HPC Data Center Ops Engineer — Hands-On, SF with Equity

The San Francisco Compute Company; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity

401(k) matching

Medical, dental & vision

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Lunch provided

Office book budget

Job summary

The San Francisco Compute Company in San Francisco is looking for a hands-on Data Center Operations Engineer to support high-density GPU infrastructure. You will rack, commission, and maintain equipment, manage fiber, cooling, and asset records, and lead procurement activities including BOMs and vendor quotes.

You will spend ~80% of time on data center operations and procurement, with ~20% on office IT tasks, and occasional travel to remote sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Based in the SF Bay Area with 5+ years in data center ops/infrastructure.
• Hands-on hardware and cabling responsibility.
• Experience with BOMs, vendor quotes, POs, receipts, warranties, and RMAs.
• Strong TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, IPMI/iDRAC/iLO, and Linux CLI.
• Willingness to travel to remote sites and occasional after-hours work.

Responsibilities

• Racking and commissioning hardware and components.
• Manage fiber, transceivers, liquid cooling, and asset records.
• Procurement management including BOMs, quotes, lead times, spares, warranties, RMAs.
• Data center operations focus (≈80%) with IT support (≈20%).
• Occasional visits to local facilities and remote sites.

Skills

Data center ops

Hands-on hardware

Cabling & racking

Procurement experience

Linux CLI

Networking basics

Travel readiness

Tools

NetBox

ERP systems

IPMI / iDRAC / iLO

BOM management

Job description

The San Francisco Compute Company in San Francisco is looking for a hands-on Data Center Operations Engineer to support high-density GPU infrastructure. You will rack, commission, and maintain equipment, manage fiber, cooling, and asset records, and lead procurement activities including BOMs and vendor quotes.

You will spend ~80% of time on data center operations and procurement, with ~20% on office IT tasks, and occasional travel to remote sites as needed.