Sr. Staff Data Center Operations Engineer

The role

You will provision new hardware and network devices in a staging environment to expand the global network. You will troubleshoot build environments, repair or replace server and network parts, and work with other engineering teams to validate builds.

What you will do

• Provision new hardware and network devices in a staging environment
• Troubleshoot issues within the build environment
• Repair or replace server and network components and infrastructure
• Collaborate with maintenance, network, install, and platform engineering teams to execute and validate build activities
• Help optimize data center deployment processes and workflows
• Visit the Singapore integration center as needed to manage physical infrastructure and validate staging readiness

Required qualifications

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions within your functional domain
• 7-10 years experience in a hardware automation or build environment
• Experience translating cloud workload to bare metal platform requirements
• Deep understanding of various types of servers, network devices, configurations, and physical connectivity and their influence on platform performance
• Experience with Linux/Unix command line, BIOS, and out-of-band management solutions such as ILO, SAA, iDRAC, and IPMI
• Ability to occasionally lift and carry up to 50 lbs

Nice to have

• Experience leveraging AI-driven predictive telemetry or automation tools for hardware diagnostics and data center provisioning workflows
• Basic scripting in BASH or Python
• Experience with virtualization solutions such as KVM or Proxmox
• Familiarity with build automation technologies like Ansible or PXE boot
• Familiarity with documentation tools such as Jira or Confluence

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks

Before you apply

• Pay transparency rules are noted, but no pay range is stated in this posting
• Accommodations are available in the recruiting process for differently abled candidates, those with long-term or mental health conditions, sincerely held religious beliefs, neurodivergent candidates,

About the company

Zscaler provides a Zero Trust Exchange platform that protects customers from cyberattacks and data loss. It operates across 200+ public data centers and thousands of private sites at the edge.