System Engineer

Client is now looking for a motivated Engineering Technician for Client on-premise, private cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will be faced with the challenge of providing and maintaining a compute farm of systems which includes Builders, Packagers, and Testers that act as a test-bed for our developers worldwide to test various Client’s hardware and software prior to release.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams (system architects, hardware/software engineers, QA, and more) to craft, develop, debug, and release next-generation products.
• Manage and maintain a high-performing fleet of builders, packagers, testers, and core infrastructure.
• Ensure availability targets are consistently met and lead system recovery efforts.
• Coordinate inventory and lifecycle management tasks across labs and data centers.
• Fix software, hardware, and infrastructure issues alongside engineers and platform operations teams.
• Plan, deploy, and maintain on-premises infrastructure, collaborating with datacenter and network engineering teams.
• Implement efficiency improvements to improve availability, throughput, and test accuracy while meeting SLAs and important metrics.
• Represent the team in meetings with internal collaborators and contribute to global operations.

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Technical Major (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience in data centers or large engineering labs.
• Familiarity with SCMs like GIT/Perforce.
• Proficiency in DCIM (Nautobot, etc.) and scripting (shell, Python, Ansible).
• Working knowledge of protocols/services like TCP/IP, DNS, NFS, SSL, etc.
• Experience with Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems.
• Hands-on experience with PCBs, GPUs, and system deployments.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative spirit.
• Strong background in systems engineering and administration, with an understanding of dense datacenter design, including compute, storage, and networking.

Qualifications/Key Responsibilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
• Manager is looking for candidates with a background in software and hardware.
• Windows, MacOS, Linux.
• DCIM Tools (Nautobot).
• Scripting (Shell, Python, Ansible).
• Experience/interest in GPUs/gaming.
• Hillsboro team focuses on the enterprise side of things / rack & stack.