Data Center Operations Technician
| Company | xAI |
|---|---|
| Location | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 6+ years of experience working with server, storage, compute and network hardware
- 6+ Years of experience troubleshooting and repairing servers and networking infrastructure
- 5+ years of experience in Inventory Management, and ordering, receiving and shipping server and network equipment
Responsibilities
- Report to the job site during initial construction and report back to the engineering team as required.
- Performing troubleshooting and monitoring of the servers and network in our data centers and global points of presence
- Rack and stack of data center network equipment
- Maintain Warehouse inventory and asset management using our internal application.
- Labeling and troubleshooting for fiber/optics cables
- Power supply cabling, installation, troubleshooting and repair
- Installation of racks, servers and switches; this includes staging racks in place, cabling, power up and handoff of hardware to the provisioning team for customer capacity allocation.
- Manage, response and resolution of data center operations tickets used cross functionally within xAI via Jira.
- Create and Maintain documentation of tasks and standard operating procedures
- Receipt and Decommissioning of data center hardware.
- 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 our data centers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong linux skills including Navigating the system’s directories and filing system, Manipulating files in the Linux shell, User permission configuration, Package installation and software management, Ability to identify and apply different filesystem types, Using Linux commands for process management, Basic troubleshooting and debugging, Bash or other scripting
- Experience being on-call and ability to respond to critical events as needed.
- Experience leading Data Center Infrastructure projects.
- Curious to always learn new things within the Data Center World
- Excellent prioritization and time management skills
- Able to work in a fast paced environment
- Detail Oriented
- Oracle Experience
- Inventory Management
- Forklift Certification
- 4+ years of experience in Structured Cabling Copper/Fiber
- 4+ years of experience in Power and Cooling concepts inside the data center