OpenAI
Data Center Controls Network Engineer
$257K–$327K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Apr 20, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
About the job
Designs, validates, and operates secure, resilient OT network architectures and controls infrastructure for high-density AI data centers.
What you'll do
- Define OT network requirements, reference architectures, engineering standards, and design documentation for data center campuses.
- Design network topologies and operational controls, including addressing, segmentation, redundancy, monitoring, and remote access.
- Support vendor evaluations, commissioning and acceptance testing, troubleshooting, and ongoing network operations.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of relevant experience in controls engineering, industrial automation, OT networking, mission-critical facilities, or similar critical infrastructure environments.
- Hands-on expertise in resilient OT network architecture, Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, segmentation, firewall policy, and lifecycle support.
- Experience with industrial networking equipment, OT protocols, secure remote access, virtualized OT infrastructure, and commissioning/testing.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in a related discipline; relevant networking or cybersecurity certifications.
- Experience with network automation, scripting, AI agents or MCP-connected tools, or relational databases.
Pay
$257K – $327K USD base salary
Tools
Cisco switches/routers, Juniper switches/routers, Palo Alto firewalls, BACnet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, OPC UA, VMware vSAN, Ansible
AI focus
Experience using AI agents or MCP-connected tools to support telemetry analysis and troubleshooting is preferred.
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