Datacenter Technician

3 weeks ago


Santa Clara, United States Sustainable Talent Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Sustainable Talent is partnering with Nvidia a global leader who's been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for over 25 years.

We are looking for a Datacenter Technician to support our client's IPP (Infrastructure, planning, and process) team. This is a W-2 full-time contract position based out of Santa Clara, CA. The pay range for this role is $50/hr to 75/hr based on factors like experience, education, location, etc. We provide full benefits, PTO, and amazing company culture

In this role, you will be faced with the challenge of providing a testbed for our developers to test software on various NVIDIA hardware before releasing them. Additionally, collaborate with Infrastructure Engineers, installing and maintaining Windows/Linux platforms and using creativity while finding solutions. We expect things to break in this lab, as the software is mostly low-level device drivers, and the bugs in them do break boards and enterprise level machines. We seek to catch problems early in our labs rather than in user devices. Do you like working on technology and yearn to be challenged in a fast-paced R&D environment? If this appeals to you, then this captivating role will not let you down. This is a contracted position.

What you'll be doing:

  • Handling Labs and Datacenters using DCIM Tools, spreadsheets and task tracking tools.
  • Your responsibilities will also include defining standards in labs to keep them safe, clean and organized.
  • Deploy test boards that run automated tests from a Software Developers and triage and root cause board issues which are not due to hardware or software issues but, that potentially have test setup issues.
  • Remove and redeploy boards that need software and/or hardware upgrades from board engineers in a regular cadence.
  • Work closely and pro-actively with other engineering teams such as system architects, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW QA teams and Applications engineering teams to drive design, development, debug and release of next generations products.
  • Take active part in procurement decisions for Lab by choosing from various options available, getting test copies and doing proof of concepts and then providing recommendations.
  • Collect data for critical metrics for the lab and track progress.

What we need to see:

  • Associates or Bachelor's Degree in a Tech related Major or 4+ years of equivalent experience in a Lab or Datacenter environment.
  • Ability to perform well at work without requiring constant manager supervision.
  • Ability to do deploy and cable servers and test equipment.
  • Basic user level understanding of Unix/Windows, and Networking with Enterprise Switches and Routers.
  • Skills to work with teammates of various abilities and experiences.
  • Ability to find tasks where you need help from sys-admins and communicate those, coordinate with them to integrate those solutions.
  • Perseveration to debug a hard problem and out of box thinking to seek those.
  • To be successful in this position, you should have a love of working with close-knit, multi-disciplinary teams, and enjoy hands-on work with state-of-the-art platforms.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Visio and CAD experience for Lab R&D projects and Rack Management.
  • Lab/Datacenter Procurement Experience.
  • Experience with handling PDUs and Power in Labs.
  • System administrator level experience on Unix/windows and knowledge of scripting to automate workflows (bash/python).
  • Basic knowledge of Git/Perforce to check-out, edit and check-in scripts.
  • Ability to write SQL queries to get data from MySQL DBs.

Sustainable Talent is a M/F+, disabled, and veteran equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer.


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