Onsite Data Center Ops Engineer for AI HPC

Cotidal Limited; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Cotidal Limited is establishing its first AI data center presence in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. You will own on-site operations from equipment delivery through go-live and daily care, coordinating with colocation providers and engineering teams.

This hands-on role requires 5+ years in data center ops, strong cabling and power knowledge, and the ability to work independently as Cotidal’s sole onsite employee.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data center operations, deployment or hardware support at hyperscale or AI site.
• Hands-on experience with rack and stack, copper and fiber cabling, labeling and repair.
• Knowledge of three-phase power, PDUs, breakers, busway, and cooling.
• Basic networking (Layer 2) including optics and port troubleshooting, plus Linux CLI.
• Experience receiving, tracking and shipping equipment with asset inventory.
• Clear written tickets and updates; able to work independently as onsite only employee.

Responsibilities

• Own site bring-up including power, cooling, cabling, and security readiness with providers.
• Manage equipment and spares: receiving, inspecting, tracking, dock time, RMAs, inventory.
• Install and verify infrastructure: rack/stack compute, network, storage; install PDUs.
• Run daily onsite operations: respond to remote-hands, diagnose failures per runbook, coordinate with providers.
• Lead onsite incident response and document for RCA.
• Improve deployments: update rack elevations, cabling maps, asset records, and runbooks; enforce safety and change-control.

Skills

Data center ops

Rack & stack

Cabling & fiber

Networking basics

Asset inventory

Independent on-site work

Tools

DCIM

Linux CLI

Job description

Cotidal Limited is establishing its first AI data center presence in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. You will own on-site operations from equipment delivery through go-live and daily care, coordinating with colocation providers and engineering teams.

This hands-on role requires 5+ years in data center ops, strong cabling and power knowledge, and the ability to work independently as Cotidal’s sole onsite employee.