Data Center Engineer (in Santa Clara, CA)

Role overview Build and maintain data center infrastructure that supports reliable, secure, and efficient production services. The work combines hands-on installation and maintenance of compute, network, and storage equipment with capacity planning, monitoring, documentation, and incident response across data center environments.

Responsibilities - Design and implement infrastructure improvements, considering performance, scalability, security, and future capacity. - Install and maintain servers, network and storage equipment, racks, power distribution units, and cabling. - Monitor infrastructure health and cabinet-level power use and availability to help prevent outages or degraded service. - Coordinate with engineers and remote site technicians to troubleshoot issues and carry out work. - Maintain equipment inventories, configuration records, and shipping, receiving, and return documentation. - Perform routine maintenance, follow change controls, update work tickets, and participate in on-call support, incident response, and root-cause analysis.

Requirements - At least four years of hands-on data center experience with compute, networking, storage, racks, power distribution, and cabling. - Strong knowledge of servers, networking, storage, and virtualization, plus experience with data center design and implementation. - Ability to troubleshoot hardware issues independently and support a 24/7 customer-facing production environment. - Experience planning power, cooling, and space; Linux or Unix administration, networking, and SAN connectivity are strongly desired. - Experience working with vendors on purchasing, returns, and support, and coding ability to automate tasks or gather reports. - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience; able to lift up to 75 pounds.

Benefits and work setup - Based at a data center in Santa Clara, California, with five days per week on site and participation in an on-call rotation. The listing also describes remote work for candidates more than 30 miles from an office and hybrid work, three days per week in office, for those within that distance; confirm the applicable arrangement for the role. - U.S. base salary range: $55,100–$115,000. Total compensation may include a performance bonus, stock, or other incentives. - Benefits include health, dental, and vision coverage, disability and life insurance, retirement-plan matching, paid time off, holidays, volunteer hours, parental leave, and an employee stock purchase plan.