Network & Hardware Administrator
About This Role
We are seeking a skilled Network & Hardware Administrator based in the Tampa area to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be critical to building, scaling, and maintaining our rapidly growing fleet of high-performance AI infrastructure, ensuring maximum uptime and reliability for our customers' workloads. This is a contract-to-hire position: an initial 2-3 month contract with explicit intent to convert to full-time W2 status upon satisfactory performance. You'll split time between onsite hardware work and remote system administration, with up to 40% remote flexibility for administrative tasks.
Primary Technical Responsibilities
- Network Operations: manage network design, configuration, routine maintenance, troubleshooting & router/switch hardware deployment across multiple data center sites
- Systems Administration: remote Linux system administration, including OS installation, disk imaging, benchmarking & hardware troubleshooting
- Hands-on Hardware Management: in-person server/workstation installations, component upgrades, structured cabling, diagnostics & repairs
- Monitoring & Reliability: develop, optimize & maintain network, server & power monitoring systems for automated alerting & reliability
- Business Continuity: maintain & test incident response plans, disaster recovery protocols & secure data backup systems
- Infrastructure Security: firewall management, VPN administration, access controls & regular firmware/OS patching
Operational & Administrative Responsibilities
- Procurement & Logistics: assist with IT procurement, vendor management & fulfillment of site-to-site hardware shipments
- Lifecycle Management: secure decommissioning & liquidation of retired hardware assets via specialized secondary markets (e.g., corporate eBay liquidation)
Core Requirements
- 3-7 years of direct hands-on experience in network administration, IT support, or data center operations
- Intermediate-to-advanced proficiency with Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Mellanox, Mikrotik or similar enterprise equipment (including BGP, LACP, VLANs, DHCP, OpenVPN/Wireguard)
- Intermediate proficiency assembling, troubleshooting & repairing enterprise servers, workstations, enthusiast-grade PC hardware, printers or other IT equipment
- Begginer-to-intermediate Linux system administration, installation & configuration skills
- Able to be on 24/7 on-call for major infrastructure/network outages, and availability during general waking hours for single machine breakdowns
- Valid driver's license & ability to travel locally/domestically to data center sites as required
- Degree (Bachelor's/Associate's) or certs (Network+, A+, CCNA) highly valued, not required if balanced by strong hands-on experience
Nice-to-Have
- Intermediate-to-advanced Linux OS proficiency
- Cybersecurity certifications or experience
- GPU marketplace host experience (Vast.ai, Runpod, Tensordock, Quickpod)
- Crypto mining / blockchain infra ops (Ethereum, Flux, Bittensor)
- Docker, Kubernetes, Ray, TrueNAS/NFS, Ceph experience
- Scripting & AI-assisted development
- Packet capture experience (tcpdump, Wireshark)
Why Join NeuralRack AI
- Work with cutting-edge NVIDIA Blackwell equipment and high-bandwidth networks
- Competitive compensation with base salary and potential performance bonuses
- Contribute to the global rollout of high-performance AI infrastructure
- Take meaningful ownership and set precedents in a fast-growing startup
Work Authorization
Independent, unrestricted U.S. work authorization required. Not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future
Compensation
Starts at $70,000 - $120,000/yr (Depending on experience)