Mission-Critical Data Center Technician

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Data Center Technician to join its IT Infrastructure team in Texas. The role involves deploying and maintaining data center infrastructure across multiple sites, including servers, networks, HVAC, and power systems.

Candidates should have experience with enterprise IT hardware and data center environments. Key responsibilities include monitoring incidents, rack and cable management, QA testing, documentation updates, and collaboration with supply chain for equipment

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• Professional experience working in a data center environment or with enterprise grade IT hardware.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and resolve networking, compute and rack power distribution incidents in multiple data centers.
• Manage complete lifecycle for data center hardware including selection, deployment, operation, maintenance and decommission.
• Physically rack and cable data center equipment.
• Track and logically organize the physical storage of incoming data center equipment.
• Perform quality assurance testing and resolve recurring issues.
• Establish, schedule and track preventative maintenance procedures.
• Update documentation, including interconnect drawings, rack layouts and operation procedures.
• Monitor the environmental conditions and power/cooling systems of a data center to ensure they are optimized for servers, switches, storage arrays, and other devices.
• Maintain in depth quantitative performance and utilization data for detailed reporting and analytics to drive continuous improvement opportunities.
• Work with the supply chain team and vendors to evaluate, procure and manage inventory of data center equipment.

Skills

Linux commands

Shell scripting

User permissions

Filesystem types

Troubleshooting

DCIM

HPE iLO

Cisco CIMC

Dell iDRAC

Vendor hardware

Education

High school diploma

Tools

HPE iLO

Cisco CIMC

Dell iDRAC

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Data Center Technician to join its IT Infrastructure team in Texas. The role involves deploying and maintaining data center infrastructure across multiple sites, including servers, networks, HVAC, and power systems.

Candidates should have experience with enterprise IT hardware and data center environments. Key responsibilities include monitoring incidents, rack and cable management, QA testing, documentation updates, and collaboration with supply chain for equipment