On‑Site Data Center Field Engineer — 24‑Month Contract

Advantage Technical; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Pet insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Job summary

Advantage Technical in Irvine, CA is seeking an experienced Data Center Resident Field Engineer to provide on-site hardware break/fix support for a mission-critical compute environment.

This role serves as the primary point of contact for hardware incident response, component replacement, and preventive maintenance across HPE ProLiant rack/blade servers, HPE Apollo liquid-cooled high-density compute systems, and HPE MSA storage arrays.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on hardware break/fix experience in an enterprise or HPC data center environment.
• Direct hands-on experience with HPE ProLiant servers (installation, diagnostics, component replacement).
• Experience with HPE Apollo systems and liquid-cooled/DLC infrastructure (cold plates, CDUs, manifolds).
• Experience with HPE MSA storage arrays (disk replacement, controller diagnostics, firmware).
• Proficiency with HPE iLO, OneView, and related management/diagnostic tools.
• Working knowledge of RAID configurations, storage protocols (SAS/SATA/NVMe), and networking basics.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the on-site resident engineer for day-to-day hardware break/fix on HPE ProLiant, Apollo, and MSA storage systems.
• Diagnose and resolve hardware failures: DIMMs, CPUs, drives, power supplies, NICs, RAID/HBA controllers, backplanes, and system boards.
• Perform component-level replacement and RMA processing in coordination with HPE support and ticketing/CMMS systems.
• Support and maintain direct liquid cooling (DLC) infrastructure on Apollo systems, including cold plates and CDU systems.
• Execute firmware/BIOS updates and manage system health via HPE iLO, OneView, and Smart Storage Administrator tools.
• Perform rack-and-stack, cabling, and physical installs/decommissions.
• Document root causes and maintain accurate asset records and inventory.

Skills

Data center hardware

Hardware break/fix

Documentation & ticketing

On-site engineering

Tools

HPE iLO

OneView

Smart Storage Administrator

ServiceNow

Remedy

Job description

Advantage Technical in Irvine, CA is seeking an experienced Data Center Resident Field Engineer to provide on-site hardware break/fix support for a mission-critical compute environment.

This role serves as the primary point of contact for hardware incident response, component replacement, and preventive maintenance across HPE ProLiant rack/blade servers, HPE Apollo liquid-cooled high-density compute systems, and HPE MSA storage arrays.