# Infrastructure Deployment Engineer

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** New York, NY, Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $150k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Fiber Optics, Structured Cabling, Otdr, Olts, Bicsi, Cat6A, Cat8, Autocad, Visio, Cisco, Juniper, Itil
**Posted:** 2026-03-07

> Leads on-site deployment of data center physical infrastructure, managing contractors, performing QA/QC on fiber optics and cabling, and ensuring compliance with standards. Requires 5+ years experience, SME-level fiber optic expertise, bachelor's degree, and 40% travel readiness.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities

### 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 LVC's 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.

### 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.

### Subject Matter Expertise & Documentation
- Act as the organization's SME for fiber optic infrastructure and structured cabling best practices (**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
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field).
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in data center or mission-critical infrastructure deployment.
- Travel Ready: Comfortable with 40% travel for extended onsite deployments during datacenter turn-ups.
- 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 (**AutoCAD**, **Visio**).
- Strong organizational skills with a proven track record of driving projects to completion and dealing well with ambiguity.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Industry certifications such as **BICSI RCDD** or relevant vendor certifications (**Cisco**, **Juniper**).
- Experience with hyperscale or large-scale data center environments and standardization programs.
- Familiarity with IT service operations frameworks (**ITIL**).

## Salary & Benefits
- Base salary range: **$150,000 - $250,000** per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
- Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
- Retirement or pension plan, health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous PTO policy.

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