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Data Center Technician / Engineer

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Data Center Technician or Engineer organizes data access, maintenance and access support to a data center. Maybe help to store and organize data, such as an organization's records or financial information. Ensures that users can easily access the information they need and that data are protected from unauthorized access.

Job Outlook

There were 415 Data Center Technician / Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 16115 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Database Administrator industry, which includes the Data Center Technician / Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Data Center Technician / Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $87,545.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $87,154.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Data Center Technician / Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $54,290.

Education and Experience

Posted Data Center Technician / Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education LevelPercentage
Associate's Degree0%
Bachelor's Degree38.63%
Master's Degree7.68%
Doctoral Degree1.68%
Other21.84%

Posted Data Center Technician / Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of ExperiencePercentage
0 to 2 years35.41%
3 to 5 years39.4%
6 to 8 years15.63%
9+ years9.55%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Data Center Technician / Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (50.72%)
  • Communication (42.64%)
  • Operations (40.55%)
  • Management (34.29%)
  • Problem Solving (20.48%)
  • Detail Oriented (18.93%)
  • Leadership (18.13%)
  • Microsoft Office (16.28%)
  • Customer Service (15.84%)
  • Microsoft Excel (13.09%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

  • Data Centers (34.13%)
  • Data Center Operations (19.99%)
  • Data Center Design (8.87%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

  • Emergency Response (3.56%)
  • Building Codes (9.01%)
  • Fire And Life Safety (9.24%)
  • Electrical Engineering (14.7%)
  • Auditing (12.6%)
  • Automation (10.17%)
  • Telecommunications (9.21%)
  • Electrical Systems (8.85%)
  • Electrical Wiring (3.86%)
  • Change Management (7.81%)
  • Building Management System (15.81%)
  • Linux (12.77%)
  • Python (Programming Language) (6.25%)
  • Power Distribution (9.43%)
  • Construction (9.08%)
  • Computer Hardware (8.3%)
  • Computer Science (10.88%)
  • Operating Systems (14.23%)
  • Electrical Equipment (8.34%)
  • HVAC (17.35%)
  • Issue Tracking (8.64%)
  • Mechanical Systems (9.74%)
  • Mechanical Engineering (9.86%)
  • Networking Hardware (12.77%)
  • Switchgear (13.35%)
  • Inventory Management (7.22%)
  • Preventive Maintenance (7.6%)
  • Project Management (15.16%)
  • Network Switches (19.2%)
  • Root Cause Analysis (10.31%)
  • Risk Analysis (3.49%)
  • Commissioning (10.25%)
  • Scripting (5.23%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

  • Data Center Hardware (3.68%)
  • Power Distribution Units (5.1%)
  • Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) Units (5.35%)
  • Computer Room Air Handler (CRAH) Units (7.05%)
  • Diesel Generators (7.9%)
  • Colocation (5.74%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

  • Data Center Design (60.94%)
  • Diesel Generators (54.22%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Data Center Technician / Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

  • Data Center Technician
  • Data Center Engineer
  • Data Center Operations Technician
  • Data Center Manager
  • Data Center Facilities Technician
  • Data Center Operations Engineer
  • Data Center Network Engineer
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Engineering Operations Technician
  • Operations Technician

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Data Center Technician / Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

  • Amazon (2354)
  • Olsson (684)
  • CBRE (415)
  • Google (400)
  • Allegis Group (398)
  • TEKsystems (351)
  • WSP Global (243)
  • Microsoft (233)
  • Insight Global (212)
  • Meta (201)

North Carolina

  • CBRE (38)
  • Olsson (17)
  • Black & Veatch (14)
  • WSP Global (14)
  • Cisco (12)
  • Zachary Piper Solutions (12)
  • JLL (9)
  • Insight Global (9)
  • Wells Fargo (9)
  • Tierpoint (9)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!