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# Data Center Deployment Engineer

- **Company:** Rackdog, LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Link Aggregation (Ethernet), Intelligent Platform Management Interface, Bash Shell, Data Centers, Data Center Infrastructure Management (CIM), RAID, Network Interface Controllers, Firmware, Junos, Python (Programming Language), Networking Basics, Virtual Local Area Networks, Scripting, Digital Access Carrier System, Load Balancing, Juniper, Bare Metal, Hardware Infrastructure
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/914cd197-e734-492c-918b-91947bee3efd/data-center-deployment-engineer

## About the Role

* 5+ years deploying servers and network gear in data centers or colocation facilities
 * Strong command of structured cabling: single-mode and multimode fiber, MPO/MTP, DACs and AOCs, and the optics that go with them (SR, LR, DR, FR)
 * Working knowledge of data center power: 208V single and three-phase circuits, A+B redundancy, PDUs and load balancing across banks/phases
 * Experience writing rack elevations and cabling documentation
 * Comfort with server hardware: BMC/IPMI, RAID, NICs, firmware updates and basic hardware troubleshooting
 * Basic networking: VLANs, link aggregation, switch port configuration
 * Clear written communication, especially with remote hands and vendors
 * Ability to travel to sites roughly 25% of the time and lift 50 lb

Nice to have

 * Hands-on time with Arista EOS or Junos
 * Familiarity with bare metal provisioning (PXE/iPXE, Tinkerbell, MAAS or similar)
 * Experience with a DCIM or source-of-truth tool such as NetBox
 * Scripting in Python or Bash to automate inventory, labeling or validation
 * Prior work at a hosting provider, cloud provider or carrier

## Description

You turn new capacity into production-ready racks. You design how servers, switches and power land in each cabinet, then direct our techs and colo remote hands to build it exactly that way.

This is a hands-on engineering role, not a dispatch desk. You own rack elevations, cabling plans and port maps, and you are the one who signs off that a build is correct before it goes to provisioning. Expect a mix of planning at a desk, working with vendors and remote hands across a dozen sites, and time on the data center floor.

What you'll do

 * Plan new rack and cage build-outs: rack elevations, power distribution across A+B feeds, airflow and weight within each cabinet's limits
 * Produce cabling plans, port maps and labeling standards for copper, fiber and DACs, and keep them current as builds change
 * Write clear method-of-procedure (MOP) documents and work orders for remote hands and contractors, then verify their work against the plan
 * Coordinate deliveries, staging, burn-in and handoff of new servers to our provisioning platform
 * Deploy and cable top-of-rack and out-of-band networks (Arista and Juniper), working with our network engineers on uplinks and IPMI/iDRAC access
 * Bring high-density GPU servers online, including power budgeting
 * Track hardware inventory, spares and RMAs across sites, and own the data center's source of truth for what sits where
 * Work with colocation providers on space, power, cross-connects and access, and travel to sites for builds that need you on the floor
 * Improve our deployment standards so each new rack goes up faster and with fewer errors than the last