Data Center & Network Engineer for AI/HPC Research

The University of Texas at Austin; United States; On-site; USD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Network and Data Center Engineer to administer and support the School of Computing's network, data center, and computing hardware infrastructure. You will work with campus IT teams on shared services while focusing on day-to-day operations of school-managed infrastructure.

You will help support HPC, GPU-accelerated computing, and AI/ML research systems, with a strong emphasis on reliable connectivity, security, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Professional experience administering, configuring, and troubleshooting production network infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, Ethernet, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, and related network technologies.
• Experience configuring and supporting managed switches, routers, firewalls, or comparable network infrastructure.
• Experience supporting physical servers, data center/server room environments, or comparable computing hardware.
• Working knowledge of Linux, MacOS and/or Windows sufficient for infrastructure troubleshooting and collaboration with systems administrators.
• Understanding of network and infrastructure security principles and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to systematically diagnose network and hardware problems and work with other technical teams to resolve complex issues.
• Ability to create and maintain clear technical documentation.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Configure, operate, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot School-managed network infrastructure, including switches, routers, firewalls, VLANs, and network segmentation.
• Diagnose and resolve connectivity, routing, performance, and network security issues, coordinating with University networking and security teams when appropriate.
• Implement network upgrades, configuration changes, capacity improvements, and equipment replacements.
• Participate in the design and planning of network improvements and new infrastructure.
• Work with University networking staff to troubleshoot wireless issues and assess coverage, capacity, and upgrade needs.
• Maintain network diagrams, configurations, addressing information, and related technical documentation.
• Install, cable, maintain, and troubleshoot servers, GPU systems, storage, network equipment, and other data center hardware.
• Support the physical deployment and network integration of HPC, GPU-accelerated, AI/ML, and other specialized research computing systems.
• Support high-bandwidth network connectivity and data movement for research computing and storage environments.
• Diagnose network and hardware problems and collaborate with systems administrators, researchers, University technical staff, and vendors when issues span infrastructure layers.
• Identify rack space, power, cooling, cabling, and network requirements for new equipment and coordinate implementation with appropriate University staff.
• Support hardware lifecycle activities, including deployment, upgrades, troubleshooting, repair, replacement, inventory, and vendor support.
• Maintain network and infrastructure security controls in accordance with University requirements and established practices.
• Support network segmentation, access controls, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and incident response within the position's areas of responsibility.
• Monitor infrastructure availability, performance, and capacity and address operational issues.
• Maintain technical documentation and operating procedures.
• Participate in infrastructure planning, procurement, and implementation projects.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance and, when necessary, response to critical infrastructure issues outside normal business hours.

Skills

TCP/IP

Ethernet

Routing & Switching

Network Security

Linux/Windows/macOS

Documentation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Cisco

SONiC

FortiNet

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Network and Data Center Engineer to administer and support the School of Computing's network, data center, and computing hardware infrastructure. You will work with campus IT teams on shared services while focusing on day-to-day operations of school-managed infrastructure.

You will help support HPC, GPU-accelerated computing, and AI/ML research systems, with a strong emphasis on reliable connectivity, security, and documentation.