
Junior Technician, Data Center Operations
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Chicago, ILFull-time$52–68K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Junior Data Center Technician performs routine operations in Data Center and Access Center environments, focusing on learning and administering current procedures. The role includes equipment inspections, quality assurance, escorted vendor and customer access, tape handling, and stock control. The technician also assists Data Center Engineers with gathering information for work orders and ensures tasks follow change-control rules and requester documentation.
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Full job description
The Junior Data Center Technician is responsible for ensuring all activities carried out in the Data Center & Access Centers conform to Data Center Procedures and industry best practice. The DCJT Performs routine data center operations work; focus on learning and administering current data center procedures.
The DCJT will carry out QA in Data Center Halls and Access Centers; Perform IT equipment review with daily visual Inspections; Provide escorted access for vendors and COLO customers; Support storage tape removal and pick up; Control data center stock. In all cases the DCJT will ensure that appropriate tasks follow the Change Control rules and support the task as documented by the requester.
The role will also be requiring assisting Data Center Engineers to gather information for a work order.
Responsibilities
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Support storage tape removal and pick up
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Provide escorted access for vendors and COLO customers
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Carry out daily checks to ensure security and access policies are being adhered to and Data Center cleanliness is maintained.
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Carry out QA in Data Center Halls and access centers.
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Control Data Center stocks (copper/fibers patch cables, fiber cleaning accessories, cables labels, etc) and report appropriately
Knowledge and Experience
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Basic computer hardware knowledge
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0 to 1 years' experience of working in Data Center environments
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Good Understanding of Microsoft Office
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Ability to follow instructions
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Demonstrate ability to perform in a high paced work environment, good problem solving techniques, communicating issues and results to co-workers and escalating to immediate management
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Ability to work well with others in a team environment as a member of a self-managed work team, in rotational assignments, or as a member of a project team
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Demonstrates a willingness to learn
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Effective written and verbal communication at all levels
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Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Illinois Base Salary Range
The expected base salary for this role, if located in Illinois, is between $52,000 - 68,000 USD. The base salary range does not include Intercontinental Exchange’s incentive compensation. While we provide this range as general guidance, at ICE we compensate employees based on the skillset and experience of the individual. Regular full-time ICE employees are eligible for a suite of competitive employee benefits, including healthcare coverage (medical, dental and vision), a 401(k) plan, life insurance, time off, and paid leave for qualifying circumstances.
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,409 open Data Center Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$52–68K/yr
- US median$80–118K/yr140 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $60K, is 40% below the US median midpoint ($99K) — in the lowest quarter of Data Center Technician salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 15 open Data Center Technician jobs in Illinois and 1,409 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Amazon744 open
- Oracle160 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Data Center Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (1,037 postings).
- Education
- 220 of the 1,409 open Data Center Technician jobs (16%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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