Data Center Technician

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · VA · Engineering

This role supports servers in customer data centers, focusing on hardware setup, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and decommissioning. It involves following standard procedures, ensuring quality checks, and contributing to documentation and team environment. The role requires strong technical skills in hardware, IT, and cabling management, with a focus on attention to detail and results-driven attitude.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prepares, stages, sets up, and performs data center hardware startups and shutdowns (e.g., racks, hard drives, switches) according to specific instructions provided via checklists, guides, standard protocols, and emails; assists and provides guidance to other technicians to complete challenging or complex tasks.
  2. Performs diagnostics and troubleshooting following standard procedures, quickly identifies the root-cause(s) of the issue(s), and replaces faulty components with minimal customer and business disruption.
  3. Performs post-execution quality checks and verifies that grounding, staging, labeling, and cabling are set up properly according to safety protocols, deployment standards, and planned Network Design Tasks (NDTs),
  4. Decommissions hardware for simple changes and refreshes (e.g., memory upgrades, OS rebuilds) following standard procedures with minimal guidance.
  5. Follows procedures to communicate, report, and escalate incidents to appropriate Management

Skills

Required

  • Hardware
  • IT
  • Cabling Management
  • Attention to detail
  • Technical skills

Nice to have

  • Provide feedback
  • Create documentation
  • Contribute to knowledge library
  • Lead and drive initiatives