Data Center Production & Automation Engineer

Meta; Altoona (IA); Sur place; USD 84 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Meta is seeking a Data Center Production Operations Engineer to join our fast‑moving Data Centers team in Altoona, IA. You will support platform health, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate with cross‑functional partners to drive automation and scalable repairs in a large infrastructure environment.

The role emphasizes hands‑on Linux server administration, hardware knowledge, and scripting to resolve issues at scale, with on‑call rotations and travel up to 15%.

Qualifications

• BS, BA or BEng in technical field or commensurate experience.
• 5+ years of technical IT experience within an infrastructure environment, in a role such as Systems Administrator, DevOps Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer
• Intermediate-level understanding in Linux (or equivalent OS) in a complex IT environment with the ability to triage, debug, and troubleshoot server issues
• Hands-on experience and knowledge of server hardware and components, including storage
• Intermediate-level knowledge of the interdependencies of data center functions and technologies including electrical, cooling, structured cabling, security, and network
• Experience managing technical issues and driving to the root cause
• Experience participating in technical projects related to areas such as process improvement, technology, and/or automation
• Ability to communicate effectively, in a clear and concise manner, appropriately tailoring messages to the audience
• Intermediate-level knowledge of technologies such as HTTP, DNS, RAID, and DHCP
• Experience in providing technical guidance to external vendors
• Experience in debugging, modifying and developing commonly used scripting or programming languages in at least one of these languages: Bash, PHP, Python, SQL, Rust, Go or Perl
• Knowledge of out-of-band/lights-out server communication methods, such as IPMI and serial console
• Experience using data and metrics to drive decisions

Responsabilités

• Resolve tickets and drive root cause in data center operations.
• Participate in root cause analysis of hardware, network, and tooling issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on hardware, process, and automation.
• Lead introduction of new platforms and hardware to sites.
• Use data analysis to identify issues and communicate with stakeholders.
• Develop automation to resolve issues at scale.

Connaissances

Linux troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Communication

Automation scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

BS/BA/BEng in technical field

Outils

Bash

Python

SQL

IPMI/Serial console

HTTP/DNS/RAID/DHCP

Description du poste

Meta is seeking a Data Center Production Operations Engineer to join our fast‑moving Data Centers team in Altoona, IA. You will support platform health, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate with cross‑functional partners to drive automation and scalable repairs in a large infrastructure environment.

The role emphasizes hands‑on Linux server administration, hardware knowledge, and scripting to resolve issues at scale, with on‑call rotations and travel up to 15%.