Network & Hardware Administrator

NeuralRack; Tampa, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive compensation

Opportunity to work with NVIDIA Blackw

Growth-oriented startup environment

Zusammenfassung

NeuralRack AI seeks a skilled Network & Hardware Administrator in the Tampa area to build, scale and maintain our AI infrastructure, ensuring maximum uptime for customer workloads. This contract-to-hire role splits time between onsite hardware work and remote system administration with up to 40% remote flexibility.

You’ll advance in responsibility as you learn the stack, with competitive compensation and potential performance bonuses in a fast-growing startup environment.

Qualifikationen

• 3-7 years of direct hands-on experience in network administration, IT support, or data center operations.
• Degree/certifications such as Network+, A+, CCNA are highly valued.

Aufgaben

• Network Operations: design, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting and hardware deployment across data centers.
• Systems Administration: remote Linux admin, OS install, imaging, benchmarking, hardware troubleshooting.
• Hands-on Hardware Management: server/workstation installations, upgrades, cabling, diagnostics, repairs.
• Monitoring & Reliability: build and maintain monitoring for network, servers, power and alerts.
• Business Continuity: incident response, disaster recovery, data backups.
• Infrastructure Security: firewall management, VPN, access controls, patching.

Kenntnisse

Network administration

IT support

Data center operations

Network protocols (BGP, LACP, VLANs,DH

On-call readiness

Travel to data centers

Ausbildung

Bachelor's/Associate's degree or certs (Network+, A+, CCNA)

Tools

Cisco equipment

Juniper equipment

Arista equipment

Mellanox gear

Mikrotik gear

OpenVPN/WireGuard

Jobbeschreibung

We are seeking a skilled Network & Hardware Administrator based in the Tampa area to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be critical to building, scaling, and maintaining our rapidly growing fleet of high-performance AI infrastructure, ensuring maximum uptime and reliability for our customers' workloads.

This is a contract-to-hire position: an initial 2-3 month contract with explicit intent to convert to full-time W2 status upon satisfactory performance. You'll split time between onsite hardware work and remote system administration, with up to 40% remote flexibility for administrative tasks.

As you learn the ropes and gain familiarity with our infrastructure, you will take on increasing responsibility for ensuring the smooth operation of our business, and you will be rewarded accordingly.

Key Responsibilities

Primary Technical Responsibilities

• Network Operations: manage network design, configuration, routine maintenance, troubleshooting & router/switch hardware deployment across multiple data center sites
• Systems Administration: remote Linux system administration, including OS installation, disk imaging, benchmarking & hardware troubleshooting
• Hands-on Hardware Management: in-person server/workstation installations, component upgrades, structured cabling, diagnostics & repairs
• Monitoring & Reliability: develop, optimize & maintain network, server & power monitoring systems for automated alerting & reliability
• Business Continuity: maintain & test incident response plans, disaster recovery protocols & secure data backup systems
• Infrastructure Security: firewall management, VPN administration, access controls & regular firmware/OS patching

Operational & Administrative Responsibilities

• Procurement & Logistics: assist with IT procurement, vendor management & fulfillment of site-to-site hardware shipments
• Lifecycle Management: secure decommissioning & liquidation of retired hardware assets via specialized secondary markets (e.g., corporate eBay liquidation)

What We’re Looking For

Core Requirements

• 3-7 years of direct hands-on experience in network administration, IT support, or data center operations
• Intermediate-to-advanced proficiency with Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Mellanox, Mikrotik or similar enterprise equipment (including BGP, LACP, VLANs, DHCP, OpenVPN/Wireguard)
• Intermediate proficiency assembling, troubleshooting & repairing enterprise servers, workstations, enthusiast-grade PC hardware, printers or other IT equipment
• Ability to be on 24/7 on-call for major infrastructure/network outages, and availability during general waking hours for single machine breakdowns
• Valid driver's license & ability to travel locally/domestically to data center sites as required
• Degree (Bachelor's/Associate's) or certs (Network+, A+, CCNA) highly valued, not required if balanced by strong hands-on experience

Nice-to-Have

• Intermediate-to-advanced Linux OS proficiency
• Cybersecurity certifications or experience
• Crypto mining / blockchain infra ops (Ethereum, Flux, Bittensor)
• Packet capture experience (tcpdump, Wireshark)

Why Join NeuralRack AI

• Work with cutting-edge NVIDIA Blackwell equipment and high-bandwidth networks
• Competitive compensation with base salary and potential performance bonuses
• Contribute to the global rollout of high-performance AI infrastructure
• Take meaningful ownership and set precedents in a fast-growing startup

NeuralRack AI is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.