Lead Data Center Technician

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead Data Center Technician based in United States. This is a hands-on leadership role supporting customer deployments and infrastructure projects in active data center and critical-environment settings. You will lead technicians and helpers while remaining directly involved in rack-and-stack, structured cabling, installation, remediation, and cabinet closeout activities. The role combines field leadership with technical execution, quality control, documentation, and customer-site coordination. You will work from rack elevations, cable schedules, port maps, drawings, runbooks, and field instructions to deliver reliable deployments. The position is highly travel-intensive, with approximately 75–90% nationwide travel and extended assignments. Success requires strong judgment, disciplined execution, safety awareness, and the ability to identify and escalate issues before they affect project timelines or quality. Accountabilities - Lead daily field activities for technicians, helpers, and subcontractors, assigning work, monitoring progress, and keeping the crew aligned with project requirements. - Perform hands-on rack-and-stack activities, including equipment staging, cabinet preparation, server and switch installation, cable management, and cabinet closeout. - Install, route, dress, label, connect, test, and troubleshoot copper and fiber-optic cabling according to drawings, port maps, cable schedules, and work instructions. - Inspect completed work for label accuracy, port assignments, bend radius, cable dressing, cleanliness, slack, test results, photographs, and overall workmanship, correcting issues promptly. - Capture and maintain accurate project documentation, including serial numbers, asset tags, MAC addresses, photographs, completion records, redlines, test results, and issue logs.

- Provide clear daily status updates covering completed work, blockers, rework, open items, risks, and next steps, while escalating scope conflicts and unexpected field conditions early. - Maintain safe and professional conduct in secure customer environments, including PPE usage, housekeeping, access requirements, confidentiality, and appropriate stop-work authority. - Complete required security awareness training, follow applicable company policies and procedures, and identify and escalate security risks for remediation. - Support other field, deployment, or infrastructure activities as assigned. Requirements - At least 4 years of experience in data center operations, telecommunications, structured cabling, low-voltage installation, or network infrastructure deployment. - Demonstrated experience leading technicians, helpers, subcontractors, or small field crews while remaining actively involved in technical work. - Practical knowledge of copper and fiber-optic cabling, rack installation, server and switch installation, cable management, labeling, testing, troubleshooting, and remediation. - Ability to interpret and apply rack elevations, cabinet IDs, U positions, port maps, cable schedules, drawings, runbooks, checklists, and field instructions. - Working knowledge of fiber cleaning and inspection, connector care, polarity, bend radius, VFL/OLTS/OTDR fundamentals, wiremap, and basic copper testing concepts. - Strong quality-control, documentation, communication, problem-solving, and customer-service skills, with the judgment to verify conditions before proceeding. - Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with field teams, customers, project stakeholders, and subcontractors. - Valid driver's license and readiness for rental vehicles and approximately 75–90% nationwide travel, including overnight and extended assignments.