Date Posted: 12/26/2025
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 494977
Industry: Software
Job Title: Data Center Tech
Job Location: Kent, WA, USA, 98032
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: The role is hybrid, at least twice a week
Shift: Standard work week - 8 hours per day, 5 days per week
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 7
Min Hourly Rate($): 30.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 33.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Data Center, Documentation, Troubleshooting, VLAN
Experience Desired: Should be aware of Agile practices and Servicen-now/Wolken ticketing system aware (1-2 yrs); Past experience supporting build farms, developer infrastructure, or similar environments. (1-2 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
**C2C is not available**
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Data Center Technician to support and maintain our Mac-based compute infrastructure and associated data center environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience managing Mac devices at scale, ensuring uptime, optimizing performance, OnDemand upgrade/downgrades, and supporting production workloads. In addition, this role requires a solid understanding of networking fundamentals, particularly switching technologies used in modern data center environments.
This is a hybrid role where responsibilities are split between Mac hardware operations (primary) 80% and network operations support (secondary) 20%.
Required Qualifications
• 3+ years of experience in data center operations or hardware support roles.
• Hands-on experience with Mac hardware (Mac Studio/Mini/Pro) in production or lab environments.
• Strong understanding of racking, stacking, cabling, and general data center best practices.
• Working knowledge of network switches, Ethernet standards, and basic L2 protocols.
• Experience with ticketing systems, documentation, asset tracking tools.
• Ability to lift and move equipment (up to ~50 lbs) and work in data center environments.
Preferred Qualifications
• Familiarity with Jamf, automation workflows for Mac devices.
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, link aggregation, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience with remote management tools (IPMI, iDRAC, Lights Out, etc.).
• Understanding of OS imaging, basic scripting (Python/Bash), or automation is a plus.
• Past experience supporting build farms, developer infrastructure, or similar environments.
• Should be aware of Agile practices and Servicen-now/Wolken ticketing system aware
Soft Skills
• Strong communication and documentation abilities.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across engineering, networking, and data center teams.
• Highly organized; ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities
Primary: Mac/Server Infrastructure Operations
• Deploy, rack, cable, and maintain Mac Studio, Mac Pro, Mac Mini or similar Apple hardware in the data center.
• Perform diagnostics, troubleshooting, and repairs on Apple devices (hardware and basic OS-level issues).
• Manage device imaging, configuration, firmware updates, and lifecycle operations.
• Monitor system health, handle incident response, and support operational uptime SLAs.
• Maintain accurate asset records, labeling, inventory, and documentation.
• Work closely with platform/engineering teams to support CI/CD, build pipelines, and workloads running on Mac fleets.
• Ilo administration for HP and Dell Machines
Secondary: Data Center & Networking Support
• Assist with installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of network switches (Arista, Juniper, etc.).
• Perform structured cabling (fiber and copper), patching, tracing, and labeling.
• Participate in switch upgrades, port provisioning, VLAN configurations, and basic L2 troubleshooting.
• Support network connectivity for compute hardware, out-of-band management, PDUs, and KVM components.
• Work with network engineering to escalate and resolve complex issues.
• Ensure compliance with data center standards: airflow, cable management, rack power distribution, and space planning.
- **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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