Lead Data Center Technician Location:

Northern Virginia (Sterling, Leesburg, Gainesville, Aldie)

Terms:

W-2 Contract (full-time, 40 hours/week)

Schedule:

Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00

PM Benefits:

Weekly direct deposit, paid company holidays, health insurance We are hiring a Lead Data Center Technician to support our Fortune 10 cloud technology client across multiple state-of-the-art data centers throughout Northern Virginia. This is a technical leadership role for someone who has gained deep expertise as a Data Center Technician and progressed into leading, training, and mentoring other technicians. You will serve as a technical authority across multiple projects and sites, providing leadership to technicians and Site Leads while ensuring work is technically ready, executed correctly, and completed to established quality and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as the senior onsite technical authority for execution decisions, escalations, and quality standards across multiple data center sites and projects. Lead and mentor Site Leads and Data Center Technicians, serving as the technical escalation layer above Site Leads across locations. Validate project scope, sequencing, crew capability, tools, materials, and technical readiness before work begins. Provide technical oversight and hands-on expertise across MOR (Middle of Row), PRD (Pre-Rack Deployment), White Glove, Post Dock, NDT file creation and interpretation, and cable termination. Identify technical risks, provide go/no-go input before complex or high-risk work begins, and intervene when execution deviates from established standards. Certify work quality and completion across MOR, PRD, White Glove, and Post Dock scopes to ensure established technical and acceptance standards are met. Train and mentor technicians through hands-on execution, demonstrating proper methods and developing technical capabilities. Lead complex, high-risk, and first-of-kind deployments requiring advanced technical judgment. Ensure accurate project documentation, technical records, and reporting.

Qualifications:

Expert in data center technical infrastructure, including MOR, PRD, White Glove, Post Dock, NDT file creation and interpretation, and cable termination. Extensive hands-on experience as a Data Center Technician with demonstrated career progression into senior technical and leadership responsibilities. Proven experience leading, training, and mentoring Data Center Technicians. Advanced troubleshooting skills with the ability to independently resolve complex or non-routine technical issues. Strong understanding of data center deployment processes, technical standards, quality requirements, and safety procedures. Ability to read and interpret technical documentation and project requirements. Must have reliable transportation to commute between data centers throughout Northern Virginia. Occasional nationwide travel with increased pay.

Pay:

$33.00 - $36.00 per hour Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Application Question(s): Are you currently a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder? How many years of experience do you have working specifically as a Data Center Technician? Have you personally performed MOR (Middle of Row), PRD (Pre-Rack Deployment), White Glove, and Post Dock activities as part of your job responsibilities? Have you created and interpreted NDT files as part of your job responsibilities? Have you personally performed structured cable termination in a live data center environment as part of your job responsibilities? Have you been directly responsible for leading, training, and mentoring a team of Data Center Technicians? How many Data Center Technicians have you directly supervised at one time? (Enter "0" if none) Are you

CURRENTLY

living within commuting distance of Sterling, Leesburg, Gainesville, and Aldie, VA? Please list your current city, state, and zip code of residence. Do you have your own reliable vehicle to commute throughout Northern Virginia? Are you willing and able to travel nationwide for 1-2 weeks at a time, a few times per year? Have you previously worked at Microsoft, either directly or through a vendor/contracting company? Are you currently employed? If yes, which company and in what role? What is your desired hourly pay?

Work Location:

In person