Data Center Operations Technician
xAI· Data Center
Hillsboro, ORfull-timePosted 7mo ago
About the role
Data Center Technician responsible for health and maintenance of SpaceXSI data center server and network infrastructure, focusing on MTTR/MTTD, on-site responsiveness for emergencies, and improving server intake and repair processes.
Responsibilities
- Perform troubleshooting and monitoring of servers, diagnose and repair. Rack and stack data center network equipment during build out.
- Maintain network infrastructure including network gear swaps, troubleshooting optics/fiber links and repairing them.
- Manage, respond to and resolve data center operations tickets used cross functionally via Jira.
- Create and maintain documentation of tasks and standard operating procedures
- Receipt and decommissioning of data center hardware.
- Installation of racks, servers and switches; staging racks, cabling, power up and handoff of hardware to provisioning team for customer capacity allocation.
- Maintain warehouse inventory and asset management using internal application.
- Vendor returns for infrastructure under and out of warranty
- Manage spare parts inventory within the data center
- Define, design, and implement network layouts and solutions within data centers.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience working with server, storage, compute and network hardware.
- 2+ Years of experience troubleshooting and repairing servers and networking infrastructure.
- 1+ years of experience in Inventory Management, and ordering, receiving and shipping server and network equipment. (good to have)
- Strong linux skills including
- Must be able to lift 75 lbs
- Availability and willingness to work night shift (6:00 PM - 6:00 AM)
Skills
Required:Server hardware troubleshootingNetworking infrastructure maintenanceLinux
Nice to have:Inventory management
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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