Data Center Engineer (Cooling)

Penta Consulting; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Penta Consulting is seeking a Cooling Services Operations Specialist to provide onsite support for a high-performance computing and AI environment in Ireland. You will be the primary onsite cooling operations expert, ensuring reliable operation and maintainability of critical cooling systems.

You will monitor thermal conditions, assist with planned maintenance, and collaborate with facilities and platform teams to drive operational readiness and service improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining cooling infrastructure in data centres or high-density compute environments.
• Knowledge of cooling technologies, environmental controls and thermal management principles.
• Experience monitoring cooling systems in operational environments.
• Familiarity with incident, change and operational management processes.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot cooling-related issues.
• Experience working with facilities management and technical operations teams.
• Strong documentation and reporting capabilities.
• Experience supporting HPC/AI/GPU environments.
• Understanding of liquid cooling and high-density rack deployments.
• Awareness of DCIM tools and data centre monitoring systems.
• Knowledge of power, cooling and environmental monitoring systems.
• Relevant facilities, mechanical engineering or data centre certifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for cooling infrastructure supporting HPC/AI environments.
• Monitor environmental performance and cooling system health.
• Support planned maintenance, inspections and changes.
• Assist with incident response and troubleshooting of cooling issues.
• Collaborate with facilities, infrastructure and platform operations teams.
• Support readiness activities and service optimisation initiatives.
• Maintain procedures, documentation and maintenance records.
• Identify and mitigate environmental and cooling risks.
• Contribute to problem management and root cause analysis.
• Deliver knowledge transfer and handover to customer operations.

Skills

Cooling systems

HPC/AI environments

DCIM tools

Thermal management

Incident & change management

Documentation & reporting

Facilities collaboration

Liquid cooling

Data centre certifications

Education

Mechanical engineering degree

Facilities / data centre certifications

Tools

DCIM tools

Job description

Penta Consulting are a technology service provider and leading outsourced partner helping to deliver professional and managed solutions across EMEA.

We are looking for a dedicated Cooling Services Operations Specialist to provide onsite operational support for a high-performance computing and AI environment. This resident role will focus on ensuring the effective operation, monitoring, and maintenance of cooling and environmental systems critical to supporting advanced compute infrastructure.

The successful candidate will act as the primary onsite specialist for cooling-related operations, helping maintain service reliability and supporting the platform's transition into steady-state operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for cooling infrastructure supporting HPC and AI systems.
• Monitor environmental performance, thermal conditions, and cooling system health.
• Support planned maintenance activities, inspections, and change implementation.
• Assist with incident response and troubleshooting of cooling-related issues.
• Work closely with facilities, infrastructure, and platform operations teams.
• Support operational readiness activities and service optimisation initiatives.
• Maintain operational procedures, documentation, and maintenance records.
• Help identify and mitigate environmental and cooling risks.
• Contribute to problem management and root cause analysis activities.
• Deliver knowledge transfer and handover support to the customer operations team.

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting critical cooling infrastructure within data centre or high-density compute environments.
• Strong understanding of cooling technologies, environmental controls, and thermal management principles.
• Experience monitoring and maintaining cooling systems in operational environments.
• Knowledge of incident, change, and operational management processes.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot environmental or cooling-related issues.
• Experience working alongside facilities management and technical operations teams.
• Strong documentation and reporting capabilities.
• Experience supporting HPC, AI, or GPU-intensive environments.
• Understanding of liquid cooling technologies and high-density rack deployments.
• Familiarity with data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tools.
• Knowledge of power, cooling, and environmental monitoring systems.
• Relevant facilities, mechanical engineering, or data centre certifications.