Systems Engineer 2 # 26-17098 at US Tech Solutions
AUSTIN, TX
$55–$65/hrfrom the description
Jul 15, 2026
AUSTIN, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An on-site contract role within a Data Center Platform Engineering Group, focused on diagnosing and resolving hardware and software issues as they arise in lab and data center environments. Day-to-day work involves managing a JIRA ticket queue, debugging firmware, OS, GPU, and BMC/BIOS problems, physically installing and replacing hardware, and monitoring for infrastructure issues such as power, network, or cooling failures. Suits candidates with hands-on data center experience who can operate as both technician and engineer.
Mid level · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,818 (middle half $84,978–$135,301). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (8)
The role is explicitly on-site mandatory in Austin, TX — remote work is not available.
This is a 12+ month contract engagement placed by staffing firm US Tech Solutions.
The posting blends technician duties (physical hardware install/replace, lab monitoring) with engineering duties (firmware/OS/GPU debug, root cause analysis) — the primary day-to-day work is operating and maintaining data center systems rather than building new software, supporting the 15-1244 classification. 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the hybrid technician/engineer framing.
BMC, BIOS, and GPU debug methodologies are listed together in the 'Essential Attributes' section and treated as a single grouped requirement; each is emitted as a separate skill.
Dediprog, oscilloscopes (scopes), forklifts, and lift tools appear under 'Desirable Attributes' and are preferred, not required. Forklifts and lift tools are physical equipment rather than named technologies and are omitted from the skills list.
The 'Preferred Experience for Design Reliability Engineer' section contains only soft-skill and leadership language with no named technologies, so no additional skills are extracted from it.
No overall years-of-experience figure is stated in the posting.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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