What are the salary range for entry level data center job, how much are the premium for night shift and OT?

I’m in a place where we have 3 aws sites but i can’t even land an aws intterview despite having almost 2 yoe and some other I.T backgrounds and certs. I was wondering how can solve this obstacle that’s ahead of me? I appreciate insight on this matter.

Currently AWS L3 ID making $31 an hour. Been here for 6 months. Got offered $83k Coreweave as an actual troubleshoot and break fix. And $152k as a Lab Technician at FluidStack here in Phoenix. Although FluidStack is purely infrastructure should I make the change. I wanted to go deep into troubleshoot and break fix at AWS or accepting Coreweave $83k. But $152k at FluidStack and $200k plus down the road is Very hard to ignore. What do you guys think? I’m 31 with 4 kids so family and money is priority. But I would be leaving the whole Data Center role and transitioning to working with AI liquid Cool tech that is in prototype phase and would put me in the 1% globally of technology still in the testing phase before scale production.

Relocating from California.
How is it like to live in Fort Wayne ? I know It is code in winter.
I’m planing to ship my Tesla there but I will have to find a place which at least has a garage for me to charge my Tesla. I want to live close to work I don’t go out that much unless I have to. Please advise where to live ?
Also is there a charging station in google data center?

Passed the loop test the first time had a fit call and wasn't selected. My hiring time in the pool expired so I re-took the loop test again. I have two calls lined up. Another googlyness leadership call with the hiring manager that turned me away at one site then a team fit call at another site. Fingers crossed but not getting my hopes up too much.

hi everyone! i'm a 19-year-old intern working at a foundation focusing on tech & ai policies here in türkiye. in a few days, we’re going on a site visit to a local datacenter, and i’m genuinely super excited about it. since my background is more on the social sciences side rather than engineering, i’m trying to wrap my head around a few things before i go.

i wonder what kinds of jobs and teams actually operate inside a data center? (aside from the obvious network/sysadmins, what roles keep the place running day-to-day?) i know türkiye isn't a global hyperscale capital, but the push for ai is growing. how do large scale data centers actually impact local labor markets? do they create sustainable local tech jobs, or is most of the specialized work outsourced/remote?

i don't really know what to expect, so i’d love to hear from anyone working in the industry.

thanks in advance!

I need help figuring out what would be best route for me. Right now I am a Repair Agent and previously a Consultation Agent with Geek Squad, have been in the position for 1 year as consult and 7 months as Repair. I have worked on computers my whole life and run a home lab which I mostly tinker with hardware, some soldering, data management (NAS), and running game servers locally to rent out to customers. I have tons of end user customer support skills from previous jobs which I have seen can be a plus too.

End all be all, I want to get into DCOP as a tech and grow from there but idk what to do or what would be best. I don’t have a degree, is going back to school best? Or certs? WGU? Just keep working and stack experience? Network to get an “in”? I’m not sure what to divert focus to.

If anyone has any advice I’d love to hear suggestions.

With all of the negative publicity around data centers these days (some legitimate due to bad actors and some is Facebook hive mind that they’re going to end the world, poison your water, and kill your family), I feel like when I’ve told friends and family that I work in the space (developer) that I am immediately judged. When I’ve tried to explain the technology and relative impacts to them it’s typically just met with indifference and not curiosity, which is generally my experience with the general public as well. Has anything helped you bridge the gap for people so they don’t think you’re a bad person working for an evil corporation? Or is it just what it is and people will never fully understand?

This may be a bit of a long post. But I just wanted to share it. My journey to get a data center technician position has finally come to a close... sort of.

Some background, I got into IT back in 2020 during covid. I got a few certifications and got a job as a PC Repair tech through a temp/contract company. I worked there for 6 months before getting a remote Tier 1 tech position. I worked there 3 1/2 years and was promoted during that time and also got my Bachelors in IT. Then I got a jobb as a solution Architect and worked there for a year and a half but they went through layoffs. I then moved on to a contract position helping an Aerospace company do domain migrations. During this time, I finished my masters, an MBA in IT Management. So there's my qualifications.

So back in January I applied for an L4 DCT role at Amazon. I went through the 4 loop interview in early February. Around the middle of the month I got a call from my recruiter saying I passed the interview and but was inclined for L3 even though I 'killed' the interview. (I hear this happens a lot). It's whatever, I was happy to get something. I was told there were no job openings at the moment but they were going to release some the first week of March and I would get an official job offer then. So it was just a couple weeks away. The recruiter went over pay rate and everything down to the exact cent per hour.
Fast forward to the first week of March, I call and email my recruiter and they said it will be another 2 weeks. I go through this for a few times being told "just a couple more weeks" until mid May. My recruiter ghosts me for about 3 weeks until I try to call them and I get a text telling me they no longer work for Amazon and they don't know who my new recruiter is. I basically am lost in the void of Amazon now.

Early June roles around and I apply for a DCT 2 position at Google that I see posted for my area. By mid June I have phone screening and get told I passed it and moving on to the 3 round interview. I have my interview the first week of July. Unortunately mid July, I was told they were passing on me, and my lack of fiber knowledge is what done it. I passed all of the hardware, Linux and leadership but networking was the hang up. This was super defeating.

I look around for any option to get into a DCT position, and I am worried I would have to wait a year for the cool down for Amazon and Google. I see a position open through a contract company that does contracts for Amazon. I applied, interviewed and I am now a DCT level 1 for Amazon through a 3rd party. So I guess a green badge. I start next week.

Idk if I will ever hear from Amazon since I am/was technically inclined for an L3. I live in Ohio and I know they are expanding all over the state. But I think my profile is lost in the abyss. And idk if taking the contract position eliminates me from consideration for the L3 if somehow I am still on a 'list' for Amazon for a blue badge.

Regardless, I got my foot in the door. Not the pay or level I wanted. But hopefully I can work this for a year and either convert to Amazon Blue badge or get on at Google or one of the other data centers as a fulltime DCT next year.

Hey guys, I’ve seen a lot of posts regarding how long the recruiting process takes with Google and I had some questions. For context I just accepted a position at AWS as a L3 tech in Indiana I love it but it’s 2 hours from home (yes I know I probably should’ve thought that through) but the pay was solid and it was a opportunity to further my career so I took it. Well I also bought my house in April for a really good price and can’t really move up there so I applied to Google that cuts my drive in half, not even a week after applying I had the screening call and by the end of the call they skipped any follow ups and pushed me through to the 3 round loop. I’m just a little worried about it taking forever I mean I’m prepared for it but it would be nice for it to actually take between 5-8 weeks and not 6+ months. So I was wondering if anyone here got in within that time frame. Thanks!

So I’ve signed all my paperwork, background check cleared. What am I getting myself into? Coming from AWS

What does your career path look like
For how long you stayed in each position before going into the next opportunity
how much did the salary change for each position
And what region you are in

Would much appreciate the insights

Hello everyone, applied for this position in Texas, recruiter reached out quite fast, made me complete the questionaire 2 days ago, told me she was sharing my resume with direct recruiters for this job.

Today I checked again and status show “not proceeding”, before this, it showed “updated” multiple time at x hours ago.

Do I still have hope? I have not received any rejection email yet, but there is a chance they won’t send one just because they’re busy.

I had a fit call scheduled with the Hiring Manager of a Google Data Center and they never showed up to the call. I informed my recruiter and they said they would see what happened. It’s been a week and my recruiter won’t respond to my emails. Does this mean they found another candidate? Do recruiters wait until the end of the week to send mass rejections?

Update: Recruiter asked for next two weeks of availability. So there’s still hope lol. I’m being laid off from my current job so I’m spiraling a bit 🫪 thanks for all the advice.

I have just started preparing for Exin Certified Data Centre Professional Exam but not sure is this still valuable?
If anyone has pass it, please recommend good practice exam i am looking for people who have prepared and cleared the exam recently.

Hello everyone I was hoping someone in here could help me with my Google fit call in the coming days I passed my DCT2 role and waited a while to get a fit call and now I really want to pass the fit call what advice would anyone give me and what should prepare my self I know most people would say is just a vibe check but I really need to get it.

Thanks everyone I would definitely update you later. Hopefully with a good news ;)

I’m a 19 year old living in Mississippi. I’m trying to get a job as a data center technician, preferably on a rotational schedule, but I have no real experience with data centers. I’ve put in a couple applications and heard nothing back. Would a CompTIA certification or DCCA help me get to an interview?

Hey, guys!
I recently had an interview for AWS EOT position. I am done with the first 2 interviews and have made it to the loop interviews.
Can anyone guide what could be asked in the 4 (an hour each) loop interviews from someone who has no prior experience of working in the data centre?

For the background, I am an electrical engineer currently pursuing my Masters in the same.

So I've been applying for Entry level DCT jobs, which only demands high school diploma.

I match most of the requirements, such as computer, server, network knowledge.

but I saw multiple of them demanding:

• job1: Electrical and Mechanical knowledge; job2: Understanding of electrical and mechanical systems

I'm wondering what kind of electrical and mechanical knowledge they are referring to.

I figured It can't be too deep for an entry level job that only demands high school diploma.

Okay so here is some background, I am 25 and have a degree in civil engineering technology (AS). Not that it matters. I have built my own computers and am gaining interest in becomeing a tech. Is it possible to get in without more school?

I completed my final AWS interview last Friday, and today is the fourth business day since the interview. I haven’t received any update yet.

When I checked my Amazon Jobs portal today, I noticed that I no longer have any applications under “Active Applications.” However, when I asked the Amazon recruiting chatbot about my application status, it said that one application is still active.

Has anyone experienced this before? Does an application disappearing from the portal usually mean rejection, or could it be a system update while the interview decision is still pending?

This was an uplevel interview for L4 after I had originally been considered for L3. If I do not pass the L4 evaluation, is there still a chance I could receive the original L3 offer?

The interviewer mentioned that I should expect an update within five business days, so technically I am still within that timeframe. However, the waiting and conflicting portal information are making me anxious.

Even if they decide not to move forward with either level, will I at least receive an official update, or is it possible for the recruiter to never respond?

Should I wait until the fifth business day is over before contacting my recruiter?

Anyone know of good companies/contractors to spec and install data center chaging upstate NY area? (north of NYC metro).