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Senior Data Center Engineer

San Francisco, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Jul 2024

💰 $148,000/yr($100,600/yr – $148,000/yr)

About the role

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work.

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

Cruise’s Infrastructure Site Engineering team is seeking a Senior Data Center Operations Engineer to help us build, operate, and scale our data center footprint.

Infrastructure Site Engineers at Cruise brings niche knowledge and experience not only in the traditional data center domain but developing industry first mobile data centers as well as custom liquid cooling solutions for Cruise’s AV development.

What you’ll be doing:

Responsible for design and developing solutions to physical builds of Cruise’s infrastructure.
Ownership of any “on the ground’ maintenance required of Cruise’s infrastructure across multiple partner teams nationwide.
Collaborating and scaling liquid cooled server fleet across Cruise’s data centers.
Monitoring and responding to environmental alarms (power, cooling, and leak detection).
Running hardware diagnostics and replacing failing parts in a timely manner.

What you must have:

Experience working in Data Center Operations for 5+ years or related field
CompTIA Server Plus, CompTIA Network+, or CCNA certification or Equivalent work experience
Considerable background in infrastructure build: structured cabling, MDF/IDF/MPOE buildout, as well as power and cooling
Understanding of electrical and cooling systems with respect to data center environment
In-depth knowledge of data center environments, servers, and infrastructure
Experience installing, monitoring, and maintaining data center equipment
Outstanding ability to work as part of a team, provide support, and resolve errors
Ability to keep up with advancements in data center infrastructure and technologies
Proficiency in detailing work processes
Willingness to work off hours as needed to support maintenance and incidents
Mentoring colleagues and maturing the program
Ability to communicate effectively with customers and internal staff and effectively work in team environment
We appreciate outstanding interpersonal skills!
Able to participate in on-call rotation
Ability to stand and crawl, duck, kneel, lift and move up to 50 pounds over short distances
Ability to climb ladders
Travel within metro area as needed

Bonus points!

Prior experience with vendor management
Hands-on experience with liquid cooled servers
Solid understanding of modern data center infrastructure management (DCIM)
Effective leadership skills to drive standardization and efficiency across the team
RCDD Certification Preferred

The salary range for this position is $100,600 - $148,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.