Data Center Coordinator

Job Summary:

The Inventory Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day management, tracking, movement, and governance of data center hardware assets. The role ensures accurate asset records, secure chain of custody, and compliance with established asset management, warehouse, audit, RMA, disposal, and SOX control requirements.

Key responsibilities:

• Receiving hardware deliveries, validating shipments, processing RFID scans, and updating asset status and location records.
• Tracking assets, spares, parts, servers, storage, network equipment, drives, and optics throughout their lifecycle.
• Managing warehouse and stockroom organization, security, housekeeping, and storage utilization.
• Conducting physical inventory audits and resolving asset record discrepancies.
• Supporting asset transfers, parts locker operations, RMAs, replacements, and inter-data-center shipments.
• Coordinating end-of-life asset collection, ITAD vendor activities, secure disposal, and decommissioning.
• Reviewing and resolving asset management tickets, including missing assets, anomalies, requests, RMAs, and disposal cases.
• Monitoring operational metrics, dashboards, delivery SLAs, and chain-of-custody compliance.
• Promoting adherence to data center asset management policies, workflows, standards, and controls.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in data center operations or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with hardware asset handling
• Knowledge of fiber optic cabling and connectivity standards.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow technical documentation.
• Ability to lift and move heavy equipment (up to 50 lbs).

Preferred Skills:

• Basic understanding of networking concepts.
• Familiarity with IT asset management tools and inventory systems.
• Certifications such as CompTIA Server+, Cisco CCNA, or equivalent are a plus.
• At least 5 years of experience in data centers performing in-depth analysis on servers.
• Ability to understand and communicate technical functions of basic server operations.
• Ability to maintain a professional relationship with customers.

Work Conditions:

• On-site position requiring work in a data center environment.
• Adherence to safety protocols, compliance standards, Customer Security Standards, and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)