Data Center Engineer

Data Center Operations Engineer at Milestone Technologies

Pay range: $50.00/hr - $60.00/hr non-Exempt role. Contract (6+ month W2). Opportunity may extend.

Seeking an experienced Data Center Operations Engineer to ensure global sites run with precision, efficiency, and uptime across power, cooling, and compute systems. This role bridges IT and facilities, maintaining high‑availability infrastructure and collaborating across IT, facilities, and vendor teams.

• Own day-to-day reliability and performance of company data centers, supporting IT and facility infrastructure, installing and configuring servers, structured cabling, and performing Layer 1-3 troubleshooting.
• Partner closely with colocation and data center providers to maintain uptime reviewing maintenance procedures, coordinating planned work, validating redundancy during transitions, and verifying site health after power or cooling events.
• Work with facilities teams to operate and maintain critical power and cooling systems—transformers, PDUs, UPS, switch gear, generators, CRAC/CRAH units, CDUs, chillers, cooling towers, containment systems—assist in capacity planning, preventive maintenance and load balancing.
• Lead incident response, root‑cause analysis, refine SOPs, and implement automation to improve efficiency and consistency worldwide.

• 10+ years in data center compute operations, facilities, or infrastructure engineering and/or a degree in an Engineering or Computer Science discipline
• Hands‑on experience with servers, networking, and structured cabling
• Working knowledge of electrical systems including transformers, PDUs, UPS, switch gear, and generators
• Understanding of cooling systems—including CRAC/CRAH units, CDUs, cooling towers, chillers, and containment environments
• Familiarity with Linux and basic scripting (Bash, Python, Ansible)
• Proficiency with network CLIs (Cisco, Arista, Juniper)
• Experience collaborating with colocation providers and reviewing MOP/EOPs for electrical and mechanical work
• Proficiency with ITSM/DCIM platforms (Jira, Service Now, Net Box, Sunbird)
• Ability to manage server, switch, router, storage, and hardware lifecycle processes
• Strong documentation, troubleshooting, and communication skills for ticketing, customer communication, and team coordination
• Strong multitasking, adaptability, and time‑management skills with a focus on quality and throughput
• Must be punctual, reliable, and well‑organized
• Must have strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to work independently when needed
• Willingness to support on‑call rotation and meet a 60‑minute on‑site SLA
• Ability to safely lift 50–75 lbs and remain on feet for majority of the workday
• Ability to operate material‑handling equipment (pallet jacks, forklifts, server‑lift)
• Demonstrated ability to learn new systems, methodologies, software, and hardware platforms
• Experience working in high‑tempo, high‑stress environments
• Experience leading and/or mentoring more junior staffers
• Domain expert in one or more of the following functional areas:
  Datacenter power systems, Datacenter cooling/HVAC systems, Server or liquid cooling, Network routing and switching, Facility and/or network security, Network infrastructure monitoring

• CompTIA Server+, Network+, or Linux+
• Networking: CCNA, JNCIA, ACE‑A
• CNet: CDCDP, CDCMP

Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Benefits:
Comprehensive benefit options vary by role, location, and employment type. Contact the recruiter for details.