Data Center Facility Engineer

Asiacom Americas; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Data Center Facility Engineer, where your expertise will ensure the reliability and availability of critical data center operations. This role involves hands-on troubleshooting of electrical systems and HVAC equipment, making a significant impact on service levels. You will lead improvement projects, coordinate with vendors, and act as the on-call manager for data center issues. If you're passionate about engineering and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you to showcase your skills and contribute to a vital industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent work experience is required.
• 2+ years of data center experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of the data center's critical physical infrastructure.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors ensuring adherence to SLAs.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

HVAC systems

Data center operations

Building automation systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Power Distribution Units (PDUs)

UPS systems

Stand-by diesel generators

Job description

Sterling, VA and Santa Clara, CA

We are seeking an energetic Data Center Facility Engineer to serve as a technical resource in data centers. The position will help ensure overall availability and reliability to meet or exceed defined service levels of data center operations. The Data Center Facility Engineer is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of all electrical and HVAC equipment within the data center. This role acts as front line when it comes to hands-on electrical equipment troubleshooting. They will maintain, operate, and troubleshoot mission-critical data center facility equipment including electrical support equipment such as stand-by diesel generators and related fuel systems, 3 phase electrical systems that include but not limited to switchgear, UPS units, Power Distribution Units (PDUs), and wet cell batteries and associated systems. Additional support equipment is included in the scope of the role which includes fire suppression systems, building automation systems, and general facilities equipment.

Responsibilities

1. Oversee all aspects of the data center's critical physical infrastructure. Ensure that all work performed within the space is done to high quality and without impact to internal/external customers.
2. Engage in improvement projects, often requiring reaching out to a variety of support teams and drive them from conception to completion.
3. Coordinates daily with a multitude of third-party vendors ensuring adherence to contracted SLAs.
4. Routinely operate as the afterhours on-call Data Center Facility Manager for the data centers in the region. This will include responding to any issues within the data centers and managing the investigation, mitigation, and recovery of the issue(s).

Basic Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in an engineering, electrical or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Data Center experience.
2. 2+ years of experience working in data centers with an emphasis on building and equipment operation.
3. Understanding of the electrical involved in critical data center operations such as: feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) units, Power Distribution Units (PDUs).
4. Must be fluent in English and Chinese Mandarin.