Job brief: Data Center Operations Engineer

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Cloudflare's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-10 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-10.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address Cloudflare's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: In-Office · Boston, MA · Dallas, TX +1
• Posted: 2026-11-10

Massachusetts requires many employers to include pay in job postings; whether that covers this job depends on the law's rules.

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Not stated. The posting does not state a level or years of experience.

Must have

• A valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and proximity to your assigned data center.
• Certifications such as CompTIA A+, Network+ or Linux+, CCNA, BICSI, or data center certifications (for example CDCP or CDCTP).
• export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Conditions

• Available Locations: Boston, MA | Dallas, TX | Salt Lake City, UT (This role requires you to be onsite 5 days a week in one of our locations)
• This role is hands-on at the physical layer: hardware, cabling, and Layer 1/Layer 2 connectivity.
• On-Call and Incidents
• Take part in an on-call rotation and respond on site to incidents affecting hardware at your data center.

Main duties

• Support integrated site builds: receive and inspect hardware, rack and stack equipment, and run and dress structured cabling to standard.
• Verify integrator and contractor work against build specifications, drive defects to resolution, and make sure sites are production-ready before handoff.
• Break/Fix and Troubleshooting
• Triage and troubleshoot server hardware using BMC/IPMI, hardware logs, diagnostics and firmware tools. Find the root cause instead of swapping parts until so…
• Replace components and whole systems, including servers, switches and optics, safely and with minimal disruption.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Boston, MA: $175k a year (172 listings, 15 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Cloudflare's 68 open listings, 6% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Cloudflare hires

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