Data Center Engineer

Location: Sacramento, CA | Duration: 6‑month contract‑to‑hire | Rate: $40 per hour

Responsibilities

• Assist with hardware rack & stack and OS installs as part of new datacenter build.
• Provision layer 1 network connection and perform basic level testing to confirm first hop connectivity.
• Coordinate with ITAMS team to receive and maintain appropriate inventory.
• Ensure all datacenter resources are properly monitored, accessible, and provide automated alerting when things go wrong.
• Manage hot spares for all production hosts & services.
• Perform intermediate‑level remote‑hand troubleshooting of hardware, OS, and network issues.
• Track rack‑level space & power utilization and capture data in a centralized location.
• Perform daily visible inspection and proactively inform issues to the relevant asset owners.
• Create and maintain detailed, comprehensive documentation and diagrams.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a complex, mission‑critical data center environment.
• Working knowledge of datacenter, network, and compute deployments at scale.
• Experience designing and laying out datacenters.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to understand datacenter design and layout.
• Collaboration with vendors to ensure proper cabling and rack provisioning.
• Familiarity with SNMP, rPDUs, UPS systems, client systems, etc.
• Demonstrable programming/scripting skills with Python and Bash.
• Excellent time‑management and communication skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of networking concepts, topology, and protocols.
• Intermediate system‑admin skills for Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience creating and maintaining setup diagrams, system hand‑over, inventory, and spares‑management documentation.
• Experience managing hardware installation, troubleshooting, and parts‑replacement tasks.
• Ability to take ownership and drive complex tasks to completion.
• Availability for off‑hour and weekend maintenance activities.
• Willingness to travel with the city to datacenter locations as needed.

Benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full‑time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter, and 401(k) benefits with company matching.