Senior HPC GPU Data Center Ops Engineer

San Francisco Compute Company; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

401(k) match

Medical, dental & vision

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Daily lunch

Office book budget

Job summary

San Francisco Compute in San Francisco, CA seeks an hands-on Data Center Operations Engineer to manage rack- and component-level hardware, fiber, and cooling systems. You’ll own procurement, BOMs, vendor quotes, lead times, spares, warranties, and RMAs, while maintaining meticulous asset records across sites.

You’ll work with HGX/DGX-class GPUs, InfiniBand, and 400G+ networks, mentor teammates, and help establish runbooks and standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data center operations, infrastructure support, or systems administration.
• Hands-on hardware and cabling responsibility.
• Fiber knowledge: high-density trunks, breakouts, end-face inspection and cleaning, transceiver swaps.
• Experience replacing FRUs and racking, cabling, and commissioning equipment.
• Experience with BOMs, vendor quotes, POs, receiving, warranty, and RMAs.
• Inventory and asset records across multiple sites.
• TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, IPMI/iDRAC/iLO/Redfish, and Linux CLI.
• Occasional travel to remote sites and after-hours maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Rack and commission systems, replace failed components, and manage fiber.
• Maintain asset records and BOMs, vendor quotes, lead times, and RMAs.
• Oversee procurement, including spares and warranties.
• Data center ops account for ~80% of the role; 20% supporting office IT.
• Regular visits to local facilities; occasional travel to remote sites.
• Work with HGX/DGX-class GPUs, InfiniBand, 400G+ networks, high-density power.

Skills

Data center ops

Fiber knowledge

Server hardware replacement

Procurement & BOMs

Asset inventory

Networking & Linux

Travel readiness

Team collaboration

Tools

IPMI

iDRAC

iLO

Redfish

NetBox

DCIM

Job description

San Francisco Compute in San Francisco, CA seeks an hands-on Data Center Operations Engineer to manage rack- and component-level hardware, fiber, and cooling systems. You’ll own procurement, BOMs, vendor quotes, lead times, spares, warranties, and RMAs, while maintaining meticulous asset records across sites.

You’ll work with HGX/DGX-class GPUs, InfiniBand, and 400G+ networks, mentor teammates, and help establish runbooks and standards.