Data Center Technician III, AI Infrastructure

Google; Waltham Cross; Vor Ort; GBP 40.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Google (UK) operates a hardware-focused data center team responsible for deploying, configuring, testing, troubleshooting and maintaining servers and related infrastructure. The role involves hands-on work with racks, networking gear, and server software, ensuring reliability at scale.

The team supports AI and cloud infrastructure globally, delivering cutting-edge hardware and networking capabilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet demanding uptime and efficiency targets.

Qualifikationen

• Experience with assembling mechanical or electrical systems or performing component-level repairs and troubleshooting on technical equipment.
• Experience diagnosing and troubleshooting operating systems, computer hardware and server hardware.
• Experience with networking protocols.
• Ability to lift/move heavy equipment and perform physical tasks.
• Ability to work non-standard hours including weekends, nights, holidays and shift work.

Aufgaben

• Deploy and operate new data center infrastructure across teams.
• Report issues and follow procedures to troubleshoot and diagnose issues with equipment or infrastructure.
• Maintain security and integrity of data, track media to check for non-standard data security issues per Google standards.
• Disassemble equipment at end-of-life via part replacement or maintenance within teams.
• Repair and perform preventative maintenance on equipment, servers, or infrastructure with multiple solutions, independently.

Kenntnisse

Data center ops

Hardware troubleshooting

Networking protocols

OS troubleshooting

Scripting basics

Tools

Linux

Server hardware

Jobbeschreibung

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• Experience with assembly of mechanical or electrical systems, or performing component-level repairs and troubleshooting on technical equipment.
• Experience with diagnosing and troubleshooting operating systems, computer hardware and server hardware.
  
• Experience with networking protocols.
  
• Ability to lift/move 50lb (23kg) of equipment and ability to exert yourself physically over extended periods of time, including frequent bending, kneeling, climbing, pushing/pulling and lifting.
  
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including working weekends, night shifts, holidays and on shift-based schedules as required.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with systems administration.
• Experience troubleshooting OS, network equipment, and software.
• Experience working with and troubleshooting hardware or network related issues using Linux-based tools.
• Experience with light coding or scripting.
• Ability to collaborate and partner with people and teams to overcome issues.
• Ability to manage competing and changing priorities.

About the job

Google isn't just a software company. The Hardware Operations team is responsible for monitoring the state-of-the-art physical infrastructure behind Google's powerful search technology. As an Operations Technician, you'll install, configure, test, troubleshoot and maintain hardware (like servers and its components) and server software (like Google's Linux cluster). You'll also take on the configuration of more complex components such as networks, routers, hubs, bridges, switches and networking protocols. You'll participate in or lead small project teams on larger installations and develop project contingency plans. A typical day involves manual movement and installation of racks, and while it can sometimes be physically demanding, you are excited to work with infrastructure that is at the cutting-edge of computer technology.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and operate new data center infrastructure across teams.
• Report issues and follow data center procedures to troubleshoot and diagnose somewhat complex issues with equipment or infrastructure as they arise, and applying the resources needed to resolve identified issues.
• Maintain the security and integrity of data, track various forms of media to check for non-standard data security issues (e.g., data was not properly erased) handled in accordance with Google security standards.
• Disassemble specific equipment that has reached its end-of-life via part replacement or maintenance, within one or more teams.
• Repair, fix, and perform preventative maintenance on equipment, servers, machines, or infrastructure based on identified issues with multiple solutions, independently.

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