Data Center Technician III at Astreya, Reston VA
Data Center Technician III at Astreya in Reston VA. Full-time. $28.76 to $45.4 an hour. Apply with swipeandhired.
What this Job Entails:
The Data Center Technician III is responsible for the installation of hardware into racks, asset tagging and scanning, cabling, data center maintenance, documenting processes and server installations.
Scope:
- Works on assignments that require considerable judgment and initiative. Makes recommendations for solutions
- Works within guidelines and takes ownership of results. May act as a mentor to less experienced team members.
Your Roles and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for installing, moving, and decommissioning hardware including cabinets, shelves, power strips, rails, fiber/copper/other cables and cable management, servers, storage, and other devices in the Data Center.
- Confirm and label devices, rack and cables.
- Work in a standard ticketing system, providing clear, timely, and appropriate customer communications.
- Work under the direction of Site Operations Supervisor and/or Operations Manager) and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Program Policies, Safety Policies, and Security Policies, while meeting requirements for quality and quantity of work.
- Other duties as required. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities assigned to this position
Required Qualifications/Skills:
- Must be a US Citizen, no dual citizenship.
- Must have US Passport and Real ID
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 5 to 8 years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise
- Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Ability to respond to any On-Call request within 1 hour, while on-call.
- Experience cabling systems (power/copper/fiber/other) correctly based on ticket requirements and SOP standards
- Experience working with CAT5e and CAT6 copper cable and multi-mode and single-mode fiber
- Proven ability to adapt to changing priorities, conditions, and circumstances
- Strong organization skills
- Working knowledge of computer hardware
- Understanding of networking components and infrastructures
- Knowledge of copper and fiber testers
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Understanding of Data Center best practices (i.e. basic fault tolerance, cable routing, calculating power usage)
- Experience with cable management and knowledge of how to run fiber and copper in a data center
Salary Range
$28.76 - $45.40 USD (Hourly)
- Please note that the salary information provided herein is base pay only (gross); it does not include other forms of compensation which may or may not apply to this specific position, namely, performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives - none of which are guaranteed, may be subject to specific eligibility requirements, and are wholly within the discretion of Astreya to remit.
- Further, the salary information noted above is a range that consists of a minimum and maximum rate of pay for this specific position. Where an applicant or employee is placed on this range will depend and be contingent on objective, documented work-related considerations like education, experience, certifications, licenses, preferred qualifications, among other factors.