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Joseph Maxwell

Data Center Technician at Google | Hyperscale Infrastructure | AI-Assisted Diagnostics

Datacenter Technician at Google diagnosing hardware using systems knowledge and agentic AI. Experience covers TPU cluster turn-up, optical fiber testing across Optical Circuit Switches, and physical storage media destruction. Extended and improved area-specific logistics tooling in Google Apps Script, Forms, and Sheets to eliminate repetitive entries and streamline technician workflows, applying agentic AI to build and optimize operational tools.

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Featured Projects

Selected work from my role as Datacenter Technician at Google.

TPU Cluster Commissioning

Commission and maintain Google Cloud TPU accelerator clusters. Travel for multi-site deployments to handle physical installation, rack-level integration, and cluster turn-up for AI/ML infrastructure.

TPU v5e / v5p AI/ML Infrastructure Rack Integration

AI-Assisted Hardware Diagnostics & Mentorship

Diagnose production hardware failures across 23+ fleet architectures by combining systems experience with agentic AI tooling. Actively share techniques and train teammates on practical AI workflows to accelerate triage.

Agentic AI Hardware Diagnostics Team Mentorship

Area Logistics Tooling

Adapted an internal logistics tool from a mentor, extending and improving it with Google Apps Script, Forms, and Sheets for a key site functional area. Streamlined technician workflows, eliminated repetitive entries, and reduced shift handoff errors.

Google Apps Script Forms & Sheets Workflow Automation
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Skills & Tech Stack

Hardware

  • TPU v5e / v5p accelerator clusters
  • GPU & compute servers
  • High-density storage arrays
  • 23+ production architectures

Networking & Optical

  • Optical Circuit Switches (OCS)
  • Fiber (SC / LC / MPO) patch infrastructure
  • Visual Fault Locators (VFL)
  • Optical power meters & loopback testing

Operating Systems & Linux

  • Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL)
  • Server BIOS / IPMI / BMC
  • Proxmox hypervisor
  • Bash scripting

AI & Diagnostics

  • Agentic AI hardware triage
  • Team AI workflow mentoring
  • Root-cause failure analysis (RCA)
  • Defect pattern identification

Automation & Tooling

  • Google Apps Script
  • Google Workspace (Forms & Sheets)
  • Agent-directed tooling & workflows
  • Bash scripting

Safety & Compliance

  • Storage media destruction (NIST SP 800-88)
  • Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) electrical safety
  • Chain-of-custody tracking
  • Ergonomics & safe material handling

Recent Writing

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