Datacenter Technician

Title: Data Center Tech

Work Locations: Cleveland, OH and Columbus, OH

Expense: Mileage and if the travel job requires a stay in a city outside of home-market, then hotel will also be covered with prior approval from the manager

Start: December 2025 (Immediate)

Ticket based job – Once the client sends a ticket to complete, we will request the tech to go for the assignment for that day. Not a 40-hour/week guaranteed job. FE will work on as-need basis. For this type of work, if the rate needs to be higher, we can request for a higher bill rate.

Pivital will provide a 24-hour notice for the work assignment for next day.

FE must be local to OH market.

Looking for a Data Center Tech needed who can travel between the two cities. If we need to find one person in each city, that works too.

Client: Google – Large Scale Data center

Know the full cycle of how to work in a large data center. Must know how to work with fiber. Perform Fiber Testing, Run jumper cables, Clean fiber jumpers etc.

Daily Job Duties:

• Hardware installation and decommission of enterprise servers and cabling infrastructure.
• Fix and repair of data center hardware and networking infrastructure within Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Rack and stack of data center equipment, including but not limited to servers, networking devices, monitoring systems and other equipment.
• Landing racks, cabling, power up and handoff of servers to internal provisioning teams.
• Handle daily work through internal tooling systems such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Documentation of activities and strict alignment to SOP’s
• Inventory process: Receive, track, and ship data center equipment as needed.
• Install, label, and fix fiber/copper/telecom cables as well as patch panel systems.
• Understand, interpret, and alignment to local site requirements.
• Be punctual in arriving for shifts on time and provide proper handover reports after shift to the next team member(s).
• Provide on-call emergency support at pre-determined times.
• Participate and complete training that aligns with corporate objectives to bridge skill gaps and learn new relevant technologies.
• Support and receive direction from senior team members.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of server/storage/network hardware systems and components.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Be a good team player.
• Strong interest in learning new DC concepts and technology.
• Dependable and trustworthy.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to climb a 9 ft ladder.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Shift schedule that rotates. Includes weekends and holidays.
• Willing to work nights and weekends
• IT Hardware Concepts knowledge (RAID, Linux/Unix, CLI, etc.)
• Good computer skills
• Able to lift boxes and move palletized equipment consistently throughout the day
• Previous inventory and organization experience preferred
• Confident enough to escort contractors while onsite and enforce ORACLE protocols
• Familiarity with 5S, Slack and any exposure to mainstream ticketing systems is a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• 0 -2 years of enterprise
• Linux administration knowledge or other command line interface knowledge/experience
• 1 year experience in Structured Cabling Copper/Fiber and testing of cables.
• 1 year experience in Cooling and Electrical systems concepts inside the data center.
• Experience in repairing and working on enterprise server hardware.
• May be working towards relevant professional qualification
• Monitor the fundamental server/network capacity.
• Determine the characteristics of a problem and either resolve the problem immediately and/or record, escalate, and track the problem through to closure and to the customer's satisfaction.