AI Cloud Lab Infrastructure Engineer

Netris; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

401(k)

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Netris is seeking a Data Center Lab Engineer to build, maintain, and improve the physical lab infrastructure used by QA and engineering teams for product development and testing. This hands-on role covers lab hardware, networking gear, cabling, power, inventory, procurement, and documentation, while partnering with IT and vendors to keep environments reliable and ready for changing testing needs.

The role requires hands-on data center experience, strong networking fundamentals, and proven

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building, operating, or maintaining a data center, network lab, hardware lab, or similar physical infrastructure environment.
• Strong working knowledge of servers and network equipment, including switches, routers, and firewalls, and the ability to diagnose and replace common hardware components.
• Practical knowledge of data center connectivity, including Ethernet and fiber transceivers, DAC, AOC and breakout cables, and single-mode and multimode fiber.
• Solid networking fundamentals, including Ethernet, IP addressing, VLANs, switching, routing, and basic network troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data center lab infrastructure, including GPU systems, servers, switches, routers, firewalls, racks, cabling, transceivers, and power distribution.
• Plan and execute new lab deployments, hardware upgrades, rack expansions, equipment refreshes, and improvements to existing lab environments.
• Source and procure servers, networking equipment, optics, cables, replacement components, and other hardware based on technical requirements and compatibility.
• Troubleshoot and repair hardware and physical connectivity issues, replace failed components, and coordinate RMAs, warranty repairs, and replacement parts with vendors.
• Maintain accurate hardware inventory, rack layouts, equipment labeling, connectivity information, and operational documentation.
• Manage and improve rack organization, cable management, PDU usage, equipment placement, and capacity planning for space, power, and future growth.
• Prepare systems for QA and engineering use through hardware configuration and operating system installation and basic configuration.
• Partner with IT, Engineering,and external vendors on hardware deployments, infrastructure changes, troubleshooting, and lab support.

Skills

Data center hardware

Lab deployment

Rack cabling

Vendor management

Documentation

Procurement

Networking basics

Linux admin

Tools

NetBox

DCIM

IPAM

Confluence

Linux

Job description

Netris is seeking a Data Center Lab Engineer to build, maintain, and improve the physical lab infrastructure used by QA and engineering teams for product development and testing. This hands-on role covers lab hardware, networking gear, cabling, power, inventory, procurement, and documentation, while partnering with IT and vendors to keep environments reliable and ready for changing testing needs.

The role requires hands-on data center experience, strong networking fundamentals, and proven