On: Running a South Pole data center

[b_emery]

Here's a list: http://ghgcorp.applicantpro.com/jobs/

You might also consider volunteering with a research group. Though they tend to select from pools of grad students, I would think that someone with technical skills (particularly hardware related) would be competitive.

[pdoconnell → b_emery]

Look at the job linked at the start of the article. There's always a few positions being floated either with IceCube, UW SSEC, or UW AOS that end up down there every year. That is also true of grad student positions, as you say.