Mission-Critical Data Center Facilities Engineer

Equinix; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 67,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Health insurance

Retirement plan

PTO

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a facilities technician for the night shift to maintain and operate critical infrastructure in a 24x7, mission-critical environment in Washington DC. Ideal candidates will have a background in facilities, HVAC, electrical, or data center maintenance, with hands-on experience in executing maintenance and improvements.

The role emphasizes safe, compliant operations, coordination with vendors, and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, trade school certification, military technical training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of experience in critical facilities, HVAC, mechanical, electrical, industrial maintenance, semiconductor, manufacturing, data center, or related technical environments.

Responsibilities

• Facility / Infrastructure Maintenance: Performs moderately difficult preventative and corrective maintenance checks on-site to facility components; Performs moderately difficult repairs, maintenance, installations and on-site inspections to facility systems; Monitors the Building Monitoring System (BMS) and resolves moderately difficult alarm issues; Operates and maintains plumbing, fire suppression, and safety systems; Operates critical infrastructures under supervision; Receives limited instruction daily.
• Vendor Support: Supports the work approval process for service providers on maintenance work, ensures activities are per SOPs; Helps modify technical files for plants and equipment to keep up-to-date.
• Site Administration & Incident Support: Performs moderately difficult site logs for permits (MOPs and scripts); Identifies Single Points of Failure (SPOFs); Responds to on-site incidents, including failures and delays.
• Work Orders & Additional Projects: Completes routine work requests and circuit installations; troubleshoots office equipment; supports auxiliary equipment; makes minor changes to mechanical, electrical and specialized systems; carries out infrastructure projects.
• Collaboration: Collaborates to resolve facility incidents; may mentor team members; communicates inventory needs to maintain stock levels; may propose infrastructure projects.

Skills

2+ years experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Equinix is seeking a facilities technician for the night shift to maintain and operate critical infrastructure in a 24x7, mission-critical environment in Washington DC. Ideal candidates will have a background in facilities, HVAC, electrical, or data center maintenance, with hands-on experience in executing maintenance and improvements.

The role emphasizes safe, compliant operations, coordination with vendors, and collaboration across teams.