Data Center Technician- Franklin, WI

Data Center Technician

Our great client in Franklin, WI has an immediate opening for a Data Center Technician. This position is 100% onsite (M-F) at the Franklin office, depending on workload worker may need to work at the Milwaukee campus. NO REMOTE WORK. The Data Center Services team strives to provide an efficient, risk-driven approach to managing the raised floor area of the Data Center. These services include managing assets throughout their life cycle, data destruction, and ensuring appropriate physical and logical security for vendors within the environment. The work environment is hands-on, fast-paced, and deadline-oriented where adaptability is key to our success as a team, thus having depth knowledge of working in large-scale Data Center environments is critical. The individual will be responsible for managing the inventory and assets in our Data Center in accordance with the standard policies and procedures designated by the group. This individual will play a key role in ensuring our Data Center inventory is up-to-date and accurate.

Job Responsibilities :

• Providing remote-hands support to data center customers.
• Respond to and resolve support tickets in the system.
• Provide Level-one Network support.
• Testing Fiber and copper cables.
• Cleaning Fiber and copper cables.
• Cleaning and replacing SFPs if needed.
• Installation and maintenance of the structured cabling system.
• Maintain inventory of fiber and copper cabling.
• Quote and order additional materials as needed.
• Quote and order materials to build out additional Data Center capacity.
• Rack & stack of IT hardware.
• Maintaining records and documenting issues utilizing our DCIM system (Netterrain).
• Operate, monitor, and respond to abnormal conditions with our facilities systems.
• Crossover work with the CEE team as needed.
• Gathering inventory and shipping network equipment to Field Offices.
• Decommission returned hardware.

EEO Employer Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses / books / seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.