Contract Site Reliability Engineer — AI Accelerator Infrastructure
d-Matrix · Santa Clara, CA
$155,000–$235,000
Jul 13, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on data center and lab technician role at an AI silicon company, responsible for racking and cabling servers, executing hardware bring-ups (BIOS, firmware, OS), component replacement, and maintaining lab environments in audit-ready condition. The position also covers asset tracking, RMA coordination, incident troubleshooting, and writing SOPs. It suits an experienced, self-directed technician comfortable working independently in a fast-paced hardware development setting. Offered as a one-year contract with potential for permanent conversion.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 87,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 25,600–130,500
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (12)
This is a one-year contract with potential for full-time conversion, per the posting — classified as Contract accordingly.
The role is a hands-on DC/lab technician position (physical racking, cabling, hardware bring-up, asset management). 15-1244 is the closest SOC for data center operations and systems technician work; 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up since the role is more technician/operations than traditional network/systems administration.
NetBox is listed as the primary DCIM tool example; Jira and 'equivalent' are named as alternatives in the same requirement — captured as alternatives on the NetBox skill.
Ansible is listed under Preferred Qualifications ('basic exposure — able to run playbooks') and is marked preferred.
InfiniBand and RoCE are listed together under Preferred as high-speed interconnect familiarity; captured as a single preferred skill with RoCE as an alternative.
Python and Bash scripting are listed together under Preferred for operational automation; captured as a single preferred skill with Bash as an alternative.
GPU/accelerator hardware experience (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel) is listed under Preferred Qualifications.
Colocation data center experience (Equinix, CoreSite, Digital Realty) is listed under Preferred but names specific providers rather than a distinct technology skill — omitted from the skills list as it is an experience context rather than a named tool.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): BIOS/UEFI configuration.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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