Infrastructure Deployment Engineer

 The Role:

The Infrastructure Deployment Engineer plays a critical role in delivering hardware infrastructure across 11:11 Systems’ global data center footprint. Reporting to the Senior Director of Infrastructure Deployment and Data Center Management, this individual will lead deployments from planning through completion, coordinating cross-functional teams, validating infrastructure designs, and ensuring projects are executed on time and to standard. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in hands-on environments, demonstrates strong technical and organizational skills, and enjoys optimizing deployment workflows through process improvement and automation.  

Responsibilities:

• Lead infrastructure deployment projects from kickoff through production, including rack-and-stack, cabling, provisioning, and documentation.
• Coordinate project needs across Data Center Infrastructure, Procurement, Cloud Infrastructure, and Network Infrastructure teams.
• Create and maintain accurate BOMs, deployment documentation, rack elevations, and cable matrices.
• Develop and support automation and scripting efforts to improve deployment consistency and efficiency.
• Validate compatibility and readiness of compute, storage, and network hardware as well as supporting data center power infrastructure before deployment.
• Participate in product enablement efforts by deploying and validating hardware for new offerings.
• Ensure DCIM (NetBox/Nlyte) and tracking tools are consistently updated to reflect deployed infrastructure.
• Support remote site work by building documentation and guidance for DC technicians and remote hands.
• Travel occasionally to data centers for project execution, audits, or support.
• Work supportively with colleagues, operating in a manner consistent with 11:11’s Code of Business Ethics and Company Values.
• Responsibly receive, transmit, and handle company data and information per company data handling agreements, work procedures, and policies.
• Review and follow company policies and guidelines, data privacy practices, including annual compliance training certification and policy acknowledgments.
• Additional duties as assigned.

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent related work experience required.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience deploying and managing infrastructure in service-provider or enterprise-scale data centers.
• Experience leading technical infrastructure projects and coordinating across multiple internal teams.
• Strong working knowledge of VMware, Cisco UCS, Cohesity, HPE, or similar service provider scale hardware and software platforms.
• Proficiency in scripting or automation tools (PowerShell, Python, Ansible) preferred.
• Capable of managing BOMs, cable matrices, and infrastructure documentation from initial build through production deployment.
• Familiarity with the physical deployment and maintenance of hardware in a data center operations environment
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Able to travel on a limited basis for major site builds or upgrades and lift 50 lbs when onsite.
• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.