Data Center Engineer

Brooksource; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooksource is looking for a skilled professional to provide technical support for their Fortune 100 client's Data Centers in Charlotte, NC. This full-time role requires expertise in electrical and mechanical systems, along with the ability to manage small to medium projects. Candidates must have an Associate's Degree in Engineering and relevant experience in critical environments. The role is fully onsite with a focus on enhancing the customer experience through effective problem-solving and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of electrical, mechanical, and life safety systems within critical facilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio.
• Ability to think strategically articulating an effective vision for facility performance.

Responsibilities

• Support all efforts to enhance the customer experience.
• Solve technical problems for electrical and mechanical systems.
• Manage small to medium scope projects for facilities.

Skills

Electrical understanding

Mechanical understanding

Monitoring/control systems knowledge

Microsoft Office Suite proficiency

Strategic thinking

Education

Associate's Degree or higher in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Visio

PDF markup skills

Job description

Ensure the continuous operations and availability of our Fortune 100 client’s Data Centers. Provide basic to intermediate technical support to critical facility infrastructure systems in the area of electrical, mechanical and life safety systems. Support projects for new construction and facility expansion.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively and consistently supports all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Solve technical problems for all aspects of electrical, mechanical, and life safety systems within existing critical facilities.
• Support project management, engineering, and design support for new construction and facility expansions. Own projects of small to medium scope and complexity.
• Provide architectural framework for servers, hardware, peripherals, and connections.
• Perform reliability testing, plan emergency or disaster recovery procedures.
• Install, configure, troubleshoot and provide engineering solutions for server and non-desktop computer hardware, software, systems and other resources in data center or other centralized computer network setting.
• Monitor, track, and record system performance and utilization metrics.
• Develop effective presentations for internal department, large group of employees, clients, and/or management.
• Implement corporate standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure systems.

Required Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of electrical, mechanical, monitoring/control systems, instrumentation, and life safety systems within critical facilities
• Comprehensive knowledge of critical infrastructure these include but are not limited to uninterruptable power systems, electrical distribution equipment, automatic transfer switches, static transfer switches, emergency standby generation, generator controls, fuel delivery systems, DC plants, grounding, CRAC’s, CRAH’s, air handlers, chillers, pumps, and monitoring/control applications/systems
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio
• Proficient in mark-up of Portable Document Format (PDF)
• Understanding of mathematics as well as the principles of physics and chemistry as they relate to critical infrastructure operations
• Understanding of all critical facility infrastructure systems with greater knowledge in either electrical, mechanical, or monitoring/controls/instrumentation disciplines
• Ability to think strategically articulating and selling an effective vision for best in class performance of critical facilities
• Associate’s Degree or higher in Engineering

Required Related Work Experience and Number of Years

• Electrical / Mechanical trade construction in Data Centers - 4
• Electrical / Mechanical technician with work background in critical environments - 4
• Campus Central Plant operations and maintenance - 4
• Monitoring / Control System applications integration - 4
• Direct experience mission critical facilities/environments or data centers - 4
• Experience in working on energized equipment (hot work).ese include but are not limited to uninterruptable power systems, electrical distribution equipment, automatic transfer switches, static transfer switches, emergency standby generation, generator controls, fuel delivery systems, DC plants, grounding, CRAC’s, CRAH’s, air handlers, chillers, pumps, and monitoring/control applications/systems

Preferred Qualifications

• NFPA 70E Trained
• Location: Charlotte, NC
• Fully Onsite (South Charlotte)
• 6-12 month W2 contract (with potential for extension or conversion)
• W2 Only - We are unable to provide sponsorship currently (US Citizen & GC holder only)

Eight Eleven Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.