Data Center Facilities Operator

PTR Global; Sullivan (IN); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

PTR Global is seeking experienced Data Center Facilities Operators to support hyperscale data-center infrastructure execution, maintenance, and reliability for high-density AI workloads. The role emphasizes on-site management of critical facilities operations in live data-center environments.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with electrical and cooling infrastructure, capacity planning, ASHRAE and TIA-942 standards, and collaboration with contractors and vendors to ensure uptime

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years of experience in data-center operations, critical facilities, or mission-critical infrastructure environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting electrical and mechanical infrastructure in active data centers.
• Strong understanding of data-center power distribution, electrical redundancy, and critical power systems.
• Experience with cooling infrastructure, including chillers, cooling towers, CRAC/CRAH units, pumps, and air-handling systems.
• Knowledge of redundancy configurations, including N+1, N+2, and 2N, and concurrent maintainability.
• Understanding of data-center capacity planning, power and cooling calculations, and infrastructure design principles.
• Familiarity with ASHRAE and TIA-942 data-center standards.

Responsabilités

• Support daily operations, maintenance, and reliability of critical infrastructure within hyperscale data-center facilities.
• Monitor and maintain electrical and mechanical systems, including UPS, generators, chillers, cooling towers, pumps, air-handling units, and power-distribution equipment.
• Ensure reliable power and cooling infrastructure supporting high-density AI and GPU server environments.
• Serve as an onsite technical resource for critical facilities infrastructure, including data halls and white-space environments.
• Identify and manage facility capacity limitations, infrastructure risks, and operational constraints.
• Support preventive maintenance, infrastructure audits, equipment inspections, and operational-readiness assessments.
• Respond to critical infrastructure incidents, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate resolution with engineering teams and technical SMEs.
• Collaborate with colocation providers, contractors, vendors, service providers, and internal stakeholders.
• Support change-management activities involving high-risk maintenance and critical infrastructure modifications.

Connaissances

Data center operations

Critical facilities operations

Power distribution

Cooling systems

Facility resiliency

Redundancy (N+1/N+2/2N)

Capacity planning

ASHRAE/TIA-942 familiarity

Outils

UPS systems

Generators

Chillers

CRAC/CRAH units

Pumps

Air-handling units

Description du poste

Role: Data Center Facilities Operator – Critical Infrastructure

Department: Data Center Operations

Experience Required: 4+ Years

Job Overview

We are seeking experienced Data Center Facilities Operators to support the operations, maintenance, and reliability of hyperscale data-center infrastructure supporting high-density AI workloads.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in critical facilities operations, electrical and mechanical infrastructure, power distribution, cooling systems, and facility resiliency within live data-center environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Support daily operations, maintenance, and reliability of critical infrastructure within hyperscale data-center facilities.
• Monitor and maintain electrical and mechanical systems, including UPS, generators, chillers, cooling towers, pumps, air-handling units, and power-distribution equipment.
• Ensure reliable power and cooling infrastructure supporting high-density AI and GPU server environments.
• Serve as an onsite technical resource for critical facilities infrastructure, including data halls and white-space environments.
• Identify and manage facility capacity limitations, infrastructure risks, and operational constraints.
• Support preventive maintenance, infrastructure audits, equipment inspections, and operational-readiness assessments.
• Respond to critical infrastructure incidents, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate resolution with engineering teams and technical SMEs.
• Collaborate with colocation providers, contractors, vendors, service providers, and internal stakeholders.
• Support change-management activities involving high-risk maintenance and critical infrastructure modifications.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years of experience in data-center operations, critical facilities, or mission-critical infrastructure environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting electrical and mechanical infrastructure in active data centers.
• Strong understanding of data-center power distribution, electrical redundancy, and critical power systems.
• Experience with cooling infrastructure, including chillers, cooling towers, CRAC/CRAH units, pumps, and air-handling systems.
• Knowledge of redundancy configurations, including N+1, N+2, and 2N, and concurrent maintainability.
• Understanding of data-center capacity planning, power and cooling calculations, and infrastructure design principles.
• Familiarity with ASHRAE and TIA-942 data-center standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in hyperscale data centers or major colocation environments such as Equinix, Switch, CyrusOne, or similar mission-critical facilities.
• Experience with liquid-cooling systems, direct-to-chip cooling, or other high-density cooling architectures.
• Exposure to AI/GPU infrastructure, including NVIDIA H100, B200, or GB200 server environments.
• Experience supporting data-hall buildouts, power planning, cooling planning, and infrastructure expansion.Experience coordinating or supporting L1–L5 commissioning, system testing, and design validation.