Open roles · Chicago, IL
Data Center Technician
- Pay
- $62,000-$84,000 per year
- Type
- Full-time
- Shift
- Day shift, on-call rotation
Posted 2026-09-14 · Employer: Confidential financial-services operator. Your application goes straight to Czarina Tabayoyong, who is running this search.
What you will do
- Install and maintain compute and network hardware for latency-sensitive workloads
- Run precision fiber builds with documented test results
- Execute changes under strict CAB-approved windows
- Triage hardware faults and coordinate vendor dispatches
- Maintain asset and inventory accuracy in DCIM
What you bring
- 2+ years data center or enterprise infrastructure experience
- Documented change-control discipline
- Fiber certification experience required
- US work authorization; able to pass background screening
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Who is hiring
Confidential financial-services operator, hiring in Chicago, IL. The employer is kept confidential in the public posting at their request; the company name, site and team structure are shared with you on the first screening call before anything is submitted.
- Posting reference
- data-center-technician-chicago
- Posted
- 2026-09-14
- Open through
- 2026-12-14
Who is recruiting
Critical Path Hiring, an independent, founder-led recruiting practice for data center, GPU cloud and AI infrastructure employers. Every search is run end to end by Czarina Tabayoyong, Founder & Principal Recruiter, with more than 15 years of recruiting experience in technical recruiting across cloud infrastructure, critical facilities and AI platform teams.
- Contact
- czarina@thetalentog.com
- Coverage
- United States, nationwide
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