About This Role
We are seeking a skilled Network & Hardware Administrator based in the Tampa area to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be critical to building, scaling, and maintaining our rapidly growing fleet of high-performance AI infrastructure, ensuring maximum uptime and reliability for our customers' workloads.
This is a contract-to-hire position: an initial 2-3 month contract with explicit intent to convert to full-time W2 status upon satisfactory performance. You'll split time between onsite hardware work and remote system administration, with up to 40% remote flexibility for administrative tasks.
As you learn the ropes and gain familiarity with our infrastructure, you will take on increasing responsibility for ensuring the smooth operation of our business, and you will be rewarded accordingly.
Key Responsibilities
Primary Technical Responsibilities
Network Operations: manage network design, configuration, routine maintenance, troubleshooting & router/switch hardware deployment across multiple data center sitesSystems Administration: remote Linux system administration, including OS installation, disk imaging, benchmarking & hardware troubleshootingHands-on Hardware Management: in-person server/workstation installations, component upgrades, structured cabling, diagnostics & repairsMonitoring & Reliability: develop, optimize & maintain network, server & power monitoring systems for automated alerting & reliabilityBusiness Continuity: maintain & test incident response plans, disaster recovery protocols & secure data backup systemsInfrastructure Security: firewall management, VPN administration, access controls & regular firmware/OS patchingOperational & Administrative Responsibilities
Procurement & Logistics: assist with IT procurement, vendor management & fulfillment of site-to-site hardware shipmentsLifecycle Management: secure decommissioning & liquidation of retired hardware assets via specialized secondary markets (e.g., corporate eBay liquidation)What We're Looking For
Core Requirements
3-7 years of direct hands-on experience in network administration, IT support, or data center operationsIntermediate-to-advanced proficiency with Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Mellanox, Mikrotik or similar enterprise equipment (including BGP, LACP, VLANs, DHCP, OpenVPN/Wireguard)Intermediate proficiency assembling, troubleshooting & repairing enterprise servers, workstations, enthusiast-grade PC hardware, printers or other IT equipmentBeginner-to-intermediate Linux system administration, installation & configuration skillsAbility to be on 24/7 on-call for major infrastructure/network outages, and availability during general waking hours for single machine breakdownsValid driver's license & ability to travel locally/domestically to data center sites as requiredDegree (Bachelor's/Associate's) or certs (Network+, A+, CCNA) highly valued, not required if balanced by strong hands-on experienceNice-to-Have
Intermediate-to-advanced Linux OS proficiencyCybersecurity certifications or experienceGPU marketplace host experience (Vast.ai, Runpod, Tensordock, Quickpod)Crypto mining / blockchain infra ops (Ethereum, Flux, Bittensor)Docker, Kubernetes, Ray, TrueNAS/NFS, Ceph experienceScripting & AI-assisted developmentPacket capture experience (tcpdump, Wireshark)Why Join NeuralRack AI
Work with cutting-edge NVIDIA Blackwell equipment and high-bandwidth networksCompetitive compensation with base salary and potential performance bonusesContribute to the global rollout of high-performance AI infrastructure Read Less