Data Center Technician 3 - Contract

Job Title: Data Center Technician 3
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 6 months to start, extensions likely.
Location: 8100 Innovation Park Dr Fairfax, VA 22031
Remote/on-site/Hybrid: 100% onsite 
Hours/Week: average 43-45 hours per week
Schedule: M-F core business hours. The will be after hours work, but then day shift would be limited
Positions: 1

Company Summary
Client mission is to provide world-class healthcare - every time, every touch - to each person in every community we have the privilege to serve. As a not-for-profit health system, our commitment is to meet the healthcare needs and improve the health of the communities we serve. We work in innovative ways to meet the healthcare challenges of today, while striving to meet the needs of the future. As such, team members are expected to perform job duties and responsibilities in keeping with client values and in a manner that reflects the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct and performance. At client, we know it takes each and every team member in our system to deliver the clinical excellence we provide. Come join us to be a valued member of the client Team!
Job Summary
The Data Center Technician 3 serves as a senior technical expert responsible for advanced data center operations supporting client's mission-critical IT infrastructure. This role performs complex technical work, supports large-scale infrastructure projects, and provides expert-level troubleshooting to ensure high availability, reliability, physical security, and operational excellence across data center environments. The technician works independently on complex tasks, serves as a technical escalation resource, and collaborates closely with engineering teams, facilities, and vendors.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Performs advanced installation, configuration, maintenance, and decommissioning of servers, network hardware, and data center infrastructure.
• Provides expert-level troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex or high-impact infrastructure incidents.
• Serves as a technical escalation resource during incidents, outages, and on-call rotations.
• Monitors system health, environmental conditions, power, and cooling systems to ensure continuous availability.
• Supports large-scale infrastructure projects, including upgrades, migrations, deployments, and decommissioning efforts.
• Executes preventative maintenance activities for UPS, PDUs, generators, and cooling systems.
• Reviews and validates rack layouts, cabling, labeling, and physical asset accuracy in accordance with established standards.
• Implements approved infrastructure changes and maintenance activities while adhering to change management procedures.
• Works with vendors, facilities, and external service providers to support day-to-day data center operations.
• Ensures adherence to security, safety, regulatory, and operational requirements related to data center environments.
• Maintains accurate documentation, tickets, and records related to infrastructure work, incidents, and maintenance activities.
• Contributes to the development and improvement of data center operational procedures and technical documentation.
• Provides technical guidance and knowledge sharing to less-experienced technicians as needed.
• Assists with capacity planning activities by providing technical input and operational data.
• Supports initiatives focused on improving infrastructure reliability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Experience: 4 years of Data Center operations or similar Environment
Education: at least High School or GED