Data Center Critical Facilities Engineer: Optimize Uptime

TEK NINJAS; Liberty (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TEK NINJAS seeks a Data Center Critical Facilities Engineer to join its Liberty, NC onsite team. You will operate, administer, and continually improve critical data center infrastructure using APC DCE/ITA and Vertiv SiteScan platforms.

The role emphasizes hands-on configuration, monitoring, licensing, dashboards, and collaboration with facilities teams to ensure uptime of electrical, mechanical, and environmental systems.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of relevant experience in data center critical facilities, facilities engineering, electrical/mechanical engineering, or a closely related field.
• Hands-on administration/programming experience with APC Data Center Expert (DCE) and/or Vertiv SiteScan.
• Experience configuring and administering monitoring platforms—not simply monitoring existing alerts.
• Ability to configure and update monitoring software, add/configure new devices, program monitoring points, and set alarms/thresholds.
• Experience with managing software licenses and building monitoring dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, program, and maintain APC DCE/ITA and/or Vertiv SiteScan environments and supporting servers.
• Configure monitoring platforms to support critical data center infrastructure and environmental systems.
• Add, configure, and program new monitored components (UPS, power strips, cameras, HVAC, generators, ATS, etc.).
• Configure monitoring parameters, alert thresholds, alarm set points, notifications, and escalation rules.
• Manage licenses and license counts for monitoring environments.
• Build and maintain monitoring dashboards, device configurations, alarms, and environmental monitoring capabilities.
• Troubleshoot backend issues related to monitoring platforms, servers, devices, communications, and data collection.
• Support data center managers and facilities teams with critical infrastructure operations and monitoring.
• Monitor and support electrical, mechanical, and environmental systems to maintain availability and reliability.
• Maintain inventories and document configurations, monitoring points, alarms, and procedures.
• Identify deficiencies and recommend improvements; support incident/change management; coordinate vendor activities.
• Travel to other data center locations as required.

Skills

APC DCE/ITA

Vertiv SiteScan

Monitoring configuration

Device provisioning

Alarm thresholds

Licenses management

Troubleshooting

Documentation

MS Office

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Electrical engineering background

Job description

TEK NINJAS seeks a Data Center Critical Facilities Engineer to join its Liberty, NC onsite team. You will operate, administer, and continually improve critical data center infrastructure using APC DCE/ITA and Vertiv SiteScan platforms.

The role emphasizes hands-on configuration, monitoring, licensing, dashboards, and collaboration with facilities teams to ensure uptime of electrical, mechanical, and environmental systems.