AI-Driven Onsite Data Center Engineer

Cloudflare, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking Data Center Engineers to manage on-site operations at Salt Lake City and other locations. You will be the hands-on technical lead at your site, rack, cable, troubleshoot and keep hardware healthy daily.

The role emphasizes end-to-end site builds, break/fix, on-call support, and collaboration with colocation staff, partners, and internal teams. Use AI and automation to improve runbooks, docs and workflows.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data center or server hardware operations experience.
• Experience racking, stacking and cabling servers and network equipment.
• Knowledge of structured cabling standards, fiber and copper.
• Ability to troubleshoot using BMC/IPMI and logs.
• Proficiency with Linux command line and network device CLIs.
• Experience with fiber inspection and testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Site builds: receive hardware, rack and stack, and dress cabling to standard.
• Break/fix: troubleshoot and replace components with minimal disruption.
• On-call: respond to incidents affecting hardware at the data center.
• AI, automation and continuous improvement: use automation to improve runbooks and tooling.
• Documentation and DCIM: maintain real-time records of rack elevations and assets.
• Vendors, partners and compliance: coordinate with colocation staff and ensure safety standards.

Skills

Data center operations

Server hardware

Racking & cabling

BMC/IPMI

Linux CLI

Fiber testing

Job description

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking Data Center Engineers to manage on-site operations at Salt Lake City and other locations. You will be the hands-on technical lead at your site, rack, cable, troubleshoot and keep hardware healthy daily.

The role emphasizes end-to-end site builds, break/fix, on-call support, and collaboration with colocation staff, partners, and internal teams. Use AI and automation to improve runbooks, docs and workflows.