DataCenter Engineer

Miami, FL, United States (On-site)

Contract (11 months 7 days)

Published 6 hours ago

documentation skills

troubleshooting skills

cable management

Hardware Design

Cross - Functional Coordination

Asset Management

problem - solving analytical skills

Other Requirements:

• Candidate Needs to be US Passport holder as this role needs travelling to US and global locations e.g. Shipyards in Italy, various office or port locations in the US, travelling and sailing with ships for maintenance or project work if required.
• Travelling Required up to 25%

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and support data center hardware, infrastructure, and supporting systems to ensure high availability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, test, label, and document structured cabling infrastructure, including copper (Cat5e/Cat6/Cat6A) and fiber optic cabling. Perform network cabling, patching, cross-connects, cable routing, rack elevations, cable management, and connectivity validation for network, compute, and storage environments. Coordinate fiber optic installation, splicing, testing, and termination activities with internal teams and external vendors. Hands-on fiber termination is not required; however, the engineer must understand fiber optic standards, installation, testing, documentation, and the overall deployment process to effectively plan, coordinate, and validate implementation.

• Support the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of low-voltage infrastructure, including network connectivity, environmental monitoring systems, access control, surveillance, and other supporting data center technologies.

  Monitor environmental conditions, including temperature, humidity, power utilization, and cooling performance, ensuring compliance with operational standards and service level objectives.

• Assist in the planning and execution of data center projects, including equipment deployments, hardware refreshes, cabling installations, migrations, infrastructure upgrades, and facility expansions.

• Perform hardware installation, decommissioning, moves, adds, and changes (MACs) for servers, storage, network equipment, and supporting infrastructure.

• Maintain accurate documentation of rack layouts, cable maps, fiber pathways, patch panels, network connectivity, asset inventory, and infrastructure changes.

• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot hardware, physical connectivity, structured cabling, and basic operating system or software issues.

• industry best practices for rack organization, cable management, airflow optimization, and physical infrastructure reliability.

• Collaborate effectively with Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Security, Facilities, vendors, and other cross-functional teams to support operational and project objectives.

• Safely perform physical work in a data center environment, including lifting equipment, installing overhead or underfloor cabling, and working in hot and cold aisle environments.

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's degree in one of the following fields (or equivalent experience):
• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Required Experience

3+ years of experience in:

• Data Center Engineering and Operations
• Managing Information Technology infrastructure
• Structured cabling (copper and fiber optic) and network cabling
• Coordinating fiber optic installation, testing, and vendor activities
• Low-voltage infrastructure and physical data center systems
• Rack and cable management
• Hardware installation, maintenance, and lifecycle management
• Physical infrastructure documentation and asset management
• Basic network protocols and cabling standards

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $25.43/hour - $39.73/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.