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L3 Data Center Technician
Location: Manassas, VA
Employment type: 12 month contract
Pay rate: $35.00-$45.00/hour, the rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.
Why This Opportunity Matters
The L3 team supports some of NVIDIA's most advanced AI infrastructure environments and serves as the escalation point for complex hardware, infrastructure, and operational issues.
This environment includes:
- High-density GPU clusters
- Advanced liquid-cooled infrastructure
- Mission-critical AI environments
- Large-scale deployment programs
- Executive visibility
This is a highly technical role supporting the infrastructure that powers next-generation AI initiatives.
Graveyard Shift Schedule
Training (First 30 Days)
Monday-Friday Day Shift
Block A
Sunday-Wednesday 11:00 PM - 9:00 AM EST
Block B
Wednesday-Saturday 11:00 PM - 9:00 AM EST
Position Summary
The L3 Data Center Technician serves as an advanced technical resource supporting complex troubleshooting, liquid-cooled infrastructure, high-density compute environments, server escalations, and mission-critical operational support.
Responsibilities
Advanced Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot complex server and infrastructure issues.
- Perform root cause analysis.
- Resolve escalated operational incidents.
- Support outage restoration activities.
Liquid Cooling
- Support liquid-cooled server infrastructure.
- Work within CDU-supported environments.
- Identify cooling system anomalies.
- Support advanced cooling maintenance activities.
High-Density Compute
- Support GPU-intensive environments.
- Assist with large-scale hardware refreshes.
- Validate AI infrastructure deployments.
- Support infrastructure migrations.
Linux & Systems Support
- Utilize Linux command-line tools for troubleshooting.
- Review logs and system health indicators.
- Support firmware, BIOS, and hardware validation activities.
Requirements
- 5 years of data center experience.
- Advanced server troubleshooting experience.
- Strong Linux command-line experience.
- Fiber and copper infrastructure experience.
- Experience supporting large-scale deployments.
Preferred
- Liquid cooling experience.
- AI, HPC, or GPU infrastructure experience.
- Hyperscale experience.
- ServiceNow or Jira.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.
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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
· The California Fair Chance Act
· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Salary : $35 - $45