Data Center Specialist

We are seeking a Data Center Specialist to join our Information Technology team at Millennium, a global alternative investment firm.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day physical operation of two New Jersey data centers and New York office technology rooms.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the physical infrastructure, including power, cooling, space, cabling, and security
• Performing racking and stacking, structured copper and fiber cabling, labeling, patching, and cable management
• Managing the hardware lifecycle across servers, storage, and network equipment
• Coordinating and executing hardware replacements and RMAs with vendors
• Monitoring infrastructure and environmental alerts, responding to incidents, and performing first-line troubleshooting
• Supporting network deployments and physical connectivity tasks
• Contributing to tooling, automation, and integration efforts across DCIM, monitoring, logging, CMDB, and capacity platforms

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in a data center or large-scale infrastructure environment
• Strong hands-on experience with racking and stacking, structured copper and fiber cabling, patch management, and hardware installation and decommissioning
• Experience supporting office technology rooms or communications rooms
• Solid understanding of data center power and cooling concepts
• CCNA-level networking knowledge
• Ability to perform basic configuration changes and CLI-based troubleshooting on enterprise switches and routers
• Experience working with ITSM, CMDB, and DCIM tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, Nlyte, NetBox, or similar platforms
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field