Job Description
Salary: $110,000 - 150,000 per year Requirements:
- Associates or bachelors degree in information technology, computer science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical data center experience
- 8+ years of hands-on data center operations experience across multiple sites, including primary and colocation/DR environments
- Working familiarity with Windows, Linux, and hypervisor environments
- Proven expertise across core physical data center areas, including electrical and power distribution, PDUs, cooling and environmental systems, structured cabling, and facility management
- Practical experience using DCIM tools for asset, capacity, power, and connectivity tracking
- Background with colocation facilities, including site evaluation, space/power/cooling planning, and remote-hands coordination
- Knowledge of power infrastructure such as UPS, ATS, generators, redundant A/B feeds, circuit sizing, and rack power capacity
- Proficiency in structured cabling, including copper and fiber, cable management, labeling standards, and rack elevation design
- Ability to perform physical work, including lifting, racking, and installing equipment in data center environments
- Working knowledge of server, storage, and network hardware, with exposure to VMware, Nutanix, Windows, and Linux platforms
- Strong troubleshooting ability and composure under pressure during critical incidents
- Solid organizational and documentation skills to maintain accurate physical infrastructure records
- Ability to work independently and partner effectively with facilities, vendors, and global infrastructure teams
- Willingness and ability to travel to our Omaha, NE data center as needed
- Industry certifications such as DCCA, DCCS, CDCP/CDCS/CDCE, or BICSI cabling certifications are preferred
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Solarwinds, and vendor call-home solutions, along with environmental and power monitoring platforms is preferred
- Experience supporting relocations, buildouts, or colocation migrations is preferred
- Familiarity with physical security systems, fire suppression, and data center compliance standards is preferred
Responsibilities: - Carry out hands-on physical data center work, including rack-and-stack activities, equipment installs, moves, adds, changes, and end-of-life decommissioning and cleanup
- Administer and maintain power infrastructure, including PDUs, rack power distribution, whip builds, circuit capacity, A/B redundancy, and remote power control setup and monitoring
- Partner with facilities and electrical/mechanical vendors on UPS, ATS, generators, power distribution, and electrical maintenance to support resilient and code-compliant power delivery
- Oversee cooling and environmental systems, monitoring temperature, humidity, airflow, hot/cold aisle containment, and resolving environmental issues
- Design, install, label, and maintain structured cabling for copper and fiber, including cable management, ladder racks, overhead pathways, patch schedules, and rack elevations
- Own the DCIM platform by keeping asset inventories, rack elevations, capacity data, power and cooling utilization, connectivity maps, and space planning accurate
- Lead colocation management activities, including site selection and evaluation, contract and SLA coordination, space/power/cooling planning, remote-hands coordination, and vendor relationship management
- Plan and forecast data center capacity for space, power, and cooling to support growth, deployments, and infrastructure projects
- Define, communicate, and enforce data center standards, labeling conventions, safety practices, physical security, and compliance requirements
- Coordinate and execute infrastructure deployments and migrations with Systems, Network, Storage, Facilities, Security, and vendor teams
- Provide escalation support for complex power, cooling, cabling, environmental, and hardware issues while coordinating with operations, facilities, and vendor partners
- Ensure proper physical installation practices, including seismic bracing, grounding, weight distribution, and adherence to manufacturer and site standards
- Develop and maintain documentation such as rack diagrams, cable schedules, IP/port records, runbooks, standard operating procedures, and operational logs
- Support server and hardware operations across VMware, Nutanix, Windows, and Linux platforms, including basic administration and health checks
- Participate in disaster recovery testing and resiliency activities at the Omaha DR site, including power-failover validation and coordination with network and platform teams
- Take part in an on-call rotation and provide after-hours and 24/7 support for critical data center operations as needed
Technologies: - Airflow
- Grafana
- Hardware
- Support
- Linux
- Network
- Nutanix
- Security
- VMware
- Windows
More:
We are Platinum Resource Group, a professional consulting firm that provides contract and interim resources to Fortune 1000 clients across technology, human resources, accounting, finance, business systems, and supply chain. We operate in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. This role is based in Newport Beach, CA, with travel to Omaha, NE as needed. As a W-2 employer, we offer direct deposit with bi-weekly payroll, health, dental, and vision benefits, plus referral bonuses.
last updated 39 week of 2026
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Interim role, Remote work, Relocation