Staff Principal Data Center Operations and Maintenance Engineer

Designworks Talent LLC

. Monitor live data center and GPU infrastructure for performance, capacity, and reliability issues .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeBellevue • Washington • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in monitoring and maintaining AI infrastructure, with a strong focus on incident response, troubleshooting, and operational excellence. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance operational tooling and processes in a dynamic environment.

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Data Center Operations ExperienceIncident Response SkillsGPU Infrastructure SupportMonitoring Stack ProficiencyOn-Call Management Tooling

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Hard Skills

Incident ResponseTroubleshootingData Center OperationsSite Reliability EngineeringGPU SupportOperational ToolingMonitoringCapacity ManagementPerformance MonitoringRoot Cause Analysis

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingAdaptabilityCommunicationCustomer Support

Tools & Technologies

PagerDutyOpsgeniePrometheusGrafanaDatadog

Industry Keywords

AI InfrastructureOperational MaturityIncident ManagementLarge-Scale ComputeEarly-Stage Environment

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GrafanaPrometheus

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Monitor live data center and GPU infrastructure for performance, capacity, and reliability issues
Lead or support incident response for production issues and drive fast, effective resolution
Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling are first class and identify issues before customer impact
Partner with hardware, networking, orchestration, and infrastructure teams to resolve root causes and prevent recurrence
Contribute to runbooks, on-call practices, and operational maturity as the platform scales
Help build and scale the Operations & Maintenance function supporting mission-critical AI infrastructure
Support post-launch monitoring, incident response, reliability, and exceptional customer support
Build operations and maintenance processes, tooling, systems, and operational discipline for next-generation AI infrastructure

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in a data center operations, site reliability, or infrastructure operations role
Experience ideally supporting GPU or large-scale compute environments
Strong incident response and troubleshooting skills across hardware, networking, and systems layers
Comfortable working in an early-stage environment where processes and tooling are still being established
Experience in multiple technical environments is a plus
Experience with on-call/incident-management tooling such as PagerDuty or Opsgenie is preferred
Experience with monitoring stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog is preferred
Background supporting GPU cluster or data center operations post-launch is preferred
U.S. work authorization is required
Visa sponsorship is not currently available
Willingness to work at least three days per week in-office in downtown Bellevue, WA

Benefits

Comp & perks

Certain roles are eligible for merit increases, annual bonus, and long-term incentives based on individual performance
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for U.S.-based employees
401(k) plan and company match
Paid holidays per calendar year
Hybrid work arrangement