Sr Data Center Engineer

Randstad Digital Americas; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a Sr. Infrastructure Platform Engineer - Data Center to lead day-to-day operations across global data center environments, ensuring reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes automation, scalability, and cross-functional coordination. You will design, deploy, monitor, and optimize physical and virtual infrastructure, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with systems, networking, and facilities teams to support on-call readiness and continuous

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Data Center Operations across multiple locations.
• Expertise in data center infrastructure including servers, storage, networking, power/cooling, and virtualization.
• Experience with monitoring and management tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, SolarWinds, Grafana.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and documentation skills; ability to work independently and in a global team.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and monitor global data center environments for security, availability, reliability, and performance.
• Design and maintain scalable IT infrastructure across regions.
• Deploy and manage Windows Server-based systems across data centers and clouds.

Skills

Data center operations

Infrastructure automation

Global deployment planning

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Nagios

Zabbix

SolarWinds

Grafana

Job description

Job Summary

As a Sr. Infrastructure Platform Engineer - Data Center, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and monitoring of our data center infrastructure across various locations. You will ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of our data center systems, and work to optimize and automate processes to improve efficiency.

location: Newport Beach, California

job type: Solutions

salary: $80 - 98 per hour

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and monitor global data center environments to ensure physical infrastructure remains secure, available, reliable, and performant.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable IT infrastructure solutions across multiple regions.
• Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure Windows Server-based systems across data centers and cloud environments in multiple regions globally.
• Design, deploy, and maintain rack and cabinet layouts, structured cabling, labeling standards, rack elevations, equipment placement, and cable management across multiple regions.
• Install, move, and decommission data center hardware, including rack-and-stack activities, physical infrastructure project support, and end-of-life clean-up.
• Provide escalation support for complex rack, cabling, power, cooling, and environmental issues, coordinating with operations, facilities, security, and vendor partners to resolve incidents and support scheduled maintenance.
• Provide escalation support for complex server issues, collaborating with operations and support teams to resolve incidents efficiently.
• Partner with Facilities and electrical/mechanical vendors to support power distribution, UPS, ATS, generator, cooling, airflow, and redundancy requirements.
• Define, communicate, and enforce global data center standards, safety practices, hardening guidelines, and compliance requirements for the physical infrastructure environment.
• Collaborate with Systems, Network, Storage, Facilities, Security, and vendor teams to plan, coordinate, and execute infrastructure deployments across global locations.
• Develop and maintain accurate documentation, rack elevation diagrams, cable schedules, capacity tracking tools, procedures, and operational records for global data centers.
• Participate in automation, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring, and process modernization efforts that reduce manual work, improve consistency, and strengthen operational efficiency.
• Support capacity planning, performance optimization, monitoring, backup readiness, maintenance activities, and continuous improvement across server, storage, and physical data center platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote safe, standardized, and disciplined execution of physical infrastructure work.
• Stay current with data center technologies, industry practices, and operational trends to support innovation and modernization.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and provide 24/7 support for data center operations as required

Qualifications

• Data Center, Nagios, Zabbix, SolarWinds, Grafana
• BS degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of working in Data Center Operations for multiple locations.
• Expertise in data center infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, power/cooling systems, virtualization, hyper converged infrastructure.
• Experience with monitoring and management tools (e.g., Nagios, Zabbix, SolarWinds, Grafana).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a global team.

Skills

Data Center,Data Center Operations,data center infrastructure,Grafana,hyper converged,Computer Science,Nagios,servers,SolarWinds,virtualization,Zabbix,ability to work under pressure,problem-solving skills,reliability,Ability to work independently,cooling systems,Infrastructure,maintenance,automate processes,Platform Engineer,documentation skills

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [e-mail].

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Qualified applicants in San Francisco with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.