Data Center Operations Engineer (Virginia)

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.

*Note: This position requires presence in our Ashburn and Sterling, VA Data Centers 5 days per week.

The Operations team plays a critical role in ensuring the seamless end-to-end execution of our Al-laaS infrastructure and hardware. This team is responsible for sourcing all necessary infrastructure and components, overseeing day-to-day data center operations to maintain optimal performance and uptime, and driving cross company coordination through product management organization to align operational capabilities with strategic goals. By managing the full lifecycle from procurement to deployment and operational efficiency, the Operations team ensures that our Al-driven infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and aligned with business priorities.

What You'll Do

- Ensure new server, storage and network infrastructure is property racked, labeled, cabled, and configured.

- Document data center layout and network topology in DCIM software.

- Work with supply chain & manufacturing teams to ensure timely deployment of systems and project plans for large-scale deployments.

- Participate in data center capacity and roadmap planning with sales and customer success teams to allocate floorspace.

- Assess current and future state data center requirements based on growth plans and technology trends.

- Manage a parts depot inventory and track equipment through the delivery-store-stage-deploy-handoff process in each of our data centers.

- Work closely with the HW Support team to ensure data center infrastructure-related support tickets are resolved.

- Work with the RMA team to ensure faulty parts are returned and replacements are ordered.

- Create installation standards and documentation for placement, labeling, and cabling to drive consistency and discoverability across all data centers.

- Serve as a subject-matter expert on data center deployments as part of sales engagement for large-scale deployments in our data centers and at customer sites.

You

- Have experience with critical infrastructure systems supporting data centers, such as power distribution, air flow management, environmental monitoring, capacity planning, DCIM software, structured cabling, and cable management.

- Have strong Linux administration experience.

- Have experience in setting up networking appliances (Ethernet and InfiniBand) across multiple data center locations.

- You are action-oriented and have a strong willingness to learn.

- You are willing to travel to bring up new data center locations.

Nice to Have

- Experience with troubleshooting the following network layers, technologies, and system protocols: TCP/IP, UDP/IP, BGP, OSPF, SNMP, SSL, HTTP, FTP, SSH, Syslog, DHCP, DNS, RDP, NETBIOS, IP routing, Ethernet, switched Ethernet, 802.11x, NFS, and VLANs.

- Experience with working in large-scale distributed data center environments.

- Experience working with auditors to meet all compliance requirements (ISO/SOC).

Salary Range Information

The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

- Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast

- Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove

- We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG

- Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers

- We offer generous cash & equity compensation

- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents

- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles

- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)

- Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

A Final Note:

You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.