Data Center Technician

The Data Center Technician is a core member of the Global IT Infrastructure Team, responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and security of data center operations. This role involves primary onsite contact for data center support, including installation, configuration, maintenance, and decommissioning of hardware. The technician will manage physical and logical access, monitor alerts, maintain documentation, support remote requests, and participate in capacity planning and disaster recovery. Adherence to health, safety, and compliance standards is essential.

Must Have

• Serve as the primary onsite contact for all data center operations and support activities.
• Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and decommissioning of servers, storage, and network equipment.
• Manage physical and logical access to data center facilities, ensuring compliance with security policies.
• Monitor and respond to environmental, power, and hardware alerts.
• Maintain accurate documentation of assets, cabling, and changes within the data center.
• Support remote hands requests from global IT teams.
• Participate in capacity planning, hardware lifecycle management, and inventory control.
• Assist with backup/restore operations and disaster recovery testing.
• Ensure adherence to health, safety, and compliance standards.
• Rack, cable, and deploy new hardware (servers, storage, network devices).
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware faults (diagnostics, part replacement, RMA coordination).
• Maintain and update asset inventory and documentation systems.
• Perform structured cabling, labeling, and patch management.
• Monitor and manage power usage, UPS systems, and environmental controls.
• Coordinate with vendors for onsite support, warranty claims, and preventive maintenance.
• Implement and monitor physical security controls (access logs, CCTV, badge systems).
• Support OS installation, imaging, and configuration for servers (Windows, Linux).
• Assist with virtualization platform maintenance (VMware, Hyper-V).
• Participate in backup/restore operations (Commvault).
• Respond to and resolve incidents and service requests within SLAs.
• Support network troubleshooting (patching, VLAN configuration, basic switch/router tasks).
• Document all changes and maintain up-to-date runbooks and procedures.
• Participate in audits and compliance checks as required.
• Support local staff based on tickets.
• 3-5 years’ experience in data center operations or enterprise IT infrastructure support.
• Extensive hands-on experience with server, storage, and network hardware.
• Experience with rack and stack, structured cabling, and cable management best practices.
• Familiarity with environmental monitoring, power distribution (UPS, PDU), and cooling systems.
• Knowledge of virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V), Windows and Linux server administration.
• Experience with backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Understanding of security and access control systems within data centers.
• Exposure to network administration (switches, routers, firewalls, VLANs, DNS, DHCP).
• Experience with hardware lifecycle management and inventory systems.

Perks & Benefits

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to keep you and your family healthy.
• Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, sick leave, and holidays to ensure you have a work-life balance.
• Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing training.

Description

The Data Center Technician is a core member of the Global IT Infrastructure Team, responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and security of data center operations.

Serve as the primary onsite contact for all data center operations and support activities. Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and decommissioning of servers, storage, and network equipment. Manage physical and logical access to data center facilities, ensuring compliance with security policies. Monitor and respond to environmental, power, and hardware alerts; coordinate with vendors for maintenance and repairs. Maintain accurate documentation of assets, cabling, and changes within the data center. Support remote hands requests from global IT teams. Participate in capacity planning, hardware lifecycle management, and inventory control. Assist with backup/restore operations and disaster recovery testing. Ensure adherence to health, safety, and compliance standards. Provide onboarding and training for new team members or contractors as needed.

Tasks and Duties:

• Rack, cable, and deploy new hardware (servers, storage, network devices)
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware faults (diagnostics, part replacement, RMA coordination)
• Maintain and update asset inventory and documentation systems
• Perform structured cabling, labeling, and patch management
• Monitor and manage power usage, UPS systems, and environmental controls
• Coordinate with vendors for onsite support, warranty claims, and preventive maintenance
• Implement and monitor physical security controls (access logs, CCTV, badge systems)
• Support OS installation, imaging, and configuration for servers (Windows, Linux)
• Assist with virtualization platform maintenance (VMware, Hyper-V)
• Participate in backup/restore operations (Commvault)
• Respond to and resolve incidents and service requests within SLAs
• Support network troubleshooting (patching, VLAN configuration, basic switch/router tasks)
• Document all changes and maintain up-to-date runbooks and procedures
• Participate in audits and compliance checks as required
• Support local staff based on tickets

Requirements

• 3-5 years’ experience in data center operations or enterprise IT infrastructure support
• Extensive hands-on experience with server, storage, and network hardware (installation, troubleshooting, upgrades, and repairs)
• Experience with rack and stack, structured cabling, and cable management best practices
• Familiarity with environmental monitoring, power distribution (UPS, PDU), and cooling systems
• Knowledge of virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V), Windows and Linux server administration
• Experience with backup and disaster recovery solutions
• Understanding of security and access control systems within data centers
• Exposure to network administration (switches, routers, firewalls, VLANs, DNS, DHCP)
• Experience with hardware lifecycle management and inventory systems

Benefits

Across Vizrt, we all work with our shared purpose in mind; to deliver more stories, better told. That is because we believe that stories have the power to impact not just the audience, but the teller as well. A well-crafted and well-delivered story can change the world. We strive and innovate to deliver the best software-defined visual storytelling tools to the world’s storytellers across broadcast, media, public service, enterprise, not-for-profit, education, health, houses of worship, in fact wherever there is a need to educate, entertain or inform. Because that is what stories do, it is why they are important

4 billion humans see the stories that our customers tell every day. So, for us diversity is not an optional objective, it is a simple reality. Our customers’ customers are diverse, our customers are diverse, Vizrt gains strength from being diverse

It is true that we hold our diversity to be essential, it is something we constantly nourish and pay attention to, but it is not something we take for granted. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment. We champion inclusion and we value each other’s stories, and we relish their telling

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to keep you and your family healthy
• Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, sick leave, and holidays to ensure you have a work-life balance
• Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing training

Join our team and take advantage of these benefits while working in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Recruitment Process

• Recruiter Screening
• Team Interview
• Case Interview
• Final Interview