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# Systems Engineer I

- **Company:** DigitalOcean, LLC
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $83,200.0 - $104,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, JIRA, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Firmware, Networking Hardware, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), Packet Analyzer, Digitalocean, Information Technology, Hardware Infrastructure
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ee4f60ee-0252-4971-97a6-eb1d0f348554

## About the Role

* Technical Degree (BS Computer Science/Engineering) or equivalent practical experience
 * Hands-on experience operating a cloud infrastructure at mid-tier scale or better
 * An in-depth understanding of server hardware, firmware, and infrastructure
 * Strong knowledge in troubleshooting techniques, Python and BASHExtra points for JTAG debugging / Firmware troubleshooting / Wire sniffing experience
 * Clear communication and collaboration across key stakeholders
 * An insatiable passion for constant improvement, * We innovate with purpose. You'll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.

## Description

The ideal candidate will be eager to face new challenges as DigitalOcean continues to scale its data center footprint and infrastructure cloud capacity and explore new technologies and capabilities to bring to our customers, providing top-tier support for our hardware and firmware in the DO fleet.
What You'll Be Doing:

 * Act a member of the Sustaining Engineering team in the Infra::Machines::Design Organization
 * Support server hardware, cabling, and networking hardware throughout its operational lifecycle
 * Monitor the #machines channel and MACHINES JIRA project for issues and drive them to resolution
 * Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation with other members of the team
 * Act as Tier 2 escalation for Datacenter Operations (DCOPS) and Cloud Operations (CloudOps) regarding hardware and firmware components
 * Develop and maintain standards and practices for DigitalOcean hardware operations
 * Work closely with the Qualification team, Firmware team, Fleet Lifecycle Engineering team (FLE), Foresight team, and Infrastructure Services team to resolve issues in tooling, firmware packages, hardware components, and other operational concerns
 * Help with development of tooling and associated runbooks to address gaps in operational capabilities around hardware and firmware operations
 * Coordinate with Ops teams on monitoring thresholds, failure modes and alerting
 * Assist in troubleshooting cause of failures and work to prevent them in the future
 * Raise the quality bar in the delivery of our cloud infrastructure by identifying industry best practices and working to adopt them


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