Lead Data Center Technician
Core
Lead a team of technicians in auditing, installing, and maintaining optical transport infrastructure and fiber cabling in customer data centers and colocation sites.
Role type
Senior IC lead data center technician (optical/transport)
Builds
Reliable optical transport infrastructure and fiber cabling for customers
Domain
Data center operations and optical networking
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Team leadership, fiber-optic cabling (single-mode/multimode, LC connectors), optical testing and troubleshooting, reading network diagrams and cut sheets, customer communication, safety compliance, physical labor (lifting 50 lbs, working at heights)
Preferred skills
Experience with structured cabling, fan-outs, and transport troubleshooting
Technologies
Optical power meters, stabilized light sources, visual fault locators, OTDRs, test sets
Responsibilities
Audit work performed at customer data centers and provide feedback to third-party technicians, communicate directly with customers via ticketing systems or in person, support fiber installation, decommissioning, break-fix, and migration work, perform or supervise optical testing and troubleshooting, interpret engineering documentation and network diagrams, lead work across customer environments maintaining high execution standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership
