Infrastructure Deployment Engineer
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 150 - 250
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Fluidstack
At Fluidstack were building the infrastructure for abundant intelligence. We partner with top AI labs governments and enterprises - including Mistral Poolside Black Forest Labs Meta and more - to unlock compute at the speed of light.
Were working with urgency to make AGI a reality. As such our team is highly motivated and committed to delivering world-class infrastructure. We treat our customers outcomes as our own taking pride in the systems we build and the trust we earn. If youre motivated by purpose obsessed with excellence and ready to work very hard to accelerate the future of intelligence join us in building whats next.
About the Role
Infrastructure Deployment Engineer is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in fiber optics structured cabling and data center physical infrastructure. The IDE is responsible for the full lifecycle of physical installation projects including coordinating LVC schedules performing rigorous Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) checks on contractor work and ensuring final installation adheres to all design standards safety codes and labeling policies.
Key Responsibilities
1. Project Oversight & Contractor Management
Serve as the primary on-site technical point of contact for the Low Voltage Contractor (LVC) and internal engineering teams.
Manage the LVCs deployment schedule ensuring adherence to project milestones and reporting progress and delays to project management.
Coordinate access material delivery and staging areas with data center facility operations.
Act as a remote hands expert for remote engineering teams during deployment and validation activities.
2. Quality Assurance (QA) & Quality Control (QC)
Perform comprehensive multi-stage QA inspections on all LVC work including rack placement server/device racking cable routing and labeling.
Ensure all infrastructure including racks servers network devices and storage units are installed and grounded according to specified Bill of Materials (BoM) and design documentation.
Fiber Optic and Cabling Validation:
Conduct or directly oversee optical loss testing (OLTS) OTDR analysis and insertion/return loss evaluations on all installed fiber links (Single-Mode and Multi-Mode).
Verify copper (Cat6a/Cat8) cable integrity and pin-out using certified testers.
Ensure all patch panels trunks patch cords and cable management systems comply with code.
Manage vendor/partner relationships contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for installation quality.
3. Subject Matter Expertise & Documentation
Act as the organizations SME for fiber optic infrastructure and structured cabling best practices (e.g. BICSI standards).
Review interpret and validate design documentation rack elevation diagrams and fiber schematics for constructability.
Generate detailed final test reports as-built documentation and root cause analysis (RCA) reports for any issues encountered during deployment.
Educate and coach internal full-time employees on fiber maintenance and cable management best practices.
Manage closeout activities and handoff to the operations team.
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in data center or mission-critical infrastructure deployment.
Deep technical expertise (SME level) in fiber optic systems including design standards installation techniques and advanced testing methodologies (OTDR VFL Power Meter).
Proven experience in physical infrastructure installation including the racking stacking and cabling of servers network and storage hardware.
Ability to read interpret and translate technical drawings and schematics (e.g. AutoCAD Visio).
Strong organizational skills with a proven track record of driving projects to completion and dealing well with ambiguity.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Engineering Telecommunications or a related field.
Industry certifications such as BICSI RCDD or relevant vendor certifications (e.g. Cisco Juniper).
Experience with hyperscale or large-scale data center environments and standardization programs.
Familiarity with IT service operations frameworks (e.g. ITIL).
Salary & Benefits
Competitive total compensation package (salary equity).
Retirement or pension plan in line with local norms.
Health dental and vision insurance.
Generous PTO policy in line with local norms.
The base salary range for this position is $150000 - $250000 per year depending on experience skills qualifications and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.
We are committed to pay equity and transparency.
Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email please email with your resume/CV the role youve applied for and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Jenkins
- Python
- Active Directory
- VMware
- Engineering
- Tcp/IP
- Deskstops
- OS
- Windows
- Database
- Linux
- Java
- Troubleshoot
- Technical Support
