Senior Data Center Engineer
About The Position
As a Senior Data Center Engineer, you will help scale Roblox’s Edge Data Centers and hardware infrastructure. You will develop and maintain the data center environment to support the large-scale, real-time requirements of the platform, covering server and network infrastructure, power, and environmental life cycles. The role focuses on maintaining service availability, resolving systemic hardware issues, improving operational processes and automation, and supporting physical deployments at domestic and global locations. You will report to the Technical Lead, Edge Data Center Engineer. Domestic and international travel is required 25–50% of the time. The role participates in an on-call rotation for critical infrastructure.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience working in large-scale data center infrastructure environments.
- Experience with remote edge deployments and coordinating with smart hands or third-party contractors.
- Extensive experience installing, monitoring, and maintaining server and network equipment, including provisioning new servers and network equipment.
- In-depth knowledge of data center environments, servers, and network equipment.
- Proven ability to execute multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Experience installing equipment commonly found in data center environments.
- Ability to lift 75 pounds occasionally.
- Willingness to travel and work on-site at domestic and global edge data centers.
- Ability to organize work and address emergent, high-impact issues.
- Ability to use data to test theories, identify and formulate problems, evaluate possible solutions, and implement effective solutions.
- Professional communication and collaboration with internal and external partners.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Edge Data Center and hardware infrastructure, including server and network infrastructure, power, and environmental life cycles.
- Track and mitigate systemic issues preventing hosts from returning to service.
- Identify and solve critical problems, perform root cause analysis, and recommend improvements to automation to prevent recurrence.
- Coordinate with peers to establish and uphold best practices for break-fix, installation, decommissioning, and other data center operations.
- Improve the development platform, infrastructure, standards such as runbooks, SOPs, and MOPs, and operational methods to support scalability and high availability.
- Work across teams to automate maintenance actions that do not require physical intervention.
- Encourage continuous improvement and learning among engineering staff.
- Assist with vendor coordination and ensure the quality of outsourced projects.
- Participate in the on-call rotation for critical infrastructure.
- Travel to domestic and international locations to support physical deployment and scaling of core and edge data center infrastructure.
- Install, monitor, and maintain server and network equipment, including provisioning new equipment.
- Troubleshoot server and network hardware and address complex, high-impact problems.
- Build processes and procedures for executing workload and developing team capabilities.
Benefits
- Equity compensation for full-time employees.
- Benefits are referenced on the company benefits page but not detailed in the posting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
