CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026 is open for an Engineer in Data Center Operations at Chennai. The role purpose is stated plainly: support day-to-day data centre tasks including monitoring, basic troubleshooting, hardware handling and operational hygiene to keep infrastructure available. You execute runbooks, perform routine checks and escalate issues on time – L1 work with a clear ladder above it.
Job Summary
CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026 — hands-on infrastructure, not a ticket queue
The CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026 listing is for physical data centre work. You walk the floor, inspect hardware, handle servers and network gear, and keep the operational hygiene that stops small faults becoming outages. If you want infrastructure experience you cannot get from a laptop, this is that role.
- Engineer – Data Center Operations, Professional Services function at CBTS.
- Chennai, India.
- Role purpose: support day-to-day data centre operational tasks to ensure stable infrastructure availability.
- You execute operational runbooks, perform routine checks and escalate issues in time.
- CBTS serves enterprise and midmarket clients across the United States and Canada.
Key responsibilities in the CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026 role
- Perform daily data centre floor checks, physical inspection and basic server and network hardware handling.
- Support infrastructure monitoring, alert triage and L1 troubleshooting to maintain uptime and SLA adherence.
- Execute standard operating procedures, runbooks, backup and restore procedures, access control processes and maintenance activities.
- Maintain asset logs, incident records, change documentation and operational reporting.
- Coordinate with senior engineers during planned changes, maintenance windows and incident restoration.
- Ensure compliance with data centre operational standards, safety, security and audit guidelines.
How your CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026 work will be measured
CBTS publishes the KPIs for this role, which is unusually transparent and useful if you like knowing the target before you start.
- Incident first response SLA adherence.
- Accuracy and completeness of operational logs and documentation.
- Monitoring alert handling accuracy ratio.
- Audit and compliance adherence scores – both physical data centre and process.
- Escalation quality – right routing, right timing.
- Uptime contribution of data centre infrastructure.
Who should apply to the CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026
- Graduates in computer science, IT, ECE, EEE or a related technical discipline.
- Anyone comfortable with hardware – racking, cabling, swapping drives – rather than only software.
- Candidates who can follow a documented process precisely; half these KPIs are about accuracy, not speed.
- People willing to work shifts on a data centre floor.
- Note: CBTS has not published a formal eligibility or experience bar on this listing, so read the application questions carefully.
Skills worth building before the CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026
- Server basics: rack units, PSUs, RAID, hot-swap drives, out-of-band management.
- Networking fundamentals: switches, VLANs, cabling standards, patch panels.
- What a runbook and an SOP are, and why you never improvise on a data centre floor.
- Monitoring concepts: thresholds, alerts, false positives, escalation matrices.
- Backup and restore basics, and why restore testing matters more than backup.
Selection process for the CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026
- Online application through the CBTS Rippling careers portal.
- Screening call on your technical background and shift willingness.
- Technical round on hardware, networking and monitoring fundamentals.
- A process and situational round – expect “an alert fires at 3 am, walk me through what you do”.
- HR round on location, shift and documentation.
Documents required for the CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026
- Resume highlighting any hardware, lab or networking exposure – the Freshershunt resume builder helps.
- Degree or provisional certificate plus semester marksheets.
- Class X and XII marksheets.
- Government photo ID and a passport-size photograph.
How to apply for the CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026
- Open the official CBTS Data Center Operations listing on the Rippling careers portal.
- Complete the application form and upload your resume.
- Apply directly – no agency should charge you for this.
- Find more infrastructure and operations roles on the companies hiring freshers page.
About CBTS
CBTS serves enterprise and midmarket clients across the United States and Canada with application modernisation, managed hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, unified communications and infrastructure solutions. Its sister brand OnX serves businesses, healthcare organisations and government agencies across Canada. The India team in Chennai supports those managed infrastructure operations.
CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026 — FAQs
Is the CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026 suitable for freshers?
The role purpose describes L1 work – monitoring, basic troubleshooting, hardware handling and executing runbooks under senior engineer coordination. CBTS has not published a formal experience bar on this listing, so confirm during the screening call.
Where is the job located?
Chennai, India, under CBTS Professional Services.
What will I actually do day to day?
Daily data centre floor checks and physical inspection, hardware handling, monitoring and alert triage, executing SOPs and runbooks, and maintaining asset and incident logs.
Is this a software development role?
No. The CBTS Off Campus Drive 2026 listing is data centre infrastructure operations – physical and monitoring work rather than coding.
What is the salary?
CBTS has not disclosed a salary on this listing.
How is performance measured?
CBTS lists six KPIs: incident first response SLA adherence, documentation accuracy, alert handling accuracy, audit and compliance scores, escalation quality and uptime contribution.
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