HPC Data Center Ops Engineer

The role

You will rack, cable, commission and repair GPU and HPC systems in data centers, and manage fiber, transceivers, liquid cooling and inventory. You will also handle procurement, including BOMs, vendor quotes, spares, warranties and RMAs.

What you will do

• Rack, commission and replace failed components in systems
• Manage fiber, transceivers, liquid cooling and cabling
• Maintain accurate asset and inventory records
• Manage procurement: BOMs, vendor quotes, lead times, spares, warranties and RMAs
• Support office IT (about 20% of the role)
• Help establish standards, write runbooks and mentor future team members

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in data center operations, infrastructure support or systems administration
• Hands-on hardware and cabling responsibility
• Fiber skills: high-density trunks, breakouts, end-face inspection and cleaning, transceiver swaps
• Experience replacing server FRUs and racking, cabling and commissioning equipment
• Experience working safely around energized racks
• Procurement experience: BOMs, vendor quotes, POs, receiving, warranty and RMAs
• Inventory and asset record keeping across more than one site
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs and out-of-band management (IPMI, iDRAC, iLO, Redfish)
• Comfortable with the Linux command line
• Based in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Open to occasional travel to remote sites and after-hours maintenance
• Able to lift and position equipment up to 50 lbs unassisted

Nice to have

• Experience in HPC, GPU or high-density compute environments, including HGX or DGX-class platforms
• Experience with InfiniBand or high-rate Ethernet at 400G and above
• Experience with liquid cooling: CDUs, manifolds and direct-to-chip cold plates
• Colocation experience and familiarity with the tenant/operator relationship
• NetBox or similar DCIM, and procurement or ERP systems
• Scripting for automation and inventory reconciliation (Bash, Python or PowerShell)
• Enterprise wireless, MDM and identity provider experience
• Certifications such as CompTIA Server+, Cisco CCNA or NVIDIA credentials

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity in the company
• 401(k) retirement matching up to 4%
• Medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Unlimited paid time off
• 10+ observed holidays
• Paid parental leave for biological, adoptive and foster parents
• Daily lunch covered
• Unlimited office book budget

Before you apply

• The posting welcomes applicants with prior arrest or conviction records, in line with San Francisco and California fair chance laws

About the company

San Francisco Compute builds AI infrastructure and runs supercomputers, combining operations with a compute marketplace. Its leadership comes from Lambda, Crusoe, AWS, DigitalOcean, Hut 8 and Voltage Park.