Senior Deployment Engineer II
DigitalOcean
| Company | DigitalOcean |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Seattle |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Senior |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Last verified | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. At DigitalOcean, Senior Deployment Engineer IIs play a critical role in building and scaling the physical infrastructure that powers our cloud platform. Our Deployment team is responsible for new data center builds, infrastructure expansions, hardware deployments, cabling validation, site readiness, and repeatable execution standards that enable DigitalOcean to grow quickly and reliably.
This role is for a senior technical deployment owner who can lead complex onsite execution, drive cross-functional alignment, resolve high-impact blockers, improve scalable deployment standards, and support the successful transition of new infrastructure into steady-state operations. You’ll join a collaborative, fast-moving team with opportunities to influence large-scale deployments, new data center expansions, and next-generation infrastructure across DigitalOcean’s global footprint.
This role requires significant onsite deployment support and requires very high levels of domestic and international travel based on project needs.
What You’ll Be Doing
Acting as a senior technical owner for complex deployment programs, new data center builds, large-scale expansions, rack buildouts, cluster deployments, and high-density compute infrastructure
Serving as an onsite technical lead or execution owner for major deployment phases, ensuring continuity, quality, schedule alignment, and successful handoff
Driving end-to-end onsite deployment execution across vendors, contractors, logistics, schedules, internal teams, dependencies, blockers, and readiness milestones
Coordinating cross-functional execution with Data Center Operations, Network Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Logistics, Facilities, Security, Procurement, hardware vendors, and deployment partners
Defining, validating, and improving deployment standards for rack layouts, cabling, labeling, hardware placement, validation workflows, readiness checks, and operational handoff
Leading complex troubleshooting across physical infrastructure, server hardware, GPU platforms, liquid-cooled infrastructure, cabling, optics, network connectivity, Linux OS, tooling, and provisioning workflows
Identifying systemic deployment risks and driving mitigation plans before they impact schedule, quality, availability, or operational readiness
Validating site readiness across power, cooling, rack elevations, redundancy, load balancing, physical layout, cabling, labeling, DCTrack, NetBox handoff requirements, and deployment documentation
Overseeing contractor and vendor execution models, including work sequencing, task assignment, quality validation, issue correction, and performance feedback
Establishing repeatable deployment workflows that reduce errors, improve build consistency, accelerate validation, and improve handoff quality across sites
Driving daily deployment status, escalation handling, risk communication, blocker resolution, and leadership updates for assigned projects or programs
Mentoring Senior Deployment Engineers, Deployment Engineers, local Data Center Operations teams, vendors, and contractors
Creating, reviewing, and approving deployment runbooks, MOPs, SOPs, validation workflows, checklists, training materials, and operational handoff documentation
Partnering with architecture, network, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure deployment execution aligns with design intent and long-term scalability
Evaluating deployment outcomes, incide
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