Upscale AI
Staff Systems Engineer, Lab Operations and Administration
$175K–$193K
US - Santa Clara, CA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Experience
- 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience.
About the job
Operate and maintain software and hardware engineering lab infrastructure, provisioning equipment and supporting engineers’ day-to-day systems and network needs.
What you'll do
- Provision, configure, rack, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot lab servers, switches, storage, and network equipment.
- Administer Linux and Windows systems, virtualization environments, existing automation, and system-health monitoring.
- Coordinate requests and equipment setup with lab owners and engineers; track status, inventory, assets, and procurement needs.
What they ask for
- 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience provisioning and operating servers, networking equipment, and lab or data center infrastructure.
- Working knowledge of basic networking and Linux/Windows server administration.
- Familiarity with virtualization platforms such as VMware or Proxmox, and ability to run established automation tools such as Ansible.
- Experience tracking inventory and assets and helping manage procurement; able to work on site at colocation or data center facilities as needed.
Nice to have
- Experience in a networking, server, or infrastructure company, or in an AI hardware, semiconductor, networking hardware, or hyperscale data center environment.
- Familiarity with monitoring and provisioning tools; prior experience in hardware or engineering labs or with infrastructure automation and configuration management.
Pay
USD 175,000–193,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Windows, VMware, Proxmox, Ansible, TCP/IP, DNS/DHCP
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