Lead Engineer

Digital Realty Trust, L.P.; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Realty Trust, L.P. is seeking a Lead Engineer to join our Operations team. You will help operate mission critical data center facilities, ensuring 24/7 coverage and reliable service for customers.

The role requires strong HVAC, electrical, and mechanical skills, plus experience with data center equipment and safety procedures. Shift work, weekends, and overtime may be required.

Qualifications

• AA/AS or equivalent education with data center experience preferred.
• Trade license or certification through technical education/training is required.
• Facilities maintenance certification is preferred.
• Experience with mission critical data equipment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and troubleshoot building infrastructure systems (HVAC, electrical, etc.).
• Perform preventive maintenance on all building equipment.
• Assemble and commission data center equipment.
• Prepare Change Management Forms and MOPs.
• Schedule maintenance with vendors and ensure safety procedures.
• Respond to emergencies and customer concerns as needed.
• Walk the facility to inspect systems and gather readings for daily spreadsheets.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Instruction following

Shift flexibility

Physical stamina

Education

Associate's degree (AA/AS) or equivalent

Trade license or certification

Facilities maintenance certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Title: Lead Engineer

Your role

We are hiring a Lead Engineer, the role will give you the opportunity to expand your skills and experience working on mission critical infrastructure facilities operations for the largest wholesale data center provider in the world. We offer a clean, stable environment where there is a lot of variety and always something to do, and where you’ll work at least 40 hours per week. If you are looking for an exciting job with great benefits in a company that will provide you with a lot of opportunity to learn, grow, and expand your skillset for a high-demand role, then this could be the right place for you.

What you’ll do

As a Lead Engineer, you’ll work with your peers to ensure coverage 365 days per year, 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. You’ll spend most of your days on a variety of interesting activities, including walking the facility and inspecting infrastructure systems, performing routine maintenance, supervising the facility, assessing needs, monitoring construction projects, and completing repairs as needed. You will also help to gather information and take readings to fill in the parameters on daily spreadsheets. The service you provide will be to the underlying support systems (power, cooling, etc) for customers’ computers, so you will not be expected to do any computer maintenance—the customers do that for themselves. Some of your specific responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring building infrastructure systems.
• Troubleshooting and repairing building infrastructure systems, HVAC system, electrical systems, and more.
• Performing preventive maintenance on all building equipment.
• Assembling and commissioning Data Center equipment.
• Preparing Change Management Forms and Methods of Procedure (MOPs).
• Scheduling maintenance procedures with vendors.
• Ensuring compliance with all safety procedures and use of protective equipment.
• Responding quickly to emergency situations (fire, evacuation, equipment failure etc.) and customer concerns as needed.

What you’ll need

To be a good fit for this opportunity you will have:

• An Associate's degree (AA/AS) or an equivalent combination of education and experience; data center experience is strongly preferred.
• A trade license or certification acquired through technical education/training.
• A facilities maintenance certification.
• Experience working with mission critical data equipment, and the willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission critical environment.
• Strong HVAC, mechanical, and electrical skills and experience.
• An understanding of computer systems, and skill with Microsoft Office products.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to follow instructions and processes precisely and carefully.
• The willingness to work 2ndor 3rdshift, at least one weekend day each week, and unscheduled overtime as needed to complete projects or break-fixes.
• The ability to walk around a good deal of the time to perform inspections, to do some work outdoors in the weather if needed, and to lift heavy objects.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Operations

Our Operations team keeps our customers’ infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems, our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Training and Development

Join our Data Center Operations team and gain the support to succeed from day one. Our onboarding program prepares you to contribute meaningfully right away, with clear career pathways and continuous training to fuel your long‑term growth. From onboarding to specialized development, we equip you with the skills and opportunities to make a lasting impact in operations.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.

Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.