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# Data Center Network Technician Lead

- **Company:** IDR, Inc.
- **Location:** Buffalo, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Protocol Stack, Complex Networks, Data Centers, Networking Basics, TCP/IP, AI Infrastructure, Computer Network Operations, Data Center Networking, 3-tier Architectures
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=205496985eeec059

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Telecommunications network troubleshooting?

## Description

IDR is seeking a Data Center Network Technician Lead to join one of our top clients for an opportunity in Buffalo, NY. This role is integral to managing and troubleshooting complex network infrastructure within a high-density AI data center environment, ensuring peak operational performance., * Serve as the on-site Tier 3 escalation point for network and structured-cabling incidents across the site's AI infrastructure.

 * Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve physical-layer faults, validate repairs, and drive rapid resolution of issues impacting customer workloads.
 * Act as the escalation path for Tier 1 and 2 technicians, collaborating with Network Operations on more in-depth investigations.
 * Own structured cabling and fiber infrastructure, interpreting device diagnostics to confirm successful repairs.
 * Escalate out-of-scope issues to Network Operations with clear documentation, owning incidents through to resolution as the sole on-site network and ICT resource.

Requirements for the Data Center Network Technician Lead:

 * You've been the on-site network or cable-plant specialist in a data center, owning physical-layer troubleshooting end to end.
 * You know structured cabling and fiber deeply (testing, termination, fault isolation) and you read device diagnostics well enough to validate repairs.
 * You have enough network fundamentals (TCP/IP, switching, optics) to bridge cabling and the network stack.
 * You operate as the sole escalation resource on-site and take incidents through to resolution.
 * You document rigorously, so Network Operations can pick up cleanly when an issue exceeds on-site scope.


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