Built on decades of infrastructure experience.
Kelly Digital Infrastructure™ brings together decades of specialized expertise across engineering, telecommunications, technology, infrastructure, and workforce solutions to help organizations powering today's digital economy meet the talent and project demands of the data center market.
Why Kelly Digital Infrastructure?
America's first staffing company
As the first staffing company in the United States, Kelly has connected organizations with the talent they need to grow, adapt, and deliver critical work for over 80 years.
Specialized infrastructure expertise
We offer a dedicated team with deep data center and digital infrastructure expertise to help solve complex hiring and delivery challenges and support your overall strategy.
Workforce accelerator program
Our workforce accelerator, exclusive to Kelly, expands the talent pipeline for hard-to-fill data center roles, creating new paths to qualified talent and reducing reliance on the same limited candidate pool.
Decades of experience helping close infrastructure's talent gap.
As digital infrastructure evolves beyond traditional telecommunications, businesses choose to partner with Kelly Digital Infrastructure for our specialized expertise and scalable workforce solutions across data centers, connectivity, AI-enabled technologies, and engineering.
Partnered with KellyOCG, we connect this intelligence to enterprise workforce planning and talent acquisition programs, helping organizations anticipate demand, strengthen talent pipelines, close critical skill gaps, and align hiring with growth through a total talent strategy.
We have had the opportunity to collaborate with various consulting companies in the past, but none have been as exceptional as Kelly. The team's expertise and the quality of work delivered is unparalleled. We owe much of our successful cloud adoption to the Kelly Digital Infrastructure team and would gladly partner with them again."
-Technology and Digital Infrastructure Client, United States
Where our expertise comes together.
The infrastructure challenges organizations face increasingly span data centers, connectivity, intelligent technologies, and power. Our expertise is built around how those environments intersect.
Compare data center compensation across the United States.
The Kelly 2026 Data Center Salary Guide includes pay ranges for more than 60 data center roles with validated salary data, focus group insights, and research across major U.S. data center markets.
Kelly Digital Infrastructure by the numbers.
Specialists deployed across the data center ecosystem
locations across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean
typical time-to-fill (in weeks) for individual contributor roles
The people behind Kelly Digital Infrastructure.
Joel Leege
President, Kelly SETT
Joel is an executive leader with experience in staffing, talent solutions and managed services across technology, engineering, life sciences, finance & accounting and creative specialized businesses. Throughout his career, Joel has led multiple teams through significant growth, transformation and maturation while focusing on building quality teams who can generate sustained results. He leads teams in a collaborative manner and with a growth focused mindset. Joel received his BA in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa, a Master’s of Human Resources & Labor Relations from Michigan State University and a certificate for Mergers & Acquisitions from London Business School.Jake Rasweiler
SVP, Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure
Jake is a technology and infrastructure executive and licensed professional engineer with more than two decades of experience spanning data centers, telecommunications, electric utilities, and digital infrastructure. At Kelly, he leads workforce strategy and solutions supporting the rapidly expanding ecosystem behind AI, cloud, and hyperscale data centers, helping organizations build and scale the workforce required to deliver critical infrastructure projects across the globe. Prior to joining Kelly, Jake served as Senior Vice President of Data Center Product & Strategy at American Tower, where he helped drive more than $10 billion in investments to drive nearly $700 million in revenue growth. Jake holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from New York University, an MBA in finance, and a bachelor’s degree in physics and economics from Colgate University. A frequent speaker on the intersection of AI infrastructure, energy systems, and workforce development, Jake focuses on one of the most critical challenges facing the digital economy today: ensuring the people and skills exist to build and operate the infrastructure powering the next generation of technology.Mark Walker
President, Kelly Telecom & Digital Infrastructure
Mark brings over 30 years of extensive experience in the wireless industry, having worked with leading global telecommunications manufacturers, world-class carriers, and a prominent telecom consulting and solutions providers. Prior to joining our team, Mark held the position of Network Vice President, where he oversaw the design, deployment, and operation of Sprint’s wireless network in the Northeast Region. His leadership roles extended across RF Engineering, Operations, and Solutions Engineering teams for both Sprint and Nextel. Mark’s career trajectory also includes roles within Motorola, where he contributed to Test Systems and Field Engineering teams. Beyond his professional endeavors, Mark is deeply committed to serving as a board member for Warriors4Wireless, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering military veterans by facilitating rewarding career opportunities within the telecommunications sector. Mark’s expertise, leadership, and dedication to bridging the gap between veterans and telecommunications careers exemplify his impact within the industry and the community.Frequently asked questions.
What does a data center and telecom recruiting firm actually do?
A specialized recruiting and strategy firm connects data center operators, telecom providers, and AI infrastructure companies with candidates who already understand the technical demands of the role. This goes beyond resume matching. It includes sourcing for BICSI certified technicians, MEP engineers, and hyperscale construction teams, along with market intelligence on hiring timelines and compensation trends across markets like Northern Virginia, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Phoenix. Additionally, Kelly offers project delivery solutions and program management powered by our specialized talent and industry expertise.
What roles does Kelly Digital Infrastructure typically place?
Roles generally fall into a few categories. On the critical facilities side: data center technicians, critical facilities engineers, electrical and mechanical engineers, and commissioning agents. On the operations side: data center managers, NOC technicians, and site reliability engineers. On the network and infrastructure side: network engineers, systems administrators, and cybersecurity specialists. Construction and build-out roles include project managers, MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) engineers, and controls technicians. A full-service recruiting partner places across all these categories rather than specializing in just one, since most data center employers need talent spanning the entire lifecycle at once.
Where does Kelly Digital Infrastructure reach?
Kelly Digital Infrastructure operates across all major U.S. markets, with networks in the biggest infrastructure hubs, including Northern Virginia, Dallas–Fort Worth, Phoenix, Chicago, Atlanta, Silicon Valley, and the Pacific Northwest. Additionally, we have a global reach backed by Kelly world-wide capabilities.
How does Kelly Digital Infrastructure connect with broader Kelly workforce solutions?
How does Kelly Telecom: Next Gen | GTA and Motion Telco connect to Kelly Digital Infrastructure?
Where can I find Kelly Digital Infrastructure jobs?
Current Kelly Digital Infrastructure opportunities are still routed through existing Kelly job sites. For telecommunications roles, visit Kelly Telecom. For professional and industrial data center roles, visit myKelly. Kelly Digital Infrastructure is the broader home for our digital infrastructure capabilities as that experience continues to expand.
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