Senior Data Center Engineer II

Digital Ocean
Seattle
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 128,000 - 161,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 6-8 yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Mentoring","Team collaboration","Troubleshooting"]

Senior Data Center Engineer II at DigitalOcean responsible for deploying, maintaining, and scaling large-scale data center infrastructure, including rack buildouts, GPU and liquid-cooled systems, and complex hardware deployments. You’ll work remotely with a team supporting new data center builds, on-call availability, and cross-functional engineering collaborations, contributing to operational readiness and documentation across diverse data center environments.

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Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean
5 months ago

Senior Data Center Engineer II

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Job Summary

Senior Data Center Engineer II at DigitalOcean responsible for deploying, maintaining, and scaling large-scale data center infrastructure, including rack buildouts, GPU and liquid-cooled systems, and complex hardware deployments. You’ll work remotely with a team supporting new data center builds, on-call availability, and cross-functional engineering collaborations, contributing to operational readiness and documentation across diverse data center environments.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deploying, maintaining, and scaling DigitalOcean’s data center infrastructure
  • •Racking, stacking, and cabling servers, power distribution units (PDUs), and network switches
  • •Installing and commissioning servers, networking equipment, storage systems, and GPU infrastructure
  • •Designing and executing large-scale infrastructure deployments including rack buildouts and cluster expansions
  • •Supporting new data center builds and expansions through rack layout planning and infrastructure readiness validation
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 128,000 - 161,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •6-8+ years of experience deploying, operating, or supporting infrastructure within large-scale data center or cloud environments.
  • •Strong Linux knowledge and command line experience; familiarity with bash scripting
  • •Experience deploying and troubleshooting GPU hardware and high-density compute infrastructure
  • •Experience working with or supporting liquid-cooled infrastructure
  • •Proficient understanding of data center power and cooling architecture
Experience:6-8 yearsData centerCloudInfrastructure
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationMentoringTeam collaborationTroubleshooting
Languages:English
Tech Stack:LinuxBashGPULiquid coolingPDUNetworkingStorageLinux OS

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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