Senior Data Center Reliability Engineer – Electrical Systems

STACK Infrastructure APAC; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

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Job summary

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE is seeking an Infrastructure Reliability Engineer with deep expertise in electrical systems to join the Critical Operations team in ensuring uptime and resilience across STACK’s data-center portfolio.

You will lead RCAs, assess performance under fault conditions, and collaborate with OEMs, Vendors, Ops, and Eng to drive long-term reliability improvements. A strong background in power distribution and commissioning is required.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in critical infrastructure environments (data centers, substations, power generation, or utility systems).
• Strong fluency in mission-critical electrical systems, including power distribution, UPS, generators, grounding, protective relays, switchgear, controls, and power quality analysis.
• Experience analyzing electrical failures through waveform data, event logs, relay coordination, commissioning findings, or forensic troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of electrical design intent vs. operational realities, including maintainability and fault response.
• Hands-on with root cause analysis and reliability methodologies (FMEA, RCM).
• Ability to work across Ops, Eng, Vendors, Construction to resolve complex issues.
• Expertise with commissioning (Cx) and infrastructure design review processes.
• Ability to translate performance data into practical improvements.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent high-technical competency

Responsibilities

• Lead deep-dive investigations and RCAs for electrical infrastructure failures (UPS, switchgear, breakers, relays, generators, grounding, STS, VFDs, power quality).
• Evaluate system performance under abnormal/fault conditions to identify vulnerabilities.
• Engage OEMs and vendors to advocate long-term improvements.
• Support maintenance standards and asset strategy for high-risk systems.
• Collaborate with Workforce Development to improve site-team training.
• Contribute to availability reporting and risk-trend monitoring to meet SLA commitments.
• Inform design review and turnover by identifying gaps in handoffs and commissioning practices.
• Develop system-level failure mitigation strategies to improve uptime.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering and Construction on design assumptions and commissioning practices to identify long-term risks.

Skills

Electrical systems

Root cause analysis

FMEA/RCM

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Waveform data analysis

Power distribution

Commissioning (Cx)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Cx processes

Job description

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE is seeking an Infrastructure Reliability Engineer with deep expertise in electrical systems to join the Critical Operations team in ensuring uptime and resilience across STACK’s data-center portfolio.

You will lead RCAs, assess performance under fault conditions, and collaborate with OEMs, Vendors, Ops, and Eng to drive long-term reliability improvements. A strong background in power distribution and commissioning is required.