What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Data Center Technician (JOB ID 003344) position at Innovien Solutions?
Job description:
Innovien is supporting a large-scale network modernization for a national enterprise whose footprint spans data centers, colocation facilities, and distribution sites. We’re hiring a Data Center Infrastructure & Operations Lead to own the physical layer: the racks, the cabling, and the crews that keep it all running. If you can splice fiber in the morning and run a vendor walkthrough in the afternoon, this is the seat.
What You’ll Do
- Own day-to-day operations across owned data centers, third-party colocation facilities, and distribution technology rooms, including rack and stack, equipment installs, moves/adds/changes, and remote hands support
- Set and enforce structured cabling and fiber standards, and get hands-on with splicing, termination, and testing when the work calls for it
- Lead technicians, cabling crews, and subcontractors, and verify vendor workmanship and test results
- Run cabling remediation, MDF/IDF builds, and data center cleanup projects from scope through handoff
- Serve as primary contact for colocation providers and back up senior data center leadership, while keeping rack elevations, floor plans, cable schedules, network diagrams, and power layouts current
What You Bring
- 7 years in enterprise data centers (50 racks), structured cabling, or low-voltage infrastructure
- 5 years of hands-on structured cabling and fiber work: splicing, termination, testing, patch panels, remediation
- Experience leading technicians, cabling crews, or subcontractors, including directing third-party vendors and checking their work
- Ownership of at least one full cabling remediation, MDF/IDF build, or data center cleanup project
- Ability to read rack elevations, floor plans, cable schedules, network diagrams, and power layouts
- Ability to lift 50 lbs and work from ladders
- Valid driver’s license
Nice to Have
- BICSI, FOA fiber, Network , CCNA, ITIL Foundation, or OSHA 10 certifications
- Hyperscale or AI data center build experience
Details
- 100% onsite, Nashville, TN area
- About 35% domestic travel between data centers, colocation sites, and distribution facilities, with travel expenses covered
- W2 employment with Innovien Solutions
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance