaining accurate records and change documentation

Additional Duties

• Perform other activities reasonably related to data center operations as assigned

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise or colocation data center environments
• Hands-on experience with rack and stack, cabling, and physical infrastructure support
• Familiarity with servers, networking equipment, and storage hardware
• Experience working in secure or regulated environments preferred
• Ability to lift equipment (up to ~50 lbs) and work in data center environments
• Ability to work full-time onsite in Orange County, CA

Why This Role

This role offers the opportunity to support infrastructure that directly enables essential public-sector and public safety operations. You’ll work hands-on in a stable, enterprise data center environment alongside experienced technical teams, contributing to systems where uptime, security, and reliability are critical.