At a glance
- Location
- Starbase, TX
About the role
- Join SpaceX’s IT Infrastructure team as a Data Center Technician to build and maintain multiple data centers.
- Deploy and maintain the infrastructure that powers mission critical systems, including servers, networks, HVAC, and power systems.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and resolve networking, compute and rack power distribution infrastructure incidents in multiple data centers
- Manage complete lifecycle for data center hardware including selection, deployment, operation, maintenance and decommission
- Physically rack and cable data center equipment
- Track and logically organize the physical storage of incoming data center equipment
- Perform quality assurance testing and resolve recurring issues
- Establish, schedule and track preventative maintenance procedures
- Update documentation, including interconnect drawings, rack layouts and operation procedures
- Monitor the environmental conditions and power/cooling systems of a data center to ensure they are optimized for servers, switches, storage arrays, and other devices
- Maintain in depth quantitative performance and utilization data for detailed reporting and analytics to drive continuous improvement opportunities
- Work with the supply chain team and vendors to evaluate, procure and manage inventory of data center equipment
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- Professional experience working in a data center environment or with enterprise grade IT hardware
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Preferred qualifications
- Certifications related to IT infrastructure such as CompTIA Servier+, CompTIA Network+, CCNA, and CDCMP
- Experience with data center infrastructure management (DCIM) including tools to monitor, measure, manage, and/or control data center utilization
- In-depth knowledge of data center environments, servers, and network equipment
- Extensive experience installing, monitoring, and maintaining data center equipment
- Strong Linux skills including navigating directories, manipulating files, user permissions, package installation, filesystems, process management, troubleshooting, and Bash or other scripting
- Power and data center cooling capacity planning experience
- Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Experience working with multiple vendor hardware architectures
Workplace
- Willing to travel to other sites for surge support and systems familiarization
Skills
- Linux
- Bash
- HPE iLO
- Cisco CIMC
- Dell iDRAC
- DCIM
