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# Data Center Engineer (in Atlanta, GA)

- **Company:** Five9, Inc.
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $55,100.0 - $137,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Command-Line Interface, Data Centers, Data Center Infrastructure Management (CIM), Linux, Internet Protocol, Virtualization Technology, Information Technology, Software Coding, Network Server
- **Published:** July 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c503b14977c2b676

## About the Role

* Strong technical knowledge of networking, servers, storage, and virtualization, experience with data center design and implementation, ability to analyze and optimize performance, and project management skills
 * Minimum of 4 years hands on experience with Data Centre technologies - compute, network, storage, cabling, racks, PDUs, etc.
 * Great knowledge and experience with planning cooling, power and space resources Linux/Unix system administration, networking and SAN connectivity skills strongly desired
 * Experience working with vendors (quote-purchase process, RMA processes, support interactions)
 * Coding skills to automate repetitive tasks and gather reporting information
 * Experience supporting 24x7 customer facing production environment
 * Ability to troubleshoot and solve hardware problems independently
 * Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Five9 embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better we are. Five9 is an equal opportunity employer.

## Description

* Designing and implementing new data center infrastructure, optimizing for performance and scalability, ensuring security, and planning for future growth
 * Build, manage and maintain company's infrastructure in global data centers
 * Perform equipment installs - compute, network, storage, racks, PDUs, cabling, etc.
 * Closely monitor infrastructure to prevent failures and service degradation
 * Monitor and calculate power usage, power balancing and power availability in each cabinet
 * Ability to collaborate with other engineers and IT professionals to achieve common goals, troubleshooting and resolving issues
 * Communicate and coordinate with remote hands in remote data centers, providing technical direction when needed
 * Maintain asset inventory in DCIM - for both production and lab environments
 * Perform all shipping and receiving duties including RMA activities
 * Maintain impeccable documentation around our datacenter configuration
 * Set standards of excellence for all datacenter operations
 * Performing regular maintenance tasks, such as cleaning, inspecting, and replacing components, to prevent problems and ensure the longevity of the equipment
 * Update and work on tickets and tasks assigned in a timely manner
 * Follow change management process and participate in off hours change windows
 * Provide 24x7 support as needed
 * Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and root cause analysis for platform reliability issues.
 * Comfortable using command line interfaces
 * Familiarity with Linux and other cli operating systems
 * Familiar with server, storage, internet technologies
 * Ability to lift up to 75 lb.


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