Hardware Engineer

Connection has a fantastic opportunity through our Solutions and Services division for a Hardware Engineer. This will be 100% onsite at the office location in Lake Forest, IL and will be M-F, 7AM-4PM.

The hourly pay range for this role is $33-$36/hr and will include benefits and PTO.

The Hardware Engineer will provide onsite support to the Data Center and Co-Location and will provide tier II support for data and network systems infrastructure. 

• Responsible for day-to-day activities, project work and capacity management
• Help with data center capacity and growth planning rack and server layout
• Installation/Removal of Cabling and Hardware
• Repair/Troubleshooting
• Monitoring
• Documentation
• Server setup
• Inventory Management
• Decommissioning of hardware following process

• Experience in an enterprise environment preferred, but not necessary.
• Some light travel occasionally between LF Data Center and Elk Grove Village Colocation once in awhile
• On call will be part of the job after training, 1 week/month
• Onsite coverage is from 7 to 7, shift will be in that time frame, other hour covered by on-call
• Network+ and server+ preferred, but not required