Roles
Every seat we recruit, and how we screen it.
Each guide covers what the role actually does, directional 2026 pay bands by level and market, the screening questions we use, and the failure modes that keep these searches open.
Role guides
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Pay bands are directional planning ranges, not published survey data. Use them to sanity-check an approved range.
$60,000 - $85,000 and up
Critical Facilities Engineer
A critical facilities engineer operates and maintains the power and cooling plant that keeps a data hall live, and carries the judgment call when something fails at 3am. It is the highest-volume hard-to-fill seat in the industry because the skill is built on a live site over years and cannot be certified into existence.
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$80,000 - $110,000 and up
Commissioning Agent (CxA)
A commissioning agent verifies that the electrical and mechanical systems in a data center actually perform as designed, from factory witness through integrated systems testing at full load. It is the hardest seat in infrastructure hiring because the qualifying experience only exists on projects that have already energized, and the people who have it are booked out a year ahead.
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$50,000 - $68,000 and up
Data Center Technician
A data center technician handles the hands-on work inside the data hall and the supporting plant: hardware, cabling, rounds, escorts and first-line response. It is the highest-volume seat in the industry, which makes it the one where roster design and shift differential decide your fill rate more than any sourcing tactic.
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$95,000 - $130,000 and up
MEP Coordinator
An MEP coordinator manages the interface between mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades on a data center build, resolving clashes before they become field rework and keeping installation sequenced against the commissioning dates. It is a schedule-protection role, which is why an empty one shows up as delay long before it shows up as a hiring problem.
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$120,000 - $160,000 and up
Data Center Construction Project Manager
A data center construction project manager owns delivery of a building or campus against a fixed energization date, coordinating design, contractors, long-lead equipment and the commissioning sequence. The hire is judged on one thing that is hard to fake: how many sites they have actually taken to energization.
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$150,000 - $200,000 and up
GPU Cluster Engineer
A GPU cluster engineer builds and operates large accelerated compute fleets, covering scheduling, interconnect, storage throughput, thermal behavior and node health at scale. The pool of people who have genuinely run thousands of GPUs in production is small enough to name, so the search is a targeted market operation rather than a pipeline exercise.
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