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Insight Global

Data Center Cable Technician

Contract · In Office · Des Moines, Iowa (USA)

Posted Aug 31, 2026

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  • PAY: $23/HOUR
  • MUST BE ABLE TO WORK 12 HOUR SHIFTS:
  • A Side: Sunday-Tuesday, every other Wednesday 6AM-6PM
  • B Side: Thursday-Saturday, every other Wednesday 6AM-6PM
  • Required Skills & Experience
  • 1+ years’ of cabling experience
  • Data Center experience
  • Job Description
  • Remove network cables as part of a datacenter decommissioning process.
  • Run, label, and stage power and networking cables.
  • Follow procedures for preparing, installing, performing diagnostics, troubleshooting, replacing, and decommissioning equipment with guidance from Datacenter Technician Leads.
  • Prepare, stage, set up, and perform basic startups and shutdowns for hardware following written instructions, checklists, guides, and standard procedures.
  • Perform post-execution quality checks and verify that grounding, staging, labeling, and cabling are set up properly according to safety protocols, deployment standards, and planned Network Design Tasks (NDTs).
  • Apply advanced diagnostic and troubleshooting expertise to quickly identify the cause(s) of issues.
  • Follow procedures to communicate, report, and escalate incidents to appropriate data center operations management units and Technician Leads.

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Data Center Cable Technician

Insight Global

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